Category Archives: Russia

Remembering A Day the West Wants to Forget

Russia celebrates its victory over Nazism on May 9 while in the West decades of historical revisionism blaming the USSR for WWII has helped rehabilitate Nazis and lead us to the New Cold War crisis today.

Are the BRICS and Their New Development Bank Offering Alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF?

An assessment of how far BRICS has gotten in creating new monetary arrangements and institutions. The short version is “not very”.

After Much Posturing, US Imposes (So Far) Underwhelming Sanctions Against China for Russia Trade

After sending Yellen and Blinken to China to make threats, the Administration has imposed some strikingly weak sanctions

“The Four Key Reasons Why The U.S. Will Never Stop Targeting Russia’s LNG Sector”

The US has launched an LNG war against Russia. How likely is it to prevail?

String of Conveniently Timed Spying Cases in Germany Influence EU Elections, Undermine Chancellor’s China Efforts, and Spread Fear of Russian Fifth Column

Spies, spies everywhere.

The Wars Come Home

Weapons, tactics, techniques and, maybe most importantly, ideology are already spreading in the US and across the Collective West from the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts.

US Strategy for Great Power Competition: More Graft and Hope for Wonder Weapons

Venture capital and private equity are playing a larger role in the military-industrial complex leading to even more corruption, lack of accountability and the swallowing up of young minds by the Silicon Valley money pit.

Middle East Escalation: Financial Times’ Revealing Account of Israel Risk of Ukraine-Style Air Defense Attrition; Helmer on Possible Electrical Grid Campaign

US mixed messages continue: trying to check Israel’s suicidal conduct while providing military support. So what might happen next?

Lenin Revised — Russian Military Power Means De-Electrification And Unconditional Surrender Of The Kiev Regime

Chronicling Russia’s relentless de-electrification campaign and the path to Ukraine capitulation.

Will the American Oligarchy Accept Limits or Choose World War Three?

Putin has said Ukraine conflict is existential threat to Russia, but there are signs the Western capitalist class is dealing with their own existential crises. Will their greed get us all killed?

Russia Delivers Major Blow to Ukraine by Destroying Kiev’s Biggest Power Plant

Russia’s dismantling of Ukraine’s ability to function accelerates with the destruction of Kiev’s largest power facility.

No Exit: Western Imperialism, Capitalism, and Industrialization

Is industrialization the original sin of both capitalist and Communist/socialist economic systems?

The Economy Finally Doomed Erdogan in Major Defeat in Turkish Local Elections. What Comes Next?

Will the opposition be able to capitalize going forward, and what would that mean for the New Cold War?