There is a long history of Ukraine and its foreign backers using their control over gas and oil transit as a weapon, either for economic blackmail or for political advantage. In the years before the 2014 Maidan coup, a long-running dispute with Russia over non-payment for Ukrainian gas was followed by a throttling of the… Continue reading Kiev’s pipeline hostage diplomacy
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Putin’s Promise, 24th February 2022
I post here a series of recordings from Russia’s NTV Segodnya (today) programme, broadcast on February 24th 2022, where Vladimir Putin declares his resolve to launch a ‘special military operation’ to protect the residents of Eastern Ukraine – Donbas – from NATO and AFR aggression and invasion. The decision to launch this operation – effectively… Continue reading Putin’s Promise, 24th February 2022
Pretending Peace while Declaring War – on Russia
Following Ukraine’s massive drone attack on President Putin’s residence in Novgorod, (shown in the projected flight paths in the map above, from the Ukrainian ‘Russian’ site Meduza) Turkish TRT news interviewed Atlantic Council’s Elisabeth Braw in London. What she said in the interview below (trimmed a little for length) might be considered unhinged and simply… Continue reading Pretending Peace while Declaring War – on Russia
Point x – the War Crimes Amnesty.
In the now notorious ‘Trump 28-point peace plan’ for settling the Ukraine conflict, there was included an amnesty for all war crimes committed since 2022. While the plan was initially said to have been drawn up by the US and Russia, this controversial clause – which rapidly disappeared without trace – should have demonstrated that… Continue reading Point x – the War Crimes Amnesty.
Arabian Betrayal; Imperial Deceit.
Suddenly the truth falls into place – there never would be a ‘phase 2’ of the Gaza ceasefire and peace plan. “Israel” has been in complete control of the war it started on October 7th 2023, but has worked in coordination with Western powers who arm it and provide supportive propaganda through their media networks.… Continue reading Arabian Betrayal; Imperial Deceit.
Defending Russia, 80 years on.
Below is an article I hoped would be published by dissident journal Pearls and Irritations when I submitted it on May 30th, after news had just emerged of the attempted assassination of President Putin as he flew to Kursk province on May 20th. The immediate trigger for my article – which aimed to put the… Continue reading Defending Russia, 80 years on.
Malcolm Fraser talks to RT on NATO and Ukraine, March 2014
In a historic interview with Oksana Boyko on RT just a month after the US-backed coup, the late former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser offered his opinion and advice on NATO’s plans to “capture” Crimea and Ukraine. Eleven years later we may lament that his advice was ignored by European and US leaders, with deadly… Continue reading Malcolm Fraser talks to RT on NATO and Ukraine, March 2014
Framing Russia as a Terrorist State; SBS plays midwife.
The SBS news broadcast on August 10th covered two related events – an Israeli missile strike on a school beside a mosque in Gaza city which was sheltering hundreds of displaced people, and an alleged Russian strike on a Kostantinivka supermarket in Donetsk. The presentation of these two lethal strikes was quite different – giving… Continue reading Framing Russia as a Terrorist State; SBS plays midwife.
Russia’s Gauntlet
We seem finally to have reached the point of rupture and of no return – in WB Yeats’ words: “the falcon cannot hear the falconer – things fall apart, the centre cannot hold..” Things have also outpaced me, failing to finish and post this piece till now, when its message has been overlaid by a… Continue reading Russia’s Gauntlet
A Tale of Two Sieges.
Two cities, Mariupol and Gaza, have been under siege, but only one is liberated. The besiegers, Kiev and Tel Aviv found common cause, as the Western coalition gave them money and weapons to fight for this cause against any comer. Both are colonial enterprises, set up to further the interests of the Empire, and constructed… Continue reading A Tale of Two Sieges.