Russia fourth-largest economy globally after China, US, India: Vladimir Putin
by ANI, St Petersburg News [12-20-2024 published]. Moscow [Russia], December 19 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday highlighted the central role of the economy in determining a nation’s stability, standard of living, and defense capability, emphasizing Russia’s resilience despite external challenges. While speaking at the programme “Year in Review with Vladimir Putin,” hosted by…
Russia won’t make concessions on Ukraine in NATO – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
by RT [12-29-2024 published]. The conflict must be settled through legally binding agreements that eliminate its root causes, the foreign minister has said. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Russia will not agree to a mere postponement of Kiev’s NATO membership, or to the deployment of European peacekeepers to Ukraine – two ideas reportedly proposed…
Pepe Escobar & Danny Haiphong: Russia BRACES for War as Putin Drops BOMBSHELL on NATO, Oreshnik Terrifies Kiev
by Danny Haiphong [12-29-2024 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). (Pepe Escobar lays out the political & military terrain that we should all be very concerned about for the next few weeks & months. Conditions are ripe for a disaster bigger than anything we have seen so far relative to Ukraine. Pay close attention to what he says…
Is Türkiye ‘encircling’ Israel? What is the reason behind the ‘fearing Türkiye’?
by İbrahim Karagül [12-20-2024 published]. “If we defeat the Turks, we defeat Islam. If we can’t defeat the Turks, we can’t stop Islam.”This has become Israel’s overarching fear and approach following the new dynamics emerging in Syria. Since 1948, Israel has waged war on Arab lands, primarily against Palestinians and Arab states. Over the last…
Washington’s Unstoppable Superweapon: National Endowment for Democracy
by Brian Berletic [12-24-2024 published]. (Brian Berletic offers important observations about how the US & Western allies use information warfare to destabilize regions & nations, especially those that haven’t bowed down to US wishes. He reminds us that ‘warfare’ is both kinetic, information & propaganda. – RAD) As geopolitical tensions escalate, the U.S. wields its…
Putin accuses previous Russian leaders of ‘destroying the country’
by RT [12-22-2024 published]. (Putin’s observations here are confirmed by many other events dating all the way back to WW2. It is the US & the West that doesn’t want Russia to be a major partner on the world stage. – RAD) Moscow sought to integrate with the West but the latter worked towards Russia’s…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with 60 Minutes television program in Moscow about the Ukraine crisis
by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs [12-25-2024 published]. (Apparently the US, NATO & most Western politicians still don’t want to understand why Russia felt compelled to initiate the Special Military Operation (SMO) at the beginning of 2022. Many in the US think that Trump will be able to swiftly resolve this situation. Based upon what…
Russian defense minister speaks out on confrontation with West, Ukrainian losses
by Tass [12-16-2024 published]. According to the minister, Ukrainian losses exceeded 560,000 servicemen killed and wounded in 2024. MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces have been operating this year in the conditions of a severe and still intensifying confrontation with countries of the collective West, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said at a meeting…
Danny Haiphong & Ben Norton: BOMBSHELL! Putin Tells NATO Prepare for WAR as Top General Slain, Turkey INVADES Syria
by Danny Haiphong [12-17-2024 published]. (Have you started to notice that the US uses chaos, sanctions & conflicts to dominate the world? The US gets upset when major powers resist. The United States & NATO are the real terrorists in the world these days. You really must listen to this entire discussion to better understand…
Ukrainian Special Military Operation ‘pivotal’ year, Nuclear Deterrence: what Putin said at Defense Ministry
by Tass [12-16-2024 published]. The Russian president stressed that the military and political situation in the world remains “uneasy and unstable”. MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. This year has been “a pivotal year” in terms of achieving the goals of the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a Defense Ministry Board meeting. He also…
Russia developing powerful new missile systems – Russian General Sergey Karakaev
by RT [12-17-2024 published]. (When are the US & NATO going to wake up and realize that Russia’s advanced missile systems will continue to out-pace US development. To make matters worse, the structure of the US military-industrial complex is more expensive and less effective than Russia’s approach. Wouldn’t it be a lot better for the…
Collapse of Syria & Plan to Remake the Middle East by Israel & US Using Wars – Jeffrey Sachs, Alexander Mercouris, Alex Christoforou
by The Duran [12-11-2024 published]. (Prof Jeffrey Sachs outlines how this is just another step in the process of overthrowing 7 countries in 5 years in an effort to Remake the Middle East to Israel’s liking. Israel came up with this plan and then convinced the US to sign on. Not once has the US…