National currencies free BRICS from Western pressure – Russian finance minister
by RT [7-7-2025 published]. Sanctions have accelerated the economic bloc’s push for financial independence, Anton Siluanov has told RT. Settling trade in national currencies offers BRICS countries a reliable alternative to the Western financial institutions, which can suspend transactions at any moment, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has said. Members of the economic bloc have…
Larry Johnson, Alex Krainer – An Update on BRICS in Light of the US War on BRICS
by Larry Johnson [7-6-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (Note: What ever you do, be sure to listen to Larry Johnson’s full interview with Alex Krainer at the end. It covers a lot of complex interactions among important people and countries. It also illustrates why it is important to understand relevant histories among diverse groups &…
FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro
by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs [7-7-2025 published]. Thank you, esteemed President L. Lula da Silva, Esteemed heads of delegations, Ladies and gentlemen, Strengthening the multilateral world order while the international system goes through fundamental transformations is one of the crucial tasks for BRICS and for the entire international community. Multipolarity is not a choice…
Remember Those Lithium Deposits Trump Wanted in Ukraine? Now They’re Russia’s
by Brandon J. Weichert [7-2-2025 published]. Rather than staying focused on an immediate peace deal to end the war, Trump became fixated with securing mineral rights from Ukraine. Now those minerals no longer belong to them. While the eyes of the world were fixed on the Middle East and the recent war between Israel and…
Kremlin responds to Trump being ‘unhappy’ after Putin call on July 3rd
by RT [7-4-2025 published]. (It is interesting that Russia’s “root causes” of the Special Military Operation (SMO) have been know by everyone prior to Feb 2022 when the SMO was started. On the other hand, NATO & the US have always wanted to inflict enough damage to Russia that it could be broken up and…
Larry Johnson – The Importance of Today’s Chat Between Putin and Trump
by Larry Johnson [7-3-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). My, my, what a difference 10 days makes. Remember what Donald Trump said on June 24 about Putin’s offer to help with Iran? Donald Trump publicly rejected President Vladimir Putin’s offer to help with the Iran conflict, specifically the escalating situation between Israel and Iran. Trump told…
$Dollar enduring worst year since 1973 – NYT
by RT [7-2-2025 published]. The greenback has dropped over 10% in 2025, amid US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rising deficits. The US dollar has fallen more than 10% against major currencies in the first half of 2025, marking its worst start to a year since 1973, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing…
Trump has unleashed a Pandora’s box that threatens to destroy his legacy – Max Blumenthal
by Sanchez Effect [6-30-2025 published]. (This is a very IMPORTANT interview by Rick Sanchez with Max Blumenthal. We learn how key people in Trump’s Administration are closely connected to Netanyahu and how Trump was pulled into supporting Netanyahu and then bombing Iran. Trump was NOT allowed to hear both sides before the 12-day war started.…
The West never understood Iran – now it’s too late
by Farhad Ibragimov [7-3-2025 published]. American inconsistency and Israeli aggression have sealed Tehran’s strategic pivot. No more trust. No more talk. Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. The “twelve-day war”…
Russian Inflation slowdown, prospects of key rate reduction: statements by Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina
by TASS [7-2-2025 published]. (As you can also see from the Related links at the end, Elvira Nabiullina is considered highly accomplished & very respected both within Russia & externally. She has been considered a ‘genius’ in helping Russia navigate excessive sanctions since early 2022. She also helped Russia prepare long before 2022. – RAD)…
Pepe Escobar – Ten defense ministers walk into a room in China
by Pepe Escobar [6-30-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). The SCO can do what NATO cannot: defuse hostilities by providing ‘indivisible security’ to its Eurasian member states and across the multipolar world. The defense ministers of all 10 members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met last week in Qingdao, in China’s Shandong Province. That, in itself,…
Pepe Escobar – Empire of Chaos Takes War on BRICS to Next Level
by Pepe Escobar [7-1-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). They came. They bunker-busted. They fled. And then they set the stage to control the narrative via a massive P.R. operation. POTUS hailed the “spectacular” victory of B-2s flying from the US to West Asia to release MOPs (“Massive Ordnance Penetrators) over Fordow in the middle of the…