Scott Ritter: Humanity staring down Armageddon without arms control
by Scott Ritter, TASS interview [11-27-2025] Scott Ritter(bio). Former US intelligence officer and ex-UN inspector Scott Ritter gives an interview to TASS where he takes a lay of the land around Washington’s peace plan for Ukraine, talks about how important arms control is in preventing an Armageddon on Earth, and speaks on how America is…
Kiev’s inconsistency, West’s speculations, UN inaction: Sergey Lavrov’s statements
by TASS [11-25-2025]. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slammed the United Nations’ refusal to provide any evidence in the alleged Bucha massacre is a “full confession” and “disgrace for an organization” and suggested that Kiev’s corruption schemes have beneficiaries in Europe. MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky and his team are making contradictory statements about…
A peace plan with 28 points and 100 pitfalls: What comes next for Ukraine?
by Anton Grishanov, Chief Research Fellow at the Institute for Contemporary International Issues of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry [11-26-2025]. Why the Trump plan could trigger peace, paralysis, or a political collapse in Kiev. At this point, it would be extremely presumptuous to predict the prospects of Donald Trump’s plan for Ukraine.…
Sergey Lavrov speaks on Europe’s failure in Ukraine, Trump’s peace plan
by TASS [11-25-2025]. The foreign minister pointed out that Russia had received US President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan through unofficial channels and had not seen any other versions of the document. MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. European countries have “failed in all aspects” regarding attempts to resolve the Ukraine crisis since 2014, Russian Foreign Minister…
Fyodor Lukyanov: Peace will come only when Kiev accepts reality
by Fyodor Lukyanov [11-25-2025]. Fyodor Lukyanov is one of the most prominent Russian experts in the field of international relations and foreign policy. He has worked in journalism since 1990 and is the author of numerous publications on modern international relations and Russian foreign policy. Since 2002, he has been the editor-in-chief of Russia in…
‘No one listens’ to Europe on Ukraine – FM Sergey Lavrov
by RT [11-25-2025]. European “elites” insist on using the Nazi Kiev regime as a “proxy and cannon fodder” to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, the country’s top diplomat has said. Europe has no place in talks about settling the Ukraine conflict because it insists on using Kiev as a proxy to try to defeat…
Russia’s New High-Precision Loitering Munitions Will Freeze Ukrainian Army in Its Tracks
by Sputnik [11-26-2025]. “The distribution of our unmanned strike systems…across the front will effectively allow us to seal off the enemy’s defensive line to a depth of 50 or perhaps even 70 km,” military expert Yuri Knutov told Sputnik, commenting on Rostec’s new loitering munition with an “almost 100%” accuracy. “This will mean that troops…
Ukrainians will eventually realize how West used them – Russia’s top senator Valentina Matviyenko
by RT [11-25-2025]. NATO is waging a proxy war against Russia using Ukraine, Valentina Matviyenko has said. Ukrainians will eventually understand that the conflict with Russia was “cynically” engineered by the West to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow, Valentina Matviyenko, chair of Russia’s Federation Council, has said. In an interview with the newspaper Moskovsky…
Russia Will Not Make the Same Mistake in Ukraine It Did With Minsk II in 2015
by Larry Johnson [11-23-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: Study this very carefully to understand why certain objectives of the Russian SMO in Ukraine will be met, whether through negotiations or on the battlefield. Also, keep in mind that it was the US & NATO who were responsible for creating the conditions for this conflict. When…
Russia is producing arms at volumes its adversaries ‘could not dream of’ – Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov
by RT [11-25-2025]. The country leads the world in ammunition manufacturing, the head of the defense conglomerate, Sergey Chemezov has said. Russia’s defense industry is producing weapons at volumes its adversaries “could not even dream of,” Sergey Chemezov, the head of state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec, said in an interview published on Tuesday. Chemezov told TASS…
Stanislav Krapivnik, Glenn Diesen: Ukraine Peace Agreement is Impossible Without Trust
by Glenn Diesen [11-25-2025]. Stanislav Krapivnik is a former US Army officer, supply chain exec and military-political expert, now based in Russia. He was born in Lugansk during the Soviet times, migrated to the US as a child and served in the US army. Krapivnik discusses the different misunderstandings between the West and Russia, and…
The German government wants to decouple from China. But German companies can’t afford to leave.
by Inside China Business [11-24-2025]. (RAD: Germany, Europe & the US are fighting the wrong economic war. They need to learn from the analysis of Jeffrey Sachs as to how Japan, Taiwan, China & the Asian Tigers grew their economies, instead of focusing on policies that are doomed to fail. – RAD) Major German companies…