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…
The Future of Global Growth: Prof Jeffrey Sachs on Geopolitics and Fragmentation
by GIBS Business School [11-20-2025]. (RAD: This is a remarkable lecture by Prof Jeffrey Sachs that really highlights key reasons how Japan, Taiwan, China & the Asian Tigers grew their economies so fast. India is now implementing these strategies. Africa can learn a lot from China about how to do this. It requires a combination…
Ukraine’s Return to the Russian World
by Alexander Dugin [11-23-2025]. (RAD: Since the following is coming from the top Russian Philosopher, it should be taken seriously. – RAD) Ukraine will be entirely ours within at most two years-quite possibly much sooner. There will no longer be even the slightest trace of sovereignty there, since Ukrainians are simply incapable of exercising it.…
Scott Ritter, Danny Haiphong: GAME OVER Zelensky as Trump’s Peace Deal Collapses, Russia Breaks NATO
by Danny Haiphong [11-22-2025] Scott Ritter(bio).
Larry Johnson: The Alleged 28-Point Ukrainian and Russian Peace Plan
by Larry Johnson [11-20-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio). A full version of the alleged 28-point US drafted peace plan to bring an end to the war in Ukraine appeared on line courtesy of Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski (you can read the original post on X here). According to my friend, Pepe Escobar, this document was leaked to…
China pours money into Africa to further diversify from American farms
by Inside China Business [11-23-2025]. China is aggressively sourcing new supply chains for food, to diversify away from North America, Europe, and Australia. This is a boon to farmers in Vietnam, and now in Africa as food exports to China are rocketing higher, across even niche agricultural markets. In another blow to American soybean farmers,…
Top China execs forecast more deflation and falling profits ahead. And that’s the plan.
by Inside China Business [11-12-2025]. C-suite executives across Chinese industry anticipate falling input prices as lower costs for raw materials and logistics drive efficiencies. The Cheung Kong School of Business publishes proprietary surveys of hundreds of top business managers across China, and companies report chronic falls in prices for raw and intermediate goods. But they…
Pepe Escobar, Judge Napolitano: US Imperialism Masquerades as Peace; Russia; Ukraine; Middle East; Venezuela; China; Iran
by Judge Napolitano, Judging Freedom [11-20-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). (RAD: Pepe is reporting from Russia where he has been getting significant updates from all levels. The Russians are fully aware of what is going on and discuss these issues in depth. – RAD)