Scott Ritter – Dinner at Anton’s Restaurant of the Central House of Writers in Moscow
by Scott Ritter [10-21-2025] Scott Ritter(bio), Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: This recap of their 4+ hour discussion is filled with a lot of insights about war and the importance of person-to-person discussions. Apti pointed out the importance of capturing the best fighters of the enemy and treating them well, instead of just killing them in…
The $50,000 Hit on Truth Itself
by The Islander [10-20-2025]. They put a price on her head because she built something they couldn’t control. Two neo-Nazis, tied to handlers hiding behind Western shadows, have been charged with plotting to assassinate RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan – the woman who built RT into a juggernaut that speaks truth to the empire’s lies. For…
Ice Silk Road opens up vast Arctic to China and Russia. Western companies aren’t interested.
by Inside China Business [10-21-2025]. China and Russia are opening up new trading routes through the Arctic, saving shipping companies millions of dollars in fuel costs and crew time. These efforts also mean huge gains in expertise in icebreaking, meteorology, climate research, mapping, and navigation. The Arctic also contains vast amounts of energy and miners,…
Alexander Dugin: Putin and the Philosophy of Complexity
by Alexander Dugin [10-11-2025]. On the rise of the quantum world and multipolarity. Alexander Dugin unpacks Vladimir Putin’s Valdai speech as a philosophical blueprint for a multipolar world, showing how quantum complexity, civilizational sovereignty, and strategic realism form a new global order that defies Western simplifications. Host: There are world leaders whom everyone watches and…
Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the 8th Russian Energy Week International Forum
by Kremlin [10-16-2025]. The theme of this year’s forum is Building the Energy of the Future Together. Held in Moscow between October 15 and 17, Russian Energy Week brings together representatives from 85 countries, including government officials, senior corporate executives from energy companies, as well as experts and researchers. The business programme includes over 60…
Scott Ritter – Reflection on an event like no other: RT’s 20th Anniversary Gala
by Scott Ritter [10-20-2025] Scott Ritter(bio). I’m sitting in Vnukova airport waiting to board the flight that begins my journey home from what has been the most mind-blowing five days imaginable. When I accepted RT’s invitation to attend their 20th anniversary gala, I accepted because I respect the organization and its people, and believed they…
When an «Expert» Loses his Footing
by Peter Hanseler, Andreas Mylaeus, Denis Dobrin via Forumgeopolitica.com [10-18-2025]. (RAD: This article raises some very important issues about why it is important to have a wider understanding of what is happening in the geopolitical world. When I first started hearing about Gilbert Doctorow’s observations, I paid attention primarily because of who were the people…
Fyodor Lukyanov: A Palestine without Palestinians is impossible
by Fyodor Lukyanov [10-20-2025]. 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…
Xiyouji: My Journey to the West – Pepe Escobar (photos)
by Pepe Escobar [10-8-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). ON THE ROAD IN XINJIANG – Xuanzang, the itinerant Buddhist monk, has got to be one of the most extraordinary figures in History. He certainly is regarded as such in China. In the early Tang dynasty in the 7th century, Xuanzang set out from the imperial capital Chang’an (today’s…
Xiyouji: My Journey to the West – Pepe Escobar
by Pepe Escobar [10-8-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). ON THE ROAD IN XINJIANG – Xuanzang, the itinerant Buddhist monk, has got to be one of the most extraordinary figures in History. He certainly is regarded as such in China. In the early Tang dynasty in the 7th century, Xuanzang set out from the imperial capital Chang’an (today’s…
From Vienna to Tianjin: Eurasia builds a new order
by Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club [10-14-2025]. (RAD: This is an excellent analysis of why mutual respect among nations is important for stability. This is key to the BRICS & SCO nations. Since the West & the US don’t share these values, it is up to Eurasian nations to chart their own…
Putin’s Presentation at the Valdai Club on 2 October 2025
by Kremlin [10-2-2025]. Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 22nd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the meeting is The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use. The plenary session is moderated by Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club…
Pepe Escobar – Two foreign guys walk into a barber shop in Xinjiang China
by Pepe Excobar [10-16-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). The future of the former “Western Regions”: an energy-rich, multi-cultural, multi-religious, geostrategic New Silk Road hub of “moderately prosperous” China. YUTIAN, ON THE SOUTHERN SILK ROAD – We are on the road in southern Xinjiang, after a harrowing back-and-forth in the Taklamakan, across the sand dunes, to visit the…
Vladimir Putin delivered an address at 20th anniversary of RT
by Kremlin President of Russia [10-17-2025]. (RAD: Putin praises the work RT has done over the past 20 years. You definitely want to also listen to Margarita Simonyan’s response that starts around 16:00. RT demonstrates every day what true journalism really is. – RAD) Vladimir Putin delivered an address at a gala evening held at…
RT a ‘voice of truth’ despite West’s attempts to silence it – Russian FM Sergey Lavrov
by RT [10-17-2025]. The Russian foreign minister has congratulated the network on two decades of broadcasting success. RT continues to carry out its journalistic mission with dignity despite constant attempts by foreign governments to silence the “voice of truth,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, as he extended his congratulations on the network’s 20th…
RT ‘only getting stronger’ – editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan
by RT [10-17-2025]. Margarita Simonyan said the broadcaster will not bow to foreign pressure. RT has achieved tremendous success and is only getting stronger despite Western sanctions, Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said, marking the broadcaster’s 20th anniversary. “It is a privilege to work in service of our convictions,” Simonyan said onstage during a reception in Moscow’s…