AI is a perfect storm threatening humanity
by Dr. Matthew Maavak [5-8-2025 published]. Dr. Mathew Maavak researches systems science, global risks, geopolitics, strategic foresight, governance and Artificial Intelligence. You can read his latest articles at drmathewmaavak.substack.com Artificial intelligence may bring about the end of the world as we know it – but not in the way most would expect. The global economy…
May 9, 2025: Did 27 World Leaders Really Join Putin for Victory Day?
by The Blacklist Broadcast [5-9-2025 published]. The 80th Anniversary Victory Day Parade wraps up in Moscow. Vladimir Putin addressed the event, underlining that Russia will never accept attempts to rewrite history, and will always remember the heroes who liberated the world from fascism. From the rooftops of Moscow to the cobbles of Red Square, we…
Larry Johnson: Trump Still Does Not Understand What Russia Wants and Demands
by Larry Johnson [5-10-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). One hour after Russia ended its three day ceasefire with Ukraine, President Putin met with a gaggle of reporters in Moscow at 0135 hours Moscow time and made news by offering to meet Ukrainian officials, without preconditions, on May 15 in Istanbul. Putin’s offer is a shrewd…
The War the USA is Losing Isn’t to China
by Nancy O’Brien Simpson [5-7-2025 published]. Notice that Nancy O’Brien Simpson is a professional who lives in the US. (Regardless of what you think about the political structure of China, Nancy’s observations are spot on. A lot has changed over recent decades. I’ve been saying for a long time that China’s engineering & scientific educational…
Putin ‘doing whatever possible’ for Ukraine peace – Kremlin
by RT [2025-05-10 published]. (Let’s not forget that Zelensky signed a law in 2022 outlawing any peace talks with Putin & he obviously hasn’t removed that law. Therefore, any calls for peace by Zelensky should be taken with a grain of salt until he removes that law or authorizes other legal means to negotiate for…
Putin-Xi talks lasted seven hours – TASS
by RT [5-8-2025 published]. The two leaders have signed dozens of cooperation documents covering a wide range of areas following the talks. Russia and China have signed nearly three dozen agreements following negotiations between presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow. The two leaders talked for more than seven hours, according to TASS. The…
Gala reception on behalf of the President of Russia to mark Victory Day
by Kremlin [5-9-2025 published]. Vladimir Putin addressed an official reception held to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Friends, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you to the Kremlin for the official reception marking the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.…
Russian 80th Victory Day Anniversary in Moscow
[5-9-2025 published]. Russian President Putin Delivers Speech Honoring Victory Day by Sputnik [5-9-2025 published]. At the Victory Day Parade held on May 9 in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian citizens with the triumphant victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Key Takeaways from President Putin’s Victory Day Speech: We are united in our…
Pepe Escobar & Judge Napolitano – Yemen Wins by a Landslide! Iran, Israel, Moscow Victory Day
by Judge Napolitano, Judging Freedom [5-8-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). (Contrary to what Trump said, the US military has been humiliated by Yemen in front of the entire world. The US lost 3 expensive fighter jets, had to retreat, and it cost over $1 Billion. If Trump & his team had understood Yemen & why Yemen…
Western memory of WWII is basically fan fiction
by Andrey Kortunov, Ph.D. in History, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member [5-5-2025 published]. Xi Jinping will visit Russia at the invitation of Vladimir Putin and will attend the celebrations marking victory over Nazi Germany. Historians seldom completely agree with one another even on some of the most important events of…
Russia: Victory as Identity
by Constantin von Hoffmeister [5-9-2025 published]. May 9 and the Radiance of the Sacred Eurasian Order. Red. Eternal. The tanks roll as they always have, ancestral metal and breathless memory crushing asphalt beneath treads inscribed with the glyphs of destiny. May 9 is not a date, it is a skin. It clings, war-torn and radiant,…
Larry Johnson: The Russians Remember the Great Patriotic War, the US Does Not
by Larry C. Johnson [5-8-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). As I write this, it is 2215 hours Eastern in the United States. The war in Europe officially ended at 2301 hours Central European Time on May 8, 1945. In Moscow, the time was 0001 hours, May 9, 1945. That is why the Russians celebrate May…