Putin accuses previous Russian leaders of ‘destroying the country’

by RT [12-22-2024 published]. (Putin’s observations here are confirmed by many other events dating all the way back to WW2. It is the US & the West that doesn’t want Russia to be a major partner on the world stage. – RAD) Moscow sought to integrate with the West but the latter worked towards Russia’s…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with 60 Minutes television program in Moscow about the Ukraine crisis

by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs [12-25-2024 published]. (Apparently the US, NATO & most Western politicians still don’t want to understand why Russia felt compelled to initiate the Special Military Operation (SMO) at the beginning of 2022. Many in the US think that Trump will be able to swiftly resolve this situation. Based upon what…

Russian defense minister speaks out on confrontation with West, Ukrainian losses

by Tass [12-16-2024 published]. According to the minister, Ukrainian losses exceeded 560,000 servicemen killed and wounded in 2024. MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces have been operating this year in the conditions of a severe and still intensifying confrontation with countries of the collective West, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said at a meeting…

Danny Haiphong & Ben Norton: BOMBSHELL! Putin Tells NATO Prepare for WAR as Top General Slain, Turkey INVADES Syria

by Danny Haiphong [12-17-2024 published]. (Have you started to notice that the US uses chaos, sanctions & conflicts to dominate the world? The US gets upset when major powers resist. The United States & NATO are the real terrorists in the world these days. You really must listen to this entire discussion to better understand…

Ukrainian Special Military Operation ‘pivotal’ year, Nuclear Deterrence: what Putin said at Defense Ministry

by Tass [12-16-2024 published]. The Russian president stressed that the military and political situation in the world remains “uneasy and unstable”. MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. This year has been “a pivotal year” in terms of achieving the goals of the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a Defense Ministry Board meeting. He also…

Russia developing powerful new missile systems – Russian General Sergey Karakaev

by RT [12-17-2024 published]. (When are the US & NATO going to wake up and realize that Russia’s advanced missile systems will continue to out-pace US development. To make matters worse, the structure of the US military-industrial complex is more expensive and less effective than Russia’s approach. Wouldn’t it be a lot better for the…

Collapse of Syria & Plan to Remake the Middle East by Israel & US Using Wars – Jeffrey Sachs, Alexander Mercouris, Alex Christoforou

by The Duran [12-11-2024 published]. (Prof Jeffrey Sachs outlines how this is just another step in the process of overthrowing 7 countries in 5 years in an effort to Remake the Middle East to Israel’s liking. Israel came up with this plan and then convinced the US to sign on. Not once has the US…

Brian Berletic & Danny Haiphong: Putin Sets Trap for NATO, Ukraine Collapsing, Syria Explodes, US Continues Destroying Things

by Danny Haiphong [12-11-2024 published]. (To make sense out of today’s geopolitics it helps to understand the big picture. This very insightful discussion by Danny & Brian really ties a lot of global relationships together in a way that is seldom explained, primarily because the US doesn’t want us to know. How many of us…

Russian Oreshnik Hypersonic Missiles in Belarus to deter NATO aggression

by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical & military analyst [12-10-2024]. (This is a very important analysis about how the new Russian Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile has changed the war dynamics of Russia & Belarus with NATO & the US. – RAD) On November 21, the Russian military used the “Oreshnik” for the very first time, a new…

Syria’s post-mortem: Terror, occupation, and Palestine

by Pepe Escobar [12-10-2024 published]. The NATO-Israeli cabal cheering on Damascus’s fall will get more than they bargained for. Power struggles and infighting among extremist militias and civil society, each backed by different regional and foreign actors who want a piece of the pie. The short headline defining the abrupt, swift end of Syria as…

Pepe Escobar & Judge Napolitano: Russia’s Next Move, Syria, Israel, Turkey, Iran, NATO, Palestine

by Judging Freedom [12-9-2024 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). (Pepe Escobar sheds some excellent light on what is happening in the Middle East now that the Syrian government has fallen. He also describes how Israel & the US are involved. Don’t miss this one. – RAD) Related Syria’s post-mortem: Terror, occupation, and Palestine [12-10-2024]

West’s Escalation Attempts May Lead to Its Strategic Defeat – Russian Intelligence Chief Naryshkin

by Sputnik [12-10-2024 published]. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The West’s attempts at escalation will not lead to Russia’s exhaustion, as they expect, but will result in the near strategic defeat of the West itself, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin said on Tuesday. “I state with complete certainty that further escalation will not…

Liberal world order is over – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

by RT [12-11-2024 published]. Hungary is ready to act as a link between East and West in a new reality, the prime minister has said. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed that his country’s refusal to conform to liberal ideology will yield considerable benefits in the future. The conservative nationalist politician has been in…

West fostering global conflict – Russia’s spy chief Naryshkin

by RT [12-10-2024 published]. (I wonder how much longer it will take to the West, especially the US & NATO to acknowledge these significant changes in the world power structure? The West is fighting a war in Ukraine that they simply can’t win. In fact, it was the constant provocations from NATO ever since the…

Sergey Lavrov’s Interview to Tucker Carlson, Moscow

by Tucker Carlson [12-5-2024 published]. (This is an excellent interview of Sergey Lavrov by Tucker Carlson. Lavrov’s English is excellent and easy to understand. Lavrov has a deep understanding of the issues and strives to rationally explain the reality without ‘spinning’ things. While listening to him, it is easy to see why he is considered…

IN BRIEF: Putin’s main statements at Russia Calling! forum

by Tass [12-4-2024 published]. (This total post is in 3 parts. Immediately following is a summary of Putin’s key  points. It is followed by the official Kremlin Russian to English translation of his entire speech. Last is the video with simultaneous Russian to English translation. It is important to realize that the Russian economy has…