RUSSIA DESK

A discussion with Canadian geopolitical analyst Patrick Armstrong about the current tensions between the Empire and the Russian bloc, exacerbated by the Empire’s refusal to recognize Russia’s just demands for her right to her own national security.

“In conclusion,  the negotiations will be very interesting. In the West, they have not understood that the rules of the game have changed.  This is not Russia backed into a corner. We have set the rules now.  If there are separate meetings with the OSCE and with NATO, these will be one time meetings only, without any continuation. We meet and part ways, because we have nothing further to discuss with one another. As for the US-Russian talks, they will continue, because the Americans are not ready to say “no.” If they wanted to say “no,” they would have done so already. They haven’t decided what they want to extract for themselves from all this. Do they want Russia to slam the door and solve its problems with Ukraine by military means, in which case everyone will pile on sanctions against Russia. There are many in Washington who would like this…”

STEVEN SAHIOUNIE —When police are killed, this means the protesters were neither unarmed, nor peaceful.  If this happened in Washington, or London, they would be termed domestic terrorists and the security forces would seek to quell the violence and restore public safety.  However, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken first sounded confused as to what was the backstory of the unrest, but lost no time in casting aspersions on Russia.

The beheading of police in Kazakhstan reminds us of the “Free Syrian Army” (FSA) who were Radical Islamic terrorists, and later devolved into Al Qaeda and ISIS.  In the case of the FSA, it was the US CIA program in Turkey which was the central command headquarters dispensing cash and weapons.

PEPE ESCOBAR—The prospect of yet another color revolution inevitably comes to mind: perhaps Turquoise-Yellow – reflecting the colors of the Kazakh national flag. Especially because right on cue, sharp observers found out that the usual suspects – the American embassy – was already “warning” about mass protests as early as in December 16, 2021. Maidan in Almaty? Oh yeah. But it’s complicated.