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Recently The Saker, an authoritative blogging platform well known for its international affairs discussions, and for its anti-imperialist and anti-war stance, announced that they would not continue to publish materials from a group of independent Russian information outlets. The decision was as sudden as it was strange, but it would seem the editor was acting under duress:

M. SIMONIAN—Simonyan: The United States’ attitude towards us will not change. The United States, due to their nature, won’t tolerate anyone who even in theory could threaten their existence. We are, in theory, threatening their existence and they cannot agree with this. And they will continue to do everything to make sure that we as such will disappear .

In these conditions, a meeting between Putin and Biden will be just a protocol event. The meeting will be just for pictures. There cannot be any serious discussion and decisions taken during such meeting. Even if something were decided during this meeting, it would be overwritten and nullified the very next day. I don’t believe there could be any substance and any common sense to this meeting. To stand by their word is not a part of the American mentality. It’s something we do.

P. GREANVILLE—Jimmy and Aaron Maté discuss the collapse of journalistic standards across the entire Western media spectrum, including among people who fancy themselves “independent” or “anti-establishmentarian”. The Intercept (post Glenn Greenwald) an outfit bankrolled by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar, provides some juicy examples.

CALEB MAUPIN—Some view US hostility to the Chinese vaccine as rooted in a problematic competitive attitude: “The vaccine industry is a global business game with trillions of dollars on the line… Of course, the US government and social media companies act as an extension of US power. They are playing on the side of Team America. Dr. Anthony Fauci is constantly railing against vaccine skepticism, but he himself has said he is skeptical of the Russian vaccine,” said journalist Alex Rubinstein.

Beneath the diplomatic language and talk of human rights and democracy, a dangerous escalation appears to be brewing. While the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue remains largely unknown to Americans, it is a pivotal part of a dangerous trajectory in global politics, as countries throughout the Pacific are being polarized in what has the potential to be a new world war.

DMITRI ORLOV—The negative optics of surrendering territory can be countered by not surrendering any territory. As a guarantor of the Minsk Agreements, Russia must refuse to surrender the Donbass to the Ukrainian government until it fulfills the terms of these agreements, which it has shown no intention of doing for seven years now and which it has recently repudiated altogether. It is important to note that the Russian military can shoot straight across all of Donbass without setting foot on Ukrainian soil. Should the Ukrainian forces attempt to enter Donbass, they will be dealt with as shown in the following instructional video. Note that the maximum range of the Tornado-G system shown in the video is 120km.