THE RUSSIA DESK

ISRAEL SHAMIR--But Belarusian suppression is not something to write home about. The crowds aren’t big, for Belarusians are quite civil and obedient folk, they even wait for the green light (a rare quality in the East). Despite provocateurs and Soros-trained ...
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MAX PARRY—Despite the obvious credibility and authenticity questions regarding the use of such controversial technology, it has not prevented critics from lauding it unquestioningly. Unfortunately, even some in alternative media have been regurgitating the film’s propaganda such as The Intercept, ...
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ALEKSANDR SAMSONOV—In the 20th century, Britain twice managed to pit two great powers against each other, two nations that were a threat to London: Germany and Russia, Germans and Russians. The British twice crushed their main opponent in the western ...
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I still can’t get used to the fact that when Russia faces big threats, and Putin is silent, it means that there is another special operation, which we will only learn about later, when the information noise subsides. No wonder ...
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KEN LESLIE—The fracturing and occupation of the post-Soviet space that began in 1991 is almost complete. More or less willingly, the former Warsaw pact and buffer states of Eastern Europe joined the criminal alliance that is NATO and over the ...
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THE SAKER—The West has clearly taken a consolidated, common, position towards this crisis.  {As usual] The West does not recognize the outcome of the elections and the West has now thrown its full weight behind the so-called “opposition”. Western leaders ...
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PETER KOENIG—Belarus is in turmoil, after an election where the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko – 25 years already in power (in office since 1994) – has won with 80% of the popular vote. That’s what the official stats and media ...
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MoA—There don't seem to be many rich city kids in Minsk. Throughout the week the protests groups in Belarus were rather small. The 'western' media have pushed high number counts and talked of countrywide protest when twenty women stood on ...
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FRANCIS LEE—Throughout this period the EU and high-ranking US officials were openly engaged in Ukraine’s internal affairs. The US Ambassador, Geoffrey Pyatt, and the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, were strolling around Independence ...
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MoA—The Russian vaccine candidate is based on two variants of the human adenovirus which can cause the common cold. These viruses have also been used in other reliable vaccines. Their DNA has been modified to include the building plan for ...
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A bipolar balance in the region would deter Washington further from regime change attempts. The only reason for Washington’s audacity to start the Syrian and Iraqi wars were because of the power vacuum left after the dissolution of the Soviet ...
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This article is part of an ongoing series of dispatches by historian Eric Zuesse It was reported only on ‘fringe’ media (such as “Disobedient Media” now gone from the Web) until recently. However, the evidence that the entire “Russiagate” charge ...
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