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Countering Western Disinformation on Russia and Other Nations Opposing the American Empire
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September 20, 2014
Poroshenko’s speech in front of the Imperial Senate (MUST WATCH!)
RUSSIA DESK A dispatch from The Saker [I] know, it is nauseating, but still, please do watch it. What Poroshenko is saying is that which the US deep state is thinking and, as such, it deserves our utmost attention (even ...
September 17, 2014
HISTORY DOES REPEAT ITSELF
THE RUSSIA DESK | GAITHER STEWART NOVOROSSIYA, UKRAINE AND CRIMEA (Rome) [I]t has been said that a nation is simply the spiritual body that a people acquires during the course of its history. Novorossiya or New Russia, so absent in ...
September 16, 2014
Crimea Annexes Russia
RUSSIA DESK | BORIS KAGARLITSKY A Fleeting Triumph? CROSSPOST W. COUNTERPUNCH [N]o, that’s not a mistake. On March 18, Crimea annexed Russia. There were no insidious schemes or imperial ambitions involved. There was, however, a spontaneously developing situation, together with the ...
September 15, 2014
Strelkov: from swimming with Piranhas to swimming with Great White sharks
RUSSIA DESK: The Saker Reports Dateline: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 INTRODUCTION [T]he Strelkov press conference on Sept. 11 (2014) is, I believe, a historical moment because it marks the move of Strelkov from the Novorussian military struggle into the much larger, ...
September 15, 2014
Listening to Lavrov giving up on the West
THE RUSSIA DESK | A DISPATCH FROM THE SAKER The longstandting mendacity, bellicosity and sheer bad faith evidenced by Western politicians for generations has finally exhausted Russia's patience. It may be for the better. [Y]esterday, I watched with interest a ...
September 12, 2014
Igor Strelkov directing operations in the field—a rare moment.
Novorossiya's first defense commander in the field. Note that they are operating in the open, a sign that hostile aviation has been largely neutralized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW2Ii5x01Mg The Rebels' Leader Igor Strelkov Reports Live From The Battlefield ...