Why NATO’s Growing Presence in Black Sea Won’t Change the Strategic Balance

On Tuesday, warning that the North Atlantic Alliance seems to be looking to up the ante of NATO-Russian confrontation in the Black Sea, Russian NATO envoy Alexander Grushko emphasized that the body of water will never become “NATO’s Lake.” Speaking to a leading independent Russian online newspaper, military experts explained why this is the case….

Vladimir Putin deploys troops to Ukrainian border in response to NATO exercises

Source: ebonybay.com As NATO carried out its biggest exercise in Poland since the end of communism in 1989 – complete with a display of thousands of paratroopers – it emerged that Russian troops have been deployed to the Ukrainian border.Scores of U.S. troops and then military vehicles parachuted into a spacious, grassy training area on the outskirts…

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Rehearsing for World War III

As I write this, US troops are building a bridge across Poland’s Vistula river, and conducting a nighttime helicopter assault to secure the eastern part of the country against a Russian assault. Has World War III started? Well, not quite yet, although it’s not for want of trying. This is Operation “Anakonda 16.” Thirty-one thousand…

NATO shows Putin who’s boss

NATO shows Putin who’s boss

31,000 troops, tanks and jets from 24 countries begin the largest war game exercise in eastern Europe since the Cold War in response to Russian aggression Two-week long Anaconda manoeuvres are aimed at ‘checking the alliance’s ability to defend its eastern flank’ Britain has 1,000 troops involved with 12,000 from Poland and 14,000 from U.S…

Russia Rises From the Mat

Source: consortiumnews.com May 1, 2016 The U.S. government doesn’t want to admit that its heady “unipolar” days are over with Russia no longer the doormat of the 1990s, but Washington’s arrogance risks war, even nuclear annihilation, explains Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow In Moscow, the preparations for the May 9th Victory Day parade began in the…