The West Is Discrediting NATO’s Article 5 by Claiming That Russia Blew Up Nord Stream

The West Is Discrediting NATO’s Article 5 by Claiming That Russia Blew Up Nord Stream

The twisted version of events implied by this weaponized narrative suggests that the Kremlin can destroy partially NATO-owned infrastructure with impunity, which exposes the bloc as a paper tiger. The US-led Western Mainstream Media’s (MSM) fake news allegation that Russia blew up the Nord Stream pipelines is counterproductive to their own side’s narrative interests. By…

It Was a Surprisingly Wise Move by the West Not to Fast-Track Ukraine’s NATO Membership

It Was a Surprisingly Wise Move by the West Not to Fast-Track Ukraine’s NATO Membership

Their rejection is a major soft power embarrassment for the Ukrainian leader, who failed to marshal any meaningful response to Russia’s reunification with its historical region of Novorossiya. The US-led West’s Golden Billion has been provoking Russia for the past three decades like President Putin explained at length in his historic speech Friday afternoon ahead…

Kiev’s Foiled Attack Against A Russian-Turkish Pipeline Was Partially Meant To Punish Ankara

Kiev’s Foiled Attack Against A Russian-Turkish Pipeline Was Partially Meant To Punish Ankara

It’s a matter of the highest urgency that the Turkish government and the society that it represents realize that their civilization-state’s objective national interests are now deemed by their “allies” as “legitimate targets”. The FSB announced on Thursday that it foiled an attempted terrorist attack by Russian nationals on Kiev’s payroll to blow up one…

Special Military Operation in Ukraine and the Global Balance of Powers

Special Military Operation in Ukraine and the Global Balance of Powers

It is only natural that Russia’s special military operation of demilitarization and denazification in Ukraine has led to a division into opponents, supporters and those taking a neutral stance. This is fraught in any military conflict. We know from the depths of history similar cases of confrontations that started with small episodes of struggle for…

How the War Changed Overnight

How the War Changed Overnight

From Russia’s perspective, the war in Ukraine until now has been a “special military operation” intended to defend the self-declared independent republics of Luhansk and Donetsk.  For eight years Moscow had rebuffed entreaties from Donbass to recognize those republics. Now Russia is prepared to absorb them as part of the Russian Federation itself, along with…

Russia’s Partial Mobilization Is Actually Aimed at De-Escalation

Russia’s Partial Mobilization Is Actually Aimed at De-Escalation

Kiev and its NATO allies can either accept the emerging geopolitical reality that President Putin envisions in order to refocus their efforts on the home front ahead of the coming winter’s expected socio-political and economic crises or militarily push back against it at the risk of provoking Russia to fully defend what it would consider…