Kiev’s aggressive rhetoric about using the American-made Javelin anti-tank missile systems in Donbass, as well as accusations of Russia’s invasion plans, creates an explosive situation and encourages the escalation of conflict. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service, also claimed that Kiev’s forces used the American Javelin system in Donbass for the…
As a foreigner who’s honored and privileged to live in the Russian Federation, it isn’t the author’s place to actively oppose the state’s official policies since that could be maliciously misconstrued as ‘meddling’ considering the tense political context between his American homeland and his adopted one of Russia. Constructively critiquing them, however, is unquestionably acceptable…
The present analysis will review the highlights of his speech and subsequently interpret their strategic significance for the wider audience. It’ll then conclude with some general observations gleaned from the preceding insight. Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) last week during an expanded meeting with the Foreign Ministry Board that…
Rarely has Russia used this sort of language to a top rep of the major Western powers, but she was sorely pushed. Diplomats are usually polite, but Mrs (“F*ck the EU”) Nuland awoke the beast in her Russian counterparts. Probably it was a mistake to insist that she should be the one to deal with…
A lot of commentators have pointed out that the West really does not want a full scale war with Russia because this would, at best, be a suicidal proposition. True. But there are some specific interests in the West which very much want to raise tensions as high as possible. Today I will list just…
The present analysis will summarize his thoughts and then offer the author’s interpretation thereof as well as his own prediction. Summarizing Surkov Vladislav Surkov, the man who served under President Putin in one capacity or another from 1999-2020 and was referred to by observers at home and abroad as the Kremlin’s “grey cardinal”, published an…
