Give Putin What He Wants
BY CHARLES PIERSON Photograph Source: Ivan Mezhui – CC BY 2.0 On October 8, 1962, Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticós told the UN General Assembly that there would be no need for Cuba to possess nuclear weapons were […]
Category: Russia
Pipeline Politics Hits Multipolar Realities: Nord Stream 2 and the Ukraine Crisis
BY JOHN FOSTER Photograph Source: Vuo – CC BY-SA 4.0 Amid escalating tensions between US/NATO and Russia, all eyes are on Ukraine, but Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to bring Russian gas under the Baltic Sea […]
Russia Gains Much From Threats to Invade Ukraine, But Knows That Actually Doing So Would be a Disaster
BY PATRICK COCKBURN Photograph Source: Kremlin.ru – CC BY 4.0 The essence of the crisis in Ukraine is that Russia can gain many benefits from its unspoken threat to invade, but none at all from actually doing so. “Russia […]
Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua: The US-Russia Conflict Enters a New Phase
By Ramzy Baroud As soon as Moscow received an American response to its security demands in Ukraine, it answered indirectly by announcing greater military integration between it and three South American countries, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba. Washington’s response, […]
Ukraine as Game Board
BY RON JACOBS Image Source: Google Maps Washington cares less about Ukrainian independence and sovereignty than Russia. Its primary interest in the territory is its location right next to Russia; its other interests lie in the […]
Who are the real aggressors in the Ukraine spat?
Turkey challenges Russia by selling modern combat drones to Ukraine, paid for by American taxpayers via ‘Ukraine assistance’, despite Ukraine failing to complete its part of the Minsk agreement. By Jim W. Dean, …from Politico, UK [ […]
Ukrainian Anti-Russian Engagement Deepens Economic Crisis
By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Global Research, All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). To receive Global […]
The Zionist Factor in Neocons’ Anti-Russia Warmongering over Ukraine
The Israel Factor in Neocons’ Anti-Russia Warmongering over Ukraine ALISON WEIR William ‘Bill’ Kristol (L) and Robert Kagan flank President Joe Biden. Kristol and Kagan, co-founders of the “Project for a New American Century,” are […]
NATO as Religion
BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS Image by Artur Voznenko. The US/NATO/Ukraine/Russia controversy is not entirely new. We already saw the potential of serious trouble in 2014 when the US and European states interfered in the internal affairs of […]
The United States began an urgent transfer of tanks to the border of Ukraine and Romania
By VT Editors Avia Pro: American tanks seen near the border with Ukraine. The US has begun moving its heavy tanks and light armored vehicles to the border with Ukraine, apparently preparing to use these vehicles […]