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Russia in Review, March 14-21, 2025

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Bipartisan legislation seeks to rein in Erdogan’s Turkey over ties to US foes

As mentioned a “colour revolution” has been kicked off in Turkey. Long term readers know this had been expected as part of the regional remake (Birth Pangs) Will it succeed? I don’t know? thanks to Ms Cat for bringing this to my attention Fox News A group of bipartisan House lawmakers are introducing legislation to […]

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Flashback 2019: Could the US force regime change in Turkey- The short answer is yes.

Given recent going’s on in Turkey, including the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor- and early rumbles of a colour revolution.. Let’s go back to 2019. Keeping in mind this article hails from the time of Trump’s first presidency Briefly, Istanbul’s mayor was shady, tied to western NGO’s and banksters! From my censored site https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/11/could-us-force-regime-change-in-turkey.html?zx=fb9832489a01909e original url […]

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Ukraine/Russian Ceasefire?

Already broken by the looks of it. Ukraine claims Russia used drones in breach of the ceasefire agreement, except, my understanding the ceasefire applied to energy infrastructure for both parties- Ukraine’s earliest claims of Russian strikes was on homes and a hospital. Ukraine has struck Russia’s energy infrastructure. Yahoo.com Kyiv is expected to agree to […]

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White House says highly-anticipated Trump-Putin call ‘going well’

Call began at 10 am eastern time, and remains in progress, Dan Scavino, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, writes on X The White House said Tuesday that an ongoing call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is “going well” as the two nations seek to hammer out a deal to pause […]

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Enough carrots for Putin. For better negotiations, serve ‘maximum pressure’ instead.

I missed the carrots and thought that maximum pressure was already being applied all things considered thus far.. Sanctions, coup plots, instability at the border, NATO expansion etc.,Read entirely at the link provided From the Atlantic Council Trump may yet convince Putin to agree to an immediate, unconditional cease-fire. If he does not, the United […]

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Trump and Putin to Talk?

Tomorrow Negotiators working to end the Russia-Ukraine war have already discussed “dividing up certain assets,” US President Donald Trump said Sunday as he announced he planned to speak to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Trump’s comments come after he announced last week that Ukraine had accepted a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire, putting the ball in […]

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Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen

Financial Times The US on Saturday launched a wave of air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, as Donald Trump warned that “hell will rain down upon” the Iran-backed group if they continue to attack shipping in the Red Sea. The US president also warned Iran to halt its support for the militant group “immediately”. […]

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Ukraine’s Kursk Collapse & Washington’s Rush to Freeze Conflict Under “Minsk 3”

As Ukraine’s Kursk operations collapse and wider fears grow regarding the viability of Ukraine’s armed forces, the US is rushing to freeze the conflict, create a European-occupied buffer zone in Ukraine, and buy time to rearm and reorganize Ukraine’s forces for the next round of fighting. Do check all the links Mr Berletic makes available […]

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Stop with the cards & balls metaphor- Putin’s response below

Fairly decent article from Forbes- Surprisingly, so I’ve included some excerpts below; I’m going to use my own headline- Playing at a truce, is not a game, so stop with the card and balls metaphors- Two weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump said to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he didn’t have ‘the cards’. This […]