Personally, speaking, Emmanuel Todd is an interesting and intelligent individual- His book After the Empire (2002 English) was the first time he came to my attention- Indeed, the copy of this book is still with me! Am listening right now to this interview. Give it a listen if you are so inclined- It’s just under […]
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The Italian daily in question The points omitted via translate (french to english) and Andrew Korbyko Lavrov has certainly introduced some predictable polemics in his answers — this is his style, as those who follow know — but this does not justify the refusal to publish his interview. The major Italian daily Corriere della Sera […]
Sunk Costs also throwing good money after bad. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting Ukraine’s energy security by lending €22.3 million to private Ukrainian energy company Power One for the financing of new peaking generation capacity and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The loan will […]
So, your going Bellingcat involved with British Intelligence? Absolutely! Maybe you don’t know who or what Bellingcat is? Maybe you do? It is in a nutshell a spook operation using “open source intelligence” to create narratives that are all NATO/5 eyes friendly. Bellingcat was originally known as “Brown Moses”. And as serendipity would have it […]
Quickly following up on yesterday’s post.. One year reprieve, unless Trump changes his mind, of course The Guardian The United States has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions for using Russian oil and gas, a White House official said on Friday, after Viktor Orbán pressed his case for a reprieve during a friendly […]
Regarding Israel and the ethnic cleansing of Gaza where Trump family nepotism, like that of the Biden family, is out in the open as is the deception. Israel grabbed more land and the US is rebuilding it for their use. Total deception in dealing with Iran. Despite whatever absurd claims Trump is making he hasn’t […]
Generally speaking Russia has been hitting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The UK is gathering intelligence. Zelensky has spoken with both Mark Carney and Donald Trump, today. Putin touts a new weapon *Russia will soon make an announcement on a new weapon Russia will soon make an announcement on a new weapon at its disposal, President Vladimir […]
Has Russia tweaked their missiles? Or is the Patriot a poor missile defence system? Or a bit of both? My understanding of the Patriot missile system is that it’s effectiveness has been over hyped, but, I don’t really know? Anyone? Forcesnews Russia has been able to carry out numerous ballistic missile strikes despite the best […]
Personally speaking. It makes much more sense to me that the US has approved sending, or has already sent these long range missiles to Ukraine to strike target. The way the article is written suggests otherwise. WSJ Via Archive.ph The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American […]
As usual Mr Putin gave a lengthy talk at this most recent plenary Below is an excerpt from quite a lengthy presentation- You can read the talk entirely at kremlin.ru We are beginning the plenary session of the 22nd annual forum of the Valdai International Discussion Club. It is a great honour for me to invite President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to this stage. […]