Bloomberg and Archive Erdogan’s close relations with Putin anger Western powers Turkey has positioned itself as a mediator in Ukraine war Clearly the US is not interested in settling the Ukraine situation or they’d appreciate Turkey’s moderation. Also, for Kaz, this US desire for war and more war likely explains the recent actions HTS has […]
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Years back at the big tech censored blog the budding cooperative relationship was repeatedly reported on. This alliance was born in Syria. And it has continued to develop and evolve to this day. I’m not suggesting it’s perfect. I’m stating so far it is an effective working, realpolitik relationship TASS Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia’s […]
Despite the spin from Reuters, the repeated expression of a willingness to negotiate is absolutely NOT NEW. I’ve read these types of statements over and over and over again. It has been the US, the EU and Zelensky that have shown an absolute unwillingness to sit down and talk. Kremlin says its goals in Ukraine […]
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Seizing Russian Central Bank Assets
Link – an oped. Not written in stone but clearly this idea is being tossed around A solution to Ukraine’s short- and long-term problems could be the seizure of Russian central bank assets. Apart from the obvious major legal challenges relating to the respective national legislations, there are political, tactical, and moral challenges to be […]
Warnings? Not threats? Of course Russia didn’t threaten. And did in fact warn… Threats are general. Warnings are specific Russia warned if nukes were used against the nation, that is if Russia were attacked and not the other way around their would be a response. Russia warned. So what does NATO opt to do? Hold […]
Above is the original, word for word, headline that was included when this news article was first published. Click on the link and you will see that for yourself. Than ask why it is the ‘Independent” felt the need to self censor? Link and Link As Ukrainian forces continue their swift and successful offensive though […]
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that targets in Ukraine were hit in response to the explosion on the Kerch Bridge and other “terrorist attacks” carried out by Ukraine’s intelligence. Link Earlier today it became known about explosions in major Ukrainian cities, including Kiev. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the information about shelling of […]
Colour me confused. The lackies in the EU have been pushing price caps on Russian energy.. Alongside the sanctions, which have driven up prices prior to this latest move by OPEC + Is the US threatening Saudi Arabia? Background Biden had previously gone to Saudi Arabia attempting to encourage the Saudi’s to increase output so […]
It’s been well documented that Ukraine was behind this women’s assassination- It’s doubtful that the US was unaware that this targeted killing was set to take place. That’s my opinion. Feel free to disagree or agree. I’m also a bit concerned as to why the US is acknowledging this fact. Are they trying to push […]
Original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/12/pt-2-meddling-outsiders-and.html Both pieces accessible here One more factor in all this was Assad’s “Four Seas” Strategy… (I’d written about his strategy back in 2011) this too was a plan that would have set Syria up as an energy hub integrated with Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan. This plan could not be allowed to come […]