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Meanwhile in Russia’s Far East: Sakhalin LNG

Russia is moving to further tighten its grip on the nation’s oil and natural gas supplies, issuing a decree for the country to take over the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project on Sakhalin Island north of Japan. An executive order signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to “protect the national interests” calls for […]

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EU Commission to “Allow” Resumption of Russian Transport to Kaliningrad

The writing was on the wall for this action. The provocative move by Lithuania was not heartily endorsed by the EU as a whole. In fact the action accentuated the divisions that already existed. Russia did carry on supplying Kaliningrad by air and sea. Berlin and Brussels push for end to Kaliningrad transit sanctions – […]

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Erdogan: Sweden, Finland agreement must be kept to secure Turkey’s NATO approval

Following up on the topic covered below Nord news Erdogan issued his straightforward warning at the end of a NATO summit in which the US-led alliance formally invited the Nordic countries to join the 30-nation bloc. A 10-point memorandum signed by the three sides alongside the NATO summit on Tuesday seemed to address many of […]

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Turkey still has final say on Sweden, Finland NATO bids

I’ve been watching this news and the way it’s been presented and the one thought that ran through my mind repeatedly was…. “This deal is not being presented accurately” Following realpolitik for more years than I care to admit.. Since March 2008. Which means after just over 14 years there are some things you know […]

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A Pivotal Moment In Eastern Ukraine

The US is escalating. The global masses should be up in arms. Europe should get ready to freeze. Many will starve. Trudeau needs to go and Freeland cannot replace him. It’s looking ugly

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Ukraine’s Battlefield Losses, Fudged Military Stats.Spin Wins? Retreat from Severodonetsk

As mentioned in yesterday’s report. Trump administration official said. “And they are losing a lot of experienced people.” Ukraine has been taking unsustainable military losses. For quite some time now.Through death, injury and desertion. From a Sky News report Ukraine war: 80% of troops killed or injured in elite military unit, says commander – and […]

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US Special Ops/CIA Coordinating Weapons and Training in Ukraine

Ukraine’s ability to resist the onslaught depends more than ever on help from the United States and its allies — including a stealthy network of commandos and spies rushing to provide weapons, intelligence and training, according to U.S. and European officials. Much of this work happens outside Ukraine, at bases in Germany, France and Britain, […]

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“Goat of Kyiv” Absurd Propaganda Redux- Desperation?

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/goat-of-kyiv-leaves-40-russians-injured-after-setting-off-grenade-booby-trap/ At least 40 Russian soldiers were injured in Ukraine after a rambunctious goat set off a booby-trap of grenades attached to a tripwire. The goat’s ‘chaotic’ movements set off the tripwire while troops were placing traps around a hospital in Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine. The goat had escaped from a farm in the village […]

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Resolving the Ukraine Created Grain Blockade

Link A “control center” is to be established for the grain corridor if Russian and Ukrainian sides reach an agreement in a meeting to be held in Istanbul soon, said the Turkish foreign minister on Thursday. “If an agreement is signed in Istanbul, then there would be a control center to be established as a […]

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The CIA and “Uncle Louie”

Some interesting history. Mykola Lebed was sentenced to death in Poland in 1934. He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1998. By various accounts, he was an assassin, a freedom fighter, a terrorist, a hero, a villain, a prisoner, a refugee, a Nazi collaborator, a Nazi target, a writer, and a war criminal. To the Central […]