NATO's Stoltenberg continues to pile stupid on top of stupid in his latest remarks. "NATO intends to avoid costly arms race with Russia, Stoltenberg says" - TASS It sounds really good (these things usually do until drilled down into) for the NATO leader to be saying that they want no arms race with Russia, preferring... Continue Reading →
Turkey Soup Anyone?
"Russia cannot just sit and wait for further developments in Syria's Idlib — diplomat" - TASS Sound reasoning (not something familiar to Western nations) dictates that Russia (the only foreign nation legally operating in Syria) must act in support of the armed forces of the Syrian government and in defence of its own assets there.... Continue Reading →
Duterte Shows Some Backbone
The United States inability to make friends and penchant for losing friends is legendary. Actually that is a bit of a loose statement. The rest of the world mostly hates America and has only put up with US antics in past decades because of their - proven to be mostly bluff - military strength. But... Continue Reading →
Ebla and Saraqib – Liberated
"ANNA RELEASES NEW VIDEO DOCUMENTING BATTLE OF SARAQIB CITY" - Southfront Here's something you won't see on CNN, FOX, or the like. From ANNA (the Abkhazian Network News Agency), via Southfront - both of whom I acknowledge with gratitude. A 38 minute record of the recent battle for liberation of Saraqib city in Syria's Idlib... Continue Reading →
Talking Turkey
"Russia, Turkey to continue talks on Idlib next week - Turkish Foreign Ministry" - TASS Nice delaying tactics by Russia, though I doubt there would be any official confirmation of that. Turkey, in a vain attempt to halt the swift advance of Syrian forces to liberate their homeland from Western and Turkish backed terrorists, has... Continue Reading →
Changing Russian Global Image
As a lover of all things Russian I am happy to bring you this, what is something of a milestone opinion article on the modern Russian global diaspora, from Russia Beyond via the Oval Circle real news site. Having worked with Russians in the past, when I was an IT professional, I can tell you... Continue Reading →
Syria – Erdogan’s Graveyard
"The Syrian Russian Turksih Idlib Stand-Off – Erdogan’s Last Stand?" A brilliant piece for The Saker blog by Ghassan Kadi. Everything looks clearer in hindsight - and there are a lot of things around the Syrian conflict that are still to be made clear to the general public (not least the true scope of the roles... Continue Reading →
Pompeo The Terrorist
Pompeo the Terrorist, portrayed as..."THE LAST WHITE HELMET OF IDLIB" - Southfront Sadly, even with US and other Western backing, all is not going well with the 'peace activists' of the 'al-Qaeda book club in Idlib'. This sarcastic Southfront extract suggests what can be done to remedy that: "So, forces of law and order should... Continue Reading →
Unstoppable Syrian Army Ignores Erdogan Threats
"Syrian army enters Saraqib in Idlib region — TV" - TASS So much for Turkish threats to stop Syrian forces advance in Idlib. That didn't work at all did it? So, Erdogan needs another approach. He has come up with a plan to site home grown missile air defence units on Syria's border (wouldn't dare... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 