"Contract on Russian gas transit via Ukraine stipulates ‘pump or pay’ principle - Naftogaz" See? It's not all that difficult to get along together, is it, when issues are put aside or amicably settled for mutual benefit? Much better than shooting at each other. The world should operate more on these principles. "Starting tomorrow maybe?"... Continue Reading →
Minsk, Spinsk, It’s All A Game – with people’s lives
"Russia’s envoy slams Kiev’s statements on non-compliance with its obligations" I don't want to keep harping on about this, but I will if I have to, and the West (including Ukraine) is playing it for all it is worth, but the Minsk agreements championed by the so-called Normandy Four, are dead in the water, barely... Continue Reading →
It Certainly Is Wrong…
...and the Russians should be very careful about placing any kind of trust in the America that they have in the past called 'our US partners', but are now it seems more wisely referring to as 'our US counterparts'. 'Partners'? Wherever did Russia get that idea from? They will never, ever, unless some dramatic and... Continue Reading →
Hope For Less Unbalanced World
No nation on Earth possesses the kind of advanced weapons that Russia does, and no nation will reach the same capabilities as Russia's weapons currently have, perhaps for decades to come. And this is not just one weapon but a whole range of such weapons, as announced by the Russian President in March last year... Continue Reading →
End of The Normandy Format?
Wow! I had not anticipated a move of this nature to be aired just yet in the Ukraine-Donbass saga. It was obvious to me that the Normandy Format process was going to fail - it was designed to do that - but such an event has not yet happened. Despite that, the main protagonists (Kiev... Continue Reading →
Misconstruing the ‘Fact Patterns’
Situations around Golan Heights and Crimea "manifestly different" — Pompeo So, Pompous Mike Pompeo thinks "The situations around the Golan Heights and Crimea are..." well "...it's complicated, but suffice it to say as we evaluated each of those situations we felt that they were manifestly different as a matter of international law, and we attempted... Continue Reading →
Too soon for ‘In A Relationship’?
"Estonian lawmakers invite Russian colleagues to visit Tallinn" - TASS Ahh! Well, well. Do I detect the first tiny glimmer of a softening of the post-soviet hard line - might even call it antagonism or at least suspicion or even anger and at least in part NATO fostered rejection and opposition to the new Russian... Continue Reading →
Seeing the West as the New (Worse Than) Nazis
While I am sure that many would attempt it, there is actually no-one who could successfully raise a fact-based, logically sound argument against that premise. If the West, led by America, has its way, the planet we now live on will be turned into a vast prison system where numbers will be forcefully kept down... Continue Reading →
Three Years – Back In The Family
Welcome home, people of Crimea, just three years ago today. Once again part of one of the great and historic and peaceful nations of Earth. I salute you ...and secretly wish that I could be as proud of my own nation as you have the justifiable right to be of yours. Oh, and a happy... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 