I wouldn't have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes, and I thank The Automatic Earth for pointing to it. It is a remarkable and outstanding piece of writing, the work of US Judge Anna Von Reitz The good judge - I don't know if she is even a real... Continue Reading →
In The Emerging New World, The West Is Non-Essential
Since Russia has at long last clearly and firmly staked its claim to be a major component of the emerging New World, not afraid of combating the tyranny and gross inhumanity of the crumbling empire of the western nations, the self-styled 'Essential Nation' - the US - not only part of what can now be... Continue Reading →
Russian ‘Special Operation in Ukraine – Day of Silence
Nothing much to report today due to the so-called Day of Silence - supposedly to allow extraction of civilians from various blockaded cities. Nothing dramatic seems to have occurred - as expected. There is still a map but little has changed - although, particularly in Mariupol, Russian forces have penetrated sufficiently to now be in... Continue Reading →
Russian ‘Special Operation’ in Ukraine – Day??
It appears that the practice of allocating a day number to the Russia-Ukraine conflict has either stalled or been dumped. The day numbering was never really meaningful anyway, if only for the fact that the war was over and won in reality, and to all intents and purposes, on day 1. And that was only... Continue Reading →
Get the Real Deal – Putin Explains Everything
Supplementing what I said yesterday but not available until a few hours ago (thanks to the hard work in translation requested by the Saker blog) is a full video of the meeting of President Putin with a group of Russian flight attendants, in which he answers someof their questions. Questions I'm sure a great many... Continue Reading →
“Russia’s fight is the fight of all peoples who value freedom and resist tyranny.”
"We are all Russians now." says Eamon McKinney at Strategic Culture Foundation in the fine article he titles "The War on Humanity". He is also responsible for the quote I used as my title for this piece. And he is right on all three counts. We are in a war, all of us, though most... Continue Reading →
Russia ‘Special Operation’ in Ukraine – Day 11
No-one has so far produced a current map of the conflict zone today [Correction: See end of this piece] but the Saker blog has a very interesting appraisal of what Andrei Raevsky has termed 'Phase 2' of the operation. I am not going to explain all the details here, you will need to read it... Continue Reading →
Russia ‘Special Operation’ in Ukraine – Day10
There can be no doubt who has won in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. After this weekend even the composted mindsets of western analysts and reporters will not be able to declare otherwise. Russian forces control 40% of Ukraine territory and that is growing daily. It is known that 75% of the Ukraine military forces and their... Continue Reading →
Russia ‘Special Operation’ in Ukraine – Day 9
So many things to write about and I don't have the time or energy to do it all, so I will stick to the important things for now, and see what else I can do later. The conflict in Ukraine is going well for the Russians. Hooray!!! for Russia, who should boldly ignore any calls... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 