Tag: Russia
Owner of plant, Rinat Akhmetov, is allegedly connected to organized crime
The Azov Steel factory was an important propaganda tool of the Western media since the Azov Battalion occupied the factory in March this year. In the official narrative, there were “good fellows” inside the factory, defending Mariupol and...
Is Russia’s Bombing of the Mall in Kremanchuk Another False Atrocity Story Being Used to Justify Ongoing Military Intervention in Ukraine?
Jeremy Kuzmarov and Steve Brown - 7
Empty mall parking lot and existence of a munitions plant nearby raise questions about official narrative advanced in mainstream U.S. media
On Tuesday June 28, mainstream media outlets reported that at least 18 people were killed and dozens injured in a Russian missile strike on a “crowded shopping mall” in...
Denunciation of Vladimir Putin’s Essay on History of Russia and Ukraine is Unwarranted
Roger Annis - 17
Far from condemning the national aspirations of Ukrainians, Putin defends them
In July 2021, Vladimir Putin published a historical essay on Russia and Ukraine on the website of the President of Russia.
The essay is a very informative read, written by someone with a deep knowledge of the subject. It is...
New Bill That Passed House Reinvokes Old Russian Bogeyman as Pretext For More U.S. Intervention in Africa
Richard S. Dunn - 9
Liberal Democrats shamefully all voted for the “Countering Malign Russian Influence Activities in Africa” Act—seems like relic from bygone era
During the Cold War, the U.S. government invoked the pretext of Russian interference to justify a range of crimes, including the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, the...
U.S. Increases Aid to Over $100 Million per Day for Ukraine War: A Critique of the West’s Militarized Approach
Ryan Swan - 11
“Putin only understands the language of strength” has become the unanimous position among elite decision-makers within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Germany, as a last holdout, has now embraced the arming of Ukraine in furtherance of what the U.S. State Department is calling an effort “in support of...
Calls By Western Socialists For A Russian Retreat From Ukraine Amount To De Facto Support For NATO Aggression
Roger Annis - 1
On May 11, the online news journal Mediapart in France interviewed Olivier Besancenot following his recent return from a fact-finding mission to Ukraine. The interview was translated into English and published in a French Trotskyist journal that publishes in English and French.
Besancenot was the presidential candidate of France for...
The History They Don’t Teach You in School: U.S. and Russia Have a Long History of Collaboration
Nancy Spannaus - 14
Relationship Can Be Rekindled Today, Even in These Darkest of Times
There was a time in the intelligence and diplomatic communities of the United States, when “intelligence” required study of the history and culture of other nations, and their historical relationship with our own country. The current conflict between the...
“Ukrainian Army Soldiers Shot Into My Home and Burned All My Things,” Says Elderly Luhansk Woman...
This week the European Union is expected to announce a complete import ban on Russian oil. Hungary, in its first real act of defiance, is threatening to veto this; Germany, after some hemming and hawing, has finally decided it can survive such a ban.
Assuming Hungary’s objections are eventually overcome,...
British Mercenary Says He Made a “Stupid Choice” and “Joined the Wrong Side” in Ukraine War
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 18
Says Ukrainian Army Has Committed War Crimes and That “We’re the Bad Guys in Mariupol”
Aiden Aislin, a captured British mercenary currently being held in Russian captivity, is filled with regrets for his participation in a deadly war.
Aislin, a 28-year-old from Nottingham who first came to Ukraine in 2018 and...