by jacob g. hornberger Imagine that Russia announced that it was reconstituting the Warsaw Pact and that Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Grenada, and Bolivia had signed on as members. Imagine also that Russia fomented a regime-change operation in Mexico that succeeded in ousting the democratically elected president of the country and installing a pro-Russia […]
Paul Craig Roberts Over the last 15 months Ukrainians have paid for Washington’s overthrow of their elected government in deaths, dismemberment of their country, and broken economic and political relationships with Russia that cost Ukraine its subsidized energy. Now Ukrainians are losing their pensions and traditional support payments. The Ukrainian population is headed for the […]
On a bright Sunday morning in February, Ihor Rassokha was at a pro-Ukraine rally in Kharkhiv with a friend, the local scientist Igor Tolmachov. Suddenly there was an explosion, Rossokha recalled, sounding like a firecracker at a football match. Everyone dropped to the ground but a splinter hit Tolmachov in the heart. He managed to run […]
Big Brother Takes Over Toronto Symphony Orchestra A very popular pianist, Valentina Lisitsa, was dropped from the upcoming program by the Toronto Symphony because she criticized the behavior of the puppet government that Washington has set up in her native Ukraine. Listen to her play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata: [youtube OsOUcikyGRk nolink] In view of their […]
This article originally appeared at Ron Paul Institute This week there were two more murders of prominent Ukrainian opposition figures, bringing the total to perhaps 12. While the US government was quick to suggest that Russian president Putin was behind the killing of a minor opposition figure in February, the US has so far remained silent at […]
According to legendary US investor Jim Rogers, anti-Russia sanctions over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the Ukraine conflict should be removed because they are unfair. . WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Anastasia Sheveleva– Anti-Russia sanctions over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the Ukraine conflict should be removed because they are unfair, legendary US investor Jim Rogers told Sputnik. “The sanctions are unjust […]
Russia and Soviet scholar Paul Robinson debunks the claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is directing the rebels fighting in Ukraine’s eastern region This article originally appeared at Truth Dig Through a careful review of recent history, Russia and Soviet scholar Paul Robinson debunks the claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is directing the rebels […]
by Daniel mcadams / Ron Paul Institute Just weeks after a European-brokered ceasefire greatly reduced the violence in Ukraine, the US House of Representatives today takes a big step toward re-igniting — and expanding — the bloody civil war. A Resolution, “Calling on the President to provide Ukraine with military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial […]
Exclusive: In a rare moment of honesty, a Western news outlet, Forbes, admits that the people of Crimea expressed their legitimate will in last year’s referendum when they voted to abandon Ukraine and rejoin Russia, an inconvenient truth for the U.S. State Department and press corps, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry A central piece […]
Professor Stephen Cohen – “This is the worst international crises since the Cuban missiles crisis” By Damir Marinovich Professor Stephen Cohen is one of the most respected authorities on Russia among American and Western scholars. He is an American scholar of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University. His academic work concentrates on modern Russian […]
