As the saying goes, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Not wanting to damage its trade relations and financial security, China is trying not to turn its back on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, while also maintaining its diplomatic relationship with the West, which is a tough balancing act. One thing is certain: Beijing believes the...
Category: SPECIAL UKRAINE REPORT
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“EMPIRE OF LIES”: PUTIN RESPONDS TO WEST’S SANCTIONS
Yesterday, in response to the wave of new sanctions being imposed upon Russia by the United States and western nations following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemned them as an “empire of lies”: “All [the US] satellites not only dutifully agree, sing along to its music, but also copy its behavior,...
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UKRAINE WAR BUILDUP: COMEDY SHOW ON PARADE
Ottawa announced Thursday that 3,400 troops are prepared to deploy to Europe. Besides the troops that are on standby, up to 460 troops already in Europe will head to Latvia, where there are 540 Canadian troops. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—who snuffed out democracy in his own country after imposing the Emergencies Act to end the...
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BIDEN’S TROOP SURGE: VOWS TO ‘DEFEND EVERY INCH OF NATO TERRITORY’
As they used to say in The Bronx, “bullshit has its own sound.” Imagine? Joseph Biden, the U.S. President who withdrew U.S. troops from the 20 year murderous Afghanistan War last year—leaving behind billions of dollars of U.S. armaments and erroneously claiming the Taliban would not take over the nation or its capital, Kabul—is now...
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VICTORIA “FUCK THE EU” NULAND WHO SPEARHEADED OVERTHROW OF DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE IN 2014, STILL IN POWER
Victoria Nuland, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, is playing a key role in the U.S.’s response to the current crisis in Ukraine despite a controversial history that included orchestrating the overthrow of a democratically elected president in Ukraine that led to a civil war. Salon ran a profile on Nuland last year that...
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BIDEN AGREES TO MEET WITH PUTIN ‘IN PRINCIPLE’ FOR HIGH-RISK SUMMIT
U.S. President Joe Biden agreed “in principle” to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as Western leaders insist that Moscow could invade Ukraine at any time. The meeting between the two leaders would occur after another round of talks between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterpart Sergey Lavrov. There has been a...
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UKRAINE CONFLICT HEATS UP: PUTIN RECOGNIZES DONETSK, LUHANSK AS INDEPENDENT FROM UKRAINE
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday prompted the Biden administration to promise sanctions after he urged Russian lawmakers to recognize Russian-controlled territories in southeast Ukraine as independent states he called “Luhansk People’s Republic” and “Donetsk People’s Republic.” Putin accused Ukraine of taking a “path of violence” in the Donbass region and ordered Russian troops to...
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POLL: AMERICANS WANT NO U.S. TROOPS TO FIGHT IN A UKRAINE WAR
A new survey released by the Economist / YouGov found that only 13 percent of Americans believe it would be a “good idea” to deploy troops to Ukraine in order to fight Russians. The online poll was conducted by YouGov and used a nationally representative sample of 1,500 U.S. adults from 5-8 February. The poll showed that more Americans...
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CHINA SIDES WITH RUSSIA IN CLASH WITH WEST. WILL THE BOTTOM LINE LIMIT SUPPORT?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit earlier this month to Beijing to help Chinese President Xi Jinping kick off the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics was viewed by many in the media as an effort by the two to show a united front against the West. CNN ran a headline, “CHINA’S WINTER OLYMPICS MOMENT IS BEING...
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PUTIN OVERSEES NUCLEAR DRILLS: U.S. SAYS RUSSIA CAN STRIKE AT ‘ANY TIME’
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent his Saturday inside the Kremlin with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, overseeing military drills that involved the test-firing of ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missiles amid increasing tensions with Ukraine and the West. Prior to the missile test, Putin—once again—blamed Ukraine for its part in “escalating” tensions in the eastern part...