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New York Times Blockbuster Article Prepares Americans for Defeat in Ukraine

A March 29 article on America’s involvement in the war in Ukraine in The New York Times by Adam Entous “reveals that America was woven into the war far more intimately and broadly than previously understood.” “Understood” is a euphemism. It means the American and global public were lied to.

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America’s New Lost Cause by Michael Vlahos

The New York Times rewrites the history of the war in Ukraine.

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Zelensky speaks of ‘hatred of Russians’

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has admitted that his “hatred” of Russians is one of the driving forces propelling him to “keep going” in the conflict against Moscow.

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VIDEO: Panel Discussion featuring Nicolai Petro: Will the Europeans Sabotage Peace with Russia?

In February, IPD USA organized a symposium where leading foreign policy experts examined how the Trump administration could broker a diplomatic settlement between Russia and Ukraine. Since then, President Trump has actively pushed to bring the Ukraine war to an end, resulting in some positive developments. While fighting continues, both Russia and Ukraine have verbally agreed to an immediate ceasefire. More significantly, there is now a real prospect for normalized U.S.-Russia relations, especially after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed the idea of a U.S. security guarantee or NATO membership for Ukraine. This essential step, later affirmed by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, removed a major source of tension between Russia and the West.

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Will China Seal Zelensky’s Fate?

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s trip to Moscow doesn’t bode well for a quick end to the war.

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino hopeful on Russia return to football ‘soon’

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he is hopeful Russia can be introduced back into the football fold “soon”.

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A Fairy Tale of Ukraine? Why We Need to Revisit Our Narratives, with Dr. Ivan Katchanovski

#231:The Truth Behind Ukraine’s War: Dr. Ivan Katchanovski, Media and Myths. Open Minds with Christopher Balkaran

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Putin sends powerful economic envoy to court Trump administration

Kirill Dmitriev, who runs Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is expected to meet with Steve Witkoff, a key figure in efforts to secure an end to the war in Ukraine.

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Putin Is Betting Trump Will Deliver Ukraine Concessions He Wants

Russia is still counting on US President Donald Trump to deliver an acceptable peace deal in Ukraine, though it’s prepared to continue the war if talks fail, according to people in Moscow familiar with the matter.

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Biden Lied About Everything, Including Nuclear Risk, During Ukraine Operation

Sourced to tone-deaf “U.S. officials,” a massive New York Times exposé reveals an unprecedented betrayal of American voters, but also Ukraine

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Molly O’Neal – German leaders have miscalculated popular will for war spending

Polling suggests the German public has not been won over to the establishment’s war fever.

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Putin’s key investment negotiator heads to Washington for talks with Trump envoy, sources say

WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) – A key Kremlin negotiator is expected in Washington this week for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, two sources familiar with the plan said, the most senior Russian official to visit since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022.

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Yalta 2.0 Needed Now!

On Wednesday, February 14, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that his panel had “made available to all Members of Congress information concerning a serious national security threat.”

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How Russia Challenged the NWO–Interview with Prof. Edward Lozansky

I have said in the past that the New World Order’s enduring legacy is contempt for morality and what Immanuel Kant calls practical reason in the comprehensible universe, which was created by what Aristotle calls the Unmoved Mover. We are still working with the same definition in this article here.

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Crisis of character. Increasing irresponsibility is at the root of our national decline

Crises, crises everywhere, as far as the eye can see. There’s a border crisis, a fentanyl crisis and a crime crisis. Massive deficit spending is leading to a fiscal crisis. President Biden’s 39% approval rating as he seeks a second term would suggest a leadership crisis.

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America’s Central Europe Allie Do Not Make the US Stronger and More Secure

A mantra endlessly repeated by US officials and military leaders, especially in their testimony before Congress, is that America’s vast network of minor state allies in NATO and around the world provide it with resources and power that Russia and China cannot match. However, this is simply not true. It is a fantasy, unsupported by the factual historical record.

Foreign Policy

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America’s New Lost Cause by Michael Vlahos

The New York Times rewrites the history of the war in Ukraine.

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Will China Seal Zelensky’s Fate?

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s trip to Moscow doesn’t bode well for a quick end to the war.

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino hopeful on Russia return to football ‘soon’

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he is hopeful Russia can be introduced back into the football fold “soon”.

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7 mins read

Putin sends powerful economic envoy to court Trump administration

Kirill Dmitriev, who runs Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is expected to meet with Steve Witkoff, a key figure in efforts to secure an end to the war in Ukraine.

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4 mins read

Biden Lied About Everything, Including Nuclear Risk, During Ukraine Operation

Sourced to tone-deaf “U.S. officials,” a massive New York Times exposé reveals an unprecedented betrayal of American voters, but also Ukraine

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Molly O’Neal – German leaders have miscalculated popular will for war spending

Polling suggests the German public has not been won over to the establishment’s war fever.

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New York Times Blockbuster Article Prepares Americans for Defeat in Ukraine

A March 29 article on America’s involvement in the war in Ukraine in The New York Times by Adam Entous “reveals that America was woven into the war far more intimately and broadly than previously understood.” “Understood” is a euphemism. It means the American and global public were lied to.

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Zelensky speaks of ‘hatred of Russians’

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has admitted that his “hatred” of Russians is one of the driving forces propelling him to “keep going” in the conflict against Moscow.

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VIDEO: Panel Discussion featuring Nicolai Petro: Will the Europeans Sabotage Peace with Russia?

In February, IPD USA organized a symposium where leading foreign policy experts examined how the Trump administration could broker a diplomatic settlement between Russia and Ukraine. Since then, President Trump has actively pushed to bring the Ukraine war to an end, resulting in some positive developments. While fighting continues, both Russia and Ukraine have verbally agreed to an immediate ceasefire. More significantly, there is now a real prospect for normalized U.S.-Russia relations, especially after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed the idea of a U.S. security guarantee or NATO membership for Ukraine. This essential step, later affirmed by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, removed a major source of tension between Russia and the West.

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A Fairy Tale of Ukraine? Why We Need to Revisit Our Narratives, with Dr. Ivan Katchanovski

#231:The Truth Behind Ukraine’s War: Dr. Ivan Katchanovski, Media and Myths. Open Minds with Christopher Balkaran

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Putin Is Betting Trump Will Deliver Ukraine Concessions He Wants

Russia is still counting on US President Donald Trump to deliver an acceptable peace deal in Ukraine, though it’s prepared to continue the war if talks fail, according to people in Moscow familiar with the matter.

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Biden Lied About Everything, Including Nuclear Risk, During Ukraine Operation

Sourced to tone-deaf “U.S. officials,” a massive New York Times exposé reveals an unprecedented betrayal of American voters, but also Ukraine

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World Focus: Resetting the clock with Russia

Edward Lozansky was a Soviet nuclear physicist who during the height of the Cold War became a dissident.

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ACURA Exclusive: Pietro A. Shakarian: Russia, Iran, and the Caucasian Chalk Circle

It was only a few weeks ago that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met to ink the historic Russo-Iranian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The pact itself was a milestone, so much so that commentators around the world are still widely discussing its implications. Perhaps one of the most striking elements of the treaty is the major focus on Eurasia. Although Western analysts tend to focus on Russo-Iranian cooperation in the Middle East, the treaty indicates that Eurasia is of even more immediate geopolitical significance to both Moscow and Tehran. To historians and long-time observers of Iran and Russia, this is hardly a surprise. The Eurasian region – that is, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Caspian Sea – forms an integral part of the common Russo-Iranian neighborhood.

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VIDEO: Rand Paul Questions Marco Rubio About Possibility Of Ukraine Joining NATO

At yesterday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) questioned Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State.

US-Russia Relations

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Today’s US-Russia détente is unlike those of the past

Steeled by years of confrontation, Moscow will not give up just anything in hope of future reciprocity

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Celebrating 1982: A Pivotal Year

1982 was a banner year for Russian physicist Dr. Edward Lozansky and his wife, Tatiana — they and their daughter, Tania, were finally reunited in December 1982 after a grueling 6-year separation enforced by Soviet leaders. The Lozanskys, who are […]

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A New Age for US-Russia Arctic Cooperation?

Ceasefire talks could be a catalyst for advancing cooperation in the Arctic, but the climate crisis should not be forgotten.

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Trump-Putin call is a positive step towards peace

The much-heralded Trump-Putin call has not produced a breakthrough in the Ukraine peace process, but it may have advanced it. Russia’s agreement to a 30-day mutual halt to attacks on energy infrastructure is a sign that Putin wishes to negotiate peace (naturally, on terms acceptable to Russia), and is prepared to make a limited but significant concession in order to move the negotiations forward. Trump and Putin have also reportedly agreed on “immediate, technical-level meetings” to start drawing up the details of a comprehensive peace settlement.

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Trump’s Empty Threats to Pressure Russia Falling on Deaf Ears

This will be short and simple — Donald Trump’s reported threat to expand sanctions on Russia if it does not halt attacks on Ukraine is empty and meaningless. As you will see in the following videos, I am currently in Moscow and participating in some public diplomacy seminars. What I have gleaned as a result of conversations with some well-informed Russian analysts is that the era of the United States being able to bully or coerce Russia is over. Donald Trump now confronts a Russia, with a government, an economy and a military, that does not need a single thing from the United States beyond mutual respect. The Russian people are prepared to live a comfortable, productive life without having to deal with the United States. That is a truth that Donald Trump needs to grasp.

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White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say

March 3 (Reuters) – The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Аbout Vladimir Emelyanovich Maximov

Vladimir Emelyanovich Maximov (Russian: Владимир Емельянович Максимов, born Lev Alexeyevich Samsonov, Лев Алексеевич Самсонов; 27 November 1930, — 26 March 1995) was a Soviet and Russian writer, publicist, essayist and editor, one of the leading figures of the Soviet and post-Soviet dissident movement abroad.

Maximov Vladimir Emelyanovich

Biography

Born in Moscow into a working class family, Lev Samsonov spent an unhappy childhood in and out of orphanages and colonies after his father was prosecuted in 1937 during the anti-Trotskyism purge. He went to Siberia to travel there under an assumed name, Vladimir Maximov (to become later his pen name), spent time in jails and labour camps, then worked as a bricklayer and construction worker. In 1951 he settled in one of the Kuban stanitsas and started to write short stories and poems for local newspapers. His debut book Pokolenye na chasakh (Generation on the Look-out) came out in Cherkessk in 1956.

In 1956 Maximov returned to Moscow and published, among other pieces, the short novel My obzhivayem zemlyu (We Harness the Land, 1961) telling the story of Siberian hobos, courageous, but deeply troubled men, trying to find each their own way of settling down into the unfriendly Soviet reality. It was followed by Zhiv chelovek (Man is Alive). The former caught the attention of Konstantin Paustovsky who included it into his almanac Pages from Tarusa. The latter found its champion in Vsevolod Kochetov who in 1962 published it in Oktyabr, which he was then in charge of. It was met with both public and critical acclaim and was produced in 1965 by the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre. In 1963 Maximov became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers and in the mid-1960s joined the Oktyabr magazine's staff. All the while, though, his literary output was getting harsher, darker and more pessimistic.

Two of Maximov's early 1970s novels, Sem dnei tvorenya (Seven Days of Creation, 1971) and The Quarantin (1973) proved to be the turning point of his career. On the one hand, in retrospect they marked the high point of his creativity. On the other, steeped with the longing for Christian ideals and skeptical as to the viability of the Communist morality, both went against the grain of the norms and the criteria of Socialist realism. They were rejected by all Soviet publishers, came out in Samizdat, were officially banned and got their author into serious trouble. In June 1973 he was expelled from the Writers' Union, and spent several months in a psychiatric ward. In 1974 Maximov left the country to settle in Paris, and in October 1975 was stripped of the Soviet citizenship.

In 1974 Maximov launched the literary, political and religious magazine Kontinent to take up what many saw as the Hertzen-founded tradition of supporting the Russian literature in exile. It became the center point of Russian intellectual life in Western Europe, attracting such diverse authors as Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Galich, Viktor Nekrasov, Joseph Brodsky and Andrey Sakharov, the latter describing Maximov as "the man of unwavering honesty." Maximov remained the magazine's editor-in-chief up until 1992, when, during one of his visits to Moscow, he transferred it to Russia and granted all rights to his colleagues in Moscow. He was also the head of the executive committee of the international anti-communist organization Resistance International.

Among Maximov's best-known works written in France were the novels Kovcheg dlya nezvanykh (The Arc for the Uninvited, 1976), telling the story of the Soviet development of the Kuril Islands after the World War II, an autobiographical dilogy Proshchanye iz niotkuda (Farewell from Nowhere, 1974—1982), and Zaglyanut v bezdnu (To Look Into the Abyss, 1986), the latter having as its theme Alexander Kolchak's romantic life. All three, based upon historical documents, portrayed Bolshevism as a doctrine of ruthlessness, amorality and political voluntarism. He authored several plays on the life of Russians in emigration, among them Who's Afraid of Ray Bradbury? (Кто боится Рэя Брэдбери?, 1988), Berlin at the Night's End (Берлин на исходе ночи,1991) and There, Over the River... (Там, за рекой, 1991).

The drastic change in political situation in his homeland and the fall of the Soviet Union left Maximov unimpressed. He switched to criticizing the new Russia's regime and, while still a staunch anti-Communist, started to published his diatribes aimed at Egor Gaidar-led liberal reforms regularly in the Communist Pravda, to great disdain of some of his friends.