France’s Emmanuel Macron last week suggested the suicidal idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine to confront Russia militarily.

Russia has already shown that Western ostracism is not necessarily fatal.

Lumping US adversaries into a single-headed monster is a paranoid delusion used as to fuel militarism

The Russian presidential election has vividly brought out the fault lines in international politics in a way that seldom happens. That is because the political personality of President Vladimir Putin fills the global stage today like a Colossus. The extent to which the West has gone to demonise him shows what a morbid obsession this has become for them.

This conspiracy theory is discredited by the documented fact that he ordered the FSB just days before the attack to ramp up their anti-terrorist efforts “in a meaningful way” and reminded them of just how dangerous such threats could be if they’re connected to Kiev and/or its Western patrons like he implied.

Lots to cover with respect to Friday’s mercenary terrorist attack in Moscow. Why do I call it “mercenary”? Because it appears that the perps had no ideological axe to grind and were hired for a relatively paltry sum and carried out indiscriminate killing at a public gathering of civilians. Based on the video evidence released so far in the public domain the planning for this op was not the work of skilled professionals — e.g., they used the same vehicle to travel to and from the attack site, their movements inside the building demonstrated unsophisticated Close Quarter Battle skills and they had poor muzzle discipline, which means they had minimal rifle training.

It seems more and more unlikely that it was ISIS-KP that was responsible for the massacre at the Crocus City Hall. It seems likely that the actual shooters were from Tajikistan. Several of them were paid to do the atrack and was recruited through Telegram. This is not the typical ISIS modus operandi. They use very committed islamic fanatics, not hired mercenaries. Somebody probably hoped that all shooters would be killed and that a forged, by outdated communication methods, ISIS admission would be enough to convince the world that it was a jihadist terror attack.

“The connection of times fell apart.” — Hamlet, William Shakespeare. “Such is our age, where blind men lead the mad.” — King Lear, William Shakespeare

Eminent economist Professor Jeffrery Sachs was for many years a senior adviser to two Secretary Generals of the United Nations: It is a national tragedy that President Joe Biden has not taken him into the White House in the same role.

LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – Some western banks are lobbying against EU proposals to redistribute billions of euros in interest earned on frozen Russian assets, senior industry sources said, fearing it could lead to costly litigation. European Union leaders on […]