At no time has any consideration been given to the possibility of a far simpler explanation for the missing Russian invasion: that Russia never intended to invade.

Russian troops near the border of Ukraine are not going to move into the country. It is simply senseless. Grabbing land devastated by its anti-national and corrupt ruling strata is one of the worst scenarios. Troops are there to prevent another assault on Donbass republics. If that happens, Kyiv’s army will be destroyed and what is left of the already failed state will probably collapse. These troops and other military–technical means, as Russia generals nicely put it, are there to increase pressure on puppeteers rather than on puppets.

How we can emerge from crisis without war.

“There is a sense of open, almost joyful viciousness in all this pro-war, anti-Russian sentiment on opinion pages and television broadcasts. It is certainly racist and demeaning in tone. Such is the first step in convincing the public that the “transgressor” is equivalent to a retrovirus.” – John Stanton, Dissident Voice, 2015

The paper of record’s coverage of the crisis has been a series of shameless provocative conjectures posing as facts.

Time and again, Putin’s words have been twisted or misconstrued in a way that fits and reinforces western preconceptions.

New Delhi will continue to resist falling in line with Washington, potentially thwarting American strategies of neo-primacy.

The rejection of one of Russia’s core demands comes shortly after NATO ruled out discussions of the principle of the “indivisibility of security”.

Here are seven examples of hypocrisy and irony regarding the crisis in Ukraine that you are not likely to read in the main stream media.

In calls with investors, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin boasted that the worsening conflict is helping profits.