Monatsarchive: April 2022

Maroon beret => Airborne

How did Galloway get this classy Russia state-affiliated media tag? I want one! Decades ago I was used to being told I was in the pay of the Soviet Union, then during the 1990s that disappeared (leaving me with a … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: Truss told a Nato foreign ministers’ dinner that the Nato-Russian Founding Act, the basis of cooperation between Moscow and Nato, was at an end. She said: “The age of engagement is over. We need a new approach to security … Weiterlesen →

BBC: The US has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including his daughters.The list also includes the family of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and major banks. … The US said that Mr Putin’s daughters, Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova … Weiterlesen →

Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic: But as long as Russia is ruled by Putin, then Russia is at war with us too. So are Belarus, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, Nicaragua, Hungary, and potentially many others. We might not want to compete … Weiterlesen →

Martin Luther King, April 4, 1967: Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America’s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of … Weiterlesen →

DER SPIEGEL: Mr. Dubov, you are one of the 44 Russian chess players who, in an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of March, called for an end to the war of aggression on Ukraine. Why … Weiterlesen →

Die Zeit: Annalena Baerbock kündigt schärfere Sanktionen gegen Russland an It’s April 3.

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Sergey Karaganov: For 25 years, people like myself have been saying that if Nato and Western alliances expand beyond certain red lines, especially into Ukraine, there will be a war. I envisioned that scenario as far back as 1997. In … Weiterlesen →

Hedges on Substack: I was on RT for the same reason the dissident Vaclav Havel, who I knew, was on Voice of America during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. It was that or not be heard. Havel had no more … Weiterlesen →