(2021-06-07). Nukes, Lies and Invisible Murder. counterpunch.org Let's listen in for a moment to the gentle, awkward language of mass killing: The employment or threat of employment of nuclear weapons could have a significant influence on ground operations. . . . Integration of nuclear weapons into a theater of operations requires the consideration of multiple variables. Using nuclear weapons could create conditions
(2021-06-07). The Biden-Putin Summit: A Time of Testing. counterpunch.org Next week's summit meeting in Geneva between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will be a time of testing for both leaders. Putin has several advantages at this particular point in time. The four years of Donald Trump have weakened the political and moral authority of the United States and the U.S. presidency. Trump's pathetic handling of the pandemic and his bizarre summit meetings with Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-un raised serious questions about U.S. capabilities. The U.S. retreat from the Paris climate agreement; the Iran nuclear accord; and various international venues such as the World Health Orga…
(2021-06-07). Video: Syrian and Russian Forces Contain ISIS Terrorists Amid Fears of a Future Resurgence. globalresearch.ca The Syrian elections …
(2021-06-07). Russia Withdrew From Open Skies Treaty. southfront.org 
Vladimir Putin. IMAGE: Alexey Babushkin/RIA Novosti | On May 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on denunciation of the Open Skies Treaty. | On June 2, the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia's parliament) approved the law, voting unanimously (152 votes) in favor of the accord's denunciation. On May 19, the law was unanimously adopted by the State Duma (the lower house of Russia's parliament). | Moscow had launched internal state procedures for exiting the Treaty on Open Skies in January, according to Ru…
(2021-06-07). 63 Security Officials Urged Biden To Discuss Missile Defense With Putin. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 3rd, This is likely to lead to absolutely nothing, but the semblance is important here."We urge yo…
(2021-06-07). In Video: Syrian, Russian Forces Repelled 'Naval Attack' During Joint Exercise. southfront.org 
Screen grab from Zvezda TV footage. | On June 7, the Ministry of Defense of Russia released footage of a recent joint exercise with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on the Syrian coast. | During the exercise, Russian and Syrian service members repelled a simulated attack from the sea. Light and heavy machine guns were used. A Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier also took part in the exercise. | Russian military personnel trained their counterparts in the SAA on combat tactics based on the experience gained from the war in S…
(2021-06-07). Russia Withdraws From the Open Skies Treaty. telesurenglish.net Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Monday enacted the law to withdraw his country from the Open Skies Treaty. Previously the Lower House (Duma) passed that law on May 19 and the Senate ratified it last week. | RELATED: | In 2020, the United States left this multilateral agreement, which was signed in 1992 and entered into force in 2002. In May, Washington notified Moscow that President Joe Biden's administration…
(2021-06-06). New Report by Corporate-Funded Think-Tank Reveals How Profit-Driven Motives Drive New Cold War against China. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong High-speed bullet train in China. [Source: railwayage.com] A new report published in Railway Age magazine and written by the Information Technology Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has sounded the alarm about China's growing high-speed rail sector. The report comes amid escalations in the U.S.'s New Cold War against China, of which technology is a key…
(2021-06-06). Ellsberg Blows The Whistle Again. popularresistance.org Unbeknownst to most of us, Dan Ellsberg secretly copied another explosive report when he copied the Pentagon Papers fifty years ago. The second classified study documented how close the U.S. came to starting a nuclear war with China in 1958. The NYTimes reports: "When Communist Chinese forces began shelling islands controlled by Taiwan in 1958, the United States rushed to back up its ally with military force — including drawing up plans to carry out nuclear strikes on mainland China, according to an apparently still-classified document that sheds new light on how dangerous that crisis was." | Ellsberg has p…
(2021-06-06). 'Smeared, shut out & shadow-banned': the inside story of how RT was branded a 'foreign agent' by free press-loving US officials. rt.com 
When RT was forced to register as a 'foreign agent' by American authorities four years ago, it sparked a chain of events that saw the network banned from press events, cut off from potential partners and delisted on social media. | Speaking at a roundtable on press freedom at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday, Anna Belkina, RT's deputy editor in chief, set out how American legislation was limiting the multinational news agency's work in the country, which bills itself as the leader of the free world, and elsewhere. | Her comments came as foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova de…
(2021-06-06). Syrian Army To Reactivate Air-Defense Base In Northern Aleppo. southfront.org 
A Syrian S-75 launcher. Source: Russian MoD | The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is working to reactivate an air-defense base in northern Aleppo that was overrun by rebels in the early years of the war, Syrian sources revealed on June 5. | The air-defense base is located in the town of Taanah near the frontline with Turkish forces who occupy the town of al-Bab to the east. The base, which used to host a Soviet-made S-75 Dvina air-defense system, was captured by the rebels in 2012. The SAA recaptured the base and its surrou…
(2021-06-06). Central Syrian Insurgency: 23 Pro-Government Killed In ISIS Attacks, Russian Warplanes Struck Back. southfront.org 
2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti-25 | At least 23 soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed in Syria's central region on June 3 and 4 as a result of attacks by ISIS cells, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on June 5. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the fighters were killed in ambushes set by ISIS cells. | One of the victims of improvised exp…
(2021-06-06). US Actively Prepares for War with Russia. globalresearch.ca It is quite …
(2021-06-06). Does the New York Times Prohibit Its Reporters from Mentioning China's Vaccines? cepr.net That seems to be the case. A few weeks ago it ran a major piece on vaccinating the world. The article never once mentioned China's vaccines (or Russia or India's). It had another piece today on the topic, which again did not mention China's vaccines. Ignoring China's vaccines in the context of vaccinating the world …
(2021-06-06). Russia's fun-loving Foreign Ministry spokeswoman laughs off NATO threat. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO meddles in Russia-Belarus affairs to prevent their integration — diplomatRussian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on a statement of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg NATO summit: West to move China to back burner, Russia and Belarus to the front [Which developments over the past thirty years could possibly cause Zakharova to believe that NATO has …