(2022-02-28). US, Allies Ban Russian Banks From SWIFT, Crypto Maybe Next Target. news.antiwar.com The US has joined Canada, the EU and UK in barring some Russians from the international money transfer system, SWIFT. The move is the most serious round of sanctions yet from Western nations over Russia's actions in Ukraine, with Ross Delston, a U.S. lawyer and former banking regulator, calling it "the closest thing to a …
(2022-02-28). The Situation in Russia and Ukraine — Why Is Ukraine the West's Fault? transcend.org John J. Mearsheimer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. In 2020 he won the James Madison Award from the American Political Science Association to "an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science."
(2022-02-28). Russia out of Swift, The "Nuclear" Financial Option That Risks Collapsing The World Economy. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Piero Messina | There is the war that is fought on the ground and there is the war that is fought with international finance weapons. Financially, Europe and the United States have a nuclear option. They used it: to oust the Russian Central Bank from Swift transactions. | But what is the Swift? It is an acronym that stands for "Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications": it is a Belgian messaging platform that connects thousands of financial institutions fro…
(2022-02-28). Russian Forces Take Control Of Energodar City, Declare Air Dominance (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | The peace enforcement operation in Ukraine entered its fifth day. Russian forces have been developing their operational success in the southern, northern and eastern sectors amid strong resistance of the Kiev regime forces near Kharkov, Sumy and Mariupol. | In the morning of February 28, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces have liberated the towns of Energodar and Berdyansk in Zaporizhzhie Region. | According to the released statement, Russian military aviation control…
(2022-02-28). Ukraine versus Iraq — Humanitarian Intervention versus Invasion? transcend.org 25 Feb 2022 – Russian "Peacekeeping" or another "Forever War" – With the emphasis so emphatically placed on "invasion", little is said of the possibility of "humanitarian intervention" — let alone of the meaning of any form of "promise" not to invade.
(2022-02-28). Putin Puts Russian Nuclear Forces on High Alert as Resistance to Ukraine Invasion Grows. democracynow.org 
Following a wave of peace rallies held across the globe this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to diplomatic talks with Russia. This comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin placed Russia's nuclear forces on high alert on Sunday, citing increasingly tightened international sanctions. We speak with Anatol Lieven, senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, who says it's not clear whether Putin is using a nuclear threat to topple the Ukrainian government or pressure them into a deal. Lieven also speaks about Belarus's support of the Russian invasion…
(2022-02-28). Sweden, Finland Inching Closer Toward NATO Amid Russia's Ukraine Op, Poll Shows. sputniknews.com Both Finland and Sweden have maintained a lively collaboration with the North Atlantic alliance through joint drills and overseas operations while retaining their formal non-alignment.
(2022-02-28). Thursday 3/3: No War with Russia/No NATO Expansion/Fund Communities, Not War. indybay.org I-80 Pedestrian Overpass, Berkeley, foot of University Ave.
(2022-02-28). Activist explains why anti-war movement wants U.S. out of Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Fight Back! News interviewed Meredith Aby-Keirstead, a founding member of the MN Anti-War Committee, on February 27 for her anti-war perspective on the crisis in the Ukraine and the proxy war developing between the U.S./NATO and Russia. | Fight Back!: Why should Americans join with the anti-war movement right now? | Meredith Aby-Keirstead: This is a critical time to stop the U.S. as it fans the flames of war. Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress want to send more weapons and more military support to Ukraine, which would be like pouring gasoline on this fire. Not only would it kill any dipl…
(2022-02-28). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not to Expand NATO East of Germany, Newly Discovered Document Proves. transcend.org 21 Feb 2022 – A newly discovered document provides more evidence that Western governments broke their promise not to expand NATO eastward after German reunification. Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union that NATO would not expand east.
(2022-02-28). Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War. scheerpost.com 
Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Preemptive war, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, is a war crime. It does not matter if the war is launched on the basis of lies and fabrications, as was the case in Iraq, or because of the breaking of a series of agreements with Russia, including the promise by Washington not to extend NATO beyond the borders of a unified Germany, not to deploy thousands of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, not to meddle in the internal affairs of…
(2022-02-28). Did the U.S. and NATO Promise Not to Threaten Russia by Moving the Military Forces of NATO to Its Borders? transcend.org 22 Feb 2022 – We continue to be threatened by the culture of war, which, as usual in recent history, is monopolized by the nation states.
(2022-02-28). U.S./NATO is in the Grip of a Daemonic Death Wish and the Entire World is Threatened. dissidentvoice.org 
Not wanting to sound hyperbolic, but I am starting to conclude that the nuclear madmen running the U.S./NATO New Cold War they started decades ago are itching to start a nuclear war with Russia. Their hypocrisy and nihilistic thirst for death and destruction are so extreme that it boggles my mind. They accuse Russia of …
(2022-02-28). UK workers and youth speak in support of "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III !" webinar. wsws.org "Everyone should condemn the war against Ukraine while opposing the NATO contribution to the current war. All the mainstream media are trying to rally people into a bloody war with Russia, which could be catastrophic for the entire planet."
(2022-02-28). Conflict between US-NATO and Russia over Ukraine threatens nuclear war. wsws.org Sixty years after the Cuban Missile crisis, the war in Ukraine has brought the world to the point where the exchange of nuclear weapons is a real possibility.
(2022-02-28). Romania to Block Sputnik and Stop Broadcasting of RT by Day's End. sputniknews.com Romania is the latest country to take measures to crack down on Russian foreign-language media over the crisis in Ukraine. On Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recommended banning Sputnik and RT across the European Union.
(2022-02-28). RAND Corporation Urged Creation of the Horrors You're Seeing in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org In 2019, the RAND Corporation tentacle of the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional "Intelligence" Media Academic "Think" Tank Complex published a report claiming to have "conducted a qualitative assessment of 'cost-imposing options' that could unbalance and overextend Russia." Here was one of the "cost-imposing options," one that U.S. President Barack Obama had been refusing, but in …
(2022-02-28). Everyone loses in the conflict over Ukraine. canadiandimension.com 
Firefighters inspecting the damage at a building following a rocket attack on the city of Kyiv during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, February 2022. Photo courtesy Ukrainian Police Department Press Service. | When two scorpions are in a bottle, they both lose. This is the preventable danger that is growing daily, with no end game in sight between the two nuclear superpowers, led by dictator Vladimir Putin and de facto sole decider, Joe Biden. | Putin's first argument is, Washington invented the model of aggressive, illegal invasions, and destruction of distant countries that never threatened US security. Mil…
(2022-02-28). What Russia, Singapore and Fiji Have in Common. journal-neo.org 
Russia's cooperation with Singapore, a prosperous island city-state in Southeast Asia with a population of nearly 6 million people, neighbouring Indonesia and Malaysia and having one of the highest GDPs in the world, has been actively developing since 2009, when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid his first official visit to Singapore in the history of …
(2022-02-28). War In Ukraine, The West's Propaganda War Is The End Of Democracy. southfront.org 
Tianjin explosion in China | Written by Piero Messina | Vladimir Putin has become "Putler", something halfway between Putin and Hitler. For the less aggressive, the Russian president is Vlad the Mad. "There has never been a genocide against the pro-Russian populations in Donbass. Nazi formations do not exist and have never existed in Ukraine and there has been no massacre in Odessa. Putin threatens the world and must be stopped." Western media is treating the Ukrainian crisis as if it were selling soap bars w…
(2022-02-28). How the US Instigated the Ukraine Crisis. orinocotribune.com By Rick Sterling — Feb 25, 2022 | Introduction | Russia has sent troops into Ukraine and attacked Ukrainian military forces. | In a It is now clear the Russian statements and
(2022-02-28). Russia's FSB: Ukrainians Report Attempts by Kiev to Use Their Compatriots For Sabotage in Russia. sputniknews.com Responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for military help in countering the ceaseless aggression of Ukrainian forces, on 24 February Russia began a special operation to demilitarize and and denazify Ukraine.
(2022-02-28). US Freezes Dollar Assets of Russian Central Bank. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department prohibited American companies and financial institutions from carrying out any operations with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBRF) and froze all dollar assets of this institution. | RELATED: | Announced before the opening of the U.S. markets, this prohibition takes effect immediately and prevents the Russian Central Bank from accessing its dollar reserves aro…
(2022-02-28). Imperialist powers use "financial nuclear weapon" against Russia. wsws.org Selected Russian banks have been cut off from the Swift financial messaging system and the foreign exchange transactions of its central banks have been paralyzed.
(2022-02-28). Finns, Swedes Hoard Iodine Tablets Amid Russia's Ukraine Op Despite Authorities Saying No Need to. sputniknews.com Russia's special operation in Ukraine has sparked fears of a leak at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, currently under Russian control, but according to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, there is no need to stock up on iodine tablets, as none of its reactors is active.
(2022-02-28). Bill McKibben on Dire IPCC Climate Report & How Oil and Gas Are Fueling Putin's Ukraine Invasion. democracynow.org 
We speak with climate author, journalist and movement leader Bill McKibben upon the release of the highly anticipated U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2022 report, which finds the impacts of the climate crisis are already worse than predicted, driving poverty, hunger, disease and species extinction. McKibben also speaks about how global dependency on oil and gas empowers autocrats like President Vladimir Putin and is helping fuel the Russian war in Ukraine. Renewable energy could help defeat fascism and deter some of "the worst people on Earth" if deployed at scale, he says.
(2022-02-28). UPDATE: Russia-Ukraine Negotiations to Proceed 'Quietly'. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Russia and Ukrainia began negotiations in Pripyat on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei conveyed President Alexandr Lukashenko's wish that the negotiations allow finding ways to resolve "the problems". | RELATED: | For the Ukrainians, the talks will revolve around achieving an immediate ceasefire in the special operation that Russia launched five days ago and the withdrawal o…
(2022-02-28). Myanmar Supports Russian Actions in Ukraine. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Myanmar supports Russian actions with respect to Ukraine, including Moscow's special military operation, and maintains that Russia has the right to defend its national interests, a spokesman for the Myanmar military Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, told Sputnik.
(2022-02-28). Australia to send "lethal aid" to Ukrainian armed forces. wsws.org A senior Labor leader called for an even greater "step up," saying: "Whether that is support with weapons, on the cybersecurity front, whether it is tightening the screws on the Russian economy."
(2022-02-28). Anti-Russian fever takes hold of entertainment, music and sports world. wsws.org The stampede to denounce everyone and everything Russian is hypocritical and dangerous.
(2022-02-28). Regional Internet Provider in Kazakhstan Shuts Down Russian TV Channels Amid Moscow's Op in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Russia is conducting a special operation to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine in answer to calls from Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics for help in countering aggression of Ukrainian forces. Moscow has underscored it has no plans to occupy Ukrainian territory, yet many foreign countries have accused it of invading the neighbouring country.
(2022-02-28). Ukrainian Forces Have Mined Most of Mariupol, Holding Residents Hostage, DPR Says. sputniknews.com Russia announced the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February with the goal of defending the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics from a "genocide" of the Russian-speaking population, targeted by Kiev. Prior to that, Moscow recognised the Donbass breakaways as independent republics.
(2022-02-28). Bulgarian Opposition Decries Gov't 'National Betrayal' Over Russian Special Op in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Earlier in this week, Bulgaria, along with other European states, announced its decision to close its airspace to Russian airlines amid the situation in Ukraine, explaining it had decided to do so due to "the escalation of the military conflict and as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine".
(2022-02-28). UK Treasury Imposes Sanctions Against Central Bank of Russia. sputniknews.com Earlier, the UK announced sanctions measures aimed at "imposing severe consequences on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian economy" over Moscow's special operation in Donbass to defend the Donetsk and Lugansk People's republics (DPR and LPR).
(2022-02-28). Removing Russia from SWIFT to Be Double-Edged Sword For Europe. telesurenglish.net Several European countries, the United States and Canada issued a joint statement on Saturday saying they will remove some Russian banks from SWIFT, the payment system used for most international financial transactions. | RELATED: | The expulsion, which some people believe will deal a heavy blow to the Russian economy by crippling Russian banks' ability to settle international transactions, could be bad for Europe, as it will…
(2022-02-28). Russia Will Respond to European Bans on Air Travel, Will Consider Its Own Interests – Kremlin. sputniknews.com On Thursday, Russia began a special operation to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for help in countering the aggression of Ukrainian forces.
(2022-02-28). Ukrainian MP Calls Zelensky 'Criminal' For Not Entering Negotiations in Face of Russian Spec Op. sputniknews.com On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin paused the special military operation in Ukraine after Kiev suggested negotiations, but no agreement could be made with the Ukrainian representatives, as the latter were not satisfied with the proposed conditions. After two further days of military action, the sides are again expected to negotiate.
(2022-02-28). Latvian Parliament Authorises Country's Citizens to Fight in Ukraine Amid Russia's Denazification Op. sputniknews.com On 24 February, Russia began a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for help in countering the aggression of Ukrainian forces.
(2022-02-28). Chechen Leader Mocks EU With Mirror Sanctions, Including One Acknowledging There Is 'No English Tea'. sputniknews.com This week, due to the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Western nations have imposed sanctions on its banking and defense sectors, as well as on some industries. Individual sanctions were imposed against Russian officials and businessmen, including President Putin.
(2022-02-28). Russia-Ukraine War Threatens Import-Depending African Economies. telesurenglish.net Last week, the Renaissance Capital Investment Bank Economist Director Charlie Robertson warned that the Ukraine-Russian war will severely impact African countries that depend on food imports from Europe. | RELATED: | "Africa keeps centuries-old ties with Western countries," Robertson said, stressing that this continent imported US$6.9 billion in agricultural products from Russia and Ukraine in 2020. | He considered that the g…
(2022-02-28). Russian Air Forces Dominate Airspace Over Ukraine, MoD Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian warplanes dominate the airspace over the entire territory of Ukraine, Russian defence ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Monday.
(2022-02-28). Foreign Agents Designation Causes Media Cold War. fair.org 
The US government in 2020 declared five Chinese media entities to be "not independent news organizations" but rather "effectively controlled by the [Chinese] government" (Politico, Most nations have some form of state media. These days, it's pretty easy for Americans to access any number of foreign state media outlets, and many of them have journalists covering US affairs. Some of those journalists must register as "foreign agents" with the US government. But others don't have to—a distinction that h…
(2022-02-28). Selected Articles: US Nuclear Attack Against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | As everyone faces difficult times, the company which deals with the fulfillment of book sales on behalf of Global Research is no longer able to provide its services. We are unfortunately suspending the sale of print books until …
