(2022-02-05). What's behind US-NATO warmongering against Russia? greenleft.org.au The current United States-Russia crisis has its roots in Washington's betrayal of its well-documented promise to Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in the early 1990s to not move NATO eastward, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
(2022-02-05). Joint Russia-China Statement Articulates United Opposition to Western Alliance. scheerpost.com Editors note:
(2022-02-05). Russian-Chinese statement on NATO: what it says and what it doesn't. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Much has already been and even more will be said about the joint statement issued on February 4 by the presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, entitled Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable …
(2022-02-05). Saturday 2/5: No War Against Russia! Fund Schools and Covid Relief Not War! indybay.org In front of Grand Lake Theater (Grand and Lake Park) Oakland…
(2022-02-05). China, Russia reaffirm support on core interest, oppose interference in internal affairs: joint statement. ecns.cn China and Russia reaffirmed strong support for each other's core interest, state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and voiced opposition to external interference in their domestic affairs, according to a joint statement issued Friday after a meeting between the two countries' presidents.
(2022-02-05). Cringeworthy Media Down Under. dissidentvoice.org 
The Russians are coming! So says the Australian mainstream media. To be honest, I don't know what the Murdoch press is saying as my equilibrium depends on my not reading it. The other major media chain, Nine Entertainment, is in full neo-Cold War mode. Nine Entertainment, as its name implies, has been best known for …
(2022-02-05). Popular Resistance Newsletter: Stop the War with Russia Weekend Actions! dissidentvoice.org 
Once again, the people of the United States are being lied into a war — this time with Russia over Ukraine. The corporate media echo chamber's warning of an "imminent Russian invasion" is the equivalence of the "Iraq has WMD's" lie used to justify a US invasion there in 2003. We are in an urgent …
(2022-02-05). Xi, Putin agree on closer strategic coordination. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on Friday with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony. The two leaders agreed to deepen strategic coordination in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
(2022-02-05). US Conducting Information Warfare With Provocation Claims: Russian Ambassador. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) – Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said the United States is conducting an information warfare campaign with accusations of so-called Russian aggression with respect to the Ukraine situation.
(2022-02-05). Russia-China Joint Statement on NATO: What it Says and What it Doesn't. globalresearch.ca Much has already been and even more will be said about the joint statement issued on February 4 by the presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, entitled Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and …
(2022-02-05). Aim of 5 February Rallies in US to Show Americans Do Not Seek War With Russia, Activist Says. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) Ekaterina Chukaeva – The aim of the upcoming rallies which are scheduled across the US on Saturday is to inform the public that the majority of US people are not seeking a conflict with Russia, Dan Gilman, who is on the organizing team of Seattle Anti-War Coalition and a member and past president of Veterans For Peace, said.
(2022-02-05). Peskov: Kremlin May Switch 'Fake News' to 'Bloomberg News' After False Report on 'Russia Invasion'. sputniknews.com On Friday, Bloomberg news agency published the headline "Russia invades Ukraine" – only to remove it half an hour later, saying that it was a pre-written headline rolled out "inadvertently".
(2022-02-05). EE.UU. levanta algunas medidas contra Irán por acuerdo nuclear. cubadebate.cu El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, levantó varias sanciones aplicadas contra Irán y vinculadas a actividades del programa nuclear de este país. La acción significa un paso esencial "para lograr el rápido cumplimiento de Irán" de sus compromisos, ya que el Gobierno de esa nación aseguró en varias ocasiones que "si EE.UU. levanta las crueles sanciones, es posible revivir el acuerdo de 2015".
(2022-02-05). Attack of the Transphobic Putin-Nazi Truckers! dissidentvoice.org 
They rolled up on Ottawa's Parliament Hill like one of the plagues in the Book of Revelations, honking their infernal air horns, the grills of their tractors grinning demonically, the sides of their dry vans painted with blasphemies like "FREEDOM TO CHOOSE," "MANDATE FREEDOM," "NO VACCINE MANDATES," and "UNITED AGAINST TYRANNY." Yes, that's right, New …
(2022-02-05). Pekín y Moscú: Respaldo mutuo. globalizacion.ca Horas antes de la ceremonia de inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno, que acoge Pekín, los presidentes Vladimir Putin y Xi Jinping sostuvieron un encuentro en el que se comprometieron a profundizar sin descanso la coordinación estratégica entre Rusia…
(2022-02-04). Russia Calls on UK To Stop Spreading Fake News. telesurenglish.net Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has called on the UK Prime Minister demanding he stop fabricating and spreading fake news about an alleged Russian threat to Ukraine. | RELATED: | "UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a video on the government's official account in social networks, where he tells viewers about Russian troops near the border with Ukraine and threatens with 'very real' perspec…
(2022-02-04). Minneapolis protest will demand: No war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of organizations will hold a "No War with Russia" protest Saturday, February 5 in Minneapolis. The protest will start Saturday at 11 a.m. at the corner of 3rd Street and Cedar Avenue S (301 Cedar Avenue S) on the West Bank in Minneapolis. There will be speakers from a number of organizations, followed by a neighborhood march that will go past the office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. | A statement issued by organizers says in part, "Following the Biden administration's announcement that 3000 U.S. troops are being moved to Eastern Europe, people will be taking to the streets in the U.
(2022-02-04). Russia and China issue joint call for an end to NATO expansion. peoplesworld.org 
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, issued a joint demand Thursday that NATO halt its plans for further expansion and end their continued push to whip up a "Cold War mentality." Putin met with Xi in China, only a day before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. As the …
(2022-02-04). Pipeline Politics Hits Multipolar Realities: Nord Stream 2 and the Ukraine Crisis. strategic-culture.org 
By John FOSTER | Amid escalating tensions between US/NATO and Russia, all eyes are on Ukraine, but Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to bring Russian gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Germany, is an integral part of the story. | US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland,
(2022-02-04). US Claims Russia Is Planning A False Flag Operation To Justify Ukraine Invasion: What Is A False Flag? moguldom.com On Jan. 14, a U.S. official claimed that the U.S. had information that Russia was planning a false flag operation to justify an invasion of Ukraine. But what exactly is a false flag? A false flag operation is done with the intention of disguising the actual source of responsibility and blaming another party. While the …
(2022-02-04). China and Russia to Face Regional Threats Jointly. telesurenglish.net On Friday, President Xi Jinping confirmed that China stands ready to work with Russia and President Vladimir Putin to chart the future and provide guidance for bilateral relations under new historical circumstances. | RELATED: | Xi is willing to promote the continuous transformation of high-level mutual trust between China and Russia into results of cooperation in all fields and bring real benefits to the people of the two countries. | "Despite the…
(2022-02-04). February 5 nationwide actions: No war on Russia! answercoalition.org
(2022-02-04). US walks back evidence-free claim of 'imminent' Russian invasion of Ukraine. multipolarista.com Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki walked back the baseless claim of an "imminent" Russian invasion of Ukraine, admitting "we still don't know that [Putin has] made a decision." Meanwhile Ukrainian President Zelensky is criticizing Washington for manufacturing a crisis that has hurt his economy.
(2022-02-04). How We Broke The Supply Chain. popularresistance.org Anyone old enough to remember the Cold War is familiar with a scene routinely depicted on U.S. television at the time: the Soviet breadline. Warning Americans about life under communism, these clips showed Russian citizens lingering forlornly outside businesses for hours to obtain basic goods—indelible proof of the inferiority of central planning, and an advertisement for capitalism's abundance. | Breadlines, the Big Book of Capitalism assured us, could not happen in a market economy. Supply would always rise to meet demand, as long as there's money to be made. Only deviating from free-market fundamentalism…
(2022-02-04). How Erdogan Scapegoated ISIS Caliph to Appease Biden? dissidentvoice.org Whilst Turkish President Erdogan was in Kiev on Thursday, ostensibly brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to defuse escalating tensions following the Russian troop build-up along Ukraine's borders and the deployment of 3,000 US forces in Poland and Romania, Biden announced that the Islamic State leader had been killed in a special-ops raid …
(2022-02-04). NATO's southern flank: new U.S. ambassador to Turkey tours air base where nuclear weapons are stored. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US envoy Flake visits Incirlik Air Base in Adana === Also see: Russia calls on U.S. to withdraw nuclear weapons from Europe, cease joint nuclear drills with non-nuclear allies Kremlin finds NATO lowering threshold for nuclear weapons use "worrisome" ==== The recently appointed United States envoy to Turkey, Jeff Flake, visited the Incirlik Air Base …
(2022-02-04). Polish FM pushes eastern flank military buildup with Blinken, Pompeo, Senate. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Washington knows NATO's eastern flank must be reinforced: Polish FM Poland's foreign minister has said that politicians in Washington are aware that the eastern flank of NATO needs strengthening amid tensions with Russia. Zbigniew Rau made the statement at a news conference following a series of meetings on Capitol Hill on Thursday…. *** He added …
(2022-02-04). Russia and China sign major energy deal. rt.com 
The 30-year agreement will boost gas supplies by 10 billion cubic meters and will be settled in euros | Russia's Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a second long-term contract on Friday for the supply of 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from the Russian Far East. The agreement comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in China on an official visit. | According to Gazprom, the agreement is "an important step in further strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and China in the gas sector." After the project reaches its full capacity, the volume o…
(2022-02-04). Who is new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts. Her stint, the maiden one, in Belgrade coincided with NATO's 78-day air war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She arrived in Georgia three years after that nation's invasion of South Ossetia and ensuing war with Russia. She appears to possess the requisite credentials for her new post. ==== Ukraine gets new US ambassador: …
(2022-02-04). Biden administration must rejig its North Korea strategy. asiatimes.com The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting this Friday to discuss North Korea's seven missile tests in the past four weeks. The meeting was requested by the United States, along with Britain and France, and agreed by Russia, which holds the presidency of UNSC for the month of February. However, given the …
(2022-02-04). Is Trump behind the Ongoing Tensions between Moscow and Washington? journal-neo.org 
The world, though not at the edge of war, is closer than any time in many decades, all over the US intention to bring Ukraine into NATO, something most historians believe runs counter to US assurances given Russia so many years ago. However, we will examine a somewhat different hypothesis. The Trump regime's relationship with …
(2022-02-04). Argentina To Russia: We Want To End Dependency On US. popularresistance.org The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, today visited the Kremlin and told President Vladimir Putin that his country wants to end "dependency" on the US and strengthen economic ties with Russia instead. | Fernández told Putin "Argentina, in particular, is experiencing a very special situation as a result of its indebtedness and the economic situation that I had to inherit. From the 1990s onwards, Argentina has always looked towards the United States. Now, the Argentinian economy depends a lot on the debt it has with the United States, with the IMF, and the role that the US has within the IMF." | The Presid…
(2022-02-04). Xi says meeting with Putin will inject more vitality into China-Russia relations. ecns.cn
(2022-02-04). Headlines for February 4, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims ISIS Leader Detonated Bomb That Killed 13 at Site of U.S. Raid, Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Winter Olympics Open, State Dept. Questioned over Claims Russia Is Plotting "False Flag" Operation in Ukraine, South African Plant Produces mRNA COVID Vaccine Based on Moderna Data, Chicago Ex-Cop Who Murdered Laquan McDonald Released After Just Three Years in Prison, Biden on Crime in New York City: "The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police", Turkey Blames Greek Border Guards After 12 Asylum Seekers Freeze to Death, Texas Butterfly Conservation Center Shuts Doors Following Right-Wing Harassmen…
(2022-02-04). Bizarre Exchange: Journalist Says State Dept Engaged In "Alex Jones" Level Russian "False Flag" Conspiracies. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by A veteran Associated Press writer named Matt Lee had State Department spokesman Ned Price flustered on Thursday after he pressed the government mouthpiece on alleged evidence of Russian plans to stage a false-flag against Ukraine. | During the press briefing, Price claimed Moscow could be seeking to engage in a "false-flag operation in order to initiate military activity," in Ukraine. | Ne…
(2022-02-04). Saturday 2/5: No War With Russia; Yes to Diplomacy and Peace. indybay.org Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, MLK Jr. Way @ Allston Way, Berkeley.
(2022-02-04). Beijing Kicks off Winter Games. telesurenglish.net The Beijing Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on Friday night, with the city hosting the Olympic flame for the second time in the Bird's Nest Stadium. | RELATED: | The Chinese President Xi Jinping decreed the opening of the Beijing Winter 2022 at 21: 51 local time, in the presence of 40 000 home audience and the state leaders and international diplomatics, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and United Natio…
(2022-02-04). Chomsky: US Approach to Ukraine Has "Left the Domain of Rational Discourse" truthout.org 
The Russia-Ukraine crisis continues unabated as the United States ignores all of Russian President Vladmir Putin's security demands and spreads a frenzy of fear by claiming that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent. | In a new exclusive interview for Truthout on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, world-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky outlines the deadly dangers of U.S. intransigence over Ukrainian membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) even when key Western…
(2022-02-04). Western States, Media are Sore Losers, Taking Gold Medal for Cynical Olympic Gaming. strategic-culture.org Congratulations to China for hosting the XXIV Winter Olympics whose motto aptly is "Together for a Shared Future". Congratulations, too, to the many nations that can celebrate common humanity and rise above the duplicity and hostility of geopolitical gaming. | After weeks of alarmist claims that Russia is going to invade Ukraine, now the U.S. and Western media are speculating that Russian President Vladimir Putin will "hold off on a military invasion" in order to not spoil the Winter Olympic Games underway in China. | One could hardly make up such a farce, yet the U.S. and Western news media are peddling it with…
(2022-02-04). Covid-hit Russian women's team earn first Beijing win. rt.com 
The ROC women's hockey team beat Switzerland in their opening game at the Beijing Winter Games | The Russian women's ice hockey team put some major disruptions behind them to pick up an opening win against Switzerland at the Beijing Olympics. | The Russian team — competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) — was hit by a spate of positive Covid tests in the buildup to their opening encounter in the Chinese capital which severely disrupted their opportunities to train. | But still despite missing six players due to Covid protocols, the ROC team eventually eased past their Swiss r…
(2022-02-04). China, Russia Issue Joint Statement on NATO European Expansion. telesurenglish.net The two countries emphasize the need for cooperation between governments across the world, given the challenges of fast-moving economic globalization, political upheavals, and a pandemic that continues to threaten millions and weigh on international security. | Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photograph during their meeting & the recent anti-NATO joint statement in Beijing, on February 4, 2022…
(2022-02-04). Ukrainian Olympic skaters admit they prefer to use Russian. rt.com 
The duo explained why they prefer the language when speaking with the press | Artem Darenskyi and Sofiia Holichenko, who represent Ukraine in pairs skating, have refuted reports that they are prohibited from speaking Russian, adding that it's up to them to decide which language to use. | The figure skaters took part in the Olympic team event and
(2022-02-04). US Olympic Boycott Not About Uyghurs. popularresistance.org The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games may go down in history as the official start of the cold war between the U.S., a handful of its allies and China. The American strategy, however, of using boycotts to pressure Beijing in the name of 'human rights', may prove costly in the future. | On Dec. 6, Washington declared that it would not send any diplomatic representation to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. In subsequent days, the U.K., Canada and Australia followed suit. | The official American line claims that U.S. diplomats will not participate in the event in protest o…
(2022-02-04). What a Waste, and You're Paying for it: $778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — 2021 was another banner year for the military-industrial complex, as Congress signed off on a near-record $778 billion in spending for the Pentagon and related work on nuclear warheads at the Department of Energy. That was $25 billion more than the Pentagon had even asked for. It can't be emphasized enough just …
(2022-02-04). EEUU retira acusación que Rusia planea invasión 'inminente' a Ucrania. multipolarista.com La Casa Blanca de Biden se retractó de la acusación infundada que Rusia planea una invasión "inminente" a Ucrania y admitió que "todavía no sabemos que [Putin] haya tomado una decisión". Mientras tanto, el presidente ucraniano Zelensky critica a Washington por fabricar una crisis que ha dañado su economía.