Daily Archives: March 28, 2022

2022-03-28: News Headlines

Norman Solomon (2022-03-28). Biden's Unhinged Call for Regime Change in Russia. indybay.org Loose lips sink planets…

_____ (2022-03-28). US Launching a Paid anti-Russia Snitching Program is Yet Another Confirmation of America's Moral Decline. journal-neo.org The US authorities have launched another Russophobic "program" of informing and snitching, which is called the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program. A reward is promised for information about the funds that were obtained as a result of cooperation with the Russian government. The United States, in the current difficult economic conditions (inflation is record high …

ecns.cn (2022-03-28). Ukraine looks for peace at fresh talks with Russia: Zelensky. ecns.cn Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian delegation is looking for peace at the fresh round of talks with Russia, the presidential press service reported Monday.

Jacob Augstein (2022-03-28). The spiral of uncertainty. indybay.org Exiting this spiral is difficult. The first step is to acknowledge one's own involvement. It is said that Putin is the prisoner of his historical myths. But this is also true for the countries of the West. Their myth is that of their own blamelessness.

rqorinoco (2022-03-28). Canceling Russian Reserves Boomerangs to a New International Monetary System. orinocotribune.com By Alastair Cooke — Mar 20, 2022 | The present military operation in Ukraine, in due time, will be relegated to little more than a footnote in global history, yet the total financial war which has repercussed onto Russia will be key in defining the upcoming new world order. | The reality is that the present military operation in Ukraine, in due time, will be relegated to little more than a footnote in global history, yet the total financial war which has repercussed onto Russia will be key in defining the upcoming new world order. In fact, we may have already witnessed the moment economic history changed tr…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-28). NATOstan: She's looking at YOU. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Supratim BarmanNATOstan: she's looking at YOU. A Roma untermensch packaged by Ukrainian "democracy". | The above picture and text are from a tweet by Pepe Escobar. | Is this what you are supporting? That's great. I am not. I have never been to the territory of the Russian Federation nor of Ukraine; but; I don't need to; because there is no way I can support this anywhere on Planet Earth. | I do however understand chess, (although I am a fairly averagely capable player), but I got to k…

rqorinoco (2022-03-28). Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Signifies the End of an Era of Unipolar American Power. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik — Mar 24, 2022 | Russia had drawn a line in the sand and, once violated, defied Washington by acting to defend its interests. A lot of countries support Russia, and Washington is powerless to stop it. | If you are like me, you have been glued to the news about the Russian military operation in Ukraine and its implications for the world. Obviously, we cannot know about all of these implications at this point, and we may not for some time to come. Indeed, this recalls to mind Nixon's query to Zhou Enlai in 1972 about his thoughts on the French Revolution. Zhou, with his long-term view of the…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). U.S. ambassador incites Georgians to confront Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 28, 2022 US Ambassador: Georgia's "greatest victory" will be building "prosperous, secure, vibrant democracy" Degnan…spoke about Russia's aggression against Ukraine, pointing out the invasion was "the latest reminder" of the importance of partnership. "Now is the time for unity and solidarity, as we face a revanchist Russia intent on undermining its neighbours and the …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Negotiate Peace in Ukraine Now! transcend.org Interestingly, most news sources in the U.S. and Europe continue to attribute Russia's military difficulties in Ukraine to their own incompetence or Ukrainian heroism, but seldom to the $3.2 billion worth of high-tech weapons that the U.S. has shipped to Kyiv since 2014. Joe Biden, of course, is an architect of this de facto Western alliance with Ukraine. What his end game is nobody can say.

Staff (2022-03-28). Next round of Russian-Ukrainian talks to be held in Turkey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — The Ukrainian Negotiator David Arkhamia on Sunday announced that the next round of talks between Ukraine and Russia will resume in Turkey on Monday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Georgia won't invade Abkhazia, S. Ossetia, wage war with Russia on Ukraine's orders: ruling party. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The United National Movement was founded by now imprisoned former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, a citizen of Ukraine and former leading official in the Zelensky administration. Saakashvili's trial began today.* Agenda.geMarch 28, 2022 Ruling party head: Georgia "remains committed" to peaceful de-occupation The Georgian Government remains committed to the policy of peaceful de-occupation and will …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Putin's Invasion of Ukraine. transcend.org 3 Mar 2022 – To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To an empire, everything looks like a crisis to justify a multi-trillion-dollar military-industrial-security complex as dictatress of the world. The crisis du jour for the American empire is Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Rand Report Prescribed US Provocations against Russia and Predicted Russia Might Retaliate in Ukraine. transcend.org 26 Mar 2022 – According to the 2019 Rand Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia", the US goal is to undermine Russia. Rather than "trying to stay ahead" or to improve the US relations, the emphasis is on efforts and actions to undermine the designated adversary Russia. Rand is a think tank that receives three-quarters of its funding from the US military.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Ukraine Déjà Vu 1984: Political Egocentrism, Nuclear Narcissism and Political Maturity. transcend.org 25 Mar 2022 – In 1984 I went to the USSR with the Association of Humanistic Psychology as a citizen diplomat during the height of the Soviet-American nuclear arms race. That was the good old days when Reagan called the USSR "the Evil Empire." I put aside my shyness to become a speaker for Physicians for Social Responsibility on the psychology of the arms race.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). The Impact of Ukraine on Yemen. transcend.org 22 Mar 2022 – The People of Yemen Suffer Atrocities, Too – The Western economic war on Russia over Ukraine is having a spillover effect on the forgotten war in Yemen. The ghastly blockade and bombardment of Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is now entering its eighth year.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Widening vortex: Financial Times says Austrian Defense Ministry is "aircraft carrier" for Russian military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until all of Europe is sucked into the morass. B92March 28, 2022 Russia conducts secret operations in Austria: Defense Ministry in the hands of GRU? Russia is accused of conducting secret operations in Austria, writes the Financial Times. In its text, this paper refers to one European intelligence officer, as well as one European diplomat. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Kazakhstan demonstrates "gratitude" to Armenia, Russia for CSTO deployment in January. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMarch 28, 2022 Chair of Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis meets chairman of Kazakhstan Parliament's Senate Chair of the [Azerbaijani] Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova had a meeting with Chairman of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament Maulen Ashimbayev on 28 March as part of the current working trip to the Republic of Kazakhstan, APA reports. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Azerbaijan adds Nagorno-Karabakh to list of Russian temporarily-occupied territories. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Along with Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, the Donbass and Crimea. As detailed on this site almost daily for over a year. Azeri Press AgencyMarch 28, 2022 Azerbaijan's MFA: Azerbaijan's MoD gave detailed response to issue regarding peacekeepers "When it comes to the issues regarding Russian peacekeepers that temporarily deployed in the territories of Azerbaijan, the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Draining Russia: NATO member Turkey runs Azerbaijan's military — MP. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Panorama.amMarch 28, 2022 MP Abrahamyan: Azerbaijani army's 'control package' in Turkey's hands since August 2020 MP Abrahamyan: Azerbaijani army's 'control package' in Turkey's hands since August 2020The "control package" of the Azerbaijani military has been in the hands of Turkey since August 2020, Armenian MP Tigran Abrahamyan from the opposition With Honor faction said on …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Caucasus: Azerbaijan continues armed incursion into Russian peacekeeper zone. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Panorama.amMarch 28, 2022 Azerbaijani troops remain deployed on one slope of Karaglukh, Artsakh says The situation along the line of contact between Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Azerbaijan, including the eastern section, was relatively stable from Sunday evening to Monday afternoon, the Artsakh Information Center said in a statement. "No major ceasefire violations have been registered. The …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Azerbaijan continues taunting Russian military over Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMarch 27, 2022 MoD: "Russian MoD's statement shows disrespect to the signed declaration" Also see: Azerbaijan preparing to evict Russian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh We remind you once again that there is no administrative and territorial unit called "Nagorno-Karabakh" in the territory of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told APA. The use of the …

Staff (2022-03-28). No major progress made in Russian-Ukrainian talks: Peskov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Monday said that no major progress had been made in the talks themselves, or on the idea of a potential meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-28). UAE minister says energy market needs Russian oil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — The United Arab Emirates energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Monday that Russian oil is needed by energy markets and no producer can substitute its production.

WSWS (2022-03-28). Socialist Equality Party holds successful event against imperialism and war. wsws.org "The war is the reactionary response of Russian nationalism to NATO's decades of aggression," said Christoph Vandreier, chairman of the SGP, at the beginning of the discussion.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Reporting from Moscow: Sanctions May Achieve the Opposite of Biden's Stated Long-Term Goals. transcend.org 27 Mar 2022 – In Russia, sanctions have taken a bite out of the Russian economy, but interviews and data suggest they cannot fulfill the West's strategic motives for imposing them.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). More Evidence That the U.S. Is Trying to Prolong This Ukrainian War. transcend.org 25 Mar 2022 – "Secretary of State Antony Blinken has not attempted any conversations with his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, since the start of the conflict. So the US government is continuing its policy of refusing to attempt any high-level diplomatic resolutions to this war despite its public hand-wringing…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Zelensky: Russia will be driven out of Caucasus, Transnistria, Crimea, all post-Soviet space. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Which of course has been the West's plan for the past thirty years. Rustavi2March 28, 2022 Russia will certainly lose everything, including Abkhazia — Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin's plans are non-strategic, Russia will certainly lose everything, including Abkhazia. Such a statement made Volodymyr Zelensky. "…There are a number of stories: the Caucasus is the Caucasus, …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). UN Condemnation of Russia Endorsed by Countries Run by the Richest, Oldest, Whitest People on Earth. transcend.org 24 Mar 2022 – The statistics below show that only 41% of the world's people live in countries that joined the US in voting for the UN resolution: Divided World…

WSWS (2022-03-28). Australian workers and youth oppose US-NATO war drive and Russia invasion. wsws.org "They are trying to unify us to fight big bad Putin, rather than the bosses who are trying to force us back to work."

WSWS (2022-03-28). National Opera of Belgium announces season "in which Russian titles feature more prominently than ever" wsws.org Outstanding Russian conductors, singers and musicians such as Valery Gergiev, Tugan Sokhiev, Anna Netrebko and Alexander Malofeev have become victims of the hysteria incited by the Biden administration and Western European governments.

WSWS (2022-03-28). How the anti-Russian sanctions were planned. wsws.org According a Wall Street Journal article, detailed sanctions planning began shortly before Thanksgiving last year when US Treasury Secretary Yellen met with senior military and intelligence officials.

Norman Solomon (2022-03-28). Nine words that shook the world: What was Joe Biden thinking?>. salon.com Frantic day-after cleanup effort can't erase Biden's disastrous call for regime change in a rival nuclear power…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Washington Is Driving the World to Nuclear War. transcend.org 23 Aug 2022 – Washington dumped three more provocations simultaneously on the Kremlin. The signal it consistently sends is aggression. Why has no government and no presstitute in the West pointed this out? Why provoke a country concerned with its security with more security concerns unless you are trying to widen the war?>

ecns.cn (2022-03-28). China determines over 40 elements in Chang'e-5 lunar samples, 'significant for Moon formation studies'. ecns.cn China has determined more than 40 chemical elements in the lunar soil samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission with nuclear technology.

ecns.cn (2022-03-28). Forest fires near Chernobyl plant cover over 10,000 hectares: Ukrainian ombudswoman. ecns.cn Forest fires, which broke out around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant due to hostilities, cover more than 10,000 hectares, Ukrainian Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said Sunday.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-03-28). Rusia califica de alarmante las declaraciones de Biden contra Putin. telesurtv.net La Cancillería china – por su parte – llamó a ser responsables en las declaraciones para resolver los problemas a través de negociaciones.

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …

Anonymous103 (2022-03-27). Another Crime Of Ukrainian Local Defence Against Civilians Revealed In Zaporizhia (Photos 18+). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | After the decision of the Kiev regime to distribute weapons to civilians, numerous cases of violence were registered in different cities of Ukraine. The units of the so-called territorial defense, consisting mainly of civilian volunteers, were given weapons and sent to fight with the Russian army. Unfortunately, not all of them are ready to fight the Russian aggressors and prefer to attack civilians. | Numerous crimes of members of the so-called territorial defense were recorded in Kiev, Kharkiv,…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-27). The War Of The Wheat And The Famine To Come. southfront.org Children look for food scraps in a pile of trash in the Rukban camp in Syria, Nov, 2018 | Written by Piero Messina | Famine will come. 100 million tons of wheat will be missing from the world food market. 26 are those produced by Ukraine, the remainder is that relating to Russian production, even that blocked for international exports. The conflict being fought in Ukraine risks causing thousands of deaths in Africa and the Middle East. They are the collateral damage of the conflict. The specter of famine emerges from the stop…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Chinese analysts: U.S. hopes to bleed Russia, collapse it like USSR. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 27, 2022 Biden makes US tensions with Russia 'personal'; calling for 'regime change' in a nuclear power dangerous: expertBy Yang Sheng and Wan Hengyi Edited The Biden administration's real and desperate intention in the Ukraine crisis has been exposed — to turn Ukraine into a mire so that Russia keeps bleeding, and to …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Karabakh: Azerbaijani troops invade Russian peacekeeping zone, use Turkish drones against defenders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Massis PostMarch 26, 2022 Russia and US Call on Azerbaijan to Withdraw Troops From Karabakh Village ==== Also see: "Occupied territories" in the way: Azerbaijan, Ukraine push Eurasian corridor through GUAM format Nagorno-Karabakh model for Crimea, Donbass: Azerbaijan, Ukraine deepen strategic partnership ==== Russia has accused Azerbaijan of violating a Russian-brokered ceasefire that stopped the …

Elijah J. Magnier (2022-03-27). Ending the War in Ukraine is Halfway Through. orinocotribune.com By Elijah J Magnier — Mar 21, 2022 | Russia and Ukraine are taking the first steps towards ending the war through direct and video negotiations. After the past four rounds, progress was registered between the negotiators, notwithstanding the continuous clanging of arms. Ukraine realised that the West was sanctioning Russia to weaken its economy without necessarily having any consequence for the ongoing war. Western countries were also ready to provide media support and weapons for the army to fight alone. In contrast, the Ukrainians thought they could drag the world into a much larger war against Russia. The…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Xinhua: Ukraine war impacts life of Europeans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia-Ukraine military conflict exerts impact on life of Europeans Xinhua News Agency BERLIN/PARIS, March 27 — The ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has exerted great impact on the lives of European people. With rising price increases and panic buying due to worries over supply issue, a number of supermarkets in some European countries have reportedly started …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Brzezinski: Biden's Polish visit confirms NATO Article 5 war commitment. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioMarch 27, 2022 Biden visit reaffirms strength of Polish-US ties: ambassador US President Joe Biden's two-day visit to Poland has reaffirmed the strength of the partnership between the two countries and NATO allies, the American ambassador to Warsaw has said, amid Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine. *** The US ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Georgia: Ruling party refuses Ukraine's demand to open second front against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 27, 2022 Ruling party, opposition MPs: Georgia on "peaceful path", not getting into war The ruling Georgian Dream party and opposition MPs on Sunday asserted the country was on a "peaceful path" and would not get involved in war, following remarks by Oleksiy Danilov, the Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, …

Anonymous103 (2022-03-27). Children From Mariupol On War Crimes Of Azov Militants (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The situation in Mariupol remains tense. The joint forces of the DPR and Russia are slowly advancing from the eastern and western directions in the central districts of the city. | Their advance is significantly slowed down not only by direct fire from enemy troops, but also by the need to evacuate civilians from areas under their control, as well as from areas where fighting continues. While Russian troops are trying to ensure the evacuation of civilians under fire, the AFU nationalist fo…

Staff (2022-03-27). Russia Says it has No Spies in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The Russian Embassy in Mexico rejected the presence of Russian spies in Mexico, and dismissed such allegations as "fake news" from the US. | The head of the US Northern Command, Glen VanHerck, had claimed on declared Thursday, March 24, that Russia's military intelligence service, know by its abbreviation GRU, has its largest deployment of agents in Mexico. | In response, the Russian embassy in Mexico released a

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Azerbaijan preparing to evict Russian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until two days ago the only missing piece in the puzzle in terms of the West and its partners "resolving" frozen conflicts in the former Soviet Union. Which is to say, driving Russian peacekeepers and other troops out of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Crimea and the Donbass. The latter are labeled "temporarily-occupied territories" by …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Germany eyes Israeli interceptor missile system. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersMarch 27, 2022 Germany eyes buying missile defence system, Chancellor Scholz says Germany is considering purchasing a missile defence system to shield against a potential attack from Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said late on Sunday. "This is certainly one of the issues we are discussing, and for good reason," he told public broadcaster ARD when …

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-27). 'Mexico is not a colony': President AMLO criticizes US claim it hosts Russian spies. multipolarista.com Left-wing Mexican President AMLO criticized the US government accusation that his country hosts more Russian spies than any other, stating "Mexico is not a colony of any foreign country. Mexico is a free, independent, sovereign country."

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