(2022-04-12). US Lawmakers Welcomed Notorious Georgian Warlord now Boasting of War Crimes in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com 
By Alexander Rubinstein — Apr 8, 2022 | Top lawmakers in US Congress hosted Mamuka Mamulashvili, an infamous Georgian Legion warlord who has boasted of authorizing field executions of captive Russian soldiers in Ukraine. | Georgian warlord Mamuka Mamulashvili (center) visits Rep. Eliot Engel in 2017 | Having taken up arms against Russia for a fifth time, Georgian Legion commander Mamuka Mamulashvili has bragged on video about his unit carrying out field executions of captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine. | While Western media pundits howled about images of dead bodies in the city of Bucha, echoing Ukrainian…
(2022-04-12). Oppose Twitter's act of censorship against George Galloway! wsws.org On April 6, Twitter updated Galloway's status with the designation "Russia state-affiliated media" directly under his name and handle. Every tweet issued by Galloway since includes the designation.
(2022-04-12). Russia Revives "Winged" Shipping. journal-neo.org 
When it comes to Russia's high-tech exports, one usually thinks of either military, space-related or nuclear products. It is these technologies that the Russian Federation is primarily known for. But there are other sectors, closer to ordinary civilians around the world, in which Russia has impressive achievements, and it is willing to share these achievements …
(2022-04-12). The Russian Revolution of 2022 — 'Capitalism in One Country'. mronline.org 
Now that the U.S. and the NATO allies have taken from the Russian oligarchs their cash in foreign banks, their mansions, their boats and planes, and blocked the export of all private and corporate Russian capital abroad, Russia is freer to decide how to organize the capital investment of the economy.
(2022-04-12). Fake News Alert: Russia Isn't Secretly Sourcing Iraqi Arms From Iran. oneworld.press There'll certainly be those who'll fall for this latest information warfare provocation simply because they sincerely wish that it was true for whatever their ideological reasons are. Only those who are politically mature and objective enough will realize that The Guardian's latest report is nothing but ridiculously fake news.
(2022-04-12). What's Behind Serbia's Purchase Of Chinese Anti-Air Systems?>. oneworld.press Russian-Serbian ties aren't bad, but they aren't what they used to be and likely won't ever return to their halcyon days. Given this reality, there's no credible reason to suspect that Serbia's purchase of anti-air systems from China is part of some Russian conspiracy to destabilize Europe by provoking another war in the Balkans like the US-led Western Mainstream Media is implying.
(2022-04-12). It's Time For The US To Stop Pressuring India To Distance Itself From Russia. oneworld.press If the US finally realized the futility and counterproductivity of pressuring India to distance itself from Russia, New Delhi would be able to do much more to facilitate Washington's efforts to "contain" China, though of course in keeping with its plan to do so without provoking a regional conflict.
(2022-04-12). Russian & Chinese Media Portray Reality While The West's Portrays An Alternate Reality. oneworld.press Everything can ultimately be traced back to this ideological divide between the US' and its Golden Billion vassals' anti-multipolar outlook (which cannot be described as unipolar since it's impossible to return to that system) and the vast majority of the Global South's multipolar one. Upon becoming aware of this, observers will begin to notice that everything actually revolves around it.
(2022-04-12). All US Presidents Are War Criminals: Why the Latest Chapter of the Forever War Only Fools the Usual Suspects. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Patrick Welch — Apr 8, 2022 | 'This is a US war on Russia. Period.' | We have to be very clear, even to the point of being blunt. By 'we' I mean those of us involved who are conscious of being part of an Information War—the propaganda war that we are recipients of—on the receiving end of this tsunami of crap. We have to say things flat without fear and without compromise. This is a US war on Russia. Period. Now why do we have to say this? Why should we say it so bluntly? | The propaganda matrix is so powerful that people, especially within the bubble—that is, within what people call…
(2022-04-12). Commentary: Regime change in Pakistan. fightbacknews.org On April 10, in Islamabad, Pakistan the Supreme Court upheld a vote of no confidence to remove Imran Khan of the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from power. The opposition parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) voted in favor of no confidence. 174 votes were in favor for no confidence, two more than 172 vote mark that needed for this to be passed. | Previously, on March 1, the heads of 22 diplomatic missions, including those of EU member states, released a joint letter urging Pakistan to support a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly condemning Russia&#…
(2022-04-12). NATO Secretary-general calls for "transformation" of NATO into a fighting force against Russia and China. wsws.org In an interview with the Telegraph, NATO General-Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said this transformation "is to move from tripwire deterrence to something which is more about deterrence by denial or defence."
(2022-04-12). In warmongering speech, Biden lines up trade unions for US-NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org "If I got to go to war, I'm going with you guys," Biden said to the applause of the union bureaucrats at the Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference on April 6.
(2022-04-12). Sibelius Violin Competition expels Russian performers. wsws.org The Competition Committee, in its unprincipled statement, implies that young Russian violinists pose a threat to the safety of the "other competitors and the competition as a whole."
(2022-04-12). Spanish Morenoite CRT covers for Podemos' war drive against Russia. wsws.org The CRT promotes false hopes that the pro-austerity Podemos party will suddenly break its three-year government alliance with the social democrats, turn to the left and oppose war.
(2022-04-12). Study finds 96 pc of COVID-19 patients have antibodies year after recovery. aninews.in Moscow [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A study by Japan's Yokohama City University showed that 96 per cent of people previously infected with COVID-19 still had antibodies a year after recovery, Kyodo News Agency reported.
(2022-04-12). Japan approves additional sanctions against 398 Russians. en.mehrnews.com Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved additional sanctions against Russia, freezing the assets of 398 Russian individuals including President Vladimir Putin's two daughters and the wife of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
(2022-04-12). More Russians interested in learning Chinese. ecns.cn Some 11 percent working-age Russians say they are interested in learning Chinese, representing a rise from 5 percent a year ago, according to a survey released on Monday.
(2022-04-12). China's FM urges US officials to stop sowing discord in Latin America. ecns.cn We hope some on the US side will take off the tinted glasses, discard the outdated Monroe Doctrine complex and Cold War mentality, stop spreading disinformation on China, stop coercing Latin American and Caribbean states into picking sides, and stop sowing discord between China and Latin American and Caribbean states.
(2022-04-12). S.Koreans voice concerns about Japan's planned release of radioactive water. ecns.cn South Koreans voiced concerns about Japan's planned release of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
(2022-04-11). Russian Peace Initiative And NATO's S-300 Delivery To Ukraine. popularresistance.org In order to scuttle the Russian peace initiative to Ukraine announced at the Istanbul talks on March 29, halting Russian military campaign north of the capital and focusing on liberating Russian-majority Donbas in east Ukraine, practically spelling an end to Russia's month-long offensive in the embattled country, NATO powers have announced transferring heavy weapons, including tanks and S-300 air defense system, to Ukraine to further escalate the conflict. | Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, April 7, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley revealed that US and NATO countries…
(2022-04-11). US-NATO arming Ukraine for military offensive against Russia signals a massive and dangerous escalation. wsws.org Six weeks into the conflict, the naked imperialist character of the US-NATO war against Russia over Ukraine is emerging ever more clearly.
(2022-04-11). Ex-UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter DEBUNKS Ukraine — Russia War Lies. thealtworld.com
(2022-04-11). Ukraine's Economy to Shrink by 45% in 2022: World Bank. telesurenglish.net Ukraine's economy is expected to shrink by 45.1 percent this year, and Russia's economy is projected to contract by 11.2 percent, according to the latest the World Bank's Economic Update on Europe and Central Asia. | RELATED: | The Russia-Ukraine conflict and sanctions on Russia are hitting economies around the globe, with emerging markets and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region expected to bear the brunt. | The economy…
(2022-04-11). The Origins of the Ukraine Crisis and the Need for Collective Security between Russia and the West. transcend.org This paper tries to explain the origins of the Ukraine crisis. It posits that it is only a symptom of a wider conflict between two major powers (or power blocs), whose origins can only be understood by assessing…
(2022-04-11). The Ukraine War Could Have Been Avoided. transcend.org 1 Apr 2022 – The Ukraine war is the result of mistaken policy decisions by the United States and NATO in 1997 which led to the expansion of NATO up to the borders of Russia.
(2022-04-11). Videos 21+: Russian Tank Fired At Group of Soldiers at Close Range. southfront.org 
(2022-04-11). Arms Deliveries To Ukraine. Who Are Real Beneficiaries? southfront.org 
NATO countries supply weapons and military equipment to Ukraine to fight Russia | The Russian special operation has been going on for 47 days now. The U.S. and EU countries officially support Ukraine on international platforms, saying that Russia's actions are unacceptable. Moreover from the very beginning they have been providing full-scale support: arms are being supplied, mercenaries are being sent to Ukraine. The U.S. Congress passes new acts to expand the amount of military assistance to Kiev. However…
(2022-04-11). How Would The West React If Russia Pulled A Pakistani-Style Regime Change In Kazakhstan?>. oneworld.press This thought exercise is intended to expose the political double standards that characterize the New Cold War and within which Pakistan has unfortunately become an object of geopolitical competition despite its newly promulgated National Security Policy adhering to a non-bloc policy. The point in drawing attention to all of this is to add further credence to the former Prime Minister's claims that the US was indeed behind his ouster otherwise one would expect that declining unipolar hegemon and its allies to react the same way to what just happened as they'd be expected to do in this exercise.
(2022-04-11). Could A Finnish-Swedish Alliance Be An Alternative To NATO Membership?>. oneworld.press Tuomioja's alternative to appease Finns and Swedes' artificially manufactured support of NATO membership through the regional alliance compromise that he proposed — including through the US' potential role as a third party within it — could present a "face-saving" exit from this security dilemma if it comes to pass. It would fall just short of crossing Russia's national security red lines but would also somewhat formalize the US' already existing military influence over their countries.
(2022-04-11). "Conflicts Should Be Resolved through Negotiations, Not War" transcend.org 7 Apr 2022 – Interview by Reiner Braun, Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau, by email, with Oleg Bodrov and Yurii Sheliakhenko, peace activists from Russia and Ukraine respectively.
(2022-04-11). The Coming Global Financial Revolution: Russia Is Following the American Playbook. transcend.org 5 Apr 2022 – No country has successfully challenged the U.S. dollar's global hegemony—until now. How did this happen and what will it mean? it could well mean the end of the petrodollar as sole global reserve currency, and the end of the devastating petroleum wars it has funded to maintain its dominance.
(2022-04-11). Europe Is Sleepwalking into another World War. transcend.org 4 Apr 2022 – How can we trust countries that created SWIFT—a financial transfer system aimed at protecting economic transactions against political interference—only to end up removing from that system a country on political grounds? Countries that arrogate to themselves the power to confiscate the financial and gold reserves of sovereign nations like Afghanistan, Venezuela, and now Russia? Countries that trumpet freedom of expression as a sacrosanct universal value, but resort to censorship the moment they are exposed by it?>
(2022-04-11). Was Alleged Russian Army Massacre of Civilians at Bucha Actually a False Flag Event Staged by Ukrainian Nazis? transcend.org 6 Apr 2022 – Why was Nazi Butcher Botsun at Bucha? This story raises an important challenge to the official storyline of the Bucha massacre promoted in the mainstream media.
(2022-04-11). Dutch Journo: 'We are Here, in Donbass, to Awaken Westerners Deluded by MSM Propaganda'. orinocotribune.com By Ekaterina Blinova — April 8, 2022 | There are only a handful of Western journalists on the ground in Donbass, while the Western mainstream press is rubber-stamping fake news about the Ukrainian crisis using the same templates it previously exploited in Iraq, Libya and Syria, says Dutch independent journalist Sonja van den Ende. | Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, went to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as an embedded reporter with the Russian army to see how the special operation is unfolding with her own eyes. | The sound of shelling and explosion does…
(2022-04-11). The 'All or Nothing' Wars. thealtworld.com The radical stance the West is taking against Russia is risking bringing down the whole economic system with which it has imposed its dominion over the planet. | These 'wars' are becoming viewed in the West as existential — ie. 'all or nothing' events — and their scope is widening. Why wars in plural? Well, the Ukraine military clash is coming to its climax; the war over Russia's radical shifts in the global monetary order is sending western states into a speechless whirl; Europe stands at the brink of economic abyss; and the Russia-China 'war' to re-engineer the global 'rules' is coming to a head too…
(2022-04-11). The great power rivalry will continue to grow. thealtworld.com At the end of March 2022, the American RAND corporation released a study entitled "Understanding competition. Great Power Rivalry in a Changing International Order — Concepts and Theories". [i] The author is RAND Senior Fellow Michael Mazarr, known for his publications on hybrid warfare, security, military strategy, and deterrence theory. [ii] Previously, he regularly gave comments and participated in the preparation of reports on the topic of rivalry, but the new material was already released with an amendment for the conduct of a special military operation by Russia, so the current rethinking of the approa…
(2022-04-11). India Purchases Russian Oil at Discount Despite US Pressure. telesurenglish.net India has bought at least 13 million oil barrels from Russia since Feb. 24, compared with nearly 16 million barrels in all of 2021, given the huge discounts offered by Moscow since the Ukraine crisis. | RELATED: | India is the world's third largest consumer of oil and imports over 80 percent of it from other countries. Last year, the majority of India's oil supplies came from the Middle East, the United States, and Nigeria.
(2022-04-11). LIVE: The Russian Military Keeps Up the Pressure on Mariupol. telesurenglish.net On Monday, 47 days after the start of their military operation in Ukraine, Russian troops maintain the initiative in the Donetsk, Mariupol and Kharkiv regions. Below are the main developments as they occur. | RELATED: | Russia keeps up the pressure in Donetsk, Mariupol and Kharkov. In the Donetsk area, Russia continues to focus on taking control of the Popasna, Rubizhne, Nyzhne, and Novobahmutivka settlements. Russian troops also seek to fu…
(2022-04-11). Will Russia Be Held Accountable for War Crimes in Ukraine? commondreams.org As more Russian troops withdraw, many more instances of appalling conduct—including torturing and killing civilians—may come to light.
(2022-04-11). Putin's Aggression Shows Why Defeating Autocracy Is Key to Combating Climate Crisis. commondreams.org Climate activists have arguably been a little too focused on politics as a source of change, and paid not quite enough attention to the other power center in our civilization: money. Efforts to punish Russia economically for its attack on Ukraine may hold valuable lessons.
(2022-04-11). Dostoevsky Was Not a Villain—Neither Are the War Resisters Within Russia. commondreams.org It's not hip today to praise anything Russian, and indiscriminate discrimination is very much in vogue.
(2022-04-11). Germany calls for sending heavy weapons to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says Ukraine needs more military support to defend itself against Russia.
(2022-04-11). Head of NATO Military Committee in S. Korea to strengthen ties. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Korea HeraldApril 11, 2022 NATO seeks 'sustained' military exchanges, 'substantive' defense cooperation with S.KoreaChair of NATO Military Committee's visit to S.Korea marks only second time ==== Ukraine pushes NATO partner S. Korea for air defense weapons, tanks, artillery U.S., NATO push Asia-Pacific bloc against Russia, China with Ukraine as pretext ==== The North Atlantic Treaty …
(2022-04-11). Russian President Putin to Hold Talks With Austrian Chancellor. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Austria's Chancellor to the Kremlin on Monday for talks related to the situation in Ukraine. | Austrian daily Kronen Zeitung cited sources close to the Austrian chancellor on Sunday as saying that Nehammer will travel to Moscow…
(2022-04-11). Resilience: NATO offers grants to spy on, stifle dissent. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Department of Homeland Security and its host of loyal "NGOs" like the SPLC, ADL, etc. now couple "anti-government" advocates with hate groups. Anyone who criticizes NATO is ipso facto an anti-government, hate group-affiliated malign actor and so forth. Also see: U. S. House swears loyalty to NATO as bulwark against Russia, China, domestic "proponents …
(2022-04-11). The US war over Ukraine is a phase in the West's hybrid war on Russia. multipolarista.com 
The NATO war over Ukraine is a phase in the hybrid war that the West is waging on Russia and any country that chooses an economic path other than subordination to the US empire.
(2022-04-11). Russian-backed separatists say they have taken Mariupol. en.mehrnews.com The head of the self-proclaimed rebel republics of Donetsk has said the strategic port city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine has been taken by Donetsk forces.
(2022-04-11). NATO Sanctions and the Coming Global Diesel Fuel Disaster. journal-neo.org 
Amid the ongoing global inflation crisis, NATO heads of state and mainstream media repeat a mantra that high energy prices are a direct result of Putin's actions in Ukraine since end of February. The reality is that it is the western sanctions that are responsible. Those sanctions including cutting SWIFT interbank access for key Russian …
(2022-04-11). How US spread biological 'poison', ethnic division and ideological antagonism around the world. ecns.cn Since the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, the international community has grown increasingly aware of the roles the US and NATO have played behind the crisis.
(2022-04-11). Lavrov: Russia's Special Operation is Aimed at Putting an End to US Domination. libya360.wordpress.com Russia's special operation in Ukraine is aimed at putting an end to the unscrupulous course of total US domination in the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. "Our special military operation is aimed at putting an end to the reckless expansion and reckless course of the total domination of the US and, under…
