(2022-12-12). How critical journalists are muzzled in Europe. indybay.org Besides the case of Julian Assange, the case of the Basque Pablo González has stood out for almost a year now. Poland wants to keep him in solitary confinement for at least a year without presenting any evidence for the accusations of alleged espionage for Russia. His offense is apparently to have done research in eastern Ukraine, which alarms Ukrainian and Polish intelligence.
(2022-12-12). Pentagon Gives Tacit Support for Ukrainian Drone Attacks Deep Inside Russia. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon has given its tacit endorsement of Ukrainian attacks inside Russian territory and no longer fears such operations could lead to a "dramatic" Russian escalation, The Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed US defense officials. The US position appears to only be based on the fact that up to this point, Russia hasn't responded …
(2022-12-12). Russia Strengthens Film Ties with India at Goa Market. infobrics.org Russia was a significant presence at India's recently concluded Film Bazaar market in Goa, with Roskino and Moscow Export Center occupying two pavilions…
(2022-12-12). Russia dressed down by Putin's Turkish, Azerbaijani partners. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hurriyet Daily NewsDecember 11, 2022 Tàºrkiye calls on Russia to push YPG off its borders Tàºrkiye has reiterated its demand from Russia to push the YPG terrorist organization 30 kilometers away from its borders in line with a 2019-dated bilateral agreement amid its vows to launch a new cross-border offensive against the terrorist presence. The …
(2022-12-12). Primer ministro japonés llama al desarme nuclear paulatino. telesurtv.net El mandatario japonés destacó la importancia del fortalecimiento de los protocolos y mecanismos establecidos.
(2022-12-11). US Announces New $275 Million Arms Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US on Friday announced a new $275 million arms package for Ukraine that includes ammunition for the HIMARS rocket systems, marking the 27th drawdown from US military stockpiles for the Ukrainians. Announcing the new package, the Pentagon said that the US has pledged over $19.3 billion in military equipment for Ukraine since Russia invaded …
(2022-12-11). NATO Chief Says Full-Blown War With Russia Is a 'Real Possibility'. news.antiwar.com NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Friday that he fears a full-blown war between Russia and NATO is a "real possibility" in a rare acknowledgment of the dangers of backing Ukraine. "I fear that the war in Ukraine will get out of control, and spread into a major war between NATO and Russia," he said, according …
(2022-12-11). Journalist In Donestk: Ukrainian Government Put Me On A Hit List. popularresistance.org As the Ukraine-Russia conflict escalates, the Ukrainian government forces have increased their bombing of civilians in Donetsk. Fighting in the Donbas has claimed over 15,000 lives since 2014. Journalist Johnny Miller has been living in Donetsk and joins the show to provide the on-the-ground reality of the daily attacks on civilians there and what are their real attitudes towards Russia and Ukraine.
(2022-12-11). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 11, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russia struck the AFU positions near Lyman with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Seversk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kramatorsk with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Zhytlovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Neskuchnoye; | Clashes between the Russi…
(2022-12-11). Weapons Programs Of Russian Defence Ministry In Tables. southfront.org 
| 2021 — Global military spending 2,113 billion dollars: | Increase of 0.7 % from 2022 | Increase of 12 % from 2012 | 1. USA ($801 billion, decrease of 1.4 % from 2020) | 2. China ($293 billion, increase of 4.7 % from 2020 | 3. India ($76.6 billion, increase of 0.9 % from 2020) | 4. Britain ($68.4 billion, increase of 3 % from 2020) | 5. Russia | | Ballistic missiles (21 launchers) | Yars | Avangard | Sarmat | Submarines (3) | Borey…
(2022-12-11). Russian Airstrike Destroys Ukrainian Buk-M1 Air Defense System. southfront.org 
. Source: the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. | A Ukrainian Buk-M1 air-defense system has been destroyed by a Russian airstrike on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced on December 11. | "Near the Kramatorsk settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic a position has been disclosed and the launch platform of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 ground-to-air missile system has been elimina…
(2022-12-11). Nuclear War Is Getting "Too Close for Comfort". Joe Biden Announces U.S. Will "Use Nuclear Weapons against Non-Nuclear Threats" globalresearch.ca Biden Regime Secretary of State Blinken has blocked negotiations between Russia and Ukraine by declaring it is US policy to drive Russia out of the reincorporated territories, including Crimea. | Biden's announcement that the US will use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear …
(2022-12-11). US unable to prevent Iran-Russia military alliance. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) — A prominent Arab analyst Abdel Bari Atwan says that the military alliance between Iran and Russia is logical and predictable and based on the enmity of both sides with the US.
(2022-12-11). Russia boosting production of powerful weapons. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) — Russia is boosting the production of the most powerful weapons, including those based on new physical principles, for countering Western countries that support Kyiv's regime, Medvedev said.
(2022-12-11). Borrell denies rumors Turkey bypassing Russia sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) — The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell said Sunday that the Turkish authorities have provided data indicating that there is no re-export of sanctioned EU goods to Russia.
(2022-12-11). Erdogan, Putin discuss exporting goods via grain corridor. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to exchange views over several issues including the Black Sea grain corridor, the anti-terror fight, and bilateral ties.
(2022-12-11). Russia, West have to live in fear of confrontation: Kremlin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) — The relationship between Russia and the West has reached the confrontation stage, and the sides will have to live in this environment further on, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, according to Russia media.
(2022-12-11). Russia's Winter Offensive and NATO's Response. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-11). Biden's Broken Promise to Avoid War with Russia May Kill Us All. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-11). How New York Times Fear-Mongering Helped Republicans Win the House. truthout.org In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 election, there was a lot of attention focused on the role of "fake news," but a year later, a study published in the Columbia Journalism Review told a very different story, with the blunt title, "Don't blame the election on fake news. Blame it on the media." Instead of fake news — which was a real but relatively small problem in 2016 (all fake Russian ads… |
(2022-12-11). Can an American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets to the Russians After World War II be Considered a "Good Guy"? New Film Says Yes. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-11). Today the Threat of Nuclear War is Real: America's 1945 Plan: "Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, "the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.
(2022-12-11). What is the Deep State? The Doomsday Project and Deep Events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11. globalresearch.ca The Doomsday Project is the Pentagon's name for the emergency planning "to keep the White House and Pentagon running during and after a nuclear war or some other major crisis."
(2022-12-11). Red Theory: The achievements of socialism in the Soviet Union. fightbacknews.org As Marxist-Leninists in the United States, we can draw lessons from the experiences of others in carrying out revolution and building socialism. While every revolutionary struggle must be firmly based on the concrete analysis of its own conditions, we should still study closely both the successes and failures in the rich experience of the Soviet Union. From that experience we can draw both lessons from their struggle as well as inspiration from their heroic achievements. In the next article we will examine the causes of the collapse of the USSR and draw lessons from it, but here let's look at all that it achieved…
(2022-12-11). Tratado de Belavezha: El certificado de defunción de la Unión Soviética. cubadebate.cu Los firmantes ya habían decidido destruir la URSS el día anterior en una cena, pero no sabían que a escasos metros de ellos se encontraba un escuadrón especial de la Seguridad del Estado de Bielorrusia, el cual esperaba la orden de arrestar a los reunidos, la cual nunca recibieron desde Moscú.
(2022-12-10). Basketball, Viktor Bout and Troubling Exchanges. southfront.org 
| Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Prison exchanges and swaps are never entirely satisfactory affairs. The appropriate measure in such cases is the degree of dissatisfaction that arises from them. In the instance of the exchange of US basketballer Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the Russian negotiators may well count themselves richer in the bargain. | Griner, a two-time Olympic champion, was detained in February this year at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport possessing cartridges…
(2022-12-10). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 10, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Seversk with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Chervonopopovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Russian air defense systems sho…
(2022-12-10). U.S. Asks More Nations to Become Targets of Russian and Chinese Missiles. southfront.org 
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(2022-12-10). Russian Army Destroyed Another Ukrainian 'Burevia' Multiple Rocket Launcher (Photos). southfront.org 
(2022-12-10). Russian Military Destroyed Ukrainian AN/TPQ-36 Counter-Battery Radar In Donetsk. southfront.org 
An AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Radar in Serbia, 1996. By the US Air Force. Source: http: //www.au.af.mil/au/awc/systems/dvic595.htm | The Russian military has destroyed anther American-made AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder counter-battery radar of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on December 10. | The spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said during his daily press briefing that the counter-battery radar was destroyed on the territory of the Donetsk P…
(2022-12-10). Syrian Soldier Killed In Turkish Shelling On Northern Aleppo. southfront.org 
Image: aa.com.tr | On December 10, a soldier of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) was killed when the Turkish military shelled Kurdish-held areas in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The SAA maintains a large presence in a large pocket held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern Aleppo countryside. The army was first deployed there in 2018 to maintain peace under a Russian-brokered agreement. | According to the SDF-linked Hawar News Agency, the Tur…
(2022-12-10). Italy: Amid biggest anti-war march in a decade, peace movement and left wrestle with Ukraine war. greenleft.org.au Russia's invasion of Ukraine is generating debate among southern Europe's pacifist and progressive forces, who turned out for a massive anti-war protest in Rome last month, reports Dick Nichols.
(2022-12-10). The 1991 Dissolution of the USSR: Will Russia Take Decisive Geopolitical Steps Regarding Kosovo? globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-10). Fire breaks out at shopping mall in Moscow region — media. ecns.cn A fire broke out at a shopping mall in the city of Khimki in Russia's Moscow region on Friday, local media reported.
(2022-12-10). Ukraine, Russia, and the New World Order. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-10). Renewable Energy to Become World's Top Electricity Source by 2025, Report Says. truthout.org Key countries around the world are set to add as much new renewable energy capacity over the next five years as they did over the last 20, as governments look for affordable supplies that can address the overwhelming energy security issues raised by Russia's war in Ukraine, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its Renewables 2022 report released Tuesday. Renewables will increase by 2,400… |
(2022-12-10). Mongolia: NATO outpost squeezed between Russia and China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATODecember 8, 2022 NATO military delegation holds staff-to-staff talks with partner, Mongolia On 1-2 December 2022, a military delegation from NATO's Cooperative Security Division, led by its Director, Major General Francesco Diella travelled to Ulaanbaatar to meet with representatives from the Mongolian Military Authorities. The talks were held within the framework of NATO's Partnership with …
(2022-12-10). NATO's global reach: Japan develops new sixth-generation warplane with Britain, Italy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com With a five-year average of over $54 billion annually for arms, the Japanese military budget with be approximately as large as that of Russia. ==== Associated PressDecember 9, 2022 Japan to jointly develop new fighter jet with UK, Italy Japan announced Friday that it will jointly develop its next-generation fighter jet with the U.K. and …
(2022-12-10). Poland: first 180 of 1,000 Korean tanks all to be deployed to Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyDecember 10, 2022 All Korean tanks to be deployed in north-eastern Poland says MoD All 180 K2 tanks that Poland has purchased from South Korea will be deployed in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the Russian Kaliningrad enclave, the defence minister has said. On Tuesday, Poland received the first consignment of …
(2022-12-10). U.S.'s Degnan: Georgians liberate country by dying in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2December 9, 2022 20% of Georgia occupied by Russia, that probably inspires some Georgians to want to do what they can to help, whether it's humanitarian assistance or anything else — Kelly Degnan "20% of your territory occupied by Russia, I think that probably inspires some Georgians to want to do what they can to …
(2022-12-10). Record US military budget prepares for "future conflict with China" wsws.org With no serious public debate or discussion, the House of Representatives voted Thursday to spend nearly a trillion dollars on the military over the next year, funding the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia and plans for military conflict with China.
(2022-12-10). Brittney Griner arrives in the U.S. after prisoner exchange. wsws.org WNBA star athlete Brittney Griner arrived at a US Army base in Texas on Friday, ending 10 months of detention on a drug smuggling frame-up by the Russian government of Vladimir Putin.
(2022-12-10). Brittney Griner arrives in the US after prisoner exchange. wsws.org WNBA star athlete Brittney Griner arrived at a US Army base in Texas on Friday, ending 10 months of detention on a drug smuggling frame-up by the Russian government of Vladimir Putin.
(2022-12-10). Nothing Good Will Come from the New Cold War with Australia as a Frontline State. dissidentvoice.org 
John (Prince) Siddon (Australia), Slim Dusty, Looking Forward, Looking Back, 2021. On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country 'seeks a stable relationship with China'. This is because, as Albanese pointed out, China is 'Australia's largest trading partner. They are worth more …
(2022-12-10). UN Votes in Favor of Dismantling Israel's Nuclear Arsenal. orinocotribune.com
(2022-12-10). [Perspectives] Yin Paradies: transforming organisational and societal cultures. thelancet.com Yin Paradies, the Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Race Relations at Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia started his academic life studying applied mathematics and computing. His first job, at the Indigenous Health Statistics Unit of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, took him towards his work in heath inequalities, on racism as a determinant of Indigenous health in Australia, and his current focus on decolonisation and Indigenous knowledges and perspectives. Paradies, who is a Wakaya man, and "the first person", he says, "in any part of my family to get a PhD", has since published widely on experi…
(2022-12-10). It's Actually Not A Big Deal That Modi Isn't Visiting Moscow This Year. thealtworld.com
(2022-12-10). Putin afirma que Occidente usa a Ucrania como carne de cañón. telesurtv.net El titular del Kremlin señaló que "durante varios años, Occidente ha fomentado el genocidio y el terror en Donbás".