Tag: Putin

Russian advisors in the Syrian capital Damascus are confident that US forces will aim to completely withdraw from northern Syria in the next six months.

Israeli planes, operating out of bases inside Saudi Arabia and Jordan, have been bombing Syria and the Houthi regions of Yemen using “roundabout” routes to evade air defenses.

Jim W. Dean - Seth Ferris has an established record of not fearing to dive into writing about very complex historical geopolitical material. He brings us a prime example of that today.

The desert around Deir ez-Zour remains a dangerous place, where the Americans and Russians play an extremely risky game of war. Putin still suspects the Americans helped the artillery guidance of a mortar battery which killed lieutenant general Valery Asapov.

We could never understand at VT why the Moscow went through all the endless election meddling pummeling here and was keeping mum on the long history of US election meddling.

Some high stakes geopolitical poker has been going on at the Saint Petersburg Forum, where once again Putin is holding the stage as ground zero for free trade and a multi-polar world.

Phil Butler brings us something today that we need from time to time on these long running stories with endless twists and turns.

Jim W. Dean - American media has become the New Pravda from the Soviet Days where it serves the party line, maybe not at the 99% level, but enough to say it no longer represents what the Founding Fathers fought for

Russia and the West relationship continues path towards failure

...by Jonas E. Alexis Putin should be credited with making a positive difference in the political landscape. Granted, he does have his shortcomings, as we...

  Nahed Al-Husaini VT Bureau Chief – Damascus                Putin takes the rampant bull by the horns               President Vladimir Putin is disgusted beyond endurance at US...

“Confirm that everything I said is no bluff, send into retirement those stuck in the past and incapable of looking to the future, [and] stop rocking the boat that we all ride in, called planet Earth.” – Putin: Checkmating Rothschild psychopathic arms merchants.

Anyone who has been following geopolitics knows how the US decided to trash the US START treaty, and Mr. Nobel Peace Prize had no problem jumping aboard, as he did with NATO moving toward the Russian border.

Gordon Duff - This is Trump, meaning "Netanyahu" and his gangster partners, putting the lives of Americans and perhaps the world on the "chopping block." 

These are US backed and armed mercenaries, part of Trumps "Wag the Dog" to save first Kushner and then himself, two puppets of the RKM/Israeli mob, from prison.

... from Sputnik News, Moscow * - First published ... February 25, 2018 - In the wake of the adoption of a UN resolution establishing a...

Jim W. Dean - Russia-bashing got top billing at the Munich 2018 Conference, with Iran and China in the line up. But Western coverage omitted Putin's famous 2007 conference talk on NATO advancing East.

Jim W. Dean - Missing in the phone conversation review was any mention of Russia and China teaming up to buy a chunk of the ARAMCO offering, possibly a $100 billion deal.

For viewers, this was done while staining woodwork at my home in Saugetuck, Michigan.  No, I don't have leprosy, not yet anyway.g (AKA "Hansens...

Russia, the country whose experience, tragedies and victories, people with great ability to create and achieve great goals, can and should become a true friend and partner of the American people.

Jim W. Dean - Russia has survived another year of Putin-bashing and Russia-bashing with its economy growing, having played a key role in saving Syria and building Russia's reputation for standing up to the concept of a unipolar world as a threat to everyone else.

This could be just a coincidence, but the next day after Russia announced victory over terrorists in Syria, US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem...

...by Jonas E. Alexis   Vladimir Putin has recently pronounced his verdict on Trump’s recent statement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Once again, King Bibi must...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Syrian President Bashar Assad, who flew to Russain city of Sochi for a working visit. The two leaders...

PM Theresa May uses Russia as a whipping boy to divert attention away from the soup bowl of political problems she may be drowning in now.

Americans need to examine the origins of the Bush Family closely and re-examine the Sherf(f) relationship, including DNA testing to identify if George H....

Jim W. Dean - Today is a trip down memory road, with an older NEO - Phil Butler article that got lost in the shuffle. The theme is an often used one, how history repeats itself and Russia is front and center for today's lesson.

"If Putin wants to survive" he had better do what Israel tells him, says Ayalet Shaked.

On the eve of the BRICS summit, which is to be held in Xiamen, China, on September 4-5, President Vladimir Putin wrote an article "BRICS - Towards New Horizons of Strategic Partnership." In the article, the Russian president presented Russia's approaches to cooperation within the authoritative association and set out his vision for further interaction.

Jim W. Dean - The Deep State hatred for Putin is well-placed. He represents everything they are not; and the longer he survives, the chances grow that his leadership style might catch on.

Netanyahu and Putin have kept in close contact in recent years, with the Israeli leader visiting Moscow four times in the last 16 months.

Russia will hold its regular presidential election on March 18, 2018. In accordance with the Russian legislation, Vladimir Putin can nominate his own candidacy for a new term in the office.

Putin calls Congress insolent as Senators vote 98-2 to sanction Russia. Did Putin have the Russian Army choir killed, to add to evidence against America in an upcoming world body tribunal regarding terrorists we created through illegal wars and destabilization efforts?

Phil Butler - Vladimir Putin acts in Russia’s behalf, and exactly in the manner western neocons and Cold War psychopaths know he must. What kind of journalist or historic idiot ignores this crystal-clear nugget?

Jim W. Dean - Once again we have Putin at another major Russian world forum where he can talk without a teleprompter to a diverse audience in the style of Roosevelt's fireside chats, minus how they were written for an eight grade education level.

An Israeli minister has bluntly called for Syrian leader Bashar Assad to be assassinated after unsourced media reports claimed Damascus was using a “crematorium” to cover-up mass killings.

A group of officers from the Russian Defense Ministry's Special Operations Forces was decorated with medals for showing unprecedented courage in the fight against terrorists in Syria; the decree to this effect was earlier issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Jim W. Dean - No one hates war more than the Russians do. This is why the manufactured US hype of the "Russian threat" is such a devious fraud on the American people. The Russian people would never politically support any such offense,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Kremlin stands ready to work with the White House to help settle the Syria crisis. Lavrov's deputy Mikhail Bogdanov also expressed hope that the opposition in the Arab country will take part in the Syria peace talks slated to be held in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on the 3rd and 4th of May.