By Paul Craig Roberts The Third World War is currently being fought. How long before it moves into its hot stage? Washington is currently conducting economic and propaganda warfare against four members of the five bloc group of countries known as BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Brazil and South Africa are being … Continue reading
Guess that would explain why there are hardly any prominent Americans or top political brass etc. from the West in the 11 million pages of Panama papers “leaks,” but the people who are there are all enemies of the American government. The whole thing seems highly edited, since we all know all of these people … Continue reading
A network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. An unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin’s close circle fabulously wealthy. Though the president’s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern … Continue reading
The Congress is dedicated to a review of the activities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the past five years, development of small and medium-sized business in the regions, Russian companies’ entry into foreign markets and ways of attracting investment. * * * President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues. I would like to begin by thanking you for your invitation to take part in this Congress of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry – one of the largest business unions with … Continue reading
By Michael Snyder Saudi Arabia already has nukes, Iran probably does, and the Russians are one of the two great nuclear powers on the entire planet. So if Saudi Arabia, Turkey and their Sunni allies do decide to conduct a full-blown ground invasion of Syria, could someone ultimately decide to use nuclear weapons when their … Continue reading
By Michael Hudson A nightmare scenario of U.S. geopolitical strategists is coming true: foreign independence from U.S.-centered financial and diplomatic control. China and Russia are investing in neighboring economies on terms that cement Eurasian integration on the basis of financing in their own currencies and favoring their own exports. They also have created the Shanghai Cooperation … Continue reading
By F. William Engdahl While Washington seems obsessed with trying to humiliate China’s President Xi Jinping and make him lose face, sending warships into Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea just days after Obama’s White House meeting with President XI, and other provocative acts, Britain’s government is taking advantage of the growing cleft between … Continue reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual press conference on Thursday with Russian and international journalists in Moscow. The 3 hour and 10 minute press conference was broadcast live by Rossiya-1, Rossiya-24 and Channel One, as well as Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations. The following is a transcript of the press conference, courtesy of the Kremlin. President of Russia Vladimir … Continue reading
By Oriental Review In December of last year we published an intriguing article by Dmitry Kalinichenko, “Grandmaster Putin’s Trap,” which has drawn far more attention from readers than we ever expected. It continues to be cited by many international political and economic experts. That article addressed Russia’s latent strategy to get rid of US bonds … Continue reading
By James Parisot China’s rise has shaken up the global order. As East Asian governments, along with the United States, remain unable to develop a mutual security agreement over disputed islands, and the US pushes the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the exclusion of China as an alternative to the stagnating World Trade Organization, East Asia is riven … Continue reading