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Mar 18 2023 
Rostislav Ishchenko: A view on China
Rostislav Ishchenko is a popular and respected columnist in Russia. This article has been machine translated from https://cont.ws/@ishchenko
It represents a Russian view of China, that departs from the professional and formal view of the Russian State. It also departs strongly from the information and views that we receive from the Valdai club. I find… Continue reading
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Mar 17 2023 
Vladimir Putin with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Vladimir Putin took part in the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Shokhin, colleagues, friends,
Thank you for the invitation. I would like to welcome the participants of the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Mr Shokhin has just said that you have been working for a couple of days here, and all the key members of the Government spoke today. I hope that the dialogue… Continue reading
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Mar 13 2023 
Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Channel One
This interview is selected to post because of the explanation of what is happening in Georgia and it is a replay of the Maidan in Ukraine.
10 March 2023 19:02
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Channel One’s The Great Game political talk show, Moscow, March 10, 2023
Question: I’ll start with a question concerning the latest news.… Continue reading -
Mar 10 2023 
Spotlight on the Northern Sea Route, NATO, the US, and China
Series: The Spotlight, Part 1 – The geopolitical and military Implications
Our thanks to Nat South, the author
Abstract:
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the Arctic is gaining increased interest as a shipping lane by China and other countries due to its potential as a faster and cheaper alternative to traditional shipping lanes. China’s interest in the… Continue reading
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Summary: Igor Kirillov, Bioweapons
Summary of statements by Igor Kirillov, Head of Protection of Forces from Radiation, Chemical and Biological weapons, Russian Ministry of Defense:
◾️ United States is rolling out a program of dangerous pathogen research in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Russian border);
◾️The US circumvents international law to conduct pathogen research abroad;
◾️ United States may be behind the… Continue reading
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Mar 07 2023 
Statement: General Sergei Shoigu teleconference
A fair translation of Shoigu’s statements on the channel of the Russian MoD:
Notes for the statement by the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at the teleconference
(7 March 2023)First of all, a few words about the situation on the contact line of the Armed Forces of the… Continue reading
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Mar 06 2023 
Valdai Club: Sanctions on Russia
Sanctions on the Anniversary of the Special Operation in Ukraine
Ed Note: We may as well accept that this will be the trajectory for China as well.
The further escalation of sanctions against Russia is inevitable. This means that for Russia, the most important task remains the development of means of settlement with foreign countries, which would… Continue reading
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FM Lavrov: presser – Raisina dialogue
Background of the Raisina Dialogue Conference, which is an Indian Think Tank. This year, the conference was an add-on to the G20.
Ed.Note: Mr Lavrov had to deal with journalists that asked inane questions. They don’t seem to be there to destabilize, but they are a waste of Lavrov’s time to do this basic teaching. This… Continue reading -
Feb 28 2023 
Vladimir Putin: meeting of the Federal Security Service Board.
Vladimir Putin took part in an expanded meeting of the Federal Security Service Board.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Comrade officers,
Today, at the annual expanded meeting of the Board you will sum up the results of the Federal Security Service’s work in 2022, outline key areas to be focused on in the future and improve the efficiency of field and analytical work. At the same time, I would ask you to absolutely take into account the internal and external… Continue reading
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Feb 27 2023 
Lineaments of Multipolar World Rising: Africa and Russia harmonize (Part 2)
By AHH
[Please first read Part 1 here]
REALIGNMENT
“If the full moon loves
you, why worry
about the stars?”
— African Proverb
The quickening emotional and psychological decoupling from the West since the start of the SMO reminded Russians of an African saying, “the rain does not fall on one roof alone.” Most of mankind shared their western-driven woes. They’d suffered… Continue reading -
Medvedev: for “National Defense” magazine
Medvedev’s article for the magazine “National Defense”
✔️ History repeats itself. Once again, we are confronted by almost an entire empire of various enemies: Ukrainian and European neo-fascists, the United States, other Anglo-Saxons and their vassals (about fifty countries). They set themselves the goal of wiping our country off the face of the earth. It won’t… Continue reading
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Feb 24 2023 
Lineaments of Multipolar World Rising: Africa and Russia harmonize (Part 1)
By AHH
INRODUCTION
“The axe forgets but
the tree remembers.”
— African Proverb
The first anniversary of commencing the Russian Special Military Operation (SMO) in the Ukraine provides us a time for reflection. The tip of a complex iceberg, the SMO marked the divergence into deep discord between the combined West and the Russian world. The former remained intent on… Continue reading -
Feb 23 2023 
Russia and China: What’s next after Wang Ji’s visit
First a small photo essay of the visit:
A real Bro handshake!
Now let me ask, do these people look happy, and comfortable in one another’s company and when have you seen Wang Ji smile in formal photographs?
In the Wang Yi and Nikolai Patrushev talks the core information is of course not stated. But what is stated… Continue reading
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Feb 22 2023 
Final on new START treaty suspension
For this third and last unraveling of the suspension of the New START treaty, we go back to President Putin’s speech.
Part 1 – Medvedev response
Part 2 – Russian Foreign Ministry response
In fact, the anti-Russia project is part of the revanchist policy towards our country to create flashpoints of instability and conflicts next to our borders.… Continue reading
