Russia’s ambassador to Sweden, did not mince his words when he delivered a strong rebuke to the West’s coercive measures on Sunday. “Excuse my language, but we don’t give a s**t about sanctions,” Viktor Tatarintsev told Stockholm daily Aftonbladet. The US, Britain, and the EU have all threatened to impose new penalties …
Read More »White House speculates on Russian ‘invasion’ date
Russian forces could be invading Ukraine in a matter of days, according to Jake Sullivan, national security advisor to US President Joe Biden. However, contrary to earlier reports, citing US intelligence, placing the ‘invasion’ date on February 15 or 16, he refused to confirm any specifics. Speaking to CNN’s Jake …
Read More »Ukraine clarifies if cutting Russia off from SWIFT is on US-EU sanctions list
Delisting Russia from the SWIFT international payment system is not being considered by the US and EU for the sanctions package tied to the allegedly looming ‘invasion’ of Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has revealed. Abandoning plans to delist Russia from SWIFT was made under the pressure of certain …
Read More »Tear gas & arrests: ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests come to Europe
The ‘Freedom Convoy’ has well and truly arrived in Europe. Inspired by the protests in Canada, those opposed to mask mandates and Covid passports have descended on Paris and caused a day of disruption on Saturday, resulting in tear gas being fired and over 50 arrests. The protesters now plan …
Read More »US can’t name Russian ‘invasion’ date, but it could be ‘any day now’
Russian forces could be invading Ukraine in a matter of days, according to Jake Sullivan, national security advisor to US President Joe Biden. However, contrary to earlier reports, citing US intelligence, placing the ‘invasion’ date on February 15 or 16, he refused to confirm any specifics. Speaking to CNN’s Jake …
Read More »Trump ally to send aid to Canadian truckers
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an outspoken conservative, pledged on Saturday to provide pillows to the truckers protesting against coronavirus restrictions in Canada. Lindell said he has a personal grudge against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and urged the truckers not to “compromise” until they win “all our freedoms” back. “All …
Read More »Ukraine bans another independent TV channel
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) imposed five-year sanctions on the Nash TV channel on Friday after a closed-door meeting chaired by President Volodymyr Zelensky. Viewers have since reported being unable to view the channel on cable. The move came days after an online petition launched on the website …
Read More »Clinton campaign paid tech firm to link Trump to Russia – court filing
Lawyers working for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign paid an IT firm to “infiltrate” servers at Trump Tower and the White House in order to establish a “narrative” that would link Donald Trump to Russia, an explosive new legal filing alleges. The legal motion, filed in a District of Columbia …
Read More »How Larry King and the FBI teamed up to catch a crazed caller
In the early afternoon of January 14, 1988, Larry King was enjoying lunch at the Duke Zeibert’s restaurant in Washington, DC, famed hangout for everyone from presidents to prized quarterbacks. Across town at CNN’s DC building, where ‘Larry King Live’ was sometimes beamed out to millions of viewers, a producer had …
Read More »Fyodor Lukyanov: How the world sleepwalked into another Cuban Missile Crisis
Towards the end of last year, Russia put forward a number of tough demands, phrased in the form of an ultimatum, to Washington and NATO. The content of two draft treaties offered to the West effectively called for a revision of the system of European security as it existed since …
Read More »