Foreword by the Saker: Just as I was about to publish this interview with Jeff J. Brown, I got the following email for Larchmonter445: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-05/26/c_134269678.htm Yang, the man in glasses next to the woman interpreter, is top Councillor for Foreign Policy and often deals as a second Foreign Minister. They hide his importance by describing his portfolio as less than his actions and interactions. He is a brain on policy
Colonel Cassad has published a very thorough discussion of the possibly identities and motives of those who have murdered Alexei Mozgovoi. Thanks for the fantastic work of my brother in arms Uncle Martin I can now post this entire analysis in English. Please forgive me the poor formatting of the article, but I simply have no time to do a lengthy formatting job right now. The original translation by Uncle
Look Homeward, Hegemon Part 1: Cold War 2.0 Abroad, Cold Civil War Between the U.S. Government and the American People by American Kulak Introduction: We want to start by thanking The Saker for giving us the opportunity to publish a series of articles for this community that looks at the late, great American Empire from a slightly different perspective. While most Vineyard readers come to this website looking for analysis
I am sitting in front of my computer and watch the movie “The Burn,” by Arkadii Mamontov, about the May 2nd Odessa massacre. The movie is very well made and I hope that somebody will subtitle it in English. It shows a lot of video footage of various events, which all took place last year. Scenes include the intercepted telephone calls of local Ukronazi leaders, the smiling faces of the
Direct Line with Vladimir Putin was broadcast live on Channel One, Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24 TV channels, and Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations. During the live broadcast that lasted 3 hours and 57 minutes, the President answered 74 questions out of the over 3 million that were received. * * * Direct Line programme host Kirill Kleymenov: Good afternoon. You are watching Direct Line with President Vladimir Putin. Here in the studio today are Maria Sittel and Kirill Kleymenov. Direct Line programme
Dear friends, I have plenty of things to report to you today, and a few things I would ask you to help me with. Blog news: For the next few days, the blog will go into “minimal” mode and barring some kind of major development, I don’t intend to post much. For Orthodox Christians this week is Passion Week, Sunday will be Holy Paskha (“Easter” in western parlance) and next
Foreword: I am continuing my series of articles about the “real Russia” (see: Россия не Европа (Russia is not Europe) – an example through Music, Letter from ‘deep’ Russia and Россия не Европа (Russia is not Europe) – Second Musical Illustration) I am now posting a trip journal written by Kolya Malloff in which he beautifully shares his feelings about returning to his motherland. There is a lot of “real
Dear friends, The survey is now closed and I am happy to report that 1’067 of you have replied to the questions. What I want to do today is to post all the results question by question along with my evaluation of the results. But first I want to thank you for participating in this survey which is extremely important and interesting for me. Some of the results have surprised
by Marina Iudenich translated by Tatzhit Mihailovich Andrei Babitsky championed freedom for more than twenty years.Freedom for Shamil Basayev to lord over the Caucasus. Freedom for Salman Raduyev to carry out terrorist operations where he pleases.Freedom for Akhmed Zakayev to hide from justice in London [and for Isa Munaev to hide in Denmark – he subsequently returned to start jihad once again, in Ukraine ].Babitsky fought fiercely and passionately with
(You can download this file directly by following the links at this source.) Transcript of podcast no. 5 Provided by the kind help of a wonderful lady “A” Dear Friends, Welcome back to my podcast, this is the Saker speaking. Its been a long time, I expected to take somewhat of a holiday, and take a little break from the podcasts, and as probably most of you know,
Introduction: By any measure 2014 has been a truly historic year which saw huge, I would say, even tectonic developments. This year ends in very high instability, and the future looks hard to guess. I don’t think that anybody can confidently predict what might happen next year. So what I propose to do today is something far more modest. I want to look into some of the key events of
(You can download this file directly by following the links at this source.) Transcript of podcast no. 4 Provided by the kind help of a wonderful lady “A” Dear friends, welcome to the Saker podcast #4. Today, we’ve got alot of questions. I think its 69 total. And I look forward to this one, some of them are very very interesting. Indeed, other questions, I have to tell
Dear friends and readers,Today I am writing to you to appeal for your help. By now it must be clear to everybody that what is taking place today is not just some “Cold War v2” or some “East-West tensions”, but a full-scale total war between not only Russia and the USA, but between the entire AngloZionist Empire and the Resistance (lead by Russia and the BRICS). Make no mistake, this
“A united federated Nazi-free Ukraine?” Please, that train has left the station. Total fantasy at this point“ Andreas Walsh This issue is one which divides many sincere and good people and which I rarely see addressed directly. And yet, it is a crucial one. Today, I want to address is head on.The realistic argument (version one)As Otto von Bismarck said, “politics is the science of the possible”. It is all
SitRep Transcarpathia, Transnistria and Gagauzia 17 Nov – 23 Nov A perambulation around the periphery of Ukraine, looking at local and regional viewpoints. The media coverage varies from relatively neutral to rabidly nationalist. Note: some urls in the links are prefixed with ‘z5h64q92x9.net/tr-url/ru-en.en/’ . This form provides the reader with a Yandex translated version of the source. The original article can be reached by removing this prefix. Kharkov has experienced
(Note: some urls in the links are prefixed with ‘z5h64q92x9.net/tr-url/ru-en.en/’. This form provides the reader with a Yandex translated version of the source. The original article can be reached by removing this prefix.) Transcarpathia ATO Only two individuals from Transcarpathia have been reported as killed at the front. The first served volunteered in AUgust and received two weeks training. He joined the 128 Mechanised Infantry Brigade and was killed by
(You can download this file directly by following the links at this source.) Transcript of podcast no. 2 Provided by the kind help of a wonderful lady “A” Dear friends, welcome back to my podcast series. This is the Saker speaking. And its my second podcast. The first one was great fun to do, and thank you so much for all the kind support and encouragement I got,
Dejan “Deki” Beric is a Serbian volunteer fighter serving with the Novorussia Armed Forces in defense of the Donbass. In this interview with journalist Ivan Maksimovic, Beric, a sniper, explains his motivations and the political atmosphere in his homeland. For centuries now Serbs and Russians have fought alongside one another, and the journey of Beric and other Serbs can be viewed as a continuation of this fraternal bond. Translated by
by “Y” Whilst the situations in Transcarpathia, Transnistria and Gagauzia remain essentially stable, the $5 billion bomb detonated at the Ukraine Maidan has set off shock waves that ripple and reflect off pre-existing dormant conflicts and tensions. These have expanded to Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, the Baltic States, Moldova and Romania in the immediate vicinity, let alone the major states at the heart of Europe. Given these effects, I hope the
(You can download this file directly by following the links at this source.) Transcript of podcast no. 1 Provided by the kind help of a wonderful lady “A” Dear friends thank you so much for downloading this first podcast, this is the Saker speaking. Let me tell you immediately that this first podcast will be very much a trial and error thing, I’m trying out lots of things,
