(2022-02-07). It is Urgent That Russia is Provided With Legal Security Guarantees, Top Diplomat Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The issue of providing Moscow with legal security guarantees has become urgent, as a slew of problems has accumulated between Russia and the West, Vladimir Yermakov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Arms Control, told Sputnik.
(2022-02-07). Argentina Turns To Russia And Joins China's Belt And Road. popularresistance.org Argentina is trapped in $44 billion of IMF odious debt taken on by corrupt right-wing regimes. Seeking alternatives to US hegemony, President Alberto Fernández traveled to Russia and China, forming an alliance with the Eurasian powers, joining the Belt and Road Initiative.
(2022-02-07). Putin Announces New Gas Supply Contract with China. orinocotribune.com This Friday, February 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, announced a "Our tankers have prepared very good new solutions for the supply of hydrocarbons to the People's Republic of China. A further step has been taken in the gas industry. I am referring to a new contract for th…
(2022-02-07). Argentina to Russia: We Want To End Dependency On US. orinocotribune.com On February 3, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, visited the Kremlin and told President Vladimir Putin that his country wants to end "dependency" on the US and strengthen economic ties with Russia instead. | Fernández
(2022-02-07). US combat troops arrive in Eastern Europe as Washington steps up war hysteria. wsws.org Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made several television appearances Sunday to warn, without evidence, that Russia could invade Ukraine "at any moment."
(2022-02-07). Kiev denies war plans against Russia as conflicts within the Ukrainian ruling class escalate. wsws.org The government of Volydymyr Zelensky is plagued by internal crisis as it marches towards war.
(2022-02-07). Portugal's Socialist Party wins legislative election as Left Bloc collapses. wsws.org The Left Bloc and the Portuguese Communist Party are deeply discredited after years of openly supporting the right-wing policies of the Socialist Party (PS) government.
(2022-02-07). The Untold History Of NATO And Case For Its Abolition. popularresistance.org NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is moving ever closer to Russia's border. Russia views this as an existential threat — and a historic betrayal of key guarantees it was given by the west as the Soviet Union disintegrated. As Biden sends thousands of additional troops to Eastern Europe, the threat of war is growing by the day.
(2022-02-07). Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide For Black Folk On The Situation In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many elements of the Black left, there is widespread confusion related to the Ukraine "crisis." Years of anti-Russia propaganda from the US and its NATO allies, and the tendency to abstract the current Ukrainian situation from its historical and geo-strategic context, have created a climate of confusion. This climate has played into the hands of state propagandists and democratic party activists eager to use the Ukraine situation to deflect attention from Biden's disastrous domestic agenda. The situation with Ukraine did not just fall out of the sky in 2021. It has…
(2022-02-07). Russia is better prepared for Western sanctions than EU to gas supply cuts – Borrell. tass.com "Russia has enhanced its resilience against economic sanctions, by increasing its foreign currency reserves, more than we have done to enhance our capacity to face potential gas supply cuts", EU foreign policy chief said…
(2022-02-07). Election year in France: Some background notes. mronline.org 
The French presidential election looks to once more see a run-off between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Can the Left break through? And what is the threat of Eric Zemmour?>
(2022-02-07). RT Censored: Germany Prohibits Russian TV Channel to Broadcast. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, February 2, German media licensing and supervision commission (ZAK) has banned the Russian TV channel, Russia Today (RT), from broadcasting. | ZAK indicated, that RT does not have a media license. According to the media regulator, German law indicates that the Russian channel requires a broadcast license. It also states that RT did not receive or request permission to broadcast its programming. For this reason, it ordered the medium to stop broadcasting in German territory on all its platforms. | With this guideline RT will not be able to transmit its programming on the air, internet, through the…
(2022-02-07). Scholz: Germany to take "all steps necessary" to back NATO-EU actions against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com For the 1,001 Internet analysts, clairvoyant commentators, intelligence insiders, inside information pedlars, esoteric experts and all-purpose gnostic/gnomic/noetic omniscients who have been assuring us of the contrary — and will continue doing so no doubt. From the February 7 edition of TASS. ==== Germany is ready to take 'all necessary steps' if Russia 'invades' Ukraine — …
(2022-02-07). Explore NATO's military intervention in the Yugoslav-Kosovo conflict in 'Diplomacy at Gunpoint'. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Reposted from Benzinga. Explore NATO's military intervention in the Yugoslav-Kosovo conflict in 'Diplomacy at Gunpoint' James Rothrock, Retired Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force, aims to raise thought-provoking questions about the authority, justification and consequences of NATO's decision to intervene militarily in Kosovo with his new book "Diplomacy at Gunpoint: Kosovo: The Illegal and Unnecessary War" …
(2022-02-07). Netherlands: Struggle for affordable housing intensifies with protests in multiple cities. peoplesdispatch.org Activists from various youth & student groups, feminist groups, trade unions and political parties marched for housing rights on the call of #Woonrevolte Amersfoort, a housing rights coalition.
(2022-02-07). Video: American paratroopers arrive in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com "And if necessary, defend any portion of NATO."
(2022-02-07). Morning Commute: 2-7-2022 #FREELEONARDPELTIER. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a few things that are on my mind like the continuous encirclement and harassment of Russia and China, as well as how we can learn from the ongoing peoples movements in socialist revolution of the past and the present in order to inform and help organize for our future. Let's get Organizing y'all!
(2022-02-07). No War With Russia; Yes to Diplomacy and Peace. indybay.org Protest at Berkeley Civic Center…
(2022-02-07). Is a Peaceful Resolution Still Possible? Masha Gessen & Anatol Lieven on Ukraine, Putin & NATO. democracynow.org 
The U.S. warns Russia could soon invade Ukraine, as diplomatic talks continue in Moscow and Washington and the U.S. sends more military equipment to Ukraine. We look at the potential of war from the seldom-discussed perspective of citizens of Ukraine. "This Russian brinkmanship is having a devastating effect on the Ukrainian economy, even without an invasion," says Russian American journalist Masha Gessen, who just returned from reporting in Ukraine. Foreign policy expert Anatol Lieven says that while a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains a possibility, "there clearly is a desire in Moscow to pu…
(2022-02-07). Peace with Russia Day of Action: February 5, 2022, Santa Cruz, California. indybay.org Santa Cruz takes part in a day of action for Peace with Russia!
(2022-02-07). Friday 2/4: Protest War with Russia/Troops to Ukraine. indybay.org Santa Cruz Town Clock at Water and Pacific, Santa Cruz…
(2022-02-07). China-Russia summit forges quasi-alliance against Washington. wsws.org By escalating its aggressive threats against Moscow and Beijing, the US has driven together what it regards as the two main rivals, ensuring any war will rapidly become global.
(2022-02-07). Sanctions to cut Russia from key technologies if Ukraine situation escalates – US Treasury. tass.com Adewale Adeyemo said that Russia's economy will suffer if they were to take an action to invade Ukraine…
(2022-02-07). German Chancellor Scholz's first US visit: War summit in Washington. wsws.org In the days leading up to Scholz's inaugural visit to Washington, the pressure on the German government to unreservedly support the US war drive against Russia has been sharply intensified.
(2022-02-07). Minneapolis rally against war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 5, 100 protesters gathered at Mayday plaza on the West Bank in Minneapolis to oppose U.S. war with Russia and further intervention in the Ukraine. Protesters held signs that read "No war with Russia," "Fight COVID not Russia" and "Money for housing, not for war." | The protest's program began with a speech from Susan Banaszewski, a member of the MN Anti-War Committee, who focused on the role of U.S. intervention and the role of the media in beating the drums for war, "So U.S. meddling has made everyday life worse for Ukrainians by making sure they have less money in their pockets an…
(2022-02-07). Protest in Oakland Says No to War with Russia. indybay.org Rally part of a day of international action to protest US/NATO war plans against Russia…
(2022-02-07). Headlines for February 7, 2022. democracynow.org Macron Meets with Putin, Scholz with Biden, Amid Ongoing Tensions over Ukraine, U.S. Tops 900,000 COVID Deaths; New Jersey Lifts School Mask Mandate, Turkish President Erdogan and Honduran President Castro Test Positive for COVID-19, Ottawa Declares Emergency as Trucker-Led Anti-Government Protests Spread, Family Demands Justice for Amir Locke, Killed in Minneapolis Police No-Knock Raid, Mexico Raids Tijuana Camp Home to Hundreds of Asylum Seekers Denied U.S. Entry, Iran Talks Show Some Signs of Progress After U.S. Agrees to Waive Certain Sanctions, Tens of Thousands Displaced as Cyclone Batsirai Batters Madagasc…
(2022-02-07). Scholz to Meet With Biden on Monday Amid Tensions Over Ukraine, Nord Stream 2. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is about to be hosted by US President Joe Biden in Washington on Monday as the two countries need to figure out a way to address the ongoing crisis surrounding Ukraine, which will please the United States and also accommodate German energy interests, specifically the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
(2022-02-06). Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Exit From the Ukraine Crisis That's Hiding in Plain Sight. scheerpost.com 
[ By The crisis over Ukraine grows simultaneously more dangerous and more absurd. Russia has amassed more than
(2022-02-06). Alex Saab is Being Tortured in the US, Denounces Diplomat's Wife Camila (+Oscar López Rivera). orinocotribune.com February 5, 2022 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab "is suffering torture and inhumane treatment everyday in the United States," decried his wife Camila Fabri Saab during a "Today, as we are speaking here, another day passes in which my husband Alex Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, remains kidnapped," she continued. Saab, a special envoy of the Venezuelan government to Iran and Russia, and…
(2022-02-06). Protest outside White House joins 55+ cities demanding "No war on Russia! Disband NATO!" liberationnews.org 
More than 55 cities and towns on Feb. 5 rallied with the message "Disband NATO! No War on Russia!" The day of action was sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition, Code Pink, Black Alliance for Peace, Peace Action, Maryland Peace Action, Popular Resistance and others.
(2022-02-06). War of Soviet succession: Ukraine, Azerbaijan back each other's territorial demands. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Feature from Azeri Press Agency follows. To introduce the pertinent proper names/toponyms, Ukraine supports Azerbaijan (and Turkey) conquering what remains of Nagorno-Karabakh after the war launched against it in 2020, and Azerbaijan returns the favor by backing Ukraine's projected subjugation of Crimea and the Donbass. The war against Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia (Russia's Collective Security Treaty …
(2022-02-06). Stoltenberg, von der Leyen: NATO, EU coordinate actions toward Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stoltenberg, von der Leyen discuss situation around Ukraine, NATO-EU coordination NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a conversation with head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen regarding the situation around Ukraine, he noted the importance of coordinating NATO and the EU on the next steps. "Briefed European Commission President von der Leyen on …
(2022-02-06). Claims Over Broken Promises About NATO Simmer at the Heart of the Ukraine Crisis. truthout.org 
In the continuing conflict between the United States and Russia, the central issue has always been the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from its original boundaries in Central Europe during the Cold War. Recent efforts to incorporate Ukraine into NATO have greatly aggravated Russian suspicions, contributing to Russia's rationale for their massing of troops on Ukrainian borders. | It is true that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a repressive leader with a poor…
(2022-02-06). DM: Germany ready to send more troops to Lithuania, warplanes to Romania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Germany considers bolstered troop presence in Lithuania German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said extra troops could be deployed to the Baltic nation amid regional tensions with Russia… Germany does not rule out sending additional troops to Lithuania, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said…. "We (Germany) are already making a very important contribution in Lithuania, where we …
(2022-02-06). Duque Wants to Speak with Russian Ambassador about Violence in Colombia's Arauca. orinocotribune.com 
Colombian President Iván Duque said this Friday, February 4, that he will speak to the Russian ambassador to Colombia, Nikolay K. Tavdumadze, to clarify the objectives of Russia's military presence in Venezuela. | Thus, Duque has chosen to ignore the statement from the Russian embassy in Colombia, which had denounced unfounded allegations made by the Colombian Defense Minister, Diego Molano. Molano accused Russia of supporting and implementing technical assistance at the Venezuelan border, to carry out a foreign "intervention." The Russian embassy called these accusations irresponsible, as Molano did not provide…
(2022-02-06). Is U.S. News-Media's 'Russia Could Seize Kyiv In Days' Just The Latest Version Of America's 'Saddam's WMD' Lying? southfront.org 
Written by Eric Zuesse On Saturday, February 5th, the Washington Post headlined "Russia could seize Kyiv in days and cause…
(2022-02-06). Weapons corporation sees 'benefits' from US wars on Russia, China, Yemen. multipolarista.com The CEO of top arms manufacturer Raytheon admitted in a phone call, "I fully expect we're going to see some benefit" and "opportunities" from the US war drive with Russia over Ukraine, bombing of Yemen, and conflict in the South China Sea.
(2022-02-06). Trapped in IMF debt, Argentina turns to Russia and joins China's Belt & Road. multipolarista.com 
Argentina is trapped in $44 billion of IMF odious debt taken on by corrupt right-wing regimes. Seeking alternatives to US hegemony, President Alberto Fernández traveled to Russia and China, forming an alliance with the Eurasian powers, joining the Belt and Road Initiative.
(2022-02-06). Iran, Russia to hold joint agricultural working group. en.mehrnews.com Deputy Ministry of Agriculture for Horticultural Affairs said that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation will hold a joint working group in the field of agriculture.
(2022-02-06). Bosnian DM calls for deployment of U.S., NATO troops against Russian, Chinese ally. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from a CBS News report via Yahoo News follows. The first several paragraphs and indeed the bulk of the entire long piece is an unsparing one-sided diatribe against ethnic Serbs of the sort that has permeated all Western news reportage on the former Yugoslavia for the past thirty years. Serbs, individually, collectively and unanimously, …
(2022-02-06). Diplomat slams reports about Russia's 70% readiness to invade Ukraine as propaganda. tass.com Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky called them "another masterpiece of US propaganda war"
(2022-02-06). Replicating Iraq, Syria deployments, Britain sends elite troops to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Over 100 British elite troops sent to Ukraine amid fears of Russian invasion They are believed to be helping train Ukrainian special forces in counter-insurgency tactics, sniping and sabotage More than 100 members of Britain's elite special forces have been sent to Ukraine…. Crack troops from the SAS, the SBS, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment and …
(2022-02-06). Baltimore: Protest demands: 'No U.S., NATO war on Russia and Donbass'. fightbacknews.org Baltimore, MD — Dozens of protesters gathered on February 5 in downtown Baltimore to speak out against a possible U.S./NATO war on Russia and Donbass. Speakers called on the U.S. government to fight COVID and poverty instead of Russia. | Protesters chanted demands for money for social investments in healthcare, housing and jobs instead of the military budget and war. Cars honked their horns in solidarity as they drove by the picket. A caravan of protesters drove throughout the city after the initial picket, before meeting up with another group for a joint closing rally at a different intersection. | A coali…
(2022-02-06). U.S., Australian defense chiefs discuss Ukraine, AUKUS, trilateral connection with Japan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon Chief, Australian Defense Minister discuss situation around Ukraine Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin and Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton discussed the situation around Ukraine as part of a telephone conversation. This was reported by the press service of the US Defense Department. "We discussed…our continued support for Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression," the …
(2022-02-06). UK distrusts Russia's statements that it has no plans of aggression against Ukraine. tass.com UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss did not provide any evidence to back her words…
(2022-02-06). Saturday 2/5: No War Against Russia! Fund Schools and Covid Relief Not War! indybay.org In front of Grand Lake Theater (Grand and Lake Park) Oakland…
(2022-02-06). West keeps on speaking about Russian threat to pull troops to Ukraine – Russian MP. tass.com Earlier, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Sullivan said that Russia could annex Crimea…
(2022-02-06). Taiwan and Ukraine: How United States foreign policy operates in the service of capitalism. greenleft.org.au The sabre rattling of the United States and its allies grows as capitalism's crisis sharpens, writes William Briggs.