(2022-12-28). Presidentes de Rusia y Armenia discuten salidas a crisis azerí. telesurtv.net La conversación tuvo lugar al margen de una cumbre informal de la Comunidad de Estados Independientes en San Petersburgo.
(2022-12-28). U.S.-Trained Afghan Soldiers Angry Over Their Plight Are Ready To Join Russia's War Against Ukraine. juancole.com By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) Lost status and a desperate existence in Iran are driving thousands of former Afghan troops — many of them elite commandos trained by the United States — to consider fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine and other battlefields. Many ex-Afghan security personnel accuse the United States of abandoning them …
(2022-12-28). Germany's Left Party's "Peace Plan": NATO warmongering in pseudo-pacifist garb. wsws.org The Left Party is endeavouring to conceal its own support for the imperialist war offensive against Russia and thus to absorb and divert the growing anti-war mood among the population into safe channels.
(2022-12-28). Serbia pone a sus soldados en alerta por tensiones en Kosovo. telesurtv.net En el norte de Kosovo se levantaron nuevas barricadas, una en Severna Mitrovica y otra en Zveƒçan dijo la policía kosovar.
(2022-12-28). 'Despite Uncertainties, Our Relations Remain Robust': Russian Deputy Chief of Mission on India Ties. infobrics.org While implementing the Indian phase of the Regional public organisation 'BRICS: World of Traditions', in New Delhi, the Russian Deputy Chief of Mission called this project 'important' saying that it will take the relationship forward…
(2022-12-28). China Is Set to Become Russia's Main Gas Importer to Replace EU. infobrics.org China to boost gas imports from Russia by B cubic meters through construction of Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, which is expected to be operational by 2030…
(2022-12-28). How Putin's War and small Islands are accelerating the global Shift to Clean Energy, and What to Watch for in 2023. juancole.com 
By Rachel Kyte | (The Conversation) The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity and energy poverty around the world, and the beginning of 2023 is looking bleak. Russia's war on Ukraine, one of the world's largest grain and fertilizer feedstock suppliers, tightened global …
(2022-12-28). The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic 'Security Dilemma'. scheerpost.com
(2022-12-27). Russia cedes control of key Caucasus corridor to Azerbaijan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com PanARMENIAN.netDecember 27, 2022 Karabakh corridor out of Russian peacekeepers' control, Pashinyan tells Putin The Lachin corridor connecting Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia has been out of the control of Russian peacekeepers for almost 20 days now, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday, December 27. "The …
(2022-12-27). Azerbaijan demands Karabakh mine access as condition to end protests blocking road. tribune.com.pk 
Azerbaijan said on Tuesday protests which have blocked the supply route to ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh for more than two weeks would be suspended if monitors were given access to what it calls illegal mining sites in the enclave. | A crowd of Azerbaijanis has been engaged in a standoff with Russian peacekeepers since Dec. 12 along the Lachin corridor, the road that crosses Azerbaijani territory and connects Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. | The blocking of the road, on which the territory depends for supplies of food, fuel and medicine, has prompted the United States and the European Union to express hum…
(2022-12-27). Will Mbappe Have to Leave France Over Racism? strategic-culture.org France has a deep-seated problem with racism, but due to the official French political ideology, France denies they have any problem, and denies that racism exists in France. | Yesterday's
(2022-12-27). Final assault on Kosovo Serbs backed by West, synchronized with Ukraine war: Serbian president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The second feature cites Serbian President Aleksandar Vuƒáiƒá asserting that the U.S./NATO-created (following the 78-day air war against Yugoslavia/Serbia in 1999) pan-Albanian entity in Kosovo has plotted an imminent assault on remaining ethnic Serbs in Kosovo, fully backed by the West (the NATO Quint: the U.S., Britain, Germany, France and Italy), and timed to exploit …
(2022-12-27). Registran segunda Navidad más cálida desde 1947 en Francia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con Météo France, la media de 11,3 grados centígrados se registró en las 30 estaciones meteorológicas de referencia.
(2022-12-27). Military Situation In Syria On December 27, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On December 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 7 times: 3 in Idlib province, 3 in Idlib province, 1 in Hama province; | On December 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra; | On December 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fatira; | 12 Kurdish militants were killed by Turkey in northern Syria, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense;…
(2022-12-27). Two More Turkish Soldiers Killed In Northern Iraq Operation. southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO: Turkish soldiers seen at the border town of Akcakale © Reuters / Murad Sezer | Turkey has acknowledged losing two soldiers in recent attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) within the Operation Claw-Lock zone in Iraq's northern region. | On December 15, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said that Infantry Commando First Lieutenant Tunahan Yavuz died of wounds he sustained as result of a roadside bomb attack by the PKK. The attack in question took place on December 5. | Later on December 2…
(2022-12-27). Crescent and Star war games: Turkey, Pakistan accelerate military integration. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahDecember 27, 2022 Turkish, Pakistani militaries hold joint drill in Karachi Turkish and Pakistani militaries took part in a weeklong joint exercise in Pakistan's southern port city Karachi, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. "Heroes of friendly and brotherly countries are together for 'Crescent and Star'! 'Crescent and Star-2022 Exercise' was held with the participation …
(2022-12-27). Turkey's new minimum wage accelerates collapse in living standards. wsws.org As big corporations and banks reap huge profits, the Erdoğan government's new minimum wage is accelerating the unprecedented decline in living standards.
(2022-12-27). Ukraine War Tolls Death Knell For NATO. popularresistance.org The defining moment in US President Joe Biden's press conference at the White House last Wednesday, December 21, during President Zelensky's visit, was his virtual admission that he is constrained in the proxy war in Ukraine, as European allies don't want a war with Russia. | To quote Biden, "Now, you say, 'Why don't we just give Ukraine everything there is to give?' Well, for two reasons. One, there's an entire Alliance that is critical to stay with Ukraine. And the idea that we would give Ukraine material that is fundamentally different than is already going there would have a prospect of breaking up NATO and b…
(2022-12-27). Another Military Escalation In Europe. southfront.org 
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(2022-12-27). Turkish press celebrates NATO's strongest revitalization in 40 years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyDecember 27, 2022 NATO's decisive comeback in 2022 2022 was perhaps the most decisive year for NATO since the early 1980s, when the Cold War was re-escalated…US President Ronald Reagan's launch of the Strategic Defense Initiative, and Washington's deployment of nuclear-armed Pershing II missiles in Europe. *** These added to never-ending discussions on the …
(2022-12-27). Putin bans Russian oil exports to countries that impose price cap. tribune.com.pk 
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered Russia's long-awaited response to a Western price cap, signing a decree that bans the supply of oil and oil products to nations participating in the cap from Feb. 1 for five months. | The Group of Seven major powers, the European Union and Australia agreed this month to a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil effective from Dec. 5 over Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine. | Also read: South Korea scrambles jets as North Korea sends drones over border | The Kremlin's decree stated: "This…comes into force on Feb. 1, 2023, and applies u…
(2022-12-27). Antiwar Activist Faces Repression In Germany. popularresistance.org June 22, 2022, was the 81st anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, and a prominent German antiwar activist took the occasion to publicly question why the German government is now supporting neo-Nazi organizations in Ukraine. | As a result, that activist is now facing the possibility of up to three years in prison. | Heinrich Bàºcker runs Berlin's popular Coop Antiwar Cafe, which since 2005 has been a gathering space for activists working on a wide range of issues. Since 2019 the cafe has co-organized the weekly event "Frente Unido América Latina" in front of the U.S. Embassy. He's a memb…
(2022-12-27). 'Pro-Nazi' Germany and Japan Have No Place at the UNSC. libya360.wordpress.com Ambassador Oleg Stepanov to Sputnik news agency: Germany and Japan no UNSC. Forever. Every year, the UN General Assembly considers a regular draft resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other relevant practices. Usually with no surprise. However, this time the vote was mind breaking, indeed. Especially, in terms of who and…
(2022-12-27). Over a quarter of Germany's second-largest annual arms exports went to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleDecember 27, 2022 Ukraine updates: Germany spent ‚Ǩ2.24 billion on military aidBerlin signed off on ‚Ǩ8.9 billion in arms exports in 2022, with more than a quarter of that heading to Ukraine Germany's government gave the greenlight to arms exports amounting to at least ‚Ǩ8.9 billion ($8.48 billion) this year, making it the second-highest …
(2022-12-27). Germany: Children's clinics on the brink of collapse while the government procures nuclear bombers. wsws.org Germany is currently experiencing a wave of COVID 19 deaths and other severe respiratory illnesses pushing the country's children's hospitals to the brink of collapse. In mid-December the German parliament decided it was better to spend taxpayers' money on procuring nuclear bombers.
(2022-12-27). Serbian forces placed on highest combat readiness as Kosovo threatens final solution. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92December 26, 2022 Combat readiness of MUP and Serbian Army raised; Kurti will attack North KiM? President of Serbia and Supreme Commander of Serbian Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vuƒáiƒá, ordered Serbian Armed Forces to be at the highest level of combat readiness. Defense Minister Milo≈° Vucevic announced this tonight. "The president of Serbia, as commander-in-chief, ordered …
(2022-12-27). Tensions rise in northern Kosovo, Serbia puts army on alert. tribune.com.pk 
Protesting Serbs in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had put its army on the highest combat alert following weeks of escalating tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. | Serbia's defence ministry said in a statement late on Monday that in response to the latest events in the region and its belief that Kosovo was preparing to attack Serbs and forcefully remove the barricades, President Aleksandar Vucic had ordered Serbia's army and police to be put on the highest alert. | "There is no reason to panic, but there is reason to…
(2022-12-27). Netherlands Prime Minister Apologizes for Atlantic Slave Trade. Dispels the Payment of Reparations. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-27). Selected Articles: The Plan. WHO's Ten Years of Infectious Diseases (2020 to 2030), Leading to World Tyranny. globalresearch.ca 
By Excess mortality is reported from Norway — and all over the western world or Global North. Excesses never …
(2022-12-27). Ukraine war: Putin has been weaponising energy for years, here's what to look out for next. juancole.com 
By Thomas Froehlich, King's College London | Not since the 1970s oil crisis has the west seen such a focus on energy security. Suddenly in 2022 it became a critical part of the battle for Ukraine. Russian attacks on energy facilities have left millions of Ukrainians without power during a freezing winter. Since it …
(2022-12-27). After Zelensky's Washington trip, Ukraine launches another attack inside Russia. wsws.org With the United States massively expanding its involvement in the conflict, the world faces the horrifying prospect that the 200,000 military and civilian casualties suffered by both sides in the course of the war in 2022 could be just a downpayment.
(2022-12-27). Russia Dropping US Dollar For Chinese Yuan — And Fast. popularresistance.org Russia has spent years trying to decrease its dependency on the US dollar. But especially since the escalation of the proxy war in Ukraine in 2022, Moscow has accelerated its drive toward de-dollarization. | Western sanctions have locked Russia out of the US-dominated international financial architecture. Numerous Russian banks were disconnected from the SWIFT inter-bank messaging system. Washington and Brussels even froze a staggering $300 billion of the Russian central bank's foreign exchange reserves. | In response, Russia's central bank has largely abandoned the US dollar and euro, and instead it plans to buy…
(2022-12-27). America's New National Security Strategy Envisions Greater Role For Its Vassals. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageWith Russia's return and China's rise, as well as the expanding power of various regional players, the US is now pushing its allies and vassals into the spotlight. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | The US government periodically drafts and issues a document called the National Security Strategy (NSS). The paper lists the national security concerns the country is faced with and maps out the course of action for the incumbent administration to deal with the said is…
(2022-12-27). Israel To Forge Friendship With New "Non-Nazi" Kiev. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On December 15, representatives of the Ukrainian Azov regiment came to Israel. The trip of the most famous Nazis did not bother the Jews much. | The delegation consisted of two people, Yulia Fedosyuk, the deputy of the association, and Ilya Samoylenko, a servicemen released from Russian captivity. During the nine-day stay in Israel, the Azovites were welcomed by a Knesset deputy from the Social Democratic party Avodah, and they held a meeting with reservists of the Israeli army aimed at "ex…
(2022-12-27). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On December 27, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Soledar; | Russian-led forces took control of a school in the north of Bakhmutske; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Russia struck the AFU 11th Territorial Defence Brigade near Torskoye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kramatorsk with high-precision missiles; | Up to…
(2022-12-27). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 27, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia struck the AFU 11th Territorial Defence Brigade near Torskoye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kramatorsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kherson with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Terny;…
(2022-12-27). Russian Army Destroyed Another Polish-Made Krab Howitzer Of Ukrainian Forces. southfront.org 
A Polish-made Krab howitzer. | Russian troops have destroyed yet another Krab self-propelled 155 mm howitzer of Kiev forces in the special military operation zone in Ukraine, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on December 25. | The spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Yevgenyevich Konashenkov, said that the Polish-made howitzer was destroyed on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic."A Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system was destroyed near the city of Seversk in the Donetsk Peo…
(2022-12-27). Russian Security Forces Dismantle ISIS Cells Ferrying Militants To Syria, Ukraine (Video). southfront.org 
ROSTOV-ON-DON REGION, RUSSIA — JULY 15, 2019: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detain two members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia). Video screen grab/ Russian Federal Security Service/TASS | Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Investigative Committee have dismantled an ISIS cell that sent militants to Syria and Ukraine, the
(2022-12-27). U.S. not to succeed in suppressing multipolar world order: Russian FM. ecns.cn Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Washington's attempts to preserve its complete ideological hegemony, stop the course of history, and suppress the formation of multipolar world order will fail.
(2022-12-27). Russia Dropping US Dollar for Chinese Yuan—and Fast. scheerpost.com 
In response to Western sanctions, Russia's central bank is dropping the US dollar and will buy Chinese yuan on the foreign exchange market. The yuan's share of Moscow's currency trading increased from 1% to 40-45% in 2022, while dollar trade halved from 80% to 40%.
(2022-12-27). Will Brazil's New President Back Russia's Dream of Multipolarity?>. infobrics.org Ahead of Brazil's recent presidential election, in which former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly beat the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, the Kremlin was not too concerned about the outcome of the vote. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Russia had established "good relationships" with both contenders…
(2022-12-27). Myth or Reality: Will Rise of BRICS in Geopolitics Edge Out US Dominance. infobrics.org As the balance in Russia-India relations is shifting towards New Delhi, an economic block led by five emerging economies including the top two rivals of the United States appears ready to expand…
(2022-12-27). Josep Borrell's racism highlights the EU's failure to engage Africa in 2022. infobrics.org Not a single African country sanctioned Russia despite pressure from the West.
(2022-12-27). Why is Russia Conducting its Special Military Operation this Way? libya360.wordpress.com Russia's special military operation in Ukraine is being fought differently than the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 not because Russia's military is inferior or incapable of conducting modern warfare effectively, but because it is an entirely different type of conflict. Ukraine is larger geographically, with a larger population, larger and better equipped/trained military;…
(2022-12-27). Ukraine's War with Russia Has Nothing to Do with Freedom. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-27). Nobel Peace Prize winners have deep CIA ties. mronline.org 
Far-fetched as it sounds, this year's winners are all connected to a CIA offshoot, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and parroted CIA / State Department / Pentagon talking points about Ukraine and Russia in their acceptance speeches.
(2022-12-27). CIA's Deadly "Strategy of Tension" to Destroy Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-27). Today's Russia Is Upholding the Best of the Soviet Legacy. orinocotribune.com By Victoria Nikiforova Dec 5, 2022 | The following essay is written and published by a columnist at Russia's main state media outlet, RIA Novosti. The essay provides an overview of the achievements and the lasting legacy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for today's Russia and for the world. It is not a comprehensive history of the USSR; that is for historians to continue to write and debate. The essay's most salient feature is the insight into the thinking of the people of the Russian Federation at this very turbulent turning point in their history. | The essay voices the wholesale loss of…
(2022-12-27). 'CIA Is Behind Spate of Explosions in Russia': US Army Special Ops Veteran Claims Intelligence Agency and NATO Ally Are Conducting Sabotage Missions. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-27). The Garrison Church in Potsdam: A symbol of German Militarism is being rebuilt. wsws.org The Garrison Church in Potsdam, a longstanding symbol of Prussian militarism and National Socialism, is currently being rebuilt, mainly with taxpayers' money.
(2022-12-27). Indian police probe mysterious deaths of Russian lawmaker, companion. tribune.com.pk 
Indian police are investigating the sudden deaths of a wealthy Russian politician who reportedly criticised the Ukraine war and his travelling companion at a luxury hotel, authorities said Tuesday. | The body of Pavel Antov, 65, was found Saturday in a pool of blood outside his lodgings in eastern Odisha state, where he was on holiday with three other Russian nationals. | His death came two days after another member of the travel party, Vladimir Bidenov, was found unconscious after suffering an apparent heart attack at the same hotel and could not be revived. | Police said they were reviewing CCTV footage, que…
(2022-12-27). The Prince of Hell and Peace in Ukraine is possible. indybay.org There is little truth in war. If you want to survive, any means must necessarily be acceptable. In this scenario, lying is not a sin, not something to be outlawed, but simply an option to achieve one's own goals. It is therefore normality. Basically, no one who is in a war can be accused of lying, because the logics of humanity and decency are then suspended.
(2022-12-27). Nearly Every War Has Been The Result Of Media Lies. popularresistance.org ulian Assange once observed that, 'Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.' For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from miniscule to zero. | In a recent interview, WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson told US journalist Glenn Greenwald that legal avenues in London to challenge Assange's unlawful extradition were being exhausted. What is needed now is, not recourse to a legal system that is subservient to power, but a po…
(2022-12-27). The High Cost of Blowing Up the World: Ukraine and the 2023 NDAA. strategic-culture.org 
Will Americans wake up to the reality that they've been walking on the wrong side of history for too long or has the point of no-return been crossed? | Bipartisan insanity was on display again this week as the U.S. congress responded to Biden's requested $37 billion in additional aid to Ukraine by giving him The aid was part of an overall omnibus spending bill passed by both houses of…
(2022-12-27). ILWU must oppose the U.S./NATO-provoked war! workers.org 
The slightly edited statement was released on Dec. 15, 2022. We, members and retirees of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), are very concerned about the Coast Committee's public statement of March 3, 2022, on the war in Ukraine. It diverges from the many antiwar positions that our union . . . |
(2022-12-27). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On December 27, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
(2022-12-27). Mercenary Col. (Ret) Andrew Milburn: "Ukraine is a Corrupt, Fucked-up Society" libya360.wordpress.com
(2022-12-27). 'Nearly Every War Has Been the Result of Media Lies': Julian Assange, State-Corporate Media and Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Media Lens Dec 14, 2022 | Julian Assange once In a recent interview, WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson told US journalist Glenn Greenwald that leg…
(2022-12-27). Hollywood and Its Useful Idiots: Propaganda for the War in Ukraine, Big Pharma, and Every Other Globalist Agenda. globalresearch.ca