(2023-06-26). Jerusalem's Armenian Community Fears Erasure After Controversial Land Deal. scheerpost.com 
A shady property deal threatens to transform part of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City into a luxury resort. "It will change the status quo and the entire picture of Jerusalem," says Armenian activist Hagop Djernazian.
(2023-06-26). Macron is 'inappropriate' for BRICS, According to Moscow. orinocotribune.com French President Emmanuel Macron's attendance at a meeting of BRICS leaders would be "inappropriate," considering his government's stance against Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said. Paris confirmed this week that Macron is seeking an invitation to the bloc's summit in South Africa in August. | Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Ryabkov explained that Russia's opposition to Macron's potential appearance was based on France's efforts to isolate Moscow and its support for NATO's goal of inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia in the Ukraine conflict. | "We are not hiding this positio…
(2023-06-25). Can Europe Break Free of Atlanticism? strategic-culture.org 
Europe has every reason to support the development of an independent foreign policy that rejects U.S. dominance and militarisation in favour of embracing international cooperation and a more democratic world order, writes Vijay Prashad. | By Vijay PRASHAD | It is difficult to make sense of many events these days. | France's behaviour, for instance, is hard to square. On the one hand, French President Emmanuel Macron On the other hand, he
(2023-06-25). Prigozhin Uprise Collapses, Putin in Control, Prigozhin Agrees to Exile in Belarus, Wagner Under MoD. scheerpost.com 
By Alexander Mercouris / YouTube Editor's Note: We are posting this account of the Wagner conflict because, according to Michael Brenner, a professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS/Johns Hopkins who has written extensively about the Ukrainian proxy war,"This is the …
(2023-06-25). Rebellion Pulls Back From Moscow, Wagner Group Retreats to Belarus in Deal. truthout.org Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner private army has pulled back from their advance into Moscow on Saturday, agreeing to retreat towards Belarus in a deal struck that will spare them prosecution for their rebellion. After previously stating that his army had no intention of backing down, the fray fizzled out rather quickly, with Prigozhin later stating that he wished to avoid bloodshed. |
(2023-06-25). Prigozhin Headed for Belarus After Ending 'Insurrection'. news.antiwar.com This is an updated version of a previous article. Russia's Wagner Group has called off its march on Moscow and agreed to stand down after launching a two-day mutiny and seizing a military base in the city of Rostov-on-Don. The Kremlin said it would drop all charges against the company and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, …
(2023-06-25). Russia's "Civil War" Evaporates as Ukraine's Offensive Enters Week 4. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for June 25, 2023: | — Ukraine's offensive enters its 4th week with the line of contact relatively unchanged and having suffered immense losses; | — Western governments and commentators have been increasingly calling for more "wonder weapons" and even Western military intervention as prospects dim for Ukraine; | — The Wagner mutiny in Rostov, southern Russia was an ill-conceived gamble by Wagner's figurehead Yevgeny Prigozhin; | — The crisis resolved itself within 24 hours with Prigozhin's exile to Belarus and Wagner forces being fully integrated into the Russ…
(2023-06-25). Russia Endeavors to Defuse Wagner Rebellion. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Russia appears to have stabilized the situation after the country's Wagner private military group was accused of attempting to launch an armed rebellion. | RELATED: | A compromise was reached between Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on late Saturday. | The incident did not cause a major disorder in Russian society and people's life in Moscow and…
(2023-06-26). China-built largest hydropower project in Central and Eastern Europe breaks ground. ecns.cn The groundbreaking ceremony for the Dabar Hydropower Plant, which will be built by China Gezhouba Group, was held Friday in the entity Republika Srpska (RS) of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)…
(2023-06-26). Warehouses With Ammunition For Ukraine Again Burning In Bulgaria. southfront.org 
Emilian Gebrev | On the night of June 25, a series of explosions thundered in ammunition depots in Bulgaria. The facility belonged to the notorious Bulgarian arms dealer Emilian Gebrev who declared that he had been supplying weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2014. | According to the local reports, large fire again caught the warehouses in Karnobat. The fire was preceded by large explosions. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, but the facility completely burned down. |
(2023-06-25). Yes, We Have Home-Grown Fascists. tomdispatch.com One day when I was about six, I was walking with my dad in New York City. We noticed that someone had stuck little folded squares of paper under the windshield wipers of the cars parked on the street beside us. My father picked one up and read it. I saw his face grow dark with anger. "What is it, Papa?" "It's a message from people who think that all Jews should be killed." This would have been in the late 1950s, a time when the Nazi extermination of millions of Jews in Europe was still fresh in the American consciousness. Not, you might have thought, a good season for sowing murderous antisemitism in lower Manhat…
(2023-06-25). It wasn't "bird flu" that killed wild birds in Europe last spring, it was radiation sickness. expose-news.com "It is striking: the areas with colonies that were heavily affected by bird flu last year remained vacant this year, including those of Waterdunen (ZL), Wagejot and De Petten on Texel (NH), …
(2023-06-25). UC Berkeley Holds Thousands of Native Remains Despite Repatriation Requests. truthout.org European colonialism, in the course of its centuries-long project to subjugate the Indigenous inhabitants of North America, has so relentlessly persecuted Native peoples that peace has been denied them even in death. In the path of a continental genocide trails a further insult: White archaeologists have ransacked Native graves by the thousands, exhuming bodies and stealing countless items of… |
(2023-06-25). Most EU Hydrogen Projects Risk Prolonging Use Of Fossil Fuels. popularresistance.org The European Commission is facing calls to assess the climate impact of scores of proposed hydrogen projects after data revealed that 90 percent of them could be used to prolong the use of planet-warming natural gas. | Companies operating Europe's existing natural gas infrastructure are seeking to preserve the value of their assets by converting them to carry clean-burning hydrogen to power homes and industry in line with legally-binding climate targets. | But the data compiled by Brussels-based research and advocacy group Food & Water Action Europe, and shared with DeSmog, shows that 57 percent of 147 hydro…
(2023-06-25). Polish-German Dispute On The Rise. southfront.org 
(2023-06-25). Greece: Landslide Victory for Conservative New Democracy Party. telesurenglish.net Greece's conservative New Democracy party won Sunday's legislative elections, gaining a comfortable parliamentary majority that will allow it to form a government for a second four-year term. | RELATED: | Nearly complete results showed Kyriakos Mitsotakis' party with 40.56 percent of the vote, while his main rival, Alexis Tsipras of the leftist Syriza party, got 17.83 percent. | The New Democracy Party thus secured 158 seats in…
(2023-06-26). Wagner "coup" in a "January 6" moment for Russia? indybay.org Eerily, the aborted "coup" by Wagner warlord Y. Prigorzhin over the weekend resembled–with obvious differences– the January 6th D.C. "insurrection " in the US. Even more alarmingly, it portends a wildly international situation, where the 2 greatest global military powers both face wildly unpredictable political futures, while billions of our Planetary citizens could be wiped out in an accidental and/or uncontrollable nuclear exchange.
(2023-06-26). China supports Russia in maintaining national stability: FM. ecns.cn China supports Russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday.
(2023-06-26). Chinese FM meets Russian deputy FM in Beijing. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko in Beijing on Sunday.
(2023-06-26). A Russian leftist deciphers Prigozhin's failed armed rebellion. greenleft.org.au 
Thousands of troops belonging to the Wagner Private Military Company, a mercenary force linked to the Russian regime, crossed back over the border from Ukraine and marched towards Moscow, on June 23. Russian leftist and former local councillor in Moscow, Alexandr Zamyatin explains why.
(2023-06-26). West's predictions about coup in Russia proved wrong. infobrics.org Western journalists did not understand the real situation in Russia, naively believing that there would be a real coup d'état in Moscow.
(2023-06-26). The real casualties of Russia's 'civil war': the Beltway expert class. thegrayzone.com Numerous serious casualties were incurred during Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's supposed "coup." The Grayzone offers an in-depth look at the massacre carried out by some of America's top Russia experts against their own credibility. When Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a supposed revolt against Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23, sending his forces on a march toward Moscow following a series of tirades against the country's defense establishment, Washington's expert class overflowed with an orgy of regime change …
(2023-06-25). Ministry: China backs Russia's national stability. ecns.cn China expressed its support for Russia's efforts in maintaining its stability, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday, a day after a rebellion by a Russian mercenary force was resolved peacefully…
(2023-06-26). Prigozhin — Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up? sonar21.com 
I find it fascinating that the Western narrative surrounding Yevgeny Prigozhin now emphasizes his virulent hatred of the Russian Ministry of Defense and portrays him as the Commander and "brains"…
(2023-06-26). Russia's FSB spooked CIA on Prigozhin 'coup'. peoplesdispatch.org It wouldn't have escaped the attention of Russian intelligence analysts that Prigozhin's ranting and ravings from Donetsk from last autumn and winter began originally on the operational aspects of the Bakhmut war front in Donetsk oblast, but incrementally began acquiring political overtones. The 'known known' here is that the Russian intelligence was under instructions to be in 'listening mode'
(2023-06-25). What About the Ukrainian 'Counteroffensive'? strategic-culture.org After 'the de facto declaration of the beginning of the military onslaught', not one single objective evidence was presented of its success. | Ukrainian long announced, long awaited counteroffensive has officially begun! Hip, hip, hooray! At last! Though the courage and bravery of the Russian army have stopped them in their tracks in the Zaporozhye region. The tactics deployed by the Ukrainian troops relying on the 'indestructible'
(2023-06-25). Military Situation In Donbass On June 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Nevskoye; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Serebryansky; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Avdeevka; | The AFU made slight advances near Klishchiivka; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Mariinka; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue near Makarivka; | Clashes between Russia…
(2023-06-25). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On June 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Fighting is ongoing near the village of Makarivka; | Fighting is ongoing near the village of Robotyne; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Kushugum; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions in Velikaya Novosyolka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Gulyaipole; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Orikhiv; | Up to 170 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 tank, 4 armored vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 3 howitzers were destroyed i…
(2023-06-25). Military Situation In Syria On June 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On June 25, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On June 25, an IED blast targeted vehicle of a commander of Turkish-backed SNA faction near Afrin; | On June 25, unknown gunmen reportedly attacked a HQ of pro-Iranian groups in Abu Kamal city with machine guns; | On June 25, unknown gunmen reportedly attacked a SAA vehicle in the Muzayrib area. Four SAA servicemen allegedly were ki…
(2023-06-25). New Videos Show Recent Strikes On HTS Logistic Bases, Drone Workshops In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | On June 25, videos surfaced online showing some of the recent Russian airstrikes and Syrian artillery strikes that hit positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The strikes reportedly targeted logistic bases and drone workshops of the terrorist groups, who escalated their attacks earlier this…
(2023-06-25). Blinken on Russia Crisis: 'We Haven't Seen the Last Act'. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested on Sunday that the US was expecting more unrest in Russia following Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's two-day uprising. "I think we're in the midst of a moving picture. We haven't seen the last act. We're watching it very closely and carefully," Blinken told CBS News on Sunday. When asked …
(2023-06-25). Reports Say US Intelligence Knew Prigozhin Was Planning Mutiny in Russia. news.antiwar.com Several US media outlets are claiming that US intelligence was aware Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning to take military action against Russia's defense establishment before his short-lived uprising began on Friday. According to a report from The New York Times, US intelligence officials briefed senior military and Biden administration officials on Wednesday about Prigozhin's …
(2023-06-25). PSL Statement: The Failed Coup in Russia. liberationnews.org 
An attempted coup directed against Russia's military forces has ended. The leader of the coup attempt, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has agreed to leave Russia.
(2023-06-25). Video: The Wagner Group Insurgency Directed against President Putin. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca Judge Napolitano interviews Scott Ritter on recent developments in Russia, following the insurgency of the Wagner Mercenary Group directed against President Putin. | According to press reports, the Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: | "Ordered his troops to march towards Moscow to …
(2023-06-25). Putin Condemns Threats by Wagner Group Leader, Reaches Agreement. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a message to the nation regarding the situation created by the Wagner group after its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was accused of trying to organize an armed "insurrection." Putin described Prigozhin's actions as a "military mutiny" and pointed out that any revolt is "a deadly threat." Hours earlier, Prigozhin accused the Russian Army of shelling one of his camps and called for an uprising against the military command amid the military operation in Ukraine, in which the Wagner group is participating. | "We faced a betrayal. Exorbitant ambition led to a betrayal o…
(2023-06-25). The failed coup in Russia: Causes and consequences. wsws.org A coup attempt led by Evgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Russian Wagner mercenary force, collapsed in the evening hours of Saturday, local time.
(2023-06-25). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. covertactionmagazine.com After having lied about WMDs, Russia Gate, chemical weapons in Syria and so many other things, the U.S. intelligence community is now advancing the lie that Cuba is hosting a Chinese spy base that enables China to spy on the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 8 that China and Cuba had reached …
(2023-06-25). Russia's Academy Award Winning Performance For Best Coup, Prigozhin Scores Best Actor. sonar21.com 
What if the Prigozhin "Coup" is Maskirovka? I want to explore that possibility. Earlier today (Saturday on the east coast of the U.S.) I was sketching out a piece with…
(2023-06-26). How is South Africa dealing with western pressure on BRICS summit? peoplesdispatch.org Mandla Radebe of the University of Johannesburg talks about how South Africa is dealing with external and internal pressure on the BRICS summit and how the country sees its role in the forum. He also talks about how South Africa has responded to the Ukraine war…
(2023-06-25). Pentagon Says Cluster Bombs Would Be 'Useful' for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A Pentagon official has told Congress that controversial cluster munitions Ukraine has been seeking from the US would be "useful" to Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. Cluster bombs scatter small submunitions over large areas, making them especially hazardous to civilians. Because of their indiscriminate nature, cluster munitions have been banned by more than 100 nations. …
(2023-06-25). Ukraine Says F-16 Training for Ukrainian Pilots Will Start in July. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Saturday that training for Ukrainian pilots on US-made F-16 fighter jets should begin next month. "The designated persons have been identified, the program will be prescribed by the beginning of July, it will be announced, (and) I can optimistically say that training will begin in July already," Reznikov said, according …
(2023-06-25). The Military Situation In The Ukraine. Jacques Baud. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-25). Ukraine's Accusations Against Moscow About ZNPP — Preparation For False Flag? southfront.org 
Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant | As well known, the Kiev regime has been carrying out irresponsible attacks against the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) since
