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Security Policy and the Western Demonization of Russia and its Citizens – NachDenkSeiten
This article originally appeared on NachDenkSeiten.de Unfortunately, how the war in Ukraine is to be ended and how peace and a stable security structure are to be designed afterwards is still not on the agenda of the warring parties and, above all, not on the current agenda of the western states that support Ukraine. How… Continue reading
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Emanuele Severino: Being and eternity
Emanuele Severino (1929-2020) was an Italian philosopher and one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. His work is characterized by a sustained critique of Western metaphysics, which he argues is grounded in a fundamental error of thinking. Severino’s philosophy is a radical and comprehensive critique of Western thought, from Plato to Heidegger,… Continue reading
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The slandering of pacifism and the woke war in Ukraine
Discrediting the appeasers, those who seem to want to add an unnecessary element of complexity in the reading of the events in Ukraine, is not a new thing, something that has emerged only since the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Appeasers” have been attacked at least since 2014, after the Maidan revolution and the passage… Continue reading
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Popular Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Shariy briefly arrested in Spain
Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Shariy has been arrested in his home in Spain yesterday. An international arrest warrant had been issued by the Ukranian Security Services or SBU. One would look for this news in Western mainstream media in vain though. After the arrest, Mr Shariy was taken to the National Court, Spain’s top criminal court,… Continue reading
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Russia pulled the trigger: was she forced to? – part II
part I The Donbass conflict While the West supported the violent and unconstitutional overthrow of the democratically elected Yanukovich government, any uprisings in the very East of the country that had voted for the disposed Yanukovich would not be tolerated. The government that had come to power on the streets of Kiev very quickly resorted… Continue reading
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Historian Niall Ferguson: “In Ukraine, the US is not interested in diplomacy”
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, British historian Niall Ferguson said the United States has chosen a strategy that prolongs the war in Ukraine. These remarks seem quite at odds with the Ferguson character,a professor now at Stanford University, who called himself a “member of the imperialist gang”. “The Biden administration… Continue reading
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Moscua delenda est: shall Moscow be destroyed?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has left most people in the West terrified. And while many citizens keep asking how a war like this could happen in Europe in the twenty first century, others raise the question: did the West do too little to avoid the Russian attack? Has the West been too weak and… Continue reading
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“I am ready to discuss Crimea and Donbass with Russia”, says Ukrainian President Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready for a dialogue with Russia on the issue of Crimea, as well as the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR). The day before, the Kremlin said that the Russian Federation would stop the military operation in Ukraine on three conditions: if Kiev recognizes Crimea… Continue reading
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What led Russia to attack Ukraine?
It had been announced for several months but in the end the Russian invasion of Ukraine in recent days truly shocked the world anyway. According to some important experts and pundits, this aggression was unleashed exclusively by the tyrannical will of a dictator, Vladimir Putin, who, harboring a deep and boundless hatred for democracy, freedom… Continue reading
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The world order has been torn to pieces – Nachdenkseiten
This article first appeared on Nachdenkseiten.de The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops that started today came as a surprise to us too. The resignation is all the greater and it is difficult to put the first thoughts into words. With the military action, which is clearly to be condemned, the hope for a lasting… Continue reading
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Russia recogninizes the DNR and the LNR. Yet little may change now.
As it was to be expected, Russia’s decision to recognize the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic has been met with widespread condemnation by Western politicians, experts and media alike. The West has accused Putin of violating the Minsk Agreements. Some other experts said that Putin was attacking the principle of non-intervention established… Continue reading
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Ukrainian delegation to NATO: “The US is conducting one of the biggest psy-ops in history”
Over the last few weeks, the world has been holding its breath while expecting Russia to invade Ukraine. Foreign nationals have been invited by their embassies to leave Ukraine. US intelligence said that the invasion could happen any day. Other sources have mentioned the 16th of February as the day of the invasion. US intelligence… Continue reading
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Russia can’t stop attacking Ukraine. Really?
This article was originally published on Ukraina.ru Over the past year, the Western media have delighted us with articles about how exactly Russia will take over Ukraine. It would seem that the topic has been exhausted, but no: in just a few days, authoritative Western publications poured out a new portion of the “Kremlin’s plans”.… Continue reading
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Война на Украине – не наше дело — Питер Хитченс
Эта статья была впервые опубликована в газете Mail on Sunday. Будет ли война на Украине? Что делать Великобритании, если она будет? Обе великие европейские войны ХХ века велись в основном между Россией и Германией и в основном за Украину, хотя в то время она еще не существовала как страна. Это невероятно ценный участок территории, жизненно… Continue reading
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The Russiagate narrative has collapsed but its consequences are still with us
This article was originally published in German on Nachdenkseiten.de The very name “Russiagate”, a combination of Russia and the Watergate affair, which forced US President Nixon to resign in 1974, is emotionally charged. The establishment of the Democratic Party has been using this systematically for years to insinuate large-scale Russian influence in US politics. In… Continue reading
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Is Russia orchestrating a coup to remove the Ukrainian President Zelensky?
This piece is based on an article published by Strana.ua On Friday the Ukrainian President Zelensky announced that “some people from Russia” together with people from the circle of Rinat Akhmetov are allegedly planning a coup against him. It had been clear for some time that the Office of the President would try to declare… Continue reading
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The Georgian Revolution of 2003: what happened since then?
18 years ago, on 22 November 2003, a crowd of agitated Georgians led by the then little-known Mikheil Saakashvili burst into the building of the National Parliament with roses in their hands. The ceremonial first meeting of the new parliament was being held there. At that moment, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze was making the opening… Continue reading
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Is Russia going to invade Ukraine – yet again? Strana.ua
This article is based on a text published by the Ukrainian news resource Strana.ua. Finally, Ukraine too has officially joined the Western narrative that Russia is preparing for an imminent invasion – yet again. Just a couple of weeks ago “the gathering of Russian troops on the border” was denied, even dismissed the Kremlin’s disinformation,… Continue reading
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Poland, Europe claim to see Russian hand behind new migration crisis
For the past few weeks, Polish television has spoken about little else: the immigration crisis, with thousands of asylum seekers from the Middle East trying to make their way to the EU through Poland, has dominated the news, obscuring even the pandemic. Polish media has been consistent in invariably blaming the Belarusian government and President… Continue reading
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