No offense, but I’d have to add your excuse to my ultimate PutinAnon list of reasons why one is always wrong if criticizing Putin:
1) Russia was not ready in 2014,
2) Putin is a gradualist,
3) Putin is exhausting them by doing little or close to nothing,
4) Putin is getting them where he wants them to be before he strikes,
5) Putin looks weak, but he’s just being cunning and fooling them,
6) Putin did nothing, but that’s because sometimes is better to threaten than to do,
7) You do not understand Putin/Russia/geopolitcs/…

And just added #8

8) It’s irrelevant whether what Putin did before was bad for Russia, i.e. for the past 20+ years, because what he is doing NOW is great!

He’s not fighting anyone – it’s the Russian Army that did not let him betray those people again, i.e. he let 14000 ethnic Russian civilians to be murdered in Ukraine 2014-2022. Please see my lengthy comment #80 in [1]. In it, I outlined what I think has happened regarding Ukraine. IMHO, again – Putin is a globalist, part of the 5th column in Russia, and Atlantic Integrationist too.

[1] Comment #80 | Russia and China Haven’t Even Started to Ratchet Up the Pain Dial, by Pepe Escobar – The Unz Review:
https://www.unz.com/pescobar/russia-and-china-havent-even-started-to-ratchet-up-the-pain-dial/#comment-5442157

Exactly – thanks.

Thanks EM. The questions is: Is he really standing up? Compare him to Lukashenko – how many oligarchs are there in Belarus and how much loot they got there? When was the last time Putin either arrested some new oligarch or nationalized anything stolen from the Russian people during Yeltsin or Gorbachev eras? Why is Erdogan allowed to constantly humiliate both Russia and Putin? Have you seen videos on YT from Syria where Americans are literally and physically harassing Russian soldiers on the road (US humvee pushing Russian humvee off the road just for fun) and Russians are just taking it? They are most likely on strict orders from Putin not to hurt a single NATO soldier there no matter what, and Americans know it, for Putin himself promised complete safety for all NATO soldiers in Syria! List of things like that goes on and on.

I’m in the middle – I neither worship him (like Pepe, Saker, Martyanov) nor hate him (Western MSM, UkroNazis), but I am tired of his “leadership” – whatever that means in his case. I always try to analyze/see things the way they are with/through facts. By the fruits …

Out of all things I listed in regards to Putin under two articles [3][4], not a single point was refuted. People are just making excuses for him, and it’s been 20+ years. I also have Putin regarding Serbia comment as well [2]. I wish I’m wrong on all of them, and that Putin is really some kind of a political/military genius. But it does not work that way in real life IMHO – that’s only in the movies. That is how deep-state through QAnon fooled and kept passive many people after Trump betrayed them.

Checkout this article [1] about what patriotic Russians are thinking about how Ukraine is handled and what’s going on in Russia as far as economy and prices are concerned.

Hope this clarify my stance. Thanks again for your comment.

[1] Russia’s pro-war pundits have no illusions about Ukraine ( Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat ):
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-pro-war-pundits-have-no-illusions

[2] Comment #222: New York Times Repudiates Drive for “Decisive Military Victory” in Ukraine, Calls for Peace Negotiations., by John V. Walsh – The Unz Review:
https://www.unz.com/article/new-york-times-repudiates-drive-for-decisive-military-victory-in-ukraine-calls-for-peace-negotiations/#comment-5360909

[3] Russia and China Haven’t Even Started to Ratchet Up the Pain Dial, by Pepe Escobar – The Unz Review:
https://www.unz.com/pescobar/russia-and-china-havent-even-started-to-ratchet-up-the-pain-dial/

[4] Serbian President Says World War III has Already Begun, by Andrew Anglin – The Unz Review:
https://www.unz.com/aanglin/serbian-president-says-world-war-iii-has-already-begun/

While you are holding your breath. i.e. waiting for Putin to cut gas to the people he worships and loves more than anything – the West, please take a moment to read about Putin’s version of you-will-eat-ze-bugs and fake-meat in Russia [1]. Tip: Please do not waste your time trying to find anything similar in Belarus – Lukashenko does not hold Schwab and Kissinger in high regard like Putin does.

[1] Russia will eat the bugs – Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-will-eat-the-bugs

Bugs:

Quote #1: In Russia, they proposed to produce products with a food additive from crickets as part of import substitution. The cricket meal company believes that the high protein content of the supplement will allow it to compete with meat. Forage crickets are bred in the Chekhov district of the Moscow region. Farmers say that crickets are first euthanized and then ground into flour. This happens after the insects lay their eggs in the peat bog.

Fake meat:

Quote #2: At the end of 2019, artificial meat was grown for the first time in Russia. The development was carried out by the Ochakovsky food ingredients plant. The experimenters estimated the obtained 40 grams of beef from a Petri dish at 900 thousand rubles. They promise to reduce the cost of production so that by 2023 laboratory beef will appear in stores. In Russia, you can try vegetable meat at TGI Friday’s, Pizza Hut, and Teremok. You can also buy a semi-finished product in grocery stores: Azbuka Vkusa, Globus, Vkusville.

Putin seems to not mind Russians being murdered/killed. E.g. 14000 ethnic Russian civilians were murdered in Ukraine 2014-2022 and he did not blink an eye until Russian Army told me no more! Not to mention Erdogan killing several Russian pilots – at least one in Syria and several over Armenia, and who knows how many foot soldiers, as Putin is hiding true body counts in Syria, for his top priority there is safety of all NATO soldiers, as he promised to US. At the same time, when Russian Army in Syria killed some Turkish invaders because they were mingled with terrorist without letting Russians know, Putin immediately phoned Erdogan, apologized, and withdrew Russian soldiers from that area to prevent further loss of NATO “partners” lives. Did you know that Putin asked 5 times for Russia’s NATO membership, even after Clinton laughed in his face regarding that?

Putin signed numerous agreement with Erdogan in Syria, and Erdogan has been violating all those100%, as there are no consequences with Putin toward his beloved Turkish “partner”.

I’ve heard that Putin gave same huge loans to Turkey, which Erdogan stopped paying off years back. Russia also built some power plants in Turkey as well, and Erdogan is not paying off those either. Not a problem for Putin, as he never mentions any of this – it’s all free and paid for by the Russian people. Just like those confiscated $350B – gifts galore for “partners”. There’s gold confiscated as well. Perhaps some Russians can chime in and give some details regarding those loans and power plants that Turkey/Erdogan got? That would be appreciated.

List of humiliations from “partners” seems endless, but Putin’s love for them will conquer all those sorrows – i.e. I call it battered-Putin-syndrome in his one-sided abusive love relationship with the West.

Which part was disinformation?

What are you talking about? What spy? Putin’s slimy behavior is all public information. He’s a laughing stock everywhere and nobody trusts him as he betrays true friends and true partners to please the West. As I mentioned before, he is West/Turkey-pleasing liberal globalist, plus part of Russia’s 5th column, and Atlantic Integrationist too.

Want more info on Putin treacheries? Check out Putin’s you-will-eat-ze-bugs and fake-meat [1], as well as his preference for G20 over BRICS [2][3]!

[1] Russia will eat the bugs – Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-will-eat-the-bugs

[2] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 – 14.07.2022, Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

[3] Kremlin Cannot Escape Its Deluded Belief in Dialogue With the West – Paul Craig Roberts org: (Kremlin’s Liberal Spokesman Says BRICS Not a Substitute for G20):
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/07/15/the-kremlin-cannot-escape-its-deluded-belief-in-dialogue-with-the-west/

Ron, is there a way to make posted image (through link) appear smaller? Since the comment area is quite wide, portrait images appears quite big – not very UX friendly IMHO. For example image [1] please expand MORE. Thanks for your help.

Ron, have you thought about inviting Riley Waggaman (aka Edward Slavsquat) as new contributor here? Whitney Webb has invited him not long ago to write for her portal [1]. His substack is here [2]. All of his articles, except 2, are free access – they are many there.

So, please let me know at your earliest convenience and I’ll pass your public contact email ( https://www.unz.com/masthead/#contact-us ) to him so that he can get in touch. Thanks.

[1] Resetting Without Schwab: Russia & the Fourth Industrial Revolution
( Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat | Whitney Webb | Unlimited Hangout )
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/07/investigative-reports/resetting-without-schwab-russia-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

[2] Archive – Edward Slavsquat:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/archive?sort=new

Ron, is there a way o edit some of my own comments posted some time back? I’d like to edit them and clarify some of the info there, based on additional research. Thanks.

Dear Kali,

Your skepticism is very reasonable, but you may not know that, with Pepe, as well as with Saker, Martyanov, and similar people that behave as Putin’s version of QAnon, arguments have no effect on their love for their perfect-in-every-way hero – Putin.

Aside from what you have you mentioned – Putin letting 14000 ethnic Russian civilians to be murdered in Ukraine 2014-2022, there are many more red flags: Putin’s affinity towards globalism, resetting, WEF, G20, supplying energy to Russia enemies, promising to be Russia’s enemies most trusted partner, QR codes, etc. does not make NAM or anything else not West-tied possible. Check out some articles below that also show Putin’s “care” for personal freedoms in Russia. Also, watch as this comment is attacked by PutinAnons with plenty of insults and denigration, but zero counter-arguments.

[1] Resetting Without Schwab: Russia & the Fourth Industrial Revolution
( Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat | Whitney Webb | Unlimited Hangout )
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/07/investigative-reports/resetting-without-schwab-russia-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

[2] Panel: “Russia & the Great Reset – Resistance or Complicity?” | Rokfin:
Whitney Webb’s panel including Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat
Note: Just fast-forward to Riley’s segments as the only ones worth listening to – he’s the guy in the bottom-left corner of the podcast panel view.
https://www.rokfin.com/post/80978/Panel-Russia–the-Great-Reset--Resistance-or-Complicity

[3] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 – 14.07.2022, Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

[4] Putin’s version of you-will-eat-ze-bugs and fake-meat in Russia
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-will-eat-the-bugs

[5] Russia’s pro-war pundits have no illusions about Ukraine
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-pro-war-pundits-have-no-illusions

[6] Russia’s “sustainable development” cult is decadent & depraved:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-sustainable-development-cult

[7] Genetic Russia – Genetic Passports – Edward Slavsquat:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/genetic-russia

[8] Russia & the WHO: Friends with benefits:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-and-the-who-friends-with-benefits

[9] Russia says it’s fighting the whole world. Has anyone told Putin?:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-says-its-fighting-the-whole

Quote: Our government has an interesting relationship with Orthodoxy. During the Corona hysteria, one could go out to the liquor store, but one couldn’t go to pray. The sacraments were violated when disinfectant was introduced into the Eucharist ritual. The government makes a big show of being pro-Orthodox, but just look at how they behave. There was talk of QR codes that would be instituted on Church grounds. Members of the clergy who were against the corona hysteria were kicked out of their posts. The health authorities put a lot of pressure on the Church.

This alone tells one of Putin’s true face – quite often described by PutinAnons as devout Orthodox Christian.

Great interview Rolo! Bring more of these, i.e. with true Russian Orthodox Christian nationalists/patriots. Why didn’t you ask him about that West/Turkey-worshipping liberal globalist called Putin? Please Include questions about Putin in future interviews like these.

Also, try to find some Russian soldiers that were in Syria to tell us to what extent Erdogan has been making a complete fool out of Putin there, including how many Russian soldiers has Turkey/Erdogan killed.

PutinAnons constantly project while being completely counter-argument free. So typical.

True OC patriots are not against Russia – quite the opposite – they are only against godless liberal globalists like Putin. Here’s Putin respecting one of the biggest murderers of Russians – Lenin [1][2][3]. Lenin was responsible for at least 30 million slaughtered during his reign.

[1] No plans to remove Lenin’s body from mausoleum, Kremlin says – Society & Culture – TASS:
https://tass.com/society/1381203

[2] Lenin’s tomb should stay in Red Square, Putin says – The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/lenins-tomb-should-stay-in-red-square-putin-says/2013/01/12/670c9fbe-5b53-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html

[3] Putin vs Lenin: Why the Russian President Won’t Remove the Soviet Union’s Founder:
https://www.newsweek.com/why-putin-will-still-not-bury-lenin-his-red-square-mausoleum-698730

Quote: Putin, Lavrov, Patrushev, Madvedev have all been stressing lately the racist, neocolonial character of the NATOstan matrix. The SCO and other pan-Eurasian organizations play a completely different – respectful, consensual – ball game. And that’s why they are catching the full attention of most of the Global South. Next stop: Samarkand.

This is just political posturing and LARPing – Putin’s heart is with NATO(stan) [1]. If BRICS is something he does not value enough compared to his beloved Joint-Criminal-Enterprise (JCE), whose membership he inquired about at least 5 times even in talks with Bill Clinton [2], then it is obvious that the “emperor” has no clothing! Putin is not a Russian patriot – he’s just is a two-bit manager. Do not be fooled by Putin-idolatry!

[1] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 – 14.07.2022, Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

[2] Putin Says He Asked Bill Clinton About Russia Joining NATO In Year 2000 | Video | RealClearPolitics: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/02/22/putin_says_he_asked_bill_clinton_about_russia_joining_nato_in_year_2000.html

I agree that Putin is pro-west liberal globalist, but I do not agree that he’s changing his mind – didn’t he just remove any hopes that Russia would cut energy supply to the West, by saying that the contract(s) will be respected, while nothing is respected from the other side? Isn’t the West (i.e. Putin’s “partners”) essentially at war with Russia through their proxy – yet he still values G20 more than BRICS [1].

I believe that there are two power currents in Kremlin – a patriotic one that is gaining power and Putin’s 5th column one. Why do you think many of his closest buddies are skipping town, so to speak? E.g. Anatoly Chubais is one of the most hated people in Russia, after Yeltsin and Gorbachev, yet Putin kept him close by for 20+ years. Putin is losing his grip on power and many are worried that patriots will take over and start making things right.

IMHO, he’s not moving away from the West – he’s just keeping quiet hoping that his unlimited love for his “partners” will be answered in kind one day. Just look at the photos of his meetings with US presidents – he’s just all one happy chip-on-his-shoulder puppy-love character visiting his idols. It’s an inferiority-complex case clinical psychiatry has rarely seen. I call it battered-Putin-syndrome in his one-sided abusive love relationship with the West.

[1] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 | 2022-07-14 | Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

Hey, I’m just trying to help all PutinAnons (Putin-idolatry) world-wide to come to their senses. If not, and if they are also not paid bots, then I guess, stay passive, trust Putin’s 5D-chess 20+-year plan and all will be “good” – just as with Trump and QAnon. BTW, did Trump get his enemies at the end? Exactly. You are welcome.

It is sad to see that most of these people, including well-read and intelligent ones like Pepe Escobar, Tom Luongo, et.al. have actually turned to Putin (IMO godless liberal globalist) as their only hope to fix things against the globalists, for they have given up on leaders of their own home countries. Thus they do not react kindly, when someone tears down their world – i.e. Putin’s castle in the sky, as he’s just one of the globalists too [1]. Events in Ukraine did not change Putin’s globalist affinities – they only exposed him even further and Russian patriots are waking up to that fact [2][3].

[1] Resetting Without Schwab: Russia & the Fourth Industrial Revolution
( Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat | Whitney Webb | Unlimited Hangout )
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/07/investigative-reports/resetting-without-schwab-russia-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

[2] Russia’s pro-war pundits have no illusions about Ukraine
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-pro-war-pundits-have-no-illusions

[3] Russia says it’s fighting the whole world. Has anyone told Putin?
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-says-its-fighting-the-whole

More bad news from Russia regarding immunization [1] – expiring/expired jabs will not be wasted. In other words, as they say, injections will continue until morale improves. Also, Sputnik V seems to be just rebranded AstraZeneca [2][3][4] – I guess Russian population was the trial group!

[1] COVID Russia: Impressive clot-shot nihilism:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/covid-russia-impressive-clot-shot

[2] Sputnik V: What you’re not being told:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/sputnik-v-what-youre-not-being-told

[4] More non-stop lying from Sputnik V scientists:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/more-non-stop-lying-from-sputnik

[4] Russia pushes for AstraZeneca/Sputnik V cocktail:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-pushes-for-astrazenecasputnik

Ron, sometimes, when I submit my comment, it just disappears – it’s not lost and it eventually gets published, but I do not get a chance to edit if I recall a typo within those 5 mins limit. Not a big deal, but annoying. Example comment that has been submitted and disappeared [1].

[1] Sputnik Scoops the Daily Mail, by Ron Unz – The Unz Review:
https://www.unz.com/runz/sputnik-scoops-the-daily-mail/#comment-5471213

Thanks in advance for your help.

No offense, but one should not talk about subjects one seem to know close to nothing about.

Tito was not a Serb and there was no dominance of Serbs in communist Yugoslavia whatsoever as far as power is concerned. Leading communists were Croats and Slovenians and they ruled the country with Tito. As monarchists and Orthodox Christians, Serbs were seen and feared as enemies of communism, so communists slaughtered 100s of thousands of Serbs after they took control of Yugoslavia and Serbia in 1944. There was an entire island in the Adriatic Sea used to imprison and torture Serbs post-WW2 (called “Barren Island” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goli_Otok ) – that was Gulag for Serbs as majority of prisoners were Serbs.

Different story? Of course – WW2 Nazi Germany partners and NATO/globalists useful characters in the Balkans (Catholic Croats, Catholic Slovenians, Bosnian Muslims, Muslim Shqiptar/Albanians) tell one story, i.e. a fake one that matches Western MSM lies, while the Orthodox Christian Serbs, who fought against Nazi Germany and NATO/globalists, tell a different one. So, who do you believe? I have to check, considering that siding with non-Muslim NATO targets proves to be quite a challenge for some liberals/atheists and “anti”-globalists, as they have a hard time not liking Orthodox Christians being slaughtered [4], while they cry their eyes out when the exact same thing happens to Muslims.

Re multiculturalism: It’s hard to observe multiculturalism isolated, as that is not possible in large number of cases, as NATO uses ethnic minorities to create problems in a country that they want to attack/invade – e.g. with Serbia, they trained and supported Muslim Shqiptars/Albanians murderers and terrorists (KLA/UCK) to create problems within Serbia in order to have a “humanitarian” pretext to attack the entire country and colonize it. Even today, Muslim Shqiptars/Albanians are the biggest drug dealers, organ traffickers, and terrorists in Europe [1]. NATO uses the exact same strategy even with big countries like China, where Muslim Uyghurs are the “victims” to be “saved” [2].

Re Tito: It’s easy to check – he was not a Serb [3]. He was Balkan’s Stalin and mass murderer of Orthodox Christian Serbs.

[1] H.R.2203 – 114th Congress (2015-2016): To remove the Kosovo Liberation Army from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2203?s=1&r=49

[2] Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide? – BBC News:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037

[3] Josip Broz Tito – Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito

[4] See comment #55: How Much Does the US Owe in Reparations for the COVID-19 Bio-Attack?, by Kevin Barrett – The Unz Review:
https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/how-much-does-the-us-owe-in-reparations-for-the-covid-19-bio-attack/#comment-5441228

Quote: The Astrazeneca product was allegedly developed with assistance from the Russian team responsible for the Sputnik product, after Sputnik was already being trialed on the market.

What are your references for this claim? References I provided, tell the opposite in no uncertain terms – including public statements by officials that AZ product was licensed for production to Russia.

Quote: President Putin, himself, has on several occasions bitterly denounced Vladimir Lenin and Communism

That was just self-serving political double-talk for the occasion. By their fruits … Here’s Putin respecting Lenin [1][2][3] – one of the biggest murderers of Russians, as he was responsible for at least 30 million slaughtered during his reign. How’s that for denouncing?

[1] No plans to remove Lenin’s body from mausoleum, Kremlin says – Society & Culture – TASS (2021):
https://tass.com/society/1381203

[2] Lenin’s tomb should stay in Red Square, Putin says – The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/lenins-tomb-should-stay-in-red-square-putin-says/2013/01/12/670c9fbe-5b53-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html

[3] Putin vs Lenin: Why the Russian President Won’t Remove the Soviet Union’s Founder:
https://www.newsweek.com/why-putin-will-still-not-bury-lenin-his-red-square-mausoleum-698730

Quote: … especially their president Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, have not acceded to the global project.

This appears to be Putin Reputation-Repair / Putin Idolatry / PutinAnon style piece. Putin is on board with globalism! He’s not a Russian patriot, he’s pro-West liberal globalist [1][2]!

[1] Resetting Without Schwab: Russia & the Fourth Industrial Revolution
( Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat | Whitney Webb | Unlimited Hangout )
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/07/investigative-reports/resetting-without-schwab-russia-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

[1] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 | 2022-07-14 | Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

Quote: Putin has also publicly embraced the Russian Orthodox faith, …

Again, that was just Putin’s self-serving political double-talk for the occasion. By their fruits … During Corona lock-downs, one could go and visit liquor stores, but one could not go to pray. So much for embracing the Orthodox Church and one of the most important parts of the OC life – Holy Communion! This also tells you of his embrace, true embrace this time, of the globalist-style pandemic handling including immunization [1][2][3][4]!

[1] COVID Russia: Impressive clot-shot nihilism:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/covid-russia-impressive-clot-shot

[2] Sputnik V: What you’re not being told:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/sputnik-v-what-youre-not-being-told

[3] More non-stop lying from Sputnik V scientists:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/more-non-stop-lying-from-sputnik

[4] Russia pushes for AstraZeneca/Sputnik V cocktail:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russia-pushes-for-astrazenecasputnik

Quote: … the Russian Orthodox faith, a faith in which his mother secretly baptized him as a small child.

This gets repeated ad nauseam, but is there any proof? Ideally, a photo of his Russian Orthodox Church baptism certificate! Or at least church name, city name, priest name, or any witnesses present – like some monk or deacon? Who was his godfather? E.g. here’s Nikola Tesla’s Serbian OC baptism certificate [1] – click [MORE] below.

Putin 20+-year rule, or rather mismanagement, has brought you these disasters [1][2][3][4] – including: “country’s birth rate has plummeted to levels not seen since 1943”, “Life expectancy has fallen by 4.5 years.”, “In terms of the total population loss, Russia is first place in the world”, “The “natural” population decline has exceeded one million people, which has never happened in any country in the world since 1950.” [5], etc.

[1] Russia’s demographic crisis is slightly worrying:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-demographic-crisis-is-slightly

[2] Google Auto-Translate: In terms of mortality, Russia has sunk to the bottom of the world: https://www-nakanune-ru.translate.goog/articles/119269/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[3] Google Auto-Translate: The State Duma called the reasons for the decline in the birth rate in Russia – Moscow 24, 08.07.2022: https://www-m24-ru.translate.goog/news/obshchestvo/08072022/479505?utm_source=CopyBuf&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[4] Google Auto-Translate: Rosstat: The population of Russia has decreased by a record | Capital of the country: https://kapital--rus-ru.translate.goog/articles/article/rosstat_naselenie_rossii_rekordno_sokratilos/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[5] The “natural” population decline in Russia has exceeded one million people, which has never happened in any country in the world since 1950. Click [MORE] below for the chart.

Very interesting topic choice(s) – do you happen to belong to the same religion as Kevin Barrett? In case you are wondering what do I mean, just watch first 60 seconds of the linked video [2] from the article [1].

[1] Will the West’s Suicide Bring World Peace?, by Kevin Barrett – The Unz Review:
https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/will-the-wests-suicide-bring-world-peace/

[2] Shaytan’s False Flag – YouTube:

Video Link

Quote: He is the enemy of my enemy.

Hitch, Putin seems to be actually a partner of your enemy – the most reliable partner of both West and Turkey! Isn’t he? He’s not fighting anyone by choice either. IMO, Ukraine operation only started due to the Russian Army not letting him betray those people again – i.e. as you may know, he allowed 14000 ethnic Russian civilians to be murdered in Ukraine 2014-2022, on top of letting NATO capture Ukraine in 2014 in a color revolution, while he cowardly looked the other way and enjoyed Sochi Olympics. He also recognized new Ukraine puppet government immediately after takeover as legit.

IMHO, the only real leader from that side is Lukashenko – he’s been successfully fighting Putin’s “partners” for decades now and it’s the only country that has not been captured, occupied, and looted. There are no oligarchs or 5th column there except in prisons doing time. The fact that he’s still alive and that Belarus is not under western boot is a true miracle and his remarkable achievement, considering that he’s essentially all alone, since Putin has betrayed and back-stabbed essentially all OC countries including Belarus and Serbia. E.g. Lukashenko wanted to cut all energy supplies to US/EU immediately and 100% after they started sanctions, but Putin did not let him. However, Lukashenko cannot change things as he has no weapons, and Putin will not give him any as he does not want his beloved “partners” to be hurt.

I’m assuming that you are not an Orthodox Christian?

Yes, two important things to mention:

1) Lukashenko also told Putin that Belarus has kept all the nuke silos maintained, operational, and ready to be loaded with “content”, but of course, Putin is not giving him any. Now, had Putin/Russia given some to Luka, Western “partners” would be threading carefully, as there’s no joking with Lukashenko. As you can see, Putin is acting here even as open and direct protector of the West from Lukashenko, while leaving Belarus exposed to potential invasion. Luka has already threatened the West with targeting command centers in EU should they hit anything in Belarus! Now, one can only imagine what would have happened already if Luka were the pres of Russia, instead of this liberal globalist clown!

2) All that propaganda from Putin that West is not causing any damage to Russia with sanctions is complete rubbish. E.g. what do you think happened to all air travel companies in Russia after they got cut from EU? Are they making profits? No of course not – they are going down as planes are grounded doing nothing – probably firing people already and dipping into pension funds, etc. The same is valid for all other companies in Russia that were exporting goods to US/EU – all of them are left to dry. As you know, it takes years to find new customers elsewhere. Belarus is also heavily affected, losing billions, as their exports are cut too, but Putin is not going to allow any harm to enemies of Russia by stopping energy exports – which would check-mate them in no time and bring riots to all cities across EU.

One has to wonder: Where is the boundary that, once passed, would get Putin arrested for treason, including direct collaboration with Russia’s enemies on a global scale. This looks like some farce/tragedy/morbid-comedy of errors, where the president of Russia is helping Russia’s enemies openly, publicly, and without any shame or hesitation! And, it’s been like this for 20+ years!

Hey Emergy, why are you so mean to me? 😉

No offense Hitch, but making snappy parallels using infamous Austrian, with no direct reason/connection and no valid comparison, just cheapens the conversation and makes it look shallow.

IMO, Russia should have declared war against Ukraine for mass-murder of 14000 ethnic Russians there between 2014-2022, but Putin toned it down with his operation and created all these problems for Russia globally. Declaration of war would have been the right move from both military and PR side, as right now, people that do not know much about any of this, have trouble distinguishing it from NATO’s invasion of Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc., thus Russia needs to constantly explain at length that this is different, that it is just operation and neither invasion nor war, etc., in other words, PR war lost immediately. With clear war declaration done first, even those that do not know anything about it, would have probably said “Well, it must be something serious, otherwise Russia wouldn’t have declared war.”

P.S. Off topic and do not want to get into that, but yes, many people claim that the 3 biggest WW2 mass-murderers all escaped: AH (remains not found, skull found was female), Mussolini (body double and real wife executed), and the last but not least and confirmed escaped – Catholic Nazi Croatia’s Hitler – i.e. Ante Pavelic (escaped through so called Vatican Ratlines and died in 1959 in Spain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante_Paveli%C4%87 ).

PS: Russia armed Croatia 1991–1995 helping to defeat the Servs.

Catholic converts keep repeating this lie, that Russia was supplying them with weapons. It was actually Ukrainian arms dealer(s) that supplied Catholic Nazi Croats separatists with weapons from Ukraine [1], which of course, had a large stockpile of Soviet/Russian weapons. Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin did many treacherous actions and crimes against the Serbs, but miraculously, they skipped that one. Now you know. You are welcome.

[1] Ukraine: Cashing in on Illegal Arms | PBS:
https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sierraleone/context.html

Excerpt: A Ukrainian parliamentary inquiry concluded that between 1992 and 1998, Ukraine lost $32 billion in military assets, in part through theft, discount arms sales and lack of oversight. (In comparison, Ukraine’s spending on legal arms for defense in 1999 is estimated to have been $500 million.) Many of the missing weapons found their way into the hands of willing buyers in hot spots around the globe, from Sierra Leone to Croatia. And as these arms proliferated, so did evidence of international criminal networks that sold arms from Ukraine in flagrant violation of international sanctions and embargoes.

Their kingdom is older than that of the Servian kingdom.

Catholic converts and their historical fiction – just like all other converts around the Serbs. Here’s one great short essay for your education regarding Croatian “long history”, Croatian “kingdoms”, and Croatian “kings” [1].

[1] Croatian kings, trolls, karakonjules and other mythical creatures | Mislav Horvat:
https://hronograf-net.translate.goog/2017/05/15/mislav-horvat-hrvatski-kraljevi-trolovi-karakondzule-ostala-mitska-bica/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Excerpt #1: One, who particularly liked Serbian history, was called Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski. Later, together with a few Roman Catholic priests, he will invent a series of Croatian kings, unearth many false findings… all of which we had the opportunity to see in the sci-fi series “Croatian Kings”.

Excerpt #2: As proof of the existence of the Croatian king Zvonimir, the so-called The “Bašćanska ploča” which the ideologues of Croatia called the “foundational monument of Croatian literacy” and dated it to the 11th century. On that plaque, a priest mentions King Zvonimir. The plaque was “found” by Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski. However, the latest analyzes have shown that the plate is a forgery.

Excerpt #3: An even crazier story in Croatian mythological historiography is the one about the “personal union” with Hungary. As the westernmost Serbian lands were very poor, the Serbian rulers had no excessive interest in defending them. Thus, the Hungarians conquered the area from Zagreb to Zadar in the 12th century and held it until Hungary fell under Turkish rule. Croats call that period “Croatian-Hungarian Kingdom” and “personal union”. They say that they only had the same ruler as the Hungarians, but their own country. It’s like the Serbs saying that they were in the Serbian-Ottoman Empire, a personal union, and that they only shared a sultan with the Turks. For this purpose, the so-called ” Pacta Conventa ” which is an alleged document from the 12th century. However, Pacta Conventa is written in the language of the 15th century, it contains a number of errors, e.g. Koloman is mentioned as the son of Ladislav, and he was his nephew. There is no mention of the Pacta Conventa in Hungarian sources , nor did anyone mention it before the 17th century. Faced with these arguments, Croatian historians admit that the Pacta Conventa is a forgery, but say that there may have been some verbal agreement with the non-existent Croatian nobility. Maybe, and maybe there was a verbal agreement with the trolls.

There are good and real reasons to draw parallels …

I do not see any connection whatsoever, and even you are not sure and still deciding about many things there. So how is establishing parallels between things 80+ years apart helpful in resolving/understanding anything today? I’m just trying to understand your research/methodology/figuring-things-out approach.

Is that how you’re trying to figure out globalists and their ways?

Andrey Soshenko, Russian patriot, raises many valid questions regarding this and Chavez removal [1]. IMO, all answers to those boil down to Kremlin’s i.e. Putin’s treachery and complicity with the globalists – aka, as Putin calls them, Western Partners.

[1] Google Auto-Translate: Hugo Chavez was killed, COVID-19 was created in the USA:
https://ruskline-ru.translate.goog/news_rl/2022/08/05/ugo_chaves_byl_ubit_covid19_sozdan_v_ssha?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Excerpt #1: And why then did Russia so easily succumb to this provocation in 2020-21? Why did many high authorities in Russia look into the mouth of the WHO (organization of the “world moderator”), whip up a stir with stupid “restrictions” with masks, control over the movement of citizens, catching “violators of the regime” of forced vaccination, etc.? After all, from the very beginning it was clear that this was a scam of the enemies of the human race. Why did they not listen to those who spoke about this, but did the opposite?

Excerpt #2: Why did Russia not once raise these issues of open criminal terrorist activities of the United States at the highest international level? The consequences of lost opportunities and time for our country cannot be returned in this. You are simply amazed once again why the highest Russian authorities do not use the opportunities that, as they say, lie on the surface. “Fifth column”? Or what?

Excerpt #3: Let me remind you that Chavez himself considered his mysterious illness to be a “cancer infection” spread from the United States in 2010-2013 to many leaders of Latin American countries. At the very least, the presidents of Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela were suspiciously at the same time put on the brink of physical survival. But this has also been known for a long time. But in the semi-official Russian media, they only giggled on this topic, and our foreign ministry did not raise questions at the international level.

If I may jump regarding N.Macedonia – they are NATO colony just like Serbia, and their “leaders” do what they are told. In Serbia, it is slightly better, as puppets fear Serbs’ uprising if gone too far with their servitude and thread carefully.

Solution? I guess you’d need to specify every single part even for the leather jacket or shoes no matter how trivial – i.e. treat it like specs for Airbus airplane wings or iPhone. But that, of course, takes away all the fun. Stay away from shops making custom-made parachutes regardless. 😉

Q1: Why do you have to go for the custom-made everything? Don’t they have great quality leather jackets and shoes sold retail requiring only to just shorten the sleeves if needed? Or find factories where they make stuff for Gucci or Armani, and buy from them outlet/no-name-style before they saw in the label and add 3 zeros to the price. Can one do that in China?

Q2: Also, I’ve seen a TV program many years ago showing some great quality brand name jackets sold in the West for something like $250-500 that were made in China for like 5$ wholesale. Do you know anything about that?

Thank you for another informative article about Russia. But, why didn’t you ask him about Putin? It’s funny that you discussed movements, ideologies, and how liberals are not as powerful as before, and many things politics, yet no word about Putin. Isn’t Putin the top liberal globalist in Russia? Here’s what some Russian patriots think of Putin’s adventure in Ukraine, as well as some other things [1].

[1] Russia’s pro-war pundits have no illusions about Ukraine
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-pro-war-pundits-have-no-illusions

I just gave that as notable example. My main point is that Rolo is treating Putin as some kind of untouchable sacred cow. Why has he not asked any of these people about the president of the country they want to change? What do they think of him?

BTW, Dugin is not Putin’s brain, and most likely has never been. I do not know what was the basis for that silly claim. Putin’s brain are Kissinger, Schwab, Chubais, oligarchs, liberals, globalists, and the 5th column [1][2][3].

Putin 20+-year rule, or rather mismanagement, has brought you these disasters [4][5][6][7] – including: “country’s birth rate has plummeted to levels not seen since 1943”, “Life expectancy has fallen by 4.5 years.”, “In terms of the total population loss, Russia is first place in the world”, “The “natural” population decline has exceeded one million people, which has never happened in any country in the world since 1950.” [8], etc.

[1] Resetting Without Schwab: Russia & the Fourth Industrial Revolution
( Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat | Whitney Webb | Unlimited Hangout )
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/07/investigative-reports/resetting-without-schwab-russia-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

[2] Putin & COVID: What changed after February 24?
( Article explores how Russia’s COVID response has changed since February 24. ): https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/putin-and-covid-what-changed-after

[3] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 | 2022-07-14 | Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

[4] Russia’s demographic crisis is slightly worrying:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-demographic-crisis-is-slightly

[5] Google Translate: In terms of mortality, Russia has sunk to the bottom of the world: https://www-nakanune-ru.translate.goog/articles/119269/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[6] Google Translate: The State Duma called the reasons for the decline in the birth rate in Russia – Moscow 24, 08.07.2022: https://www-m24-ru.translate.goog/news/obshchestvo/08072022/479505?utm_source=CopyBuf&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[7] Google Translate: Rosstat: The population of Russia has decreased by a record | Capital of the country: https://kapital--rus-ru.translate.goog/articles/article/rosstat_naselenie_rossii_rekordno_sokratilos/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[8] The “natural” population decline in Russia has exceeded one million people, which has never happened in any country in the world since 1950. Click [MORE] below for the chart.

I provided several articles detailing what Putin did/does in Russia that is pro-globalism, yet you essentially ignored all of them except population-related ones. And of course, it’s all great in your opinion – just like with any die-hard Putin “the savior” fan i.e. Putin’s version of QAnon. Putin is not a Russian patriot – he’s just a two-bit godless manager and a traitor to Russia.

If BRICS is something he does not value enough compared to his beloved G20 or NATO, whose membership for Russia he inquired about at least 5 times even in talks with Bill Clinton [1], then it is obvious that the “emperor” has no clothing!

Here’s Putin respecting Lenin [2][3] – one of the biggest murderers of Russians, as he was responsible for at least 30 million slaughtered during his reign.

He stated that he has no problems with USA being 1st in the world, so to speak, with Russia being its trusty sidekick, I guess. He mentioned that there’s no difference between Russia and the West, and that Russia should integrate into Western systems.

Erdogan humiliates him and Russia on a regular basis in Syria and with Ukraine (exporting drones that kill his solders and ethnic Russians), while at the same time, Putin starts joint military projects with Turkey. I’ve also heard that Russia gave some serious loans to Erdogan/Turkey that Erdogan stopped paying off years ago with no consequences – it’s all free for “partners” I guess – just like that $350B of stolen reserves that Kremlin does not bother “partners” with. List goes on and on and on.

Putin also seems to not mind Russians being murdered/killed. E.g. 14000 ethnic Russian civilians were murdered in Ukraine 2014-2022 and he did not blink an eye until Russian Army told him no more! Not to mention Erdogan killing several Russian pilots – at least one in Syria and several over Armenia, and who knows how many foot soldiers, as Putin is hiding true body counts in Syria, for his top priority there is safety of all NATO soldiers, as he promised to US. At the same time, when Russian Army in Syria killed some Turkish invaders because they were mingled with terrorist without letting Russians know, Putin immediately phoned Erdogan, apologized, and withdrew Russian soldiers from that area to prevent further loss of NATO “partners” lives.

I could list many, many more examples and references proving that Putin is a liberal globalist, 5th column (Chubais, Kudrin, Nabulina, etc.) too, and Atlantic Integrationist as well – that is a traitor to Russia, as I mentioned. He also does not seem to behave like an Orthodox Christian, although I’ve heard that he’s been baptized.

[1] Putin Says He Asked Bill Clinton About Russia Joining NATO In Year 2000 | Video | RealClearPolitics: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/02/22/putin_says_he_asked_bill_clinton_about_russia_joining_nato_in_year_2000.html

[2] No plans to remove Lenin’s body from mausoleum, Kremlin says – Society & Culture – TASS (2021):
https://tass.com/society/1381203

[3] Putin vs Lenin: Why the Russian President Won’t Remove the Soviet Union’s Founder:
https://www.newsweek.com/why-putin-will-still-not-bury-lenin-his-red-square-mausoleum-698730

IMHO, the only true leader of the Orthodox Christian World, that we know of at this moment, is Belarus’ Lukashenko. He’s been successfully fighting Putin’s “partners” for decades and Belarus is the only country that has not been captured, occupied, and looted. There are no oligarchs or 5th column there except in prisons doing time. The fact that he’s still alive and that Belarus is not under Western boot is a true miracle and his remarkable achievement, considering that Belarus is, for the most part, all alone, since Putin has betrayed and back-stabbed essentially all OC countries including Belarus, Serbia, etc. E.g. Lukashenko wanted to cut all energy supplies to US/EU immediately and 100% after they started sanctions, but Putin did not let him, as that would have check-mate the West in no time, and bring riots to all cities across EU within a week, and that is something Putin cannot allow, as he gave a public pledge to be the most reliable partner to “partners” of Russia.

Knowing all this, I’d add that Rolo should not only ask the people he’s interviewing of their opinion of the main traitor of Russia – Putin, but also of Lukashenko – the true leader. It’s quite telling that these people did/do not mention Lukashenko on their own, even without being asked, as he is one rare example of someone who is truly fighting globalists, NATO, and other Putin’s beloved “partners”.

Re population: Apparently, you know “better” and have “better” info than Russian State Duma and Russians themselves. Perhaps then, you should let them know not to worry?

This just in Putin-run Russia!

Google Translate: Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation promotes the Ukrainian language (History teaches nothing: the artificial Ukrainization of Russians continues through the efforts of Russian “enlighteners”!) by Andrey Soshenko: https://ruskline-ru.translate.goog/news_rl/2022/08/22/minprosveweniya_rf_nasazhdaet_ukransku_movu?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

You may know that Ukrainian language is an artificial one – invented to separate yet another group of Russians from Russians using “citizenship becomes ethnicity/nation” model. This social engineering (artificial nations creation) has been employed for centuries by Vatican/Austria/Germany/Communists against Russians and Serbs, and the results are Ukrainians, Romanians, Macedonians, and many many others. Some of those projects started with the target group first either being converted to Catholicism or accepting Pope as the head (Uniates), followed by new identity, language, grammar, history, etc. In most cases, new “nation” becomes hostile to the one it came from – e.g. Ukrainians vs. Russians.

So, treachery against OC Russians in Putin-run Russia is VeryMuchAlive. No pun intended!

I guess, I just got the answer to my own question from the man himself, i.e. why is Rolo not asking these people about Putin? Well, in Edward Slavsquat podcast [1], just posted, Rolo mentioned that he “kinda likes the guy”. In other words, similar to Saker, Martyanov, et. al., Rolo does not like hearing anything bad about Putin, hence he does not ask people about him to be perfectly safe. Especially not Russian nationalists, who would most likely unleash a firestorm of criticism, bringing Rolo into cardiac arrest, so to speak.

So, Rolo will keep interviewing Russians about Russia, without ever discussing the guy that’s been ruling it for 20+ years.

[1] Six months later: Musings on Russia’s SMO in Ukraine
( Edward Slavsquat podcast with Rolo Slavskiy and Marko Marjanović )
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/six-months-later-musings-on-russias

Dear Pepe, here’s some food for thought – I hope that you, Saker, Martyanov, Rolo, et.al. won’t mind my raining a bit on your Putin groupies parade, so to speak. IMHO, something between the current two extremes (NATO side and your side) is good for some balance.

Re BRICS: Didn’t Putin say that he values G20 more than BRICS [1]? How’s that for fighting globalists?

Re “Partners”: Didn’t Putin publicly promise to continue supplying energy to “partners” [2]? How is helping countries, that literally want to physically destroy Russia, anything but high treason of Putin? BTW, Lukashenko wanted to cut all energy supplies to US/EU immediately after they started sanctions, but Putin did not agree.

Re globalist immunization agenda in Russia (this is bonus for Pepe): Latest developments in that area in Putin-run Russia are looking as globalist as ever [3].

Re Russophobia: Guy Mettan may help with that 1000-year long hatred of Russia [5]. IMHO, roots of this hatred are purely spiritual and eschatological.

Re Pepe: “The Empire struck back with Maidan in 2014.”
Reply: While the color revolution was in progress there, Putin enjoyed Olympics in Sochi and did nothing to save Ukraine from the takeover, and then spent 8 years (2014-2022) sitting on his hands, doing nothing again, while 14000 ethnic Russian civilians got murdered in Ukraine. Also, the empire actually struck first in Serbia in October 2000, and Putin helped that color revolution as per Bill Clinton’s proposal to him – yes, you read that right. AFAIK, that was Putin’s first crime-by-collaboration after he assumed power in May.

Re Pepe: “Russia counter-attacked coming to the aid of Syria in 2015.”
Reply: That was after Putin helped NATO “partners” destroy Libya in 2011. One day, we will find out how come that Putin did not let his “partners” destroy Syria too, as he betrayed essentially all countries West/NATO had in sight.

After 22 years of Putin’s rule, we have: “Country’s birth rate has plummeted to levels not seen since 1943”, “Life expectancy has fallen by 4.5 years.”, etc. [4].

Thoughts?

— references —

[1] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 | 2022-07-14 | Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

[2] Kremlin says Russia is reliable gas supplier, blames Europe for problems | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kremlin-says-russia-is-reliable-gas-supplier-blames-europe-problems-2022-07-21/

[3] Big Pharma & Russia unveil identical clot-shot scams – Coincidence or fate? by Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/big-pharma-and-russia-unveil-identical

[4] Russia’s demographic crisis is slightly worrying:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-demographic-crisis-is-slightly

[5] Creating Russophobia: From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria
Author: Guy Mettan | ISBN 0997896523 | Amazon Books

Glad that UH article helped. Also, please see my comment #14 [1] under this article for some extra questions in response to Pepe’s constant Putin fanboyism.

[1] Comment #14 – Geopolitical tectonic plates shifting, six months on, by Pepe Escobar – The Unz Review: https://www.unz.com/pescobar/geopolitical-tectonic-plates-shifting-six-months-on/#comment-5510665

Here’s another fallacy Putin’s fanboys (Pepe, Tom Luongo, etc.) keep repeating – that Russian ruble is gold-pegged. It is not [1][2][3]!

[1] The gold-pegged ruble: System failure – Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/the-gold-pegged-ruble-system-failure

[2] IMF-obedient Bank of Russia rejects gold-backed ruble
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/imf-obedient-bank-of-russia-rejects

More on Russia being robbed during Putin’s reign: Sergei Glazyev, leading Russian economist, said that the biggest damage done to Russia financially by the West was not done through sanctions, but rather through the floating ruble FX rate (monetary policy) that Putin allowed and Wall Street used for their “games”. Since Sergei’s patriotic suggestions were not liked by the globalists around Putin, he was let go. Below is one very good read featuring writings of Sergei Glazyev [1] (note: second link [2] for the translated Sergei Glazyev’s original essay included for convenience, as the first article includes the entire essay as well).

And unfortunately, that is not all – check out two articles about Russia’s gold [3][4] from Feb 2022.

— references —

[1] Dances With Bears | John Helmer | Black box defense for the Russian economy – dollar debt repayments blocked; gas and oil deliveries to Germany stopped; oligarch assets nationalized:
http://web.archive.org/web/20220506183504/http://johnhelmer.net/black-box-defence-for-the-russian-economy-dollar-debt-repayments-blocked-gas-and-oil-deliveries-to-germany-stopped-oligarch-assets-nationalized/

[2] Sanctions and Sovereignty | Sergei Glazyev
https://rentry.co/sanctions-and-sovereignty

[3] Russia is getting gold-robbed | Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-gold-is-being-robbed

[4] Why did Russia’s largest bank empty its gold vaults? | Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/why-did-russias-largest-bank-empty

Hopefully last but not least – below is one very interesting Russian banking system article [1]. I do not know how accurate it is, but even if half of it is true, that’d still be very bad for Russia as looting described is enormous.

[1] Google Translate – How Russia is Robbed by Dr Ivan Pajovic | Aug 2019
https://vidovdan-org.translate.goog/autori/dr-ivan-pajovic-kako-se-pljacka-rusija/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

I can’t remember where i picked it up, but i read that, if Putin would have had the sole initiative, he would have dragged his feet for much longer. It was the military intelligence and high command who found out that Zelensky was building up troops in order to decimate the Donbass region, and that it was the military who decided that enough was enough.

Can you find the link(s) for that for my future reference? I was also thinking along the same lines, and mentioned that in my comments here on TUR. Here’s what I said in one of them exactly two months ago:

I’m pretty certain that he was planning to betray those people again in Feb 2022, but most likely, Russian military said that it could not allow that, just as with giving up Crimea. I remember, just as Feb 2022 attack on ethnic Russian areas in Ukraine started again, presumably as the final act of their destruction, reading on RT that Putin said (paraphrasing) “they should discuss and negotiate that themselves”. Perhaps I’m misreading this, but it looks to me that he was planning to betray them again and do nothing while his Western “partners” finish the job through proxies.

So then, I’d guess, he had to do something because Russian military requested some action, and with a heavy heart he agreed, but told them to make it quick and put constraints on what they could do, rather than declaring war on Ukraine for their, as mentioned, mass murder of 14000 ethnic Russian civilians during 8 long years of terror he ignored and did nothing about.

Declaration of war would have been the right move from both military and PR side, as right now, people that do not know much about any of this, have trouble distinguishing it from NATO’s invasion of Iraq, Libya, etc., thus Russia’s side needs to constantly explain at length that this is different, that it is just operation and neither invasion nor war, etc., in other words, PR war lost immediately. With clear war declaration done first, even those that do not know anything about it, would probably say “Well, it must be something serious, otherwise Russia wouldn’t have declared war.”

I also said this mid-July:

I remember Putin sending peace negotiators immediately as Russia’s Ukraine operation commenced, which seems strange, but in my view, I think that he simply tried to get anything on the table in order to be able to go back to generals and order them to either withdraw or at least stop advancing – which confirms my guess that he did not want to react to Feb 2022 attacks on those regions, and only did so for the Russian army told him that he had to.

Unfortunately and if you’d believe, it is getting worse for Russia as Putin is not done yet with his treachery! It appears now that, behind the scenes, he has ordered Russian Army in Ukraine to stop its advances [1]. That is why we suddenly do not hear any news of any advances – they are just whining publicly that Ukros are shelling civilians, that power plant, and who knows what else.

[1] Google Translate: They didn’t squeeze right away, they don’t squeeze it now by Andrey Soshenko ( The price of lost time: Zelensky wanted to resign and flee Kyiv in February )
https://ruskline-ru.translate.goog/news_rl/2022/08/26/nedozhali_srazu_nedozhimayut_i_seichas?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Re China: IMO, China is not in any kind of economic or financial trouble for the following reasons: 1) they control their central bank, thus can adjust money supply anyway they need interest free, 2) they are true manufacturing super-power, 3) their leadership is patriotic unlike one in Russia, 4) there are no oligarchs there, and 5) unlike Russia, China has not been completely looted (aka privatization / shock therapy) in the last 4 decades. E.g. We all remember Trump imposing heavy sanctions on China, at the time, and all those failed completely. As far I can see, this constant “news” or “analysis” of some China’s economy problems is just propaganda [1][2].

Re BRICS and similar: Any failure of those non-globalist and non-Western alliances or initiatives is mostly due to Putin sabotaging them directly or indirectly. We know that he still values G20 more than BRICS. In other words, he’s just not interested in any of those those, as his heart is with his much beloved “partners”, but had to play along in order to prevent any red flags, as well as to get some business deals voters would like to hear about.

[1] Living in China vs Living in America – This is truly shocking – YouTube

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[2] China vs USA – Who is the Real Superpower? Unseen China – YouTube

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Re Macedonians: Creation of that artificial nation (“Macedonians”) out of the Orthodox Christian Serbs in today’s N.Macedonia – i.e. the ethnocide committed against them in 1946 – was not the result of some Serbian communists cretinism, as Serbia was occupied by communists in 1944 and onward, but rather the work of Communist International (aka Commintern). Tito himself (a non-Serb and Balkan’s Stalin) wrote a memo in 1944 clearly stating that Serbia is to be treated as occupied territory, thus everything that was done to Serbs (ethnocide in today’s N.M, mass executions of 100s of thousands of Serb civilians in 1944/1945 and post-WW2) was the work of him, and his communist apparatchiks.

— here’s what I wrote here some time back —

Macedonians (i.e. people that live in today’s North Macedonia) are former Serbs that suffered ethnocide under communists post-WW2. All planned by communists in Dresden 1928 [1] and executed by them in 1946 – new nation, new language, new grammar, new history, and new church too. It’s an artificial nation, just as many around Serbs are. The name “Macedonia” is ancient but it’s co-opted. Their “language” is just one dialect of the Serbian language with some little grammar and word twists/changes. Even today, any Serb can communicate with these “Macedonians” without any translators.

It’s all documented and public information – the names of people that worked on this project in 1946 are well known. Here’s one of the main ones (worked on the grammar) who was born as Serb but died as “Macedonian” [2].

[1] Dresden 1928 | 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia – Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Congress_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Yugoslavia

[2] Blaže Koneski (“Macedonian”) – born as Blagoje Ljamević (Serbian) – Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bla%C5%BEe_Koneski

I’d say that probably 90% of historical mythomania is solely in the camp of Balkan’s WW2 Nazi partners (Catholic Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Muslim Shqiptars/Albanians, Catholic Slovenians). Why? Well, as you know, all of them are either artificial nations or historically insignificant (e.g. Catholic Slovenians – officially the serfs in the AHE) in a need of ancient history, monuments, epics, heroes, kings, territory, wars of liberation, etc. Most of them do not have any, or barely any, thus need to steal it from someone who is extremely wealthy in those – the Serbs, as they appear to be ancient. Even hard core Zionists acknowledge that [1].

I hope that you know that the official history still taught in Serbia is a fake one invented by Vatican/Austria/Germany, as political propaganda tool and implemented in the 19th century by some 5th column pseudo intellectuals and pseudo elites. True Serbian history is now being rediscovered after more than 150 years of lies by well-known pathological liars and forgers – before mentioned Vatican/Austria/Germany, as well as Greeks – yes, you read that right. That work is still in progress.

Russian official history has been forged too, by Germans of course, as Germans ruled Russia ever since Peter the Great was murdered, during his tour through Europe, and a fake one sent back.

Some examples to help you free yourself from Vatican/Austria/Germany mythomania:

E.g. #1 We know that Alexander the Great used translators while talking to Greeks. So, what was his native language?

E.g. #2: We have official records, describing a project of translating Iliad and Odyssey into Greek. So, what was the original language?

E.g. #3: We know that in 1903, 85% of people in Aegean Macedonia were ethnic Serbs, while there were 0% in 2003. What happened to the Serbs there in those 100 years, and how come that there were so many Serbs there in 1903?

E.g. #4: After today’s Greece was established as country, in 1829 AD, the Greeks renamed thousands of toponyms in Greece to have Greek names, yet there are still thousands of them left with Serbian names. How come that there were any Serbian toponyms there at all to begin with?

E.g. #5: We know that the term “Byzantium” is a fake name invented in 1557 AD by one German “historian” – Hieronymus Wolf? What was the original name and what was their motive?

E.g. #6: In 1808, German “geographer” replaced Peninsula’s original Serbian name for it with “Balkan” (Turkish). What was the original name?

[1] Israeli Prime Minister on Serbs – YouTube

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Hi Mike,

Well, Odyssey states that only a subset of people in India are with Serbian roots and not all people. Perhaps 5%. As far as my understanding goes, those people there are simply descendants of the Serbs that came to India in a conquest – settled there for some time, ruled, intermarried, and then some of them returned home – today’s area of Serbia. There are plenty of toponyms in India/Pakistan that have Serbian names, just like there are plenty of Serbian toponyms across the entire Europe as well as Asian Minor too – click MORE below for maps [2][3][4].

Sanskrit is one result of that conquest – i.e. Serbian language spoken there that has gone through some natural changes over thousands of years of usage as all old languages do, but there are still thousands of words in Sanskrit that are obviously with Serbian roots. For example, Srbinda [1] (approx. eng. pron. Serbeenda).

[1] Srbinda – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srbinda

Excerpt: Certain historians theorize that Srbinda is related to the Serbs. Besides the alleged identical root, the name Srbinda is similar to the modern Serbian word “Srbenda”, which is a superlative form of “Serb”, expressing a Serb who is thoroughly and uncompromisingly devoted to all things Serbian. German indologist Walther Wüst theorized that Srbinda was a warlord and leader of the Serbs, based on the fact that Serbs use the already mentioned term “Srbenda”. He hypothesized that Srbinda and Srbenda were the same word, and that they meant someone great, strong, first among the Serbs – in line with the meaning of “Srbenda”. He also theorized that when the Veda texts mention that after Indra defeats Srbinda he “let loose the floods”, that floods were a metaphor for a migration of people, in this case the Serbs, migrating west.

So fear not, my dear Mike, you are most likely Srbinda! 😉

Hi Mike,

I’m assuming that you are replying to my comment #446 [1]. Well, it’s not just word games – there’s history, there are toponyms, books and documents, events, monuments, grave stones, DNA analysis, and many other things. But I’m sure you know all that as you seem well read in many areas. So why are you ignoring all that, and mentioning only words matches/similarities as if it was the only criteria on our side?

Mind you, Odyssey does a great deal of disservice to himself by not providing references, which makes him an easy target, as he seems like someone who just claims things with no support, but there are artifacts supporting his claims in many areas I listed above. E.g. I provided 3 maps in [1] with unmistakable Serbian toponyms. I found one for India/Pakistan too, but it was low res thus hard to read names, so did not include it.

As I mentioned before, the main problem with all this is that the Germans forged history so much and lied so much through centuries in order to make themselves what they are not and to support their land grab goals in Europe, that it is very hard to get oneself out of it. Just think about it. During many centuries, Germans had complete control over history education in Europe – they controlled Russia (fake Peter the Great and onward), while Serbia was under Ottoman Empire, thus there was no opposition. To make matters worse, in the process, Germans seemed to lost track of what was real and what wasn’t, so they ended up believing the very same lies they invented before. They still believe those, and think of themselves as special and above everyone else. It seems to me that they are just pretending to be sorry for what they have done in WW1 and WW2. Rather, they most likely see all that as some kind of “cosmic injustice”, that happened to the “superior” race of “real” Aryans, when they got defeated by the “lesser” humans – e.g. Orthodox Christian Russians and Serbs. Proof? They resumed their well-known quest (i.e. Expansion Eastward for some Living Space) immediately after they re-united and the Serbs were the first targets, just like in the WW2.

[1] Comment #446: https://www.unz.com/jtaylor/why-do-these-people-hate-us/#comment-5513522

As Odyssey said. we are not doing this to get these people back or anything like that, but to reclaim what’s been either stolen or hidden,. as well as to protect our history and heritage from their enormous theft. These are seriously disturbed people that even ended up believing their own forgeries and lies, and we are not going to let them get away with anything. If that was not important, as you propose, then Vatican/Austria/Germany would not have spent literally centuries lying and forging. That was, and still is, part of their strategy and tactics.

Also, none of these “nations” were created naturally or spontaneously. Rather, it was all planned and executed by some power. E.g. Macedonian “nation” in 1946 by communists, Albanian “nation” in 1912, out of primitive Shqiptar tribes, by Austro-Hungarian Empire, etc. – essentially all of them are artificial and created in a very short amount of time to be weaponized and used as useful characters for some nefarious purpose(s).

In closing, I’d also like to add that, if you look into this in more detail, you’ll realize that the creation of new “nations” was mostly out of Orthodox Christian nations like Serbs and Russians. Isn’t that interesting?

Which article? Link? Are you sure that he was not suggesting that to the West – i.e. to go slow (thread carefully) with their actions against Russia through their proxy?

Well, I don’t know the details, but since Aeroflot has been blocked from EU, didn’t that cause 100s of planes to be grounded, sitting around and doing nothing? How many workers fired, how many hours cut? There are huge losses that Russia’s business are experiencing due to literately 100s of sanctions from the West. 100s of them were put in place even before Feb 2022.

West is suffering too of course, but claiming that Russia went unscathed is just naive. They may be making profits on energy, but all other exports are stopped. Do you think the West would be wasting their time imposing so many of them on Russia and Belarus if sanctions were useless?

Here’s my humble take. The trouble started way back due to Putin’s pleasing behavior towards his beloved Western “partners”. I see him as 5th column liberal globalist and traitor to Russia. Didn’t Klaus Schwab list Putin, Tony Blair, and Angela Merkel as graduates of his Young Global Leaders club years back – fast forward to 1:14 in https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theforumvod/510154188

Due to this Putin’s behavior and attitude towards the West and Turkey, US simply did not except Putin to react to the their final act in Ukraine. I remember at least one US analyst saying this. Why would they think/say that at the time you may ask? Well …

Putin betrayed the whole Ukraine in 2014 by doing nothing, while NATO completed its color revolution, occupied it, and put their puppet in place. He actually enjoyed Sochi Olympics during that time, and recognized new Ukraine puppet government immediately as legit. He then proceeded to do nothing for 8 years (2014-2022) while 14000 ethnic Russian civilians were murdered in Ukraine. During that period, he even made business deals with Ukraine.

I’m pretty certain that he was planning to betray those people again in Feb 2022, but most likely, Russian military said that it could not allow that, just as with giving up Crimea. I remember, just as Feb 2022 attack on ethnic Russian areas in Ukraine started again, presumably as the final act of their destruction, reading on RT that Putin said (paraphrasing) “they should discuss and negotiate that themselves”. Perhaps I’m misreading this, but it looks to me that he was planning to betray them again and do nothing while his Western “partners” finish the job through proxies.

So then, I’d guess, he had to do something because Russian military requested some action, and with a heavy heart he agreed, but told them to make it quick and put constraints on what they could do, rather than declaring war on Ukraine for their, as mentioned, mass murder of 14000 ethnic Russian civilians during 8 long years of terror he ignored and did nothing about.

Declaration of war would have been the right move from both military and PR side, as right now, people that do not know much about any of this, have trouble distinguishing it from NATO’s invasion of Iraq, Libya, etc., thus Russia’s side needs to constantly explain at length that this is different, that it is just operation and neither invasion nor war, etc., in other words, PR war lost immediately. With clear war declaration done first, even those that do not know anything about it, would probably say “Well, it must be something serious, otherwise Russia wouldn’t have declared war.”

As we know, as Russia got involved, the West responded with sanctions and everything, while Putin continued to please the West with his guaranty that he’ll stay the most reliable partner to them. He said couple of bad things about the West (Empire of lies, etc.), but all that seemed forced, scripted, not sincere, and only for local consumption.

So here we are with essentially a full war, with more and more countries getting involved in one way or the other, and that is most likely going to be leading us into WW3.

Addendum: I also remember Putin sending peace negotiators to Ukraine immediately after Russia’s Ukraine operation commenced, which seemed strange, but in my view, I think that he simply tried to get anything on the table in order to be able to go back to generals and order them to either withdraw or at least stop advancing – which confirms my guess that he did not want to react to Feb 2022 attacks on those regions, and only did so for the Russian army told him that he had to.

Klaus Schwab lists Putin, Tony Blair, and Angela Merkel as his Young Global Leaders back in the 90s – fast forward to 1:14 in https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theforumvod/510154188

[1] Session of Davos Agenda 2021 online forum • President of Russia
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/64938

Excerpt: I have been to Davos many times, attending the events organised by Mr Schwab, even back in the 1990s. Klaus [Schwab] just recalled that we met in 1992. Indeed, during my time in St Petersburg, I visited this important forum many times. I would like to thank you for this opportunity today to convey my point of view to the expert community that gathers at this world-renowned platform thanks to the efforts of Mr Schwab.

This “anti” globalist and “fearless” “leader”, Putin, seems to be exhibiting some paranoia about this pandemic – 6 feet apparently is not good enough for his “safety” [1]. Click [MORE] to see images of his “brave” version of social distancing [2][3][4][5]. One cannot get close unless one agrees to be tested, which e.g. Macron refused and was kept away [2].

[1] The perils of Putin tea-leaf reading – Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/the-perils-of-putin-tea-leaf-reading

Going slowly to preserve civilian lives is not only noble – it’s necessary.

Putin preserves the lives of those civilians only at the expense of lives of ethnic Russian civilians and Russian soldiers there. Ukrainians have even been shelling and targeting Russia’s territory with no response. So he’s willing to sacrifice lives of Russian citizens too.

Putin is well known for not valuing Russian lives as much as everybody else’s. Just remember when Russian Army in Syria neutralized some Turkish invaders because they were mingled with terrorist without letting Russians know, Putin immediately phoned Erdogan, apologized, and withdrew Russian soldiers from that area to prevent further loss of NATO “partners” lives.

Also, I’m sure that you know: using civilians as human shields, as Ukrainians do, is a war crime! For example, Catholic Slovenian separatists using ethnic Orthodox Christian Serb civilians as human shields in the 90s while attacking Yugoslav Army forces.

Putin did not wait for anything – he ignored ethnic Russian civilians plight there, i.e. living under constant terror in Ukraine for 8 years. 14000 of them were murdered/slaughtered between 2014-2022. The only reason he “reacted” and stopped “waiting” is because Russian Army told him that this cannot be ignored any longer. Putin could not prevent Russian Army to respond, as the threat was too big, and here we are.

Had Ukis not been impatient to finish the job completely and swiftly, i.e. to kill/expel all ethnic Russians there, as they started to implement in Feb 2022, there would be no Russian Army there even today, and they would be still living under terror, just as they have been, while Putin would express, from time to time, some “worry” in regards to their deaths to his Ukrainian “partners”. So, I’m indeed glad that Ukis did start their final act as that forced Russian Army to react and stop the terror.

P.S. Listening Saker-approved Dimitry Orlov or Andrei Martyanov or Rolo Slavskiy about Putin is like listening CNN about Biden.

Russia couldn’t be more aggressive without losing support at home and abroad.

Putin has no support at home for waging this war the way he has been as: 1) 5th column liberal globalists (i.e. his buddies like Chubais, Nabulina, Kudrin, etc.) are completely opposed him being there at all, and 2) true patriots see him as weak, indecisive, and half-measures character, who is handling this with white gloves, while enemies are using that weakness of his to their advantage. In Russian patriots opinion, Putin has been dragging this for way too long.

Abroad, as far as I know, the only people openly supporting Russia’s fight against Nazi Ukraine are Orthodox Christian Serbia and Belarus. The rest of them are either quiet, neutral, or opposed as either enemies or puppets.

Either way, a true leader would just not care about some PR or image or marketing. That’s the Western way – sales, marketing, and selling the sizzle with fake steak. A true leader would do what needs to be done and would not care what others think of him. Putin is completely opposite of that as he cares greatly what his beloved West thinks of him – to no avail and to great detriment to Russia and to the entire Orthodox World.

[1] Google Translate: Why is there silence about Slovenian crimes from 1991?
https://vidovdan-org.translate.goog/info/zasto-se-cuti-o-slovenackim-zlocinima-iz-1991-2/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[2] Google Translate: Slovenian crimes in 1991 ( Slovenia, Former Yugoslavia )
https://www-crveneberetke-com.translate.goog/slovenacki-zlocini-1991-godine/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

There wouldn’t have been many Serbs in Slovenia to use as human shields. But Slovenians shot Yugoslav soldiers in the back, soldiers of an army they were part of until a moment before deciding to ambush and murder them for no apparent reason as those soldiers weren’t really doing anything to them except being stationed there as they always had been. Very dirty tactics by the Slovenes.

I guess you are AH/Nazi apologist? Are you a part of that “supreme” German “race”, aka FakeAryans?

What payback? Most people executed in Slovenia were monarchists Serb fighters (Chetnics – special forces of the King) that fought against AH/Nazis, but were betrayed, at the of the WW2, by the British and handed over to Tito’s communists who executed them all in Slovenia and other places. Slovenians were and still are cowards and liars – they presented those deaths as theirs.

In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Catholic Slovenians were officially the serfs, which shows one just how “high” they were in that society, and how valued they were there, until the end of the WW1, when Serbian King freed them from AHE, removed their serfs status, and even made them first class nation in the Kingdom of SHS. So I guess these huge favors, among many Serbs gave them, while asking for nothing in return, were the reasons for that slimy and cowardly “payback” in the 90s, when they tortured Serb civilians, including women, and captured soldiers that were not attacking anyone [1][2].

I guess Catholic Slovenian cowards needed to “fight” and achieve “victory” in their “struggle” against those “oppressors” to fill their close to empty historical books, and to have something to celebrate that is “theirs”, as everything else they have was gifted to them by the Serbs in the 20th century. Slovenians are just 3-time historical lottery winners – WW1, WW2, and the 90s – nothing more.

Just as with all other “victims” in the Balkans, Catholic Slovenians were Nazi partners in the WW2 along with Catholic Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Muslim Shqiptars/Albanians, while the “oppressors” and “aggressors” were Serbs that fought against Nazis.

Tito (Yugoslavia’s Stalin) was not a Serb, and leading communists that ran Yugoslavia were Croats and Slovenians – those “oppressed” and “suffering” AH/Nazis WW2 partners.

[1] Google Translate: Why is there silence about Slovenian crimes from 1991?
https://vidovdan-org.translate.goog/info/zasto-se-cuti-o-slovenackim-zlocinima-iz-1991-2/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

[2] Google Translate: Slovenian crimes in 1991 ( Slovenia, Former Yugoslavia )
https://www-crveneberetke-com.translate.goog/slovenacki-zlocini-1991-godine/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Declaration of war would have been the right move from both military and PR side, as right now, people that do not know much about any of this, have trouble distinguishing it from NATO’s invasion of Iraq, Libya, etc., thus Russia’s side needs to constantly explain at length that this is different, that it is just operation and neither invasion nor war, etc., in other words, PR war lost immediately. With clear war declaration done first, even those that do not know anything about it, would probably say “Well, it must be something serious, otherwise Russia wouldn’t have declared war.”

Even Russian patriots are waking up to the fact that SMO is one big PR disaster [1].

[1] Google Translate: Not “SMO” but “Liberation Campaign” by Andrey Soshenko
https://ruskline-ru.translate.goog/news_rl/2022/09/09/ne_svo_a__osvoboditelnyi_pohod?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Hi Larry,

Thank you for mentioning Serbia and the globalists attacking it in the 90s. Serbia is indeed occupied, looted, and under complete control of the West, with their puppet (i.e. colonial administrator) at the helm, but not destroyed, as the spirit of the people lives on unbroken. Serbs will rise up again, when the time comes, to free themselves and their country, yet again, just as they did so many times before. That will most likely be the final act of this global drama, that started with the first NWO attack on Serbia, which woke up Russia and opened their eyes, and it will most likely end starting with the second NWO attack on Serbia.

Didn’t Julian Assange say the following about Serbia: “That is the place where the future comes first.”

In case you’d be interested, as an avid researcher of many topics, below is one very interesting article [1] written about Serbia based on one NATO document passed on to the Serbs to let them know the exact NATO plans for the country. It also explains how the current puppet running it made the deal to be put in power.

[1] Unraveling high treason – Is what the Italian intelligence service warned us about in November 2005 coming true? (Google Translate)
https://www-nspm-rs.translate.goog/prenosimo/veleizdaja-na-rasklapanje-da-li-se-upravo-ostvaruje-ono-na-sta-nas-je-italijanska-obavestajna-sluzba-upozoravala-u-novembru-2005.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Article intro blurb: The information of this serious security service clearly confirms that the evils that befell Serbia after 2000 were not spontaneous but planned in detail. Back then, it was indicated that the Americans would not sign the “final Serbian surrender of Kosovo” by the DOS group. They planned that those who sat in the Serbian government in 1999 and participated in the defense of the country against Euro-Atlantic aggression would do it. They already had specific names and a binding relationship with the perpetrators. Only after such an ethical suicide of the nation will the globalist dome consider that Serbia is truly broken, symbolically and practically. Then they can push her into new disastrous experiments, such as the Balkan Union under the control of the “Balkan Octopus” and Muslims. That hour has come.

Yes, it’s pretty bad. Two prime ministers of Serbia tried to do something about Serbia’s colonial situation, after they realized that the West has lied to them just about everything, and that the list of demands is endless. One of them got assassinated in 2003, while the other narrowly escaped, but was ousted using soft power, before they had a chance to try for the second time. Also, one high-profile very popular patriot got assassinated in 2001 too, after they had a chat with him, and he did not agree to stop being in politics and do something else.

But the main colonization tool are puppets at the helm – Judas so to speak- hence the Regime Change (TM) they always talk about and strive for. Pretty much all Orthodox Christian countries are occupied now except Belarus.

Belarus is actually one unbelievable success story against NWO colonization. For 28 years, Lukashenko managed to resists and survive who knows how many color revolutions, psyop campaigns, coups d’état, assassination attempts, etc. They tried to bribe him numerous time as well to no avail. In one of the latest takeover attempts, even Russian oligarchs were involved against him. Unlike in Russia, in Belarus there are no oligarchs or 5th column traitors except in prisons doing time. The fact that he’s still alive and that Belarus is not under western boot is a true miracle and his remarkable achievement. Especially knowing that he’s essentially all alone, since Putin has betrayed and back-stabbed pretty much all OC countries including Belarus and Serbia – to please his Western “partners”. There’s a reason why Klaus Schwab calls Putin one of the Young Global Leaders from the 90s [1][2].

[1] Klaus Schwab in 2019 speaks of Putin, Tony Blair, and Angela Merkel as his Young Global Leaders back in the 90s – fast forward to 1:14:


Video Link

Thanks for commenting.

IMO, Xi is neither a globalists nor a traitor. China seems 100% independent and one true global manufacturing super-power. Color revolution and other take over attempts completely failed there. They protect their currency from being manipulation by the West, unlike Russia which does the opposite. They control their central bank and can adjust money flow interest free, unlike Russia. Most of the “news” about China are simply lies, fake news, and propaganda.

On the other hand, to me, Putin is one clear case of a 5th column liberal globalist and a traitor to Russia. Just like Clinton and Blair, he just appeared out of obscurity and rose to the top within just couple of years. His rise was unrealistically fast, while he strikes me as someone who is neither very smart nor charismatic nor intellectual. He’s obviously made a deal. That is why he spent 22 years pleasing his Western “partners”.

Putin holds the following people in high regard: Kissinger, Schwab, Chubais, Kudrin, Nabulina, etc. [1][2].

Putin 22-year rule, or rather mismanagement, has brought disasters including: “country’s birth rate has plummeted to levels not seen since 1943”, “Life expectancy has fallen by 4.5 years.”, “In terms of the total population loss, Russia is first place in the world”, “The “natural” population decline has exceeded one million people, which has never happened in any country in the world since 1950.”, etc.

More on Russia being robbed by the West during Putin’s reign: Sergei Glazyev, leading Russian economist, said that the biggest damage done to Russia financially by the West was not done through sanctions, but rather through the floating ruble FX rate (monetary policy) that Putin allowed and Wall Street used for their “games”. Since Sergei’s patriotic suggestions were not liked by the globalists around Putin, he was let go. Below is one very good read featuring writings of Sergei Glazyev [3] (note: second link [4] for the translated Sergei Glazyev’s original essay included for convenience, as the first article includes the entire essay as well).

And unfortunately, that is not all – check out two articles about Russia’s gold [5][6] from Feb 2022.

[1] Resetting Without Schwab: Russia & the Fourth Industrial Revolution
( Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat | Whitney Webb | Unlimited Hangout )
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/07/investigative-reports/resetting-without-schwab-russia-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

[2] The perils of Putin tea-leaf reading – Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/the-perils-of-putin-tea-leaf-reading

[3] Dances With Bears | John Helmer | Black box defense for the Russian economy – dollar debt repayments blocked; gas and oil deliveries to Germany stopped; oligarch assets nationalized:
http://web.archive.org/web/20220506183504/http://johnhelmer.net/black-box-defence-for-the-russian-economy-dollar-debt-repayments-blocked-gas-and-oil-deliveries-to-germany-stopped-oligarch-assets-nationalized/

[4] Sanctions and Sovereignty | Sergei Glazyev
https://rentry.co/sanctions-and-sovereignty

[5] Russia is getting gold-robbed | Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/russias-gold-is-being-robbed

[6] Why did Russia’s largest bank empty its gold vaults? | Riley Waggaman aka Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/why-did-russias-largest-bank-empty

Here’s my take on Putin’s “planning” regarding Ukraine 2014-2022:

He betrayed the whole Ukraine in 2014 by doing nothing, while NATO completed its color revolution, occupied it, and put their puppet in place. He actually enjoyed Sochi Olympics during that time, and recognized new Ukraine puppet government immediately as legit. He then proceeded to do nothing for 8 years (2014-2022) while 14000 ethnic Russian civilians were murdered in Ukraine. During that period, he even made business deals with Ukraine.

Here’s some articles:

[1] Ukraine’s counterattack: Unheeded warnings from Russia’s pro-war hardliners
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/ukraines-counterattack-unheeded-warnings

[2] Insane in the Ukraine – Edward Slavsquat
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/insane-in-the-ukraine

[3] The SMO is Done | Bill the (Dentist) | Sep 12, 2022
http://bill-purkayastha.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-smo-is-done.html

Excerpt #1: What has been happening over the last couple of months? First, after the capture of Lisichansk, Russian advances practically stopped. Most of the Russian army, in fact, went home; there were only about 50000 regular soldiers left in Ukrainian territory. The advances, such as they were, depended entirely on the heroic fighting of Chechen volunteer units, the Wagner PMC, and the Russian Rosgvardia paramilitary.

Excerpt #2: … eight years since 2014 when Putin had thrown the Donbass under the nazi bus the first time round (see the book “85 Days In Slavyansk” for a full analysis of Putin’s betrayal if you aren’t already familiar with the details).

[4] Remembering Slavyansk by Anatoly Karlin – The Unz Review
https://www.unz.com/akarlin/remembering-slavyansk/

[5] 85 Days in Slavyansk by Alexander Zhuchkovsky
ISBN: 9798809920278 | Amazon Books

Lukashenko will last for he relies neither on Putin, i.e. NWO-Schwab-certified Young Global Leader from the 90s [2], nor on Putin-dependent CSTO. We’ve seen what happened to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh region that relied on Putin’s help, as well as how Putin betrayed Ukraine in 2014.

Regarding non-NWO orgs: Any failure of those non-globalist and non-Western alliances or initiatives would mostly be due to Putin sabotaging them directly or indirectly. We know that he still values G20 more than BRICS [1]. In other words, he’s just not interested in any of those, as his heart is with his much beloved “partners”, but had to play along in order to prevent any red flags, as well as to get some business deals voters would like to hear about.

Re Belarus/Lukashenko #1: Lukashenko told Putin that Belarus has kept all the nuke silos maintained, operational, and ready to be loaded with “content”, but of course, Putin is not giving him any. Now, had Putin/Russia given some to Lukashenko, Western “partners” would be threading carefully, as there’s no joking with Lukashenko. As you can see, Putin is acting here even as open and direct protector of the West from Lukashenko, while leaving Belarus exposed to potential invasion. Lukashenko has already threatened the West with targeting command centers in EU should they hit anything in Belarus! Now, one can only imagine what would have happened already if Lukashenko were the president of Russia, instead of this 5th-column liberal globalist clown!

Re Belarus/Lukashenko #2: Belarus is actually one unbelievable success story against NWO colonization. For 28 years, Lukashenko managed to resists and survive who knows how many color revolutions, psyop campaigns, coups d’état, assassination attempts, etc. They tried to bribe him numerous time as well to no avail. In one of the latest takeover attempts, even Russian oligarchs were involved against him. Unlike in Russia, in Belarus there are no oligarchs or 5th column traitors except in prisons doing time. The fact that he’s still alive and that Belarus is not under western boot is a true miracle and his remarkable achievement. Especially knowing that he’s essentially all alone, since Putin has betrayed and back-stabbed pretty much all Orthodox Christian countries including Belarus and Serbia – to please his Western “partners”. There’s a reason why Klaus Schwab calls Putin one of the Young Global Leaders from the 90s [2].

[1] Kremlin: BRICS Can Not Replace G20 | 2022-07-14 | Sputnik International:
https://sputniknews.com/20220714/kremlin-brics-can-not-replace-g20-1097311824.html

[2] Klaus Schwab in 2019 speaks of Putin, Tony Blair, and Angela Merkel as his Young Global Leaders back in the 90s – fast forward to 1:14:

Video Link

Not a problem – glad you like it.

For more details on huge financial and other damages Putin allowed to be done to Russia, please see my comment #280 under: … Revolutions by Larry Romanoff | The Unz Review
https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/jews-and-revolutions/#comment-5549487

Excerpt: Putin 22-year rule, or rather mismanagement, has brought disasters including: “country’s birth rate has plummeted to levels not seen since 1943”, “Life expectancy has fallen by 4.5 years.”, “In terms of the total population loss, Russia is first place in the world”, “The “natural” population decline has exceeded one million people, which has never happened in any country in the world since 1950.”, etc.

Also, regarding Ukraine, please see:

1) Comment #283 under: … Revolutions by Larry Romanoff | The Unz Review
https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/jews-and-revolutions/#comment-5549520

2) Comment #78 under: The Kremlin’s “limited military operation” in Ukraine was a Strategic Blunder, by Paul Craig Roberts – The Unz Review
https://www.unz.com/proberts/the-kremlins-limited-military-operation-in-ukraine-was-a-strategic-blunder/#comment-5533524

Excerpt: Due to this Putin’s behavior and attitude towards the West and Turkey, US simply did not except Putin to react to the their final act in Ukraine. I remember at least one US analyst saying this. Why would they think/say that at the time you may ask? Well …

Russia has been assailed for 30 years, continuously, isolated and demonized in every western outlet,

And Putin kept calling them partners (Western, Turkish). Kept providing cheap energy and all other resources for 20+ years. Kept exporting rocket engines they could not produce. Kept allowing them to use Russian Space Station MIR2 (aka “International” Space Station), and even taxing US astronauts back and forth as they could not even do that. Kept putting EU satellites into orbit they could not do themselves, i.e. in spite of German “Engineering”. Kept allowing Erdogan to humiliate him and Russia repeatedly (killing a diplomat, killing pilots over Syria and over Armenia, and who knows how many Russian foot soldiers in Syria, not paying back huge loans given to Turkey by Russia, not respecting any agreements in Syria, exporting drones Ukraine, etc.). Kept betraying and helping West harm Russia’s true friends and partners like Belarus, Serbia, Armenia, etc. Helped NATO destroy Libya. Voted numerous times in the UNSC the way US wanted and got nothing in return but scorn. Kept making enemies to Russia just to please NATO. Kept asking for Russia’s NATO membership even after Bill Clinton laughed in this face as reply. Kept saying that Russia needs to integrate into Western systems. Kept saying that he has nothing against US being the boss of the world. He even brought flowers and smiles to that dull and soulless Nazi Angela, after Nazi Germany openly admitted lying about Navalny just to put more pressure on Russia. Etc. etc. etc.

Do I have to tell you that Putin took over a country that was destitute, pillaged, and pilloried?

And Putin continued to keep it so. How many oligarchs has he arrested, and how much stolen was nationalized? E.g. Chubais, one of the most hated people in Russia, main organizer of the loot, was kept in power by Putin for 22 years, until he left on its own, never facing any charges. List is endless.

In summary: Putin kept being a fool – a spineless narcissist that craves to be invited into a “popular” and “cool” group he loves (West), that hates and humiliates him, but he kept on bringing gifts and smiling like an idiot, hoping that one day, they will love him back. Just look at the photos of his meetings with US presidents – he’s just one happy chip-on-his-shoulder puppy-love character visiting his idols. It’s an inferiority complex case clinical psychiatry has rarely seen. I call it battered-Putin-syndrome in his one-sided abusive love relationship with the West.

He does not strike me as leader, but rather as globalist servant. They just call them “leaders” to boost their egos. They also call them “partners” as one can hear in Putin’s friend Karl’s interviews. Do you think that the forces behind the scenes, NWO high priest Karl Schwab serves, would recruit true leaders rather than malleable weaklings that crave power, would do anything to get it, as they could not get it on their own? They abhor strong leaders and patriots as they stand in their way. Removal of which is the essence of the Regime Change (TM).

To me, it seems obvious that Putin made the deal years back. Just like Clinton, Blair, Obama, Macron, and similar unfortunate characters, he just appeared out of obscurity and rose to the top in just few years. In those days, Russia was 100% controlled by the West. His rise was unrealistically fast, while he strikes me as someone who is neither very smart nor charismatic nor intellectual nor good looking. He was also photographed sporting that well-known red string bracelet – click MORE to see two examples.

IMHO, he’s not playing both sides – he’s on one side, while pretending to be all-smart playing both sides.

For my quick summary regarding Putin, please my comment #89 (my reply to Poupon Marx): https://www.unz.com/pescobar/samarkand-spirit-to-be-driven-by-responsible-powers-russia-and-china/#comment-5553694

Hi Larry,

Small advice – it’d much easier to see what’s quoted in your replies if you’d use “Blockquote” feature instead of just quotes, which are not easy to see/find. It’s one of the buttons just above the edit box on the right side.

How to: Copy and paste the text you’re replying to, mark it, and click Blockquote button, and the editor will enclose the text two tags. That way, it’s much easier to see what your’re quoting and what’s your reply. Below are two examples.

Sorry if you already knew this but prefer your style.

Quoted text #1

Another

Quoted text #2

And, in spite of having no Google-related programs or apps on my computers, I am still warned of more than 500 attempts every month by Google attempting to track my online movements.

Have you figured it out? If so, what was it? It could be a driver for some device or a browser add-on/extension. E.g. here’s Wacom tablet driver sending usage data to Google [1].

Also, how do you check whether anything on your machine is “phoning” home? Google has so many domains to track stats and whatnot, so I guess there must be a list. Just asking for my education.

[1] Wacom Explains Why Its Tablet Driver Sends Data to Google Analytics (Update) | Tom’s Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/wacom-tablet-sending-data-google-analytics

Quite a disappointment from my dear Orthodox brother – while you appear to be of Orthodox Christian faith (great), you seem to have Catholic education (very bad).

Apparently, and according to your Vatican/Austrian/German education, even the words that sound Serbian, have been used by the Serbs through history including present are not Serbian – like ‘Belgrade’ (Bel Grad = White City). I’m hoping that you at least think that the terms like ‘Serbs’ and ‘Serbia’ are Serbian? Are they? I am sincerely asking you this, as who knows what the schismatics/heretics have concocted about that too, so please advise as I’m not being sarcastic.

Some additional quick questions to see where my beloved OC brother stands, if you would not mind answering:
Q1: What was the true name for the Byzantium Empire, as that term was never used by contemporaries, and who invented that new term and when?
Q2: What was the original name for the Peninsula before one historical “school” introduced the term ‘Balkans’ (Turkish) for it?
Q3: When did Shqiptars come to the Balkans and who recorded that at the time?
Q4: Is Silver Codex genuine or a forgery?
Q5: Are Goths Germans?
Q6: When did the term ‘Slavs’ come into existence?
Q7: How old is English language?
Q8: How old is German language?

Looking forward to your answers!

No matter what Serbs do or say, that Austro-Hungarian Empire’s 100+ years old lie and propaganda of “Greater Serbia” lives on, and is used all the time to “justify” mass murder and expulsion of the Orthodox Christian Serbs. Serbs never used the term ‘Greater’ or ‘Great’ for any kingdom or state they had in the past, even when the the territory was large. So it’s just lying by mass murderers and land/territories thieves.

This AHE’s propaganda was also used extensively in the civil in the former Yugoslavia in the 90s by Germany’s WW2 Nazi partners – Catholic Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Muslim Shqiptars/Albanians, and Catholic Slovenians for their land theft and ethnic cleansing. At the same time, Greater Croatia and Greater Albania maps are completely ignored although even their political/gov officials are not denying them and talk about them openly and publicly [1] – click MORE for the map.

Yes. Most likely reason? It was/is hard for foreigners to pronounce ‘rb’ causing mispronouncement or misspelling or mishearing, hence some of them got written down or memorized incorrectly and passed on. So people got ‘v’ or ‘d’ instead of ‘b’. Also, ‘e’ got replaced quite often with ‘o’ or ‘i’. So, all in all, we got many combinations like Sarb, Sirb, Sorb, Sard, Serv, Sirv, etc.

One of the meanings, the word Serb represents, is ‘a friend’ or ‘a cousin’. In many countries (including Germany! [1]), people still greet each other with ‘servus’ (easier to pronounce ‘rv’ instead of the original ‘rb’) – meaning my friend, my cousin. And no, those people are not humiliating/insulting each other by calling each other ‘a slave’ – too bad that most of them do not know this.

So, stay well my Serbus. 😉

Hi Mike,

Here’s something neither quick nor short, but not very long either [1] – a video by someone who knows both Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity real well. He talks about many things including their forgeries used to justify their schism, as well as to label all others as schismatics and heretics.

Check out the second video [2] for more on the forgeries of Rome/Vatican. There were/are so many of them that even Thomas Aquinas wrote some of his works (Contra Errores Graecorum, Summa Theologica) based on the references he did not know were either partial or complete forgeries.

I also added Protestant one as well [3], in case you have some extra time and wondering about that too.

Click MORE to see them.

You did not address any of the statements Odyssey put forth, although you labeled them all as “immediately refutable”. So your response amounts to nothing but ad hominem.

Also, I asked you eight simple questions in my comment #396 ( https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/jews-and-revolutions/#comment-5560550 ), which do not refer to anything Serbian, to see where you stand, to no avail.

Even one quick glance can see that Indo-Europian (est. 1813) is one politically-motivated construct since it includes “Albanian” – artificial nation and language created almost 100 years later in 1912 by Austro-Hungarian Empire out of primitive Shqiptar tribes who did not even speak common language. Shqiptars never used the term Albanian before that as it did not exist. This nation-engineering project included creation of the common language/grammar, history, epics, myths, indigenous claims, etc.

Teodora Toleva, Bulgarian researcher that discovered Albanian nation-building project documents in Vienna archives, and wrote a PhD thesis on it, died under suspicious circumstances at the age of 43. Her book is available in German [1] and Serbian.

But wait, there’s more! IE apparently did not provide enough fiction, so there’s even Proto-Albanian! So these biggest European drug dealers, murderers, terrorists, human organ traffickers, as well as Germany’s WW2 Nazi partners, have some serious “pedigree”.

[1] The Influence of Austria-Hungary on the Formation of the Albanian Nation 1896-1908
Der Einfluss Österreich-Ungarns auf die Bildung der albanischen Nation 1896-1908
Teodora Toleva | ISBN-10: 3708607562 | ISBN-13‏: 978-3708607566

The reason Shqiptars call themselves Albanians for the outsiders is because that’s the name Austro-Hungarian Empire gave them to use as propaganda when they created that artificial nation. I pointed you to the discovery of Teodora Toleva, the one that cost her her life. Shqiptar does not mean Albanian.

Yes there’s Albania region in the Caucasus, and that’s the name AHE co-opted for their project. But territory is neither a nation nor a language. E.g. ‘New Yorker’ is neither ethnicity nor language designation.

Muslim Shqiptar are not indigenous people of the Balkans. That’s just another lie of theirs for their territory theft [2].

Prishtina is safe? Yes, for there are no longer any Serbs there to be kidnapped for human organs harvesting or just murdered. 100s of thousands of Orthodox Christian Serbs had to flee for their lives in 1999, as Muslim Shqiptar terrorists and murderers had the license to kill Serbs and pretty much any non-Shqiptar. Shqiptars ethnically cleansed not only Serbs, but Catholics, Romas/Gypsies, as well as Muslim Turks! Yes, not even Muslims are welcome if non-Shqiptar!

Even today, Occupied Kosovo is just an open-air prison/concentration camp for anyone who is not Shqiptar! You can get beaten, attacked, robbed, raped, anywhere anytime, if some Shqiptar feels like doing to a non-Shqiptar. Perpetrators do get arrested in some cases, but then released due to “lack” of evidence.

Even dead Serbs are not left in peace – at least 90000 Serbian graves have been desecrated since 1999! Even today, after some funeral, they come in the night and brake the cross on the grave! That is how sick and primitive these savages are!

They are the most visible immigrant group as they are not capable of having their own civilization and running the place on their own, as they are alone now in their ‘country’. They thought that all they have to do is kill and steal, and that the looted territory will run itself. Even today, they whine and complain that handouts that never stop from the West are not enough. I’m not surprised that they miss that mass-murderer of Serbs, Tito, because he gave them biggest handouts and hid their crimes as well. Shqiptars are just useful idiots and primitive thugs for the West, especially for reunited Nazi Germany, that never gave up their plans of Eastward Expansion for some Living Space. Do not forget that Shqiptars were Germany’s WW2 Nazi partners, just like Croats, Bosnian Muslims, and Slovenians!

Below is one of Germany’s propaganda crimes against Serbia [1] – that is how they got Serbia to be attacked. Serbs fought against Nazis and Germans blame the Serbs as one of the main causes for them losing the WW2 – which is correct – so it was time for some payback/revenge – big time! [3][4]

Yes, I’d like to extend my gratitude to Mr. Roberts as well.

While NATO is essentially at war with Russia, and the WW3 is at hand, Putin is still Uber-ing US astronaut(s) to the Russian Space Station MIR-2 (aka “International” Space Station) [1]. Hopefully, there will be no new sabotage attempts there this time around [2][3]. This giving-a–ride is just days before US destroyed yet another thing Russian, with no response from this 5th column liberal globalists in Kremlin, aka Young Global Leader (TM) [4] – click MORE. One wonders does Russia have any laws for high treason in high places?

[1] Soyuz Rocket Launched From Baikonur to ISS With Two Russian and One US Citizen – 2022-09-21 | Sputnik International: https://sputniknews.com/20220921/soyuz-rocket-launched-from-baikonur-to-iss-with-two-russian-and-one-us-citizen-1101053499.html

Excerpt: BAIKONUR (Sputnik) – The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft was launched from Baikonur, a crew of Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio, departed to the ISS, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The total duration of the mission should be 188 days. The return of the crew is scheduled for March 28, 2023.

[2] The mystery of the ISS hole just got even weirder | Popular Science
https://www.popsci.com/iss-hole-russia-drill-inside/

Excerpt: One of the year’s biggest space stories just gets weirder and weirder. Earlier this week, a Russian cosmonaut who investigated the mysterious hole in the Soyuz capsule docked to the International Space Station revealed that the hole was definitely drilled from the inside, according to authorities, underscoring previous suggestions that the hole was not created by any collisions with meteorites or small debris in space—and further deepening the mystery about exactly who or what created the hole.

[3] Roscosmos Knows What Caused The Hole in The ISS, And NASA Wants Answers
https://www.sciencealert.com/russia-knows-what-caused-the-hole-in-the-iss-and-nasa-wants-answers