Tag: Vladimir Putin
Amid Ukraine tensions, Gorbachev and Putin point out U.S. broke promise that NATO wouldn’t move “one inch eastward”
[Daily Mail, The Hill] “The ‘arrogant’ United States ‘built a new empire’ with NATO following the Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail…
US troop “withdrawal” from Afghanistan: CIA seeks to relocate bases in neighbouring countries, drone war will continue
[The New York Times] “The rapid U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan is creating intense pressure on the C.I.A. to find new ways…
Israeli drone technology sold to Russia was pivotal for rescuing Assad in Syrian war
[Haaretz] “When Israeli-licensed military drones first took off from Syrian air force bases to stalk opponents of Bashar Assad’s regime,…
Noam Chomsky: Israeli interference in US elections ‘vastly overwhelms’ anything Russia has done
[The Independent] “Veteran activist Noam Chomsky has accused Israel of “brazenly” interfering in US electoral politics in a way that vastly outweighs any efforts that…
Leaked: Nuland discusses next Ukrainian government preferences, says ‘fuck the EU’
[REUTERS] “The leaked conversation appeared certain to embarrass the United States and seemed designed to bolster charges – from Russia,…
Claimed again: Putin’s FSB was behind the Russian apartment bombings
[CNN] Media tycoon and former Kremlin insider Boris Berezovsky “told a news conference in London on Tuesday that Putin was…
Claim: Russian secret service FSB was behind apartment bombings to ensure Putin election win and start war in Chechnya
[John Sweeney, The Guardian] “There had been two bombs in Moscow in four days. The first bomb exploded just after…
Almost 300 dead in Russian apartment bombings, FSB agents caught planting bomb in Ryazan city, state claims it was only drill
[CNN] “The Russian Emergency Ministry confirms that three sacks of sugar mixed with explosives were found in the basement of…