How the War in Ukraine Started
Eric Zuesse Clear and convincing evidence will be presented here that, under U.S. President Barack Obama, the U.S. Government had a detailed plan, which was already active in June 2013, to take over...
View ArticleAegis makes submarines more important than ever
Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Padraig McGrath, political analyst… On October 29th, the Norwegian news-outlet NRK broke the story that between 8 and 10 Russian submarines, including Sierra II...
View ArticleRussian diplomacy cracks as Erdogan challenges Russia in Syria & Ukraine (Video)
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss a military operation by Syrian government forces that killed eight Turkish military personnel in Syria’s northwest Idlib...
View ArticleThe biggest sign of Trump – Putin summit success is the outrage it created
It is when the hornet’s nest gets beaten and knocked out of the tree that the hornets get really dangerous. It is when the fire ant hill gets stirred with a stick and dug up that the ground seethes...
View ArticleTHIS speech by Vladimir Putin is what started the anti-Russia hysteria (VIDEO)
Sometimes it is possible to lose clear sight of the reality of politics because of the optics and all the “noise” associated with differing points of view. For the average American partaker of...
View ArticleCrimea vs. Afghanistan – Which is More Occupied?
Both sides of the aisle can agree on this important thing — which has achieved a growing, bi-partisan, academic and popular consensus in the United States during the past four years. It is this: the...
View ArticleThe Rise of Russian Crimea (VIDEO)
A piece featured The Duran about two weeks ago noted that the Crimean “takeover”, as it is called by the West, is anything but a descent into the darkness of live under the evil overlord President...
View ArticleBritain launches cyber attack drills against Russia
Quartz (qz.com) reported on October 7th, 2018 that defense officials in Great Britain have simulated a crippling cyber attack on Russia as part of its military preparedness planning. However, the...
View ArticleMassacre in Crimea kills dozens, many in critical condition
“We are clarifying the information at the moment. Preliminary figures are 50 injured and 10 dead. Eight ambulance crews are working at the site and air medical services are involved,” the...
View ArticleThe real reason behind Ukraine’s sudden martial law (Video)
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda take a look at the real reason behind Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko’s Kerch Strait...
View ArticlePoroshenko’s Kerch Strait stunt aims at derailing Trump – Putin G20 meeting...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned of the threat of “full-scale war”, claiming that Russia had sharply increased its military presence on its border with Ukraine. The Duran’s Alex Christoforou...
View ArticlePaul Craig Roberts: Russia Is Disadvantaged by Her Belief that the West Is...
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts: Ukrainian military ships have violated Russian restrictions in the Sea of Azov and Articles 19 and 21 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Ukrainian Navy...
View ArticleUkraine Bans Russian Men From The Country; Russia Says Will Not Reciprocate
Via Zerohedge… We don’t expect the West to denounce xenophobia and prejudice on this one: officials in Kiev have announced that Russian men will be barred from the country following the imposition of...
View ArticleRussia calls on US to put a leash on Petro Poroshenko
Russia called on Washington not to ignore the Poroshenko directives creating an active military buildup along the Ukrainian-Donbass frontier, this buildup consisting of Ukrainian forces and right-wing...
View ArticleAccording to Ukraine, the Crimean Bridge doesn’t exist (VIDEO)
Russia’s VESTI News is truly an entertaining channel at times. This news service is strongly supported by the Russian government, and one of the criticisms it receives from Russian people is that it is...
View ArticlePhotos of new Iskander base near Ukrainian border creates media hype
Fox News obtained satellite photos that claim that Russia has recently installed new Iskander missile batteries, one of them “near” to the Ukrainian border. However, what the Fox article does not say...
View ArticleKremlin points to US missile tests as proof INF scrapping was planned
TASS New agency reported March 14 that Moscow sees US activity in regard to missile tests stands as proof that the Americans intended for the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty to fail. TASS...
View ArticleCrimean people would gladly vote to join Russia again, polls show [Video]
On March 16, 2014, Crimea held a referendum election on the question of rejoining the Russian Federation and seceding from Ukraine. The vote passed by an enormous margin, nearly 97% of the voters...
View ArticleCrimea: The Geopolitical Jewel Russia Continues to Polish
Authored by Tom Luongo via The Strategic Culture Foundation: With all that is happening in the world Crimea has taken a bit of a backseat recently. Yes, the US, EU and Canada just added more sanctions...
View ArticleNBC allegedly admits US supporting militants against Russian troops in Crimea
Two months ago an unverified report surfaced, promoted by California Democrat and Trump-Derangement Syndrome victim Representative Adam Schiff, that stated that Russians were paying bounties to the...
View ArticleThe latest from a resurgent and rising Russia [Video]
The old adage is “a picture is worth a thousand words.” By extension, a video is with thousands of pictures. When a video has a speech like this, it is worth taking notice. This was a rally given in...
View ArticleUS-NATO provocation in Ukraine to stop Russian pipeline
Steven Sahiounie, Journalist and political commentator US Europe Command has raised its posture to the highest level, “potential imminent threat”, as USAF surveillance flights have tracked Russia’s...
View ArticleCrimean issue in the context of double standards
On May 19, the US Congress approved a bill banning the US administration from defining Crimea as a legal part of the Russian Federation. This is not surprising: denial of the legality of the Crimean...
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View ArticleU.S. Regime Now Tempts Ukrainian Stooge Regime to Invade Russia
Eric Zuesse This U.S. Government support for Ukraine to retake Crimea is part of a plan by U.S. President Barack Obama, in which he sidelined his Secretary of State John Kerry and backed Kerry’s...
View ArticleU.S. Now Considering to Invade Russia: NYT
Eric Zuesse An obliquely-written news-report in the New York Times on January 18th headlined “U.S. Warms to Helping Ukraine Target Crimea” and subheaded “The Biden administration is considering the...
View ArticlePresident Putin’s “State of the Nation” speech pulls no punches [Video]
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his yearly “State of the Nation” speech on February 21st, 2023. Today, February 23 is a holiday in Russia known as “Defenders of the Fatherland.” Essentially, it...
View ArticleA Short Overview of the 2014 Crimean Crisis
The international crisis over the status of the Crimean Peninsula was in February-March 2014 when the peninsula became returned to the state’s territory of Russia from Ukraine. The Western Russophobic...
View ArticleThree Different Answers to ‘Who Owns Crimea?’
Eric Zuesse One is that the answer to “Who owns Crimea?” depends upon whether or not a person thinks that the gifting of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine that was ordered by the Soviet Union’s dictator...
View ArticleThe U.S.-NATO Fantasy World About Ukraine
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The U.S.-NATO fantasy world about Ukraine is virtually the opposite of the reality about Ukraine. In the U.S.-NATO fantasy world, there...
View ArticleAmerican Media Censorship about Russia: Some examples [Video]
In my earlier piece about Tucker Carlson’s coming to Russia, I mentioned (and in my accompanying video detailed) that Newsweek was censoring my comments for review. Today I received two e-mails from...
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