Vassily Nebenzia

Russian News-media are More Honest than U.S.-and-Allied Media

How many times have the publics in U.S.-and-allied countries been lied-to about invasions their Governments had made on the basis of falsehoods that their ‘news’-media knew at the time were false but nonetheless reported to them as being true? How many times have those ‘news’-media reported as being ‘a democratic revolution’ the overthrow of a […]

At the UN, Scrooge Haunts the Holiday Season

In the UN Security Council on Dec. 19, Vassily Nebenzia, the Russian ambassador, spoke about the Iran nuclear deal. To his right is Joanne Wronecka, Poland’s ambassador. Russia delayed two separate votes on dueling Syrian cross-border humanitarian-aid resolutions that day. The next day, Russia vetoed the one submitted by Belgium, Germany and Kuwait but voted for its own proposal. Both resolutions failed, creating a bah-humbug mood for the holiday.

‘Locked and Loaded’ – As Nikki Haley Festoons at UN, the Rest of World Remains Unimpressed

Tensions were palpable at the UN Security Council afterwards, with sparks flying between US, UK and Russian representatives, as the Tripartite powers are accused of flouting international law and undermining the United Nations itself. 
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley claims the US are “locked and loaded” for another strike should another uncanny ‘chemical weapons’ incident manifest itself on social media, which seems to leave the potential for more staged incidents designed to draw the US and its allies into another round of illegal military aggression in Syria.