Russiagate

US and UK escalate Russia war fever, but NATO splits over Ukraine emerge

The US and UK are ramping up threats to Russia over Ukraine with more weapons, sanctions, and evidence-free coup plot allegations. But not everyone is afflicted by DC’s war fever. Scholar Richard Sakwa discusses. The US and UK are ramping up threats to Russia over Ukraine by sending more weapons, vowing more sanctions, and lodging evidence-free claims of a Russian plot to install a pro-Kremlin leader. But comments by Germany’s navy chief that Russia “deserves respect” — leading to his […]

War in Ukraine? NATO expansion drives conflict with Russia

Russia is seeking a legally binding pledge that NATO will stop expanding east, including to Ukraine. If the US refuses, is war next? Richard Sakwa joins Pushback. Russia is seeking a legally binding pledge that NATO will stop expanding east, including to Ukraine. If the US refuses, is war next? Scholar and author Richard Sakwa analyzes the growing Russia-Ukraine conflict and how Russiagate fueled it. Guest: Richard Sakwa. Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. His […]

CrowdStrike one of Russiagate’s ‘biggest culprits’: ex-House investigator

Former Congressional investigator Kash Patel, who helped expose the Steele dossier fraud, on the overlooked, suspicious role of another Clinton campaign contractor, CrowdStrike, which accused Russia of hacking the DNC. As a top investigator on the House Intelligence Committee, Kash Patel helped uncover the Clinton campaign’s funding of the Steele dossier and the FBI’s extensive and deceptive reliance on it. Patel joins Aaron Maté to discuss Steele’s new attempt to defend his discredited work via a softball interview with ABC […]