Russophobia

How the Department of Homeland Security Created a Deceptive Tale of Russia Hacking US Voter Sites

By Gareth Porter | Consortium News | August 28, 2018 The narrative of Russian intelligence attacking state and local election boards and threatening the integrity of U.S. elections has achieved near-universal acceptance by media and political elites. And now it has been accepted by the Trump administration’s intelligence chief, Dan Coats, as well. But the […]

The 10 Main Holes in the Official Narrative on the Salisbury Poisonings: #5 – The Feeding of the Ducks

By Rob Slane | The Blog Mire | August 27, 2018 In the previous piece, I began to focus on the official timeline of events on March 4th, as stated by The Metropolitan Police on 17th March, noting that there is a missing 4 hours in the morning, which investigators were very anxious to receive information […]

US not ready for substantive dialogue with Russia on cybersecurity – Lavrov

RT | August 28, 2018 The US has not yet provided any evidence of ‘Russian hackers’ interfering in the 2016 presidential election, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday. “For the second year we have been proposing that a bilateral working group on cybersecurity should be created to discuss and remove mutual concerns, including those […]

Trump and Corbyn

And the Russian Warning Over Syria By Israel Shamir • Unz Review • August 26, 2018 As a new military confrontation over Syria is impending, thought out by Israel, prepared by the British and executed by the US, the West’s future depends greatly upon two mavericks, the US President Donald Trump and the UK Opposition […]

The 10 Main Holes in the Official Narrative on the Salisbury Poisonings: #4 – The Missing Four Hours

By Rob Slane | The Blog Mire | August 25, 2018 According to the Metropolitan Police investigation into the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the official timeline of their movements on the weekend of the incident is as follows: Saturday 3rd March 14.40hrs on Saturday 3 March: Yulia arrives at Heathrow Airport on a […]

Unipolarism vs. Multipolarism – The Real Russian Interference in US Politics

By Diana Johnstone | Ron Paul Institute | August 24, 2018 The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was ostensibly a conflict between two ideologies, two socio-economic systems. All that seems to be over. The day of a new socialism may dawn unexpectedly, but today capitalism rules the world. Now the […]

Russophobia digest part 6: Evidence is optional as alleged anti-vaxx Russian bots go phishing

RT | August 24, 2018 Alleged Russian bots have been at the forefront of another week of Russophobia, with a new but familiar pattern emerging. Scare stories and accusations are made, before a later admission that no actual evidence is available. RT takes a look at the last seven days or so of Russophobia. Democrats’ […]

Germany Can’t Give Up on Cooperation With Russia in Oil and Gas – Merkel

Sputnik – 24.08.2018 Germany has greenlighted the Nord Stream 2 project to bring Russian gas to Europe and is under strong pressure from the US, which warns that the project is making Germany dependent on Russia. Berlin insists that the project is entirely commercial. A planned sub-sea pipeline that will bring gas directly from Russia […]