Russophobia

Why Berezovsky’s Death in Britain Leaves More Questions Than Answers

© Sputnik/ Sergey Subbotin Sputnik – March 23, 2108 Exactly five years ago, fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was found hanged in his ex-wife Galina’s house in Ascot, Great Britain. Although it is widely believed that the tycoon committed suicide, a British coroner recorded an open verdict in March 2014, saying he could not be absolutely sure that […]

Facebook Scandal Blows Away ‘Russiagate’

By Finian CUNNINGHAM | Startegic Culture Foundation | 23.03.2018 Now, at last, a real “election influence” scandal – and, laughably, it’s got nothing to do with Russia. The protagonists are none other than the “all-American” US social media giant Facebook and a British data consultancy firm with the academic-sounding name Cambridge Analytica. Facebook’s chief executive […]

European Union Wages Cold War Against Russia – Marine Le Pen

© Sputnik/ Ramil Sitdikov Sputnik – 23.03.2018 President of the National Front French political party Marine Le Pen has commented on the development of the situation around the poisoning of ex-Russia spy Sergei Skripal during a speech on the Franceinfo radio station. “I think that something bigger is behind these actions — a strategy aimed […]

Trump’s Call to Putin… A Gesture Amid Ominous Signs

Strategic Culture Foundation | 23.03.2018 It is to be welcomed that US President Donald Trump got on the phone this week to congratulate Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the latter’s presidential election victory last weekend. Trump said it was “a good call” and that both leaders discussed cooperation on a range of international issues, including […]

Forty Hospitalized, Nobody Intoxicated: Who Has Access to A-234 Nerve Agent

Sputnik | March 23, 2018 Britain’s Skripal case evokes strong memories of Colin Powell’s narrative of Saddam Hussein’s developing weapons of mass destruction, Sputnik contributor Daniele Pozzati writes, stressing that in contrast to the US and the UK, Russia completely destroyed its chemical arms stockpiles. No one among dozens of patients who went to a Salisbury hospital after the […]

Skripal case: DS Bailey leaves hospital; MSM still spinning casualty figures

OffGuardian | March 23, 2018 DS Nick Bailey was allegedly released from hospital today, but questions about his story remain unanswered. Meanwhile the MSM continue claims of 30+ casualties in Salisbury despite unambiguous refutation of these figures from a senior physician on the case. It was announced today that Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey – allegedly […]

Trump assailed for phoning Putin, but feting blood-soaked Saudi dictator is OK

By Finian Cunningham | RT | March 22, 2018 Donald Trump sparked outrage this week in the US over his congratulatory phone call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on his re-election. But his obscene indulgence of a Saudi despot in the White House hardly ruffled any concern. How disconnected from reality can you get? There […]

“Through Sherlock’s eyes”: the Litvinenko poisoning

OffGuardian | March 21, 2018 This short documentary film on the Litvinenko case, featuring Vasily Livanov, the Russian actor internationally celebrated for his portrayal of Sherlock Homes, makes some valid points that deserve a lot more attention than they have so far received. Made by a collective of filmmakers & investigators known as Russian Hour […]

Has Russia Had Enough?

By Paul Craig Roberts | Institute For Political Economy | March 21, 2018 This morning I watched a briefing the Russian Foreign Ministry provided for the diplomatic community where international toxic substances experts presented information concerning the alleged nerve agent used in the alleged attack on Skripal and his daughter. This information has been known […]