PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin Speaks December 28, 2021 Merken As the Russian president’s year-end presser helped underscore, Europe will increasingly understand itself as the western end of Eurasia rather than the eastern shore of the Atlantic. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com/2021/12/28/patrick-lawrence-putin-speaks/ Vladimir Putin was “defiant” during his end-of-year press conference last Thursday. The Russian president, …
Weiterlesen →December 13, 2021 If the mood expressed by the new German governing coalition is that of a strong, conquering Germany, the mood in France is of national decline which needs to be stopped. (first appeared on https://consortiumnews.com/2021/12/13/diana-johnstone-the-growing-franco-german-estrangement/) By Diana Johnstone in Paris Special to Consortium News The “Franco-German couple” is a key tenet within what can …
Weiterlesen →November 29, 2021 The charade has come to a point that – diplomatically – is quite unprecedented: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lost his Taoist patience. American hysteria over the “imminent” Russian invasion of Ukraine has exploded every geopolitical Stupid-o-Meter in sight – and that’s quite an accomplishment. What a mess. Sections of the U.S. Deep …
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As the EU and US lock down, stifling freedoms and commerce, they overlook how a fellow democracy successfully countered Covid-19 By ANDREW SALMONMARCH 18, 2020 Workers disinfect a pavement in a near-deserted Venice, Italy. Photo: AFP Remarkable and frightening events are underway across Europe and the United States. Under the banner of …
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US arm-twisting & pipe dreams aside, Europe just won’t quit Russian gas importsPublished time: 21 Feb, 2019 01:08 Get short URL © Global Look Press / Gazprom Austria will continue buying Russian gas despite US pressure and fear-mongering from Poland and Ukraine about dangers to European energy security. The cost of importing US gas is just …
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27.10.2017 WORLD German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany and Russia needed to improve badly frayed bilateral relations. He met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on October 25. It was the first visit to Russia by a German president since 2010. Steinmeier pointed out that it was “very important” to establish dialogue with Moscow, in …
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ERIC ZUESSE | 21.06.2017 | WORLD The Reason Behind the US Government’s Secret Hatred of Europeans The reason for the US government’s hostility — at least since 4 February 2014 —toward Europeans, has been a mystery, until now. This hostility wasn’t even publicly recognized at all, until it leaked out, on that date, from a tapped phone-line …
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No to War – No To NATO aus: .nrhz.de/flyer/beitragGemäß offizieller Erklärungen verfolgen der Kreml und das Weiße Haus in der Nahost-Region dasselbe Ziel, nämlich den IS und alle anderen terroristischen Banden zu bekämpfen. Gerade zu diesem Zweck informierte Trump den russischen Außenminister Lawrow über US-Erkenntnisse bezüglich der Terrororganisation IS. Dasselbe müsste die deutsche Regierung tun, wenn …
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Wie auf einer Großleinwand erleben wir derzeit eine beispiellose Propagandaschau1, vorgeführt, Der Ex-Wirtschaftsminister einer äußerst unpopulären “sozialistischen” Regierung Hollande, der Ex-Rothschild-Banker und Multimillionär verlässt im August 2016 sein Amt um, wie er sagt, „eine neue Etappe seines politischen Kampfes zu beginnen“ . Dazu ruft er aus dem Stand die Bewegung „En marche!“ ins Leben. „Auf dem Wege“ …
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(Wien, Hamburg, Basel) Quelle: https://cooptv.wordpress.com /2017/04/11/stellungnahme-zu-den-juengsten-giftgasangriffen-in-khan-sheichun-haende-weg-von-syrien-buendnis-gegen-krieg-wien-hamburg-basel/ Anfangs April 2017 erreichten uns Meldungen über „einen erneuten Giftgasangriff“ in Syrien. Diesmal sei die Stadt Khan Sheichun in der Provinz Idlib angegriffen worden. Wie schon Jahre zuvor in Ghouta könne auch hier nicht eindeutig verifiziert werden, wer für die Angriffe verantwortlich sei. Gleichwohl ist die westliche Medienlandschaft (wie seit Beginn …
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