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Kremlin Says Putin Is ‘Ready’ for Talks With Ukraine
Zelensky called on Putin to sit down for talks and ‘stop the death’ Posted on
February 25, 2022 Categories The Kremlin said Friday that Russian President
Vladimir Putin is “ready” for talks with Ukraine and offered to send a delegation
to Belarus as the Russian attack continued for a second day. Later, the Kremlin
said […]
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The New ‘Russiagaters’: Right-Wingers Channel Hillary in

Attacks on Biden
by Daniel McAdams Posted on February 25, 2022 “Bad” Vlad Putin only “took
over” part of Ukraine because of President Biden’s weakness. So says many in
the US right wing. A “real man” president would have imposed costs so
prohibitive that Putin would never have dreamed of recognizing what has been
de facto reality since […]
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DIANA JOHNSTONE: US Foreign Policy Is a Cruel Sport

Bear baiting was long ago banned as inhumane. Yet today, a version is being
practiced every day against whole nations on a gigantic international
scale. Feb 23, 2022 In the time of the first Queen Elizabeth, British royal circles
enjoyed watching fierce dogs torment a captive bear for the fun of it. The bear
had done […]
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Biden’s CIA Director Doesn’t Believe Biden’s Story about

Ukraine
By Peter Beinart Feb 7, 2022 If you’ve followed the diplomacy over Ukraine
closely, you may have noticed that the Biden administration has relied heavily
on CIA Director William J. (Bill) Burns. In November it dispatched him to
Moscow where, according to CNN, he served as a “key intermediary” between
the US and Vladimir Putin. […]
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Nuclear weapon delivery to Ukraine is issue of non-

proliferation, not desire
Maria Zakharova recalled that both the United States and Ukraine are parties to
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons MOSCOW, February
22. /TASS/. The issue of nuclear weapons delivery to Ukraine does not depend
on the US desire or non-desire and is regulated by the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria […]
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George Kennan Warned NATO Expansion Would Lead to

This
Mr. “X” Is Rolling in His Grave by David Stockman Posted on February 24,
2022 We are now deep into the weeds with respect to Ukraine. So deep, in
fact, that the underlying architecture of the situation doesn’t have a snowball’s
chance in the hot place of getting even a fleeting mention in the 24/7 […]
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Putin’s Donbas Move Threatens U.S. Global Dominance

by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter Feb 23, 2022 Russian President Vladimir
Putin has agreed to recognize two break-off republics in eastern Ukraine as
independent states, stoking cries of horror and condemnation from the Western
keepers of the ‘rules-based international order.’ The Russian legislature passed
a bill last week calling on Putin to recognize the […]
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5 Major Economies Whose Leaders Refuse To Condemn

Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine
By Phil Hall In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe
Biden said that “the United States and its Allies and partners will respond in a
united and decisive way. The world will hold Russia accountable.” However,
that’s not entirely correct. While the U.S. and the European nations have voiced
their […]
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UK could ban RT to keep ‘one narrative’ – former British
ambassador
Former officials have blasted the UK government and questioned the
independence of media watchdog Ofcom over threats to ban the channel Feb
23, 2022 Former British diplomat Peter Ford and former London Mayor Ken
Livingstone have defended news channel RT after the UK government
suggested it should be banned over alleged “disinformation,” while media
watchdog […]
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A few words could defuse the Ukrainian conflict

Washington Post February 24, 2022 Letter to the editor By Robert Hunter David
Ignatius wrote in his Feb. 21 op-ed, “Putin warned the West 15 years ago. Now
he’s poised for war.,” of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the 2007
Munich Security Conference “denouncing NATO” that “it didn’t make much of
an impression.” Not […]
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