Why Is Nord Stream Back In The News? By Andrew Korybko A recent report claimed that this megaproject has figured into secret talks between Russia and the US. Berliner Zeitung reported in detail on Le Monde Diplomatique’s paywalled article late last month citing… Read More ›
Putin Might Finally Deal His Long-Awaited Deathblow To The EU Economy By Andrew Korybko He just ordered that some of Russia’s LNG exports to the EU be redirected to Asia, and if the EU doesn’t coerce Zelensky into giving him giving… Read More ›
The Hawk vs. The Pragmatist: Whose Advice Will Putin Follow? By Andrew Korybko He can either escalate as far as accidentally sparking World War III, compromise at the cost of leaving some of his stated objectives unfilled, or keep everything about… Read More ›
The Donbas Gambit: Why Britain and France Want Ukraine To Go Nuclear By Andrew Korybko Russia’s control over it, whether through Ukraine’s withdrawal or forcible expulsion, is considered to be the basis of the US’ peace plan that the Brits and… Read More ›
Lavrov Exposes Europe’s Plot to Subvert Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan By Andrew Korybko Astute observers can read between the lines and discern Russia’s displeasure with him too. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s first press conference of the year in late January… Read More ›
Russia Fires Oreshniks Again: A Direct Answer To Three Escalatory Moves By The West By Andrew Korybko These are Ukraine’s attempted assassination of Putin right before New Year’s, France and the UK’s official plans to deploy troops to Ukraine if a… Read More ›
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin By Andrew Korybko Tensions risk spiralling out of control if Trump isn’t disabused of the CIA’s false narrative that Ukraine’s recent large-scale drone attack against Novgorod Region wasn’t an attempt to assassinate Putin. Trump retweeted an… Read More ›
Why Did Putin Only Lament The Loss Of Some Former Soviet Republics In His First Meeting With Bush? By Andrew Korybko Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus occupy special places in the Russian psyche and security planning, but all former Soviet Republics… Read More ›
Declassified Bush-Putin Memos Reveal U.S. Push For “Usable” Nuclear Weapons And Roots Of Russia-West Rift By Uriel Araujo Newly declassified NSA files reveal candid Bush–Putin conversations on NATO, Ukraine, and missile defence. The documents also expose US discussions about developing smaller… Read More ›
Tulsi’s Assessment That Putin Doesn’t Want To Conquer All Of Ukraine Is Absolutely Correct By Andrew Korybko There are logical military and strategic reasons why he’s not interested in this whatsoever at all. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard responded to a report… Read More ›
Voice of East 