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The Battle for Novorussiya - R.K. Locke - 31-05-2016 Stephen Cohen "Unprecedented NATO Mobilization Looks Like War With Russia" https://off-guardian.org/2016/05/31/audio-stephen-cohen-unprecedented-nato-mobilization-looks-like-war-with-russia/ The large-scale US-NATO amassing of military force on Russia's Western borders, NATO's "Eastern Front," is unprecedented and creates the impression of preparation for actual war Nation contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor continue their weekly discussions of the new US-Russian Cold War. (Previous installments are at TheNation.com.) This installment continues last week's focus on the extraordinary US-NATO build-up of military forceson land, sea, and in the airon and very near Russia's borders, the opening of, as Cohen terms it, "NATO's Eastern Front." The size of the build-up, and its proximity to Russia, had no precedent during the preceding 40-year Cold War, leading Cohen to ask if this is already something more than "Cold War," a mobilization for real war. US and NATO officials have recently made clear this is only the beginning of what will be a very large-scale and permanent amassing of military power on the new Eastern Front. And Moscow, while remembering the German invasion of 1941, is reacting accordingly by mobilizing its own forces on its Western territories and promising more "counter-measures." Even though the alleged threat of ongoing "Russian aggression," which Washington and Brussels officials cite as justification, clearly does not exist, no critical questions about the NATO build-up have appeared in the American mainstream media, only applause and calls for "more and bigger military exercises," as a New York Times editorial put it. Meanwhile, a final, desperate attempt by Germany, France, and Russia is being made to save the seemingly doomed Minsk Accords, designed to bring about a negotiated end to the civil war and US-Russian proxy war in Ukraine, as Cohen reports. An emergency phone conversation between the leaders of those countries with Ukrainian President Poroshenko seemed intended to urge him to enact legislation long overdue by Kiev. But besieged by ultra-right forces threatening to overthrow him if he moves to enact the necessary legislation, Poroshenko seems unwilling or unable to do so, raising the possibility of another "revolution" in Kiev. Cohen speculates that fear of an even more nationalist government coming to power may be behind the urgent attempt to save the Minsk Accords. Indeed, both the NATO military build-up and the economic sanctions imposed on Russia in 2014 are still directly related to the Ukrainian crisis, which remains the political epicenter of the new East-West confrontation. Cohen and Batchelor end by recalling that it was 30 years ago that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan agreed to a new political and strategic approach, which soon, they thought, ended the Cold War: a mutual agreement that henceforth both sides would pursue military build-downs, or "mutual security," instead of the decades of mutual build-ups. That historic opportunity, Cohen points out, has been lost. He also points out that in recent interviews, Gorbachev, while critical of Putin in other respects, says that if he had still been in the Kremlin in March 2014, he too would have acted to bring Crimea back into Russia, where it had been for centuries. Gorbachev's statement confirms Cohen's thesis that any established Russian leader would have pursued the annexation of Crimeaor "reunification with Russia," as is said in Moscownot only the demonized Putin, considering the uncertain upheaval in Kiev in February 2014. The Battle for Novorussiya - Peter Lemkin - 31-05-2016 Funny you should mention that.......a very large NATO/US military contingent just passed though the Czech Republic this past weekend, and was joined by Czech Military vehicles. I didn't pay attention to where they were headed...but will check that out pronto. ::lilgreenman:: The Battle for Novorussiya - Lauren Johnson - 04-06-2016 Ever since stopping the Donbass patriots from taking Mariupol when it had been all but abandoned and then the imposition of Minsk I and II on the DLPRs, I have suspected Russia wants to get out. Confirmation of sorts from I. Strelkov via Suchan: Quote:Igor Strelkov shares his recent conversation with someone evidently high or higher in the Russian security structures, who explained or tried to explain to Strelkov the existing "internal" view on Donbass and on the essence of Putin's policies rather stripped of its usual make-up meant for the public. Thus, according to the officer, the view from within on what Putin and the Kremlin has been doing, which still carries a lot of rationalization, but is closer to the truth, is that Putin looked and decided that today's Russia is just to weak to defend its interests and the Russians in Donbass and Ukraine. The ruling elite sees Donbass much like Russia's new Vietnam, and Putin sees himself like US President Richard Nixon, but overall much smarter--he decided to quit and get out of the fight before the fight even started in earnest. His comprador oligarchic buddies and his mirror congratulate him for it and call him great and wise for that. The Kremlin has thus decided a long time ago what Minsk 1 already stated back in September of 2014--that Donbass and its people must go back to the fascists sooner (or later). According to this Russian officer who tried to persuade Strelkov to come to his senses, this betrayal does not mean that the Kremlin is throwing the Russians in Ukraine and the people of Donbass overboard or under the bus. For, as he put it, even the soldiers would have eventually a chance to flee to Russia and, perhaps, they might even be given--maybe--a share in the Russian unlivable, slave-lake pensions. The Battle for Novorussiya - Lauren Johnson - 05-06-2016 Report today that the Donbass war hero Motorola was injured and evacuated to Russia. This may be why: Quote:Breaking: Credible reports from Donbass, the Kremlin began gradual, crawling disarming of the militia/army of the DPR and the LPR so that, by the end of the summer, the process might be finalized. At the same time, the Kremlin began cooperating with the fascists with a view of handing Donbass over to them. This includes providing the junta with lists of the Donbass militia and officials who are presented as desirably eligible for "amnesty" and those who are just sacrificed and written off. Today's new of the medical evacuation of Motorola is viewed in this light too--as a plausible way of covering his departure. The Battle for Novorussiya - David Guyatt - 01-08-2016 http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/breedlove-network-sought-weapons-deliveries-for-ukraine-a-1104837.html The Battle for Novorussiya - Paul Rigby - 13-08-2016 Intense Battle of Kominternove July 2016 [video=youtube_share;bDFQrkHSDZ0]http://youtu.be/bDFQrkHSDZ0[/video] The Battle for Novorussiya - Paul Rigby - 20-08-2016 A brief glimpse of the huge price in wounded and dead that Ukrainians are paying in the service of the Exceptional Ones: [video=youtube_share;3RTRWzXnQPA]http://youtu.be/3RTRWzXnQPA[/video] July 2016 The Battle for Novorussiya - Paul Rigby - 03-09-2016 Desperate Aggressor: Clinton needs war in Ukraine to stop Trump September 3rd, 2016 - - By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/09/desperate-aggressor-clinton-needs-war.html Quote:As became known today, September 3rd, US Republican Party candidate Donald Trump has jumped one percentage point ahead of his opponent from the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton. This is evidenced by the results of a public opinion poll conducted by Reuters and the research company Ipsos. One can safely conclude that this survey has caused panic not only at the Democratic Party headquarters, but also in Ukraine. The Battle for Novorussiya - Lauren Johnson - 16-10-2016 There was a bomb planted in the elevator of his apartment building. Very sad day'. The Battle for Novorussiya - Lauren Johnson - 16-10-2016
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