René Magritte L’avenir (the future) 1936 • The “Not-Ultimatum” Revisited (Observer R) • Russia Didn’t Start Hostilities In Ukraine, But Tries To End Them – Putin (TASS) • Ukraine Is Taking Care Of Europe – Zelensky (RT) • Zelensky Takes Credit For Derailing Minsk Agreements (RT) • Zelensky Reveals What He Does To Scholz (RT) • Ukraine’s Entry To NATO Would Spell World War – Hungary (TASS) • Much-Hyped Tanks For Ukraine In Short Supply – WSJ (RT) •
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Anthony Van Dyck Self portrait with sunflower 1632 More from Andrew Korybko on a interesting theme: how the sanctions on Russia created a whole new energy supply line. Andrew Korybko: Indian media revealed in mid-January that their country had been processing and re-exporting discounted Russian oil to the West, including the US, in a move that discredited the spirit of that de facto New Cold War bloc’s anti-Russian sanctions. Most observers brushed off those reports
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Andre Derain Boats at Collioure 1905 • Zelensky Burning Down Ukraine For Western Applause – Medvedchuk (RT) • How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline (Seymour Hersh) • Top Russian Security Official Comments On Nord Stream Blast Report (RT) • Truth About Tanks: How NATO Lied Its Way to Disaster in Ukraine (Scott Ritter) • Zelenskiy, In London, Wins Pledge To Train Pilots On NATO Jets (RT) • America Sleepwalks Into War with Russia (Sempa) • Macron Says
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Johannes Vermeer The glass of wine c 1658-1660 • China Wants its Balloon Back (Celente) • Let’s Talk About Nuclear War (Naveira) • Musk Assesses Public Awareness Of WWIII Risk (RT) • Kiev Inching Closer To Conceding Defeat – Medvedev (RT) • Kiev Still Conducts Terror Attacks Against New Russian Regions – Shoigu (TASS) • Anglo-Zionism and the Confederation of Europe (Batiushka) • China Sees Russia’s Concerns Over NATO Expansion As Premise For Conflict (TASS) • West Uses OPCW
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Georgia O’Keeffe Sunflower, New Mexico I 1935 • World Heading Into ‘Wider War’ – UN chief (RT) • Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons In Donetsk – DPR leader (TASS) • Ukrainian Refugees Are Becoming A Burden To The Baltic States (Milacic) • FTX Demands Politicians Return Millions In SBF Donations (ZH) • Why Shinzo Abe Was Assassinated (Chung) • India Predicts 500% Increase In Domestic Natural Gas Demand (ZH) • India and Russia Ditching Dollar In Energy Deal – Novatek
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Joseph-Désiré Court Le Masque 1843 • UN Should Investigate US ’Empire Of Lies’ – Duma Speaker (RT) • West ‘Blocked’ Russia-Ukraine Peace Process – Former Israeli PM (RT) • Putin Promised Not To Kill Zelensky – Former Israeli PM (RT) • Israeli ex-PM Confirmed ‘Peace Had No Chance’ In Ukraine – Reporter (RT) • Zelensky Admits Situation In DPR Difficult For Ukrainian Troops (TASS) • Death Toll In Ukrainian Strike On Donetsk Rises – Authorities (RT) • EU Taking
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Edward Hopper Room in Brooklyn 1932 • Russia To Achieve Goals Of Special Operation – Zakharova (TASS) • Putin Did Not Threaten Germany – Scholz (RT) • Chess Master Putin Is Moving Closer To Destroying The US Dollar (Macleod) • US Fails Miserably in Efforts to Isolate Russia (NC) • Moscow ‘Legitimate’ Target For Ukraine – MP (RT) • Ukraine ‘Will Burn’ If It Strikes Crimea – Medvedev (RT) • Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Move by US
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Henri Matisse Olive trees at Collioure 1906 • Building A New World Order Is Now An Existential Issue For Russia (Trenin) • US-China War By 2025: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? (Fomenko) • Pentagon Allows Ukraine To Fire Long-range Missiles At Will (RT) • Russia Responds To Latest US ‘Escalation’ (RT) • From Imperial Failures to Imperial Excuses (Batiushka) • UK MIlitary Could Run Out Of Ammo In Single Afternoon – Ex-commander (RT) • Serbia Names ‘Greatest’ Mistake By West (RT)
Read More...Johannes Vermeer The glass of wine c 1658-1660 Andrew Korybko approached me a few days ago asking if we could share some of his work. I don’t view the Automatic Earth as a publishing platform, and given all the censorship of the past 2-3 years (it’s expensive!), I will be very cautious about letting anyone in. But I like Andrew’s writing, so I said: let’s give it a go. Then I had to transfer his Word file to
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Henri Cartier-Bresson A visitor to the Forbidden City, Beijing 1948 • White House Denies Biden Offered Putin ‘20% Of Ukraine’ (RT) • German Politicians Eye Revival Of Fascism — Lavrov (TASS) • Germany ‘Open’ To Idea West Behind Nord Stream Sabotage – The Times (RT) • Lavrov: Moldova Could Become A New “Anti-Russia” (RT) • Serbia More Objective On Ukraine Conflict Than Other Nations – President (TASS) • EU Urged To Sanction Steven Seagal (RT) • One Ukrainian Billionaire
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