William-Adolphe Bouguereau Whisperings of Love 1889 • US Knew Of Wagner Coup Plans In Advance – NYT (RT) • Prigozhin ‘Exiled’ To Belarus In Exchange For Peace, No Criminal Charges (ZH) • Russia May Ink Contracts With Some Wagner PMC Fighters – Kremlin (TASS) • Kremlin: Situation With Wanger PMC Won’t Affect Russia’s Military Op in Ukraine (Sp.) • US: Coup Attempt In Russia Provides ‘Opportunity’ For Kiev – Politico (RT) • Trump Cautions Those Rooting For A Russian
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Thomas Cole The Course of Empire – Destruction 1836 For me, the situation in Russia is still far too fluid and uncertain to comment on. For Andrew Korybko it is not. Fair enough. As long as people understand this is not my opinion. Andrew Korybko: Background Briefing President Putin accused Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of committing treason in his national address on Saturday morning after the latter launched an armed coup attempt the night prior.
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Johannes Vermeer The girl with the wine glass (Dame en twee heren) 1659 • Prigozhin Charged With Armed Mutiny, To Face Up To 20 Years In Prison (TASS) • Russian MoD Denies Media Reports of Strikes on Wagner Positions (Sp.) • Russian Army Retreating In Ukraine, Putin Being Deceived – Prigozhin (Az.) • Prigozhin Says Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Unjustified (MT) • Zelensky May ‘Sacrifice All Of Europe’ – Russian Envoy (RT) • Russian UN Ambassador Says Ukrainian Counteroffensive
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John Atkinson Grimshaw Battersea Bridge 1885 • Russian Army Gets Enough Recruits To Form Regiment Per Day – Shoigu (RT) • Ukraine Expands General Mobilization (RT) • ‘No Way to Recruit People’: GOP Seeks to Codify Pentagon Drag Show Ban (Sp.) • Putin Says Western Countries Seem to Be Ready to Fight to Last Ukrainian (Sp.) • NATO Trainers Knowingly Sent Ukrainian Troops To Their Deaths (Scott Ritter) • Demilitarization, Denazification: A Sanitary Zone For Ukraine (Helmer) • US/NATO
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Joaquin Sorolla Passeggiata sulla spiaggia (Walk on the beach) 1909 • Ukrainian Troops Understand They Don’t Stand A Chance – Putin (TASS) • Counteroffensive Not Going Well – Zelensky (RT) • Scott Ritter: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Loses Momentum as Logistics Falters (Sp.) • Kiev Should Sue for Peace to Avoid Further Losses (Tsukanov) • Putin: Half Of Strategic Missile Units Rearmed With Hypersonic Systems (TASS) • Putin Reveals Future Of Russian Armed Forces (RT) • Biden Walks Back On Ukraine’s
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Johannes Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657-59 • Kiev Resorts to ‘Human Wave Attacks’ (Sp.) • How the “Surovkin Line” Works (Zlatko Djuric) • Western Spies Fear Kiev’s Counteroffensive Will Backfire – Moscow (RT) • Possible Ukrainian Attack on Crimea ‘Could Rapidly Spin Out of Control’ (Sp.) • Pentagon Admits That Counteroffensive Will Be Tough For Ukraine (TASS) • Ukraine Plans to Strike at Crimea With Storm Shadow Missiles – Shoigu (Sp.) • Ukrainian Counteroffensive
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Thomas Cole The Course of Empire – The Consummation of Empire 1836 Andrew Korybko: Putin’s Three Latest Appearances President Putin strongly suggested in a series of appearances last week that a political solution to the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine is still possible. Those of his supporters in the Alt-Media Community who convinced themselves that the special operation won’t stop until Russian forces reach the Polish border are bound to be infuriated by this assessment, but it’s
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Vincent van Gogh Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 1888 • We Need a Peace President (Ron Paul) • Blinken Says US Does Not Support Taiwan Independence (JTN) • Beijing Tells US To Respect ‘One China’ Policy (RT) • Future Of Humanity Depends On China-US Relations – Xi (RT) • Scholz: West Should ‘Brace’ Itself For Prolonged Conflict In Ukraine (TASS) • Biden Warns Of ‘Real’ Nuclear Threat (RT) • Greater Eurasian Partnership Becomes Russia’s Flagship Project
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Jusepe de Ribera A philosopher holding a mirror 1630 • Ukrainian Forces May Be Temporarily Pausing Counteroffensive: ISW (RT) • Ukraine Sustains Massive Single-Day Losses – Russian MOD (RT) • NATO Chief Doesn’t Want ‘Frozen Conflict’ In Ukraine (RT) • Kiev Deploys Significant Military Forces Along Border With Belarus – CIS (TASS) • Russia’s Military Operation Virtually Turns Into Russia-West War – Kremlin (TASS) • Putin Does Not Rule Out That Zaluzhny Could Be Outside Ukraine (TASS) • Kremlin
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John Singer Sargent Open Doorway, Morocco 1879-80 • Ukrainian Counteroffensive’s Second Week Ends in Failure (Scott Ritter) • Ukraine Demilitarization Mainly Completed – Peskov (Sp.) • Biden Lays Down NATO warning For Ukraine (RT) • Partners in Doomsday (Seymour Hersh) • Putin: Kiev Threw Russia-Ukraine Settlement Deal Into Dustbin of History (Sp.) • South African President’s Security Detail Prevented From Going To Russia (RT) • African Nations Call For Indivisibility Of Global Security (TASS) • UAE President Meets With
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