Ivan Aivazovsky Creation of the World 1864 • Putin Wins – on All Counts (Pepe Escobar) • The Real Casualties Of Russia’s ‘Civil War’: The Beltway Expert Class (GZ) • ‘Whole Logic of West’: US, EU Want to Weaken Russia ‘Through Ukraine’ (Sp.) • US Congress Urges Biden To Send Cluster Bombs To Kiev (RT) • Wagner Troops Are Still Inside Ukraine, Pentagon Says (Az.) • Wagner To Hand Over Heavy Weapons – Russian MOD (RT) • EU Attempt
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Thomas Cole The Course of Empire – Desolation 1836 I’m still full of questions. Prigozhin and his men are now gathering 100 km from Kiev, instead of 200 km from Moscow. With Putin’s full approval. Lucky coincidence? Andrew Korybko thinks he has a few answers. Again, fair enough. Andrew Korybko: The Wagner Chief Speaks Prigozhin released an over ten-minute-long audio message on Telegram in which he shared his version of events from over the weekend. It
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Vincent van Gogh Interior of a restaurant 1887 • Putin: Mutiny Organizers Wanted Russian Soldiers to Kill Each Other (Sp.) • Western Experts Salivated Prospect of ‘Doom’ and ‘Civil War’ in Russia (Sp.) • Washington Expected More Bloodshed From Wagner Mutiny – CNN (RT) • Ukraine Failed To Exploit Wagner Coup Attempt – NYT (RT) • Biden Officials Worry That Ukrainian Offensive is ‘Behind Schedule’ (Sp.) • Prigozhin’s Farce Is Over And It Is Clear Who Has Won (MoA)
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Rembrandt van Rijn The standard bearer 1636 • FSB Spooked The CIA On Prigozhin Coup (Bhadrakumar) • US Ambassador To Moscow Contacts Russian Diplomats Over Wagner Crisis (TASS) • US Intelligence Knew Of Wagner Plot Days In Advance, Briefed Congress (ZH) • Putin Says He Deals With Special Military Op Issues 24/7 (TASS) • Lavrov Slams Biden’s, Zelensky’s Nuclear Remarks On US Nuclear Threat (TASS) • Russia, Internal This Time (Denninger) • A Wild, Conspiratorial, Fantastical View of World
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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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