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Putin’s Grip on Power

Jul 012023

July 1, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 12:00 pm Finance Tagged with: CNN, coup, Khodorkovsky, MSM, Pence, Prigozhin, Putin, Surovikin, Wagner 3 Responses »

Albert Bierstadt Storm in the Mountains c1870 Andrew Korybko: It was earlier advised to “Be Very Skeptical Of US Intel Claiming That Surovikin May Have Helped Plan Prigozhin’s Coup”, and now two new developments lend even more credence to those suspicions. The “investigative project” of exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was designated by Russia as a foreign agent last year due to his operations being funded by Ukraine, shared “documents” with CNN purporting to show that over

Debt Rattle July 1 2023

Jul 012023

July 1, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:11 am Finance Tagged with: Burns, Crimea, Hunter Biden, nukes, Orban, peace, Wagner, Zaluhzny 48 Responses »

Edward Hopper Approaching a city 1946 • Time To Make Peace In Ukraine, Trump Tells Reuters (TASS) • Arming Ukraine Is A Cynical And Dangerous NATO Ploy – Bowes (RT) • Poland Wants US Nuclear Weapons – PM (RT) • Russia Always Emerged Stronger From All Troubles – Lavrov (TASS) • Russia Will Destroy Foreign Fighters, Western Generals In Ukraine – Lavrov (RT) • Ray McGovern: Russia’s ‘Coup’ Is Actually Biden’s Disaster (SP) • Orban Taunts EU’s Drained Coffers

Debt Rattle June 30 2023

Jun 302023

June 30, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:20 am Finance Tagged with: aspartame, attorney client privilege, BRICS, Koran burning, Maersheimer, Orban, Prigozhin, Stinger, Sy Hersh 49 Responses »

Edward Bawden Sahara 1928 • Ukrainian ‘Failure’ A Big Problem For Biden – Seymour Hersh (RT) • Ukraine Suffers ‘Disastrous’ Losses In Counteroffensive – Forbes (RT) • The Darkness Ahead: Where The Ukraine War Is Headed (Maersheimer) • American Troops Will Not Fight In Ukraine – Washington (RT) • US Mulls Sending Long-range Missiles To Kiev – WSJ (RT) • Prigozhin Was The Pinup For Western Regime Change Enthusiasts (Marsden) • Today’s European Union Offers ‘Neither Peace Nor Prosperity’

Debt Rattle June 29 2023

Jun 292023

June 29, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:06 am Finance Tagged with: Garland, Hunter Biden, Kamala, peace forum, Pfizer, placebos, RFK jr, Surovikin, whistleblowers 58 Responses »

Gustav Klimt Lady with a fan 1917-18 (sold for $108.4m June 27 2023) • Standoff Between Russia And West Is ‘War Of Worlds’ – Lavrov (RT) • What Happens In Russia After The Longest Day? (Pepe Escobar) • US Hawks Lose Momentum Amid Faltering Ukrainian Counteroffensive (Sp.) • West’s Foolish Regime Change Policy Only Drives Russia and China Closer (Sp.) • Russia Can’t Give Up Goals Of Special Military Operation – Lavrov (TASS) • Russia Asks States To Boycott

Debt Rattle June 28 2023

Jun 282023

June 28, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:49 am Finance Tagged with: anti-hypersonic, Belarus, Biden, cluster bombs, impeachment, Prigozhin, Putin, torture, Trump, Wagner 59 Responses »

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

Prigozhin’s First Message Since His Failed Coup

Jun 272023

June 27, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 12:47 pm Finance Tagged with: Belarus, corruption, FSB, Prigozhin, Putin, Ukraine, Wagner 4 Responses »

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

Debt Rattle June 27 2023

Jun 272023

June 27, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:15 am Finance Tagged with: Belarus, coup, Garland, John Kerry, Media Freedom Act, mutiny, Prigozhin, Putin, Wagner 33 Responses »

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)

Debt Rattle June 26 2023

Jun 262023

June 26, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:54 am Finance Tagged with: Assange, CIA, fall guy, FBI, FSB, Hunter Biden, Prigozhin, Putin, Wagner 53 Responses »

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

Debt Rattle June 25 2023

Jun 252023

June 25, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:00 am Finance Tagged with: Belarus, Chechens, excess heart deaths, Prigozhin, primary debates, Putin, Wagner 43 Responses »

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

Prigozhin’s Treason Is Unacceptable

Jun 242023

June 24, 2023 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 2:55 pm Finance Tagged with: FSB, Pepe Escobar, Prigozhin, Putin, Wagner 19 Responses »

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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