What Red Necks Like Putin Are Doing to Us
The day Russia’s patience ran out The Saker. The triumphalism is premature and grating but still worth reading.
Recognition of Donbass and warning to Kiev — Putin’s address to nation Tass. Commentary
No leaks I saw from the US intelligence community, amidst the torrent of bullshit. And I do try to keep track.
Ukraine latest: Russia faces sanctions after Putin orders in troops Deutsche Welle. I’m seeing this “orders in” verbiage all over the place. I suppose we’ll see footage or satellite imagery of actual troop movements at some future point.
Ukraine-Russia: Germany suspends Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline AP
Russia now has right to build military bases in eastern Ukraine – treaties Reuters
Cold War, Part 2’: How Putin is dragging America back to the bad old days
Moscow has reoriented the strategic landscape, and is pulling the West reluctantly back into a drawn-out military and diplomatic standoff
Russia’s latest Ukraine disinformation campaign started in October. But in the last few days the speed and volume of the false allegations now being shared online and boosted by Russian state media has shifted dramatically, and new videos are now being shared multiple times a day.
Russia's ‘Idiotic’ Disinformation Campaign Could Still Lead to War in Ukraine
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agree ‘in principle’ to Ukraine summit FT
Biden and Putin Agree ‘In Principle’ to Ukraine Summit Amid Fears of War Common Dreams
The Burden Of Proof Is Always On The Ones Making The Claim (Even If It’s About Russia)Caitlin Johnstone
Vladimir Putin: Diplomacy over Ukraine crisis must ‘intensify’ Al Jazeera
The Evidence for Invasion the US Could ProduceConsortium News. Scott Ritter.
As Ukraine Escalation Peaks, What’s the Logic on Both Sides? Carnegie Moscow Center
An Unwinnable War in Ukraine has No Upside for Putin, But Threats have the West Lining up to Listen Counterpunch. Patrick Cockburn
Ukraine: Russia plans biggest war in Europe since 1945 – Boris Johnson BBC
Harris, Blinken navigate Munich Security Conference as Europe holds its breath WaPo
Perhaps The US Should Shut The Fuck Up About Respecting Other Countries’ Sovereignty Caitlin Johnstone
August 1914 ? By Walrus Turcopolier
Qatar Says ‘Almost Impossible’ to Quickly Replace Russian Supplies to Europe Reuters (Marshall)
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Germany puts Nord Stream 2 on pause Al Jazeera (resilc)
Blinken scraps meeting with top Russian diplomat over Ukraine ‘invasion’ The Hill. Both The Hill and the Financial Times headlines putting “invasion” in quotes.
Putin Chooses a Forever War Atlantic. Resilc: “And how is USA USA different????????”
“Who Are We Supposed to Fight Against? Our Relatives?” Der Spiegel. On Donbass evacuees.
Anne Applebaum: Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956, which is utterly depressing and endlessly fascinating. Here's an interesting tidbit regarding looting by the Red Army (particularly of wristwatches) and that iconic image of the Soviet soldier raising the Hammer and Sickle above Berlin's Reichstag:
Wristwatches seemed to have almost mythical significance for Russian soldiers, who would walk around wearing half a dozen if they could. An iconic photograph of a Russian soldier raising the Soviet flag atop the Berlin Reichstag had to be touched up to remove the wristwatches from the arms of the young hero. In Budapest, the obsession with them remained part of local folklore and may have helped shape local perceptions of the Red Army. A few months after the war, a Budapest cinema showed a newsreel about the Yalta Conference. When President Roosevelet raised his arm while speaking to Stalin, several members of the audience shouted: "Mind your watch!" The same was true in Poland, where for many years Polish children would "play" Soviet soldiers by shouting: "Davai chasyi"--"Give me your watch." A beloved Polish children's television series of the late 1960s included a scene of Russian and Polish soldiers during wartime, camping out in deserted German buildings having amassed a vast collection of stolen clocks.
How the Left Should Think About Inflation The Nation. James Galbraith.
Apple Finds Itself Under Scrutiny in Washington’s Big Tech Clampdown WSJ
How Starbucks Workers Turned the Tables On Union Busters Truthout
Gig Companies Are Disguising Exploitation as Social Justice Jacobin
The 4-day work week: Who is trialing it and does it work? Deutsche Welle
The Statement of the Source Süddeutsche Zeitung
SUISSE SECRETS Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
What is the Suisse secrets leak and why are we publishing it? Guardian
