Tag: oil
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History, on this day: 83 years ago, operation Uranus
when the European fascist armies lost WW2 [republication of my article from November 19, 2022] The battle for Stalingrad is the climax of WW2. After a failure in front of Moscow in January, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) targets southern Russia in June. The planned goals are the oil fields in the Caucasus. On the…
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[Sharing] Living Dangerously – Big Serge
Russo-Ukrainian War: Autumn 2025 The Russo-Ukrainian War seems to have been engineered in a laboratory to frustrate people with repetition and analytic paralysis. Headlines appear to be circulating on a choreographed loop, all the way down to the place names. Kaja Kallas at the European Commission recently announced, without a hint of irony, that Europe’s…
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[Sharing] The ‘shadow fleet’ tanker raid was pure theatre – Owen Matthews, The Spectator
The news footage was satisfyingly reminiscent of Mission: Impossible. Masked French commandoes swarmed up the side of the rusty oil tanker Boracay, assault rifles drawn, and commenced their search for evidence the vessel had been responsible for launching Russian drones at Danish airports. The captain and first officer – both Chinese nationals – were taken…
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[Sharing] Russophrenia: the West’s favourite delusion about Russia – Brian McDonald
Ten years after I coined the term, the media’s still convinced Russia is both collapsing, and conquering the world There’s a peculiar affliction that’s gripped the Western commentariat for decades now. I first diagnosed it in June 2015 and gave it a name: Russophrenia. The tell-tale sign? That deep-set conviction that Russia’s about to keel…
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[Sharing] 24 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
Just 24 days before the triumph over Nazi Germany, the Red Army achieved a significant milestone by completing the Vienna Strategic Offensive Operation. This successful campaign resulted in the liberation of Hungary and eastern Austria from fascist forces [end] Related April 14, 2025: 25 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 13, 2025: 26 Days to…
