Russia
‘We’re effectively a border state with Russia’: Defending Canada’s far-north called key to protecting sovereignty
Russia’s annexation of Crimea robbed Ukraine of nearly 80% of offshore oil and gas drilling rights. Observers fear Russia, at some point, may try the same in Canada’s north.
GEFIRA: Western Media “Are Either Delusional Or Lying Through Their Teeth”
The collective post-West has been running amok for the last two weeks. The powers that be make believe that they did not expect that events would unfold the way they are unfolding now (though they did their best to make things happen as they are happening) and they make a show imposing sanctions on the aggressor and assuring the populace that the aggressor sooner or later will cave in. There is yet a third aspect to the phenomenon: the same powers that be want the people to forget that merely twenty years back they themselves assaulted Yugoslavia/Serbia, used missiles with depleted uranium, bombed cities and shot at civilians. Of course, that earlier event was a humanitarian action while the current one is a brutal act of aggression, but we digress.
Trudeau blasts social media disinformation — in Russia and Canada
And while Trudeau was in Europe diving into the dangers of disinformation, his top national security adviser was in Ottawa delivering a high-profile warning about how it’s feeding into domestic extremism in Canada.
Worthwhile Despot Initiative: Russia Moves To Declare Facebook Parent Company An ‘Extremist Organization’
March 11 (Reuters) – Prosecutors have asked a Russian court to designate Facebook’s parent organisation Meta Platforms (FB.O) as an “extremist organisation,” Interfax reported on Friday.
The state prosecutor also asked Russia’s communications watchdog to restrict access to Meta’s Instagram social networking service.
Reuters reported on Thursday that Meta would allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine .
Joe Biden Threatens ‘World War III’ if Vladimir Putin Attacks NATO
The president spoke about the conflict at a House Democrat retreat in Philadelphia, vowing again to defend “every inch” of NATO territory from Putin and the Russians.
“Granted, if we respond, it is World War III, but we have a sacred obligation,” he said to his fellow Democrats.
‘Utter nonsense’: UN dismisses Russian claim of Ukraine-US biological weapons program
The United Nations on Friday said it had no evidence Ukraine had a biological weapons program while Washington and its allies accused Russia of spreading the unproven claim as a possible prelude to launching its own biological or chemical attacks.
‘Putin’s Gas Price Hike’: Psaki Pins Russia And Oil Companies For Rising Gas Prices
White House press secretary Jen Psaki pinned the blame for rising gas prices on the Russian government and U.S. oil companies in a Wednesday monologue titled, “Jen Psaki On Putin’s Gas Price Hike.”
Tucker Carlson Slams Lies Of Biden Administration Over Bioweapons In Ukraine
Tucker Carlson on Fox News last night destroyed the obvious lies and ‘misinformation’ coming from the Biden Administration and their compliant media on the issue of biological weapons labs in Ukraine.
American elites have squandered our technological and manufacturing advantage over both Russia and China.
Few dispute that the Ukraine crisis brings with it the risk of nuclear escalation. The reverse also might be true: The Ukraine crisis may be the result of a shift in the world’s nuclear balance.
With an economy smaller than the state of Texas, Russia has built strategic weapons superior to many in the American arsenal. These include land as well as submarine-launched hypersonic weapons that can carry nuclear missiles past any American defense, as well as the world’s best air defense system, the S-500. The October 4, 2021, test of Russia’s submarine-launched “Zircon” hypersonic missile was the first-ever underwater firing of a low-altitude weapon that flies at nine times the speed of sound, according to Russian claims. A Russian sub lurking a hundred miles off the American coast could nuke Washington in a flat minute.
Russia says documents suggest ‘components of bioweapons were being developed in Ukraine’
Speaking at a weekly briefing in Moscow, Maria Zakharova said the Russian armed forces received evidence of the development of biological weapon components by Ukraine under US guidance from the employees of Ukraine’s biological labs.
#Russia is releasing documents it says relate to bio studies in #Ukraine related to bats…
Here are two via Zvezda News: pic.twitter.com/qRICxU830I
— redintelpanda (@RedIntelPanda) March 10, 2022
Full propaganda coordination. https://t.co/CcqOYBzgAh
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 10, 2022
Ukraine war adding massive costs for farmers – and consumers are about to feel it too
As Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine drives consumer prices higher globally, Canadian farmers are feeling the sticker shock, too, as they incur massive costs to continue running their operations and ensure grocery store shelves remain stocked.
Joe Biden Defiant: Boosting U.S. Oil Production ‘Will Not’ Lower Gas Prices; Electric Cars Will
“Loosening environmental regulations or pulling back clean energy investment won’t — let me expand. Won’t. Will not lower energy prices for families,” he said during a speech at the White House announcing his decision to ban oil imports from Russia to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for escalating his war in Ukraine.
Russia Should Worry: The US Military Has Activated Its Strategic Materiel Stockpile
For the past weeks, the 405th Army Field Support Brigade has been preparing for the incoming troops by activating the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 sites, which are capable of outfitting an entire armored brigade combat team.
The strategic reserves at the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 sites include hundreds of M1 Abrams tanks, M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Paladin M109A6 self-propelled howitzers, supply trucks, and other vehicles.
A wake-up call for Canada’s military reserves strategy
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine risks creating a global military conflagration for which Canada is depressingly unprepared.
For decades, while geopolitical tensions have mounted around the globe, Canada’s defence spending has fallen, dropping from two per cent of GDP in 1990, to 1.3 per cent in 2019, leaving our militarily ill-equipped nation incapable of purchasing a single fighter jet after 13 years of trying or replacing military pistols from the Second World War, and one that fails to live up to its past as a leading international peacekeeper.