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Adam Zivo: Russia shows itself to be no friend of Israel

Russia has responded to Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians with silence, false equivalencies and, in some cases, outright glee. At this point it seems obvious that the Kremlin is no friend of Israel’s and that Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategic courtship of Moscow was a mistake.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power, he made a concerted effort to strengthen relations with Israel. To this end, he helped establish visa-free travel between the two countries in 2008 and promoted Russo-Israeli cultural ties.

by Blazingcatfur•October 15, 2023October 15, 2023•0•"Oct 7 2023", Russia

China and Russia: The New Axis of Evil

It is more than twenty years since then US President George W. Bush first identified an “axis of evil” of rogue states that threatened global security, and now a new alliance of malign states is taking shape with Russia and China acting as its new lynchpins.

Back in 2002, when Bush first articulated his notion of rogue nations in his State of the Union address made in the wake of the September 11 attacks, he identified Iraq, Iran and North Korea as states that, together with their terrorist allies, “constitute an axis of evil…by seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger.”

by Blazingcatfur•September 25, 2023September 25, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia

Thanks to the Policies of the Obama and Biden Administrations, the New Axis of Evil – Russia, China, North Korea, Iran – Posing a Worldwide Existential Threat

Not only is the Biden administration turning a blind eye on the growing alliance between Iran, Russia, China and North Korea, and looking the other way on their evasions of sanctions, it is also financing the ruling mullahs of Iran with billions of dollars to put the finishing touches on the country’s nuclear program and for delivering more weapons to Russia with which to attack Ukraine.

by Blazingcatfur•September 23, 2023September 23, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Iran, North Korea, Russia, USA

Erdoğan: Willing Hostage to Putin’s Anti-West Doctrine

What brought the presidents of Turkey and Russia into an alliance with no name? Their geo-political opportunism was part of it, but mainly it was the inherent ideological hatred of Western civilization that eventually made the Turkish president a useful instrument in the Russian president’s reckless campaign to harm the interests of the West.

by Blazingcatfur•September 7, 2023September 7, 2023•0•Russia, Turkey

The Coldest War: Geopolitical Struggle in the Arctic

America has fewer icebreakers than China or Russia. Does that leave us vulnerable?

As melting ice opens up trade routes in the Arctic Ocean, the Far North is becoming another geopolitical battlefield between the United States and its adversaries. The U.S. Coast Guard has fewer ships able to puncture through the frozen sea than China or Russia, and some writers fear that America’s Arctic interests are becoming vulnerable to authoritarian expansion. Washington might end up like a nervous boy on a first date — unable to break the ice.

“Both Putin and Xi have made clear,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said, “that the High North is key to their strategic interests.” Indeed, Wall Street Journal reporters William Mauldin and Alan Cullison have highlighted the authoritarians’ Arctic activity, including Russia’s increased presence in the region and Beijing’s use of its intelligence network to back Moscow’s activities in the area.

Interesting that these articles from the Spectator & the WSJ mention Canada only in passing.

by Blazingcatfur•August 7, 2023August 7, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Arctic, Russia, USA

Chinese and Russian warships conduct ‘highly provocative’ drills near Alaska’s coast sparking US Navy to mobilize destroyers to lead rivals from American waters

China and Russia launched an unprecedented joint naval drill near US waters earlier this week, sparking a major response from the US Navy, officials have said.

Eleven Russian and Chinese ships steamed close to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska in a ‘highly provocative’ move amid escalating tensions with the US.

It is believed to be the largest such flotilla to have approached American shores.

by Blazingcatfur•August 6, 2023August 6, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia, USA

Indo-Pacific Commander Channels Mackinder and Spykman

The emerging Sino-Russian alliance controls a huge swath of central Asia, the potential seat of a world empire.

Adm. John Aquilino is a warrior who intuitively understands global geopolitics. A 1984 graduate of the Naval Academy with a degree in physics, Aquilino is a naval flyer who was deployed in support of Operation Deny Flight, Deliberate Force, Southern Watch, Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom, earning the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, and unit and campaign citations. Since May 2021, Aquilino has served as commander of the Indo-Pacific Command, which includes 380,000 servicemen and servicewomen in a region that encompasses 36 countries and more than 50 percent of the world’s population. Aquilino recently sounded the alarm about the danger of the emerging Sino-Russian alliance. “I only see the [Sino-Russian] cooperation getting stronger,” Aquilino told the Aspen Forum, “and boy, that’s concerning. That’s a dangerous world.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 4, 2023August 3, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia, USA

Niger coup: Why some people want Russia in and France out

In a sign of growing hostility towards the West since the coup in Niger, a businessman proudly shows off his outfit in the colours of the Russian flag in the traditional heartland of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.

Since the coup, there has been a war of words between the military and the West.

Mr Bazoum was a staunch ally of the West in the fight against militant Islamists, and was a strong economic partner as well.

Niger hosts a French military base and is the world’s seventh biggest producer of uranium. The fuel is vital for nuclear power with a quarter of it going to Europe, especially former colonial power France.

The Biden regime does not enjoy widespread support for the Ukraine intervention or for it’s desire to isolate China.

What’s behind SE Asia’s muted Ukraine response?

Macron blocks NATO outpost in Japan amid Chinese complaints

Germany and France do not share a desire to isolate China which is considered an important trading partner.

In Italy Meloni has yet to withdraw the state from China’s Belt & Road Initiative.

by Blazingcatfur•August 1, 2023August 1, 2023•0•France, Niger, Russia

Brazil Worries It Has Become a Haven for Russian Spies Infiltrating the West

Alleged agents posing as Brazilians have caught the eye of the U.S. and Norway—and could be candidates in any prisoner exchange

PADRE BERNARDO, Brazil—The double life of a suspected Russian spy arrested in the far north of Norway began more than a decade earlier in this corn-and-soybean producing town a half a world away, Brazilian authorities say.

Norwegian authorities say a university researcher carrying Brazilian documentation is actually a deep-cover agent for Moscow, charging him with espionage. Investigators traced his Brazilian citizenship to a fraudulently obtained birth certificate from Padre Bernardo, in what has become a familiar pattern of identity theft and spycraft originating from this South American country.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2023July 2, 2023•0•Brazil, Russia

China Overtakes Russia as Dominant Power in Central Asia

China recently hosted a summit of the leaders of Central Asia’s former Soviet Republics in Xi’an, China, the site of the start of the ancient Silk Road. The symbolism attached to Xi’an as the site for the 18-20 May gathering underscores China’s intent to remind Central Asian leaders that Chinese civilization’s relationship with the region predates ties to Russia by centuries. It also might demonstrate China’s resolve to replace Russia as Eurasia’s hegemon. China, in fact, did not even invite Russia to the conference.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2023June 16, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia

CSIS Director Highlights How China Threat Differs From Russia’s

The foreign interference threats coming from China differ significantly from those from Russia or other countries, says the boss of Canada’s spy agency.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director David Vigneault testified before the Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee on June 13 and answered questions from MPs about the nature of the China threat.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2023June 15, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Espionage, Russia

The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why.

In a cavernous, Pentagon-sized facility nestled in an Appalachian valley, thousands upon thousands of empty holes line the bare concrete floor.

A mere 16 of them house the spindly, 30-foot-tall centrifuges that enrich uranium, converting it into the key ingredient that fuels nuclear power plants. And for now, they are dormant.

A 3rd World level of brazen corruption…

Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal

… The New York Times’s examination of the Uranium One deal is based on dozens of interviews, as well as a review of public records and securities filings in Canada, Russia and the United States. Some of the connections between Uranium One and the Clinton Foundation were unearthed by Peter Schweizer, a former fellow at the right-leaning Hoover Institution and author of the forthcoming book “Clinton Cash.” Mr. Schweizer provided a preview of material in the book to The Times, which scrutinized his information and built upon it with its own reporting.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2023June 14, 2023•0•"Clintons", "Ukraine - Russia", Russia, USA

The High-Profile Americans Who Defected to Putin’s Russia

Tara Reade, the former political staffer who alleges President Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, announced she had moved to Russia where she “felt safe,” and is seeking Russian citizenship, during an interview with the state-run Sputnik International network on Wednesday.

In April 2020, Reade filed a complaint with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department, alleging Biden had penetrated her with his fingers without consent 30 years ago, after pushing her against a Senate corridor wall. Biden has denied the allegation “unequivocally,” adding: “It never, never happened.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 4, 2023June 3, 2023•0•Russia, USA

New Russian malware could bring down the US power grid

As if you didn’t have enough to worry about. Who will bring down America’s power grid first? Joe Biden or Vladimir Putin? Biden has a head start, to be sure. But some Russian hackers have reportedly cooked up some new malware designed specifically to target electrical grids and cause disruptions. The new threat was discovered by Mandiant, a cyber threat intelligence specialist firm. They believe that this new malware system “poses a plausible threat” to the operational technology behind various electrical grid assets. (Security Week)

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2023May 31, 2023•0•Cyber War, Russia, USA

Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) – The director of a top Russian science institute, arrested on suspicion of treason along with two other hypersonic missile technology experts, stands accused of betraying secrets to China, two people familiar with the case told Reuters.

Alexander Shiplyuk, head of Siberia’s Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM), is suspected of handing over classified material at a scientific conference in China in 2017, the sources said.

by Blazingcatfur•May 24, 2023May 24, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia