By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with President Donald Trump wants to turn the Indian Ocean (lead image) into a zone of deterrence against war. That’s to say, he aims to deter anyone from objecting to, resisting or defending against his terms for the wars (and ceasefires) US forces are currently fighting against Yemen, Iran, Sudan, and through […]

by Editor - Sunday, December 14th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Anthony Hughes was in such a hurry to open and shut the British Government’s case against President Vladimir Putin for the Novichok chemical warfare attack in England in 2018, he failed to tie the top button of his shirt. This was also a precaution against choking on what Hughes recited as […]

by Editor - Friday, December 12th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with As all cricket and football followers know, the British are bad losers.  They blame the other side or the umpire; they stampede inside the stadium, then they riot outside. They believe their cleverness is in getting the media to portray their defeats on the battlefield as feats of heroism. That’s been […]

by Editor - Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Seven months ahead of time, Roman Hofman (Гофман, Gofman), military secretary (advisor) to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since April 2024,  has been nominated as the new director of Mossad, succeeding David Barnea whose term ends in June 2026. Netanyahu’s move cuts Gofman’s tenure in the prime minister’s office prematurely short; […]

by Editor - Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Last week it was President Donald Trump telling reporters he didn’t know what response President Vladimir Putin had made to the term-sheet for ending the Ukraine war which he sent to the Kremlin on December 2 with Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner.   “I don’t know what the Kremlin is doing,” […]

by Editor - Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with It is rare for the ceremony of a state visit to generate such a combination of national pride and comedy at the expense of an enemy; that’s to say, making a mockery of President Donald Trump.   This is what this Indian cartoon (lead images) of the meetings in Delhi last […]

by Editor - Monday, December 8th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with One needs to have memory in order to have hope for the future, doesn’t one? Regis Tremblay leads the discussion of my career in Russian politics and journalism. Click to view.  Follow the Regis Tremblay substack here.  

by Editor - Sunday, December 7th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with It was Black Tuesday, December 2, in Moscow, when Russian leaders negotiated the crucial  questions of war and peace with their chief enemy the US, and chief allies China and India. To understand what has happened, Chris Cook, editor-in-chief of the leading (last) independent radio for news analysis in Canada, asks […]

by Editor - Thursday, December 4th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with In a single day of this week, Tuesday December 2, Russian officials admitted that negotiations of an end-of-war settlement with the US are failing for lack of American specificity on the territorial and demilitarization issues and of “genuineness” and “sincerity” on ending the sanctions war;  that there are serious, unresolved, and […]

by Editor - Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The war to end all wars is a refrain which began with the British in 1914.  It was a domestic political ploy to convince those who should pay and then die.   They paid, they died, and though the line was discredited within a decade, they still pay. Nowadays, the British (not […]

by Editor - Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
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