By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with When the Americans were fighting the British, it was Benjamin Franklin who reportedly told Thomas Jefferson at a strategy session: “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly be sitting down in Modi’s study to discuss […]

by Editor - Saturday, November 29th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with In today’s podcast, we go step-wise through the Florida plan of Steven Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev (28 points); the Geneva plan of Daniel Driscoll and the US Army generals (19 points); and the Abu Dhabi plan of Driscoll, the US Army Generals, Dmitriev and a secret Russian business representative, excluding the […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with For this week, ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in India on December 6, I am in meetings in Delhi. Here is our first conversation with Sandeep Unnithan and Chakra News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHh0aXP1SA4 

by Editor - Monday, November 24th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with War fighters like President Donald Trump can’t be seen to run away from losing their wars. As Trump recently declared from the deck of the USS Harry Truman, celebrating the birthday of the US Navy: “We won World War I, we won World War II, we won everything in between. We won […]

by Editor - Thursday, November 20th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Start with the condition of President Donald Trump’s brain, according to his mouth.   “Question: Mr. President, could you tell us why you needed to get an MRI? I, I understand that the results were good, but what was it for? Donald Trump: Because it’s part of my physical. Getting an […]

by Editor - Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with It is just five weeks since President Donald Trump failed to win the Nobel peace prize. The armed resistance of Iran and Venezuela has already forced him to postpone his Plan A – that’s  for regime change by what Trump likes to call his “obliteration force”.  Trump’s Plan B is for […]

by Editor - Monday, November 17th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Estonian politics are being turned upside down because of a leaked report into the diversion of defence spending. The timing is not an unlucky coincidence. It is the result of the country’s leaders claiming kudos for leading the NATO alliance in lifting the military proportion of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) […]

by Editor - Friday, November 14th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Since Chrystia Freeland (lead image) was dismissed from her Canadian Cabinet ministry on September 16,    she has become the “Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.” This is a camouflage uniform. According to the official filing in parliament on November 5 by the Privy Council Office (PCO) on behalf of Canadian Prime […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with For the time being, the Trump Administration has put its strategy for regime change by obliteration on hold in Iran and Venezuela, where Russian-backed defences are increasingly  deterring and US voters hostile.  Instead, as Trump has signalled himself, the US is focusing instead on covert operations with the same goal – […]

by Editor - Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Russians are crying over the milk they can no longer afford to buy. The reason is that their income isn’t keeping up with the rapid rise in the price of milk, butter, and cheese. Elvira Nabiullina (lead image, left), Governor of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR), is to blame. The […]

by Editor - Sunday, November 9th, 2025
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