by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with In Shelley’s most famous poem, the relics are described of Ozymandias, the ancient ruler with his “sneer of cold command” and his ill-fated power projection:   My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bareThe […]

by Editor - Thursday, April 24th, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with In this new podcast the word that podcasters are afraid to say aloud, for fear of sounding “lunatic leftists” – Donald Trump’s phrase – is imperialism. Listen to the presentation with Nima Alkhorshid and Ray McGovern here and for the compelling evidence, read on.

by Editor - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with Yevgeny Krutikov is a former Russian military intelligence officer in the Balkans who now writes politico-military and intelligence analyses for Vzglyad.  Because of the intention of his  sources and their target audience, Krutikov’s papers are more a bellwether of formed policy thinking than influencer of policy decisions yet to be made. […]

by Editor - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with In the State Department’s readout of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s telephone call to NATO Secretary-General, Mark Rutte, Rubio said: “while our nation has been committed to helping end the war, if a clear path to peace does not emerge soon, the United States will step back from efforts to broker […]

by Editor - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with “The priority for peacemaking in Europe has to be Russia and the United States. It has long been US imperial policy since 1945 to break, block, and destroy the capability of the Russians, either in the form of the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation, to form a level of partnership, […]

by Editor - Sunday, April 20th, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with It’s Easter for Christians, and President Donald Trump’s message is a religious one. He aims to be one of the angels of deliverance whom the gospels report to have showed themselves at the tomb of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion. Rolling the stone from the entrance to the tomb, and in […]

by Editor - Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with At 10 on Monday morning this week, the official White House log shows that President Donald Trump was preparing himself to greet the President of Salvador who was arriving at the White House door in an hour’s time.   But in a tweet Trump composed beforehand, he announced: “The War between […]

by Editor - Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with Kirill Dmitriev (lead image) is the Stanford and Harvard educated official appointed by President Vladimir Putin to persuade American businessmen to invest in the profits to be made from dismantling US  economic sanctions against Russia. Today at the Kremlin (April 11), he tried again in fresh talks with Putin and Stephen […]

by Editor - Friday, April 11th, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with According to the official White House schedule,   President Donald Trump doesn’t start his day until lunchtime when he sits down with his political heir, Vice President J.D. Vance, at 12:30. He has more lunches with Vance than he receives briefings from his secret services on the threats of his enemies. Trump […]

by Editor - Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with The snowdrops have already come through the snow. The grape hyacinths are flowering in their place. By the time the bluebells appear, I shall be back at my desk.

by Editor - Monday, March 24th, 2025
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