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In the days leading up to Russia''s invasion of Ukraine, some current and former Western officials began to question the sanity of Russian President Vladimir Putin. They pointed to what they perceived as changes in Putin''s demeanor, his way of speaking about the crisis, as evidence something had changed and made the Russian leader all the more dangerous. U.S. President Joe Biden described one of Putin''s speeches, recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent states, as "bizarre" and "twisted." U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the same speech as "deeply disturbing." The former French ambassador to the U.S., Gérard Araud, went even further, tweeting that Putin''s speech was "truly mind-boggling" and wondering if the Russian president had slipped into a "paranoid delirium in a parallel universe." Other observers called Putin "unhinged" and "disconnected from reality." That type of talk of a Putin who perhaps has lost touch with reality, though, stands in contrast to previous public assessments and private intelligence assessments of the long-time Russian leader, which have described the now 69-year-old as ruthless, cunning and dangerous, with an appetite for risk. "Most of my white hair came from my service in Russia over the years and in particular in dealing with Vladimir Putin''s Russia," U.S.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia hosted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for "wide-ranging consultations" Thursday, covering bilateral relations and regional as well as international issues of "mutual interest." Khan arrived in Moscow the previous day on a long-planned two-day "working" visit, the first by a Pakistani prime minister in 23 years, hours before Russian forces attacked Ukraine. Pakistani officials said Thursday''s three-hour meeting was held at the Kremlin, where the two leaders also discussed the Ukraine crisis. "The prime minister regretted the latest situation between Russia and Ukraine and said that Pakistan had hoped diplomacy could avert a military conflict," Khan''s office quoted him in a post-meeting statement as telling Putin. Khan "stressed that conflict was not in anyone''s interest" and noted "the developing countries were always hit the hardest economically in case of conflict." He went on to underline Pakistan''s "belief" that disputes should be settled through dialogue and diplomacy, according to the statement.

Biden Presented With ''Menu'' Of Options For ''Massive Cyberattacks Against Russia'' Citing four anonymous insiders, NBC News reports that President Biden has been presented with a ''menu'' of options for the US to carry out ''massive cyberattacks'' aimed at crippling Russia''s ability to sustain its military operations in Ukraine. "You could do everything from slow the trains down to have them fall off the tracks," said one person briefed on the matter. Two U.S. intelligence officials, one Western intelligence official and another person briefed on the matter say no final decisions have been made , but they say U.S. intelligence and military cyber warriors are proposing the use of American cyber weapons on a scale never before contemplated. Among the options: Disrupting internet connectivity across Russia , shutting off electric power, and tampering with railroad switches to hamper Russia’s ability to re-supply its forces, three of the sources said. Whether that''s actually possible remains to be seen - as Russia has made headlines in the past for their ability to disconnect themselves from the worldwide internet.

Putin’s declared intent at this point is to ensure a “pro-Russian” government in Ukraine, and the only question now is how long the Ukrainians will fight. Speaking on Bloomberg TV, Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus said Putin’s aim now is to topple the Ukrainian government, replace it with a pro-Russian regime, control the capital and control everything east of the Dnieper, as well as the southern portion of the country to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea and connect up with a Russian unit in the eastern part…

China repeated calls for talks to resolve the crisis in Ukraine on Thursday while refusing to criticize Russia’s attack and accusing the U.S. and its allies of worsening the situation.… Read more » The post China Calls for Talks Over Ukraine, Criticizes U.S. appeared first on Hamodia . In related news: Ahmadinejad Decries Aide’s Disqualification From Election EU Says Iran Nuclear Talks Off to ‘A Good Start’ Turkish Sources: CIA Chief to Visit, Discuss Security Issues Iran Names New U.N. Ambassador as Tensions Rise With Washington New EU Summit Likely as Bloc Is Split Over Who Gets Top Jobs

The four-star US general said Russia will face a formidable counter-insurgency that would be difficult to suppress in the long run

McMaken: Russian ''Weakness'' & The Russian "Threat" To The West Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, The current advocates for US aggression against Russia would have us believe that Russia is some sort of peer of the United States and of western Europe. Tom Rogan at the hawkish Washington Examiner , for example, insists that Russia is a "great power," presumably comparable to the United States in spite of Russia''s small economy. Moreover, as Ted Galen Carpenter notes , hawks are fond are speaking of modern Russia as if it were pretty much the same thing as the Soviet Union, a state that was considerably larger and more populous than modern-day Russia. Unlike Russia, the Soviet Union was also founded on a totalitarian ideology. Older readers might find that sort of thing to be plausible. After all, many people over a certain age are still living in the past, in the days of the Cold War, and still imagine the Soviet Union as it was: a state three times the size of the United States with satellite states that extended well into central Europe.

Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus addresses tensions in Eastern Europe as Russian President Vladimir Putin moves to occupy parts of Ukraine.

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Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday said that there''s a lot at stake as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalates.In an appearance on MSNBC''s "Morning Joe" show, Panetta said that "I think what''s at

Trump-era Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has received kind coverage from Russia state TV for praising Russia strongman Vladimir Putin, CNN reported Wednesday. CNN''s Brianna Keilar played clips of Pompeo complimenting Putin as a "talented statesman" who should be respected, calling him "very shrewd, very capable." CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter noted Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has been pushing "this pro-Putin narrative and he''s not the only one on Fox doing it. He''s the most prominent, but we have seen it seep out throughout the right-wing media and to the likes of Mike Pompeo. Keilar and co-host John Berman interviewed Daily Beast columnist Julia Davis, who monitors Russia state media. "It has been a really shocking to watch the joy and glee with which Russian state television celebrated the prospect of an escalation with Ukraine, which even before this has gotten to this point they have always acknowledged that if Putin were to recognize the independence of these so-called republics, that would mean war against Ukraine," she explained.

On July 28, 2016, CIA director John Brennan briefed then-President Barack Obama on an intelligence bombshellinformation that the corporate media claimed was drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government. According to media reports describing the briefing, Vladi­mir Putin had approved a campaign to defeat or at least damage Hillary Clinton and help elect her opponent, Donald []

Deeper Analysis: Trump Transition Data Was Passed To The CIA Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary , Last week, we documented Special Counsel John Durhams motion discussing the potential conflicts of interest of Michael Sussmanns attorneys. That filing was important for a number of reasons, mainly because Durham stated that Sussmanns client, Rodney Joffe (a federal contractor with access to sensitive data) exploited internet traffic data (domain name system, or DNS) pertaining to the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). We also asked why Joffe and Sussmann continued to push false allegations of Trumps ties to Russia after the election. One could theorize that they made the Trump/Russia connection in the summer and fall of 2016 to hurt Trump politically. After all, the bogus story of a secret Alfa Bank/Trump Organization back-channel made it to Slate via Franklin Foer on October 31, 2016 just before the November 8, 2016 presidential election, and not long after Sussmann went to the FBI to relay these same allegations.

The Burden Of Proof Is Always On The Ones Making The Claim (Even If It''s About Russia) Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, Well youll be shocked to learn that, while the Ukraine invasion weve been told for weeks was happening any day now still has not occurred, the US and UK have declared that Russia attacked Ukraine in an invisible and unverifiable way for which the evidence is secret. The White House blamed Russia on Friday for this weeks cyberattacks targeting Ukraines defense ministry and major banks and warned of the potential for more significant disruptions in the days ahead, AP reports . Anne Neuberger, the Biden administrations deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, said the U.S. had rapidly linked Tuesdays attacks to Russian military intelligence officers. Technical information analysis shows the GRU was almost certainly involved in disruptive DDoS attacks, adds a statement from the UK Foreign Office. No evidence for this claim has been provided beyond the assertive tone with which American and British officials have uttered it, but that likely wont stop arguments from western narrative managers that this attack justifies immediate economic sanctions.