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U.S. Funds Ukraine Groups Censoring Critics, Smearing Pro-Peace Voices
American taxpayers are footing the bill for Ukrainian NGOs focused on smearing proponents of a diplomatic solution as “Russian disinformation” agents.
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Gonzalo Lira, critic of Zelensky, ‘tortured to death’ in Ukraine prison
Gonzalo Lira, a Chilean-American blogger and a critic of US and Ukraine presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky, has died in a Ukrainian prison after he was “tortured” and denied medical treatment.
Seymour Hersh: The Cover-Up
The Biden Administration continues to conceal its responsibility for the destruction of the Nord Stream Pipelines.
Anya Parampil: I am the “U.S.-based Kremlin intermediary” that tried to help Tucker Carlson book an interview with Putin
Tucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on his personal communications when he tried to schedule an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I can corroborate his story.
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline
The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now
U.S. ‘Intelligence’ Says Its ‘Intelligence’ Is Bullshit
U.S. ‘intelligence’ folks tell their stenographers at NBC News that their obvious lies are obvious lies.
The Isolation of Russia: Competing Narratives
In the competing narrative to the unified response from governments around the world following NATO’s lead, China and India, which make up 37% of the world’s population, are noticeably absent from that unified response.
Chris Hedges: On Being Disappeared
The entire archive of six years of my show On Contact has been removed by YouTube.
Democracy? Zelensky Martial Law Forces Merger of Ukraine Media, Outlaws Opposition Parties
This latest executive decree effectively shuts down political pluralism in Ukraine, as the country’s increasingly paranoid US-backed president officially deems any ethnic Russian political or media activity in Ukraine as suspicious – claiming that ‘the activities of those politicians aimed at division or collusion will not succeed, but will receive a harsh response.’
Lawmakers Criminalize ‘Fake News’ On Russia’s State Bodies Abroad
Those spreading “false information” on the work of the embassies and other entities face up to 15 years in jail.
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless
There is no propaganda as potent or powerful as war propaganda.
Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard
The speed of Western retaliation over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised eyebrows among Yemenis who have endured a relentless bombing campaign and deadly air, land, and sea blockade for 2,520 consecutive days.
7 Fake News Stories Coming Out of Ukraine
In just the last 48 hours, dozens of stories, images, narratives and videos have circulated as being taken from the fighting in Ukraine, a huge percentage of which are fake.
Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat Participated in Covert UK Foreign Office-Funded Programs to “Weaken Russia,” Leaked Docs Reveal
New leaked documents show Reuters’ and the BBC’s involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect “attitudinal change” and “weaken the Russian state’s influence,” alongside intel contractors and Bellingcat.
US and UK Military-Intelligence Apparatus Campaigns to Destroy Jeremy Corbyn
Days before Britain’s historic election, the UK’s military-intelligence apparatus is turning to the corporate media and US government-funded NATO cut-outs to smear Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with evidence-free Russiagate allegations.