1991: When America Tried To Keep Ukraine In The USSR

1991: When America Tried To Keep Ukraine In The USSR

The US government today likes to pretend that it is the perennial champion of political independence for countries that were once behind the Iron Curtain. What is often forgotten, however, is that in the days following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Washington opposed independence for Soviet republics like Ukraine and the Baltic states.

Ukraine Bans Bitcoin Purchases With National Currency Amid Martial Law

Ukraine Bans Bitcoin Purchases With National Currency Amid Martial Law

Although the FX market has been generally stable over the last month, significant volumes of foreign currency purchases by banks pursuing overseas settlements create some additional pressure. As a solution to this, Ukraine has banned Bitcoin purchases with national currency amid martial law.

The Ukraine War Is A Racket

The Ukraine War Is A Racket

“War is a racket, wrote US Maj. General Smedley Butler in 1935. He explained: “A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small ‘inside’ group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.”

US, EU Sacrificing Ukraine To ‘Weaken Russia’: fmr. NATO Adviser

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters a new phase, former Swiss intelligence officer, senior United Nations official, and NATO advisor Jacques Baud analyzes the conflict and argues that the US and its allies are exploiting Ukraine in a longstanding campaign to bleed its Russian neighbor.