THE SECURITY PERIMETER 

A world aching for peace & stability can no longer afford NATO

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calling for an end to the fighting in Libya is like an arsonist calling for the house he’s just burned to the ground to stop emitting smoke.

For this reason it can only be an excess of black humour or wilful amnesia on the part of Mr Stoltenberg that explains his perverse call for this particular conflict to end in this particu...

Vladimir Putin: 'Nothing criminal' about suspects in Novichok nerve agent poisoning

LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that his country has identified the two men that Britain says are Russian intelligence officers suspected of poisoning a former spy and his daughter with a nerve agent in an English city.

Putin said there is “nothing criminal” about the pair, who are known to British investigators as Ale...

It is an age-old statecraft technique to seek unity within a state by depicting an external enemy or threat. Russia is the bête noire again, as it was during the Cold War years as part of the Soviet Union.

But the truth is Western states are challenged by internal problems. 

Ironically, by denying their own internal democratic challenges, Western authorities are only hastening their institutional demise.

Russophobia — “blame it a...

(Obviously fake news..... they ask Europe to accept the will of the Crimean people after they were invaded by the russians. The german LOCAL politicians are on a visit organized by the Alternative for Germany political party..... lets check were their funding comes from, maybe the kremlin?

A regional lawmaker from Germany has called Western sanctions against Russia “counterproductive,” and said accepting the choice that the Cri...

(further comment, sorry i cant stop... so russia not a threat, never invaded crimea and is at war with ukraine, fake news, nothing to see)

NATO suffers from internal contradictions, and the alliance is unable to provide a unified approach to its policies, Italian defense analyst, editor-in-chief of Defense Online (Difesa Online) news portal Andrea Cucco told Sputnik Italia, sharing his view on what the bloc has become.

Andrea C...

quick commentary, and of course uzbekistan and starvekistan have a higher GDP per cap than Norway

“By most parameters we are better than the cities in developed countries. This year most of our parameters became better that those in rapidly developing cities such as Beijing. In some spheres we are still behind, but in others we can be competitive,” Sobyanin said in an interview with the TASS news agency.

“For example, we have fe...

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yeah right, north korea is not a threat... nothing to see here. Its part of Washingtons plan to dominate the planet

Washington is not interested in resolving the Korean crisis, which it is using to twist Beijing's hand, Asia-Pacific region analyst Vladimir Terekhov told Radio Sputnik, while commenting on the joint exercises launched by South Korea and the US amid the escalation of tensions in the region.

Washing...

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uhhh, just trust me, i know

The UK Labour Party's youth wing has passed a resolution calling for the UK to withdraw from NATO, the "lynchpin" of US imperialism. While it will be debated at the party's National Policy Forum later this year, it will likely be an unwelcome development for the party's leadership.

Young Labour — the youth wing of the UK Labour Party, membership is automatic for party members aged 14-2...

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Long live democracy in Venezuela, down with the imperialist pig dog americas!

Caracas is able to withstand pressure from the United States, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday in Minsk at the opening ceremony of a monument to the national hero of Venezuela Simon Bolivar.

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https://sputniknews.com/latam/201710051057985804-maduro-us-venezuela-freedom-loving-spirit/

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But nothing to see in Ukraine, fake news.

Leaders of NATO have announced the development of a thousands-strong multinational battalion stationed in Romania to bolster the bloc’s strength in the region. The move is part of the ongoing military buildup between NATO and the Russian bloc in Eastern Europe.

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https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201710121058151857-nato-romania-multinational-battalion-provocation/