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Gilbert Doctorow

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The sequence of destruction in any Russian response...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/04

One of the valuable features of my several platforms for publishing essays is the feedback I get from readers. In this regard I quote here what one reader sent in about my article earlier today on the violation of free speech that the detention of Scott Ritter yesterday at JFK airport and confiscation of his … Continue reading The sequence of destruction in any Russian response to NATO-directed attacks on its heartland →

Freedom of speech in the U.S.A.? Think again!

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/04

In various essays over the past year, I have said time and again that in the United States citizens enjoy vastly more freedom of expression than in Europe, where I am living. The reason is found in the healthy split of voters between Trumpites and dyed in the wool Democrats, close to 50-50 among those … Continue reading Freedom of speech in the U.S.A.? Think again! →

The Kremlin may rest easy: Europe is a paper tiger

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/03

The Kremlin may rest easy: Europe is a paper tiger Having committed to an outlay of 60 euros for a social club luncheon which was to be addressed by the Belgian minister of defense, Admiral Michel Hofman, speaking on how the ministry is preparing for what it calls ‘geopolitical evolution,’ meaning World War III, I … Continue reading The Kremlin may rest easy: Europe is a paper tiger →

Who is fiddling while Rome burns? Belgium’s Queen...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/02

As readers of these pages know full well, the world is going to hell as daily escalations in the Ukraine conflict bring us ever closer to Armageddon, at which point this Newsletter, and not only this Newsletter, will be toast, as they say. Nonetheless, in spite of it all, in a small country called Belgium … Continue reading Who is fiddling while Rome burns? Belgium’s Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition tells us →

First strike capable: why Russia is indifferent to...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/01

Ladies and gentlemen, let me open this discussion with an out-of-the-box explanation as to why Russia appears to be laid back over the destruction of one of its early warning radar installations in the south of the country and undetermined damage to another during the past week. This, while the Western mainstream media speak of … Continue reading First strike capable: why Russia is indifferent to damage to one or another ground based radar installation →

Judge Andrew Napolitano and ‘Judging Freedom’

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/30

I take pleasure in offering below the link to my just aired debut on the ‘Judging Freedom’ youtube.com channel of Judge Andrew Napolitano. This U.S. based political analysis show has a global audience numbering in the millions and is an excellent platform for in-depth discussion of leading issues in the international and domestic U.S. spheres. … Continue reading Judge Andrew Napolitano and ‘Judging Freedom’ →

Ukrainian strikes on Russian early warning radar...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/29

In the past several days, Western mainstream media have reported on a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian early warning radar installation in the south of the country that is said to have disabled the facility. And now in the past 24 hours, we hear that a second such installation also was struck, though it … Continue reading Ukrainian strikes on Russian early warning radar installations: a strategic blow or an irrelevancy? →

A tribute to the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/25

Earlier today, I accepted an invitation from Iran’s Press TV to give my appreciation of President Raisi, who died tragically in a helicopter crash a week ago. See https://www.urmedium.net/c/presstv/129636 The two key words that come to mind to characterize Ebrahim Raisi are dignity and restraint. These very positive features of the man who steered the … Continue reading A tribute to the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi →

WION, Indian global broadcaster, discusses Putin’s...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/25

In this morning’s interview on WION, India’s premier English-language global television channel, I was given the opportunity to comment on two of the key issues in yesterday’s international news: the latest statement to the press by Hungarian premier Viktor Orban that Russia has no intention of attacking a NATO country; and President Putin’s offer to … Continue reading WION, Indian global broadcaster, discusses Putin’s latest proposal for a ceasefire →

WION, Indian global television, on the Russian...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/22

In a six minute interview this morning on India’s premier English-language global broadcaster, I was given the opportunity to talk about video coverage of ongoing Russian military exercises using nuclear capable missiles at the Ukrainian border. In particular, Russian state television yesterday drew attention to their MIG31s carrying nuclear armed hypersonic Kinzhal missiles. The Kinzhals … Continue reading WION, Indian global television, on the Russian nuclear weapon drills at the

Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China as reported by...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/16

It was a pleasure earlier today to discuss with WION moderator Shivan Chanana what results we may expect from the ongoing visit to China of Russian President Vladimir Putin. As you will see from this exchange and from the messages presented on the running band of text at the bottom of the screen, India’s global … Continue reading Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China as reported by WION Indian global television →

The Kharkov offensive and the replacement of Shoigu...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/13

These are the two big stories in and about Russia today, and in what follows I will provide an overview of what we know and from whom. The item about which we know more is the replacement of Shoigu by the economist Andrei Belousov, and my prime source of information on this is…The Financial Times. … Continue reading The Kharkov offensive and the replacement of Shoigu as Defense Minister →

Travel Notes, St Petersburg, April-May 2024: fourth...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/11

We come to Russia, to Petersburg for a lot more than the pleasures of High Culture. A bigger incentive is people, our good and long time friends here. I already mentioned in passing in my first installment that we met up with friends Masha and Ivan (names changed to protect their privacy) from Moscow who … Continue reading Travel Notes, St Petersburg, April-May 2024: fourth and final installment →

Travel Notes, St Petersburg, April-May 2024:...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/09

‘The Great Game’: Alexander Dugin in a new light As readers of my essays know very well, I have been using two talk shows on Russian state television as my markers for what the chattering classes are saying: Sixty Minutes, with hosts Olga Skabeyeva and Yevgeny Popov, and Evening with Vladimir Solovyov. In general, I … Continue reading Travel Notes, St Petersburg, April-May 2024: installment three →

Deadly threats work: Sputnik Globe on the NATO...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/08

Today’s issue of Sputnik Globe pulls no punches, telling us that Russia’s announcement of exercises for use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine apparently achieved its objective. NATO is likely to affirm that there will be ‘no boots on the ground’ during its July gathering. See https://sputnikglobe.com/20240508/nato-no-boots-on-the-ground-ukraine-strategy-meant-to-silence-wests-loudmouths–1118336759.html Translation below into German (Andreas Mylaeus) Tödliche Drohungen … Continue

WION, India’s premier English-language global...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/08

Events of global importance are rushing at us daily not only in the Russia-NATO confrontation over Ukraine. Developments in and over Gaza are also vying for our attention and are demanding commentary from ‘talking heads.’ I am not an expert on Israeli and West Asian affairs, though I am deeply immersed in what genuine experts … Continue reading WION, India’s premier English-language global broadcaster, takes a stand on Israel’s assault on Rafah →

Travel Notes, St Petersburg, April-May 2024: second...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/07

When our Moscow friends visited us in our Pushkin apartment several days ago, Lyudmila gazed out the balcony windows at the green field opposite us, but thinking more likely of the Catherine Park on the other side of our residential complex, commented that it was a pity we spend so little time here and that … Continue reading Travel Notes, St Petersburg, April-May 2024: second installment →

Will the NATO war games on Russia’s borders trigger a...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/05

Yesterday evening’s brief interview on Iran’s Press TV alongside panelist Don Debar from the USA focused on one question: what risks to the peace are presented by the ongoing massive NATO military exercises at Russia’s borders in which more than 90,000 soldiers are participating and which Moscow considers a provocation. I say here directly that … Continue reading Will the NATO war games on Russia’s borders trigger a nuclear response? Discussion on Iran’s Press TV →

Not every German public figure supports Israel’s...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/03

The actor Dieter Hallervorden is a name known to everyone in Germany. For decades he was THE ACTOR whom you saw on television. He also played in prize winning movies. At age 88, he is the Intendant of three drama theaters and is on the stage nearly every evening. Now in his video poem Gaza … Continue reading Not every German public figure supports Israel’s genocide! →

Did Russia use ‘chemical weapons’ in Ukraine?: WION...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/05/02

The latest State Department accusations against Russia for supposedly using chemical weapons on the battlefield against Ukrainian forces were the starting point for my interview this morning with India’s premier English language global broadcaster WION. These charges are said to have been the basis for the latest round of sanctions imposed on Russia by the … Continue reading Did Russia use ‘chemical weapons’ in Ukraine?: WION Indian global news →

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