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Stanislav Krapivnik discusses the attack on a key Russian post on the Baltic coast, and also why the energy collapse in the Gulf States will likely be enduring, if not possibly permanent.
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Kay-Achim Schönbach is the former head of the German Navy, who was forced to resign in January 2022 after arguing that Ukraine would not regain control of Crimea and that it would be wise to show respect for Russia.
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What a treat. Part of our frantic series of interviews in Moscow last week - BEFORE the Epstein Syndicate war on Iran.
George Galloway and myself interview a remarkable man: Mikhail Delyagin, economist, historian, deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Economic Policy, and sanctioned to death by the West.
Enjoy. Especially those of you living in NATOstan. -Pepe Escobar
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Straight outta Moscow - on the week of the 4th anniversary of the SMO.
None other than Lt Gen Apti Alaudinov, 38 - the youngest top General in Russia's modern history.
The SMO and beyond - as in the possible attack on Iran - seen by the ultimate warrior-intellectual insider.
Timeline:
00:00 Moscow intel - the US may strike Iran as soon as today
02:16 Gen. Alaudinov: why Trump wants this war and how it could backfire
04:44 Who’s pushing the US into conflict - Israel’s role and the “regional takedown” plan
06:48 Iran resisted internal pressure - “sleeper cells” failed
08:38 Global silence before a bigger war - risk of WW3 and nuclear escalation
10:47 Russia and Iran on the same side? what support could look like
13:48 “Talks are theater” why Moscow still plays along
17:23 A blow against BRICS and the dollar - what this conflict is really about
18:25 Epstein files and elite kompromat - who “has the West on a button”
26:23 The key lesson from the Ukraine war: drones, robots, and information warfare
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