The Saker blog is now “frozen”

Dear friends I am announcing that as of today, the Saker blog is frozen. We will post a special page with archive information in the next couple of days (March

A few minor things

Dear friends Quick reminder: we are about to freeze the blog and announce how/where to download the archive from.  I expect the details posted here on Tuesday. I want J.B.

Putin Speaks (Andrei Martyanov)

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Q&A with readers

Dear friends As promised I am posted our Q&A.  Please don’t be too harsh on me, I recorded it without any prior preparations and, of course, I made a few

Putin delivers address to Federal Assembly

China Declares War On The United States (Gonzalo Lira)

Full document: US Hegemony and Its Perils 2023-02-20 16:28 US Hegemony and Its Perils February 2023 Contents Introduction I. Political Hegemony—Throwing Its Weight Around II. Military Hegemony—Wanton Use of Force

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State of the Nation” address

Good afternoon. Former Presidents Áder and Schmitt and your Dear Wives, Mister Speaker, Leaders of Hungarian communities from beyond our borders, Ladies and Gentlemen, As you are certainly aware, around

The bloody sore on humanity’s conscience

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. And above all, Thou shalt not be a bystander. Yehuda Bauer Globalize the Intifada! Lowkey Intro – where

Important news about the blog archive (please read!)

Dear friends, Good news! Herb, my IT guru, has very kindly agreed to host the frozen “http://thesaker.is” site for one full year. The site will be frozen at the of

Roger Waters interview to Berliner Zeitung

Note: reading these moronic questions+statements only confirms to me my conviction that Europe is sub-pathetic and deserves what will come its way.  This is sad, of course, but indisputable.  As

Roger Waters addresses the UNSC (at the invitation of Russia)

Comment by Andrei: Russia invited Roger Waters to speak at the UNSC even though the Russians perfectly knew and understood that Roger Waters does not share the same view of

The US Has Legalized Theft

A few special goodbye messages

Dear friends, I have a few special categories of people I want to say goodbye to with a few short messages.  Here we go: To my moderators Friends, you all

Russia invites Roger Waters to speak at the UN Security Council

FYI: my interview with Roger Waters here: Interview with Roger Waters RT reports: Moscow has requested that Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters be allowed to speak at the next UNSC

How can we stay in touch? (a repeat and summary)

Dear friends, The tsunami of emails expressing their support and understanding has not abated at all!  Many also express sadness, which I very much share.  For me the blog was

From Soledar to Sanctioned by the UK Government

Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Move by U.S. to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World

 

What Becomes of NATO After The Loss In Ukraine (Gonzalo Lira)

NATO warns that Putin’s MASSIVE attack is happening now, send weapons | Redacted with Clayton Morris

OH SH*T, HERE WE GO (Douglas Macgregor)

When Numbers Lie

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Various important updates about the blog shutdown

Dear friends I want to share a few updates about the blog shutdown with you: Archiving the blog I have been contacted by several people offering to host an archive

Miseducated (Andrei Martyanov)

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The West Is Now Impotent In The Ukraine Conflict

U.S. Not Prepared to take on Russia / Col Doug Macgregor

The Ukraine Conflict — A Primer (Gonzalo Lira)

I like Gonzalo Lira’s videos A LOT, but today I am posting one without seeing it (I don’t have the time), so I cannot say that I approve (or disapprove)

Blog archiving and other issues

Dear friends, WOW!  I truly did not expect such a tsunami of emails and offers of support.  I can’t even begin to tell you how touched I am.  I am

Important message about the blog from Andrei

Dear friends, While I did not reply to any comments, I have read them very carefully.  I have also received a lot of emails and, again, I read all of

Douglas Macgregor – We are co Belligerents

The West Has Lost Already (Gonzalo Lira)

An update about the blog

Dear friends Today rather than commenting on the risks of a major war in Europe, or even the entire northern hemisphere, I want to share a few things about the

7549 and Counting

Douglas Macgregor – A Huge Offensive

Tactics without Strategy is the Noise Before Defeat

The title of this article is a quote by the famous Chinese general, strategist, philosopher, and writer Sun Tzu who lived 2500 years ago.  And while it is true that

By popular demand: “How I became a 9/11 ‘truther'” reposted

Since I get a lot of requests for that file, which Google modified with some kind of “security update”, which forces people to ask for a viewer permission (sigh) so

Is Andrei Martyanov right in his criticism of US ruling “elites”?

Those of you who, like myself, try not to miss any videos or articles by Andrei Martyanov know that one of his “favorite” topics is the utter incompetence of western

Probabilities and “Experts”

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Revisiting Russian objectives in the Ukraine

Check out this list of headlines, all from one source only, RT and all from the past week or so: https://www.rt.com/news/569764-ukraine-peace-summit-un/ https://www.rt.com/news/569736-zelensky-bust-capitol-resolution/ https://www.rt.com/russia/569914-ukraine-blogger-russians-genocide/ https://www.rt.com/news/569917-us-democrat-calls-for-biden-impeachment/ https://www.rt.com/news/569959-russia-france-orthodox-cemetery/ https://www.rt.com/news/569969-cia-chief-secret-meeting-zelensky/ https://www.rt.com/russia/570005-russian-standing-army-boost/ https://www.rt.com/sport/569994-tennis-australian-open-russia-embassy/ https://www.rt.com/sport/569988-australian-open-bans-russian-flag/ https://www.rt.com/russia/569986-shoigu-minister-headquarters-ukraine/

Echoes from the first Neocon war in Europe and some music

First, I found out that BitChute also blocks videos showing combat operations in videos made my Russians.  Rumble did not, at least so far, so in the future I will

Industrial Warfare Thinking (Andrei Martyanov)

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The city of Soledar has been liberated by the Wagner PMC

This “news” was weeks in the making, but this time it is official: the city of Soledar has been liberated by the Wagner PMC (with Russian Airborne Forces blocking the

What would it take?

How NATO “celebrated” the Orthodox Nativity NATO did “celebrate” the Orthodox Nativity, but in its own way. First, a few headlines: Remember the truce offered by Russia?  It was rejected. 

Celebrating the Nativity

Dear friends, I will be taking a few days off, from Thursday until Sunday evening, to attend church services at my parish.  God willing, I should be back at the

On Force Structure (Andrei Martyanov)

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Making sense of NATO strikes against Russia

There is no doubt that NATO is trying hard to escalate the war in the Ukraine.  Just before the end of the year there were two drones strikes against a

Part 2 of Saker’s interview with Straight-Bat on Marxism in the 21st century

Note: the first part of this interview was posted here Foreword: Apologies for the delay in contributing to the interview part 2 – I had to be busy with my

New Year’s Eve open thread

Dear friends, First, I want to wish a very happy New Year’s Eve to those who celebrate the new years on January 1st (I personally don’t).  I also want to

The Most Important Question (Andrei Martyanov)

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Vladimir Putin Press Conference – December 22 2022 – English Subtitles

The most important question

Looks like we will make it to Dec 31, 2022. Will we make it to December 31, 2023? This question is not hyperbole.  I would even argue that this is