Economist & author. Russia, Ukraine & Eastern Europe. Read my latest book: "Russia's Crony Capitalism" amzn.to/2WgLENO
Washington, DC
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My article for Project Syndicate today arguing that Putin has run out of options. Whatever he does, spend more or mobilize soldiers, will make his situation worse.
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My interview with TVP World on August 16 about Andrei Klepach's brave speech about Russia not being able to win a war of attrition against Ukraine and Russia's structural degeneration.
piped.video/PliyjPgX_vE
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I am surprised that Americans appear to care so little about corruption in the USA.
Trump's ending of the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021 is truly disastrous.
His own business dealings would end his term in any other democratic country.
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It is incredible that the US is so lawless that this kind of hard evidence presented in multiple forms is not leading to any reaction from any reaction from any so-called law enforcement agency.
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No surprise, VEB's chief economist Andrey Klepach has just been sacked.
In an eminent analysis, he concluded that Russia could not win a war of attrition against Ukraine and that Russia was likely to end up in a social crisis as in 1917.
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As long as Trump is US president, the whole world knows that the ideal of the US is mendacity & cruelty.
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What I cannot understand is that anybody could take Trump seriously.
Don't they all hear that he lies all the time?
No serious person takes a patent liar seriously.
BREAKING: Frustration with Trump is growing across the Persian Gulf, where U.S. allies are increasingly concerned he can’t manage the diplomacy needed to end the war with Iran, according to The Washington Post.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain are reportedly increasingly frustrated with Trump after months of conflict and continued Iranian missile and drone strikes. Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran, only to back off and cite progress in talks. Some Gulf countries are now even questioning whether they should continue hosting large U.S. military bases.
“Trump started this war,” one Gulf official said, “and we are paying the price.”
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Europe (the EU including the UK & Norway) needs to rethink the war in Ukraine.
Europe must aim to defeat Russia.
Russia has now spread the real war to Europe.
Europe must respond accordingly.
The US is out or on Putin's side.
Europe! Stand up for Ukraine!
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Why has lying become the tune of the Trump regime?
And how could the US fall so deep?
How can the US restore truth?
Presumably it will require a major financial crash, as 1929-33, but will it come?
Top 10 Spreaders of Disinformation in the US according to ChatGPT:
1. Donald Trump
2. Fox News
3. Elon Musk
4. Robert F. Kennedy
5. Alex Jones
6. Tucker Carlson
7. Sean Hannity
8. Newsmax
9. The Gateway Pundit
10. Breitbart
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The Trump Organization has been fined by US Treasury twice for money laundering, so that is a fact.
In 2015, it was fined $10 million, but then US Treasury appears to have taken it down from its web site.
Both fines referred to Trump casinos, which are financial organizations.
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Ukrainian rapper, Albert Vasiliev, intended target of alleged Russian assassination plot in Poland, media reports. He is also a US citizen.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainia…
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The most accurate articles in English about the US are now being published by the British press: Financial Times, Guardian, Telegraph, BBC.
The represent different views but they all publish the truth that is now dangerous to publish in the US because of Trump's retribution.
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Reuters: "Ukraine has sent Russia an offer suggesting they both halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source said, after mounting strikes on vessels and ports there raised fears over global food supplies."
Russia said no immediately:
meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/14…
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The US will have no credibility as long as it has a president who lies as he breathes.
Isn't that obvious?
Stop talking about anything else that should be done to restore US credibility!
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My interview today with Ian Masters about Putin's apparent attempt to opt for the destruction of Ukraine after he has realized that he cannot conquer it.
nitter.net/ianmastersmedia
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The big point is that Trump's US does absolutely nothing for Ukraine, neither military nor financial or humanitarian asistance.
Trump supports Putin, autocracy, military aggression & kleptocracy.
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Needless to say, Vance and Musk support AfD wholeheartedly.
AFD = enemy of Europe
AfD = enemy of Germany
AfD = enemy of USA
AfD = enemy of NATO
AfD = enemy of Ukraine
AfD = enemy of Israel
AFD =enemy of Kosovo
AfD = Putins troopers
AfD makes Germany weak again
AfD = servant of our enemies
If you vote AfD you are Putins man
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