Russia

Authored by Pepe Escobar, Op-Ed via RT.com,

So foreign ministers from the 28 NATO member-nations met in Brussels for a two-day summit, while mighty military power Montenegro was inducted as a new member.

Global Robocop NATO predictably discussed Afghanistan (a war NATO ignominiously lost); Iraq (a war the Pentagon ignominiously lost); Libya (a nation NATO turned into a failed state devastated by militia hell); Syria (a nation NATO, via Turkey, would love to invade, and is already a militia hell).

Submitted by Michael Klare via TomDispatch.com,

Washington’s Sanctions Against Russia Wreck Not Russia But Washington’s European Vassals

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/05/26/europe-revolts-against-russian-sanctions.html

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Russia’s Deputy Chief of General Staff met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss strategic military cooperation. According to TASS: China was represented by Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission Admiral Sun Jianguo, Russia – by Chief of the Main Operations Department of the Russian General Staff Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoy.

Will Russia Succumb To Washington’s Economic Attack?

Paul Craig Roberts

Yesterday State Department deputy propaganda spokesperson Mark Toner reminded US companies that there are economic and reputational risks associated with doing business with Russia until Russia gives Crimea back to Washington’s puppet government in Kiev.
http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160524/1040134996/russia-us-business-sanctions.html

I see the matter differently from the US State Department.