https://cartographer.substack.com/p/the-khazar-khaganate-an-introduction
 
That substack link is to a 3,000 word, 1.5 hour read of the historical account of the jews and why they hate Russia.
 
TLC;DR: they amassed a rich empire on the business model of capturing Slavic people and sold them into slavery (that’s where the word “slave” came from) they converted to whatever “jew” is in 740 AD and flourished until Norsman “Vikings” (aka Verangians) overthrew their empire and freed the Slavic peoples from being captured by them and sold. (Catherine The Great conquered Novorusia and Crimea for EXACTLY the same reason) And that’s why the Kagens (Kazarian Kaginate) and Ashkenazi fake jews hate the Russians for generation after generation.
 

Posted by: Hot Carl | Feb 1 2026 14:45 utc | 4

Here is a good read on Kiev’s current situation: https://southfront.press/water-is-a-luxury-complete-water-cut-in-kyiv-exposes-fragility-of-critical-infrastructure/
Rather grim, but no sympathy here…   I hope this is the year that the SMO is finished and Russia attains all its goals.  All these “negotiation” make me cautiously optimistic. 

Posted by: ctiger | Feb 1 2026 14:50 utc | 6

Stupendious allegations require extrodianary proof. This is the Epstien files, is it a pysch op? Is Zelensky nothing more than a spectactuler intelligence sucess? Like most glimpes over the overton most will never know.

Posted by: steve | Feb 1 2026 15:11 utc | 8

“TLC;DR: they amassed a rich empire on the business model of capturing Slavic people and sold them into slavery (that’s where the word “slave” came from) they converted to whatever “jew”
Posted by: Hot Carl | Feb 1 2026 14:45 utc | 4 ”
 
Dont forget to mention who they were selling the Slavs to. 

Posted by: WhatAbout? | Feb 1 2026 15:34 utc | 10

*** Antisemitism is a sign of low IQ ***
Posted by: chudon | Feb 1 2026 15:37 utc | 11
 
Nice turn of a phrase. Ascribing a belief or a behavior to a group in general is lazy on its best day. 

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 1 2026 15:59 utc | 12

@Maverick 7
 
Still waiting for Russia to actually do something other than play money games with Donald’s money men. I become less optimistic by the day. 
 
Russia is doing the job of absorbing daily NATO made bombs landing in their territory.  Russian Shock and Awe against Ukraine is more effective than NATO Shock and Awe against Russia, but the NATO Shock and Awe is far from harmless.
 
Russian oil being sold to China is allowing China to forcefully react to US tariffs and US pirating cargo ships and US trying to economically destroy Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and many other nations.  Russia seems to be contributing in helping Africa break free of US / European colonization and become independent.
 
The more effort the US puts into talking with Russia, the less US effort goes into destroying other nations.  I’d like to discuss a bit about a post on here from someone talking about how Iran should obliterate Israel.  Then the last paragraph had a sentence like “oh yeah Iran would have to eat a few nukes most likely in this scenario”.   Asking Iran (or Russia or China) to “eat a few nukes” is kind of a big ask.
 
 The US has been trying to destroy Russia economically for a long long time.  When the US destroyed Iraq economically in the 1990s, the US Secretary of State asserted that the half a million deaths of Iraqi children caused by US sanctions was WORTH IT.  The US is using every diplomatic, intelligence, military, and economic strategy they can use to destroy Russia (and Iran and China and other nations).  Russia is doing quite a lot. 

Posted by: Woke American | Feb 1 2026 16:12 utc | 14

*** Korbyko’s article is silly.  … Korbyko does not have a clue.
Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | Feb 1 2026 16:07 utc | 13
 
Thank you for the reality check, I thought so. 
 
The goal of any propaganda campaign is to flatten an image or issue into useful terms while disposing of nuance. I expected more of Korybko than being just a tool. He is a Pole after all I guess. 

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 1 2026 16:34 utc | 16

Antisemitism is a sign of low IQ, read Nietzsche’s account on Wagner.
Posted by: chudon | Feb 1 2026 15:37 utc | 11

I used to be an anti-Antisemite as a result of my upbringing in a German school – where everybody speaks about our “special responsibility” toward the Jewish state which arises “from our history”. Asking questions like “are we effectively being governed by Jews” are way beyond the pale for us Germans, and I took my time even at MoA before daring to ask this question. Thereafter, using my intelligence and the available information about AIPAC, Epstein, 9/11, USS Liberty, Gaza and all the rest have led me to answer the above questian with yes. Now does that make me an Antisemite? I don’t care any more about it. Those who weaponize charges of Anti-semitism may be the ones lacking intelligence, after all.

Posted by: grunzt | Feb 1 2026 16:52 utc | 18

“Those who weaponize charges of Anti-semitism may be the ones lacking intelligence, after all.
Posted by: grunzt | Feb 1 2026 16:52 utc | 18”
 
I think you nailed it, but those weaponizing it are the most in need.
those practicing it may be beyond help.
 
 

Posted by: Not Ewe | Feb 1 2026 17:03 utc | 20

The thing about antisemitism and the very popular use of the term “the jews” in this bar is that it degrades the level of conversation. Everything is being attributed to “the jews”, “the zionists”, so really where’s the point in continuing the discussion? It’s all the jews anyway.
 
This line of thought leads to not only degradation of conversation, but also degradation of the mind – because we stop thinking as soon as we hit “the jews”; that’s it, we found the one explanation to everything in the universe, no point in looking any further. Every unexplained move in politics, every negative turn – “the jews”.
 
It is the same as the EU is now blaming everything on “Russia”. Power outages in Spain? Russia. A drone flying over a field in Scotland? Russia. A software glitch in airports? Russia. All very simple; no need to further look for the real reason, to find who really is the incompetent behind this (and rest assured, he’s not Russian, and he’s not a Jew). 
 

Posted by: chudon | Feb 1 2026 17:22 utc | 22

And yet again we see a Ukraine thread being dragged off topic …
 

Sergei Shoigu arrived in China, where he will hold talks with the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Russian Security Council reported.They will discuss international and regional security.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Feb 1 2026 17:41 utc | 24

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 1 2026 17:46 utc | 25

My bad, I read irony.

Posted by: xiao pignouf | Feb 1 2026 17:51 utc | 26

*** All very simple; no need to further look for the real reason, to find who really is the incompetent behind this (and rest assured, he’s not Russian, and he’s not a Jew).
Posted by: chudon | Feb 1 2026 17:22 utc | 22
 
A society that separates from God will be filled with individuals with an unrealized desire to worship. With this comes the urge to seek advancement in social heirarchy through claims of apostacy, unrequited by the experience of religious organizations in mitigating harm that can flow from that course. 
 
So pick your postmodernist apostate – Jews, Russia, whatever or whoever. Assessment of truth or competence doesnt matter – they are apostates (outgroup). 

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 1 2026 18:00 utc | 28

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Feb 1 2026 17:41 utc | 24
 
 
At this point don’t blame the people doing it, blame the people enabling it. “OT, but…” So then…if it is OT, and you know it’s OT, why post it? Just like when I jokingly said the thread would be derailed within comments 21-40 by something irrelevant like “who invented the question mark?” and on cue, someone was like, “@Stark I know you were joking but I looked it up and wanted to share 😛 (spoiler alert, it’s the Jews, again)” It is what it is. People can’t help themselves.
 
 
Anyway, I’m reading this now https://southfront.press/water-is-a-luxury-complete-water-cut-in-kyiv-exposes-fragility-of-critical-infrastructure/ since I remember asking a few days ago if anyone else had such reports about what life is like in the now 17th century Kiev. What are you guys’ thoughts?

Posted by: Stark | Feb 1 2026 18:07 utc | 30

*** no thinking person would do something like that, because it is by definition the cessation of thought and pursue of truth in the face of some external attributes.
Posted by: chudon | Feb 1 2026 18:03 utc | 29
 
I think you describe this perfectly and beautifully. 
 
At the end of the day, humans have a design that conserves energy by preferencing simplicity – humans will revert to behavior that preserves their position in the resource distribution hierarchy (risk aversion) with as little thought as possible, i.e. my group strong and it means well, so what they do is ok with me. 
 
This is exactly how evil comes about in the vast majority of instances – through unthinking people that mean well accepting the taking of what should not be theirs to take. There is no “Dr. Evil”.

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 1 2026 18:16 utc | 32

“I hope that, because of me, you misunderstand frithguild’s answer”

read : you don’t misunderstand…

Posted by: xiao pignouf | Feb 1 2026 18:21 utc | 34

What are you guys’ thoughts?
Posted by: Stark | Feb 1 2026 18:07 utc | 30

 
I’m thinking of all those small details that comprise a human’s life. Like, if you leave the city in order to survive, or at least to keep your sanity.
 
First, you need to have somewhere to go. How big part of the Kiev population owns a dacha?
 
Then, how can you just leave when you need a job because, trivial things like money? I doubt Ukraine has universal basic income. Also, you could be a teacher or a nurse or even a shop assistant and they need you to be there.
 
And then we aren’t even talking about the apartment where you probably have to pay rent even if you are not there and it’s rotting away with mould and broken water pipes and all kinds of damage.
 
And so on, in length. Everything is falling apart. I do think people in general are intelligent enough to not put all the blame on the Russians. So, chances are Zelensky et al won’t do a general election. At all.

Posted by: Avtonom | Feb 1 2026 18:42 utc | 36

The worst Zionists I know, the most disgusting, dishonest, bandit-like, criminal… are neo-Pentecostal Christians.
They are, by far, the worst scum on earth.

Posted by: Idéfix | Feb 1 2026 19:03 utc | 38

The Russians have obviously fallen into the Starlink trap.They had recently based the control of long-range drones, etc., and a large part of their real-time frontline communications on Starlink. Now, it is being largely shut down for the Russians. Every Starlink terminal must now be specially certified. Russian bloggers fear massive problems in the current Russian combat operations, as the Russians have nothing equivalent to Starlink.

Posted by: guest from franconia | Feb 1 2026 19:44 utc | 40

The Russians have obviously fallen into the Starlink trap.They had recently based the control of long-range drones, etc., and a large part of their real-time frontline communications on Starlink
Errrr, no. I don’t believe that for a minute.
if it looks that way it’s because they want to feed misinformation to the muricans..

Posted by: PalmaSailor | Feb 1 2026 19:51 utc | 42

Listen to power engineers, not officials of Ministry of Energy – MP on real terms of electricity supply restoration

Power engineers need 24 to 36 hours to stabilize the power system and restore electricity supply
 
Serhii Nahorniak, MP from the Servant of the People faction, member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities, has stated this on the air of the Kyiv 24 TV channel.
 
“According to the forecasts of the power engineers themselves, not the officials of the Ministry of Energy, they need 24 to 36 hours to stabilize the power system and restore full generation of nuclear power plants in the South, Khmelnytskyi and Rivne Regions,” Nahorniak said.
 
The MP noted that if there is a restoration of power supply, it will be with long schedules and switching to emergency schedules.
 
“We understand that, despite the calls to consume economically, now that the electricity is supplied, the subway and public transport should start working, and people in apartments will turn on electrical appliances. So I wouldn’t be so optimistic and make promises to people that cannot be fulfilled,” Nahorniak added.
 
 
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, emergency power outages were introduced in many regions of Ukraine and the capital. Water and heating were reported to be cut off, and subway, trolleybus and electric trains were also suspended.

https://ukranews.com/en/news/1131836-listen-to-power-engineers-not-officials-of-ministry-of-energy-mp-on-real-terms-of-electricity

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 1 2026 19:57 utc | 44

Korybko is usually not credible. Why ZH and Tyler Durden push his nonsense is not clear to me.
ZH seems to be pushing the White House lines of headline politics. Maybe more of the same.

Posted by: Acco Hengst | Feb 1 2026 20:00 utc | 46

yep- they force wrong terms on us.
if ever – we are antizionistic.

Posted by: Hodes | Feb 1 2026 20:18 utc | 48

Korybko has never impressed me more than taking whatever happens geopolitically, and infusing it into a word salad. Whatever he thinks wants to be heard by readers, will appear. But probably it’s not worse than some speakers here too. 

Posted by: Call it what u will | Feb 1 2026 20:37 utc | 50

Here’s a quote from Ukrainian Defence Minister Fedorov on the topic of Starlink:

“Ukraine, together with Starlink, has already taken the first steps that have yielded quick results in the fight against russian drones. The next step is to implement a system that will allow only authorized terminals to operate on the territory of Ukraine,” the message says.
 
He noted that in the coming days, the Ministry of Defense will publish instructions for Ukrainian users on registering Starlink for verification.

https://ukranews.com/en/news/1131934-unverified-starlink-terminals-in-ukraine-will-soon-be-disconnected-fedorov
 
Nothing to say how Russia can be stopped from obtaining “authorised” terminals, given the notorious “leakiness” of social media marketplaces, or even spoof the authorisation of the terminals they already have; I’m sure they wouldn’t have passed up the opportunity to study how to do that anyway.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 1 2026 20:38 utc | 52

*** Anyway, in a bid to head off what appears to be a concerted effort, here’s some news from the peaceful, freedom-loving democracy that is today’s Ukraine: ***
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 1 2026 19:16 utc | 39
 
The entirety of present day Ukraine and the Oblasts that have recently joined the RF were beyond the historic Pale of Settlement. Groups the RF presently labels Nazis, in one appelation or another,  had their hands involved in predictably recurrent pogroms. One could even say that Zionists familiar the “politics” of Ukraine brought their predisposition toward violence to the nascent State of Israel, e.g. Menachim Begin for one. So, really, this boring topic is an elephant in the room for anything Ukraine. 

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 1 2026 20:51 utc | 54

‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia has already identified Kyiv and the surrounding region as the primary target of the attack on the night of February 2-3, according to monitoring resources.▪️Enemy analysts report that the Russian army is redeploying strategic aircraft between airfields in preparation for a massive missile and drone strike.⚠️. RV:  |
 
‼️🇷🇺🇸🇪Armed fighters in military uniforms were spotted on board tankers belonging to the Russian “shadow fleet,” according to the Swedish Navy.▪️Western analysts believe they may be employees of a well-known private military company.⚠️. RV:  |
 
‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 In January, Russia used a record number of ballistic missiles against Ukraine, — enemy analysts▪️In January 2026, the Russian Army used 91 ballistic missiles—an absolute maximum for the entire conflict, writes Ukrainian military expert Alexander Kovalenko.▪️In the first week, 18 launches were recorded, with 1 missile intercepted; in the second, 38 launches (9M723, KN-23, S-300), with 11 targets shot down.▪️In the third week, 23 missiles were used, with 14 intercepted; in the last week, another 12 were used, with 5 shot down. In total, Ukrainian air defense managed to destroy about a third of the ballistic missiles. The previous record was October 2025 (89 launches).▪️Kovalenko notes: ballistics has become the primary strike tool, displacing the Kh-101 and Kalibr missiles, and is used almost daily.⚠️. RV:  |
 
Various concerns about Russian shipping
Eg “I completely agree with the author – the decisions made by the Europeans are, in fact, a direct declaration of war against us. But with one nuance – the ships that the West intends to subject to detentions and inspections, if they do not carry Russian flags and are not de jure Russian, cannot in any way be under our protection. That is, formally, they are “not ours”. And here we are faced with the classic Russian question – “What to do?”. It’s obvious that no diplomatic attempts to negotiate with the West will work…Escorting tankers through the Baltic in the company of our escort ships is an obvious solution. But where to get at least two dozen ships for this task, if the entire “operational” Baltic Fleet fits into this number? It’s clear that in its current form, the fleet is not capable of ensuring an effective system of convoys.How can we strengthen our fleet? To answer this question, let’s understand what kind of escort ships we need?
 
Blockade of Baltic is an act of war.
 
Razmay telegram
 
,???‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Negotiations in Abu Dhabi postponed after Russia-US meeting, – NYT▪️The decision was made following a recent meeting between Russian and US representatives in Miami. The publication notes that the exact reasons for postponing the latest round of talks have not yet been disclosed.▪️The meeting was expected to be the next stage of discussions on a possible peace settlement in Ukraine.⚠️. RV:  |
 
 
 
 

Posted by: Jo | Feb 1 2026 20:56 utc | 56

Timeline set for upcoming Russia-Ukraine-US talks – Zelensky
 
https://www.rt.com/russia/631833-russia-ukraine_us-talks-timeline/
 

The next round of US-mediated Moscow–Kiev talks is scheduled to take place on February 4 and 5 in Abu Dhabi, rather than this Sunday as previously planned, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has announced in a post on his Telegram channel.

The Kremlin has yet to comment on any change of schedule.
The initial round, held on January 23-24, marked the first trilateral format since the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalated in February 2022 and was described by all sides as “very constructive.”

The issue of territorial concessions, however, remained the main sticking point, as Ukraine refused to recognize Russia’s new borders.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that the reason for the rescheduling of the talks remains unclear, noting that it followed a “surprise” meeting over the weekend between Russian and US negotiators in Florida.

Neither side disclosed details of the discussions. However, US envoy Steve Witkoff later wrote on social media: “We are encouraged by this meeting that Russia is working toward securing peace in Ukraine.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev also called the meeting “constructive.”

While the upcoming Abu Dhabi talks have been described as trilateral, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier that both envoys Witkoff and Jared Kushner – Washington’s main negotiators in the Ukraine peace process – would not attend the next round of talks, though “there might be a US presence.”

Zelensky added in his Sunday post that “Ukraine is ready” for substantive discussions and is interested in achieving an outcome that would bring the conflict closer to an end.

Russia normally declines to publicly comment about details of sensitive negotiations, arguing that Ukraine-style “megaphone diplomacy” is counterproductive.
 
Moscow has maintained that it would prefer to achieve its goals diplomatically but is prepared to do so militarily if talks fail.

Moscow insists any settlement must include Ukraine’s withdrawal from the Donbass regions of Donetsk and Lugansk that voted to join Russia in 2022 referendums and recognition of the country’s new borders, including Crimea.

Kiev has rejected these demands and insisted on regaining the territories, despite continuously losing ground to Russian forces.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 1 2026 21:06 utc | 58

After several strikes on Kyiv, one of the thermal power plants cannot be restored, according to RBC-Ukraine.”Kyiv has been living in an energy crisis for several weeks following a series of massive Russian attacks on critical infrastructure. The system suffered the most severe strikes on January 9, 13, 20, and 24, damaging major electricity, heat, and water supply facilities. According to RBC-Ukraine sources, one of the thermal power plants cannot be restored,” the publication reports.Meanwhile, Zelenskyy is trying to drag out the negotiations, but Budanov is negotiating for an extension of the energy truce. The dates for the next trilateral meetings have been set: February 4 and 5 in Abu Dhabi, — Zelenskyy

Ukraine is ready for substantive discussions, and we are interested in ensuring that the outcome brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war.

It’s important to understand that a week-long “truce” won’t help Ukraine – Putin agreed to it because he achieved his goals and wanted to reward Trump with the laurels of apeacemaker. In fact, the entire energy grid already needs to be rebuilt almost from scratch, and all the high-rises in Kyiv need major repairs, including replacement of pipes and wiring. If missile strikes resume, all Ukrainian cities could become cold high-rises.

Posted by: Jo | Feb 1 2026 21:10 utc | 60

chudon | Feb 1 2026 20:37 utc | 50
The Rothschilds have immense power, but I don’t think they are Zionists in any meaningful sense of the word.
JFC
 
Chudon.
Tourists come here and think crocodiles are “just part of nature” and don’t “believe” the croc wants to hurt them.
The croc don’t care *what* you “believe”.
So too with zionists.
Apex predators eat when hungry. 
 
I don’t care WHAT they are.
You should. Ignorance ain’t bliss.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 1 2026 21:14 utc | 62

Shadow fleet
Russia should create a bargaining tool by deploying sea mines against European and US ships. Cheap, deadly and impossible to overcome. Also give sea mines to Iran and Yemen. That can send petroleum prices soaring forcing NATO to compromise or die.
 
Starlink 
It’s impossible to ensure only users authorized by Ukraine use it. Selling registration details is common. When Iran disrupted Starlink, some questioned why Russia didn’t. Now you know. Keeping it open benefits Russia more. Starlink signal is a give away of Ukrainian positions. So it is a bait Ukies happily swallow. How Russia turned a threat to an opportunity is simply amazing. Just like the war in Ukraine. Russia received 8 million people from Ukraine. Their natural net annual population growth is  higher than Russian war dead. So Russia can fight forever without losing any one from the pre war Russian population.

Posted by: Jason | Feb 1 2026 21:27 utc | 64

Almost 100 billion hryvnias were allocated for protective structures for energy facilities, but nothing was built anywhere, and the money was siphoned off by officials close to Zelenskyy. When journalists examine all the cases, Ukrainians will understand how much money was misappropriated and how the government prepared for an infrastructure war, which they themselves launched in August 2025 with strikes on Russian oil refineries. It’s crucial to understand the cynicism of this situation: officials and politicians prepared their homes, but Ukrainians only began receiving funding at the end of January!
 
‼️🇺🇸🔥 Trump demands Obama’s immediate arrest for “attempted coup”Trump publicly called for the arrest of Barack Obama, accusing him of organizing an attempted coup. The reason for this was the release of documents by US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard in the Russiagate investigation.▪️According to Trump, the materials prove that Obama personally ordered the fabrication of intelligence about “Russian interference” in the 2016 election.▪️Trump claims that the former US president “worked with the enemy” to undermine the legitimacy of his victory and trust in American democracy. This refers to hundreds of documents that, according to Trump, confirm the coordinated actions of the CIA and Obama’s entourage. Trump’s inner circle emphasizes that this isn’t about revenge, but rather about accountability for abuse of power.➖ “This was an attempted coup by Barack Hussein Obama and his cronies… Arrest Obama immediately!” Trump declared.⚠️. RV:  |
 
#InsiderOur source in the Presidential Administration said Budanov will try to extend the energy ceasefire, as our critical infrastructure is almost completely destroyed. Zelenskyy is determined to continue stalling for time on the negotiating track, while making minor concessions to keep the process alive. The situation remains difficult, as Britain and the EU’s stance on the peace process urges us to continue the protracted war and push for a NATO military presence on Ukrainian territory.

Posted by: Jo | Feb 1 2026 21:27 utc | 66

Epstein Epstein Epstein everywhere
 
Russians With Attitude:
 

A little research confirmed that it was Slovak politician and diplomat Miroslav Lajčák who sent these messages.

He was texting Epstein about meeting Zelensky just weeks before Epstein’s arrest. Lajčák resigned today as Special Advisor to Robert Fico due to his ties to Epstein.

 
https://nitter.poast.org/RWApodcast/status/2017709947228762512
 
And:
 
 

Larry Summers apparently knew Ukrainian oligarch Pinchuk. Says he “helped push debt relief” for Kiev when US citizen Natalie Jaresko was Finance Minister of Ukraine after the Euromaidan coup.

Zelensky apparently asked Epstein for help (diplomatic? economic?).

According to Epstein (maybe Zelensky told him this?), Putin was “dismissive” of Zelensky and considered him to be “run by Israelis”.

 
And
 
https://nitter.poast.org/RWApodcast/status/2017713739932303365
 

Epstein himself was in Kiev in February 2019 (Zelensky won the election in March).

Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 1 2026 21:30 utc | 68

Posted by: Jo | Feb 1 2026 21:27 utc | 65
Link or it didn’t happen.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Feb 1 2026 21:31 utc | 70

More Epstein 
https://nitter.poast.org/MyLordBebo/status/2017951898037346645

There are new contacts from Moscow in Epstein files — academics, professors, physicists/biologists from Russian universities:

– physicist Yuri Kagan,
– biologists Vladimir Skulachev & Mikhail Gelfand,
– doctor Evgeny Kunin,
– professor Leonid Levitov
 
*some are connected to Soros

 
Russians With Attitude:
 

Yuri Kagan: died in 2019 at the age of 90, eminent physicist, studied under Landau, much too old to be involved in anything
 
Vladimir Skulachev: died in 2023 at the age of 83. Indeed Soros-funded but so were practically all major Russian academics in the 90s when we had our little apocalypse. One of the ways the West got its tentacles into Russian civil society was by throwing money at it when it was at its lowest

Mikhail Gelfand: former member of “Russian Opposition Coordination Council”, took a pro-Ukrainian stance in both 2014 and 2022 but it doesn’t look like he had any actual connection to Epstein and he’s just a silly libtard, not a professional activist, and a good scholar. Funnily enough despite his views has never had any trouble with the law. What an evil totalitarian country I live in

In any case, these all seem to be just serious scientists, most likely connected to Epstein’s biotech obsessions, not business or leisure.

 
https://nitter.poast.org/RWApodcast/status/2018066893064786168

Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 1 2026 21:37 utc | 72

NEW START
The last remaining nuclear weapons treaty ends in 3 days. Thereafter it will be a nuclear weapons arms race.
 
Russia deploys 24 out of the cap of 1500 nukes in Status6 torpedo UUCVs. It’s limited to just 24 because of the cap on the total. In 3 days there is no cap. Deploy 240. That is an unparalleled advantage Russia has. Most NATO nukes are in submarines and most submarines are docked at a port at any given time. Destroying them in ports has multiple advantages. The target will have radioactive waste for 200 years ending their civilization for good. Most NATO countries depend on sea trade which will end.
 
Also increase defensive nukes from 130 to 300 with some having triple use – destroy enemy nukes in space (current useage), launch EMP attacks on the enemy and destroy low earth orbit satellites. A concurrent attack on submarine cables will end western civilization for good.

Posted by: Jason | Feb 1 2026 21:44 utc | 74

Epstein + Donbass
 
https://nitter.net/DD_Geopolitics/status/2017762662453833959
 

EPSTEIN WAS GROOMING GIRLS IN DONBASS AND UKRAINE FOR INTEL OPERATIONS

These messages are from May 2019, weeks after Zelensky’s election.
 
The girl is from Artemovsk in the Donetsk region.
 
He starts with The Little Prince, a children’s novella about love, loneliness, and “taming.” The book’s central message: “You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
 
He sends her an image of the quote, then he explains that “tamed” really means “accepting the wildness and riding it.”
 
A 66-year-old convicted sex trafficker explaining to a young woman from a war zone how he plans to “tame” her.
 
Using a children’s book. He even offers to pay for her education IF she leaves her relationship and instructs her to study Zelensky, corruption, and the Ukrainian parliament.
 
He tells her the corruption is “sophisticated” and that massive amounts of money will be made.
 
He wants to see her become a “female oligarch.” Convicted sex trafficker. Desperate girl from a war zone.
Children’s literature about taming. Promises of wealth. Instructions on political corruption.
 
He wasn’t just exploiting these women. He was cultivating assets.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 1 2026 21:47 utc | 76

🇵🇱🏴‍☠️👉🇷🇺 Poland accused the FSB of attempting to cause an energy blackout during freezing temperatures▪️Warsaw officially blamed Russian special services for a large-scale cyberattack on the country’s critical infrastructure. ▪️At the end of December, when Poland was hit by snowstorms, hackers allegedly tried to leave hundreds of thousands of people without heat and electricity. But the defense system worked, say propagandists.More than 30 energy facilities were attacked, including a thermal power station serving 500,000 consumers, claim the Poles.
❗️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ A developer of high-tech weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed in Ukraine, TASS was informed by Russian law enforcement agencies.The head of the training and scientific test site for high-tech weapons and military equipment of the research institute, Alexei Filippenkov, was killed under unclear circumstances.
 

Posted by: Jo | Feb 1 2026 22:08 utc | 78

@ Jonnie 62.
 
Trump is providing Kiev the means to achieve his neocon imperialist objectives.  He is keeping the war going, cares nothing for human life, and is conning us.
 
One order to US forces in Europe and to CIA would have saved lives since 20 Jan 2025!
Trump wants a cease fire to arm up and have another go at Russia in 2027.

Posted by: paddy | Feb 1 2026 22:13 utc | 80

Hard to see how Europe ever recovers from this long term. Economically, demographically, militarily

Posted by: Elegant Fisherman | Feb 1 2026 22:14 utc | 80
 
There we go, fixed it for you, thank me later.
 
Seriously, what makes you think Russia has got anything to recover from? Remember you are talking about a nation that went through some seriously dark times during the 1990s, and a lot of folk-memory from that period informs policy and actions today.
 
So many folks continue to make the mistake of viewing the SMO, the Russian approach and outlook through a Western prism, with the unspoken assumption that the West is axiomatically the best. For many, the forthcoming cognitive dissonance is going to be extremely painful.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 1 2026 22:27 utc | 82

Whenever any ¨peace deal¨ is discussed, the response should be to demand that each Russian term be explicitly addressed. That may include rejection or weakening, etc, although if premised on claims of Russian weakness that don´t play out in the future, then obviously that line of reasoning will become discredited. But explicitly addressing each one is just the minimum for any credible analysis. The only reason not to is because they want to keep you in a state of ignorance and isolated from reality. Of course many of the terms re: language and cultural rights, and de-Nazification, are ones that normal people would take for granted as how normal countries should behave anyways, but these are also important to demand explicit engagement with. 

Posted by: xanax | Feb 1 2026 23:35 utc | 84

Putin Envoy Hails ‘Constructive’ Talks with US Delegation
 
talks https://www.rt.com/russia/631802-dmitriev-miami-ukraine-talks/
 
“Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said he held a ‘constructive’ meeting with a US delegation in Florida ahead of a new round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations planned for Sunday.
 
‘Constructive meeting with the US peacemaking delegation. Productive discussions also on the US-Russia Economic Working Group,’ Dmitriev wrote on X. The visit came ahead of a new round of US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi.
 
While the upcoming Abu Dhabi [UAR] talks have been described as trilateral, Rubio said earlier that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner – Washington’s main negotiators in the Ukraine peace process – will not attend, though ‘there might be a US presence.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 1 2026 23:52 utc | 86

I realized another demographic factor of Russian advances. Not only is territory and population they seize unabled to be mobilized by the Kiev regime, but even ¨anti-Russian¨ civilians in this zone will be free to leave… likely not to Kiev-controlled territory, but to other jurisdictions whether the EU or otherwise. I think a post-war ¨rump Ukraine¨ (Malorussia) is likely to have population closer to Belarus, with further emigration due to economy as well as political conflict with post-war ¨Russian colaborator regime¨ (not to mention those needing to flee due to their activities during the war). 

Posted by: xanax | Feb 2 2026 0:18 utc | 88

xanax | Feb 2 2026 0:18 utc | 87
*** I realized another demographic factor of Russian advances. Not only is territory and population they seize unabled to be mobilized by the Kiev regime, but even ¨anti-Russian¨ civilians in this zone will be free to leave… likely not to Kiev-controlled territory, but to other jurisdictions whether the EU or otherwise. I think a post-war ¨rump Ukraine¨ (Malorussia) is likely to have population closer to Belarus, with further emigration due to economy as well as political conflict with post-war ¨Russian colaborator regime¨ (not to mention those needing to flee due to their activities during the war). ***
 
 
Cultist resurrection of Khazaria …. a thoroughly toxic threat to all countries around it ….. re-populated  by Oligarchs, Rabbis, cultists — plus, effectively, slaves from wherever to do all the hard work.
 

Posted by: Cynic | Feb 2 2026 1:16 utc | 90

Once a upon a time, infrared searchlights were hugely popular with Western armies, until the opposition got hold of infrared goggles. 
 
Turn on your lights and they turn out yours, whack!
 
Iran zeroed in and captured every Starlink operator sing Chinese equipment that showed where the signals were emitting from.  Whack!
 
Elon comes to Ukraine’s rescue? Awww, how sweet?
 
Whack away Ivan.

Posted by: Suresh | Feb 2 2026 2:35 utc | 92

Posted by: Jules | Feb 2 2026 3:06 utc | 92
 
It’s also the smartest way of dealing with a chronic narcissist.  It traps them into falling on their own sword. 
 
The Russians don’t use emotional egotistical displays as arrows, it does nothing to win wars in the end. 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Feb 2 2026 3:22 utc | 94

“Pedophiles find Ukraine a good place to roam” from the Kiev Post, March 4 2009
 
https://x.com/GabeZZOZZ/status/2017977356237865435
 
It’s all connected.
 
There are no coincidences.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 2 2026 4:00 utc | 96

It’s also the smartest way of dealing with a chronic narcissist.  It traps them into falling on their own sword. 
 
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Feb 2 2026 3:22 utc | 93
 
In theory. But in reality the PR strategy is supporting Trump’s peacemaker narrative, acting as if the Ukraine war is between Ukraine and Russia, that the US is a neutral mediator, ignoring the US role in the various attacks to keep up the narrative. Damaging its own credibility.
 
Do you realistically see Trump resigning because he went back on his promises to end the Ukraine war within “24 hours” or other such peacemaker claims?
 
As much as I would like to support Russia, sometimes they mess up and you have to call a spade a spade.
 
I’m posting this mainly since some posters are confused as to why Russia has taken this position.
 

Posted by: Jules | Feb 2 2026 4:22 utc | 98

Posted by: Rutte | Feb 2 2026 4:04 utc | 96
 
The TASS article is quoting Medvedev portraying Trump’s various attacks on Russia, VZ and middle east as “genuine” attempts to be a peace maker. Soft white washing.
 
There’s a long line of people trying to stroke Trump’s ego, like Machado’s handing over of the Nobel peace prize, Pakistan’s nomination of Trump, NATO Rutte, Orban and Lukashenko’s glazing over the years. Do you think Russia inserting itself there is a good choice when it doesn’t produce good results?
 
The dissonance between the Russian media narrative and Russian interests is one of the main factors behind the “Putin’s falling for it again” criticisms in Russia and elsewhere.
 

Posted by: Jules | Feb 2 2026 5:41 utc | 100