Kremlin’s approach to Alaska summit will be based on its fundamental aim to improve ties with the US; Ukraine must take a back seat to rapprochement. I apply the lost art of Kremlinology and media analysis to make my best guesses. Will know more tomorrow.
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/08/14/ray-mcgovern-applying-the-lost-art-of-kremlinology/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b44165a6-d357-4c2e-aac3-c47d7c1a20ef
Fin. Times ft.com/content/89f39a warns that Trump without US “experts” on Russia. Recall: “Expert” Fiona Hill, convinced Biden “Putin wants to evict US from Europe. As he might put it: ‘Goodbye, America. Don’t let the door hit you on way out.’” BOLLOCKS! nytimes.com/2022/01/24/opi
When NYT’s David Sanger’s drivel runs dry, will the Israelis accord him the warm kind of “homecoming” they gave Robert Maxwell and Jonathan Pollard for services rendered? Glib “Pulitzer David” has earned it. He seems so full of himself, though, he might require a XXX-size crypt.
Bob & Ray II is back. Bob Scheer could not have picked a better time for an update on US-Russia relations & Ukraine, the Witcoff-Putin conversation, and the coming summit. And why the use of nukes by an Israel in extremis is more likely than use in Europe.
Interview this morning covered what Putin and top aide Ushakov said earlier today about the upcoming summit, prospects for Ukraine, and how Ukraine must take a back seat to efforts to improve US-Russian relations.
Kremlin Readout Begins With Its Paramount Priority: Putin & Witkoff focused on Ukraine. “Once again, it was noted that Russia-US relations could be placed on a totally different, mutually beneficial footing, in stark contrast to relations in recent years.”
BREAKING: Trump’s chest-thumping re upcoming summits w/Putin & later w/Zelensky is a climb-down from Trump’s Friday deadline for cockamamie sanctions. European leaders informed but excluded. Intel truth-teller on Ukraine: what’s a Deputy NIO? A case study.
MUST CLICK ON BOTH OF THESE LINKS: Patrick Lawrence had Russiagate figured out at the very start: salon.com/2016/07/25/sha. Today, 9 yrs later, he documents the “regime of falsehoods and subterfuge” by Obama, Brennan, Comey, Clapper, et al. in 2016 and ff. consortiumnews.com/2025/08/04/pat
