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NewsReal: Why The West is OBSESSED With Provoking Russia, And Why Russia Bites Back

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Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00 UTC

Recorded the day before the Russian government's formal recognition of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, this NewsReal covers last week's 'false-flag' dramas in the Western media, and explains why the West, particularly the US and UK regimes, are obsessed with Russia, why this obsession has been growing for decades, and why the Putin government has little choice but to ignore Western threats and do what it feels it has to do in or near Ukraine.

This 'moment' when Russia says ENOUGH to Western bullying and 'containment' has been a long time coming. For Ukraine, it stems from the coup d'etat in Kiev - fomented by the West - exactly 8 years ago. For Russia, as Joe and Niall argue, it stems from one of two things (and those may not be mutually exclusive): Putin's ascent to power in 2000, and the Russian people's hard-earned lessons from their bloody 20th century experiences of civil war and tyranny.

Running Time: 01:33:16

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The complete NewsReal podcast from Sunday 20th February includes additional discussion of the Trudeau regime's crackdown on freedom protesters in Canada, along with some news items on 'the pandemic':

It's also available to view, share and download on Odysee.

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Reader Comments

Winternights3 · 2022-02-22T14:34:03Z

Well the deed is done, Putin had wrestled too long with the provocation so readily dispatched by the USA government and its entourage of puppet nations.

Now nurse has woken Biden and dressed him, let's just see how this lackluster buffoonish idiot reacts.

scrutinizer · 2022-02-23T17:17:05Z

Winternights3 Moron this news later, including "Why the Media is Obsessed with Making you Think about WW3 in Europe, When WW3 is already Occurring with Syringes".....

Oh Yeah, and C anadian Parliament says "HONK HONK is an acronym?? for Heil Hitler"...

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Winternights3 · 2022-02-23T20:16:45Z

scrutinizer The word "Moron", please advice me as to whom it was addressed, thank you.

alexal60 · 2022-02-22T14:45:50Z

" Why The West is OBSESSED With Provoking Russia, And Why Russia Bites Back " ???

Ask Napoleon, Hitler, and the actual NAZIS, is just SIMPLY.......................

disguised as WEST DEMOCRATIC NATIONS , the thread is always the same:

the conquest of the most gigantic nation on Planet Earth, to which God (for those who believe) or NATURE itself, has given it everything and NOTHING is missing, also the GIUDEO BOLCEVICKY (financed by the same NAZIS of Today) tried it for almost a hundred years ago......

alexal60 · 2022-02-22T14:54:32Z

alexal60 those who still believe that Nazism and Communism are two different concepts, are wrong:

today they are united in the same projects, they are the same thing, just look around ..........., personally I consider, TODAY, not yesterday , but TODAY, be it the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and practically all of the West, it pursues the same things: they are 100% all NAZI-COMMUNISTS, but I prefer to simply call them NAZIS, like Klaus Schwab, Soros, the their main MENTORS

alexal60 · 2022-02-22T15:12:27Z

".......Russia, why this obsession has been growing for decades, and why the Putin government has little choice but to ignore Western threats and do what it feels it has to do in or near Ukraine.

This 'moment' when Russia says ENOUGH to Western bullying and 'containment' has been a long time coming. For Ukraine, it stems from the coup d'etat in Kiev - fomented by the West - exactly 8 years ago. For Russia, as Joe and Niall argue, it stems from one of two things (and those may not be mutually exclusive): Putin's ascent to power in 2000, and the Russian people's hard-earned lessons from their bloody 20th century experiences of civil war and tyranny........"

Luckily you authors of this site understand how things stand. Putin in only 22 years, to lift that Russia under the total Shit, thanks to the PAID puppets from the West ... When Drunkman Boris Eltsin, was near to death, he called Putin and say:

" I'm a destroyer of my own nation, please reborn what I destroyed , I'm sinner "

22 years, from SHIT to STARS, made by the MOST POWERFUL STATE MAN OF PLANET EARTH, Vladimir Putin.

alexal60 · 2022-02-22T15:40:38Z

Partisan of Dnepropetrovsk

"Detach them. AB Mozgovoy, copies of the document of the regional department of the SBU have fallen into the hands. The essence of the document is the awareness of the inevitable liberation of the Dnipropetrovsk region by the military of the LDNR and the Russian armed forces .

In short, the "warriors of light and goodness" fear mainly the fire of the Russian artillery and the difficulties that may arise in the city and in the region due to active hostilities. First of all, the guard dogs of the Kiev junta fear the almost complete support of the "occupiers" by the local population.

You see, if Russia comes to the territory of the region, the SBU provides for the "forgiveness" of the entire local population of debts for housing and communal services, the forgiveness of bank loans and some other economic benefits.

Below is a translation of that part of the SBU document, which lists new benefits for the population of the region, in the event of the arrival of "Russian occupiers":

► natural persons, entrepreneurs, commercial structures that have not passed the registration procedure in the Russian banking system and have loans from Ukrainian banks are exempt from credit obligations;

► after the process of legitimizing the territory of the region as a Russian, announce a tax amnesty for private entrepreneurs up to six months, while the process for their new registration in the Russian legal framework is underway;

► in order to improve the region's economy, which suffered significant losses in the period 2014-2021, announce a reduction in the tax rate for all categories of private companies;

► to declare the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region in the ruble zone;

► after obtaining Russian citizenship from the residents of the region, ensure all forms of social support;

► Index all pensions within six months in accordance with Russian legislation.

Come on, ladies and gentlemen! Soon the Ukrainian state (UG) will launch its latest offensive against the free republics of the LDNR.

Then there will be the fiasco and the defeat of the Kiev junta. And then, on the territory of our native Dnepropetrovsk region, created on the fragments of Novorossiya, a New Day will come and we will all begin to build a New World together!

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alexal60 · 2022-02-22T16:28:00Z

Russia is not focusing: Russia is returning

Petr Akopov

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Of all three major events on February 21, which have already become historic - the first public meeting of the Security Council, the speech and acknowledgment of Vladimir Putin along with the signing of the agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, the key it was, of course, the president's address. Because Putin didn't just explain the logic and reasons for his actions, he talked about what Russia is. And he addressed not only our citizens, but, as he particularly emphasized, also his compatriots in Ukraine. It was not an appeal for the recognition of DPR and LPR, even if this became the reason and the main decision taken yesterday by Putin.

No, this was an explanation of our attitude not even towards the events in Ukraine, but towards Ukraine as such. Ukraine, which is not just a neighboring country, but "an integral part of our history, culture, spiritual space", our friends and relatives:

"For a long time, the inhabitants of the historic southwestern lands of ancient Russia called themselves Russians and Orthodox. This was the case until the 17th century, when parts of these territories were reunited with the Russian state, and after."

At the same time, modern Ukraine, Putin recalled, "was completely created by Russia, more precisely by the Bolsheviks, by Communist Russia".

Including at the expense of the Russian lands themselves, which had nothing to do with the lands of the small Russian (i.e. Ukrainian) part. And this artificial entity gained independence in 1991, not because it fought for it, but because the stupid politics of the CPSU leadership, "superficial and populist chatter about democracy and a bright future" (Putin did not directly name Gorbachev) rocked the united country, first provoking the growth of nationalism and separatism, and then the collapse of the state.

Russia has also recognized this new reality, but what do we see thirty years later?

The fact that Ukraine has turned into an instrument of someone else's game against Russia, into a "colony with a puppet regime ", as Putin said, which also "can be used as a springboard for an attack on Russia": "If our ancestors had heard it, they would not have believed it. And we do not want to believe it" , these words of Putin speak of his sense of responsibility towards the Russian people as a whole: our ancestors, ourselves and our descendants. .

Unimaginable:

the Russians are used against the Russians, one part of the Russian lands is used to create a threat against another. This is an absolutely unacceptable situation for any people, and even more so for the Russians, who have spent so much time and energy gathering their lands and their people, to protect themselves from foreign invaders.

Shangri · 2022-02-22T20:42:29Z

they need a common enemy to produce cooperation and support for the lunatic cause, listed under the agency of psychological guidance....add pressure/threat, offer release,/safety, it an ongoing exercise to maintain the top perch, realised by dividing the people, thus preventing them from rising "as one" against the true enemy, and deflected with the assistance of their propagandists who stoke them with fear/hate until they're baying for blood (state sanctioned murder).

They make it so easy for them, phucking Neaderthals.

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smertzasmert · 2022-02-25T11:21:09Z

Shangri excellent description of gringo hillbillies

rakarb · 2022-02-22T23:30:58Z

the west is not obsessed with russia. but the us seemes to be obsessed 🐖👈

alexal60 · 2022-02-23T05:57:43Z

The reunification of the Slavic lands: the people of the great Novorossiya look with hope to Russia (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Today is February 22, 2022. Yesterday the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, after a meeting with the Security Council of the Russian Federation, made a fateful decision and signed a decree on the recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

He preceded the signing of the Decree with an appeal to the citizens of the Russian Federation, where, on the basis of historical facts, he spoke in detail about the history of the creation of the present Ukraine, clearly placing many important accents and leading to the need to recognize and protect the Long-suffering Donbass republics, which have been bombarded by Ukrainian terrorists for eight years, as a result of which many civilians have been killed and maimed, including children, almost permanent life in basements on the front lines, repeatedly destroyed infrastructure and much more.

I, along with my fellow political emigrants, residents and immigrants of the Donbass, as well as the Russian majority of the inhabitants of southeastern Ukraine (Greater Novorossiya), welcomed this decision and listened carefully to the words of the president.

They also sounded the historical name of the lands of southern Russia - Novorossiya.

And the native Nikolaev is also about to close the Black Sea shipbuilding plant (which created, among other things, aircraft carriers, of which Admiral Kuznetsov is still in service in the Russian fleet - ed).

Putin also spoke of the tragedy: the crime of burning civilians in the Odessa Chamber of Trade Unions. He promised that the guilty would be punished. And here many involved and not indifferent applaud him.

There was just one thing that confused me in the president's speech.

When Vladimir Vladimirovich talked about the fact that Crimea and the Donbass did not accept the Ukrainian junta that came to power after the February 2014 coup, he kept quiet about the Russian spring (a generally taboo topic in the Russian media space) .

He kept silent about the fact that the whole south-east of Ukraine, all of Great Novorossia, from Kharkov to Odessa, rebelled almost simultaneously, and there was no "Moscow hand" in this, but there was a lively rejection by the sheer number of residents of the Russian regions of Ukraine of the new Bandera government and the government imposed by the Russophobic ideology.

Perhaps this was deliberately omitted from the President's speech (not the time yet).

However, from the point of view of historical justice and as one of the leaders of the Russian Spring in Nikolaev, I am obliged to declare once again that then, at the end of February 2014, the whole south-east of Ukraine rebelled. Not only Crimea and Donbass, but also Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Odessa, Nikolaev and Kherson were overwhelmed by popular protests.

There was no separate Crimean spring, there was a Russian spring throughout the Russian arc, in the 1920s, annexed to Soviet Ukraine by the voluntary decision of the Bolsheviks led by Lenin (with the exception of the Crimea, which, as you know, was already given to Ukraine by Khrushchev).

Being under Ukrainian occupation for more than 100 years, despite harsh Ukrainization, Greater Novorossiya has succumbed weakly to ethno-cultural violence and remained largely Russian, which led to its massive participation in the Russian Spring across the south -eastern Ukraine.

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the start of the Russian Spring in Nikolaev.

After the coup in Kiev, the violent demolition of the monument to Lenin on the square in front of the executive committee of the city, the activation of Ukrainian nationalist groups in the Russian Nikolaev and the events in Crimea on February 23, 2014, representatives of Russian parties and Russophiles and public organizations and many indignant and worried ordinary citizens gathered at the monument to the heroes of Olshantsy - Nikolaev.

An indefinite demonstration began, as a result of which a tent city was set up near the monument to the Olshants, the Russian march took place, and the Russian spring began in Nikolaev. The camp stood for about 1.5 months and was badly demolished by Ukrainian nationalists and militants brought in.

Having learned that the recognition of LPR and DPR came after the leadership of LPR and DPR appealed to Putin, several Nikolaev residents phoned me individually to remind me that such an appeal for help and protection was accepted in Nikolaev in the spring. of 2014, as well as in Kharkov, Odessa, Zaporozhye and, I believe, in all cities of the Russian arc of Ukraine (Great Novorossiya).

One of the callers even found the video. I was asked to publish this appeal, saying it has essentially not lost its relevance and most of Nikolaev's residents believe in the upcoming liberation of the region and see the beginning of this liberation in the recognition of the DPR and the LPR.

I publish the text and the video, as it was, uncut. I believe and hope that we will be heard!

“ Appeal to the President of the Russian Federation of the residents of the city of Nikolaev (south-eastern Ukraine).

Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich!

In connection with the current situation in Ukraine, civilians from the south of Ukraine, the city of Nikolaev, turn to the Russian Federation with a request for protection and patronage.

We, the Russian-speaking population of Nikolaev, do not want to be under the yoke of the neo-fascists who directly threaten our families with their radical slogans "Muscovites with knives".

We are Slavs, brothers and sisters, involved in political quarrels against our will. Our people don't know where to turn for help. The current government does not listen to us and does not want to hear, and the opposition and radical groups are building far-reaching plans on how to destroy those who have not obeyed while others enslave and enslave Europe.

Peaceful protests don't work. The fascists begin to come to our city, inciting the population to bloodshed and civil war. Nikolaev and other cities do not want entry into the EU and the total enslavement of the population.

In the meetings of many thousands that took place in our city on 1, 6 and 15 March, an appeal was adopted to hold a local referendum on the federal structure of the state, on the accession of Ukraine to the customs union, on the status of Russian as a second state language.

But the illegitimate authorities in Kiev have issued an order to disperse the peaceful protesters and physical reprisals are being prepared against the peaceful protesters in the city of Nikolaev. Teachers and students, under threat of dismissal and expulsion, are forced to participate in demonstrations in support of the Maidan.

Looting and violence filled our city with shipbuilders. We do not want and will not live under the yoke of those who defile the deeds of our great grandparents who fought for our freedom and honor. These people disparage the blessed memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War. They demand the killing of young people from Berkut and the police, without even sparing their families. This is anarchy, lawlessness and devastation.

Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich!

We ask the Russian Federation, our Slav comrades, not to let us get down on our knees. We ask you to protect all Russian and Russian-speaking citizens of Nikolaev. Please protect our children and our families.

Russia and Belarus are closer to us than Germany and America. Let everyone who wants to enter the EU go there. Help us keep what we believe, what our ancestors believed - in freedom! Russia, brothers, support us in this difficult time.

We ask for the reunification of the Russian Slavic lands, because together we are strong ”.

After this appeal, the rapporteur asked for the signature. People sang "Nikolaev, Crimea, Russia!" It was signed by the representatives of all the parties and public organizations present at the rally. More than 5,000 signatures of Nikolaev residents were collected.

The letter was brought to the Crimea and you will not find it anymore, but it contains truth and an appeal to Russia, which should be heard right now. 8 years after the Russian Spring and after the signing of the Decree on the recognition of the Republics of Donbass, when the inhabitants of the great Novorossiya again look to Russia with hope.

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scrutinizer · 2022-02-27T13:41:15Z

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