Putin explained his "red line" to Biden, and Biden turned him down.

The rhetoric regarding Russia and Ukraine has gotten extremely heated in recent days.

While the fearmongering from the warmongers about Russia have reached a deafening level, it's important to look at how the money-based (aka reality-based) policy is trending.
Back in February the IMF stopped giving Ukraine more loans because of the endemic corruption.

If you only listen to the American MSM you would think that the U.S. is reluctantly standing up to a belligerent military titan. Nothing could be further from the truth.

This is extra scary news headlines.

A week ago Russian gas giant Gazprom offered a 50% tariff discount for an additional gas transit to Europe. It was a modest gesture for dialogue and peace.
Washington promptly freaked out and made a wild accusation that resembles the Saddam WMD lies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke out about the silver lining from years of U.S. imposed economic sanctions.

As a person who sees the struggle with Russia and China as being about the nationalization of resources, which means the sharing of wealth with the workforce, versus ownership of resources by capitalists who oppress, terrorize, or enslave labor, I find the following articles important this week.

KATYA KAZBEK, in an interview posted at the Grayzone, gives a description of Navalny and his promotion by western forces that I think may reach some Americans who have fallen for the false idolatry. I wish her criticism of Navalny were stronger, and I wish her support of Putin was more comprehensive, but I think she's good at pointing out the weakness in the Navalny myth. I have bolded the excerpts I find most important.

Caitlin Johnstone expresses what has been most important about Stephen Cohen's hard work against the merchants of death.

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2020/09/19/stephen-cohen-has-died-remember-...

Caitlin Johnstone
September 19, 2020