Links — 4 Mar 2022 Part 3

The Vineyard of the Saker
Quick update and OPEN THREAD
The Saker
http://thesaker.is/quick-update-and-open-thread/

Day 9 of the Russian special operation in the Ukraine

http://thesaker.is/day-9-of-the-russian-special-operation-in-the-ukraine/

Sitrep: How to access RT.com (if you are having trouble getting in.)

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2761684730989137546/3789722751626253208#

Zero Hedge

Putin Signs Law To Seize Assets If Foreigners 'Harm' Russians
Tyler Durden

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-ambassador-says-putin-must-stop-madness-after-ukraine-nuclear-plant-seized-russia

Buyer Finally Emerges For Russian Oil Offered At A Record $28 Discount (Shell)

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/buyer-finally-emerges-russian-oil-offered-record-28-discount

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Russia's UN Envoy Blasts Claims That Russian Military Attacked Zaporozhskaya NPP in Ukraine as Lie

https://sputniknews.com/20220304/russias-un-envoy-blasts-claims-that-russian-military-attacked-zaporozhskaya-npp-in-ukraine-as-lie-1093595425.html

Consortium News

Ukraine & Nukes

Steven Starr is the former director of the University of Missouri’s Clinical Laboratory Science Program, and former board member of Physicians for Social Responsibility. His articles have been published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Federation of American Scientists and the Strategic Arms Reduction website of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He maintains the Nuclear Famine website.

https://consortiumnews.com/2022/03/03/ukraine-nukes/

AntiWar
On the Predictable Demise of RT America: A Chance for Grassroots Global Media?
Sam Hussein
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2022/03/04/on-the-predictable-demise-of-rt-america-a-chance-for-grassroots-global-media/

TASS (Russian state media)
State Duma passes amendments to Budget Code to improve economic stability
https://tass.com/economy/1417063

Fortune
Coinbase CEO says he’ll only freeze Russia’s crypto if U.S. forces it
Andrew Marquardt
https://fortune.com/2022/03/04/coinbase-ceo-freeze-russias-crypto/

RT (Russian state-sponsored media)

Russia blocks Facebook ["in retaliation to the platform’s efforts 'to restrict access to Russian media'”]

https://www.rt.com/russia/551255-roskomnadzor-facebook-retaliation-ban/

TheAnalysis.news (February 25 — transcript)
Ukraine: Russian Crimes, American Hypocrisy – Wilkerson and Jay

Paul Jay interviews Col. (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson

https://theanalysis.news/ukraine-russian-crimes-american-hypocrisy-wilkerson-and-jay/