Links — 3 Mar 2022 Part 3

Gilbert Doctorow — International relations, Russian affairs

Independent minded people in India provide optimism for a multi-polar world

Gilbert Doctorow

https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/03/03/independent-minded-people-in-india-provide-optimism-for-a-multi-polar-world/

Politico (the usual suspects some of whom appear in links here. The US government says to beware — narrative control? information war? government censorship by other means?)
Treasury sanctions Russian online outlets for spreading disinformation

Rebecca Kerns

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/03/treasury-sanctions-russia-online-outlets-00013931

Middle East Eye

Guantanamo: US Supreme Court rules CIA black sites are state secrets

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/guantanamo-us-supreme-court-rules-cia-black-sites-are-state-secrets

AP

China says it won't join in financial sanctions on Russia

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-china-beijing-66b77689b254080448f49ec77e588012

SouthFront (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)

War In Ukraine Day 8: Russian Forces Make More Gains In Southeast Amid Stalemate Near Kharkiv (Videos)

https://southfront.org/war-in-ukraine-day-8-russian-forces-make-more-gains-in-southeast-amid-stalemate-near-kharkiv-videos/

Donetsk News Agency
DPR launches dual-currency zone in liberated areas

https://dan-news.info/en/economy/dpr-launches-dual-currency-zone-in-liberated-areas/

Info BRICS
India and Russia: A Renewed Friendship
Fazli Auf
http://infobrics.org/post/35265/

Russia Said It's Pushing Ahead with Building a Massive Natural-Gas Pipeline to China

http://infobrics.org/post/35266/

Asia Times (West preparing to confront China?)

Militarizing Europe has an eye on the Indo-Pacific 

David Hutt

https://asiatimes.com/2022/03/militarizing-europe-has-an-eye-on-the-indo-pacific/

Oriental Review
Russian Military Morale & Anti-War Sentiment At Home Aren’t What The Media Claims
Andrew Korybko

https://orientalreview.org/2022/02/28/russian-military-morale-anti-war-sentiment-at-home-arent-what-the-media-claims/

Anti Bellum
Russian Defense Ministry summons Croatian defense attaché over mercenaries in Ukraine

Rick Rozoff

https://antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/russian-defense-ministry-summons-croatian-defense-attache-over-mercenaries-in-ukraine/

CaitlinJohnstone.com
The Overton Window Is Being Shoved Toward Warmongering Extremism
Caitlin Johnstone

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/03/04/the-overton-window-is-being-shoved-toward-warmongering-extremism/