Links — 23 August 2022 Part 1

The Vineyard of the Saker
Western ruling elites have Dariia Dugina’s blood on their hands
The Saker

http://thesaker.is/western-ruling-elites-have-dariia-duginas-blood-on-their-hands/

Awful Avalanche
Ukraine War Day #181: Dasha [concluded] ("Once it was seen that the counter-offensive was off, then the Zelensky regime had only two choices left: Either negotiate a surrender to Russia; or to go off the wall and become an outright terrorist state.")
yalensis

https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/ukraine-war-day-181-dasha-concluded/

Vanessa Beeley Substack
Journalists who challenge NATO narratives are now 'information terrorists'

Vanessa Beeley, British independent journalist (mainstream considers her a "conspiracy theorist."

https://beeley.substack.com/p/journalists-who-challenge-nato-narratives

Moon of Alabama
How To Manipulate Readers With 'Expert' Slanted Reporting (NYT doing what it does best.)

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/how-to-manipulate-readers-with-expert-slanted-reporting.html

Zero Hedge
Russian FSB Identifies Alleged Dugina Assassin (Interesting angle involving conditions that potentially triggers NATO Article 5, and a hot WWIII.)

BlueApples

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-fsb-identifies-alleged-dugina-assassin

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
'But Her Emails': Why Clinton and Trump's Espionage Act Cases Were Treated so Differently (Many are wondering about this apparent double standard).

Etkaterina Bilnova, Russian independent political analyst and freelance journalist

https://sputniknews.com/20220822/but-her-emails-why-clinton-and-trumps-espionage-act-cases-were-treated-so-differently-1099873249.html

TASS (Russian state media)
Killed journalist Darya Dugina was Ukrainian secret services’ sole target (Another interesting twist in the plot.)
https://tass.com/society/1496927

UN finishes formation of fact-finding mission into Yelenovka prison attack [in which many Azov prisoners were being held in the DPR awaiting trial for war crimes.)
https://tass.com/world/1496939

Counterpunch
Putin & the Emerging Order

Patrick Lawrence

https://consortiumnews.com/2022/08/22/patrick-lawrence-putin-the-emerging-order/

India Punchline
Erdogan repairs Syria ties with eye on Eurasianism

https://www.indianpunchline.com/erdogan-repairs-syria-ties-with-eye-on-eurasianism/

US taunts Russia to escalate in Ukraine (linked to previously but if you haven't read it yet, it is important)

https://www.indianpunchline.com/us-taunts-russia-to-escalate-in-ukraine/
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador

Asia Times
US in denial of a hypersonic gap with China, Russia
Gabriel Honrada

https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/us-in-denial-of-a-hypersonic-gap-with-china-russia/

One World
Poland Made Powerful Points About The German-Led EU’s Imperialist Proclivities (It begins.)
Andrew Korybko, American geopolitical analyst and independent journalist based in Moscow, and member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Studies and Predictions at the People’s Friendship University of Russia

https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3167