Why is vodka drinking among Russians going down? The reason is class, cash, and Putin’s temperance policy. Nothing to do with the war.  johnhelmer.net/russians-are-d…

The three stages of Trump’s kill-them-dead operations have run smack into Russia’s military counterattack and the market assessment that the oil sanctions aimed at India, China, and Turkey will fail. youtube.com/watch?v=TrYzsz…   London 3pm, New York 11am.

This is how Russia plans to end the Trump war-called-peace in Ukraine; evade the new oil sanctions;  and deter Trump’s plan for the Machado Maidan in Venezuela with military intervention to follow. johnhelmer.net/the-three-stag…

Unable to count on Trump for their security and unwilling to sign treaty with Russia,  Japanese troops are mobilizing to defend against bears who want beechnuts. If you want the truth, click to read this instead.  johnhelmer.net

Elvira Nabiullina’s Trojan Horse for the Russian economy at war – two years of recession from now through 2026 and 2027: johnhelmer.net/no-gdp-growth-…

Trump retreats from Xi, no smiles, as he abandons his new oil sanction against China: “There's not a lot more we can do. Uh, you know, he's been buying oil from Russia for a long time. It takes care of a, a big part of China…we didn't really discuss the oil.”

Russian interpretations of Trump’s defeat by Xi are a reminder of how different Putin’s approach to Trump has been – and how limited the gains,  except on the battlefield. johnhelmer.net/chinas-ten-noe…

Pushed by Washington, pulled by Berlin, bribed by London to go to war with Moscow,  this is how the Donald Tusk government falls in Radosław Sikorski’s desperate last  bid for promotion and riches.  johnhelmer.net/the-good-soldi…

The lessons for everyone from the Busan summit -- everything the mainstream media are hiding, and the alt-media podcasters won’t admit about their heroes. johnhelmer.net/the-three-pape…

These are the lessons being learned in Moscow from President Trump’s retreat under pressure from President Xi : johnhelmer.net/who-has-escala…

India resumes buying Russian oil after Xi told Trump to drop his October 22 sanction.  reuters.com/business/energ… The futures market shows Brent marker falling & gap with Urals thinning.

China’s President Xi has just successfully weaponised US inflation to kill Trump’s candidates in the New York mayoral, Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections.

THE FINAL STRAW, BERLIN BUNKER STAGE OF THE WAR WITH RUSSIA – top secret session of the EU-UK  war coalition in Madrid can’t issue promised communiqué because Trump has announced “you have to let them fight it out”, and the allies cannot admit they can’t defend the indefensible.

TRUMP DROPS C WORD FOR C WORD – Trump has again abandoned immediate CEASEFIRE and now expects CAPITULATION: “Sometimes people have to fight it out a little bit longer” rollcall.com/factbase/trump…

Putin isn’t the only one signalling agreement for the General Staff’s electric war campaign from the eastern front to the Polish border -- Trump is also saying he now accepts the escalation. johnhelmer.net/the-electric-w…

Here’s the story of what the Central Bank’s key rate policy and the coming recession are doing to the Russian dairy products market. johnhelmer.net/russians-are-c…

Trump plays his terror cards, Putin counters – Syria’s Al-Jolani in Washington, the Delhi Red Fort attack, Kiev moves against Zelensky, and the Australian Dismissal, the CIA’s all-time biggest success. Listen today:  youtube.com/watch?v=FGCzc8…

Trump’s regime change strategy by obliteration is on hold so it’s covert operations instead with the same goal – kill targets, topple resistance, risk no US military casualties, make money.johnhelmer.net/trump-plays-th…

The Ukrainian collapse has now split the army in three, as Russian advance deploys the Dnieper to break the front, isolate defences of Odessa from Dniepropetrosvk, Zaporozhye  & Kharkov. Read the anti-Russian version  eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/dividing-the…

In a trick, PM Carney has locked Freeland into warring for the Ukraine at a pay cut of $79,200, no staff, no office, no expenses, no press.  johnhelmer.net/fired-from-can…