ENDGAME: UKRAINE

Can Donald Trump pressure Russia to end the war?

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⁣President Trump has said he will seek a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine within the first six months of his presidency.

Ukraine is going to dominate the news cycle.

Covering Ukraine provides a comprehensive examination of the events leading up to the conflict, the course of the conflict over two-plus years, and the issues that will need to be tackled by Trump if their is to be a chance for peace.

Covering Ukraine is an approachable book—a slim volume derived from answers given to questions asked from the perspective of the man and woman on the street.

Each chapter contains a QR code that allows the reader to experience the full interview from which the narrative contained was derived.

This is a must-read book for anyone interested in one of the most important and contentious issues of our time.

The book can be purchased at Clarity Press, or if you want a copy autographed by the authors, at ScottRitter.com.

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Never forget:

All Israeli soldiers and government officials are guilty of genocide.

And there is no statute of limitations for that crime.

Hunt them down and bring them all to justice.

Never let them enjoy a single day where they are not afraid of arrest and prosecution.

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⁣October 7 was a prison revolt.

If you don’t understand that, you understand nothing.

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ONE DAY TO TRUMP'S INAUGURATION
Interview for Through the eyes of Ania K

00:02 Introduction and greetings.
04:01 Expectations from the new administration.
14:43 Donald Trump and European leaders.
22:01 America and its future.
30:23 Freedom and growth.
38:07 Trump's visit to Moscow.
45:21 The ideal US president.

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TRUMP SHOCKS THE WORLD. PUTIN, IRAN & CHINA BRACE FOR WAR
Interview for Danny Haiphong

00:01 Introduction and guests.
01:00 Trump's first day.
05:11 Trump's foreign policy.
10:58 The future of US-Russia relations.
21:43 The future of Ukraine.
23:29 Freedom of speech and justice.
26:30 Trump and his actions.
31:43 The state of society.
34:44 The situation in the Middle East.
45:59 A pro-Zionist cabinet.

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MEETING WITH STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
December 2024

▫️On the image of Russia in the United States.

The way we are conditioned to view Russia is as a cartoon-like figure, it's Boris and Natasha, the spies versus the spies, Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Russian police officer, the big Russian boxer in “Rocky”... Don't let other people tell your story... You don't have to make Russian and Soviet cinema attractive, but you have to make it accessible in the United States... Americans should look at Russia through your eyes, not the eyes of Steven Spielberg.

▫️On Russian-American relations.

The United States is sticking to a policy of strategic defeat for Russia (collapse of your economy, society and state). The policy direction has remained the same for many years... Whether the new U.S. government decides to interrupt or change this path remains yet to be seen.. It’s not Russia’s job to believe Donald Trump. I would say the Russian taskis much more complicated. Do you remember the Cold War mantra: “trust but verify”? Well, the Russians right now “don’t trust, but double verify.”

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⁣ASK THE INSPECTOR EP. 231

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CAN UKRAINE SURVIVE TRUMP?
Interview for Judging Freedom

00:32 Ceasefire in Israel.
13:53 Dialogue with the US and Ukraine.
25:35 The importance of European unity.
27:45 Russia's demands.

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DISCUSSION OF THE FILM "DON'T BE SILENT: THE STORY OF FAINA SAVENKOVA"
Interview for Faina Savenkova

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TRUMP + RUSSIA & CHINA - NEW GREAT POWER RELATIONSHIPS
Interview for Garland Nixon

00:39 Relations between great powers.
10:23 Using the FBI and the Department of Justice.
20:37 Strategic thinking.
31:13 Neoconservatives and power.
41:03 US influence on Russia.
47:45 Donald Trump and his policies.
57:23 Sanctions and the economy.
01:08:06 Conflict in the Middle East.
01:19:43 Trump's manipulations through social media.

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President Donald Trump recently asserted that Russia had stolen plans for an American hypersonic missile Trump called the “super-duper” during the administration of President Barack Obama, and that these stolen plans served as the basis of Russia’s current arsenal of advanced hypersonic weapons. Trump’s allegation repeats a claim he first made on the campaign trail in October 2023. It is likely that Trump is referring to information derived from a counterintelligence briefing he received during his first term in office.

The notion that Russian hypersonic weapons are derived from American research and development is facially absurd.

In fact, it appears that the opposite is the case—that the United States has acquired research from Russian hypersonic weapons programs and incorporated it into American weapons systems.

Russia’s most advanced hypersonic weapon is the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle. It is derived from research and development programs dating back to Soviet times, but which were halted after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War due to a lack of funding and changing geopolitical realities.

Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia resumed development of hypersonic capabilities in the aftermath of the withdrawal by the United States from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty. Initial work is believed to have begun around 2005. However, Russia held off from fully funding this effort in hopes that it might be able to re-inject ABM issues into the US-Russian strategic dialogue that was taking place in the aftermath of the US-Russian “reset” that took place early on during the first term of the Obama administration. When, in the aftermath of the signing and ratification of the New START treaty in 2010, it became clear that the Obama administration had no intention of meaningfully engaging on issues pertaining to missile defense, Russia made the decision to move forward with the development of hypersonic capabilities in order to deploy weapons capable of defeating all known and projected US ABM capabilities.

One of the problems Russia faced regarding this research is that scientists who were engaged in the Soviet-era hypersonic programs which had been mothballed after the collapse of the Soviet Union were being sought out by foreign intelligence services who were seeking to gain access to the results of this research to further their own respective hypersonic missile weapons.

One such example was a program ostensibly managed by the von Karman Institute for Thermodynamics (VKI) known as FPV-7 Space, which collaborated with six Russian research institutes, including several involved in both past Soviet hypersonic research and ongoing research and development into contemporary hypersonic glide vehicles such as the Avangard, which at that time was known as Project 4202.

VKI is registered in Belgium as a non-governmental organization, and is closely associated with NATO’s Advisory Group for Aerospace and Development (AGARD) and the Defense Research Group (DRG).

The US intelligence communities science and technology component maintains connectivity with VKI through its NATO affiliation.

It is highly likely that the US intelligence community used the FPV-7 Space program to gain access to Russian scientists involved in past and current hypersonic research, and guided the interaction between VKI and these scientists to gain access to data relevant to Russia’s ongoing research and development work regarding Avangard and other hypersonic weapons.

Several Russian scientists involved in the FPV-7 Space program have been arrested by Russian law enforcement and charged with providing state secrets to foreign intelligence organizations.

In their defense, lawyers for these scientists state that all information provided by these scientists, in the form of lectures and professional papers, had been cleared by Russian authorities for release to foreigners.

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