By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with It was Black Tuesday, December 2, in Moscow, when Russian leaders negotiated the crucial  questions of war and peace with their chief enemy the US, and chief allies China and India. To understand what has happened, Chris Cook, editor-in-chief of the leading (last) independent radio for news analysis in Canada, asks […]

by Editor - Sunday, December 7th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with In a single day of this week, Tuesday December 2, Russian officials admitted that negotiations of an end-of-war settlement with the US are failing for lack of American specificity on the territorial and demilitarization issues and of “genuineness” and “sincerity” on ending the sanctions war;  that there are serious, unresolved, and […]

by Editor - Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The war to end all wars is a refrain which began with the British in 1914.  It was a domestic political ploy to convince those who should pay and then die.   They paid, they died, and though the line was discredited within a decade, they still pay. Nowadays, the British (not […]

by Editor - Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with When the Americans were fighting the British, it was Benjamin Franklin who reportedly told Thomas Jefferson at a strategy session: “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly be sitting down in Modi’s study to discuss […]

by Editor - Sunday, November 30th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with For this week, ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in India on December 6, I am in meetings in Delhi. Here is our first conversation with Sandeep Unnithan and Chakra News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHh0aXP1SA4 

by Editor - Sunday, November 30th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with In today’s podcast, we go step-wise through the Florida plan of Steven Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev (28 points); the Geneva plan of Daniel Driscoll and the US Army generals (19 points); and the Abu Dhabi plan of Driscoll, the US Army Generals, Dmitriev and a secret Russian business representative, excluding the […]

by Editor - Sunday, November 30th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Start with the condition of President Donald Trump’s brain, according to his mouth.   “Question: Mr. President, could you tell us why you needed to get an MRI? I, I understand that the results were good, but what was it for? Donald Trump: Because it’s part of my physical. Getting an […]

by Editor - Thursday, November 20th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with It is just five weeks since President Donald Trump failed to win the Nobel peace prize. The armed resistance of Iran and Venezuela has already forced him to postpone his Plan A – that’s  for regime change by what Trump likes to call his “obliteration force”.  Trump’s Plan B is for […]

by Editor - Monday, November 17th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Estonian politics are being turned upside down because of a leaked report into the diversion of defence spending. The timing is not an unlucky coincidence. It is the result of the country’s leaders claiming kudos for leading the NATO alliance in lifting the military proportion of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) […]

by Editor - Friday, November 14th, 2025
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Since Chrystia Freeland (lead image) was dismissed from her Canadian Cabinet ministry on September 16,    she has become the “Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.” This is a camouflage uniform. According to the official filing in parliament on November 5 by the Privy Council Office (PCO) on behalf of Canadian Prime […]

by Editor - Thursday, November 13th, 2025
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