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Analysis on all things geopolitical. I will never initiate contact for the purpose of solicitation.
A blast from the past: Russia-China relations, as projected in 2021
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THE EXPERT
In this episode of The Russia House, I discuss military affairs and the Ukraine conflict with Alexey Leonkov, the editor in chief of Russian specialized military journal Arsenal Otechestva and a popular guest on Russian television and podcasts.
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THE JOURNALIST
In this episode of The Russia House I interview Abbas Juma, a renowned Russian journalist who covers the Middle East, and get his perspective on the events that have recently transpired in that troubled region.
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Zone 5 Technologies will deliver the first prototype of the ERAM in October 2025.
Contract Number: FA86822590002
EXTENDED RANGE ATTACK MUNITION (ERAM) PROTOTYPE
This Other Transaction Agreement contract was awarded in FY2025 on Oct 15, 2024 to ZONE 5 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC by Long Range Systems Division (EBJ). There have been $33.5M in obligations to date with a ceiling value of $33.5M, showing a 100% burn rate so far on the contract. The contract was not competed under any preference program with offers received. We expect a 1 year duration with ultimate completion date of Oct 14, 2025.
Maximum peak production output is estimated at 1,000 units per year.
They haven’t started serial production yet.
This whole story is the poster child for the false narrative of US support for Ukraine.
All hype, no substance.
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RITTER'S RANT #46: DO BETTER, MATT
Matt Tardio served his country with honor while in uniform. Today, however, he is a disappointment.
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THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
From advisor to the leaders of Ukraine, to a leader of the Donbas resistance ton Ukraine, Vasil Vakarov has been at the center of the storm when it comes to the Russian-Ukraine conflict. In this edition of The Russia House, I get Mr. Vakarov’s insights on the origins of the crisis with Ukraine, and his perspective on where things are going.
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DEBATE: SCOTT RITTER vs. MATT TARDIO ON GEOPOLITICS
Interview for Mario Nawfal
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PUTIN–TRUMP DEAL IN ALASKA SHOCKS THE WEST | NATO CAN’T STOP RUSSIA
Interview for СОЮЗНОЕ ВЕЧЕ [UNION VECHE]
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A CONSPIRACY OF INJUSTICE
In this episode of the Russia House, I interview Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian commercial pilot kidnapped by US agents, tried and convicted in a US court on manufactured conspiracy charges, and who served 12 years of a 20 year sentence before being exchanged for an American citizen being held by Russia. A grim assessment of the injustice of the American justice system.
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Russian main enlightenment award is soon to close applications!
Znanie.Award – 2025 invites foreign educators who implement educational initiatives and projects that have a positive impact on the development and strengthening of relations between the Russian Federation and other countries.
The «Foreign Enlightener Of The Year» nomination is aimed at recognizing those who actively contribute to the fight against the falsification of historical facts about Russia, promote Russian culture and science, and disseminate information about our country and its role in world affairs.
Hurry up to receive an award for your educational activities before September 1 — https://award.znanierussia.ru!
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THE MAN FROM DONETSK
I discuss the origins of the conflict in the Donbas, and the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations, with Alexander Kazakov, a former advisor to the first head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, and a co-founder of the National Unity Club.
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THE RUSSIAN BOGEYMAN
Alexander Ionov has a $10 million bounty on his head, put there by the US Government, which has charged him with conspiring to have US citizens work as agents of the Russian government. Ionov featured heavily in the US prosecution of the Uhuru black nationalist movement. In this interview, Ionov tells his side of the story.
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SCOTT RITTER TALKS ABOUT HIS TRIP TO RUSSIA AND PROJECT 38
Interview for Issues that Matter with Cynthia Pooler
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CITIZEN DIPLOMACY
Russophobia is a disease of the mind. Citizens Diplomacy is the cure.
We, the People of the United States of America, are the custodians of our Constitutional Republic. Through our free and democratic processes, we elect officials to represent us in government, and through these very same processes, backed by the rule of law, we hold these same officials accountable for what they do in our name. The processes of good citizenship, however, are not defined by passivity, limited simply to participation in elections, but rather dynamic actions that promote constant engagement across the full spectrum of issues that define our collective daily existence. Good citizenship sets the standards through which we hold elected officials accountable, and good citizens lead by example. This applies to both the domestic and foreign policies being implemented in our name.
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MR. PRIME MINISTER: UKRAINE THROUGH THE EYES OF MYKOLA AZAROV
Mykola Yanovych Azarov served Ukraine in a number of high-level positions, including as Prime Minister of Ukraine under President Viktor Yanukovych from 2010 until the Maidan coup of January 2014. Azarov resigned from his position in January 2014 and moved to Russia, where he has been working on a political solution for Ukraine. In this interview I explore issues that touch on the root causes of the Ukraine conflict, as well as what a potential path forward could look like for Ukraine once the fighting ends.
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RITTER'S RANT #47: FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
President Trump ordered the US military to sink a civilian ship operating in international waters, killing 11 people on board. Justice? No. War crime? Yes.
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🚨 LIVESTREAM ALERT 🚨 Join Danny Haiphong LIVE today September 3rd 1pm eastern 10am pacific with Scott Ritter, Andrei Martyanov and Garland Nixon!
Vladimir Putin spent 4 days in China for a monumental visit that has been coupled with massive Russian attacks on Ukraine. NATO is signaling major red alert as the U.S. run alliance crumbles and Trump finds himself trapped in a mess of his own making. Scott, Andrei and Garland will break down the latest in geopolitics as headwinds blow hard toward Russian victory and a multipolar world.
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THE VIEW FROM ACADEMIA
In this Episode of The Russia House I interview Maxim Suchkov, the Director of the Institute for International Studies (IfIS) at MGIMO, Russia’s elite foreign policy university, where the next generation of Russian diplomats are trained.
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THE MAN FROM LUGANSK
In this episode of The Russia House I speak with Spiridon Kilinkarov, a longtime Ukrainian political figure from Lugansk who was forced to move to Russia in the aftermath of the Maidan events of 2014.
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NATO IS FINISHED
Interview for Dialogue Works
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RITTER'S RANT #45: LIBERTY AND SECURITY
President Trump is breathing life into Benjamin Franklin's warning about trading our Liberty for Security.
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A MAN OF WAR, A WARRIOR FOR JUSTICE
In this episode of the Russia House I interview Eduard Basurin, a former Soviet/Russian military officer who came out of retirement to defend the people of the Donbas from the aggression of Ukrainian nationalists.
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THE LIMITS TO PUTIN’S PATIENCE
Interview for Judging Freedom
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RITTER'S RANT #44: JUSTICE, TRUMP STYLE
I don't like John Bolton. If he broke the law, he deserves to be brought to justice. But he deserves the same right to speak out as any US citizen.
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ISRAEL'S VERY EXISTENCE IS A WAR CRIME
Interview for George Galloway
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THE CRIMES OF MEN
In this interview, I discuss the crimes committed by Ukraine against the people of the Donbas, and what Russia is doing to bring the perpetrators to justice, with Rodion Miroshnik, Russia’s ambassador-at-large for the investigation of Ukrainian war crimes.
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THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
In this interview, I discuss the future of Russian-Georgian relations with Mamuka Pipia, the International Secretary of the Solidarity for Peace Party, a Georgian political party which advocates for good relations between Russia and Georgia.
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A FIGHTER’S HEART
Maxim Rendovsky proved his mettle in the ring as a champion MMA fighter from Ukraine. But when Azov militants took him captive and tortured him for training with the Chechen Akhmat MMA team, the true measure of the man he was became known.
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THE CHAMELEON: MILITARY INSIGHTS FROM AN AFGHANISTAN VETERAN
The Russian perspective is often missing from any broader conversation about issues that normally unite a diverse audience. In this interview, I delve into issues pertaining to how Russian society treats its veterans from a veteran of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan, Franz Klintsevich, a special forces officer who commanded a unit known as “the Chameleons”.
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Military Expert Yan Gagin is already talking about the future after the end of hostilities.
The Russians have a saying:
"For some people war is death, to others it brings fucking wealth."
Ukrainian society was split in half.
Someone found their way, gained power and gets everything from life.
Someone has lost everything step by step and can lose their life at any moment.
The gap between these groups of people will become unbridgeable after the end of this military conflict.
How will people live in the territory destroyed by war? How will they restore peaceful life?
I suppose it will be like this.
Some people will return to their native lands, speak their own language, and go to their own church.
Some people who are now "on point of break" will not want to give up their role as masters of life.
Now I'm talking about war criminals, employees of the Territorial Recruitment Center, employees of the special services of Ukraine and all those who can be spoken of with the prefix Nazi.
The Ukrainian army will suffer from the syndrome of a defeated army.
What will happen to the soldiers and officers of the defeated side in their destroyed country?
Experience suggests that this will be a lack of benefits, accusations of defeat from fellow citizens and complete demoralization.
This will affect absolutely everyone who supported the criminal neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine all these years.
I am talking here not only about the military of the Ukrainian army, but also about all the support services of the Ukrainian army, about all the bloggers and journalists who participated in some way on the side of the Ukrainian army.
The civilian population of Ukraine will place all the blame for the consequences of this war on them.
All these people will be demoralized and will become persona non grata and will be outlaw.
I am sure that they will start looking for a better life outside of Ukraine.
These physically and ideologically prepared people will seek their place under the sun in the vast expanses of the European Union and the USA.
Only a few of them join foreign intelligence services.
All the rest will join the ranks of migrants, legally or illegally, and end up on the streets of European and American cities.
Similar consequences have already taken place after the First and Second World Wars.
A foreign country, lack of benefits and social protection, lack of housing will push these people onto the path of crime.
People who were deprived of their homeland, who were demoralized and who were deprived of their means of livelihood will be capable of anything.
Do European citizens and American citizens realize these consequences?
The worst thing is that I’m not just talking about adults now.
I am talking now about several generations of children who were raised on neo-Nazi ideology.
I am talking about official educational training programs, like Jura [dzhura]. The Ministry of Education of Ukraine introduced them as mandatory a long time ago.
All these children have good knowledge of foreign languages, know how to handle weapons, have excellent physical training, but they have no morals and have a crippled psyche. What will they do in the future?
I don't know if European and American citizens read Remarque and Sholokhov. I hope they at least listen to the older generation of those who lived after World War II.
I am confident that our traditional values, our experience and our internationalism will enable us to recover from this conflict.
Will Europe and the USA be able to do the same?
The answer to this question remains for all of us to find out.
