By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with It doesn’t take much time to compile from the works of John Mearsheimer a file of his mistakes of prediction, miscalculations of US and Ukrainian operations, and strategic misjudgements about the US war against Russia in Europe. And yet, despite the plainness of this record, Mearsheimer is treated as a valuable […]

by Editor - Thursday, July 30th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with As tactics for warfighting against Russia go, drones are a new one, and if measured by Russian public opinion, they are more effective for the time being than old tactics like Alexei Navalny-type operations, or Trojan Horses like Mikhail Khodorkovsky,   or Fifth Columnists like Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and the […]

by Editor - Thursday, July 30th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with How long is a piece of string? The recorded history of that question began in a New York newspaper in 1885. At the time and ever since, asking the question implied the answer that there is no limit to the string.  The answer in the lead images, a Jeff and Mutt […]

by Editor - Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with In the wartime succession stories now screening in your neighbourhood – that’s President Donald Trump’s and President Vladimir Putin’s — the money does the talking which the special effects on the Imax screen cannot. At the London BFI Imax cinema, the Odyssey film is booked out through its scheduled run from now […]

by Editor - Sunday, July 26th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The real reason – that’s to say, the White House election campaign reason – for Marco Rubio’s request to meet Sergei Lavrov in Manila for thirty minutes last week was this. Click to view or listen to the new podcast with Martin Sieff and Pelle Neroth Taylor, Capitals Uncovered Episode 138. […]

by Editor - Sunday, July 26th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The question everyone in their warfighting chairs has been asking President Vladimir Putin,  with a follow-up that no one is reporting: What is Putin going to do to answer the escalation of drone war on the Russian mainland and deter the US and its allies from their war to destroy the […]

by Editor - Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The inevitability of escalation – that’s the binding strategic requirement for President Vladimir Putin’s decisions on Russia’s warfighting options. It’s binding on the president because it is Article 12 of the Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, which Putin signed in December 2024.  Here it is: […]

by Editor - Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Marshmallow imperialism is that view of American warmaking against Russia, Iran, China and Cuba which tastes sweet at first bite, but then melts in the mouth with nothing to chew on. That’s when the sugar addiction starts – this is wanting to taste more but never getting enough. Chemical engineers in […]

by Editor - Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with As bird brains go, President Donald Trump doesn’t have what it takes to match an American crow.   Trump, combined with Stephen Miller, spokesman and mastermind respectively, of genocide against the enemies of the Jews in the Middle East and the enemies of the Republican Party at home, still doesn’t remember […]

by Editor - Monday, July 20th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The E-Day (Escalation Day) decision has been put off. The Kremlin has just run up the signal that Trust in Trump (TIT) remains President Vladimir Putin’s priority. This is the flag raised on Friday morning by Vzglyad, the Kremlin-backed publication.  “Russia has gotten the most out of the Anchorage Spirit”, according to […]

by Editor - Friday, July 17th, 2026
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