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Category Archives: Siberia
The Country is Moscow Surrounded by Buffer Colonies
An eye-opening look inside the psychology of Russia and its leadership: Nominally, the country of Russia occupies over 17 million square kilometers of land, a massive area. But if you understand that the real country is Moscow, and the rest … Continue reading
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Russian Navy Flagship Admiral Kuznetsov and Its Chinese Clone the Liaoning; Plus Wargaming the Taiwan Invasion
The flagship of the Russian Navy, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, should be considered a parable for the condition of the Russian Federation as a whole. Workers are struggling with the ship at the Zvyozdochka shipyard in the Barents Sea … Continue reading
China Gears Up to Take Advantage of Russia’s Dire Predicament: The Other Side of the Country
While Putin was busy with a futile attack on its western neighbour, the Russian Far East has continued to fall under China’s heavy thumb. And there is nothing that Russia can do about it! Neither Russia nor China are in … Continue reading
Putin Won’t Leave So Russia’s Best Have To
100,000 of Russia’s Best Leave the Country Yearly There are too few skilled and independent-minded Russian people to begin with. If the economic and political climate under Putin remains dismal, more good people will leave — and Russia’s future will … Continue reading
Entering the New Chinese Warlord Era
Chinese warlords have appeared all throughout China’s history, springing up in times of turmoil to gain power, and sometimes establishing their own dynasty. Warlords are normally aggressive and ambitious, they want to gain power and will use any means necessary … Continue reading
Through the Looking Glass: The Black Swan Called Trump
No One Believed Peter Zeihan Until Now In the 2014 book “The Accidental Superpower,” Zeihan predicted the withdrawal of the US from a wide range of longstanding international agreements, leading to a weakening of the present world order. With the … Continue reading
Siberia to Experience a Change in “Ownership”
Imagine Siberia Slipping Russia’s Leash, Becoming One Giant Patchwork Economic Free Trade Zone As for the massive Siberian resources, can the Russians be their guardians forever? … where Westerners have trouble imagining anything other than a flag – Chinese, Russian … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes: China Helps NATO Encircle a Russia in Decline
Beggars cannot be choosers, and a Putin besieged by both domestic economic woes and international isolation likely has no choice but to double-down on his bet on China. Of course, Russia’s strongman may have to kowtow to his … Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Central Asia, China, Russian Collapse, Siberia
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Coming for Your Women
Some claim that World War III is about capturing brains rather than territory, and there is some merit to the claim. But there are many ways to capture another nation’s brains. One way is to provide better working and living … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Drain, China, Russia, Russian Decline, Russian slavery, Russian Womb Drain, Siberia
Tagged China_Russia, Russian Collapse, Russian Girls
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Asian Giants on Different Points of Demographic Spectrum
Demography is Destiny The above series of population pyramids depicts the ongoing evolution of Japan’s population spectrum, from 1950 to 2055. But it also roughly depicts the relative demographic status of India, China, and Japan respectively. More: Japan faces a … Continue reading
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ISIS Cyber Caliphate Operates Out of the Kremlin
According to German experts, the so-called Islamic State is unable to carry out complex hack attacks. According to Der Spiegel, the truth is that Kremlin’s hackers are behind the cyber-caliphate. __ Der Spiegel Claims Russia Responsible FSB, GRU, and SVR … Continue reading
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Wholesale Movement of Chinese Industry and Workers into “Russian” Far East
Chinese industrial colonies have been moving wholesale into Africa, Latin America, and Central Asia for several years now. This time, it is Russia’s turn to be overrun by China’s debt-propelled never-ending industrial bubble. Moscow is going ahead with a program … Continue reading
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Behind a Brave Front, Russia Suffers, Shrinks, and Dies in Silence
It Starts With the Lies According to official sources, Russia is a great world power. Russia cannot be hurt by low oil prices, by western sanctions, nor by anything else, it seems. But what is the reality beneath the facade? … Continue reading
We Should Have Seen This Coming
“Russian authorities have been consistently claiming during the past several months that the economic crisis in Russia has bottomed out,” the paper states. “However, a brief analysis of the raw data from the Russian economy, and the most realistic patterns … Continue reading
Posted in China, Demographics, Fertility, Russian Collapse, Russian Decline, Siberia
Tagged China_Russia, Russian Collapse, Russian Decline
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China’s Leader Prepares for a Major Crisis
President, Party Secretary, and Supreme Military Commander Xi Jinping Prepares for Crises Ahead China’s President Xi Jinping has made extreme changes to the organisation of the CPC’s military (the PLA) Xi has made a strong move to consolidate all military … Continue reading
Do You Love Me, Little Serfer Girl?
… rich landowners were given a free reign to treat their workers as they wished. Many were cruel masters who operated in the knowledge that the peasants had little choice but to carry on in their employ, or leave and … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, History, Russian Decline, Russian slavery, Siberia
Tagged Human Slavery, Russian Decline, Russian Girls
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China Desperately Needs Resources and Water
China’s default setting is resource scarcity. Take something like water where it has 7% of the world’s fresh water sustaining 20% of humanity. … as China urbanises at a much faster pace than it has been you’re going to have … Continue reading
Russia Haunted by Spectre of Disintegration
The spectre of disintegration is already haunting Russia. Politicians and pundits are scared to discuss it publicly. Shortly after annexing Crimea and stirring separatism in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin introduced a law which makes “incitement of any action undermining Russia’s … Continue reading
Siberia Looks Away
Russia is divided in two: On one side is Moscow and its surrounds, home of the globalized elite who feed like parasites on the nation’s riches. And on the other side is the rest of the country. __ Meanwhile in … Continue reading
Poison and its Consequences
Poisoning of the air, land, and waters is the legacy of the USSR, and is an ongoing legacy of modern communist China. From the days of the USSR: The mountains of solid wastes, and lakes of liquid ones, near most … Continue reading
Welcome to Russia, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of China Inc.
The population of far Eastern Siberia has collapsed to 6.3m from over 8 million twenty years ago, leaving ghost towns along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Russia has failed to make a go of its Eastern venture. With a national fertility rate … Continue reading
All Empires Die
“HISTORY TEACHES THREE pretty clear messages. One is that all empires die. Second, empires take a long time to die. Finally, the citizens of the empire rarely recognize the warning signs for what they are.” San Francisco Chronicle Had Sir … Continue reading
China Moving to Gain Control of Russia’s Oil & Gas Fields, Weapons Systems
Update: RIP Nemtsov China’s New Lease on Russia To become a superpower, China will need the energy resources and natural resources of its neighbor, Russia. It appears that China will soon get what it wants, as Russia moves to change … Continue reading
Posted in China, Empire, Energy, Putin, Russia, Russian Collapse, Russian Oil Curse, Siberia
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Decade Forecast 2015-2025 Sees National Fragmentation Ahead
We expect Moscow’s authority to weaken substantially, leading to the formal and informal fragmentation of Russia… __Decade Forecast 2015-2025 The nation of Russia is being pushed to the breaking point by unrealistic neo-imperial ambitions at the highest levels. In just … Continue reading
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Rise of the Greater Chinese Empire
Russian borders are indefensible. Wherever you look at the map there are no natural obstacles that would hamper a military advance. Historically, every major advance that threatened Russia’s existence (the Poles in 1610, Napoleon in 1812, Hitler in 1941) came … Continue reading
Posted in China, Russia, Russian Collapse, Siberia
Tagged China, Russian Decline, Siberia
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