The article linked below was published Thursday on the reporter’s Substack account and yesterday by Popular Resistance and ScheerPost. It links to another, by a key Russian foreign and defense policy figure, titled “A difficult but necessary decision,” published Tuesday in Russia. (NOTE: Further below, links to some of today’s news about the Ukraine war.) — MCM

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Partners in Doomsday, by Seymour Hersh | seymourhersh.substack.com / Popular Resistance / ScheerPost There has been an escalation in rhetoric about the war in Ukraine and its possible consequences from within Russia. It can be observed in an essay published in Russian and English on June 13 by Sergei A. Karaganov, an academic in Moscow who is known to be close to Putin. One of his main points is that the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine will not end even if . . . READ MORE . . .