Reality strikes again:

Russian oil exports surged to an all-time high in January.

The country’s oil exports jumped by 300k bpd in January m/m.

Clown show continues, we have been discussing this for years:

Stoltenberg said Nato was watching ‘the increased and stronger relationship between China and Russia’

Narrative creep:

Ukraine is winning the war to neither Ukraine or Russia can win the war.

What next?

Russia has submitted a draft UNSC resolution to investigate the sabotage of the NordStream 1 and NordStream 2 gas pipelines.

No prizes for guessing who will seek to block this resolution.

In doing so they will further incriminate themselves.

Germany is looking like its suffering from Stockholm Syndrome when it comes to the US.

There has to be moments though when they are asking themselves why do we put up with this abusive relationship.

So it continues:

US is having secret talks with Taiwanese officials.

History will record how those in the Beltway with a pathological hatred of Russia and China were architects in the demise of the US as an hegemonic power.

The admission by the west that the Minsk agreements were a stalling tactic to enable Ukraine to adequately militarise, completely undermines the west's assertion that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is an illegal war.

Clown show continues, after all the talk about sending tanks to Ukraine, it turns out they are unable too:

UK defence minister, Wallace:

There is a political solution, however, many countries are finding that they do not have serviceable tanks that they can supply.

What's becoming ever more clear by day is western politicians are determined to sound as bombastic as possible about Ukr war because they imagine its good for their career prospects, despite having no idea whether its feasible to do so or its potentially incendiary implications.

Looks like Wang said a few choice words to Blinken at their meeting in Munich.

The west can continue to project whatever it wants us to believe is reality, but reality is now consuming this illusion, so they are repeatedly doubling down to the point that increasing numbers of people in the west are seeing through the absurdity of what we are being told.

Is one motivation for the Fed to raise interest rates to try and drive real foreign investment back into US Treasury markets? 3 years ago we discussed this very thing in our podcasts.

There are reasons why this might be the case. What is clear though is it is failing.

If the Ukraine war threatens the very existence of NATO going forward, the mere threat of a genuine proxy war with China via Taiwan would seal its fate.

West admitting reality:

War with Ukraine will be over unless the EU finds a way in weeks to speed up the provision of ammunition to Ukraine, Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, warned on the final day of the Munich security conference.

https://t.co/hCWw6O6QsJ

Beijing making its position very clear:

Chinese government will never accept US attempts to threaten Russian-Chinese relations.

It should be abundantly clear by now that the US is using Ukraine as a tool to try and destroy Russia which has failed to materialise. The reason is even more obvious, because Moscow and Beijing are the fulcrum of multipolarity which is undermining unpolarity meaning US hegemony

US can deny its role wrt Nordstream sabotage but given its not pinned it on China, Iran or Russia then its admitting someone in the west is responsible.

Does anyone seriously imagine Nordstream was blown up by someone in the west without at least US knowledge and/or approval?

Saying the US is using Ukraine as a tool to seek to destroy Russia has absolutely nothing to do with Ukrainians seeking to defend their nation, which is their right, but everything to do with the fact that US support is insincere and for ulterior motives.