The Duran provides an explanation for why the Russians still sell natural gas to Russia. Gazprom is a powerful player there and this probably explains why the gas sales were not stopped. And I would argue that the Duran is not proRussian, but what they do is report what the Russia themselves, including Putin, actually say and what their motives are for these statements. I would call it a realistic stance, not a proRussian one.
Through applying the Doomberg method of analysis to compare coverage of current wars in U.S. and European media with that in Russian outlets, I have observed clear propaganda efforts on both sides aimed at influencing public opinion. At the same time, EU regulations appear notably stringent, extending beyond media to effectively prohibit nearly everything related to Russia—whether in business, culture, or sports. Russians are largely denied legal and banking services in both the EU and the UK. In contrast, Russia imposes no such restrictions on foreigners, who are free to travel, perform, or engage in any lawful activities without discrimination.
Western press coverage of Russia and Russians tends to be overwhelmingly negative, regardless of the subject matter. Russian media, by contrast, presents a more balanced and objective approach. Given the perceived quality of political leadership in the EU, it seems that European politicians are struggling to offer convincing ideas or a compelling vision for the future of their societies. They appear unsettled by global economic shifts and, having exhausted avenues for external economic exploitation, are failing to craft a positive domestic agenda. It is therefore unsurprising that they resort to restricting access to information about other nations and framing countries like Russia and China as threats and enemies.
Moreover, military-industrial interests are evidently pleased to support such narratives, as their profits continue to grow while European living standards decline—driven in part by poor energy policies and other failed strategies.
The wars in Ukraine and Iran have been masterclasses in propaganda, narrative control, and information management.
My question is: how long before Europe begins censoring U.S. media companies because it does not like the message?
I am not saying it is inevitable. I am saying the probability appears to be rising as governments become more comfortable deciding which narratives are acceptable and which are not.
Do I recall correctly that you predicted that the Russians would win the war by 2024? The Ukrainians continue to surprise, regardless of the ultimate outcome.
There's no doubt that both sides are engaging in narrative war. By the way, has anybody seen any pics or videos of the billions in damage to US bases in the Mideast, and the 5th Fleet's abandonment of the Gulf? But I digress. There is considerable damage being done to the "Shadow Fleet" used to bypass G7 price caps and international sanctions. Dozens of tankers and transport vessels have been struck in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and even the Mediterranean. By July 2026, roughly 35% of the Russian population faces fuel restrictions. Stations have experienced multi-hour or multi-day lines, and Crimea declared a state of emergency, capping individual fuel sales. Moscow banned all diesel exports through late July 2026 and enacted an aviation fuel export ban through November. Russia, traditionally a massive exporter, has been forced to begin importing refined products from Asia. So there is a material effect on Russia's joule production and import/export markets.
Beginning where I disagree, the protests in Russia and the comments coming from ordinary Russians show that the Ukrainian strikes are clearly having a serious impact- just ask Russians that aren't in charge of propaganda messaging. Have they crippled Russia? No. That's the reductio ad absurdum. But they have done damage and will only get worse as Ukraine continues to innovate and perfect its drone and cruise missile capabilities (witness the blitz on the Russian shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov). Putin absurdly underestimated his adversary, a common first step towards disaster.
As for the EU's court ruling, it's another useful reminder for American ingrates that we live in the freest nation on earth. The EU government gets to decide what is true or not- the opposite of what our first amendment says. Doomy and most of the commenters on this page would run afoul of the EU laws for pretty mainstream American opinions.
But what's the point of all this propaganda? The people who support Ukraine are going to support Ukraine and the people who support Russia are going to support Russia.
One need'nt go to Europe to witness state sponsored propaganda and intimidation.....Mark Carney, the Euro wanna be who moved his Brookfield Asset Mgmnt outfit to New York before destroying Canada's ability to compete in global energy markets and who's family lives in the States and owns a massive British estate through his wife, has legislated similar laws here. Our very own Mr. Burns....
I tried reading Simplicus but found his writing long on propaganda and short on fact and military knowledge so I discount his claims. The images from his site look like AI and run counter to the images of the helicopters with water buckets in the earlier image.
Got a little behind the curve with a couple hight priority projects. Today (Saturday 6/11) finally had the time to read this essay. In particular and not believing my eyes, I had to read the last couple pages 3x to fully absorb what was written. There it is in B&W, the EU rat-bastard Malthusians won't be content until their death spiral finally reaches the scene of the crash. This is no longer a slow motion movie. We're seeing it realtime and it is going to be epic (and not in a good way) when it happens.
I don't believe there is a measuring stick.....lets be realistic.....this money and human life sucking war has gone on longer than WW2....Ukraine is #1 in corruption, the Zalensky actor is playing out his part and the ruling class has stuffed pockets with $Billions in foreign aid....Trump knows exactly who and what Zalensky is......and let this sink in.....Canada's Carney, without oversight or a single vote in parliament has shipped $26.3 BILLION of our tax dollars to Ukraine and his former Deputy Christia Freeland....herself a Ukranian of SS Nazi ties....see her granddad........this entire debacle is a shell game of wealth transfer and nothing to do with 'freeing' Ukraine.
Since March 2022 I have missed watching RT on my US television lineup. I speak Russian. I took 4 years of Russian in college anticipating the opening of opportunities in the oil industry with Russia. I have a bookshelf full of rare Russian-language geology books. Those opportunities in Russia mostly evaporated, but as a geologist I still consider Russia one of the last and greatest frontiers for oil exploration. The West Siberian Basin is about ten times the size of the US Permian Basin and is not only considered a Super Basin, it is largely undrilled and underexplored. It stretches from the Arctic to the Turgay Depression near Kazakhstan. It hosts the Turgai Strait, which is analogous to the Western Interior Seaway of the United States and Canada, that stretches from Texas to Canada and includes such formations as the Eagle Ford, the Niobrara, the Cardium (influencing the Bakken and Montney) as well as many more well known plays in the US. Both seaways reached maximum extent during the Late Cretaceous, and the West Siberian Basin seaway persisted until the Eocene, giving it millions of more years to accumulate biomass. If not for the political difficulties and philosophical differences (Western Universalism- rule based business vs Russian Particularism - relationship based business) of dealing with Russia, it would possibly be the world's largest oil supply and certainly has the potential. The Russians truly think and see the world differently than Westerners (although I see similarities between the Russian serfdom attitude and European feudalism that seems to be rebounding in both the UK and EU). Even reading Russian electric well-logs from drilled wells requires a different mindset to understand them.
While I know that RT was largely a version of Pravda, I nevertheless appreciated hearing the Russian side of things, even if it was filtered by the government. But our media is filtered as well, as RT was not taken down by US government actions, but by the decision of DirectTV and Roku, which effectively removed the market for RT and forced them to close in the US. I found it even more annoying when Ebay cut off transactions with Russia and my camera and book orders were cancelled forever. Few Americans realize how isolated we are from Russia, and I have to depend on Eastern Europeans for news on Russia now. We may not have the outright ban that the EU and Canada put in place, but the ban and the censorship is still there.
For what I believe is an objective assessment of the conflict from an American soldier with ample skin in the game, I recommend this school of war podcast. Why I could not find it on substack is a mystery to me.https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FbuJb1bIU3972JyK453bE?si=8348c516a0a441c9 I would venture to guess that EU censorship is a direct result of EU desperation and fear and both attitudes are correctly felt even though I disagree with the result. If their situation is as potentially dire as it appears, why wouldn’t they want the public to know? Cowardice is my only explanation.
The Duran provides an explanation for why the Russians still sell natural gas to Russia. Gazprom is a powerful player there and this probably explains why the gas sales were not stopped. And I would argue that the Duran is not proRussian, but what they do is report what the Russia themselves, including Putin, actually say and what their motives are for these statements. I would call it a realistic stance, not a proRussian one.
Through applying the Doomberg method of analysis to compare coverage of current wars in U.S. and European media with that in Russian outlets, I have observed clear propaganda efforts on both sides aimed at influencing public opinion. At the same time, EU regulations appear notably stringent, extending beyond media to effectively prohibit nearly everything related to Russia—whether in business, culture, or sports. Russians are largely denied legal and banking services in both the EU and the UK. In contrast, Russia imposes no such restrictions on foreigners, who are free to travel, perform, or engage in any lawful activities without discrimination.
Western press coverage of Russia and Russians tends to be overwhelmingly negative, regardless of the subject matter. Russian media, by contrast, presents a more balanced and objective approach. Given the perceived quality of political leadership in the EU, it seems that European politicians are struggling to offer convincing ideas or a compelling vision for the future of their societies. They appear unsettled by global economic shifts and, having exhausted avenues for external economic exploitation, are failing to craft a positive domestic agenda. It is therefore unsurprising that they resort to restricting access to information about other nations and framing countries like Russia and China as threats and enemies.
Moreover, military-industrial interests are evidently pleased to support such narratives, as their profits continue to grow while European living standards decline—driven in part by poor energy policies and other failed strategies.
The wars in Ukraine and Iran have been masterclasses in propaganda, narrative control, and information management.
My question is: how long before Europe begins censoring U.S. media companies because it does not like the message?
I am not saying it is inevitable. I am saying the probability appears to be rising as governments become more comfortable deciding which narratives are acceptable and which are not.
Do I recall correctly that you predicted that the Russians would win the war by 2024? The Ukrainians continue to surprise, regardless of the ultimate outcome.
There's no doubt that both sides are engaging in narrative war. By the way, has anybody seen any pics or videos of the billions in damage to US bases in the Mideast, and the 5th Fleet's abandonment of the Gulf? But I digress. There is considerable damage being done to the "Shadow Fleet" used to bypass G7 price caps and international sanctions. Dozens of tankers and transport vessels have been struck in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and even the Mediterranean. By July 2026, roughly 35% of the Russian population faces fuel restrictions. Stations have experienced multi-hour or multi-day lines, and Crimea declared a state of emergency, capping individual fuel sales. Moscow banned all diesel exports through late July 2026 and enacted an aviation fuel export ban through November. Russia, traditionally a massive exporter, has been forced to begin importing refined products from Asia. So there is a material effect on Russia's joule production and import/export markets.
Several different issues in this essay.
Beginning where I disagree, the protests in Russia and the comments coming from ordinary Russians show that the Ukrainian strikes are clearly having a serious impact- just ask Russians that aren't in charge of propaganda messaging. Have they crippled Russia? No. That's the reductio ad absurdum. But they have done damage and will only get worse as Ukraine continues to innovate and perfect its drone and cruise missile capabilities (witness the blitz on the Russian shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov). Putin absurdly underestimated his adversary, a common first step towards disaster.
As for the EU's court ruling, it's another useful reminder for American ingrates that we live in the freest nation on earth. The EU government gets to decide what is true or not- the opposite of what our first amendment says. Doomy and most of the commenters on this page would run afoul of the EU laws for pretty mainstream American opinions.
If your analysis is correct, and I believe it is, it seems to me that the dark forces running the EU are hell bent on starting WWWIII.
If the Ukrainian drone strikes are indeed manageable then what do we make of the interminable fuel lines that seem broadcast everywhere?
But what's the point of all this propaganda? The people who support Ukraine are going to support Ukraine and the people who support Russia are going to support Russia.
All propaganda has value at the margins, at minimum
Fascinating to read that Russia has a "regime", whereas the 'west' has "governments". Propaganda, eh. :-)
One need'nt go to Europe to witness state sponsored propaganda and intimidation.....Mark Carney, the Euro wanna be who moved his Brookfield Asset Mgmnt outfit to New York before destroying Canada's ability to compete in global energy markets and who's family lives in the States and owns a massive British estate through his wife, has legislated similar laws here. Our very own Mr. Burns....
I tried reading Simplicus but found his writing long on propaganda and short on fact and military knowledge so I discount his claims. The images from his site look like AI and run counter to the images of the helicopters with water buckets in the earlier image.
Got a little behind the curve with a couple hight priority projects. Today (Saturday 6/11) finally had the time to read this essay. In particular and not believing my eyes, I had to read the last couple pages 3x to fully absorb what was written. There it is in B&W, the EU rat-bastard Malthusians won't be content until their death spiral finally reaches the scene of the crash. This is no longer a slow motion movie. We're seeing it realtime and it is going to be epic (and not in a good way) when it happens.
It seems the Ukraine position has improved this year. I genuinely believe that but the question remains; am I being led to believe that?
I don't believe there is a measuring stick.....lets be realistic.....this money and human life sucking war has gone on longer than WW2....Ukraine is #1 in corruption, the Zalensky actor is playing out his part and the ruling class has stuffed pockets with $Billions in foreign aid....Trump knows exactly who and what Zalensky is......and let this sink in.....Canada's Carney, without oversight or a single vote in parliament has shipped $26.3 BILLION of our tax dollars to Ukraine and his former Deputy Christia Freeland....herself a Ukranian of SS Nazi ties....see her granddad........this entire debacle is a shell game of wealth transfer and nothing to do with 'freeing' Ukraine.
We'd say continue to pay attention, but do keep that question in mind.
Since March 2022 I have missed watching RT on my US television lineup. I speak Russian. I took 4 years of Russian in college anticipating the opening of opportunities in the oil industry with Russia. I have a bookshelf full of rare Russian-language geology books. Those opportunities in Russia mostly evaporated, but as a geologist I still consider Russia one of the last and greatest frontiers for oil exploration. The West Siberian Basin is about ten times the size of the US Permian Basin and is not only considered a Super Basin, it is largely undrilled and underexplored. It stretches from the Arctic to the Turgay Depression near Kazakhstan. It hosts the Turgai Strait, which is analogous to the Western Interior Seaway of the United States and Canada, that stretches from Texas to Canada and includes such formations as the Eagle Ford, the Niobrara, the Cardium (influencing the Bakken and Montney) as well as many more well known plays in the US. Both seaways reached maximum extent during the Late Cretaceous, and the West Siberian Basin seaway persisted until the Eocene, giving it millions of more years to accumulate biomass. If not for the political difficulties and philosophical differences (Western Universalism- rule based business vs Russian Particularism - relationship based business) of dealing with Russia, it would possibly be the world's largest oil supply and certainly has the potential. The Russians truly think and see the world differently than Westerners (although I see similarities between the Russian serfdom attitude and European feudalism that seems to be rebounding in both the UK and EU). Even reading Russian electric well-logs from drilled wells requires a different mindset to understand them.
While I know that RT was largely a version of Pravda, I nevertheless appreciated hearing the Russian side of things, even if it was filtered by the government. But our media is filtered as well, as RT was not taken down by US government actions, but by the decision of DirectTV and Roku, which effectively removed the market for RT and forced them to close in the US. I found it even more annoying when Ebay cut off transactions with Russia and my camera and book orders were cancelled forever. Few Americans realize how isolated we are from Russia, and I have to depend on Eastern Europeans for news on Russia now. We may not have the outright ban that the EU and Canada put in place, but the ban and the censorship is still there.
For what I believe is an objective assessment of the conflict from an American soldier with ample skin in the game, I recommend this school of war podcast. Why I could not find it on substack is a mystery to me.https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FbuJb1bIU3972JyK453bE?si=8348c516a0a441c9 I would venture to guess that EU censorship is a direct result of EU desperation and fear and both attitudes are correctly felt even though I disagree with the result. If their situation is as potentially dire as it appears, why wouldn’t they want the public to know? Cowardice is my only explanation.
Awesome, thanks so much for the link, will start listening today.