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Richard Hubert Barton

Sociologist, world traveller and writer, Richard Hubert Barton was born in 1948 in the mining town of Walbrzych (Poland). In 1972 moved to Great Britain and after one year of living in London he migrated to Australia. Until 1920, all of his ancestors lived in Russia. It has always been his strong desire to settle and live permanently in the Russian Federation and in 2022, he became a Russian citizen. Since 1993 Richard has focused primarily on travelling in Russia and the ex-Soviet republics. His most recent book is The End of the USA as We Know It (published in December 2021 in Moscow).

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October 23, 2024
Ukraine war ending scenarios

Russia must closely monitor the actions of Prime Minister Rutte. His statements about his desire to engage in dangerous confrontation suggest that he is not willing to wait to carry out his plans

September 8, 2024
Trump vs. Harris: messy economic policies won’t halt U.S. decline

Let’s ask a question that may sound incredible: is the U.S. falling behind other leading nations? The answer is: yes, it is.

August 14, 2024
Middle East at a very critical juncture. Will all-out war be postponed again?

The first thing that comes to one’s mind when analyzing the conflict is that the U.S. and its allies do not want to notice that the world is no longer the same.

August 8, 2024
How will U.S. elites engineer an exit from their Ukraine proxy war disaster?

It seems clear that the United States and its NATO allies wanted Russia to intervene militarily in Ukraine for the ulterior objective of inflicting a strategic defeat and thereby provoking regime change in Moscow.

August 4, 2024
Can Donald Trump end the war in Ukraine?

There are a few geopolitical areas with already raging wars that despite Trump’s rhetoric about ending them, he may actually exacerbate conflict.

July 23, 2024
How the U.S. legalizes its criminal global surveillance of communications

A few years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed that he didn’t use any mobile phone communications. Should anybody be surprised?

June 18, 2024
USAID a velvet glove for the fist of U.S. global power

While a great deal of controversies have arisen in the world-wide activities of USAID it may be worthwhile to explore its attempts of preventing individuals from finding information that challenges official narratives.

March 14, 2024
Why the U.S. Is Not a Democracy and Can’t Be Reformed

Foreboding gray clouds remain on the horizon line for U.S. democracy, Richard Barton writes.

February 5, 2024
Redefining ‘Christian Nationalism’

The Term ‘Christian Nationalism’ is incessantly used to scare the U.S. voters but will it scare them?

January 1, 2024
What Will Be Left Out of the EU?

The trend of Europeans becoming a minority in Europe under Muslim majority seems impossible to be reversed and is widely acknowledged.

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