Black Sea Plots and NATO’s Long Range Strike Campaign Against Russia Has Failed

Any reader who might know where the Budanov news item could be found with Budanov stating Istanbul was a ruse as Mark reminds us at min. 15 with Garland?

It may not be serious news to people around this space.

But even in the most critical available scholarship in Europe on the SMO which are the books by Jacques Baud this incident is missing. So on a historic research level the issue does matter.

I am thus not sure Baud is aware of it today.

(Although he might have learned by now living under sanctions and having a lot of time... And perhaps he might have addressed it in one of his many appearances with Nima and Diesen. In any case I am sure he would find it more than interesting.)