The Critical Hour

By Sputnik International

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The Critical Hour uses clear, cutting edge insight and analysis to examine national and international issues impacting the global village in which we live.

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The Critical Hour episodes:

05.18.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: Slovakia Leader Shot; New Caledonia Rebels; Blinken in Kiev
Secretary Blinken played the guitar and sang in Kiev as the Ukrainian military was experiencing catastrophic losses along the contact line.
05.17.2024
Putin Xi Meetings; The Bill Browder Propaganda Scam; Nero Blinken Fiddles as Ukraine Army Burns
Neocon con man Bill Browder pushes a debunked scam about his criminal conviction to drag the world into conflict.
05.16.2024
Robert Fico Shot; Biden Sends More Arms to Israel; Putin Heads to China
The Prime Minister of Slovakia has been gravely wounded in an assassination attempt, and the suspected gunman was detained at the scene.
05.15.2024
President Putin to Visit China; Blinken in Kiev; Major Iranian Port Deal with India Angers Biden
The Kremlin has announced a significant move in President Putin's foreign policy agenda, revealing that his first visit after re-election will be to Beijing in mid-May.
05.14.2024
Russian Leadership Changes; Neocon Proxy Wars in the Pacific; Congress Threatens Students with Death
Various members of the US Congress are threatening deportation, travel restrictions, and the death of students who are protesting the Gaza conflict.
05.11.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: Zelensky Assassination Attempt; Africa Rejecting US Imperialism; Uhuru Charges
An assassination attempt at the leader of the Kiev regime has raised eyebrows, and Africa is rejecting US imperialism and making deals with Russia and China.
05.10.2024
Victory Day Celebration; Zelensky Assassination Attempt; Neocons Link Taiwan and Ukraine
A reported attempt on the life of the President of the Kiev regime reveals the unraveling of the DC neocon Ukraine project for world domination.
05.09.2024
NATO Rules Out Troops in Ukraine; Biden Slams Protesters; US Prepares ICC Sanctions
There are rumors that NATO will formally declare that no troops will be sent to fight Russia in Ukraine as a nuclear confrontation appears on the horizon.
05.08.2024
President Putin Takes Office; Israel Attacks Rafah; Russia Strengthens Africa Ties
West Asia and Eastern Europe stand on the edge of expanded conflict as Israel attacks Rafah and Ukrainian defenses buckle under relentless Russian strikes.
05.07.2024
NATO Threatens WWIII on Russia's Border; Xi Visits EU; Many Black Voters to Sit Out 2024
President Putin has ordered nuclear drills as NATO threatens World War 3 on Russia's border.
05.04.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: BoJo Says That US Hegemony is Dying in Ukraine; Africa Ejecting US Imperialism
Former UK Leader Boris Johnson argues the Western Hegemony is dying in Ukraine, and African nations are rejecting US and European Imperialism.
05.03.2024
Georgia Battling Western Interference; US Sanctions China; Police Beat Down Protesters
Georgia is moving forward with a bill that will likely expose Western interference through its intelligence NGO complex as suspicious protests try to derail the effort.
05.02.2024
Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Invade Rafah "With or Without" a Hostage Deal With Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah "with or without '' a hostage deal with Hamas; Russia's Military Strikes Ukrainian Army Headquarters in Odesa; and student protests continue around the country.
05.01.2024
Zelensky Facing the End of His Term; US Trying to Ukraine-ize the Pacific Against China
May 21st marks the official end of President Zelensky's term, and the US is working to turn its Pacific proxies into cannon fodder against the People's Republic of China.
04.30.2024
Ukraine Seeks 10-Year US Security Agreement; Government Crackdown on College Protesters
Ukraine is seeking a 10-year security agreement as its front lines buckle, and leading US Business leaders rebuke the concept as another forever war.
04.27.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: Student Protest Movement Expands: US Hegemony Crashing in Taiwan and Ukraine
The Biden Administration's failure to acknowledge the collapse of US hegemony is escalating tensions worldwide.
04.26.2024
Western Mercenaries in Ukraine; Blinken Confronts China; US Campus Protests Grow
Thousands of Western Mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine, and Secretary Blinken's confrontational message is sure to be rejected by China.
04.25.2024
College Protests Grow; North Korean Officials Visit Iran; Biden to Send Arms to Ukraine Immediately
President Biden vows to expedite arms shipments to Ukraine as the Kiev regime faces battlefield disaster.
04.24.2024
Neocons Push Nuclear Confrontation; Government Crackdown on Protesters
Poland pushes to host NATO nuclear weapons and increase the odds of global nuclear annihilation.
04.23.2024
House Passes Massive War Spending Bill; US Pushes to Seize Russian Assets
The US House of Representatives has passed a massive war spending bill, which also opens the door for the seizure of Russian financial assets.
04.20.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: Iran Shoots Down Israeli Drones; Neocons Plotting Against Zelensky
Iran is indicating that it will not respond to a symbolic attack by Israel involving a few drones.
04.19.2024
Biden's Op-Ed on Ukraine and Israel; House Speaker Pushes $95 Billion for Forever War
President Biden has "penned" an op-ed in which he pushes preposterous neocon tropes to push for another flood of money for forever war.
04.18.2024
Kiev Jealous of Israel; Biden Rejects Calls to Free Assange; FBI Wanted Back Door to Telegram
President Biden has rejected the Australian request to free Julian Assange, and the Kiev regime is demanding an Israel-style security arrangement with the US empire.
04.17.2024
Ukrainian Nationalists Linked to Crocus Attack; 30 Yrs Since Rwanda Horror
Russian investigators have linked Ukrainian nationalists to the Moscow terrorist attack and the Russiagate election interference hoax is firing up again at the New York Times.
04.16.2024
Iran Retaliation Strike; Hypocrites Demand UN Discuss Iran Attack; Trump Trial Begins
Iran has executed a military strike on Israel and US Imperial hypocrites are demanding that the UN discuss the attack while ignoring Israel's bombing of Tehran’s consulate in Damascus.
04.13.2024
Weekly News Wrap Up: Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan; US Navy Has Swastika Building
A peace plan allegedly proposed by former President Donald Trump seems to work from the original Istanbul agreement and recognizes the conflict as a territorial dispute.
04.12.2024
Ukraine Peace Impossible Without Russia; Biden Working to Militarize Asia Against China
Switzerland will be hosting a “Ukraine peace summit” in June but the absence of Russia and the presence of an absurd Ukrainian sponsored plan will doom the effort to failure.
04.11.2024
South Korea Opposition Wins; Iran's Top Diplomat due in US; US Threatens Russian Energy Projects
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will attend the UN Security Council meeting in Palestine on 18 April, and the US is threatening Russian energy projects.
04.10.2024
Russia and China Build Eurasian Security Alliance; US Navy Building is a Giant Swastika
The United States Navy has a building that is shaped precisely like a giant swastika on its Coronado Base in San Diego, and Russian and Chinese diplomats are working on a Eurasion security alliance to protect the region from Hegemonic...
04.09.2024
Lavrov in China; Ecuador Attacks Mexican Embassy; Slovakia Elections
Several Latin American nations are breaking off relations with Ecuador after its government raided the Mexican embassy and seized the former Ecuadorian Vice President.
04.06.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: Israel Attack on Iranian Consulate; Ukraine Connected to Crocus Attack
The Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate has the world shuddering in fear of an expanded conflict that could destroy global oil supply lines, create an international economic catastrophe, and devolve into World War.
04.05.2024
Blinken in Paris While West Asia Braces for Iran Retaliation Against Israel
Residents of West Asia fear the outbreak of a broader war after Israel's attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria.
04.04.2024
Swedish Mercs Fighting in Ukraine; Great Power Warfare is Changing; Peruvian Government Collapsing
The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are demonstrating that the dynamics of war are changing on behalf of the world's lesser powers.
04.03.2024
Israel Attacks Iran Consulate; Free Speech on the Rocks in US; Yemen Power in the Red Sea
Moscow has condemned an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria.
04.02.2024
The US Empire Pits the Rules-Based Order Against International Law
The US is arguing that a fading US-led "rules-based" world order is the foundation of international relations despite decades of using international law as a ruse for acts of raw power.
03.30.2024
Weekly Wrap-Up: Russian Investigators Have Evidence of Ukraine Link to Crocus Terrorists
Russian investigators have evidence of a large Ukraine cash link to Crocus concert hall terrorists; Algeria vows to secure permanent full membership for Palestine in the United Nations following the adoption of the ceasefire resolution in the Gaza Strip.
03.29.2024
Russia Sends Demarche to US over its Decision to Unilaterally Extend its Continental Shelf
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia sent a demarche to the US over its decision to extend its continental shelf unilaterally; "Horrifying" media footage shows IDF Killing two Gazas, burying their bodies with a bulldozer.
03.28.2024
US Backs Itself into a Corner, Blaming ISIS for Terrorist Attack in Russia
The US-backed itself into a corner by jumping the gun in blaming ISIS for the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall while the incident was still in progress; the Gaza war entered a new phase.
03.27.2024
Russia's FSB Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Samara Region; Israel Cuts Off Gaza Truce Talks
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday that it had prevented a terrorist attack in the Samara Region, adding that the person who planned to commit the attack was an accomplice of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC)*.
03.26.2024
UN Ceasefire Resolution Passes; Moscow Terrorist Suspects in Court
Intelligence related to the terrorist attack on Moscow has fueled speculation regarding the possibility of state actors having foreknowledge or involvement in the incident.
03.23.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: Terror Attack in Moscow; Assange Plea Deal
There has been a brutal terrorist attack in Moscow, and the US is working on a plea deal for Julian Assange.
03.22.2024
Assange Negotiating with US Empire; Biden Warned About Electoral Prospects
Rumors are circulating that the US Empire is looking for a plea deal in which Julian Assange would plead guilty and accept a release with time served.
03.21.2024
US Planning Haiti Invasion; Western Troops in Ukraine
The Biden Administration is again discussing an invasion of Haiti, and Dr Jeffrey Sachs considers the ramifications of US responsibility for COVID.
03.20.2024
US Navy Struggling with Yemen Blockade; EU Economy in Death Spiral
The US Navy leaders admit that they are struggling against the powerful and constant drone and missile attacks from Ansar Allah fighters in their Red Sea operation.
03.19.2024
President Putin Election Victory Speech; Niger Scraps US Imperialism
President Putin guarantees a strong independent state with a bold economic agenda after winning the 2024 election in a landslide.
03.16.2024
Weekly News Wrap-Up: Tik Tok Ban; US Special Forces in Taiwan; Haiti in Crisis
The US Congress is considering legislation that resembles a ban on TikTok but may pose a grave threat to First Amendment protections.
03.15.2024
Russia Pushes Nord Stream Investigation; State of the Union is "Failed"; Dems Push for War Money
Russia has requested a UNSC meeting on the Nord Stream attack investigation as NATO countries drop their investigations and distance themselves from the results.
03.14.2024
CIA Guidance of US Policy is Destroying the Empire; Putin Interview; Hur Testifies on Biden
CIA guidance and control of foreign policy is dragging the US empire in a direction that is destructive for its working class and foreign allies.
03.13.2024
US Imperialists Contemplate Breaking all Rules
Gatekeepers for US imperialism argue that the US will need to protect freedom and democracy by violating the rules that it claims to protect.
03.12.2024
Political Crisis in Haiti; Macron Struggles to Build Suicidal Coalition
Decades of US imperialism have created a political and security mess in Haiti as its puppet president fears returning to the unstable Island nation.

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The Critical Hour episodes:

Weekly News Wrap-Up: Slovakia Leader Shot; New Caledonia Rebels; Blinken in Kiev

Putin Xi Meetings; The Bill Browder Propaganda Scam; Nero Blinken Fiddles as Ukraine Army Burns

Robert Fico Shot; Biden Sends More Arms to Israel; Putin Heads to China

President Putin to Visit China; Blinken in Kiev; Major Iranian Port Deal with India Angers Biden

Russian Leadership Changes; Neocon Proxy Wars in the Pacific; Congress Threatens Students with Death

Weekly News Wrap-Up: Zelensky Assassination Attempt; Africa Rejecting US Imperialism; Uhuru Charges

Victory Day Celebration; Zelensky Assassination Attempt; Neocons Link Taiwan and Ukraine

NATO Rules Out Troops in Ukraine; Biden Slams Protesters; US Prepares ICC Sanctions

President Putin Takes Office; Israel Attacks Rafah; Russia Strengthens Africa Ties

NATO Threatens WWIII on Russia's Border; Xi Visits EU; Many Black Voters to Sit Out 2024

Weekly News Wrap-Up: BoJo Says That US Hegemony is Dying in Ukraine; Africa Ejecting US Imperialism

Georgia Battling Western Interference; US Sanctions China; Police Beat Down Protesters

Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Invade Rafah "With or Without" a Hostage Deal With Hamas

Zelensky Facing the End of His Term; US Trying to Ukraine-ize the Pacific Against China

Ukraine Seeks 10-Year US Security Agreement; Government Crackdown on College Protesters

Weekly News Wrap-Up: Student Protest Movement Expands: US Hegemony Crashing in Taiwan and Ukraine

Western Mercenaries in Ukraine; Blinken Confronts China; US Campus Protests Grow

College Protests Grow; North Korean Officials Visit Iran; Biden to Send Arms to Ukraine Immediately

Neocons Push Nuclear Confrontation; Government Crackdown on Protesters

House Passes Massive War Spending Bill; US Pushes to Seize Russian Assets

Weekly News Wrap-Up: Iran Shoots Down Israeli Drones; Neocons Plotting Against Zelensky

Biden's Op-Ed on Ukraine and Israel; House Speaker Pushes $95 Billion for Forever War

Kiev Jealous of Israel; Biden Rejects Calls to Free Assange; FBI Wanted Back Door to Telegram

Ukrainian Nationalists Linked to Crocus Attack; 30 Yrs Since Rwanda Horror

Iran Retaliation Strike; Hypocrites Demand UN Discuss Iran Attack; Trump Trial Begins

Weekly News Wrap Up: Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan; US Navy Has Swastika Building

Ukraine Peace Impossible Without Russia; Biden Working to Militarize Asia Against China

South Korea Opposition Wins; Iran's Top Diplomat due in US; US Threatens Russian Energy Projects

Russia and China Build Eurasian Security Alliance; US Navy Building is a Giant Swastika

Lavrov in China; Ecuador Attacks Mexican Embassy; Slovakia Elections

Weekly News Wrap-Up: Israel Attack on Iranian Consulate; Ukraine Connected to Crocus Attack

Blinken in Paris While West Asia Braces for Iran Retaliation Against Israel

Swedish Mercs Fighting in Ukraine; Great Power Warfare is Changing; Peruvian Government Collapsing

Israel Attacks Iran Consulate; Free Speech on the Rocks in US; Yemen Power in the Red Sea

The US Empire Pits the Rules-Based Order Against International Law

Weekly Wrap-Up: Russian Investigators Have Evidence of Ukraine Link to Crocus Terrorists

Russia Sends Demarche to US over its Decision to Unilaterally Extend its Continental Shelf

US Backs Itself into a Corner, Blaming ISIS for Terrorist Attack in Russia

Russia's FSB Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Samara Region; Israel Cuts Off Gaza Truce Talks

UN Ceasefire Resolution Passes; Moscow Terrorist Suspects in Court

Weekly News Wrap-Up: Terror Attack in Moscow; Assange Plea Deal

Assange Negotiating with US Empire; Biden Warned About Electoral Prospects

US Planning Haiti Invasion; Western Troops in Ukraine

US Navy Struggling with Yemen Blockade; EU Economy in Death Spiral

President Putin Election Victory Speech; Niger Scraps US Imperialism

Weekly News Wrap-Up: Tik Tok Ban; US Special Forces in Taiwan; Haiti in Crisis

Russia Pushes Nord Stream Investigation; State of the Union is "Failed"; Dems Push for War Money

CIA Guidance of US Policy is Destroying the Empire; Putin Interview; Hur Testifies on Biden

US Imperialists Contemplate Breaking all Rules

Political Crisis in Haiti; Macron Struggles to Build Suicidal Coalition

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