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The second edition of “The Plot to Seize Russia – The Untold History” is now available for purchase in paperback and hardcover on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The ebook will be available shortly.

Book description:

“Take care of Russia,” Boris Yeltsin said as he departed his presidency in August 1999. These words were directed at current Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin specifically picked Putin as his predecessor to prevent the takeover of Russia.

So, who was Yeltsin warning against? Newly declassified documents from the Clinton Administration prove that there was a plot to rig the Russian election of 2000. These never-before-seen documents confirm numerous attempts to implement pro-Western policies using the Russian oligarchy headed by Boris Berezovsky.

On the other side were the communists who desired a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union. As one of the largest international hedge fund managers, author Martin Armstrong found himself in the middle of perhaps the greatest espionage, or attempt at a regime change for Russia, in modern history.

The Plot to Seize Russia pulls back the curtain to expose the most extraordinary attempt to seize power in modern history, but with the pen rather than armies. These declassified documents reveal a plot that has altered our thinking about the relations between the United States and Russia. The thirst for power comes seething through every line of these papers that alter our perception of reality, change the course of history, and now threaten us with World War III.

COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, you are the only one who reports the truth about Ukraine. We have major protests going on against our fake leader. Here is a video that the Western press will never report. We took to the streets in the tens of thousands in Kyiv and other cities on July 16 and again on the 17 for a second straight day to protest President Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov while retaining Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. The corruption is in the open.

We came out a second day after Zelensky said on the first day that he “understands, hears, and responds” to public concerns. However, those are words only for the media, since he ignored calls to reverse the dismissal. Please, tell the world we have no right to vote and Zelensky ignores the people. We live in a dictatorship.

VS

REPLY: I fully understand. The West does not care about the Ukrainian people. If they did, they would demand Zelensky stand for an election and seek peace by just honoring the Minsk Agreement that Ukraine signed. This has always been about using the Ukrainian people as cannon fodder to weaken Russia so NATO can invade and deliver the final death blow to Russia.

Mel K’s Infiltration Instead of Invasion dives into the unelected power structures that are reshaping the United States and the rest of the world. These unelected people infiltrate governments and push their own personal agendas. They will never run for office because they would never gain the votes to do what they want to carry out.  Mel draws on declassified records, financial archives, and diplomatic correspondence, to expose what is going on behind the curtain that the press will never expose. Infiltration Instead of Invasion examines the true origins of global institutions such as the United Nations, the Bretton Woods system, and the Bank for International Settlements. She explains how immunity, secrecy, and technocracy have replaced sovereignty and transparency. What emerged was not a conspiracy, but a system: a postwar shadow government designed to endure beyond administrations, ideology, or public will.

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QUESTION: Marty, if anyone has the truth about Iran, it is you. What do you make of this leaked document that they press claims reflects regime change in the wind? I believe your computer was forecasting that the Iranian government would change, but I think that was in 2027. Do you have an update on that as well?

Neil

ANSWER: Despite widespread calls for wartime unity across Iran, the weeklong grand funeral for Ali Khamenei, killed by the targeted assassination of Netanyahu in an ignominious act late February in Israeli airstrikes coordinated with the United States, became a powerful showcase for the Islamic Republic’s most hardline supporters. This foolish idea of Netanyahu of assassinating the leader and expecting the end of the war only demonstrates the stupidity of Netanyahu for he always takes this tactic and it has failed every time. During the funeral period for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Trump stated that “neither side should carry out military actions” and that talks with Iran would resume after the ceremonies concluded. This was a general call for restraint during the mourning period, and sources confirm it was directed at Netanyahu.

This has painted the Trump Administration as the great satan with Israel for such a dishonorable act. This has led to dividing the politics within Iran. The hardliners calling for the assassination of Trump should be seen as an eye for and eye established by the legal code of Hammurabi.

They used the occasion to amplify demands to avenge their leader through renewed war with Washington and to declare their rejection of any agreement with Trump. The leaked document was part of a silent soft coup within the Iranian government. As I have always said, no government has 100% of supporters. There are always two sides to every coin.

This is NOT about the government study of the people. This was leaked by the anti-hardliners. As Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian walked by the coffin of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, some of the hardliners began chanting at him, saying “death to the compromiser.” Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s top diplomat who negotiated a ceasefire with the Trump administration lifting some sanctions on the Islamic Republic, fled the funeral when a mob began throwing stones at him and screaming death chants accusing him of being a “traitorous sellout.”

This leak was not about showing that the Iranian people would stage some coup, it was leaked by the moderates in government who want a deal and have been attacked by the hardliners who believe in avenging Khamenei’s assassination, and the Iranian officials who have surrendered by signing an agreement that they interpret as defying the orders of Ali Khamenei and his successor Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the late leader’s son. But Mojtaba Khamenei has remained hidden from public view, neither addressing the nation directly nor visibly asserting his authority.

Hardliners have accused Iran’s visible leadership of treason and plotting to consolidate power by suspending parliament, defying the Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei orders in negotiations while breaking up rallies of opposition. The hardliners portray this as a coup against the principles of the Islamic State.

Without access to the new supreme leader, hardliners are spinning the idea that he is captive of those seeking a settlement with the USA. They are pitching that Ghalibaf and allies are effectively in charge of the country – not Mojtaba Khamenei. This is the real political crisis inside Iran and this leak is less about the people than it is about the internal battle between the moderates and the ultra-hardliners who are accusing Ghalibaf and Pezeshkian of plotting a ‘coup’ against Mojtaba.

Mahmoud Nabavian, a Shia cleric, who was part of Iran’s negotiating delegation before turning against the talks and attempted to derail the agreement by leaking the text to the media before it was signed last month. He claimed that Iran’s negotiating team were defying the supreme leader’s orders.

Since the beginning of the ceasefire, they have consistently opposed the very concept of negotiation. Before the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States was signed, Hossein Sotoudeh, a prominent voice, sang in one of his tracks: “We all seek vengeance, we are on this path; men and women, we are in the army of Assadullah (the Lion of God). This is our slogan until the end of the world: we want no negotiation with the illegitimate ones.” The song emphasized that “we will not back down,” urged the “Commander” to “not let them talk nonsense, strike again and strike well,” and dismissed the ceasefire as “meaningless.”

In the weeks before hostilities broke out, hardliners turned their fury on the leaders who signed the deal with the US. Mohammad Ali Bakhshi, a security-linked “Maddah” – or religious singer who is loyal to the Iranian regime – warned Pezeshkian during a ceremony: “Mr President, if the leader’s conditions are not fulfilled, then it will be us, the blade and your throat …We will bring hell upon you.”

The open threat to kill the president was widely criticized, but Bakhshi is not known to have faced any legal repercussions.

Other officials under hardline scrutiny include Iran’s chief negotiator with the US, Ghalibaf, a former Revolutionary Guard commander with deep political experience whose credentials enabled him to step up and take charge during the war, emerging as the regime’s de-facto lead operator with broad acceptability.

“They are trying to elevate the role of the Supreme Council for National Security while diminishing the role of the supreme leader and parliament,” Kamran Ghazanfari, a hardline parliamentarian, said in a video statement early July, referring to the council now deciding the country’s most sensitive wartime affairs. “This is the political coup they have designed and are carrying out step by step.”

I was actually asked, how did I know Iran would block the straight? My reply: How did you not know? There were war simulations conducted years ago and every one had Iran taking the strait. Trump received the WORST possible advice and Netanyahu was escorted into the Situation Room where no head of state ever entered before to sell a war to the USA. This implies to me that this is another Neocon endless war for world domination. It was sold that killing the Ayatolah would end the war in a day, the people would rise up, thank Trump and give Netanyahu a tickertape parade. They sang the same tune regarding Iraq.

So let’s get real. The Neocons are spinning this that the people need to be saved. That is the same BS that used in Iraq, and Obama tried to justify invading Syria. This is NOT about the people, this is a coup within the government and it was leaked by the moderates as a ploy against the hardliners.

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 2,694.42 points or -4.03% to 64,141.12

• Shanghai decreased 118.258 points or -3.05% to 3,764.155

• Hang Seng decreased 446.36 points or -1.78% to 24,562.24

• ASX 200 decreased 44.00 points or -0.50% to 8,796.70

• SENSEX increased 964.58 points or 1.25% to 78,151.45

• Nifty50 increased 261.55 points or 1.09% to 24,334.30

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00095 or -0.14% to 0.69860

• NZDUSD increased 0.00045 or 0.08% to 0.58470

• USDJPY increased 0.09 or 0.06% to 162.485

• USDCNY increased 0.00444 or 0.07% to 6.77777

The above data was collected around 12:22 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 45.09 USD/t oz. or 1.13% to 4,021.27

•  Silver increased 0.514 USD/t. oz. or 0.93% to 56.011

The above data was collected around 12:24 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 39.05 points or -0.47% to 8,338.81

•  FTSE 100 increased 28.13 points or 0.27% to 10,600.37

•  DAX 30 decreased 84.51 points or -0.34% to 24,830.98

The major Europe currency markets had a negative day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00028 or -0.02% to 1.14389

• GBPUSD decreased 0.0026 or -0.19% to 1.34513

• USDCHF decreased 0.00171 or -0.21% to 0.80722

The above data was collected around 12:26 EST.

AMERICAS:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 3.201 USD/BBL or 4.05% to 82.151

•  Brent increased 3.212 USD/BBL or 3.81% to 87.442

•  Natural gas increased 0.0508 USD/MMBtu or 1.78% to 2.9088

•  Gasoline increased 0.1297 USD/GAL 3.95% to 3.4144

•  Heating oil increased 0.0579 USD/GAL or 1.44% to 4.0886

The above data was collected around 12:28 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (4.05%), Gasoline (3.95%), Orange Juice (4.94%) and Cocoa (4.22%)

•  Top commodity losers: Zinc (-1.57%), Palladium (-1.61%), Platinum (-1.89%) and Silicon (-1.31%)

The above data was collected around 12:36 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7120% (-0.3bp), US 2’s 4.18% (+0.021%), US 10’s 4.5480% (-1.1bps); US 30’s 5.07 (-0.020%), Bunds 3.1379% (+0.03bp), France 3.934% (-0.53bp), Italy 3.9650% (+1.01bp), Turkey 31.870% (+7bp), Greece 3.8530% (+2.1bp), Portugal 3.4940% (+0.11bp); Spain 3.605% (+0.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.9744% (+0.73bp)

The above data was collected around 12:44 EST.

The White House has now released a series of declassified election-integrity documents that the administration says expose what it describes as the largest compromise of American voter data in history. The release followed President Trump’s heated nationally televised address Thursday night, where he argued that China systematically acquired sensitive voter information during the 2020 election cycle and that intelligence surrounding the operation was buried inside the bureaucracy rather than presented honestly to elected leadership.

For years, the focus has been on Russia while China quietly expanded its economic, technological, and intelligence footprint throughout the West. China does not think in election cycles. It thinks in decades as the ancient culture understands cycles. Every major strategic objective is pursued patiently through economic leverage, technology, data collection, academia, corporations, and political influence. Elections become merely another avenue for intelligence gathering and long-term strategic positioning.

According to the newly released material highlighted by the White House, Chinese actors allegedly obtained information on roughly 220 million American voter records. The administration claims the information included voter registration data, addresses, party affiliation, and other identifying information that could be used to map voting populations across the United States. President Trump described it as “the largest compromise of election data in history” and ordered further investigations into both the alleged intrusion and the government’s handling of the intelligence.

The administration further alleges that portions of this intelligence never reached the President in full during the 2020 election cycle and that internal disputes inside the intelligence community resulted in information being minimized or withheld. Those claims are now at the center of renewed investigations following the release of the declassified files.

Whether every allegation ultimately withstands scrutiny is now the question investigators must answer. It is important to distinguish between allegations contained in newly released documents and conclusions that have been independently established. Previous U.S. intelligence assessments issued after the 2020 election concluded they did not find evidence that China successfully altered votes or election infrastructure, although there has long been bipartisan concern over Chinese cyber activity and influence operations. Those earlier conclusions are directly challenged by the current administration’s interpretation of the newly declassified material.

That distinction should not cause anyone to dismiss the broader strategic issue. China has spent decades collecting enormous quantities of American information through cyber intrusions, intellectual property theft, social media platforms, telecommunications equipment, academic partnerships, and commercial acquisitions. Election databases would simply represent another valuable intelligence asset. Data itself has become one of the most valuable commodities in modern geopolitical warfare.

What concerns me is not merely who may have obtained voter information. It is how dependent Western governments have become upon digital infrastructure that was never designed with national security as the first priority. Every database becomes another target. Every connected system becomes another avenue for foreign intelligence services. We have built societies where governments, corporations, financial institutions, and election officials increasingly rely upon centralized digital records while assuming those systems remain secure. That assumption has repeatedly proven false.

The computer has consistently shown that confidence is always the foundation of government. Once public confidence in institutions begins to crack, the damage extends far beyond a single election. Markets depend upon confidence. Governments depend upon confidence. Currencies depend upon confidence. Election systems are no different. Regardless of where these investigations ultimately lead, confidence cannot be restored through secrecy. If foreign governments penetrated American election-related databases, the public deserves complete transparency. If they did not, the evidence should be equally transparent. Suppressing information only guarantees that confidence continues to erode.

China understands something many Western politicians still fail to grasp. Modern warfare is no longer confined to missiles and tanks. Information, data, artificial intelligence, cyber operations, financial leverage, and political influence have become the new battlefield. Nations that fail to recognize that reality will discover they have already lost long before the first conventional shot is fired.

Bulgaria has now become the latest country to step away from Europe’s proxy war with Russia. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced that his country is withdrawing from the Western-backed “Coalition of the Willing,” making it clear that Bulgaria will no longer participate in initiatives centered on providing continued military and financial assistance to Ukraine. Instead, Radev declared, “The solution to this conflict is not in prolonging it by military means, but in a strong diplomatic mission that will finally put an end to the escalation.”

I have said from the beginning that this war could never be won on the battlefield. Politicians sold the public the fantasy that Russia would collapse under sanctions, that Putin would be overthrown, or that Ukraine would somehow achieve total military victory if only another weapons package were approved. Four years later, none of those predictions materialized. Instead, Europe has spent hundreds of billions financing a war that has devastated Ukraine while simultaneously damaging its own economy.

What Bulgaria understands is something Brussels still refuses to admit. Every euro sent to Ukraine is borrowed money. Europe is already drowning in sovereign debt while governments are increasing military spending to levels not seen since the Cold War. They continue talking about rebuilding armies, expanding missile production, and preparing for conflict with Russia while their own economies stagnate. At some point voters begin asking why there is always money for war but never enough to lower taxes, repair infrastructure, or reduce the soaring cost of living.

This is exactly what our computer has been warning would happen. Wars are never lost simply because one army wins a battle. They collapse because the coalition financing the war begins to disintegrate. Every alliance eventually reaches a breaking point when the economic burden becomes greater than the political benefit. Bulgaria is unlikely to be the last country to reconsider its position.

The establishment immediately labels anyone seeking negotiations as “pro-Russian.” That has become the standard response whenever someone questions the wisdom of endless war. Radev rejected that characterization by arguing that diplomacy, not continued military escalation, offers the only realistic path to ending the conflict. His position reflects a growing reality across Europe that endless military aid has failed to produce the decisive victory repeatedly promised to taxpayers.

Meanwhile, Europe continues demanding more sacrifices from everyone except the politicians making these decisions. Defense budgets are expanding. Governments are discussing conscription once again. Ukraine has resorted to forced mobilization, with countless videos showing military recruitment officers dragging men off the streets in broad daylight, pulling them from shopping centers, buses, restaurants, and workplaces. I have written repeatedly that once a government begins kidnapping its own citizens to sustain a war effort, it is admitting that voluntary support has collapsed. Europe is now moving even further by discussing refugee policies that would make it harder for military-aged Ukrainian men to remain abroad instead of being sent back into the conflict.

Only days ago, members of the Coalition of the Willing met in Paris to discuss expanding military cooperation, increasing financial commitments, and even developing a shared European ballistic missile defense system. The political class continues speaking as though escalation is the only acceptable path while one of its own members has now publicly walked away from the project. That is not unity. That is the first visible crack in the foundation.

Our computer has never viewed this conflict as merely a war between Russia and Ukraine. It has always been a broader geopolitical struggle that would ultimately reshape Europe itself. The sovereign debt crisis, the energy crisis, the migration crisis, and now the military crisis are all converging. Governments believe they can hold this coalition together indefinitely, but history suggests otherwise. Every alliance eventually fractures under the weight of prolonged war.