\u003Cbr />Guests:\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\u003Cb>Scott Ritter\u003C/b> - Military Analyst | Biden Loses His Grip on Ukrainian Propaganda\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\u003Cb>Nebojsa Malic \u003C/b>- Journalist | As Moscow Celebrates Victory Day, A Look Back at Russia’s Military\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\u003Cb>Dr. John Dombrowski\u003C/b> - Physician | CDC Spied on Americans to Gather Social Distancing Data\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\u003Cb>Scottie Nell Hughes\u003C/b> - Political Analyst | Trump Endorsed Candidates Sweep Midterm Votes\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />In the first hour, Scott Ritter joined the show to talk about Joe Biden rethinking his policy of selectively leak intelligence with the stated goal to ‘deter’ Russian military action, the Kremlin building a case against the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion for their criminal acts in Mariupol and the Donbas, and the Moscow’s current military strategy.\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />In the second hour, Fault Lines was joined by Nebojsa Malic for a discussion on Russia commemorating Victory Day with parades and celebrations, how Russians perceive war compared to Americans, and the history of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. 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The Pope has commented that NATO expansion was the cause of the Ukraine military crisis. Also, crackdowns on narratives that deviate from official state positions are being censored and attacked by government agencies and their proxies.\r\n\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Nicolas Davies, peace activist and author of \"Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq,\" joins us to discuss the Global South. Brazilian presidential candidate Lula De Silva is criticizing world leaders for not doing enough to help create peace in Ukraine. Also, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua are excluded from the US-led summit of the Americas and Juan Guaido is no longer referred to as the President of Venezuela by the US empire.\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>KJ Noh, peace activist, writer, and teacher, joins us to discuss this week's stories about Asia. 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