John Helmer and betrayal of Russia’s state interests by its own peace negotiator

As a rule, on these pages I do not write critiques or responses to the writings of others, but today will be an exception.  A colleague in Germany sent me the link below to a remarkable essay by John Helmer which is too important to ignore. Then one reader of my essays spontaneously asked me to comment on the points Helmer makes in the article in question.   I now will do justthat.