Add the Russian Bear to the volatile soup. While the American media and the Republicans focus on ISIS and Ukraine, the South China Sea, with .China’s aggressive claims to the entire sea, is the place most likely to shed the spark for WWIII. That spark is now being fanned by Putin. China&#[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
RUSSIA: Ending One’s Life in a Terrible Place
Russia Russian cancer patients keep killing themselves They’re killing themselves in an alarming trend that’s plagued the country since at least last year. And judging by recent reports, it won’t end anytime soon. I would hope that this huts home for the Tea Party folks wyho wantr corporate [...]
(Neo)Imperial Russia
RT Russian State Press April 20, 2015: ‘Inexplicable and absurd’ – Russia blasts Norway’s overreaction on official Svalbard visit Norway summoned the Russian ambassador in Oslo to express frustration over an unapproved visit by a Russian Defenxe Minister to Svalbard, an Arctic archipe[...]
March 14th, 2015 - 1:41 am § in Russia
ONE YEAR since Putin “temporarily” shut down the Moscow News,
The Moscow News temporarily stops publication 17:57 14/03/2014 The Moscow News has temporarily ceased updating materials on its news website, Facebook page and Twitter account due to the liquidation process and reorganization of its parent company, the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti[...]
March 2nd, 2015 - 9:38 am § in Politics
Fun and games in Moscow
Official Russian sources claim there’s no video of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s assassination because the security cameras weren’t working on one of Moscow’s most closely watched streets. Raise your hands if you believe that. Next, raise your hands if you think Putin did[...]
February 27th, 2015 - 4:30 pm § in Russia
BREAKING NEWS: Gang style murder of Russian opposition politician, Putin to investigate.
The leader of the political opposition to Vladimir Putin, Boris Nemtsov was shot dead by assailants in a passing car. Nemtsov had been Putin’s sharpest critic … going after the Russian leader for corruption and the war in Ukraine. “Boris Nemtsov, a leader of Russia’s opposi[...]
February 9th, 2015 - 12:10 pm § in Russia
USSR .. we are still super!
Vladimir Putin’s visits Egypt and agrees to military support for North Korea As the EU and US contend with Russian expansion into Ukraine, Russian president Vladimir Putin is reminding everyone that the USSR was once a world power. Ben Judah, a chronicler of Putin’s life, and the auth[...]
RUSSIA .. losing Putin’s chess game
RUBLE DROPS ANOTHER 5% [...]
December 11th, 2014 - 10:33 am § in Russia
Czar Vladimir
NY Times: Masha Gessen: The Myth of the OligarchsNYT Now Some of Putin’s opponents predict the oligarchs will eventually take him down. But there are no oligarchs in Russia anymore.[...]
Can someone call a doctor?
While we complain about our broken healthcare system in the United States, there are 5 billion people worldwide who lack access to surgical care. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32452249 &nbs[...]