An MP from LDPR, those attention-seeking clowns - that says it all.  As with any populist politicians, they seldom bother to figure out what they are talking about before starting smiting. By the way, it cuts both ways. Save Donbass humanitarian aid initiative accepts Bitcoin donations: http://spasidonbass.ru/make-donations/1Bg55YPr6Hf3VqGT6rfYAgrHuyZqh3Q8ux |
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I was expecting this news in the Western sources with booming headlines that already indirectly assign the guilt. I wasn't disappointed.
Let's look at it from a logical, investigative point of view.
Nemcov was a prominent figure in Yeltsin's administration, participating in dismantling of Russia's economics and industry. As an opposition figure, he was more of a second fiddle - much less of a thorn in Russia's collective side than, say, Hodorkovskij and Naval'nyj (both are still breathing, by the way). Nemcov didn't figure much on the news front either.
Another background piece: An anti-maidan march is planned for the 1st of March. Nemcov's death comes at a very opportune moment give the "opposition" ammo against this anti-maidan.
Nemcov's death is just another headache for Putin, and he takes it under personal control is because this presents a problem for Russia's national security. As for MSM - whatever Putin did with regard to the investigation - if he took it under control or not - he would still be angled as a guilty party.
Those who benefit from his death are the "opposition" and their handlers. The girlfriend from Kiev gives some room for thought, but might be a coincidence - there are tens of millions of Ukrainians living in Russia.
Another possibility is purely monetary - read somewhere that Nemcov handled large sums of money and may have fallen victim of a gang-war style crime, unconnected with present politics altogether.
My personal feeling is that Nemcov became a sacrificial lamb for the (overseas) forces nurturing the "opposition" in Russia, the forces that openly stated the the end goal is a revolt and unseating of Putin - war on the Russian border in Ukraine and economic war are just pieces in this bigger game. Nemcov may have fallen as yet another piece.
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Ukraine's Strategic Food Reserve...Runs Out Of FoodEnglish: http://fortruss.blogspot.de/2015/02/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_98.htmlRussian: http://rusvesna.su/news/1424969247Ukraine State Reserve doesn’t even have Azarov’s buckwheat. Everything was stolen.
Ukrainian food prices are rising at a rate faster than in the ‘90s. But the Yatsenyuk government is still blaming the situation on the ignorance of the population and speculation by supermarket chains.
They used to blame currency exchangers, now they are blaming supermarket directors. However, you can’t feed the people with such tales.
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3: Fair point, and I don't disagree. But most of the "debate" I've seen hasn't attempted to find common ground. It's based in very hyperbolic language. "The US is instigated the uprising," or "The US is fighting a proxy war against Russia." These concepts are so simplistic they are automatically wrong, but the entire rest of the debate is built on top of "facts" like this. I know there are similar overly-simplistic theses on my side of the aisle upon which arguments are constructed in the same faulty manner. To the extent anyone is attempting to find objective truth, I applaud and encourage those efforts. But starting with the premise "everything you say is wrong" is so closed-minded, that nothing said after that can hope to make any impact whatsoever. And these are the quality of the statements I see most often on topic threads about Ukraine. I'm interested in objective truth, as much as it can possibly be known, and objective truth in this instance involves understanding the nuance and history that is so often ignored for the haste of making a quick judgement on who is the "bad guy."
Yes it's often too easy to fall back to oversimplifications, and myself am guilty of it in some of my posts. However, even such simplifications should not be one-liner statements. They should be backed by facts and arguments, which I try to do. One example. US constantly accuses Russia of supplying the young republics with weapons. Tanks are often mentioned, but not a single tangible proof was yet given. I would be naďve to think that Russia didn't issue some help, but it is most probably limited to intel and advisors. Russia also accuses of US with supplying the punisher battalions, and recent trophies from Debalcevo show that these accusations were not unfounded... As for history - that should be the first stop for anyone trying to understand any conflict, not just Ukraine. If you are interested, the following report is a very good summary of the historical background: https://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/free-earth-shift-report-2-the-falsified-history-of-ukraine-and-its-lessons/If you don't want to read it in full, scroll down to the sections, titled "What are the Roots of the Radical Russophobia in Ukraine?", "THE REAL HISTORY OF UKRAINE" and "Earlier history of Ukraine". Two more history overviews, written by another Ukrainian: http://www.opednews.com/articles/3/Ukraine-The-US-Vote-at-the-by-George-Eliason-Denial_Genocide_Genocide_Holocaust-141126-844.htmlhttp://www.opednews.com/articles/Ukraine–Why-Bandera-Have-by-George-Eliason-Communism_Extreme_Hitler_Ideology-140801-8.htmlFound recommendations for the following book on the history of Ukraine. It seems the book is written in the objective manner: http://books.google.com/books/about/Ukraine.html?id=l5uiWHgRphQC&redir_esc=y |
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As for speaking about USA as an aggressor. It is well-founded, though Russia was very moderate at expression its displeasure. Until very recently Putin was still referring to USA and NATO as "partners"...
Also, turnabout is a fair play, so let's look at the following simple thought experiment: Imagine that Russia facilitates a violent coup d'etat in Mexico, then basically appoints a new government there and instigates a military operation on the Mexican/US border. Then Russia talks about supplying the Mexicans with weapons, while de facto doing it, and hampers any attempt at peace. In addition is spreads slander about Omaba in particular and USA in general and hits Microsoft, as well as some prominent political and cultural figures, like Madonna, with sanctions. Question: How would USA behave in such a scenario?
You don't even have to raise a hypothetical. Look at how the US reacted to the Cuban Missile Crisis ( 1: I know the Russian refer to it differently). Or how the US responded to the Zimmerman Telegram with Germany in WWI. That will tell you how the US responds to threats to it. As an American, I agree, the US historically is an aggressor. 2: But that doesn't render your depiction of the events accurate in Ukraine. Each side arguing for their subjective version of the truth of what is going on in Ukraine just seems so pointlessly futile. Neither side is going to convince the other that they're not buying into propaganda, so what's the point in citing news sources that the other side will just dismiss outright as lies? As much as you know that the US is orchestrating this whole thing, the West knows with the same confidence that Russia is instigating the rebellion. As much as the West knows that Russian media is full of garbage, I'm sure you know with the same level of confidence the western media reports are wrong. 3: Each side believes their knowledge is unassailable. You can't counter that level of dogma.1: It's called the Caribbean Crisis in Russia. Little known fact: the Soviet Union's placement of nukes on Cuba was a response to USA's placement of nukes in Turkey. This is glossed over, but it shows the whole crisis from a different light. And, yes, USA removed their nukes from Turkey when USSR agreed to pull theirs from Cuba. 2: I wasn't aiming for an accurate depiction, but for a somewhat comparable analogy. The situation in Ukraine is much more complex, and has 100 years of history, starting with break-up of Russia in 1917 and creation of Ukraine by Lenin, building up to what we have today. 3: That doesn't mean that one shouldn't try. The more both sides try to unmask each other, the more cross-referencing data we get, which with time will help to build a truthful picture. As they say in Russia, all that is hidden will become apparent. There also come people, who, despite differences, are prepared to hear each other out and to try to rebuild bridges. Back during the Cuban Crisis, John A. Scali and Alexander Feklisov were such people ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis#Secret_negotiations) |
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I'm on Cox, which just bumped their speed for all plans without bumping their prices, and is part of a consortium of broadband providers giving out free WiFi at hotspots in commercial districts for their customers to log into without paying more. I don't stream HD because I can't afford it, and even if I could, I wouldn't screw my neighbors' bandwidth by streaming HD. Screw mob greed and #firstworldproblems. If you give a shit about being nice to your neighbors, pay for a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedicated_line for all your high-bandwidth video.
It's exactly what a pressitute was saying on a show that shocked me... My opinion: I paid X up/down. I get X up/down full time 24/7 rocking or not rocking who cares, MY BW. not yours. I do what ever I want with my bandwidth. I PAID FOR IT. some people those days are strange... I don't understand them, and then they try to cloak under respect your neighbor, it's so pathetic, I don't get it how could they still cling to such an old strategy to prove their points... certainly, because it works in certain part of America gmo feeded... LoL... KeeeeKKKKkooooooo lol. then the first because, more rolf : because who cares why? you don't gain any moral high ground here... it's so lame, impossible to discuss such people... This is my opinion as well. The largest cable provider in Norway, Get, seems to live by this rule as well. Hope they don't change. |
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Some breaking news (literally) regarding Crimea. All international domains (.com, .net, .org, and .info), registered to the residents of Crimea will be discontinued by the 15th of March as per ICANNS demand! No exceptions. http://www.m24.ru/articles/67602?attempt=1The largest registrar in Russia, REG.RU, R01 and RU-CENTER have also come under sanctions. It's also symbolic that this violation comes at the time of the fall of net neutrality. EDIT: and latest. ICANN denies that it issued any such demand. However, RU-CENTER, R01 and REG.RU are indeed under sanctions. http://www.c-inform.info/news/id/19584Let's wait and see what this is about... |
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Two news-items that make an interesting picture, when cross-referenced and some logic is applied: Psaki could not confirm that Kiev pulls back its heavy weaponry: http://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2015/02/26/n_6963249.shtmlPoroshenko states that heavy weaponry can be returned to the positions at any moment: http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2015/02/27/n_6964641.shtmlThrow in the statement by Zaharchenko, who previously said that Kiev pulls more heavy stuff to DNR from Dniepropetrovsk and Zaporozhje, and the picture you get is that Kiev is using the quiet period to regroup and plan for a new assault.
And LNR plans to start issuing provisional passports to its citizens. |
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Ukrain is in a civil war between the west and the east. Taking side is a bad idea for Europe.
Europe and Russia are already lost, as the US successfully drove a wedge between the two but finally Russia and the EU have to mop up in Ukraine. Rebuilding that huge country going to overstrech both Russia's and the EU's economy for at least a decade. So the US hit two birds with one stone. I don't see Europe as being too eager to mop up there. Sadly, it looks as though just like after WWII Soviet Union was rebuilding the ravaged countries of Eastern Europe (like Poland - something that the recipient countries not only avoid showing gratitude for, but desperately try to erase from history) at a detriment to itself, so Russia will now bear the brunt of rebuilding of Ukraine or what's left of it. Peskov, press secretary for the Presidential Office, already said that Russia will supply gas to Donbass free of charge - it will cost Russia $2 million per day. But he also noted that Kiev's decision to stop gas deliveries to Donbass, leaving people there in the cold, indicates that Kiev actually forfeits its claim over those lands. Also, all those humanitarian convoys for millions of dollars contained equipment for rebuilding of life support infastructure so eagerly destroyed by the Ukrainians. Russia is already carrying the rebuilding burden. |
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So much fail in one statement. First, you'll discover that there are quite a lot of people here interested in a multi-polar view on events. Second, you are obviously NOT watching Russian TV. If you did, you'd know that USA gets a rather small share of air time, on par with Finland or Italy.
I watch Russian TV ( 1Channel, not RussianTV on USA network) and you are lying. USA is constantly in the news and is shown as aggressor and the cause of everything that is wrong in the world and Russia. And it's not just TV, visit any Russian new site and see for yourself. Here is current http://www.gazeta.ru/ 10 "news of the day": 05:40 Цена фьючерсов на нефть в Лондоне уменьшилась до $61,55 05:32 Камеры зафиксировали крушение поезда в Калифорнии 05:20 Совбез ООН может провести встречу по Украине 27 февраля 05:08 Цена фьючерсов на нефть в Нью-Йорке опустилась до $50,72 05:00 В США задержали проникшую в школу с оружием женщину 04:42 «Аль-Каида» планировала теракты в России 04:28 Псаки обеспокоена решением суда не освобождать Савченко 04:12 «Нафтогаз» возьмет в кредит у Китая $3,6 млрд 04:00 Глава МИД Сербии: предварительные договоренности о продлении миссии ОБСЕ в Донбассе достигнуты 03:46 В Дании арестовали десять подозреваемых в торговле людьми 3 oil related, 2 Ukraine related, one Denmark, one Russia and THREE that has to do with USA, out of which TWO has nothing to do with internal affairs ( a school/weapon and train crush in California)... Actually, you are supporting my claim.  Two of those article about USA is just normal reporting. That kind of news would be retorted the same way if the shooting happened in Finland or the train crash happened in India. As for Psaki - she's viewed in Russia more of a comic relief, like Zhirinovskij domestically. I took a look at gaseta.ru - they seem to favour international news. Other sources which I prefer: aif.ru (a somewhat liberal newspaper), itar-tass.com, ria.ru are more balanced, as well as they give you the option of looking at sub-topics. As for speaking about USA as an aggressor. It is well-founded, though Russia was very moderate at expression its displeasure. Until very recently Putin was still referring to USA and NATO as "partners"... Also, turnabout is a fair play, so let's look at the following simple thought experiment: Imagine that Russia facilitates a violent coup d'etat in Mexico, then basically appoints a new government there and instigates a military operation on the Mexican/US border. Then Russia talks about supplying the Mexicans with weapons, while de facto doing it, and hampers any attempt at peace. In addition is spreads slander about Omaba in particular and USA in general and hits Microsoft, as well as some prominent political and cultural figures, like Madonna, with sanctions. Question: How would USA behave in such a scenario? |
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I disagree. A war can only bring closer insolvency for Ukraine, but it is a lesser of the two evils. The bigger evil is Ukrainian population themselves. The authorities are not so afraid of default as their own population revolt. A war allows to channel the growing disappointment of public from internal to external enemy. You are right in that assessment. However, there is another factor playing a role - Ukraine is only useful for USA as long as it can be used as a disruptive tool, so as long as there is a war there, at least some trickle of money (or promises thereof) will keep coming in from the West to keep Ukraine barely afloat. Once the war is over, USA will lose interest and the economic collapse will be an accomplished fact, instead of a looming possibility. |
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A new article by Lada Ray: https://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/new-predictions-gazprom-gearing-up-for-gas-shut-off-to-ukraine-what-next/In the video below, Vladimir Putin confirms the above, saying that “Gazprom has been fully committed and continues being committed to fulfilling all of its contractual obligations. Ukraine’s pre-payment is only enough for no more than 3-4 days. After that, Gazprom will cease gas deliveries to Ukraine.”
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The country is bankrupt. Any money that is still there, gets stolen by oligarchs, corrupt politicians and military. Ukraine economy has been destroyed as a result of the February, 2014 coup; as a consequence of severing all ties with Russia – until recently, the largest buyer of Ukraine goods; and due to the devastating civil war with Donbass.
The true state of the Ukraine economy has been concealed through Western loans to keep the coma patient just barely alive. Another way to keep delaying the admission of insolvency is to conduct a war. This is why the war with Donbass is necessary for Kiev.
Several EU countries have been doing the illegal ‘reverse supply’ of the Russian gas to Ukraine, also to keep the patient just barely breathing. In reality, it’s not a reverse supply at all: part of EU gas simply stays in Ukraine, being siphoned off, while Ukraine still illegally collects Gazprom transit fees for this volume.
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IMF, US and EU won’t keep supporting Ukraine forever. It’s too big, too corrupt and too broke. Ukraine is needed for the West, and especially for the US, as a convenient tool in order to weaken Russia by maintaining an area of permanent instability on Russia’s borders, and if they are lucky, by dragging Russia into the direct confrontation with Ukraine. There are economic and propaganda reasons as well, such as sabotaging Russian economy, painting Russia as a villain and aggressor, as well as making Russia strain her resources trying to help Donbass, and later Ukraine. |
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Finnish Ministry of Justice came with a statement that taking of the children from the families is done as the last resort and always for the better of the children, according to the following article in Russian: http://tass.ru/obschestvo/1793461Ha! |
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DNR views Mariupol as its territory, but will try to reunite with it using political means, defending the interests of its citizems: http://www.vz.ru/news/2015/2/26/731609.htmlLNR's military reports that Ukrainians have resumed fighting on the Western borders of LNR. They further report losses among the Ukrainian aggressors: http://ria.ru/world/20150226/1049685129.htmlUkrainian military shot with artillery at a humanitarian convoy that was en-route to Debalcevo: http://ria.ru/world/20150226/1049750784.htmlBy the way, Kiev demands that Russia does not sent its humanitarian aid to Donbass. Coupled with the recent cut-off of gas supplies to Donbass by Naftogas, we can talk about a systematic genocide of the Russian population of Novorossi through worsening of the already critical humanitarian situation - it's long past a disaster point. For comparison: when hurricane Kathrin hit USA, people on the affected territories were much better off, compared to what people of Donbass had to endure for the last year. Norwegian ministry of Defence said that they prepared to train the Ukrainian nazis... sorry punishers... sorry, forces. http://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1793207With all the insurgence of the Western military advisors and trainers, it looks like the only ones who want peace there is Russia, while the West wants renewal of war and more bloodshed among the civilian population. |
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I've been told by many legitimate sources that west (Especially USA) is planning to attack russia  When it's going to happen and how??  I want to know usa doctrine USA has many bases around the globe and is planning to take over everything! Quoted for the history books. In some future era, this will be used as an example of "Stupidest Things said in 2015." That said, I wish we could give Putin a taste of his own medicine and maybe start a revolution in Russia. We could say "It's just the American separatists. We aren't involved. What a ridiculous charge." Last I checked it was USA that started the "revolution", or more correctly a coup d'etat, in Ukraine. Btw, USA/Great Britain already tried with a revolution in Russia - once successfully in 1917, and the other time less so - Bolotnaja revolt in Moscow. And they are trying now with the economic warfare, which aim is to create a social unrest in Russia. Did you mean to write: But Putin should probably give Obama a taste of his own medicine and maybe start a revolution in USA. Russians could say "It's just the Texan separatists. We aren't involved. What a ridiculous charge."  |
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Interesting infographics here: http://tass.ru/en/infographics/7239 Oh, and Cyprus is not happy: http://tass.ru/en/world/779613"I believe that our European counterparts have a growing feeling the measures against such a great country as Russia will merely entail Russia’s retaliation, and these countermeasures have negative results not only for Cyprus, but for a number of other EU countries, too," Anastasiades told a news conference following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And the ratings war continues: Moody’s lowers rating of 5 Russian companies, including Transneft http://tass.ru/en/economy/779678Moody’s rating agency downgrades 12 Russian banks http://tass.ru/en/economy/779641 |
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Found an interesting resource, summarising the news: https://quemadoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/novorossiya-news-research-feb-18-23/The latest two updates from it: Wednesday, February 25, 2015
(Updated throughout the day)
Voice of Sevastopol Tuesday Situation Report. There were numerous ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) yesterday. The Donetsk People’s Republic continues heavy weapons withdrawal from the contact line in accordance with the Minsk 2.0 ceasefire agreement, but DPR Deputy Defense Minister Eduard Basurin says weapons will be put back in place if the enemy continues to violate the truce. This and other frontline news is available at The war in Novorossia Online 02.24.2015 Chronicle.
Colonel Cassad Tuesday Situation Update. The junta continues to concentrate forces in the areas of Donetsk and Volnovakha, and to shell the cities of the DPR. See A brief but important update (Feb 24). About shelling. Ukrainian forces shelled Donetsk airport (or what is left of it) yesterday, delaying the clean-up operations by DNR. Today it was relatively quiet there, so DNR's Ministry of Disasters started to clean up the blockages and rubble in search of bodies and unexploded shells. Also: Putin: Ukraine Gas Cut Bears Hallmarks of Genocide. Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a Moscow meeting with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades that the gas cut-off to Donbass by Ukraine’s national gas company, Naftogaz, is akin to genocide. “Apparently, some responsible leaders of the modern-day Ukraine are unable to understand the importance of humanitarian issues. It seems that the very notion of humanism has been forgotten,” Putin said. The PressTV article may be found at Kiev’s gas cutoff to Donetsk sign of ‘smacks of genocide': Putin (Feb 25). I saw on the news that Russian Federation is preparing a new, 14th, humanitarian aid convoy to Novorossia. |
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You must be watching Russian TV. lol Nobody here gives a crap about Russia. Despite the way it is being covered in Moscow it's a non-story here.
So much fail in one statement. First, you'll discover that there are quite a lot of people here interested in a multi-polar view on events. Second, you are obviously NOT watching Russian TV. If you did, you'd know that USA gets a rather small share of air time, on par with Finland or Italy. It is rather arrogant and self-centered of you to think that they in Russia have nothing better to talk about than USA. The fact that Russian TV does pay some attention to Novorossia is easy to explain - it's a hotspot right on the Russian border, populated by Russians and having belonged to Russia for many centuries. It would have been strange if Russia didn't cover the events there. Now, to the OP question. The chance that USA would attack Russia militarily is minuscule. USA is much more comfortable waging a proxy war in Ukraine. The only problem for it is that Russia refused to come to that war, so USA are left with fighting against civilians there, and losing to them. Well, an expected outcome of Vietnam 2.0 On the other hand USA has long ago started another war against Russia - an rather vicious economic one, with all the sanctions, ratings and oil prices. |
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