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Russia Confirms Troop Build-Up Near Ukraine; Warns West, More Sanctions "Absolutely Unacceptable"
For the first time, Russia has confirmed that it has built up its military presence on the Ukrainian border (according to Agence France Presse). On the heels of the de-escalation and the West's threat of tougher sanctions (if Russia failed to abide by the new 'deal'), Kremlin spokesman Dmirty Peskov told Rossiya TV that "we have troops in different regions, and there are troops close to the Ukrainian border. Some are based there, others have been sent as reinforcements due to the situation in Ukraine." Reuters also reports that Washington statements "are unlikely to help dialogue," and further sanctions would be "absolutely unacceptable." It seems the 'deal' has done little to calm anything but the US equity market as Peskov blasted "You can't treat Russia like a guilty schoolboy."
The Daily Mail's latest update on suspected (now confirmed) Russian troop build-up
As Al Arabiya reports, a Kremlin spokesman confirmed Friday that Russia has built up its military presence on the Ukrainian border, Agence France Presse reported, as the United States warned that Moscow would face tougher sanctions if it failed to abide by a new international deal on Ukraine.
"We have troops in different regions, and there are troops close to the Ukrainian border. Some are based there, others have been sent as reinforcements due to the situation in Ukraine," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Rossiya 1 television, AFP reported.
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Peskov said Russia would not be the only party held responsible for implementing the agreement on easing tensions in Ukraine, according to AFP.
He added that threats of further sanctions by Washington were "absolutely unacceptable.”
"Our Western colleagues are trying to push responsibility [for implementing the deal] toward our side. But it must be underlined: it is a collective responsibility," Peskov said.
Reuters adds that President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said, "Statements like those made at a high level in Washington that the United States will follow in detail how Russia fulfils its obligations ... are unlikely to help dialogue,"
"You can't treat Russia like a guilty schoolboy who has to put a cross on a piece of paper to show he has done his homework," Peskov said in an interview with Russia's First Channel. "That kind of language is unacceptable."
Russia's Foreign Ministry accused U.S. officials of seeking to whitewash what it said was the use of force by the Ukrainian government against protesters in the country's mainly Russian-speaking eastern provinces.
"The blame for the Ukrainian crisis and its current aggravation is unreasonably being placed on Russia," the ministry said in a statement.
"The American side is once again stubbornly trying to whitewash the current actions of Kiev's authorities, who have embarked on a course for the violent suppression of protesters in the southeast who are expressing their legitimate indignation over the infringements of their rights."
De-Escalation off...
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and that is a big F U Nuland and you neocon scum..........so lets go hot bIATCH....after all what's a few hundred million casualties among friends
https://iggydonnelly.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/the-simpsons-mr-burns-e...
Lots of warning going on these days...
Sheikh Imran: Crimea is the greatest set back for zionism in a century:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwIUv6ipTRo&feature=share&list=UUweyNwo4c...
I that maybe the V'man should be re-framing the argument..
"De-Sanctionation" might be a way of moving forward./
i presume they called Netherlands not to worry about the built up since it is part of normal exercises ...
likely, Kerry gave his okay in talks with Lavrov ... watch these guys, its like watching the smart money ...
"Sec. of State Kerry was believed to be aboard his yacht, the Ketchup King 1, and could not be reached for comment."
So Barry & Friends want more sanctions hmmmm...
Somehow I actually enjoy the prospects of us stealing their oligarchs wealth and them stealing our oligarchs wealth in return. Could be catchy. I hope the President of whatever island in the Caribbean the NeoCons and NeoLibs have stashed their tax free cash at is watching.
Also limiting the financial elites travel options can only help make the world a safer place for everybody else in which to live...
It's all just theatre.
Either side can literally vaporise the other with the push of a button.
The US hedgemony forgets that it exists under the crosshairs of a continent full of Russian plutonium armed supersonic ICBM's all with random path guidance systems.
Let's not forget what *real* power is. It ain't how high you can piss or how many sport franchises you own. It ain't how much paper you can fart into world markets or how many bullets you can put down.
Real power is the ability to atomize any capital city in any hemisphere. Just think about that for a second.
Real power is the ability to flatten the global economic playing field down to gross agricultural yield.
Real power is the ability to envoke a global nuclear winter. Real power is having an apocalypse button on you desk next to your telephone. Who cares about liquidating treasuries when you atomize 500 cities.
Vladimir Putin has real power. Power far beyond any fiscal or monetary sanctions. Putin has the power to poison the entire earth. To wipe away everyone and everything. The power to reset to 500AD.
Why pretend that he can be influenced by restricting his friends access to various banking systems? Surly this is hilarious to him?
The beauty of MAD is that the more you have to lose the weaker you are.
Sanctions make Putin stronger.
Sanctions work for Barry O, because he's not interested in a strong ecomony comprized of a autonomous, free, empowered citizenry.
Collapse and chaos is what autocrats like Barry O want. The Democratic Party relies on disenfranchized, desperate, broken individuals, which results from their demented relativist ideology, so then Government can come into the inevitable quagmire and dictate terms.
Don't you get that feeling it works for Put-in as well?
"Fxxk Eu"; then who? released it; troops deployed; sanctions; more troops deployed (E. Ukraine, + + Poland)...
WHAT FOLLOWS ACCORDING ALOIS IRLMAIER AND PAVEL GLOBA
all fun and games, no?
He didn't build that ketchup.
K'man is serving V'man with some sanctions and anticipationTM...it's making US wait.
(Remeber the 70's Carly Simon Heinz 'anticipation' commercial)
There were lots of things I loved about Carly...
setback for Zionism?
most Israelis support Putin in this fight.
Can you back up your claim? What is your source?
Shekelblogging.
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/17/304186891/why-israel-is-staying-on-the-sid...
Yes, but they are not Global Zionists. Rather, they are Nationalists. There's a subtle but important difference that most people/'Mericans don't grasp, or refuse to.
/ We all know that they are a monolithic population with monolithic views -- just like in 'Merica. / sarc.
My point is, that Zionist Neocons/Globalists have hijacked their Gov, inasmuch they have hijacked the US Gov. And, by extension, they have turned the EU and NATO into their regime.
you do realize that William Shatner is... oh never mind.
"most Israelis support Putin"
Finding and digging up Hitler's body just to burn it again would be about the only thing any Israeli would ever "support" a Russian in doing.
What could go wrong with a ground war with Russia?
Will they use Heinz Catsup in the video...or real blood ?
Just when most of the old gaurd neocons were either retiring or dying off, we have a new breed of neolibs that are twice as bad.
they are just getting more obvious (and desperate) in their agenda.
One murder is a tragedy, a million murders is a statistic.
kill a man - you're a murderer
kill them all - you're a god
is this what he meant by "doing God's work" ?
Those Ukranians look like Trayvon
you know her kids will never fight in any wars, just like those Ultra Orthodox in Israel who are exempt from military service and just sit around all day and denigrate everyone in the world including secular Jews
If she has any kids, I am sure they are safe in the Mother Country, kibbutzing about.
do you think she is orthodox?
BREAKING NEWS : video of the right sector allegedly murdering the ex-police chief of donetsk in front of his wife. The original website took down the vid,I hv found an copy posted on some Serbian website.WARNING DISTURBING FOOTAGE:
http://srbinaokup.info/?p=34304
Agreed that it is disturbing footage.
Any other reporting on this incident?
Any background information?
Background here;
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-12/ukraine-sends-special-forces-de...
This is speculation but it appears as this was some form of retribution killing due to the fact that this man resigned when requested to do so by the protestors against the Kiev putschists.
Further speculation is that the video was created as a warning for other groups / individuals who may decide to stand down or agree to protestor demands. faced with the dissolution of the 25th Airborne Rgt when it was ordered into the area, this murder and video is part of a need to enforce the authority of Kiev.
"De-Escalation off..." imho too early to say
time-lags are to be expected, lots of disentanglements to happen
You neglect the original agenda. Nothing has changed.
Do You, like me right now, read faked ZH web page by NSA?
Boo!!!!!
The great US Treasury dump will commence in earnest by Chine, Russia and India in 3....2.....
If you thought Beef and OJ are expensive now...just you all wait for it!
Yep. The master plan coming together nicely.
Along with the Cloward-Pivens strategy which is ahead of schedule. Amnesty is not necessary, just open the borders and refuse to deport any illegals dumb enough to get caught. Hard to believe how things have turned to absolute shit since 2008. Gee, I wonder what happened then to trigger this decline? /s
Treasury dumps won't matter. Through thr rediscount swap windows the EU and FED can buy each others paper until hell freezes over. That is how they have controlled the yields in Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, etc.
Hell might freeze over much sooner than expected.
Don't forget that all this buying is nothing more than new debt issuing. Somebody is still expected to pay it, otherwise the currencies of the contries so heavily indebted would detonate instantly, at the first rumour of default (or debt "holiday"...)
Illegals? End UE by hiring more Migra and then refuse to let them drive within 1,000 yards of a HD, Lowes or supermarket parking lots.
You meant since 911, Right?
no he meant since Obama and the demonrats. It's clear to anyone that everything was fucking roses before Obama. Peachy keen. Can't think of anything happening before 2008 that would set the stage for any of this. Nope. Shitstorm since 2008. That's the fucking date. Nothing to look at before that. No sirreee.
Does China want to shoot one of its best customers?
And worst creditors.
Sometimes you have to cut your losses. Been there......... The BRICS and G20 realize that the US will not to do anything to undermine the fragile "recovery" at home and it's reserve currency status, so they have given the US until the end of 2014 to vote on changing IMF voting rights or else. It will take time for the BRICS to replace the financial systems that the US has a stranglehold on, but it will happen. It's going to be death by a thousand cuts with each percentage point of inflation coming our way. If you want a large ticket foreign produced item, I would buy it now..........
The US is a debtor of China, but I get your drift. Time is the critical element. China doesn't seem like it's bent on radical change for the sake of change. The US seems hell bent on destroying the dollar so the BRICS might just have to get out of the way for things to their way.
Not inflation, more like a return to the sort of prices everyone else (Globally) has to pay.
I note the screams of anguish arising from having to pay "almost $4 per gallon Premium Gas". Wonder how long "The Wheels of the Economy" will be turning is you start paying the sort of prices for petrol alone, that are seen throughout Europe for example.
The UK Automobile Association is happy that UK petrol prices are "at a three-year low" - $ 2.17 per LITRE, which is about $ 8.21 per US Gallon.
Seeing as the US consumes about 133 billion gallons petrol annually (2012 figures - maybe a bit less nowadays owing to "austerity"?) http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=23&t=10, an extra $4.20 per gallon = $550 billion. Hardly "loose change", especially since the travelling public (and those who provide transport) will be facing this substantial "sticker shock"!
Best customer...
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080613145731AAJWi0z
China can sell their treasuries and get dollars that they do not want. Other countries will still accept the dollars for oil and food, They haven't done that ... Why?
No need. Yet...
They could. Their preference is to hold treasuries.
Here's the thing.
A customer pays for something.
If you found your customer was giving you freshly printed monopoly money in trade for your goods, would they actually be a customer?
I don't really like it, but I still use dollars to buy vittels. The grocery store takes them and they consider me a customer.
But you aren't the one printing them right before the purchase.
Is Walmart printing? When Walmart purchases from a supplier in China, that supplier needs Yuan to pay for its operation. It takes those dollars to an affiliated agency of the PBOC and receives freshly printed yuan for them. The PBOC buys treasuries with the dollars for convenience and security. The Chinese government could reduce barriers to imports and the yuan would be exchanged for dollars and then for imports. They choose not to. Is this because they prefer the inflation? Do they see a vendor finance model as the way to go? Or is it a strategy to keep revolution at bay? Other possibilities exist.
If they made an agreement in Geneva, why is DC now talking more sanction???
WTF???
Someone dropped acid into the entire water supply up there.
Cuz the agreement didn't apply to anyone who could be bound by it.
TADA!
Speaking of sanctions. It's just a matter of time the Russian small arms dry up. Stock up and get parts.
Luckily I stocked up on ammo in Jan.Prices are skyrocketing now.
Trying to find an extra AK, but the cupboards seem to be bare everywhere I look.
Any body know who might have some in stock ?
Try Classic Firearms.
Price is shipped: http://www.ammoman.com/762x39-wolf-performance-123-grain-fmj
Online auctions, 600+ listed right now - http://www.gunbroker.com/Semi-Auto-Rifles/BI.aspx?Keywords=ak47
Want to go local in person for cash and maybe avoid the hassle of an FFL check (depends on the seller) - http://www.armslist.com/
You said an AK, not ammo right?
Nah, that's how Obama negotiates. First he goes on national tv and vilifies you as a goat felcher, then calls you up wanting a deal as if nothing happened. Hell, he did it to Eric Cantor this week too...
Funny because Obanger is a Reggie felcher.
take it easy, it is just talk ... sanctions do not harm anyone, i guess putin and his entourage are not allowed to enter US ... so what? they probably do not want to come anyhow .. bs
In game of RISK that layout would be construed as "US suicide mission".
Is this the part of the game where you pour gasoline on the board and set it on fire?
More like kicking over all the chess pieces, shitting on the board and then strutting around as if you had actually won.
Games of RISK tend to drag, fire would definitely speed things up.
K'plan...quiet Friday and no game this weekend. Must maintain the faith. Must be anti-violent and dovish, while using a stern ruler slap on V'hand.
Result: all hell gone break loose by Monday (V'plans changed).
Well, the Daily Mail is as pro-war as the NYTimes or Faux News.
More Kerry's talking points revealed as propaganda (remember his lies about sarin in Syria?):
‘Letter to Jews’, which Kerry cited, appears to be fakePublished time: April 18, 2014 12:07
Edited time: April 18, 2014 20:10
A letter urging the Jews of Donetsk to get registered, which the US Secretary of State cited in Geneva, is a fake says a man whose signature appears on the communication.
Following the four-side meeting on the Ukrainian crisis in Geneva on Wednesday, John Kerry lashed out at a letter that was allegedly sent to Jewish citizens in Ukraine’s eastern town of Donetsk, asking them to register and report all their property, or be stripped of citizenship and face expulsion.
“In year 2014, after all of the miles traveled in all the journey of history, this is not just intolerable, it's grotesque… beyond unacceptable," he stated.
Images of the letter have been circulating online.
The letter was stamped and signed by Denis Pushilin, who was identified on it as the “People’s Governor.”
However, Pushilin denied he had anything to do with the letter, claiming it was a fake.
http://rt.com/news/fake-news-ukraine-russia-364/
Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and other top officials declared categorically that the August 21 attack on Eastern Ghouta, which reportedly killed hundreds of people, had been carried out by the Syrian military. They, along with the leaders of Britain and France, sought to use the gas attack to stampede public opinion behind their plans to attack Syria, cripple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and install a puppet government.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/11/hers-d11.html
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n24/seymour-m-hersh/whose-sarin
And speaking of hoaxes, whatever came of the story about the crazed guy who supposedly shotup a jewish center? Seems odd that he shot 2 christians. Got the resident zionists here all fired up but it seems all their false flags have gone awry since Snowden went to Russia.
Was there a palne missing? Oh- that was 3 news cycles ago.
Looks like the Easter Bunny is going to lay a big exploding egg on Barack's front lawn. Probaby right on top of that new red line he's busy drawing.
Hopefully all this is no more serious than a Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker F-5. If everyone sticks to the script and performs their moves with ability and grace in a convincing manner we can all go home and watch the reruns on the tube. If some fool craps out we could all be in trouble and someone might get hurt.
Nice.
The problem is that Brock is hot for the Undertaker's wife, so his elbow to the balls was real. The Undertaker's pissed and his roundhouse has connected to Brock's cheek. The ref is shocked to see real blood and doesn't know what to do. Undertaker's wife has jumped into the ring, screaming at Undertaker to stop, while giving Brock a sly wink.
Hopefully, under the bright stage lights, Brock's noticing that Undertaker's wife is a bit too skanky to be worth it.
De-escalation is a wonderful thing!
Well the Dneiper river would be a convenient dividing line, if Russia doesn't just restore order to all of Ukraine under the Russian Federation.
Those Brussels Bandits would just hate that.
Go Vlad.
Hope and Change.
YeeeeeeHaaaaaa.
I think that we, europeans, are not happy with the latest US-Russia deal, so this media noises. We dont want to foot the bill for Ukraine when the mess was started by Vitoria Nulland and Russia would get Crimeia and influence in the eastern part and US get the Kiev Junta controlled and the western part. Not even our candidate boxer get in the junta.
East and west fighting an old dispute out on our territory.
How is this possible. [/sarc]
since the second european civil war, ww2, Europe lost sovereign control of herself. Except that Russia is an european country and USA is not.
Kind o' late Vlad. Mother Russia is already surrounded, you wont stand a chance.
Vlad has the Iskander for that.
Famous last words of numerous historical figures.
How do you surround the largest country on the planet? You do know that Russia spans 9 time zones, right?
With missiles at the border, which can cross 9 time zones.
That topic was also covered in Putin's recent Q&A with the citizens of Russia:
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"DMITRY KISELEV: Good afternoon, Mr Putin. They’ve promised us the video question format, and I was eager to support it in some way. But since we’re having some technical problems, I’ll create an image with my fingers. Here’s a ring, and it seems to me our country is inside it. I have a feeling that someone is stifling me. I think this is NATO because it is spreading like a cancerous tumour. In the past 25 years, this bloc has literally swallowed our Warsaw Treaty allies, then some parts of the Soviet Union, and the Baltic states. It has opened its jaws to swallow Georgia and now Ukraine as well.
Officials at the NATO headquarters say that it would make sense to admit Ukraine into NATO as well, whereas you’re saying that the bloc system is dying out. I cannot agree with that because I feel this bloc is stifling me. Of course, you can call me paranoid, to attribute this to paranoia. But even if someone has paranoia, it doesn’t mean he isn’t harassed. So it’s not about me, but about NATO’s expansion. Where is the red line? Does it exist at all? And what do you feel as the national leader? Nothing personal, Mr Putin. Thank you.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: We’ll strangle all of them ourselves! Why are you so afraid? (Applause.)
DMITRY KISELEV: No, I’m not afraid, of course. I just want to know where the red line is and where to stop. Are there limits, and who will define them? Thank you.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: We aren’t afraid – neither me nor anyone else. Nobody should be afraid, but we must proceed from reality. As for reality, you’ve just described it rather vividly in your brilliant manner and given us the creeps in some way. Let me repeat that I wouldn’t fear anything, but we must assess the situation realistically. So what is it like? You’ve conjured up the image.
At one time, we were promised (I mentioned this at the Munich security conference) that after Germany’s unification, NATO wouldn’t spread eastward. The then NATO Secretary-General told us that the alliance wouldn’t expand beyond its eastern borders. However, it started expanding by incorporating former Warsaw Treaty member-countries and later on, the Baltic states, former Soviet republics.
I used to say at one time: “Why are you doing this? Do you want to ensure the security of these countries? Do you think someone may attack them? Well, it’s enough to sign a bilateral treaty on friendship and mutual assistance, including military aid, and their security will be ensured.” I heard in response: “This doesn’t concern you. Nations and countries have the right to choose a way of ensuring their security themselves.”
All right, this is true. But it is also true that when the infrastructure of a military bloc approaches our borders, we have grounds for certain apprehensions and questions. We must take certain steps, and this is also true; nobody can deny us this right. And this compels us to counteract..."
(read more at link above)
I won't call you the square root of stupid, just in case my sarcasm meter is on the fritz again, but your comment reminded me of Yosimite Sam going against Bugs Bunny.
"We wanted to do it as good as it can be done but it turned out as usual". Sorry Russia. No escape possible from this Chernomyrdin curse (OK, maybe not curse but certainly stating of the obvious when it comes to Russia and how things ALWAYS turn out for it...)
Putin knows what's going on.
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April 17, 2014
Sergei Lukas: Mr Putin, who stands to profit from the overblown myth that Russia’s Armed Forces are preparing for an invasion in Ukraine? What goals are pursued by those who want to set us against our brothers, neighbours and European partners? And can we openly invite all those willing to visit our cross-border regions? Thank you.
Vladimir Putin: The intention to split Russia and Ukraine, to separate what is essentially a single nation in many ways, has been an issue of international politics for centuries. If you recall the statements uttered by the White movement leaders, you’ll see that regardless [of] their political disagreements with the Bolsheviks, they never had even the slightest thought about a possible division between Ukraine and Russia, as they always perceived them as part of a common, united space and a single nation. And they were absolutely right.
But today we’re are living in separate countries. And, unfortunately, this policy of division, of pulling apart and weakening both parts of a single nation continues. There are enough forces in the world that are afraid of our strength, “our hugeness,” as one of our sovereigns said. So, they seek to divide us into parts, this is a well-known fact. Look at what they did with Yugoslavia: they cut it into small pieces and are now manipulating everything that can be manipulated there, which is almost anything. Apparently, someone would like to do the same with us, and if you look at what’s happening, you’ll be able to answer your own question about who is doing what."
Wouldn't a story like this be something akin to Russia calling into question the many military bases between the borders of the U.S. and Canada having, well... lots of bases... and well... lots of troops near thoses bases and borders!
The U.S. has too many troops amassed from it's bases in New York, Michigan, Montana and Wasington State to it's neighbor in Canada so something ANYTHING must be done to stop it!... This is provacative (cause we say so) and it must be called into question before the United States DOES SOMETHING!!!!
Like I've said here today previously at President Obama's recent speech with "Major Garrett of CBS news" Yessss!!!! But of course CBS News??? the guys that brought you Mike Lewis and Brad Katsyuama of IEX Group to help us understand the complexities HFT and how it will be fixed!
Is anyone truly asking how any American President with the responsibility of 75,000 nuclear warheads under his control can say such remarkable "smack" like this without somebody ANYBODY in the Press asking if the President's mental health and fitness is sound after this speech?
God Help All of Us!
Off subject, but I read that the US Military/Government had a plan to invade Canada in 1935, but WWII eventually distracted them to other things.
I'd say "unbelievable!", but now I know that would sound silly.
Even further off topic, but there was of course a secret Canadian plan to invade, and seriously annoy, the USA - by seizing Seattle. Personally, I would be OK with that.
Too much talk and not enough shooting. Lets get wth it already.
The Zio Punks are having a nervous breakdown -
no one believes their sh!t anymore.
De-escalation. de-leveraging, de-inflation de-everything....
Next big thing, de-living !
De-generation.
As in "no more next generation"
Tank tracks are well know for crossing red lines
Nuuuulaaaannndd where aaaarrreeee youuuuu?
She's bucking for a promotion in the Oblowhard admin for a "job well-done"
Not bucking, fucking (the complete EU that is).
Hell of a job.
"You can't treat Russia like a guilty schoolboy."
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Free Bump For Russia!
Interesting info from Wikipedia:
It's no wonder then that the Russian Federation so heavily relies on nukes as a deterrent.
Really interesting...thanks.
You do know that Wikileaks is an unreliable source....
We are dealing with a country, Russia, that sends troops into combat situations with no insignia and with masks. Everything must be viewed with this in mind.
Trust but verify.
So now they are upping their demands and their faux concerns in order to exact some concessions and stall for time.
The Little Princess who leads Russia will require a confrontation by military forces in order to check his ambitions.
Any other prediction is laughable and will likely lead to a greater risk of a still larger conflict. And I say this as one who feels Assad in Syria is a far lesser threat than the Jihadis trying to overthrow him...and I believe the gas attacks blamed on Syria have all been false flag operations.
If you honestly believe what you wrote in your last paragraph, then you need to delete whatever you wrote before that.
"We are dealing with a country, Russia, that sends troops into combat situations with no insignia and with masks. Everything must be viewed with this in mind."
Sooooo....explain Blackwater in the ME? Or whatever the fuck they morphed into to escape public scrutiny. You can't be serious right? This is an old gag, and all are guilty.
useless talkings you don't make the rules and no one cares what you think...
especially Russians
Call me stupid but the Dutch Shell (bilderberg) oil company just signed a deal with Russia while at the same time sending a fregat and an orange F16.
Complicated world these days.
Or a sign that tis time America will be on his own at the end.
No, it is simple. "The Spice must flow."
Big Western Oil wants to be in on the black gold rush in Russia's vast arctic sea areas, now ice free for months in summer. The recoverable reserves are considered to be on of the world's last great oceans of oil. Big money at stake, western oil wants in, Putin holds the keys, and so does the Russian Navy.
Iam baffled why in this age of instant communications via internet some peace loving organization has not initiated a popular petition aimed at Congress and Executive Branch to have Ass. Sec. of State summarily fired for her behavior. No doubt more would sign petition than enrolled in Obamacare ! It seems Neocons rule the US until an economic collapse and then they will be blamed BigTime.
There aren't any "peace loving organizations" these days -- only Soros funded NGOs.
The US controls the banking system, the markets Europe and the media but what it cannot control is itself and that is what will bring her undone.
The US is bankrupt buying less and less from foreign countries so they do not (in a way) depent on the US anymore.
US crying out buy US products and not foreign.
Give it a decade and the US will not be a world power anymore.
Yes, the USA is bankrupt, but if she lasts another ten years a lot of damage will be done by the parasites that control the USA.
but still has military bases and nukes all around Europe to control us.
We had Obumble talk earlier about the US conventional forces being far stronger than Russia's forces, Rasmussen at NATO upping the anti, more planes, more ships more soldiers to boost the Baltic and Black Sea partners, blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada ...
Words to the wise from a former Cold War warrior. The Russian's do not do 'over reach', this is their back garden and the battle maps just needed to be dusted off. Crimea and Georgia actions illustrated that. They don't post warnings on trees and street corners, they act decisively and without fear of repercussions.
Logistically, the Russians will have no issues supporting ground troops if the green to go order comes over the net. The FSB and GRU is working around the clock in Ukraine and they can pull strings at their will. If anyone reading this thinks if three independent armoured companies of T-90's backed up by only eight to ten thousand troops will not secure Eastern Ukraine up to the Dneiper they are living in a dream land.
Hague, Rasmussen, Kerry and McCain can bleat all they want. Over the next 30 days if the Maidan / Nuland crowd up the ante, go false flag and go for a You Tube atrocity of any description and they probably not possibly will, expect fireworks and a Russian victory procession in an East Ukraine town near you.
The Wife's Russian relatives are all ex-Military, and all held significant Commissions. Their thoughts are that whenever Russia has been involved in any major conflict, the Russian people expect significant (very significant) casualties, and seem to be psychologically and temperamentally in acceptance of that.
Compare that mindset with America - even a few casualties, and it's Worldwide News for days on end.
An important difference in attitude, and one that has so often been overlooked in the past, with predictable consequences for the aggressor.
Wow. I followed the Q&A link and read for almost two hours the transcript of Putin's discussion. All I can say is that we are so lost in the USA. We do not have anyone and have not had anyone for decades that could match his knowledge of country and ability to speak so clearly and intellegently with or without a script. Much to be admired.
Russians (and Ukrainians too) are very good listeners. They are genuinely interested in what's going on elsewhere, and are extremely literate (even at the "bottom end" of the social scale). This is but one reason why they come across as polite, considered, and pretty smart.
Getting to the rank of Colonel in the Intelligence Service will certainly call for an exceptional ability (even by Russian standards). It shows, doesn't it.
Then, the US has Obama - Missing University Transcripts, no-one remembers him being at College (must have been the hub of the social Universe!), but somehow manages to get the rather plum position as Editor of the Harvard Law Journal, and a Professorship in "Constitutional Law" (very useful when your "Unofficial, but actual" job is the dissolution of that rather troublesome document I suppose!)
A very interesting comparison, don't you think ? ? ? ?
Which is why he is such a threat to the zionists.
WTF? zionists support Putin.
Canada has Russia covered. Old CBC news joke. The World is going to end at Midnight. 12:30 in Newfoundland.
funny... what happens when kerry has a massive heart attack or sub-dural [hematoma] hemorrhage/ brain aneurym rupture...
it's remarkable that the stress of traveling about without rest will take it's toll on this multi-millionaire never getting a chance to enjoy retirement, or he has a nervous breakdown
jmo
check out history's fallen victims in high level foreign policy?
You learn something new every day. Today my Russian woman told me she had Moravian blood in her.
And why don't the Russian media confirm this? I checked Voice of Russia and RT and found nothing so how can these Western sources be trusted?
Lurch (Kerry): You rang?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMKlEwrIs8
Our President has been embarassed by Putin, now he is risking world peace whipping up the Ukraine.
Obama is trying to get revenge on Putin for making him look like a fool.
I am more inclined to believe this is because of the presidents damaged ego- what a fool
Call it a long term military exercise to the a$$ holes in NATO and the EU.
A few days ago an oligarth offered money as a bounty for every Russian figher .
I am surprised that non one has decided to offer a bounty for the heads of USA and EU officials as the idiot Rasmussen . Nuland , Kerry , Obomber and a lot USA officials woudl make some dedicated Bounty hunter rich !
The only problem is how to collect the money ! The public opinion is shifting againt the NWO criminals , a system of secure payment must be found soon to pay who does a legitimate good deed for humanity !
In case ALL of you are too stupid to see that the "terrorist" meme has worn thin for both East and West Oligarchs so a new cold war is needed, nothing more to all of this than that.
Russia is broke and can't feed themselves. It's easy to make moves in the warm weather.
When winter returns, the Russian militia will be running to NATO to get fed.