Posts Tagged ‘war’
Posted on December 11, 2010 - by Venik
Nothing Odd
A couple of days ago Claes Borgström (thank God I am not Swedish), the lawyer representing Anna Ardin and Sofia Wilén in the sex case against Julian Assange, decided to explain some of the more obvious discrepancies in his clients’ version of events. Normally, this is what a good lawyer would be expected to do [...]
Posted on July 20, 2010 - by Venik
The Water Boys
The best way to keep a secret is not to concede its existence. Indeed, it would be difficult for your neighbor to poison your dog, if he doesn’t know you have one. Should, nevertheless, the facts escape, your next best defense is wordiness. You shall contribute to the spectacle at every opportunity in the hope [...]
Posted on February 18, 2010 - by Venik
Mistral for Russia
France’s decision to sell four Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia was met with heavy criticism in the US, Georgia and the Baltic States. Interestingly enough, Russia’s decision to buy the four vessels for more than $2 billion was met with a lot of criticism within Russia as well. This is really the first time in [...]
Posted on October 1, 2009 - by Venik
War in Georgia: Reviewing EU Findings
As some of you may have heard, the international fact-finding mission (IIFFMCG) organized by the EU to investigate the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia has finally released its final report. As was expected, most of the blame for starting the war went to Georgia. Russia’s “fault”, according to the investigators, for the most part [...]
Posted on August 7, 2009 - by Venik
Happy Anniversary, Misha
Tweeter celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Georgian-Russian war by setting it’s Web servers on fire. (For those of you with long-term memory problem, here is a brief recap of the events.) The Unix gurus at Tweeter’s datacenter blamed the downtime on unspecified hackers unleashing a DDoS attack. According to some networking experts interviewed by [...]
Posted on July 29, 2009 - by Venik
Celtic stand in the way as Dynamo search for an answer to Russia’s European conundrum
The weight of history – both on and off the pitch – stands between Dynamo Moscow and Champions League success It was at Highbury in December 2003 that an eastern European side last made it through to the second phase of the Champions League. Lokomotiv Moscow didn’t exactly do it in a blaze of glory, [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russian mini-subs continue to examine world’s deepest lake
Multimedia Photo: Russian mini-subs dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal Photo: Photo tour with RIA Novosti: Lake Baikal Video: The bottom of Baikal. Unique footage from “Mir” mini-submarines Video: Divers discover sunken ship on the bottom of Lake Baikal Video: Earthquake hits Lake Baikal Video: Russians dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal Video: [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russia says N.Korea has reduced activity at nuclear facilities
Multimedia Photo: North Korea Celebrates Sun’d Day – Kim Il Sung’s Birthday Photo: Photo tour: North Korea for foreigners Video: North Korea ups the stakes with arrests Video: Korea’s DMZ popular with tourists Video: U.S. ‘opposes’ nuclear North Korea Video: N. Korea tests Obama MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) – North Korea has scaled down [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Iran’s Ahmadinejad dismisses claims of election fraud
Multimedia Photo: Photo tour with RIA Novosti. Iran Video: Iran campaigning heats up MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Iran’s newly re-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dismissed on Sunday allegations of election fraud, and called his victory a blow to the “oppressive system” ruling the world. Tehran has been hit by a second day of protests [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Three Palestinians injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Multimedia Photo: Gaza Strip after Israeli pullout Photo: Half of Gaza dead ‘children, women and elderly’ Photo: Israeli Air Force bombs Gaza Strip Video: World leaders discuss Gaza future GAZA, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Three Palestinians have been injured in Israeli air strikes on tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, a Palestinian security source told [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Cantor Compares Obama to Putin Pravda Turns Paleocon Against Bailout USA
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) and U.S. President Barack Obama (right) Last week Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA), the number two Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, compared President Barack Obama to Russian leader Vladimir Putin in an interview with the Associated Press. Cantor did not mean the comparison in a flattering way. While [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
June 12 – Russia Day
Russia Day (June 12, annually) is one of the newest state holidays in the country. It commemorates the 1990 act of endorsement of the Declaration of Russia’s State Sovereignty by the first Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic. The day was originally known as the Independence Day, but many Russians, [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
World Russia Forum 2009 Summary and Assessment
“Don’t bother pushing the ambiguous Reset Button; just replace the whole operating system.” That’s the advice offered President Obama and President Medvedev at the 28th Annual World Russia Forum that took place 27-28 April in Washington. Since 1981 the Forum has been organized by Edward Lozansky’s American University in Moscow (AUM). Of late, Discovery Institute [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russia's Orwellian Truth Commission
Last week President Dmitry Medvedev formed a government commission on analyzing and suppressing falsifications of history to the detriment of Russia. Some have rushed to portray this move as an “Orwellian Truth Commission” dedicated to official propaganda of the historical facts that fit the government’s interpretation of history. Indeed, one may be tempted to form [...]
