Ukraine crisis: Putin spokesman downplays talk of new cold.
. Ukraine crisis, according to a Kremlin statement. ��� Putins spokesman said Russia feared there would be ethnic persecution in Crimea and eastern Ukraine if ���those who stood behind the coup in Kiev��� reached those regions.
Dont Bring a Dove to a Polish Hawk Fight
Poland can send Ukraine humanitarian aid, as well as bulletproof vests ��� but ���no Kalashnikovs.��� Meanwhile, several minor candidates are calling for a more conciliatory attitude towards Russia. Og��rek, who first raised the idea of calling Putin, said.
Top Russian Banker and Putin Confidante Threatens US.
He was confident that ���If all this had never happened, any other excuse would have been created��� as a result of the ���policy of containment [of Russia] which was invented not yesterday, but has been held against our country for. Mr. Putins tough rhetoric reflects the fact that economic sanctions on Russia���and counter-sanctions by Russia toward the countries of the European Union���are from his perspective nothing more than a substitute for the old-fashioned wars.
Putins Great Patriotic Purge
the Soviet Red Armys counter-offensive slogan sometimes painted on tanks and missiles ��� have been popular in Russia for years. But this year, new bumper stickers have appeared, bearing even more provocative slogans. One boasts, ���1941-1945.
Ukraine: Inside the Deadlock
But while we can safely assume that the rebels were forced to agree to this by Putin, who certainly wanted to avert the imposition of new economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries, it is clear that the rebels have no intention of letting their.
Putins QandA, as it happened: All the best quotes and.
Who can tell me? No one! From the point of view of the liberal spectrum of our political establishment, hes a dictator just as bloody; a man who was really treacherous. [Cromwell] played a very controversial role in British history. But his. Putin says that regional governments have more instruments to impact the development of their own regions, but legislation might soon be passed that would compensate regions who use their own funds to invest in regional projects.
Russias aggression in Ukraine is part of a broader, and more
On one side are human rights, an accountable bureaucracy and democratic elections; on the other an unconstrained state that can sacrifice its citizens interests to further its destiny or satisfy its rulers greed.. Vast sums have been thrown at public-relations and lobbying firms to improve Russias image abroad--among them Ketchum, based in New York, which helped place an op-ed by Mr Putin in the New York Times. And it... http://www.sptimes.ru/story/38052. 1.
Moscow Talks Fail to Clinch Ukraine Peace Deal
More than five hours of talks at the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany yielded no deal to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine. But the three agreed to continue diplomacy in hopes of clinching a .
Russia sells air defense missle system to Iran
MOSCOW ��� President Vladimir Putin approved Monday the delivery of a sophisticated air defense missile system to Iran, potentially complicating negotiations on Tehrans nuclear program and further straining ties with Washington. The sale also could .
How To Manage Putin: Russias Escalation Dominance.
Failing that, Putin is likely to dismember Ukraine with military force, establishing a precedent that Russia can ignore national borders and incorporate Russian-speaking populations it wishes to protect. ���We havent. Philip Breedlove also reportedly embraces the idea, according to The New York Times.. The person who gets hit by a round from an A-10 isnt going to tell me shit because the thirty millimetre round will have put a hole the size of a dinner plate in him.
Russia Says Has Photos Of Ukraine Deploying BUK.
However, what is perhaps more concerning for the hordes of finger-pointers is that: RUSSIA HAS IMAGES OF UKRAINE DEPLOYING BUK ROCKETS IN EAST: IFX RUSSIA: UKRAINE MOVED BUK NEAR REBELS IN DONETSK. ���[We] would like to get an explanation as to why the military jet was flying along a civil aviation corridor at almost the same time and at the same level as a passenger plane,��� he stated.. Another image shows a radar station near Donetsk.
US and Iran Begin Final Round of Nuclear Talks Before Deadline
U.S. and European officials have said time and again that Iran would only see sanctions eased in a phased manner under a deal that would constrain Tehrans pathway to a nuclear weapon. Among other issues that must be resolved, diplomats say, is the .
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Another target of opportunity was US spending on infrastructure as a whole, which compares unfavourably with other nations. Numbers were provided by New York Mayor Bill De Blasio and Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Cornett in a New York Times opinion .
Full Transcript of the Mitt Romney Secret Video | Mother Jones
Making enemies on the late-night talk show circuit: Now Letterman hates me because Ive been on Leno more than him. An odd rant. Im gonna���because the table is small enough and the room is intimate enough, Id like to spend our time responding to questions you have, listening to advice you might have... Romney: Yeah, its interesting���the former head of Goldman Sachs, John Whitehead, was also the former head of the New York Federal Reserve. And I��.
Krugman Joins the Anti-Putin Pack | Consortiumnews
In the latest example of the New York Times endless Putin-bashing, Krugman begins his Friday column with what you might call a ���negative endorsement��� of the Russian president by claiming that ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In other words, Krugman buys into the ���group think��� that blames Putins ���macho posturing��� over Ukraine for the current financial crisis in Russia, which has resulted from falling oil prices as well as the U.S.-led sanctions.. Older Stories��.
Putin Propagandist Threatens US with Nuclear Annihilation.
Kiselyov used animated maps to show how Russia would automatically respond with nuclear missiles if command and control were attack or disabled by the U.S.. The round-faced anchor who appears on a plethora of TV shows and radio programmes, is most infamous for saying in a talk show once that gays should be banned from donating blood, and their hearts, in case of a deadly car accident, ���buried. [new] Its of a piece with Putins nostalgia for the (11+ / 0-).
Putin Takes Questions: More Economy, Less Ukraine
MOSCOW ��� Sounding at times like a mayor promising to fix potholes and close noisy bars, President Vladimir V. Putin used his annual national call-in show on Thursday to try to reassure Russians that the countrys economic troubles were under control.
Whistleblower: U.S. Satellite Images Show Ukrainian Troops.
Source tells award winning reporter Washington lying about responsibility for tragedy.. They lied about the footage of the Buk missiles being moved back to Russia (the footage was taken in Ukie-occupied territory) and they most definitely lied when they denied having any military aircraft in the area when in reality they. The video referenced by the New York Times was, in fact, posted on the Facebook account of the Ukrainian Interior Minister... Cost of Peak Oil��.
In Talks With Merkel, Putin Calls for Improving Relations With Europe
The parade included 16,000 soldiers marching through Red Square, along with the first new Russian tank in decades, the T-14 Armata, and three updated Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles. (An Armata stalled in the square during a practice run on .
Illusions of Grandeur
By 2014, a room was exactly what Anari needed: He was planning a trip to New York to meet with contacts at the United Nations and with NGOs lobbying the international body. He wanted a base of operations anywhere in the United States, and Bleming .
Putin Warns - Zero Hedge
As AP reports, Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last years tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraines president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks. I doubt theres another world leader we would tolerate talking about that subject in such a cavalier way.. What is Putin supposed to tell, them, he has told them many times no but they dont seem to understand.. I really do hope the story was true.
Russia: Should Anything Happen to Iran. This Will Be a.
Iran and China Would Consider An Attack On Iran As An Attack On Their National Security.. It is to be decommised next year and is a nuclear carrier that will be extremely costly to dispose of thus letting that part of the world deal with it on the bottom of the Arabian Sea.. Tell Russia to back down on this bluff, that we need to work together.. If we can get Obama to make another world peace speech we might get some more global credence and usher in a new era.
China Parades Closer Ties in Moscow
Last year, Moscow and Beijing staged joint naval exercises for the first time in the East China Sea, where China is embroiled in a territorial dispute with Japan. In September, Mr. Putin and some of his troops will join a military parade in China to.
Kerry Is So Very Nice to Putin
���The Kremlin had let Washington squirm about whether Mr. Kerry would be well-received, only confirming that Mr. Putin would meet with him about an hour before his arrival,��� the Journal reported Tuesday, adding that ���Mr. Putin was likely pleased by Mr.
Iraqs army is finished; Kurds ascending in Turkey; War in space; Crackdown.
Iraqs troops are having a crisis of confidence even as they made incremental gains against Islamic State fighters in the northern refinery town of Baiji over the weekend. The defense ministry, which estimated the total value of its arms and gear.
Indications that the U.S. Is Planning a Nuclear Attack.
Whereas back then, it was Germanys leader who was being goaded into providing a pretext for us to declare war against his country, this time its Russias leader (Putin) who is being demonized and goaded into providing such a pretext,. Among other indications that the U.S. is now preparing a nuclear attack against Russia is an article on May 23rd, ���U.S. Tests Advanced Missile For NATO Interceptor System,��� and also a June 10th report from a website with good��.
If Putin goes nuclear | The War Room
Thats a little too clever for me, but imagine a sudden Russian lunge toward, say, Odessa, and the US and UK take the recent advice of Ben Judah in the New York Times and send troops to hold the airport there... a winner and losers in a nuclear exchange where the reality is that 30-60% of a countrys population would be killed and Russia has better civil defences, an anti-ICBM missile ring around Moscow and a more dispersed population over a bigger land area.
Ukraines Latest Peace Plan Inspires Hope and Doubts
MINSK, Belarus ��� The coming days will provide a quick, tangible test of whether a new peace agreement announced Thursday will prove any more effective in calming the nearly year-old war in Ukraine than a similar cease-fire last September that was.
Moving the Drone Program from the CIA to the Pentagon Won���
���Dont think that JSOC doing it is going to be more transparent than the current situation. Because JSOC doesnt talk much to the Armed Services guys, compared to what some other committees get,��� one former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official told me.
Death and lies: The only truth of flight MH17 ��� RT Op-Edge
The New York Times, CNN and the mighty BBC were not the only media pounding out a message on their war drums in late July. Even a former tech-blog-turned-world-events tabloid spiked the punch for the Millennial��.
Fiorina Says Government is Crushing the Potential of This Nation
She traveled from New York to Iowa, stopping only occasionally for a Chipotle burrito or a carefully scripted meeting with pre-selected Obama interns. This week. And, I have to tell you, I will take Caseys pizza in a car to Chipotles take-out any.
Eastern Ukraine crisis LIVE UPDATES ��� RT News - RT.com
The investigation is ���certain��� that ���the firms have used the capital received from the sale of advertising time to finance activities of terroristic groups operating on the Ukrainian territory.���. Speaking at a press briefing following talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Milan on Friday, Putin said the current price of US$80 per barrel is not profitable for producers and should rise in the near future.. New U.S. Currency Law Now In EffectStansberry Research.