they ar not the only journo`s attacked whilst investigating dead Russian troops - a group near the base in Russia (Russian ethnic journo`s) also got attacked and the gear wiped.
seems Russia doesn't want any news of its war dead to get out
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they ar not the only journo`s attacked whilst investigating dead Russian troops - a group near the base in Russia (Russian ethnic journo`s) also got attacked and the gear wiped.
seems Russia doesn't want any news of its war dead to get out
I don't understand how the truce is still technically in place as it seems the fighting only lessened instead of stopping.
Just last night alone http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29455133
Just last night alone http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29455133
Quite clearly the Kiev neo-fascist junta started it by defending land they already control
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/02/russias-budget-and-siluanovs-odd-assumptions
Russian defence spending predicted to rise by 20% over the next three years. Worrying times...
It's a grey area, the truce required the Kiev forces to pull out of the DPR, and for the DPR forces to stay in the DPR, however it didn't dictate borders. The issue is that places like Donetsk airport were originally in the DPR but captured in the Kiev offensive before the truce, so technically although neither side is obeying the truce, neither side is breaking it either.
It's a big mess.
Damn, up from £10 to £12
Cheers, that sort of makes sense. Doesn't sound like it bodes well for the future though.
Damn, up from £10 to £12
I don't know why Russia even bothers paying for an army, it's not like they ever have need of it. All they need to do is set up a cheap package tour operator offering holidays to wherever Russia wants to declare war on and its citizens will volunteer to fight there while on holiday.
In all honesty, this has been a long time coming, Ukraine was an "artificial" state just like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, it's quite impressive it stayed together as long as it has really, the reason being previous governments have sought to keep everyone in line, however the current government could not do that right after seizing power from the previous government who lost power due to trying to keep everyone in line.
If Kiev had used the full weight of it's military they could have crushed Crimean/Eastern rebels with ease, but then Russia would have most likely retaliated, so the was no way for Kiev to keep the country intact via force like previous governments did.
If Kiev had used the full weight of it's military they could have crushed Crimean/Eastern rebels with ease, but then Russia would have most likely retaliated, so the was no way for Kiev to keep the country intact via force like previous governments did.
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Do you recall the "liberty fighters" in Crimeea, do_ron_ron? You admired their bravery and you defended their right to self determination. And then Putin himself proudly announced they were his troops all along..
It takes a very specific mindset to be impervious to facts and logic.
Not seen that confession on the news anywhere ... care to share.
There are a lot of people fighting in parts of Crimea because ethnically they are Russian and want to rejoin/or have greater autonomy.
You see the same in many other parts of the world and in many other times. Sometimes due to the fact that Western countries have redrawn or created countries to suit their own needs rather than the people who live there. The classic is the Sykes - Picot agreement.
It takes a very specific mindset to continually swallow all propaganda.
I ran camper van through google translate to russian and it came up with бронетранспортер.
Looks like SomethingTransporter.
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Ukraine is dead... RIP.
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Not quite related, but some dodgy goings on around Sweden at the moment with potentially a Russian submarine in distress:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29686756
Russia is denying it all though, obviously.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29686756
Russia is denying it all though, obviously.
Been following that all day. I hope it's not going to be another Kursk incident.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29699733
Bit of an odd one this, the boss of French oil giant Total is killed in Moscow after his private jet collides with a snow plough on take off. The driver of the snow plough was said to be drunk.
Now this probably was just a tragic accident but I can't help wondering if it was at all convenient for Putin that this guy is removed from the equation. Total were said to be very active in Russia. Didn't a Polish PM who was an outspoken critic of the Kremlin also die in a plane crash in Russia? A drunk, Russian snow plough driver seems like a bit of a lazy stereotype that's a bit too easy to believe imo.
Bit of an odd one this, the boss of French oil giant Total is killed in Moscow after his private jet collides with a snow plough on take off. The driver of the snow plough was said to be drunk.
Now this probably was just a tragic accident but I can't help wondering if it was at all convenient for Putin that this guy is removed from the equation. Total were said to be very active in Russia. Didn't a Polish PM who was an outspoken critic of the Kremlin also die in a plane crash in Russia? A drunk, Russian snow plough driver seems like a bit of a lazy stereotype that's a bit too easy to believe imo.
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