Hi! Sad news it is but it is going to get much worse: I kept telling it a while ago...

Anyway, here is a technical briefing by Russian Defence Ministry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrhEzecCdTI
The interpreter is a mistress of the general, so the quality is poor ;)

A few most important points ...

Democracy and freedom came to Luhansk from the air. Ukrainian airforce attacked the regional administration building.
It is interesting that no British media carried the story but CNN did:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-luhansk-building-attack/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2
There ...

Democracy and freedom came to Luhansk from the air. Ukrainian airforce attacked the regional administration building.
It is interesting that no British media carried the story but CNN did:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-luhansk-building-attack/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2
There ...

Democracy in action in Luhansk (warning: disturbing images):
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/uss ... 42gs_Fqlxg

I'm glad they turned out the way they did. There's nothing worse than a bunch of yes-people patting each other on the back. While I am a fan of integration (I would like to see air traffic fully integrated) and austerity, I also like when political strangleholds are loosened. Europe became less ...

Slow down kiddo, Russia invading the Baltics? May be possible if Putin got rabies from that bitch he had on his lap in your earlier picture.

Even Putin is not that insane to invade Estonia, as the consequences would be to terrible for Russia.

Hmm he is not that insane to start a nuclear war, in ...

.....really you got to be uneducated and small-minded to want to join up with a repressive regime like Russia.
You are not very smart of you think that the alternative is better.
What alternative? Russia's powerful elite and Putin will brutally repress any dissent in that country.
Putin is more ...

Ukrainian gas company picks two random Americans to serve on their board:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/sho ... er-burisma

Interview with a commander of special battalion Donbass (sorry, Russian only):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsHJsu36wLY
Special battalion Donbass is one of the several paramilitary units, created out of the patriots and maidan activists by Kiev government, to fight in the East.

The commander ...

Sunday Times in the stronghold of pro-kiev paramilitaries:
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Ukraine/article1409316.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2014_05_10
A full free copy with some pro-Moscow comments:
http://www.sott.net/article/278894-Kiev-lets-loose-Men-in-Black-Death-Squads ...

He is in China away from the tinternet... I am looking after his games.

Breaking news

Putin withdraws troops from Ukraine border, urges pro-Russian activists to stop agitating and postpone their referendums, welcomes Ukrainian elections later this month.


Note he said the referendums should be postponed contingent on the cessation of Kiev's ethnic cleansing ...

A few fun facts about US public opinion on Ukraine:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27244152

I would LOL, if it were not so scary, i.e., what levels of ignorance determine the US foreign policy...

Socialism is a mix of Capitalism with laws and regulations by the people to keep the few from turning their society into a oligarchy where the few get rich, while the rest of it's citizens are considered expendable.

Maybe, you should just read wikipedia once in a while:
Socialism is a social and ...

I'm a Socialist period.

LMAO! :lol: :lol: :lol: So you're a socialist who happens to agree with neocon Republican senator John "Blood 'n Guts" McCain on all matters of foreign policy?

What socialist groups do you belong to? You would be unwelcome in any socialist or social democratic ...

Stalin - Georgian
Kruschev - Russian
Brezhnev - Ukrainian
Andropov - Russian / Finnish
Chernenko - Ukrainian
Gorbachev - Russian
Ivashko - Ukrainian

I will take you on w.r.t. Kruschev and Chernenko. Khruschev might have been ethnically Russian but he grew up on the border with Ukraine (Kursk) and ...

He can order tax audits for all US businesses in Russia.

That's why I can't stand Putin. Why should the President have that ability? Imagine if every registered Republican was audited every year for 8 years because Obama was elected.

Dont get personal, at least on this issue. Putin has just ...

Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union led by a Ukrainian president, not Russia! Plus, had it not been for Reagan supplying guns to the mujahadin, it would have been relatively bloodless (and perfectly legal as the intervention was requested by the Afghan government).

Interesting point but ...

It is funny how NYTimes had to back off about "Russian special forces":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27104904
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/world/europe/scrutiny-over-photos-said-to-tie-russia-units-to-ukraine.html?action=click&contentCollection=Europe&module=RelatedCoverage&region ...

Tomorrow is the birthday of Viktor Chernomyrdin . RIP.

The guy was grumpy but well respected by a wide spectrum of people. He is responcible for so many Russian bushisms such as You got to think what to understand.

In other news, Khabarovsk now wants to follow Crimea and join Russia:
http ...

OSCE was right to refuse to monitor the referendum because a 10-day period is too short for both sides to argue their case. The referendum on Scottish independence is in 6 months, and the debate is going for over year already: this is how the referendums should be conducted.
And 8 days after your ...

mrswdk wrote:Who said 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/americ ... d-iraq-war

I like Mitt and would happily be his second wife

That doesn't mean that we haven't had acts of aggression on other countries over the past decade or two.

Acts of Retaliation - YES
Combat against aggressor nations - YES
Defense of US citizens and national security - YES
Assisting other countries in defense against invaders - YES

Acts of ...

Ukrainian solder was killed by sniper hired by current ukranian government which is backed by EU/US. So technically west killed the Ukrainian solder not Russia. Is it now clear what he said?

I've heard this version but again you should add allegedly when you use it :D In some sense, the whole ...

And you obviously forget 21 February agreement between Yanukovich-opposition- EU delegation.
They all sign document, and Yanukovich withdraw police forces, and then opposition charge and take government buildings, and in force take power. Instead that EU protesting, and try to protect 21 february ...