(14:04, Monday, March 3, 2014). EEV Excerpt: “Taruta, whose fortune is estimated at $730 million, was said by his close circle to realize that he has agreed to a “suicide mission” by agreeing to govern Donetsk, Ukraine’s most populous oblast with… Read More ›
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Perhaps they should have held on to them: Hundreds of rusting tanks abandoned in secret Ukrainian depot unveiled as Russia’s armoured vehicles line its streets
There are more than 400 abandoned tanks at the plant in a secret, heavily guarded depot in the town of Kharkiv The depot is in the Slobozhanshchyna region of eastern Ukraine – just 20 miles from the border with Russia… Read More ›
Russia’s Foreign Ministry: Threats of US Secretary of State against Russia unacceptable
March 03, 18:45 MOSCOW “If Ukraine is only a territory of geopolitical games for certain Western politicians, this is the brotherly country for us,” the ministry said ITAR-TASS/Boris Kavashkin MOSCOW, March 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow considers US Secretary of State John… Read More ›
China gives Russia it approval on the Ukranian incursion
China FM clarifies stance on Ukraine situation(Xinhua) 19:47, March 03, 2014 BEIJING, March 3 — China’s stance on the current situation in Ukraine is objective, just, fair and peaceful, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Monday. “China upholds its… Read More ›
Pro Russia troops take over ferry terminal in Crimea
EEV: The Russian Tank Columns now have clear access to fortify Crimea. This move signals the clear intention to escalate the occupation. It is now probable Russian Troop Columns in the Zaporozhye region will connect unopposed. #1″Russia puts forces in Ukraine In the Zaporozhye region… Read More ›
Joint statement on Ukraine from the the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission
EEV: This looks more like a form letter, than a truly diplomatic response. Historically this may go down as one of the most shockingly tepid responses to military aggression in history. See below a joint statement from the leaders of Canada,… Read More ›
Ukraine may lose the Luhansk Region. Luhansk will fight for the Russians
(17:02, Sunday, March 2, 2014) Luhansk Regional Council Demanding Rada Grant Russian Status Of Second State Language, Hold Referendum On Ukraine’s Federalisation) – In the event of further escalation of the conflict Luhansk Region reserves its right to resort for… Read More ›
Requested Re-Post from MAY 2013 – Russian aircraft conduct a nighttime “simulated” attack on key Swedish military and civilian installations
EEV: This is a requested Re-Post from MAY 2013 Russian ‘Attack’ Raises Questions Over Sweden’s Readiness May. 2, 2013 – 06:56PM | By GERARD O’DWYER | HELSINKI — Sweden’s Defense Ministry is set to discuss the implementation of new advance… Read More ›
Budapest Memorandums on Security Assurances, 1994
EEV: Posted from the CFR site Published December 5, 1994 The Presidents of Ukraine, Russian Federation and United States of America, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom signed three memorandums (UN Document A/49/765) on December 5, 1994, with… Read More ›
Ukrainian Crisis May Jeopardize Obama’s Plans From Iran to China
EEV: In addition to Bloomberg’s analysis, failing to abide by the Budapest referendum may result in all military agreements being looked at with skepticism. China may now be encouraged to make a move for the South China Sea. – seeking an end… Read More ›
Oligarchs step in to save Ukraine’s sovereignty
EEV: This one statement say it all: “Since the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych as president on Feb. 22, speculation has increased over the prospect of reprivatizing assets owned by the largest businesspeople who purchased them from the state at… Read More ›
NSDC Declares Mobilization In Ukraine / Says Facebook?
(11:29, Sunday, March 2, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Andrii Parubii has declared the nationwide mobilization.Ukrainian News learned this from his Facebook account. “According to the decision of the NSDC, the mobilization… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Navy refuses orders from Kiev, defects to Russia
Saturday, 01 March 2014 Ukraine’s Navy flagship, the Hetman Sahaidachny frigate, has reportedly refused to follow orders from Kiev, and come over to Russia’s side and is returning home after taking part in NATO operation in the Gulf of… Read More ›
Russian S-400 AIR DEFENCE heading to UKRAINE Latest News
EEV: Video is not confirmation, but if accurate the Russians are for more fortified than currently analyzed. If the date on the video is accurate, than the EU has the worst Intel ever. Related articles Finnish Defence Force expert analyzes… Read More ›
Russians strike Ukraine army post in Crimea. Kiev fears Ukraine army putsch. US warships on standby
EEV- Russian forces Saturday, March 1, staged their first attack on a Ukraine military installation in Crimea ( Requiring 2nd Confirmation ) DEBKAfile Special Report March 1, 2014, 1:49 PM (IST) Russian armored forces build up for Ukraine As Moscow’s master… Read More ›
Ukraine Curbs Bank Withdrawals on $70bn of Missing Public Cash
By Lianna Brinded , Published: February 28, 2014 09:56 AM Ukraine Curbs Bank Withdrawals on $70bn of Missing Public CashReuters Ukraine’s central bank has curbed the amount people are allowed to withdraw from banking deposits, as it tries to prevent… Read More ›
Putin: Russian citizens, troops threatened in Ukraine, need armed forces’ protection
Pro-Russian protesters wave Russian flags during a rally in the industrial Ukrainian city of Donetsk on March 1, 2014. (AFP Photo/Alexander Khudoteply) Published time: March 01, 2014 12:53 Russian President Vladimir Putin has requested the use of Russian military… Read More ›
Ukraine nationalist leader calls on ‘most wanted’ terrorist Umarov ‘to act against Russia’
Published time: March 01, 2014 18:12 A leader of the Ukrainian radical group Pravy Sektor (Right Sector), Dmitry Yarosh, has called on Russia’s most wanted terrorist Doku Umarov to act against Russia in an address posted on Right Sector’s page… Read More ›
Russia refuses talks with Ukraine – Interfax
Source: Reuters – Sat, 1 Mar 2014 01:10 PM Author: Reuters KIEV, March 1 (Reuters) – Russia is refusing to hold talks with Ukraine under the auspices of an agreement that guarantees the country’s territorial integrity, Interfax news agency quoted… Read More ›
Turkey escalates its role in Crimea
Turkey’s role a must in Crimean crisis solution: MPs – “Turkey should play an active role in Crimea to protect the Turkish and Muslim minorities – Stressing that the annexation of Crimea by Russia would constitute a violation of international… Read More ›
The Nightmare Scenario has been called into play “BUDAPEST REFERENDUM” Ukraine claims Russian ‘invasion’
Ukraine pleads for help after Russian ‘invasion’ Mark MacKinnon Sevastopol, Ukraine — The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Feb. 28 2014, 2:15 AM EST The new Ukrainian government said Friday it had been invaded by Russia and appealed for the United States… Read More ›
Movement of Russian armored vehicles in Crimea fully complies with agreements – Foreign Ministry
Published time: February 28, 2014 13:28 15:29 Russian military vessels are anchored at a navy base in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, February 27, 2014 (Reuters) The movements of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s armored vehicles… Read More ›
Avakov Accusing Russia Of Military Invasion In Crimea
Avakov Accusing Russia Of Military Invasion In Crimea (09:41, Friday, February 28, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency Interior Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov accuses Russia of military invasion in Crimea, he wrote in Facebook. “I may describe the situation [in Crimea] as… Read More ›
Moscow pledges to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity after Russian flag raised in Crimea
– Gunmen with rocket-propelled grenades and sniper rifles erected a sign reading “Crimea is Russia” and raised the Russian flag over the building. The gunmen wore black and orange ribbons, a Russian symbol of victory in World War II. After… Read More ›
Armed men seize main regional airport in Ukraine’s Crimea -Interfax
Source: Reuters – Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:54 AM Author: Reuters KIEV, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A group of armed men in military uniforms have seized the main regional airport in Simferopol, Crimea, Interfax news agency said early on… Read More ›
RUSSIA: Russia has the right to send troops to Ukraine for the protection of the BLACK SEA FLEET
– He can save himself. He may invite our army <…> because the Ukrainian army is dysfunctional, “said Zhirinovsky. 15:33, February 24, 2014 Text: Ria Novosti Photo: Ria Novosti, Vladimir Fedorenko Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that Russia to lawful and in… Read More ›
Russian Ships Arrive On Ukraine’s Crimean Coast As Fears Mount Over Russian Invasion In the Region
By Christopher Harress on February 24 2014 5:21 PM Russian ships have allegedly landed in the Crimea ahead of what many experts are calling a military build up to a coup in the Crimea Ukraine Photos – According to… Read More ›
Is Russia plotting to send in the army to annex Crimea? Former Kremlin adviser warns Ukrainian port of Sebastopol could be targeted within the next week
Move would be similar to Nazi Germany’s takeover of Austria Vladimir Putin is sweeping aside Western warnings and preparing troops Dmitry Medvedev said he did recognise new authorities in Kiev Came after unconfirmed claims that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych… Read More ›
Russia: Fracking To Free Ukraine / What a Russian invasion of the Ukraine may look like
February 22, 2014: Since late November 2013 Russian efforts to gain more control over the Ukrainian government have been running into growing popular opposition. Now the pro-Russian government has surrendered to the protestors and if Russia wants to turn this… Read More ›
Russian school students will be forced to take exams honestly
February 20, 20:07 UTC+4 ALEXANDROVA Lyudmila ITAR-TASS/Artyom Geodakyan Author ALEXANDROVA Lyudmila MOSCOW, February 20. /ITAR-TASS/. First, armed couriers from the state-run package delivery service will deliver the examination tests to different regions of Russia. Then, in the presence of observers… Read More ›
Russian reconnaissance satellite to hit Earth Sunday
By Jeremy Kaplan Published February 15, 2014 FoxNews.com Portions of Russia’s defunct Kosmos-1220 satellite will come crashing back to the planet on Sunday following a fiery, uncontrolled descent through the Earth’s atmosphere, Russian officials said. Fragments of the former reconnaissance… Read More ›
China welcomes neighbors’ prosperity, firmly safeguards peripheral security
EEV: Continued Escalation (Xinhua) 07:08, February 08, 2014 BEIJING, Feb. 7 — Recent events have demonstrated that while China sincerely share neighbors’ joy in making achievements, it never hesitates to safeguard peripheral peace and security. When Chinese President Xi Jinping… Read More ›
CNN removes scandalous comment on WWII monument
February 07, 17:43 CNN has removed from its website the mischievous comment by Iain Aitch on the ten monuments across the world, which the headline of the comment described as the ‘ugliest’ ones TASS/Fotokhronika NEW YORK, February 07. /ITAR-TASS/. CNN… Read More ›
US official apologises to EU counterparts for undiplomatic language
EEV: Report contains profanity: Low impact story Victoria Nuland reportedly said ‘F**k the EU’ speaking of Ukraine crisis, though department didn’t confirm it was her voice on tape Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Thursday 6 February 2014 18.18 EST… Read More ›
Affordable Care Act Software ongoing investigation, if the software was written in Belarus
U.S. says no evidence Obamacare software written in Belarus Hayden confirmed that a U.S. intelligence agency had recently issued, then retracted, a report related to possible involvement by a Belarus company in writing the software. Valery Tsepkalo, director of the… Read More ›
Russian parliament to view draft law on banning GMO food production in Russia
Photo: EPA The Russian State Duma (the parliament’s lower house) has worked out a draft law which would totally ban the production of genetically modified products in Russia and toughen the control over imports of such products. The authors of… Read More ›
Russia may quit START III after US deploys destroyer in Europe
Photo: ru.wikipedia.org If the US continues to boost its anti-missile capabilities through developing missile defense system in Europe, Russia may have no other option but to withdraw from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), warns the Russian Foreign Ministry’s top… Read More ›
Comrades in arms: Britain and Russia to sign defence deal
Once they were Cold War foes. Now Britain and Russia are preparing to work together on defence projects United together in friendship and labour: David Cameron and Vladimir Putin on a flight together. Photo: AFP By Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent 10:00PM… Read More ›
Second blast in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on trolleybus
Source: Reuters – Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:26 AM Author: Reuters * Trolleybus bombing follows Sunday’s railway station attack * Bombings underscore Russia’s vulnerability ahead of Sochi Games * Explosion guts bus, leaves bodies in street * More attacks… Read More ›
Russia’s bitter relationship with Chechnya will be in the spotlight during Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in February
In truth, this guerrilla war is just the latest stage in a cycle of oppression and resistance lasting centuries as Islamist leader and self-styled Emir of the Caucasus promises to use ‘maximum force’ to stop these Games Michael Church Thursday,… Read More ›
Add the EU to the list of myths we’re brainwashed to believe
Like corks, and turning off mobiles on planes, ‘Europe’ may one day turn out to be pointless Cork being removed from wine bottle Photo: ALAMY <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end of tag –> By Boris Johnson 9:07PM… Read More ›
Russia to block websites that call for rioting, ‘extremism’ without court ruling
Published time: December 21, 2013 09:54 Russia’s lawmakers have passed a bill authorizing prosecutors to issue emergency orders without a court ruling that block websites promoting rioting, racial hatred or extremism. Critics fear the law may infringe… Read More ›
Global Arctic wars already started
Adrian Salbuchi is a political analyst, author, speaker and radio/TV commentator in Argentina. Published time: December 19, 2013 11:02 RIA Novosti / Anna Yudina Today’s globalized geopolitical grand chessboard often plays out in interestingly complex and roundabout ways. Such… Read More ›
Russian military to train combat engineers for Afghan army
Photo: RIA Novosti The Russian military will train combat engineers for the Afghan army to ensure safe and efficient mine sweeping in the war-torn Central Asian country, Russia’s defense minister said Wednesday. “We are working on the creation of… Read More ›
After losing Iceland, Armenia, EU just lost Ukraine as well
Tuesday, 17 December 2013 The EU has run a nice propaganda war which included giving US made GMO sandwiches to Ukrainian opposition and promises of major ‘profits’ once it entered the EU. But it was all for nothing as Ukraine… Read More ›
Moscow confirms deployment of ( Short range Nukes ) Iskander missiles on NATO borders
Published time: December 16, 2013 18:12 Iskander high-precision missile system in place during military exercises. (RIA Novosti/Alexei Danichev) The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed media reports on the deployment of short-range Iskander missiles in the country’s west, near its… Read More ›
Death of global web: Internet will end in 2014 – Kaspersky Lab
Collage: Voice of Russia The Internet as a global network may cease to exist in 2014, giving way to dozens of national webs with limited access to foreign web resources, Alexander Gostev, an expert at the Kaspersky Laboratory, told reporters…. Read More ›
‘Smashed teeth £900. Broken limbs £1,800’: Russian rent-a-killer website still running despite official claims it had been banned
EEV: As of this posting it is up… Current screen shot – Translated through Bing “We offer several options for contract killings: – Death from natural causes or an accident. The best way to take the life of this man,… Read More ›
Russian diplomats accused of $1.5m fraud in US – but immunity prevents arrests
The accused and a number of unnamed co-conspirators gamed the system to the tune of $1.5m, say US law enforcement officials Nikhil Kumar Friday, 6 December 2013 In November 2010, Nailya Babaeva, a Russian citizen in the US, allegedly… Read More ›
British intelligence agents in Russia instructed to find Snowden – Canadian NGO
© Photo: Voice of Russia The British intelligence MI-6 station in Moscow was given the task to locate a former CIA agent Edward Snowden who was granted temporary political asylum in Russia, states Center for the Study of Globalization, a… Read More ›