One of the many ways the Chechen Wahabis made money was to cut off the fingers of their prisoners and send the video to the relatives explaining that the rest of the fingers would go, and then entire limbs, if the relatives did not pay ransom money. Sometimes they also filmed torture scenes just for fun. Now check out this guy: his name is Vitalii Korobkov. He is a DNR
Dear friend, Since this is my sandbox and I can post anything I want here, I decided agree to the suggestion of a reader who wants to travel to Russia and create an “open thread” about traveling to Russia. I hope that this will be useful to you and, maybe, provide an opportunity for some of you to meet face to face. Anyway – here is the chance to 1)
Yesterday my friend AK emailed me a few YouTube links to songs by a guy calling himself “Neuromonk Theophan” (Нейромонах Феофан). I listened to it and, wow, this is truly some crazy music! Imagine a combination of old Russian medieval-style songs with what they call “drum and bass” and then add some balalaika and rural-style vocals to it. Sounds crazy? It is. Now, I will be honest, I personally am
One of the things which always drives me crazy is that ironclad belief that Americans have that they are “the best”, and so are their country, their army and, of course, their special forces. None of that is true, of course, but it especially not true in the real world of special operations, where the actual record of the US special forces is, at best, very average and, at worst,
I just saw this great photo of Putin with the President of Argentina, Kristina Fernandez de Kirchner: Nice couple, no? Seriously, I just wanted to share this photo with you because I have a soft spot in my heart for Argentina were I spent the happiest days of my childhood (I still speak Spanish with a funny mix of two accents: Russian, of course, and the accent of Buenos-Aires locally
Is there a 5th column in the Russian media? Hell yeah! It is literally all over the place! Like during the latest Q&A with President Putin. I don’t know if anybody else noticed this, but it really pissed me off. Check out who got to ask a question from the studio: Khakamada Venediktov Kudrin Remchukov For those who don’t know these faces – they are some of the worst “demofreaks”
I am sick with the cold. Again. I hate that. Can’t post anything coherent. So I will leave you with some music by my favorite jazz guitarist, Philip Catherine. Enjoy! The Saker
Poor Mario Draghi – not only did he get harassed by a “Femen” – the entire world now knows how terrified Draghi is of women:
So here is my ‘sanbox’! The place were I will get to dream, babble, rant, vent, advertise and go completely off topic. I might just post a picture, or a video. Or share some music I love with you. So don’t take it seriously – it will just be my sandbox, a place to be silly and young. Also a place not to think about the real world and how
