Russian Military Build Up In and Around Syria
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Hezbollah Leader reveals WHY the US created Daesh (ISIS) – English Subs
Subtitled excerpt from speech delivered on 14/08/2016.
Russia SITREP Questions and Answers August 16th, by Scott Humor
Just a few recent events here to show how the situation is gradually turning to the favorable for Russia and the Eastern democracies way. This year Russia is getting a record crop of grains, especially wheat. The price of Russian wheat went up considerably. Russian Wheat Prices Climb for Second Week on French Crop Woes Wheat is one of the main items of export of Russia, and it’s comparable with
Russian MoD confirms airstrikes from Hamedan airbase in Iran
Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Su-34 tactical bombers took off from the “Hamedan” airbase and carried out a concentrated airstrike on objects of the ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groupings in the provinces of Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor and Idlib On August 16, 2016, Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Su-34 tactical bombers took off from the “Hamedan” airbase (the Islamic Republic of Iran) and carried out a concentrated airstrike on objects of the
Unifying India: ‘Vande Mataram’
by “Avarachan Thomas” (pseudonym). August 15th is the Republic of India’s Independence Day. To celebrate the occasion, India’s national song and national anthem are performed throughout the country. In particular, the story behind the national song, “Vande Mataram,” reveals India’s approach towards multiculturalism and national unity. “Vande Mataram” literally means, “I bow to thee, Mother.” The poem from which the song is derived consists of six stanzas, some of which
Russian military options in Syria and the Ukraine (UPDATED)
This article was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/russian-military-options-in-syria-and-the-ukraine/ The past two weeks have been rich in military developments directly affecting Russia: Syria: 1) Russia has announced that she will transform the Khmeimim airfield into a full-fledged military base with a permanently deployed task force. 2) Russia will deploy her heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser (often referred to in the West as an “aircraft carrier”) Admiral Kuznetsov to the eastern Mediterranean
Moveable Feast Cafe 2016/08/16 … Open Thread
2016/08/16 02:00:01Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of the issues of the day. The ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’ will have two new open threads each week. The Saker stated moderation policy will apply eg ‘no caps’, no obscenity … etc to all post. The Cafe is now open for
Request for help from the Saker: are you good at drawing, especially maps? (UPDATED!)
Dear friends, I hope that somebody from our community could draw the following map for me: Take a (non-copyrighted) map of the world and show how far a line 1000km away from the Russian border would reach? A simple map of Russia with the Russian border clearly indicated and then a second “border” 1000km away from the real border would be perfect. I would like to have a picture to
Syrian War Report – August 15, 2016: ISIS Attacks US Base in Northern Syria
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-august-15-2016/
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and German Steinmeier made statements in Yekaterinburg [Updated]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and German Steinmeier made statements in Yekaterinburg Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speak to the press after their meeting in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg Russian text of the press conference Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following a meeting with Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
Russia: “We are ready for dialogue” Shoigu tells West to stop frightening their people
Russia: “We are ready for dialogue” Shoigu tells West to stop frightening their people Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Published on Aug 14, 2016 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke about the Russian military presence in Syria, during an interview with VGTRK (Rossiya-1) in Moscow, Sunday, stating that there “are many of our compatriots from Russia and from countries of the former Soviet Union.” fighting on the side
The Rhythm Of Time
There’s an inner thing in every man, Do you know this thing my friend? It has withstood the blows of a million years, And will do so to the end. It was born when time did not exist, And it grew up out of life, It cut down evil’s strangling vines, Like a slashing searing knife. It lit fires when fires were not, And burnt the mind of man, Tempering
Back in the USSR…..
This comment was chosen by Mod HS from the post “Moveable Feast Cafe 2016/08/12 … Open Thread”. The moderator believes this comment is well written and has a good understanding of the underlaying forces at work in current confrontation with Russia, China and Iran. The moderator personally has come to the belief that the pirates of the new world (17th century) did not disappear but moved to Washington D.C. and
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It’s a cookbook!
by JiminNH Saker’s recent article entitled “The counter-terrorist corrida opposing the West and Islam addressed the so-called “clash of civilizations” between Islam and “the West,” and efforts of ideologues like Zbigniew Brzezinski to help make it so. Whenever I see mention of Brzezinski’s “The Grand Chessboard” or Samuel P. Huntington’s book “Clash of Civilizations”, it reminds me of watching an interesting episode of the Twilight Zone many years ago, titled
Moscow Tverskaya Street is repaved with 8000 tones of asphalt installed in one day
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Russia’s Ministry of Defense published on its YouTube official channel video titled “the Strength to rule the Skies” with T-50
The Ministry of Defense published on its YouTube official channel video titled “the Strength to rule the Skies” with T-50 Another translation: The sky belongs to the strong. The video features performance from the Air Day competition by the Russian Aerospace Forces or VKS. The video also shows an aerial survey of the newest 5th generation fighter jet T-50 PAK FA. The video also presents a carrier-based fighter MiG-29KUB, su-33, combat
Syrian War Report – August 12, 2016: Militants Threaten Government’s Supply Lines
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-august-12-2016/
Who Instigates Russian-Ukrainian War Over Crimea?
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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate terror plot foiled in Crimea August 2016 SITREP, by Scott
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate terror plot foiled in Crimea August 2016 SITREP I will keep updating this post over the next couple of days. I have a large amount of information mostly in Russian, that’s why it takes me long time to translate. Please, keep checking back for updates. How it’s all started A shootout took place on Crimean border early on Saturday August 7th The shooting
