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Officers of Russia’s Investigative Committee read Konstantin Simonov’s poem Motherland

Poem Motherland by Konstantin Simonov A translation of “Родина”. The three great oceans touching She lies, the towns and cities are spread out, Covered with the net of meridians, Invincible, broad and proud. But at the moment when the last grenade Has already been raised And in a flash you should recall at once Everything that in the distance has remained, You won’t remember an immense country Which you travelled

The Light Will Conquer The Darkness

This comment was chosen by Mod HS from the post “Moveable Feast Cafe 2016/04/26 … Open Thread”. The moderator believes this comment is a long “rant” that covers many topics – this is an excerpt of the comment. The Mod feels the comment represents an alternative view of the way the world works that needs exposure. Many people all around the world are coming to similar conclusions. The Mod does

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the oil thriller

by Pepe Escobar for RT The famous Hollywood adage – ‘nobody knows anything’ – seems to perfectly apply to the current turbulence in the oil market. So in an effort to clarify where the global oil economy is heading to, let’s engage in a Battle of the Oil Analysts. Relying on these Oil Analysts (OA) does not necessarily mean you will be handed straightforward answers, but perhaps with some luck

A Journey to Moscow

by Auslander We both do not like to travel and since the rampant corruption in the orc dog show circuit drove us out of the shows after Sophia earned her championship five years ago we rarely go far from our little ‘village’ on the north side of the harbor. However, we had no choice but to journey to Moscow Region early in April. With orcland closed to the peninsula there

Moveable Feast Cafe 2016/04/26 … Open Thread

2016/04/26 18:00:02Welcome 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

NATO is invited to leave Crimea: An Incident On Simonka book by R H Auslander

NATO is invited to leave Story never told before by R H Auslander Kindle edition is out today NATO is invited to leave Crimea: An Incident On Simonka book by R H Auslander A short story involving Sevastopol in February 2014. NATO had arrived in Sevastopol in 2010, just a small cadre at first. With time their numbers grew but the cadre was never large, at best around forty US

Saker blog on break for Holy Paskha!

Dear friends, I will be honest – I need a break.  And since Orthodox Christians will be celebrating Holy Paskha this coming Sunday, I have decided to “more or less close down” the blog for a few days.  Meaning that if I have some time, I might post something (especially if something big happens).  But other than that, please consider us all on break. I am not sure when I

The Daesh Chronicles: The Prognosis

by Ghassan Kadi The world has got to realize that the ideology that underpins Daesh is coming to a head. It had been latent for a long time, and now it has fully awakened and will not put its case to rest before one of two things happen; either that it will get its way, or it will be crushed, both militarily and, most importantly, ideologically. And if the world

Ufa one of three biggest cities of Ural Region Russia

Top 6 Natural wonders of the Ural Mountains From the Jasper Mountains all the way to the ancient religious villages and sacred cities made out of stone, there are many attractions in the Ural region, which will capture the imagination no less than the famous Dyatlov Pass   Ufa Beauty of Ural Mountains   Ufa Ural   Ufa new development   Open air concert of classic music Youth Symphonic orchestra

Moveable Feast Cafe 2016/04/23 … Open Thread

2016/04/23 06:30:01Welcome 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

Dmitry Rogozin has compared Russian women with Terminator [Updated], by Scott

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin published in his Twitter a snippet of the video in which the girl-pilot in a protective suit goes through a minefield. In the caption to the post he compared the Russian girls test military-industrial complex (MIC) to the hero of the James Cameron film the Terminator. Full version of video was published on YouTube on Friday, April 22. The video was filmed during testing at

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