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Sermon In memoriam of Boris Nemtsov, by Scott

All accross our mother Russia, and far beyond its borders, powerful heartfelt prayers are being read around the clock asking God for the defeat of Russia’s enemies. Prayers so powerful, they lift up and spiritually transform the natural world. Just look at those squealing in anguish, rage, fear, and hate in response to this transformation, and being unable to bear the presence of God. Dostoevsky called them “demons,” and Mikhail

Sochi is Russia’s tropical paradise

Beautiful Sochi Aerial View Sochi Sea Port Aerial View   By car along the Black sea coast.. Dzhubga, Tuapse, Loo, Lazarevskoe, Adler, Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana, Rosa Khutor TimeLapse. Serpentine mountain roads. This video might make you feel dizzy.

Erdogan, Genocide, and ISIS – The Sultan is Doomed

By Michael Collins Turkish President Recep Teyyip Erdogan’s attempts to demonize the Syrian Kurd’s YPG army and threaten and bully the United States are having the net effect of creating a powerful movement for his removal based on a rationale that will encourage the public in the United States and Europe to forget the real culprits in the tragic attack on Syria and focus on charges of genocide leveled against

The US tells Russia “put up or shut up”. Russia unimpressed

US State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner made an interesting and very significant statement today.  He told Russia to “put up or shut up”.  Here is what he said exactly: “I don’t know how to put it any better than saying: ‘It’s put up or shut up time,’” (…)  “It is time for them to show through action rather than words that they are serious about what they profess to

Russia’s 10 most beautiful, largest and most comfortable cities in 2015

10 largest cities in the biggest country in the world 10 Most beautiful cities in Russia 10. Krasnoyarsk 9. Rostov-on-Don 8. Sochi 7. Novosibirsk 6. Kaliningrad 5. Nizhny Novgorod 4. Yekaterinburg 3. Kazan 2. Moscow 1. Saint Petersburg Russia’s top 10 Best Places to live, work and study (with some humor) 10. Orenburg. Founded in 18 century as a fortress, the town turned into the center of trade routes from

Russian fairytale town Yoshkar-Ola

Yoshkar-Ola is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Population: 248,782. First mentioned in November 1st, 1584. Archeological dating of the first known settlements at about 12000 years B.C. Situated halfway between Moscow and Kazan. Yoshkar-Ola by car Yoshkar-Ola at night  

Moveable Feast Cafe 2016/02/27 … Open Thread

2016/02/27 11:57:06Welcome 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

Russian Far East Vladivostok, State University and Oceanarium in Vladivostok Aerial Views

Vladivostok Aerial View National Geographic listed Vladivostok among the 10 most beautiful oceanfront cities in the world. The city lies on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and is sometimes called “Russia’s San Francisco” for its steep slopes, pointed mountains and indented coastline. Construction of Oceanarium Vladivostok world 2015 (Океанариум Владивосток) Arial View Stunning WVSU in winter Aerial View Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service, or VSUES, is a

Is There A Crack in the Dam Holding Back the Truth on Syria?

by JiminNH One cannot help but noticing two rather interesting articles published in mainstream media that just may indicate that the dam holding back the truth about the western-backed invasion of Syria by head-chopping, organ eating, sex slave trading jihadi “rebels” has sprung a few major leaks. STEVEN KINZER in the BOSTON GLOBE First came the article by Steven Kinzer, a longtime journalist with the New York Times and now

International Military Review – Syria, Feb. 25, 2016 (+ new analytical paper!)

If you are having trouble viewing this video, go to the Youtube version at https://www.youtube.com/user/crimeanfront/videos Also, SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence is offering a new exclusive analytical series “Сlandestine Warfare of the 21th Century”.  Check it out here: http://southfront.org/color-revolutions-as-an-element-of-net-centric-warfare/

In my mailbox: bravado patriots and flag wavers.

Dear Saker, I am so glad you accepted being proven wrong in your (relative) pessimism you held only a few weeks ago, as you now declared in your “Week 20”. My gut feeling told me at the moment Putin started this campaign (to a considerable surprise for practically everyone, as he broke in a measured but daring way with years of principled self-restraint) that this would mark a turning point

Week twenty of the Russian military intervention in Syria: a ceasefire and yet another huge victory for Russia

This article was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/russian-american-agreement-on-syria/ The recent agreement between the USA and Russia really solves nothing, it does not even end the war, and both sides are expressing a great deal of caution about its future implementation.  And yet, this is a huge victory for Russia.  While it is too early to say that “the Russian won in Syria”, I think that it is now fair

Ukraine SITREP February 24th, 2016 by Scott [Updated]

Some people say that god created Ukrainians so we could make fun of them, but I don’t believe that ethnic Ukrainians themselves share this sentiment due to a complete absence of a sense of humor. I grew up someplace else, but graduated from high school in Kiev, where I studied with other hardworking, determined, intelligent, and success driven students. Now, most of them live in Moscow, Germany, Israel, and Canada.

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