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Russia moves to protect her Arctic interests

This column was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/russia-moves-to-protect-her-arctic-interests/ Russia has embarked on a massive and much publicized effort to secure the 6’200km of her northern border and to be ready to defend her interests in the Arctic shelf up to 500km from her border. This means that 3’100’000 square kilometers of extremely difficult and inhospitable terrain will have to be secured. Why such a huge effort? First and foremost,

Ukraine SITREP August 13th, 2015 by Scott

Ukraine 1. Ukraine resumes export of Russian electricity [source] Москва. 7 августа. INTERFAX.RU – Украина возобновила импорт электроэнергии из РФ по контракту между “Укринтерэнерго” и “Интер РАО”, сообщили в пятницу агентству “Интерфакс” в украинской Минэнергоугля. 2. Kiev Junta sanctioned 1300 Russian individuals and companies [source] Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk wrote on his Facebook page on August 12: “Yesterday the extended sanctions against Russia imposed by the US government came into

The Saker interviews General (Ret.) Amine Htaite of the Lebanese Armed Forces

(This interview was very kindly translated by Ghassan Kadi to whom I want to express my deepest gratitude.  The Saker) The Saker: Please introduce yourself to your readers, education, professional experience, military experience, political leanings, religion, etc. General Htaite:  My name is Amine Htaite, I am a retired general in the Lebanese Army, PhD in Law, a lecturer in the Lebanese University and Islamic University in Lebanon. I am the

Chinese->English translator needed for an important job

Dear friends, I am in bad need of a person capable of translating an important document from English into Chinese.  The document is 17 pages long.  It is an important project of mine and “Mr Unknown” which I want to publish it simultaneously in English, Russian and Chinese.  I believe that his publication will be highly interesting to a large number of people. If you can help me with this

Foreign Policy Diary – Unrest in Moldova (Sensation)

If you are having trouble viewing this video, go to the Youtube version at https://www.youtube.com/user/crimeanfront/videos IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SOUTHFRONT: SouthFront operates up to your donations. So, we want to know your decision, whether we should continue the current broadcasting level or return to the situation we had at the end of July. Due to Your support, we’ve collected 50% of the amount we need in this month. However, you see

News Flash – Donetsk hit by over 800 artillery strikes (UPDATED)

The Russia media is reporting that today Donetsk was hit by a record 800 artillery shells.  The Telmanovo suburb was hit particularly hard, but the shelling was also very violent in the airport region.  Furthermore,  DNR intelligence services have reported a steady movement of Ukronazi forces towards the line of contact.  These forces include tanks and artillery systems, even multiple rocket launchers.  Yesterday, a group of 8 tanks backed by

Ukraine SITREP August 12th, 2015 by BAAZ

Ukraine 1. Adviser to Ukraine’s Minister of defense admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have relocated heavy artillery to the front line in violation of the Minsk agreement (Source) Советник министра обороны Украины признал, что ВСУ перебрасывают артиллерию к линии фронта и нарушают Минские соглашения 2. America’s Dark History of Supporting Ukrainian Fascists and War Criminals By Andrey Panevin (Source) August 10th, 2015 – Documents declassified by the CIA under

Saakashvili’s Silk Road Delusion

by Mister Unknown Recently Saakashvili made a rather  comical statement  on  Ukrainian TV , which reinforced my perception of him as someone “with a tendency for miscalculation”, to put it euphemistically. “Our plans now include the New Silk Road. Now logistics take 30 days if transported via Russia, but it will take up to nine days via Illichivsk [port]. Everything is available there. And large flows need to be attracted. And

SITREP from Brazil – is a coup d’etat next?

This SITREP was sent to me by “Kubla Khan” from Sao Paulo: On the night of July 30 the “Lula Institute”, which was created and is chaired by the leftist leader known internationally, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was attacked by a homemade bomb. The same Lula, elected twice president of the republic, the same Lula that through aggressive social policies, drew 41 million people out of poverty line, in

A look into the modern Russian Airborne Forces

What I want to share with you today is a promo movie by Zvezda TV, the semi-official TV channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense, at the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the Russian Airborne Forces.  So don’t expect a hard-hitting documentary asking the tough questions and making critical comments.  However, this is nonetheless a very interesting video and when I saw it, I begged Alena Scarecrow and Tatzhit

ULUS-KERT: An Airborne Company’s Last Stand

Note by the Saker: as the Russian Airborne Forces are celebrating their 85th anniversary I decided to publish here an article written in the July-August edition of Military Review which describes this tragic but very important event. by Sergeant Michael D. Wilmoth, US Army Reserve, and Lieutenant Colonel Peter G. Tsouras, US Army Reserve, Retired In four days of desperate fighting, from 29 February to 3 March 2000, a large

What You Need to Know about the Russia’s Air/Space Defense System Concept

Foreword by SouthFront: Russia has merged several branches of its military into the Aerospace Forces (VKO). The new branch will include the nation’s air force, air defense, anti-missile and space forces. But what is the VKO? Which tasks do they solve and how? SouthFront offers the exclusive translation of article answering the questions. The article was initially published in 2008, two years after confirming the Air/Space Defense Concept in 2006.

From Palestine to Yemen: honour and shame of the Arab world

By Sayed Hasan Translated from French by Jenny Bright for Tlaxcala While Saudi Arabia is trying its best to supplant Israel in terms of crime, terror and barbarism, pushing a whole country to the edge of the abyss to general indifference, the poorest of the Arab countries gives the world a lesson in courage, dignity and lucidity, following the example of the Palestinian people. See also: War without mercy in

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