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« Reply #3225 on: May 25, 2015, 06:51:29 AM »
No, absolutely not.  Putin wanted it, let him pay for it.

My fiancee, from Luhansk, says the same thing.

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« Reply #3226 on: May 25, 2015, 10:03:17 AM »
Talk's cheap

Russian deputy PM on sanctions: Tanks do not need visas

The war of words between the Kremlin and the West continues, with the latest jibe coming from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, according to a report from Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

"Tanks do not need visas," Rogozin said on Russian TV Channel on Monday, commenting on Western sanctions and visa bans introduced in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea and its destabilization of the east of the country.

Rogozin, who last month upset the Norwegian authorities by turning up unannounced on Norway’s Svalbard, is on a list of Russians banned from entering the European Union because of what the EU says was his direct involvement in destabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine.

Read more on UNIAN: http://www.unian.info/world/1081661-russian-deputy-pm-on-sanctions-tanks-do-not-need-visas.html

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« Reply #3227 on: May 25, 2015, 05:49:49 PM »
"Tanks do not need visas," Rogozin said on Russian TV Channel on Monday, commenting on Western sanctions and visa bans introduced in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea and its destabilization of the east of the country.

Maybe not - but their crews might!

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« Reply #3228 on: May 27, 2015, 03:00:10 PM »

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« Reply #3229 on: May 27, 2015, 04:27:41 PM »
Russia wants 1.163 billion euros from France for ending Mistral deal: source


..."Russia wants 1.163 billion euros ($1.32 billion) from France in compensation for cancelling a contract to deliver two Mistral helicopter carriers, a Russian source close to the negotiations said on Friday.

French President Francois Holland has come under pressure from his Western allies not to deliver the Mistrals because of Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis."...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/15/us-russia-france-mistrals-idUSKBN0O017P20150515

Good on the French for sticking to their guns. Further, they should not be compensating Russia on red cent, instead,  forward any funding to Ukraine as financial aid.

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« Reply #3230 on: May 28, 2015, 03:04:39 AM »
From the Atlantic Council's Web Site - The full Atlantic Council' Report - Hiding-In-Plain-Sight-Putin's War in Ukraine.

PDF file link is at bottom of page.  Site appears to be under attack intermittently, however I was able to finally download the PDF report.


http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/hiding-in-plain-sight-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-and-boris-nemtsov-s-putin-war
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« Reply #3231 on: June 02, 2015, 12:16:38 AM »

This ought to offset the gas bill about 100 times over!! :)



compensation for the occupation of the Crimea.  ?

Such a step can be made in compensation for the occupation of the Crimea. ipress.ua Ukraine may present a claim to seize foreign assets of the Russian Federation through the occupation of Crimea Ukraine may push demand arrest of foreign property as compensation for losses due to occupation of the Crimea. Such a move will be made in case of a positive decision of the European Court of Human Rights.  This is in the air "5 channel" said First Deputy Justice Minister Natalia Sevostyanova.



Більше читайте тут: http://tsn.ua/groshi/ukrayina-hoche-zaareshtuvati-zakordonne-mayno-rosiyi-430923.html
SLAVA UKRAYINI  ! HEROYAM SLAVA!!!!
Слава Украине! Слава героям слава!Слава Україні! Слава героям!
 translated as: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!!!  is a Ukrainian greeting slogan being used now all over Ukraine to signify support for a free independent Ukraine

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« Reply #3232 on: June 02, 2015, 06:24:23 PM »
I wonder how the lawyers will get their 40% cut?  :rolleyes:

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« Reply #3233 on: June 02, 2015, 08:23:08 PM »
I was thinking the other day, Ukraine should send Putin a notice that since he broke the lease on the navy base, it is now on a month to month at $1 million per day.      ;D
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« Reply #3234 on: June 02, 2015, 08:42:05 PM »
Now that huilo's buddy Sepp Blatter has been forced to resign as FIFA president and there is a possibility of Russia being stripped of hosting the next World Cup, let's hope Putin didn't soil his pants upon hearing this news... :popcorn:

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« Reply #3235 on: June 02, 2015, 09:26:55 PM »
Now that huilo's buddy Sepp Blatter has been forced to resign as FIFA president and there is a possibility of Russia being stripped of hosting the next World Cup, let's hope Putin didn't soil his pants upon hearing this news... :popcorn:

If FIFA  had an ounce of decency it would strip Russia of hosting World Cup --based on what sanctions ought to be doing ie isolate Russia-- and strip Qatar also--- in both cases the certainty of the corruption involved in them being awarded World Cups should be enough to disqualify them.
Thieves in bed together!!
FIFA has already been making noises that venues will not be changed.
SLAVA UKRAYINI  ! HEROYAM SLAVA!!!!
Слава Украине! Слава героям слава!Слава Україні! Слава героям!
 translated as: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!!!  is a Ukrainian greeting slogan being used now all over Ukraine to signify support for a free independent Ukraine

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« Reply #3236 on: June 04, 2015, 06:02:45 PM »
Now that huilo's buddy Sepp Blatter has been forced to resign as FIFA president and there is a possibility of Russia being stripped of hosting the next World Cup, let's hope Putin didn't soil his pants upon hearing this news... :popcorn:

Hmm, woulda' made a good Headline...

FIFA voids it's Blatter and Putin soils himself

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« Reply #3237 on: June 04, 2015, 06:27:27 PM »
AP Interview: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says G-7 will never welcome back Putin

..."TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday that Russia should never be allowed back in the Group of 7 as long as Vladimir Putin is president.

Harper said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press that he expects the group won't ever let Putin back in."...

..."Harper said even long before the Ukraine crisis, Russia has eroded any basis for belonging to the group of wealthy nations."...

..."I don't think Russia under Vladimir Putin belongs in the G7. Period," Harper said. "Canada would very, very strongly oppose Putin ever sitting around that table again. It would require consensus to bring Russia back and that consensus will just not happen."...

..."Russia is more often than not trying deliberately to be a strategic rival, to deliberately counter the good things we're trying to achieve in the world than for no other reason than to just counter them," Harper said."...

..."Harper said the "mindset of the guy we are dealing with is that the Cold War has never ended and 'I've got to fight to change the ending somehow.'"...

..."I don't think there is any way under this leader Russia will ever change," Harper said."...

..."This is kind of typical Russian foreign policy to just say black is white even though everyone knows the contrary. I think as long as that's the view that they are going to take, that they're just going to treat us like we are all stupid, there really is no point in having a dialogue with them," Harper said."...

..."This is a country that has shown a willingness to invade its neighbors, to actually seize territory that does not belong to it, and so I don't think we should take this escalation of a hostile military posture lightly. It needs to be treated seriously," Harper said."...

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/06/04/ap-interview-canadas-harper-says-russia-cant-rejoin-g-7

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« Reply #3238 on: June 05, 2015, 07:38:11 AM »
EU Set to Roll Over Sanctions on Russia, Officials Say


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BRUSSELS—The European Union is, in the coming weeks, looking to roll over its broad economic and targeted sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis until late January, according to a number of senior officials and diplomats.


The continuation of the sanctions are part of an effort to maximize the bloc’s leverage in pushing the Kremlin to fully implement its side of the Minsk cease-fire agreement, the officials say.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-set-to-roll-over-sanctions-on-russia-officials-say-1433346645



OPEC Keeps Output Unchanged
Cartel takes no action amid global glut of crude


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OPEC also began pondering what could be another shock to the oil market in the coming weeks: Iran’s plans to pour up to a million new barrels of oil on the global market in the event of a nuclear deal with the U.S., Europe, Russia and China.


Sanctions currently restrict Iran’s ability to sell oil, and have cut its exports to just over a million barrels a day. It remains unclear how much and how quickly Iran could ramp up production. Analysts expect Iran will produce less than it is promising, more in the range of 400,000 to 600,000 barrels a day of additional oil.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/opec-keeps-output-unchanged-1433504610
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« Reply #3239 on: June 08, 2015, 12:40:51 AM »
Matthew Fisher: Mere hours into the G7 summit, Stephen Harper may have already got what he wanted


Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, jokes around with U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders during a dinner at the G7 meeting in Germany on Sunday.

..."Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany — Prime Minister Stephen Harper may already get what he wanted most from the G7 summit only hours after the two-day meeting began Sunday in the Bavarian Alps.

The West’s two most powerful leaders, U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, agreed Sunday to continue supporting the isolation of Russian President Vladimir Putin through economic sanctions on his country unless he honours a peace deal he helped broker in Ukraine and agrees to respect that country’s territorial integrity."...

..."Worried that Europe’s resolve might crumble with the end of current EU sanctions this summer, Harper, had called many times over the past year for maintaining a strong, unified stance against what Obama has called Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine. The prime minister did so again during a visit on Saturday to Kyiv, where his government announced additional non-lethal assistance for Ukraine’s badly overmatched security forces, which have recently faced a dramatic increase in artillery attacks in the eastern part of the country by Putin’s proxies.

Harper shared jokes and serious conversation with Obama, who was seated beside him, at a working dinner late Sunday that brought together the seven G7 summiteers."...


Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen speak with President Barack Obama at an evening concert prior the summit of G7 nations on Sunday.

nationalpost.com

Oddly enough the President and Prime Minister have been paling around at this G7 summit. They normally don't see eye to eye on much. Harper's been pushing for continued sanctions and it looks like he's got his way.

Hopefully there'll be discussion on arming Ukraine.

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« Reply #3240 on: June 08, 2015, 12:48:24 AM »
The Kremlin is relying on the 'sanctions' imposed on the importation of EU produce to make nations like GR, CY - whose farmers are Christian Orthodox and 'upset' at being targetted - break ranks and refuse to prolong the EU's response to Crimea and SE Ukraine.

ALL 28 members need to be in accord to allow continuation.
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« Reply #3241 on: June 08, 2015, 01:19:52 AM »

European Council

Council of the European Union
 
Press statement by President Donald Tusk at the press conference before the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany

..." My intention is that today we re-confirm the G7 unity on the sanctions policy. So let me state clearly, given the current situation, if anyone wants to start a debate about changing the sanctions regime, the discussion could only be about strengthening it. The European Union, as the entire G7, continues to stand firm in support of Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence."...

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/06/7-tusk-statement-g7-press-conference/

...I think they're in accord.

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« Reply #3242 on: June 08, 2015, 12:07:51 PM »
This is an interesting development...

US Weighs Missiles In Europe To Counter Russia

..."WASHINGTON — The United States is considering a range of moves to counter Russia's alleged violation of a nuclear arms treaty, including bolstering missile defenses or even deploying land-based missiles in Europe, officials said Friday."...

..."The options are expected to be discussed at a meeting of senior military officers and diplomats convened by Defense Secretary Ash Carter during a visit Friday to Stuttgart, Germany, Pentagon officials told AFP.

The talks will focus on Moscow's role in the Ukraine conflict as well as its suspected breach of the arms control agreement, with an array of potential counter measures to be laid out, officials said."...

..."Brian McKeon, deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, told lawmakers in December that the United States could consider putting ground-launched cruise missiles in Europe. Such weapons are banned under the INF treaty."...

defensenews.com

The article states this option is at the far end of the spectrum but at least it's being considered.

Putin's already broken the INF treaty and threatened to deploy nucs one more than one occasion. US ground based missiles would effectively neutralize Putin's threats and diminish his ability to terrorize Russia's smaller neighbors.

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« Reply #3243 on: June 08, 2015, 12:52:54 PM »
Coming in at number one for the servile adulator's misplaced faith in Putin's ability to rule the world...

The Mistral Ships Deal:

Russia now plans on building their own ships?...Riiiight, just go right ahead and do that. They should be ready for -oh, let's say, the 4th World War.

Russia to build its own carriers similar to France's Mistral-class vessels

..."The ongoing saga about the Mistral-class amphibious/helicopter carriers continues. Russian military industry officials now say Russia will build its own carriers to replace the ones that France is refusing to deliver because of the situation in Ukraine.

“We have these types of ships planned but we will build them a bit differently,” Oleg Bochkaryov, deputy chairman of the Russian Military Industrial Commission, recently told journalists. “We’re not going to blatantly copy the Mistral right out,” he added.

Russia and France are now negotiating the end of the deal between the two nations over the decision not to deliver the Mistral-class ships. Russia has said that France will have to return the money it paid for the ships."...

ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch

The Russians won't copy the Mistral ships design because they have neither the capability or know how. That's why the French were building the ships for them in the first place.

France should forward any funds received from Russia's Mistral contract to Ukraine's government as partial compensation for war damage.

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« Reply #3244 on: June 08, 2015, 01:44:18 PM »
Coming in at number two on the obsequious Putin worshipper's list of deceptive claims...

Western/European nations have no stomach to continue with or extend sanctions against Russia:

Nothing could be further from the truth...

Obama lambasts Putin: you're wrecking Russia to recreate Soviet empire

..."Barack Obama has used the close of the G7 summit in Germany to deliver his strongest criticism yet of Vladimir Putin, lambasting the Russian president’s isolationist approach as the seven leaders signalled their readiness to tighten sanctions against Russia if the conflict in Ukraine escalates."...

..."The German chancellor stressed that while she hoped the situation in Ukraine would not worsen, the G7 leaders were prepared to implement tougher sanctions if it did."...

..."The European members of the G7 – Britain, Italy and France – said they would support the extension of the main EU sanctions when they meet later this month."...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/08/g7-leaders-sanctions-russia-ukraine-conflict-obama

EU likely to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine - Hollande | Reuters

..."KRUEN, Germany French President Francois Hollande said it was likely that EU sanctions imposed on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine would be extended until the end of the year."...

www.firstpost.com

The sanctions will be extended and the Russian people/economy will continue to suffer all for the glory of Lilliputian Putin.

Wake up Russia. Time to depose and dispose of your despot. ;)

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« Reply #3245 on: June 08, 2015, 05:14:23 PM »
Apparently the midget is having some technical problems with his obsolete air force...  :popcorn:

http://www.ibtimes.com/russias-entire-tu-95-bear-bomber-fleet-grounded-after-runway-overshoot-engine-fire-1957106

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« Reply #3246 on: June 08, 2015, 10:38:52 PM »

...I think they're in accord.

Brass

Brass, as you know I lived in Cyprus for 8 years, so I am pretty certain I know more about the island's politics than you..


There is little doubt what the island's foreign minister says about sanctions in the island's financial press - back in Jan '15

''“Cyprus was always very careful and reluctant of the use of the sanctions. We have never been happy with this policy and we have said it so — it is wrong. ''

http://financialmirror.com/news-details.php?nid=33661

Russia has long been an important player in things Cyprus, but the island voted for Ukraine's resolution over Crimea - Ukraine's integrity being breached by Russia.

I'm certain that Russia regards Cyprus and Greece as the weak links in EU solidarity. Reading the FM's comments one has to wonder at what deal may have had to be done to make Mr Tusk so confident.
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« Reply #3247 on: June 09, 2015, 05:56:14 PM »
More planes from the midget's crappy air force falling out of the sky.
 :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:

http://europe.newsweek.com/overstretched-russian-air-force-suffers-three-jet-crashes-five-days-328470

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« Reply #3248 on: June 09, 2015, 06:19:32 PM »
More planes from the midget's crappy air force falling out of the sky.
 :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:

How dare you disparage Vladimir Bonaparte, the foremost military genius of our century.


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« Reply #3249 on: June 10, 2015, 07:50:26 PM »
Russian frigates shadow warship hosting Harper

..."GDYNIA, POLAND—A Canadian warship carrying Stephen Harper in the Baltic Sea was shadowed by two Russian frigates on Wednesday, giving the prime minister a front-row seat in the naval chess game between the West and Russia.

There was never any danger, but the incident provided some unexpected drama after Harper and his wife, Laureen, spent the night on the frigate, HMCS Fredericton."...

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/06/10/russian-frigates-shadow-warship-hosting-harper.html

Harper used the strongest language yet towards Putin's war of aggression in his speech addressing the crew of HMCS Fredericton. Some excerpts...

..."But now just beyond NATO’s borders, we see new efforts to subvert free peoples and redraw boundaries by force.

The ongoing conflict in Moldova, the Russian offensive in Georgia in 2008, and now the invasion and annexation of parts of Ukraine by Mr. Putin.

Putin’s actions have cost the lives of more than 6,000 Ukrainians as well as the murder of hundreds of innocent civilians aboard a passenger plane. 

Mr. Putin’s recklessness threatens global stability, regional stability, and has spread fear among our eastern allies.

That, my friends, is why you, the men and women of the Royal Canadian Navy, are here.

Inspired by the will to defend, dissuade and de-escalate the conflict. 

Canada has joined our NATO allies to show our solidarity with our longstanding allies and with new democracies in Eastern Europe as they once again reject Russian imperialism.

And you are not alone.

The Royal Canadian Air Force is patrolling skies – the skies of Eastern Europe – and the Canadian Army is currently deployed in Poland, training with Polish and other NATO forces."...

..."President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, undertaken to serve his own domestic agenda, political agenda, to divert attention from Russia’s long-term decline under his rule and to interfere with the democratic aspirations of a sovereign country, these things must not be allowed to stand."...

..."The people of Ukraine, like all free peoples, must be able to choose their own future and that includes a Euro-Atlantic and NATO future if that is what they wish."...

..."Canada has no quarrel with the Russian people.

On the contrary. 

Canada looks forward to a time when Russia might again be welcomed into the community of peaceful nations as a responsible, contributing participant to world affairs. 

We look forward someday to a Russian government focused on delivering prosperity and democracy to the Russian people, and peace and stability in this region. 

And we look forward to a Russia not inclined to foreign adventures, territorial conquests, and absurd attempts to deny reality or change the outcome of the Cold War.

I regret very much that this is not and will never be Mr. Putin’s Russia."... 

..."Canada will continue to judge Mr. Putin not on his words, but on his actions."...

See more at: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2015/06/10/pm-addresses-crew-board-hmcs-fredericton-during-his-visit-poland#sthash.2q7ToHpb.dpuf

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