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« Reply #5200 on: January 31, 2017, 06:36:57 PM »
Geographically the Kerch Strait belongs to the Sea of Azov. Certainly,  there are heavy storms also,  but it doesn't make Jay ' video less fake.

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« Reply #5201 on: January 31, 2017, 07:24:43 PM »
Geographically the Kerch Strait belongs to the Sea of Azov. Certainly,  there are heavy storms also,  but it doesn't make Jay ' video less fake.


FWIW -- trying not to be too pedantic--
1/ It is NOT "my"  video  --it was in the link listed.
2/ My comment on storms was not being directly applied to Kerch -- but in response to "Sochi" comment ,which is clearly on the Black Sea
3/ As AK so correctly states-- the Kerch Strait will be subject to the storms rolling in through the Black Sea
--obviously enough immediately adjacent !

4/  A Russian giving geography advice? Surely not  !!
Perhaps you can offer your services to the Russian military who have lost their way and found themselves in Ukraine !!!
Or perhaps to your beloved leader who repeatedly denied those very same military were in Ukraine ! Maybe he just had his maps confused?  Or was he using "alternative" facts !!
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« Reply #5202 on: January 31, 2017, 08:02:08 PM »

FWIW -- trying not to be too pedantic--
1/ It is NOT "my"  video  --it was in the link listed.

Ple-ease .. it was an article posted by you .. fake news ..and you got busted... 

2/ My comment on storms was not being directly applied to Kerch -- but in response to "Sochi" comment ,which is clearly on the Black Sea

IF you knew this area, you'd know Sochi is a micro-climate - sub tropical - and while the Kerch Straits might be freezing up - that won't be the case down in Sochi - which is MUCH milder in Winter and doesn't have the very high temps Crimea reaches in Summer.


3/ As AK so correctly states-- the Kerch Strait will be subject to the storms rolling in through the Black Sea
--obviously enough immediately adjacent !

But Sochi is not...


4/  A Russian giving geography advice? Surely not  !!
Perhaps you can offer your services to the Russian military who have lost their way and found themselves in Ukraine !!!
Or perhaps to your beloved leader who repeatedly denied those very same military were in Ukraine ! Maybe he just had his maps confused?  Or was he using "alternative" facts !!

To remind you, JayH.. you started off your fake news article referring to 'Geologists needing to ask me for advice' ...   

My advice for you ..when in a hole - stop digging ..


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« Reply #5203 on: January 31, 2017, 08:07:32 PM »
Ple-ease .. it was an article posted by you .. fake news ..and you got busted... 


My advice for you ..when in a hole - stop digging ..

Really  -- fcs -- read the story. You want to dispute that storms have damaged the bridge works?
Nothing fake about it.

While you are busy handing out advice-- take it yourself.
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« Reply #5204 on: February 01, 2017, 02:38:36 AM »
Really  -- fcs -- read the story. You want to dispute that storms have damaged the bridge works?

Find us a story about this from a reputable source

I looked under Kerch, Putin Crimea bridge

Nothing fake about it.

I asked a local on Crimea and Novorossiysk - on the Russian mainland and they were surprised... no strong winds, recently


I could only find Sevastopol's historic  weather for the past few days.. Check this link... find me your 'storm', please ..

http://staging.timeanddate.com/weather/ukraine/sevastopol/historic


While you are busy handing out advice-- take it yourself.

:) Clearly, it was a highly localised 'tornado'..

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« Reply #5205 on: February 04, 2017, 12:56:07 AM »
It is easy enough to understand why Trump is intent on flying in the face of reality  -- BUT  -- the overwhelming evidence says it would be a lot smarter to acknowledge it happened --  and move and DO something about it !
Now that would be an actual step to making America great again !

The hacker who claimed to compromise the DNC swore he was Romanian. But new research shows he worked directly for the Vladimir Putin government in Moscow.
‘DNC Hacker’ Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia,

The hacker who claims to have stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee and provided them to WikiLeaks is actually an agent of the Russian government and part of an orchestrated attempt to influence U.S. media coverage surrounding the presidential election, a security research group concluded on Tuesday.
The researchers, at Arlington, Va.-based ThreatConnect, traced the self-described Romanian hacker Guccifer 2.0 back to an Internet server in Russia and to a digital address that has been linked in the past to Russian online scams. Far from being a singly, sophisticated hacker, Guccifer 2.0 is more likely a collection of people from the propaganda arm of the Russian government meant to deflect attention away from Moscow as the force behind the DNC hacks and leaks of emails, the researchers found.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/26/dnc-hacker-unmasked-he-really-works-for-russia-researchers-say.html
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« Reply #5206 on: February 04, 2017, 01:29:59 AM »
You mean last July??

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/26/dnc-hacker-unmasked-he-really-works-for-russia-researchers-say.html

Here I thought Guccifer was a bunch of bong making Transylvania transvestite geeks in Greenwich Village :rolleyes:
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« Reply #5207 on: February 04, 2017, 07:38:08 PM »
Quite a long story with  a lot of seemingly disconnected events tied together.

The motives of the leakers to Steele, as yet unclear, could well reflect a power struggle within Russia’s intelligence and security apparatus. Numerous western and Russian media reports, dating back to last summer, have documented a rivalry between the FSB and other of Putin’s security agencies. Sechin, although not officially a member of the Russian intelligence community, is a former KGB officer and still has deep connections there.

Putin’s Intelligence Crisis

According to an expert on Russian security matters, cited by the British Telegraph: “I have no doubt that at the time Erovinkin died, Mr. Putin had Mr. Steele’s Trump dossier on his desk. He would—arguably—have known whether the alleged… story is based on fact or fiction. Whichever is true, he would have had a motive to seek—and find the mole.”

At the time of the FSB arrests, memos from the Steele dossier had been circulating in the US intelligence community, and among members of Congress, for months. The Putin leadership was doubtless aware of the memos and furious that the material contained in them, including a possible Kremlin plan to use kompromat against Trump, had been leaked. If the information in the dossier is accurate, it could have been intended for various uses, including to exert pressure on Trump to cancel US sanctions against Russia. It is worth noting that the December arrests of FSB officials were not revealed publicly in Russia for several weeks, indicating that the Kremlin was trying to keep the purge under wraps

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/02/03/putin-intelligence-crisis-trump-dossier-fsb/
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« Reply #5208 on: February 05, 2017, 04:17:45 PM »
You have to wonder why  DJT simply does not concede it happened.

Russian arrests spur questions over links to US hacking

Fallout from report on Russian hacking
A series of high-profile arrests in Russia, purportedly including officers of the country’s secretive Federal Security Service and a cybersecurity expert, has intelligence officials on both sides of the Atlantic trying to unravel a mystery they suspect may be connected to Russian hacking in the U.S.

Russian news media have described the arrests—including at least two intelligence officials at the FSB, the successor agency to the KGB, and an employee at Kaspersky Lab, Russia’s most prominent cybersecurity firm—as being part of a treason case.

Russian officials haven’t publicly confirmed details of the case or the arrests, but local news outlets have reported dramatic details, including the arrest of one of the intelligence officers at an FSB meeting, with the suspect being led away with a bag over his head.

The reports have fueled speculation among Western intelligence officials who have been monitoring the situation closely that the arrests may be tied to allegations that Russia was involved in hacking aimed at influencing the recent U.S. presidential election and an unverified dossier alleging collusion between the Kremlin and the President Donald Trump’s campaign.
The roundup of Russian intelligence officials has the earmarks of a classic mole hunt, some current and former intelligence officials said. But they said there are other plausible explanations why Russian authorities would go after their own spies, including cracking down on government officials who moonlight as hackers-for-hire and may have been jeopardizing ongoing intelligence operations.

The Kremlin has made only a cryptic acknowledgment of the recent arrests. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had most likely been briefed on a cyber-espionage case that has been making headlines in Russia.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/05/russian-arrests-spur-questions-over-links-to-us-hacking.html

Russian Arrests Spur Questions Over Links to U.S. Hacking

MOSCOW—A series of high-profile arrests in Russia, purportedly including officers of the country’s secretive Federal Security Service and a cybersecurity expert, has intelligence officials on both sides of the Atlantic trying to unravel a mystery they suspect may be connected to Russian hacking in the U.S.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-arrests-spur-questions-over-links-to-u-s-hacking-1486296001

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« Reply #5209 on: February 10, 2017, 10:52:25 PM »
The state’s attitude toward the internet has become increasingly hostile, says Agora’s most recent report. “The Internet is perceived by Russian authorities as a battleground.”

To put it simpler, Internet freedom in Russia is in deep trouble. The Moscow Times reviews the most alarming signs of this worrying trend.



6 Signs There’s No Such Thing as Internet Freedom in Russia


Writing about Crimea, Ukraine, Syria or religion on social media in Russia has become a dangerous business. Saying — or typing — the wrong thing on the internet could now land you a harsher sentence than if you beat your wife.

http://themoscowtimes.com/articles/6-signs-theres-no-such-thing-as-internet-freedom-in-russia-57119
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« Reply #5210 on: February 14, 2017, 04:28:28 PM »
This is a typical Russian piece of dumb thinking that they think is a useful negotiating tool
Along with ships not far from the US itself  --it would have to be very bad timing-- to say the least !
Or perhaps -- they already understand Trump will not allow them to get away with the bs Obama  allowed.



Russia Deploys Missile, Violating Treaty and Challenging Trump


WASHINGTON — Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile that American officials say violates a landmark arms control treaty, posing a major test for President Trump as his administration is facing a crisis over its ties to Moscow.

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/europe/russia-cruise-missile-arms-control-treaty.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
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« Reply #5211 on: February 14, 2017, 07:51:56 PM »
Time for Trump to show some real leadership and put Putin in his box !
Navy ought to say-- you move into an attack position and/or come within  X km of our ships or aircraft --we will shoot them down !
See if Putin wants to keep playing stupid games.
What Trump has  that is a very useful card to play-- he is unpredictable ! That can be used to advantage.Trump just has to know when it is time to shut up !



Just last week, a US Navy warship in the Black Sea had three encounters with Russian aircraft Friday that were deemed to be unsafe and unprofessional because of how close the Russian planes flew to the US, according to a senior defense official.
The USS Porter, a guided-missile destroyer, was operating in the Black Sea when it was approached three times by Russian aircraft, including one IL-38 and two Su-24s. The Navy calculated the Russian planes may be have flown as close as 1,000 yards laterally from the ship and 1,000 feet over the water, but did not cross the deck of the Porter.

Russia deploys missile in apparent treaty violation

Washington (CNN)Moscow has deployed a cruise missile in an apparent treaty violation, a senior military official told CNN Tuesday.

The move is just the latest in a string of Russian provocations in the early days of the Trump administration, which has called for warmer relations with the Kremlin.
The traditional US adversary has also positioned a spy ship off the coast of Delaware and carried out flights near a US Navy warship, concerning American officials. The administration has not officially drawn any links between the three events.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/russia-cruise-missile-spy-ship/index.html
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« Reply #5212 on: February 19, 2017, 12:44:46 AM »

Not much respect for Russia here ! But -why would there be--proven systematic cheating is the Russian sporting culture.

They played the wrong anthem !

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« Reply #5213 on: February 19, 2017, 06:32:52 PM »
Not much respect for Russia here ! But -why would there be--proven systematic cheating is the Russian sporting culture.

They played the wrong anthem !



For me it are the great news.  :D The Russian biathlon team won the world championship gold medal for the first time in last 9 years. Looks like the organizers were not expected Russians to win, more victories, they will learn the Russian anthem better. Actually, as it was told on the press-conference, during season 4 biathletes regularly take medications, and they are not Russians. The accusations for the most part turned out to be false, but for some reasons JayH doesn't write about that.  ;D

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« Reply #5214 on: February 19, 2017, 06:40:19 PM »
Congrats on your win, Whynotme.
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« Reply #5215 on: February 19, 2017, 07:15:49 PM »
Was very interesting.  I watched the protesters and the call for the breaking of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia today.  The people of Ukraine are tired of seeing their soldiers killed.  They also called for a full economic boycott with the Donbas and Lugansk.  Such would isolate anyone inside the Eastern European areas. 

I do believe that given that Ukraine has had two full years to organize itself that it would put up a much better fight than previously, if Russia tried to invade.  However, I see that Merkel is failing in the polls in Germany.  I don't think a new German Chancellor would be as sympathetic to Ukraine's plight. 

Really, everything depends on Putin now.  If he becomes aggressive in Ukraine then the Republican Congress in the US might deliver an ultimatum to Trump to produce lethal weapon support for Poroshenko's regime.
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« Reply #5216 on: February 21, 2017, 02:42:46 PM »

During his two decades in power, Putin's net worth has been widely speculated
Russian President Vladimir Putin might be the richest man in the world, according to experts who believe he could have a net worth of $200billion.
One of the most quoted guesses of the 64-year-old's net worth is Political analyst Stanslav Belkovsky's 2007 estimation of $40billion
But Bill Browder, author and a former fund manager in Russia, has said the president could be worth upwards of $200billion



Is Putin the world's real richest man?




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4242718/Vladimir-Putin-200-billion-fortune.html
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« Reply #5217 on: February 24, 2017, 12:28:34 AM »
Article has a good summary of the current state of play in Eastern Europe .


Why Russian Military Aggression Has Backfired on Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine—The Kremlin’s strategy of military aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe has backfired, spurring former Soviet and Warsaw Pact countries to become a de facto anti-Moscow military bloc, while NATO rearms and reinforces its eastern flank.

Altogether, Eastern Europe has become the most rapidly militarizing region on earth, which is not to Moscow’s advantage.

“I think [Russia’s military policies] have failed because they stimulated national resistance and the beginning of NATO rearmament,” Stephen Blank, senior fellow for Russia at the American Foreign Policy Council, told The Daily Signal.

“But there is no threat to Russia,” Blank added, underscoring how NATO and Ukraine are building up their militaries as a defensive move, which is not a bellwether for any offensive action against Russia.


dailydsignal.com/2017/02/17/why-russian-military-aggression-has-backfired-on-moscow/
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« Reply #5218 on: March 01, 2017, 10:27:48 PM »
Rather interesting result in survey/.   Given that a % of those polled would have felt they should answer affirmatively -it leaves a solid basis not so keen.
It makes you wonder at what a free & fair survey would actually show-- maybe not 95% approval of Putin and his antics.  Maybe there is hope for Russia yet.

43% of Russians feel proud of Russia’s annexation of Crimea

The Levada Centre were probing what fills Russians with either pride or shame.  The survey was carried out from 20-23 January 2017, just a month before the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea.  It is interesting that the second item proposed in the list of possible causes for pride was (as worded) “the return of Crimea to within the Russian Federation”.  43% of Russians answered that they felt pride in this, against 83% who were proud of what was described, as in Soviet times, as “Victory in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45”.  It is unfortunately impossible to know whether enthusiasm for Russia’s annexation of Crimea has waned (or, less likely, risen) over the last 3 years since this is the first time the item about Crimea was added.
http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1488384989
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« Reply #5219 on: March 02, 2017, 01:47:57 AM »
JayH

I reckon the percentage of Russians who were pleased with the 'return' of Crimea is higher

I don't know, but do you think a Ukraine based polling agency - reading it's language re Crimea - would be 'accurate' ?



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« Reply #5220 on: March 02, 2017, 02:52:04 PM »
The Levada Center is a Russian sociological research organization, based in Russia, but with regional offices in other FSU countries.  It does more than just polling.
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« Reply #5221 on: March 02, 2017, 03:24:17 PM »
It gets very tedious when malcontents on forum complain about links -- but- as I have repeatedly said -- often they support information or as in this case--provide an excellent summary of a situation --in this case-- the overall perspective on Putin and Russia today.
This has zero to do with being anti-Russian -- it is about the needless pain Russia has and is causing the world-- and it's own people.
Putin and his cronies are on borrowed time -- and the west can assist in consuming that time by increasing the pressure on Russia -- and doing it now.
I have repeatedly said that defeat of the Russians in eastern Ukraine will prove to be the litmus of the downfall of the Putin kleptocracy .



Putin Learns the Hard Way that Crimean Crime Does Not Pay

The biggest setback of all has occurred in Ukraine itself. Putin’s hybrid war sought to destroy the Ukrainian state; instead, it succeeded in consolidating Ukrainian national identity in ways few would have thought possible prior to 2014, while encouraging the creation of a formidable military bulwark against further imperial adventures. The loss of influence in Ukraine is a genuinely historic blow to Russian interests that will echo for generations.

None of this was inevitable. If Putin had not invaded Crimea, relations with post-Maidan Ukraine would have eventually stabilized and pragmatic compromises could have been reacted. The Kremlin would not have spent the intervening three years in a downward spiral of hybrid hostilities that have earned Russia new enemies while bringing few tangible benefits. Russia would still be a G8 nation and a welcome partner at the top table of world affairs. Instead, Putin will mark the third anniversary of his Crimean crime with no end in sight to an escalating geopolitical confrontation that is entirely of his own making.


http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-learns-the-hard-way-that-crimean-crime-does-not-pay
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 #5222 on: March 03, 2017, 12:32:55 AM »
The Levada Center is a Russian sociological research organization, based in Russia, but with regional offices in other FSU countries.  It does more than just polling.


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« Reply #5223 on: March 03, 2017, 01:11:42 AM »
The Levada Center is a Russian sociological research organization, based in Russia, but with regional offices in other FSU countries.  It does more than just polling.

You forgot to add that so called  "independent" sociological organization have received more than 120 thousand dollars from the US Defense Ministry and collected information for them.

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« Reply #5224 on: March 03, 2017, 06:46:54 AM »
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