Trolls on the Internet and Antisocial Behavior in Online Discussion Communities
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/536621/how-a-troll-spotting-algorithm-learned-its-anti-antisocial-trade/
http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00680


Is there life in Lapland?
The instability of the ruble deprived quarter of Russian tourists to Finland. The correspondent of "RBC Style" went to the empty Lapland, to understand how the Finns are experiencing loneliness, and that all you can do in the summer in the homeland of Santa Claus.
https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstyle.rbc.ru%2Fnews%2Ftravel%2F2015%2F08%2F14%2F21745%2F%3Futm_source%3DMedialand%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_content%3D254647%26utm_campaign%3D745697&edit-text=
The Finn laps have a different view...
https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lapinkansa.fi%2Flappi%2F&edit-text=

The number of Russian troops killed or injured fighting in Ukraine seems to have been accidentally published.
2,000 are said to have died with over 3,200 Russian forces injured.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-number-of-russian-troops-killed-or-injured-fighting-in-ukraine-seems-to-have-been-accidentally-published-10472603.html
Russian president Vladimir Putin has decreed that all Russian casualties “in peacetime” be a state secret.

Russia, or should I say Kremlin, are very concerned what is happening in the Baltic countries.
Sweden has plummeted from the top of the international rankings that measure the economic standard of retired people in different countries. The country now ranks eighth!
https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fse.sputniknews.com%2Fnorden%2F20150902%2F575240.html&edit-text=
Well Russia's retired people get almost nothing!
Thank you Vova Putin.

Russia has one of the lowest pension age in the world at 60 for men and 55 for women.
Here it's 65 for both men and women.

An average monthly pension in Russia is estimated at $175!

Russia knows how Sweden will be defeated: All have received their orders!
https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fsport%2Fryssland-vet-hur-sverige-ska-besegras-alla-har-fatt-sina-order%2F&edit-text=

Vova Putin must suffer from paranoia.

Russia using intimidation tactics against Sweden joining NATO.

Official twitter-account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
https://twitter.com/mfa_russia

From yesterday.
Sweden’s admission to NATO would require response from Russia
http://goo.gl/psp5nC

FM Lavrov's spokesperson Maria Zakharova

#Zakharova: Sweden’s accession to #NATO would have military & political implications requiring #Russia to take retaliatory steps @RusEmbSwe

#Zakharova: #Russia still views Swedish neutrality as an important stability factor in Northern #Europe @RusEmbSwe @natomission_ru

#Zakharova: Idea that #NATO membership is the only way to ensure security is being systematically imposed on the Swedish public @RusEmbSwe

#Zakharova: #Russia has taken note that the debate on joining #NATO come to the fore in Sweden yet again @natomission_ru @RusEmbSwe

Dont worry Vova. We remember Poltava and Tsar Peter the Great.

Two monuments to Josef Stalin were unveiled in separate Russian regions in one day this week in a face-off that marks a deepening rift within the nation about the Soviet dictator's legacy.

The Communist Party branch in Penza — the capital of the eponymous central Russian region — on Wednesday moved a bust of Stalin from its headquarters to the city's center, despite protests from hundreds of residents, Russian media reports said.

“The monument to Stalin in Penza is not only an insult to the memory [of Stalin's victims, but is also the effective justification of a totalitarian regime,” a local activist said in a protest petition on the Change.org website.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/news/article/russian-monuments-to-stalin-highlight-controversy-over-his-legacy/529855.html

It is a cold December evening in 1989. In Dresden a large crowd is gathering around the KGB building. The threat is hanging in the air. The demonstrators are well prepared, they are armed with sticks and stones. "Soviet out of East Germany" The atmosphere is very intimidating, and you hear screams that they should storm the house.
Suddenly a man steps out of the building with a Kalashnikov in his hands. He shouts: "I ask you to keep organized! This is a Soviet military objects and we are prepared to defend it by all means. This building belongs to neither the Stasi or the KGB!"
The man is lying, but something in his calm and strong voice affects the crowd. Storming does not occur and the previously so enraged mob dispersed. The man who held the Kalashnikov rifle is Vladimir Putin. He knew that the former Stasi office nearby was attacked a few hours earlier and that they now wanted to storm the KGB building. Unauthorized people had come to the Stasi archives with all its secret documents, but Putin was not worried for himself, he had taken action on his own behalf: have removed his own dossier.
This was the most dramatic episode in Putin's KGB career. Shortly afterwards he left East Germany and returned to Russia - but he did not leave the KGB.

Russian propaganda at it's "best".

For those who grew up during the Cold War, it is difficult to believe that Putin and Russia in the current state of the west world is the last defender, but it's true.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fse.sputniknews.com%2Fasikt%2F20150920%2F642874.html&edit-text=

p.s.
Sputnik got the translation from Russian to Swedish wrong.
Instead of Västvärlden (Western world) they spelled it Växtvärlden (Flora).
Stop the cows to graze perhaps :)

Gennadiy Kravtsov was a former employee of the Russian military intelligence GRU, between 1990 to 2005 and was a specialist in a radio monitoring system for a certain type of spy satellites called tselina-2. A technology that today is no longer used, writes the news agency AP.

On Monday the man was sentenced to 14 years in prison in one of Russia's high-security prisons, writes the site Open Russia. In practice this means that the former agent is placed in a penalty colony (GULAG). This after he had more than five years after he left his post at the GRU applied for jobs at the Swedish Defence Intelligence, FRA. Kravtsovs email with his CV was picked up by the Russian intelligence.

http://www.ibtimes.com/did-he-or-didnt-he-trial-begins-gennady-kravtsov-russian-engineer-accused-high-2020572

Kravtsov left his job as a Russian military engineer in 2005 and wrote a letter to a Swedish company (FRA) in 2010 seeking employment. The Russian government contends that the letter included state secrets from his time working in the military.
The Russian government is very stupid!

FRA cooperates with british GCHQ and US NSA!

Sketch where Vladimir Putin, Sauli Niinistö and Alexander Stubb are talking about political situation with Russia:)
Hyvää Suomi:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnP2vj2yFgU

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not fit the label of "czar" that Americans often apply to him in a rare interview for the 48th season premiere of 60 Minutes. The interview, in which the Russian leader shows a side of himself few have seen, will be broadcast Sunday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-says-hes-not-a-czar/

A must see but I wonder why the US dont do subtitles and instead using an "actor" translator.
I hate it!!!

A joke:
US warned Russia not to use weapons against moderate terrorists in Syria. The spokesman of Russian Military Ministry answered - they use bombs against terrorists and they use moderate bombs against moderate terrorists.

A joke.
The spokesman of Russian Military Ministry answered - they use bombs against terrorists and they use moderate bombs against moderate terrorists.

Not a joke.
The Russian Military Ministry doesn't know what a terrorist is!
Russia, Putin, are helping al-Assadh nothing more.
That means that Putin are destroying Syria.
Путин - хуйло!!!!

(CNN) - Russia's airstrikes in Syria "do not go beyond ISIL (ISIS), al Nusra or other terrorist groups recognized by the United Nations Security Council or Russian law," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday.

Pushed to define "other terrorist groups," Lavrov said: "If it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?"
...
But Lavrov said Russia does not consider the FSA a terrorist group. "We believe that Free Syrian Army should be part of the political process," he said.
...
The foreign minister also questioned the logic of trying to topple al-Assad to further the fight against ISIS, asking whether the removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Moammar Gadhafi in Libya had made those countries better places.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/01/middleeast/russia-syria/

(CNN) - Russia's airstrikes in Syria "do not go beyond ISIL (ISIS), al Nusra or other terrorist groups recognized by the United Nations Security Council or Russian law," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday.

Pushed to define "other terrorist groups," Lavrov said: "If it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?"
...
But Lavrov said Russia does not consider the FSA a terrorist group. "We believe that Free Syrian Army should be part of the political process," he said.
...
The foreign minister also questioned the logic of trying to topple al-Assad to further the fight against ISIS, asking whether the removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Moammar Gadhafi in Libya had made those countries better places.

It's quite messy in Syria...
More then 25 pro-Assad militias!!!

Then we have ISIS and ISIL!!!

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/who-are-pro-assad-militias-syria-2030619965

Pushed to define "other terrorist groups," Lavrov said: "If it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?"

Lavrov:)
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/01/middleeast/russia-syria/

Where do Free Syrian Army fit in?
Yes as fighting against al-Assad
But al-Assad are an ally of Putin...

To me it's look that Putin are fighting for al-Assad NOT for peace is Syria!!!!


P.S.
Former FM Carl Bildt believes that who will miss him the most is Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister.
- He likes to get a little counter-thrust:)

(CNN) - Russia's airstrikes in Syria "do not go beyond ISIL (ISIS), al Nusra or other terrorist groups recognized by the United Nations Security Council or Russian law," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday.

Pushed to define "other terrorist groups," Lavrov said: "If it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?"
...
But Lavrov said Russia does not consider the FSA a terrorist group. "We believe that Free Syrian Army should be part of the political process," he said.
...
The foreign minister also questioned the logic of trying to topple al-Assad to further the fight against ISIS, asking whether the removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Moammar Gadhafi in Libya had made those countries better places.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/01/middleeast/russia-syria/

Igor...

The Universe must be collapsing.

We basically agree!!!!

Don't worry Clyde:)
Igor lives in Kazakhstan.

Vladimir "Smirre" Smirnov now lives in Sweden:)

Renowned skier, former Olympic champion Vladimir Smirnov has become the head of the Presidential Professional Sports Club Astana (in Kazakhstan). The club is one of the most prestigious sports agencies of the country that brings together the state’s most famous and titled athletes.

Alexsander Vinokurov as well:)
https://youtu.be/FNNqSqCRkX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrTfkwRIqNQ
https://youtu.be/CPTfDeGL2JM
https://youtu.be/8-qQoEWOMR0

If you want to avoid Russian attacks, ISIS territory looks a lot safer than other rebel area!
Tracking the Russian Airstrikes in Syria.
ISIS territory is Red on this map!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/30/world/middleeast/syria-control-map-isis-rebels-airstrikes.html?_r=0#targets


https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/650620043936563200
Again: there's no ISIS in Jisr. Russia attacking Northern rebel front, calling them ISIS.

Dobryj den!
Syrians regard the Russian soldiers as liberators and heroes, writes British journalist and editor of the news channel, Channel 4 News Lindsey Hilsum.
The US and its allies is those responsible for the Islamic state's gain???

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fse.sputniknews.com%2Fvarlden%2F20151004%2F699976%2Fryska-militarer-betraktas-som-hjaltar.html&edit-text=

http://www.thelocal.se/20151004/300-swedes-have-left-to-join-extremist

According to Säpo, the Swedish security service, 300 Swedes have joined extremist terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq over the last three years.

Säpo chief Anders Thornberg says that, of those 300, 40 have so far been killed in combat, and around 125 are still fighting in Syria and Iraq.
“That is quite a large number,” Hans Brun, a researcher on counterterrorism at Kings College in London told TT news agency.
“Compare, for example, with the Second World War when there were only about 180 Swedish volunteers in the SS.”
“Compared to similar countries a disproportionate number have traveled from Sweden,” agreed Thornberg.

Thornberg continued, “There is a violent Islamist environment in Sweden that influences people to go. The core of about 200 people who support the logistics, money and recruitment has been fairly successful here.”
“We've never seen anything like it. Before Syria and Isis we had maybe 40 travellers to Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries. Then we had a fair chance to keep track. Now we have 300 in three years,” says Thornberg.

yes but the interest would be a killer!

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The Russian leadership seems to see a limited nuclear war as a possible way.

- There are signs that the political and military leadership in Russia believe that a limited nuclear war is possible, that one can use a tactical nuclear weapon to signal that this is the limit, now it's time to back off, but the conflict escalates.

Russian nuclear joint exercise in a greater degree. It also means that the risk of accidents increases. FOI know of accidents in the US including during the Cold War. But little is known about accidents in Russia.