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moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Today a Russian court convicted a Norwegian man of gathering espionage about submarines and jailed him for 14 years. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47947895 63-year-old Norwegian, Frode Berg, will now spend 14 years in a strict-regime labour camp. Some of the evidences are photos found on Frode's mobile phone. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
You know bratan. I think it is time. Bring out the iron cheburek. AvtoVAZ - eto klass! Uamee, Professional Gopnik, Boris! Davai! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xei2-cW9eo |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
‘Putin is a fantastic expletive, Putin is a fantastic expletive,’ First Russian Found Guilty Under ‘Disrespect’ of Authorities Law – Reports https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/civil-society-and-media/2019/04/first-russian-found-guilty-under-disrespect-authorities-law-reports Russian authorities have issued the first guilty verdict under a new law criminalizing “blatant disrespect†toward the authorities for online posts calling President Vladimir Putin an expletive. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Apparently Russians want strong leaders. The stronger the better... And perhaps Putin is not strong enough... https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/04/16/stalins-approval-rating-among-russians-hits-record-high-poll-a65245 Seventy percent of Russian respondents told the Levada Center in 2019 that Stalin played a positive role for Russia. Stalin’s previous record approval rating stood at 54 percent in 2016. So how is the future of Russia? A Look into the Kremlin Stars with this Horrorscope. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-preview-the-horrorscope/ Inspired by a recent report detailing the Para-psychologic Capacity of the Russian Armed Forces, the Disinformation Review Team has trained its Crystal Ball on the Kremlin Stars to see what kind of disinformation we might expect for the coming Kremlozodiacal Year (traditional Zodiacal signs in brackets): |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Today it's Victory Day in Russia to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War. In Stockholm it was commemorated already last Sunday. Immortal Regiment march in memory of victory in WWII held in Stockholm http://tass.com/society/1056963 It's weird to see the old red Soviet flag with the hammer and sickle flying here... |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
No champagne today Vova Putin:) Hyvää Suomi. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Whaledimir - or Hvaldimir as he is named in Norwegian - the Russian beluga whale with a harness labelled "Equipment St. Petersburg" https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/05/here-northern-fleets-secret-marine-mammal-program The beluga whale wearing a harness with mounts for a GoPro camera that first was spotted by local fishermen on Norway’s Barents Sea coast in late April is still swimming around in the harbor of Hammerfest. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Apparently Russia think that making a TV series about the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster is disinformation unless it's not made by Russians. So Russia decide to do their own version:) https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/04/putins-media-struggle-to-deal-with-hbos-chernobyl-a65866 The fact that an American, not a Russian, TV channel told the story about our own heroes is a source of shame for pro-Kremlin media.Russia’s NTV channel has already announced that it is shooting its own “Chernobyl†series based on the premise that the CIA sent an agent to the Chernobyl zone to carry out acts of sabotage. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Russia and US warships almost collide in East China Sea https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48553568 Both blame each other of course but in my navigation book the Russian ship that approach from starboard side have the right of way. The US ship should've turned right and passed behind the Russian one. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Police Detain Over 400 in Moscow During Protest Over Reporter’s Arrest After investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was released on Tuesday, protesters’ focus turned to those responsible for his detention. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/12/police-detain-over-400-at-moscow-protest-march-in-support-of-journalist-a65972 "No protesters were violent or behaved badly, what I could see. The rulers dare not tolerate any discontent from the public." says SVT's [Swedish state TV] correspondent Bert Sundström, who watched the events. One of the arrested is a young man who was dragged away by the police in the middle of an interview with Bert Sundström. Video https://www.svt.se/nyheter/har-grips-demonstranten-mitt-under-svt-intervjun |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Putin’s personal approval rating has decreased in Russian polls. So what to do... If You Don’t Like the Answer, Ask a Different Question https://euvsdisinfo.eu/if-you-dont-like-the-answer-ask-a-different-question/ As a result of the new wording, the number immediately skyrocketed from 30.5% – the lowest since 2012 – to an impressive 72.3%. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Of course. All countries have polls. Then it's up to the viewers of a poll if it's valid information or not... And the US has the same problem. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Not so very Russian but there are similarities:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJugTGYoaVE |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
"Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/20/highlights-putins-annual-question-answer-session-a66089 The marathon Q&A session has become a yearly tradition during Putin’s nearly two decades in power, giving the Russian president a chance to shape narratives around pressing issues. https://youtu.be/_9biG3YIgMw |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Another submarine accident in Russia. This time "Losharik" "Лошарик" that is a ultra secret submarine. https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/07/fishermen-witnessed-nuclear-submarine-drama#.XR2G2hGhJNR.twitter http://www.hisutton.com/Spy%20Sub%20-%20Project%2010831%20Losharik.html Losharik is designed to operate on the ocean floor, front-mounted flood lights, remotely operated arms for manipulated equipment, and retractable ski feet for sitting on the seabed. Although described as a scientific research submarine, she is assigned to the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research, known by its Russian acronym GUGI. One task is to monitor or destroy power and communication cables between countries. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Russian authorities had repeatedly denied responsibility for the release of the ruthenium-106 isotopes. Mysterious Radioactive Cloud That Blanketed Europe Traced to Russian Nuclear Facility https://www.sciencealert.com/origins-of-mysterious-radioactive-cloud-blanketing-europe-finally-pinpointed The probable culprit behind a mysterious cloud of radioactive particles detected floating above much of Europe in 2017 appears to have been identified. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Russian motto "Moscow first" Protesters protesting against massive garbage dumping in northwestern Russia ( 2.3 million tons annually from Moscow Oblast) - for what they themselves describe as an environmental disaster - have asked Sweden, Norway and Finland for help. "Our country is drowning in garbage," they write in an open letter to the leaders of the Nordic countries. "We no longer believe that the leaders of our country will hear us and ensure our constitutional right to live in habitable conditions" When asked by President Vladimir Putin on the matter, he said that Moscow cannot be flooded with garbage, but that residents must be taken into account. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/31/russian-landfill-opponents-seek-scandinavias-help-in-averting-eco-crisis-a66643 In the event of any accident at a future landfill, the aquifer will be polluted and decomposition products will end up in the North Dvina artesian basin, which, according to scientists, will result in pollution of all groundwater in the European part of the Russian Federation, as well as in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/07/30/81425-shies-podaet-signal-sos |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Well sh*t happens now and then but three times in one week! Russia Says New Weapon Blew Up in Nuclear Accident Last Week https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-12/russian-says-small-nuclear-reactor-blew-up-in-deadly-accident The failed missile test that ended in an explosion killing five atomic scientists last week on Russia’s White Sea involved a small nuclear power source“Everyone has been calling and asking about iodine all day,†says a pharmacy employee the day after in the nearby port city of Severodvinsk to the local news site 24.ru. A family watches an explosion at a military depot near the city of Achinsk in eastern Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region on Aug. 5, 2019 In July, 14 sailors died in a fire aboard a nuclear-powered submarine in the Barents Sea in an incident on which officials initially refused to comment. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
30 Russian naval vessels stage show of force near coast of Norway https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/08/30-russian-naval-vessels-stage-show-force-coast-norway In an interview with broadcaster NRK, Norway’s Defense Chief Haakon Bruun-Hansen says the objective of the exercise is to block NATO’s access to the Baltic Sea, North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Putin motto “I deny, therefore I amâ€. As for nuclear disasters in Russia and former Soviet. They never happen according to Kremlin. Well they do! As for the last incident in the weapons testing facility in Nyonoksa on the coast to the White Sea located some 25 km west of Severodvinsk. One doctor was reportedly later found to have a radioactive isotope in their muscle tissue. Russian doctors say they weren’t warned patients were nuclear accident victims https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/08/exclusive-russian-doctors-say-they-werent-warned-patients-were-nuclear-accident The events bring to mind a chilling scene in the recent HBO miniseries ‘Chernobyl.’ When the first patients arrive at a local hospital after the accident, doctors begin treating them without protective gear. One cautious nurse explains that their clothes should be burned, but the doctors are depicted handling the toxic items with bare hands. |
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