by Geneva Observer Unfortunately I am not one of the lucky few whose mother dropped them on a favored part of the planet blessed with visa free travel to Russia. The two states that makes claim to me have not yet found it in their interest to go forth and negotiate anything but the most annoying terms to visit. I can choose which passport I go with to the
by Scott Humor What does Russia produce? 1 What does Russia produce? 2 What does Russia produce? 3 Made In Russia SITREP IV Made in Russia V Made in Russia VI Time Forward! The transcript of the video with sources The best news of the week that you might have missed. Time of Production [0:23] In Yakutia opened a new mining and processing plant with
by Scott Humor As a cautionary illustration of the famous saying that “Что Русскому здорово, то Немцу смерть” or What’s healthy for a Russian would kill a German. Or an American, in this case. On September 8th, a pilot was killed in a plane crash at the Groom Lake, the USAF’s secret test base deep in the NTTR also referred as the Nevada Test and Training Range by the Air
List of Pre – WWII pacts and Agreements with Hitler’s Germany Invasion of Czechoslovakia by Poland, Germany and Hungary in October 1938. Did the Soviet Union Invade Poland in September 1939? (The answer: No, it did not.) https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/research/mlg09/did_ussr_invade_poland.html “No doubt a big reason for this falsehood is this: Britain and France did sign a Nonaggression Pact with Hitler that “partitioned” another state — Czechoslovakia. That was the Munich Agreement of September
by the Geneva Observer My tooth ache was too much. Natasha made the call. My fear of the dentist is something like the elephant and the mouse. I may not be an elephant, but my dentist would be considerably smaller than me, a woman dentist, wearing studded earrings, and perfectly glossed nails. The dental clinic was one of the most modern in Yaroslavl. They accepted the challenge of dealing with
Featured image of a Novaya Gazeta reporter Elena Milashina, an author of the article “Honor Killing” receiving an International Women of Courage Award in Washington on March 8, 2013. Depicted here standing between the First Lady Michelle Obama and the Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry. Years ago, President Putin was asked what he thought about gay parades. He said that he respected human freedom in all its forms. However,
by the Geneva Observer Part I Part II Being invited for the first time to your mother-in-law can be a traumatic experience for some. It is especially so when neither speaks the other’s mother tongue. We compromised and decided we would converse in German (she tutors German). Two days before her bathroom light had given up its ghost. The lady had been in darkness for two days, waiting for enlightenment
by the Geneva Observer the Geneva Observer, our editor and commentator, writes about his trip to Russia Trip to Moscow I woke up this morning in Yaroslavl and stared out of the window. It was snowing on the 9th of May. The snow and cold surprised the German military some 76 years ago. This visitor seems to not have learned the lessons of history and left his long underwear
A day before the Victory Day over the Western fascism, an adviser to the Minister of internal Affairs of the Ukraine Zorian Shkiryak reminded everyone that the police will react harshly against individuals that would wear the St. George ribbons, prohibited on Ukraine’s territory . According to Shkiryak, a refusal to remove the “provocative anti-state symbols” will be punishable by arrest and jail. “Wearing the St. George ribbon is a
FY 2018 Notice of Funding Opportunity for Proposals for Resettlement Support Centers (RSC) Africa in Nairobi, Kenya; Turkey and the Middle East (TuME) in Istanbul, Turkey; and Eurasia in Moscow, Russia Share Funding Opportunity Announcement Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration April 27, 2017 Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0001616 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 19.018 – Resettlement Support Centers (RSCs) for U.S. Refugee Resettlement Announcement issuance date: Thursday,
Hello Scott, We have safely arrived from Geneva, both very tired (both of us had to get up at 5am). I am quickly having to learn the Cyrillic alphabet and a few words I can start recognizing (already knowing German, French and English is a big help -Russian, despite the different alphabet is a very much European language). We found a bank to change money. Very well organized, very
Holy Fire to be delivered to America for first time “The Holy Fire, which descends every year on the eve of the Orthodox feast of Pascha in Jerusalem, will be delivered to the various corners of the Earth, with the support of the Russian St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation, including, for the first time this year, to the United States of America. “It is planned to deliver this
What the Senators didn’t hear on the Hill yesterday from Clinton Watts and co — from retired Canadian Army officer/diplomat Patrick Armstrong by The Kulak http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2016/04/russia-prepares-for-a-big-war-the-significance-of-a-tank-army.html The CFE Treaty showed us all this: the Russians were obliged to give us a list of elements showing their precise location and relationship to other structures with the number of soldiers and major weapons; we could go there and check this out at any moment.
YouTube “suddenly” recommended me a type of videos that I have never seen before. They are called, “social videos about Russia.” I want to show you two of them that play on our love for colorful and cheerful Nesting Matryoshka dolls and bears. French Social video about Russia Video made by Amnesty International at amnesti.fr/russie Let’s see how the Amnesty International protested unlawful kidnappings and detentions of the
The EU has long lost its moral right to act as an authority on human rights issues The following statement is an important step taken by the MID. Until recently, they refrained from directly pointing out that the European nations that are orchestrating the anti-Russian campaign are the same nations that participated in the war on the USSR in 1941-1945. Some of them sent their armies to invade Russia and
Peskov: “Russia’s choice of a performer for the Eurovision 2017 contest is not a provocation.” I told to a liberal what I think about Israel in those exact words that he used about Russia, he got very upset and called me a fascist. —— Erdogan is our guy! I am so proud of him. It takes a fiery Turkish personality to stage such a shitstorm between two NATO members and
Rohrabacher: An unrelenting hostility towards Russia. 09 Mar 2017 In Regard to the claims of the Baltic republics that Russia attempting “military aggression against them.” Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher is the Republican U.S. Representative for California’s 48th congressional district ================================================================ iPhony It’s confirmed that all iPhones are tracking devices, microphones and cameras for spying on their owners Informnapalm, which is a NATO based intelligence gathering organization, published a
Russian Orthodox Church gathers all faithful The Holy Synod just added to the ecclesiastical calendar more than a dozen saints who lived in Europe including saint Patriky, the Apostle of Ireland, better known as Saint Patrick. The Holy Synod considered in part the accounts of Russian Orthodox Christians worshipping in dioceses located in Western Europe. Church officials weighed this information, as well as the absence of particular saints’ names from
A bird’s-eye view of Russia Tver, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Crime, Hersone, Sevastopol, Yalta, Krasnodar, Sochi, Novorossiysk, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Uglich Music by Alexander Borodin. Opera Prince Igor. Fly on the wings of the wind. Performed by Natasha Morozova You can also search for the videos of YouTube using the Russian title Улетай на крыльях ветра (Песня пленниц Опера Бородина “Князь Игорь”). No. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus” [“Половецкая пляска с
by Scott Humor My fellow colleague, the Kulak dropped me a link to a video allegedly recorded in Syria. Syrian Army with Russian Air support advances towards Al Hayal Mountains which overlook the Palmyra Castle, Southeastern Homs CS(23/02/2017) pic.twitter.com/v9oJjOmI36 — M Green (@MmaGreen) February 23, 2017 “Scott, thought you’d like the Red Banner style flag on the SAA GRAD launcher (looks like either a WW2 tribute to the Katyushas or
