The Soviet forces met resistance from the mujahideen
Posted on 03/07/2014 6:58:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Broadcasters at a Russian television station protested this week about the country's actions in Crimea, echoing what a Soviet radio announcer did 30 years ago.
Two US-based presenters on Russia's English-language TV station Russia Today (RT) caused a stir recently by denouncing Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine.
Abby Martin told viewers of the state-owned channel that what Russia had done was "wrong". And Liz Wahl said she could not work for a broadcaster that "whitewashes the actions" of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Wahl resigned live on air.
Among seasoned Russia watchers, their exploits recalled the strange and sad story of Vladimir Danchev, the Moscow radio announcer, who in the 1980s caused consternation by calling Soviet troops in Afghanistan "occupiers"...
Kremlin propaganda usually referred to the Soviet troops as the "limited contingent" of "internationalist warriors" bringing help to the "fraternal people of Afghanistan".
The phrase "limited contingent" is also being used by Russian politicians today to describe the current military intervention in Crimea.
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The Soviet forces met resistance from the mujahideen
G’night all.
Why is there an English language Russian station. I don’t get that.
That’s because they are all in THIS country...
Today’s Russia is a open society compared to the Soviet time. People can oppose Putin and they won’t be sent to Siberia. People can openly practice their religion and churches are being rebuilt. Russians can now travel abroad. It has to be admitted the dark side of Russia is massive corruption and lack of transparency. When all is taken into account though, one thing stands out: no one wants to go back to the Soviet time.
Propaganda.
Why is there Voice of America?
I think he means do we have a Russian-language Voice Of America?
We abandoned the necessity of informing Russians of our viewpoint as soon as the Soviet Union went out of business on December 25, 1991.
The Voice of America currently broadcasts in 45 languages (TV marked with an asterisk):
Afan Oromo
Albanian*
Amharic
Arabic*
Armenian*
Azerbaijani*
Bengali*
Bosnian*
Burmese
Cantonese Chinese*
Haitian Creole
Croatian*
Dari*
English* (also Special English)
Filipino* (also Tagalog)
French*
Georgian
Greek*
Hausa
Hindi
Indonesian*
Khmer
Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
Korean
Kurdish
Lao
Macedonian*
Mandarin Chinese*
Northern Ndebele
Pashto*
Persian*
Portuguese
Russian*
Serbian*
Shona
Somali
Spanish*
Swahili
Thai
Tibetan*
Tigrinya
Turkish*
Ukrainian*
Urdu*
Uzbek*
Vietnamese
Night Civ...
Yep, Russia and the Russian government are still 100% Communist, just like 30 years ago, and the US government is still stridently anti Communist, just like 30 years ago.
RT is funded by the Russian government. It's carried by satellites to over 100 countries. It's for worldwide consumption.
August
I recall it was in Foros the Soviet Union died. Gorbachev was on holiday in a place again in the headlines: Crimea - when Communist Party apparatchiks moved to oust him. Their failed coup didn’t save the Soviet Union; it led to its swift demise by the end of the year.
You’ve been fed too much propaganda yourself.
It’s refreshing to hear conservative views on Russian media...as opposed to leftist propaganda on VOA.
oops on my part!
you are 100% correct.
I really almost made it that time. ;’) G’night, for sure this time.
Arming them didn’t turn out so well for us.
Because even the Russians are offended by the bias of our state controlled msm.
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