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Russia says US astronauts could be hurt by Ukraine sanctions
Yahoo News ^ | 4-29-2014 | Anna Smolchenko, with Michel Moutot

Posted on 04/29/2014 9:29:37 AM PDT by tcrlaf

Russia warned Tuesday that American astronauts on the International Space Station could be hurt by new US-led sanctions over the escalating crisis in Ukraine, where pro-Moscow militants seized more public buildings in the east.

Washington was resorting to "Iron Curtain" policies from its Cold War-era playbook with the new Western sanctions, which were driving the Ukraine crisis towards "a dead end", Moscow raged.

A day after the United States and its EU and Japanese allies unveiled fresh punitive measures for what was seen as Russian interference in Ukraine, violence worsened on the ground.

Thousands of pro-Moscow protesters in the city of Lugansk near the Russian border seized control of the regional administrative building, trapping around 200 riot police in the complex's courtyard. Militants in the city already held the local SBU security services building.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronauts; civilwar; russia; ukraine
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To: tcrlaf

“No spacecraft are currently available to facilitate the Americans return to Earth. We ask that you please bear with us.”


41 posted on 04/29/2014 12:26:51 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Natufian
>>>>>>I doubt it. There is an oil pipeline from Siberia to China but the ‘Power of Siberia’ pipe for gas isn’t due to be completed for 4 or 5 years. On top of that, the gas that will be transported via the pipeline come from separate fields from those used to supply Europe.<<<<<<<

That is what the war in Afghanistan was all about - to prevent gas pipeline reaching China through Afghanistan. (for those who overslept highschool geography lesson - China borders with Afghanistan)

And providing steady World supply of poppy as the perk of the job.

42 posted on 04/29/2014 12:43:07 PM PDT by DTA
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To: tcrlaf

The first time the kenyan started flapping his mouth I predicted the US hostages on the ISS would be put in play.

The kenyan is not only a hater of all things American, he also hates all Americans.

Except for:

Negros
Mullatos
Lesbians
Homosexuals
Wall Street and Hollywood donors
People who won’t work
People who won’t think—and cannot think as they are already brainwashed
anyone who self-identifies as liberal (see above, and above)
People who hate our constitution
illegal immigrants (does illegal spark any interest?)

Oops, the above list pretty much covers over 50% of the population. This sucks.

Welcome to the gulag...


43 posted on 04/29/2014 12:48:43 PM PDT by the anti-mahdi
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To: tcrlaf

“Moscow raged” and threatened to take American astronauts as hostages. “Thousands of” Russian thugs “in the city of Lugansk near the Russian border seized control of the regional administrative building,” probably using old women as human shields again. That’s a brilliant strategy. Keep it up.


44 posted on 04/29/2014 1:53:22 PM PDT by familyop
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To: massgopguy
"The Chinese have their own manned space crafts which take them to their own Space Station."

That's because they didn't try to use a Cadillac Shuttle, political correctness program to bus rich liberal men and civilian women back and forth from space. And they don't care about global warming caused by evil, western "males." The default process and defense buildup after nuke exchanges will take care of the problem.


45 posted on 04/29/2014 1:57:26 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Navy Patriot
No, the point is that what you were saying earlier is totally incorrect. The Chinese were never going to pick up the slack in a couple of months time. Even if they start paying for the new gas in 4 years time at a rate that the Europeans are paying today (something that is highly doubtful), they'll not make up the difference.

No serious government (and the last 12 years shows us that Putin leads a serious government), especially an oligarchic version, risks losing 50% of it's revenue or even a substantial chunk of it's potential revenue, unless it is for something of such transcendental importance that the other options are much, much worse.

46 posted on 04/29/2014 3:35:52 PM PDT by Natufian (t)
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To: the anti-mahdi

“The kenyan is not only a hater of all things American, he also hates all Americans.”

It’s learned hatred. I’ve seen it before. He hates everyone the militant black nationalists taught him to hate.


47 posted on 04/29/2014 3:37:37 PM PDT by RaveOn ("No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie." Lamar Keene)
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To: no-to-illegals

Personally I accept the idea that the reason we have not been contacted is that the rest of the universe cordoned us off as a HAZMAT planet. Who would blame them?


48 posted on 04/30/2014 7:03:29 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: tcrlaf

I have long said that Energy should be placed as a natsec issue and thus off limits to greens.


49 posted on 04/30/2014 7:07:15 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Norm, I have to agree. With the Greys, the Reptiles, the Borg and countless others involved we can only await their decisions. Too many of ‘em.


50 posted on 05/01/2014 5:02:52 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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