In show of muscle, Russia conducts military exercise in country's northwest

CNN ^ | 5/26/2015 | Don Melvin

[McGruff]

You flex your muscles and I'll flex mine. Or so it seems to go in international relations these days.

Russia has deployed 12,000 troops along with numerous aircraft and weapons in a surprise military exercise in the country's northwest -- a show of strength that may be a response to a long-planned European military exercise led by Norway.

[McGruff]

He can't do that!!

[McGruff]

The Russian news agency Tass, quoting the country’s defense ministry, reported Monday that the exercise involves as many as 250 combat planes and helicopters and 689 units of “various weapons and military equipment.”

Cruise missiles will be aimed at an “imaginary enemy,” the report said.

[Army Air Corps]

Pingsky.

[ETL]

KGB Putin thinks the COLLAPSE of the Soviet communist empire was the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe' of the 20th century

"the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century" -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union...
"World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
http://www.hoover.org/research/putins-russia-stalin-lite
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"'The Black Book of Communism,'; a scholarly accounting of communism’s crimes, counts about 94 million murdered by the supposed champions of the common man (20 million for the Soviets alone), and some say that number is too low."

Forgetting the Evils of Communism: The amnesia bites a little deeper
By Jonah Goldberg, August 2008:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmY0MjI1MDgyYjg1M2UwNDMzMTk2Mjk5YTk0ZTdlMWE=

[ETL]

"Putin said Stalin deserves statues in his honor"

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131219/185734707/Putin-Says-Stalin-No-Worse-Than-Cunning-Oliver-Cromwell.html

[tcrlaf]

It’s a response to NATO’s “Arctic Challenger” exercise going on right now. Both non-NATO Sweden and Finland are participating, as well.

[ETL]

Russia and China have been staging joint military exercises since 2005, in preparation for war with us.

[ETL]

2014
China and Russia to build major seaport: report

China and Russia will build one of the largest ports in north-east Asia on Russia’s Sea of Japan coast, reports say, in a further sign of the powerhouses’ growing alliance. ...”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-11/china-and-russia-to-build-major-seaport-report/5738036

[ETL]

The Kremlin’s Troll Army: Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters

A June article by Max Seddon of BuzzFeed reported the Kremlin was spending millions of dollars to pay English-speaking Russians to promote President Vladimir Putin and his policies in U.S. media like Fox News broadcasting and The Huffington Post and Politico news sites. Trolls are reportedly expected to manage multiple fake accounts and post on news articles 50 times a day, often with sentiments as simplistic as “Putin makes Obama look stupid and weak!”

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/the-kremlins-troll-army/375932/
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Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America

http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america

[McGruff]

Russia and China strengthen ties, as Putin looks east in wake of Western sanctions.

This all began with that Ukrainian Coup.

[ansel12]

No, in Putin’s case it is a threat in response to our defensive exercises as he is invading Ukraine and threatening Europe and the United States.

[BeadCounter]

Putin is going to extreme lengths to hide Russian soldiers who are dying while fighting in Ukraine

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-using-mobile-crematoriums-in-ukraine-2015-5#ixzz3bGkR5QQ3

Bad bad story here though, mobile crematoriums? Makes one wonder but the story originally came out of Belarus, picked up by Bloomberg news and so on.

[free_life]

Exactly how dare Ukrainians not allow Russia to control Ukraine government! Such provocation ... they must die!

No need for a sarcasm tag, eh?

[BeadCounter]

NATO has a website where they address the so-called myths put out there.

[ETL]

The close ties go back way before that.

From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170287,00.html

[Buckeye McFrog]

Russian troops have invaded Oregon?

The headline is a little unclear, is all...

[familyop]

The commie/fascist international bullies are flexing their table muscles. Everyone else is getting ready to roll over them.

[familyop]

Public news over the past ten years or so shows that assets around the Pacific Rim have China very well covered. If she moves, all of her military facilities and infrastructure will be gone within days. Looks like her friend to the north was an unwise choice in more ways than being simply untrustworthy.