http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/russian/ en-us Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:50:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401695/posts (IsraelNN.com) Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza escalated attacks against Israel Sunday and fired Russian-made anti-tank missiles for the first time. The missiles exploded in the fields of Kibbutz Alumim, adjacent to the separation fence, and no injuries or damage was reported. The advanced missiles were of the type usually fired from helicopters, and they carry a larger payload and have a longer range than anti-tank missiles that previously have been used in attacks against Israel. INN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401695/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:50:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386182/posts (An Excerpt From Page 2 Of The Article)...“I should mention another interesting aspect. Modern-day Western arms are produced with special chips which make it impossible to use the weapons against the manufacturing country and its allies. It may mean that Saudi Arabia does not exclude a possible military confrontation with the West. Finally, Saudi Arabia does not perceive Moscow as an enemy. Quite on the contrary – it’s a potential partner,” the expert said... Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386182/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:11:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380763/posts A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday. The Tupolev Tu-142 plane disappeared from radar as it was coming to the end of a training mission on Friday over the Tatarski Strait that divides Russia's Far East island of Sakhalin from the mainland, the defence ministry said. "Given the conditions under which the catastrophe took place, we can presume that all the crew aboard the Tu-142 were killed," a source in the emergencies ministry told the RIA Novosti... France24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380763/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377195/posts Jerusalem - In a dramatic announcement, Israeli police said Monday they have arrested the alleged murder of a family of six - two grandparents, two parents, and two young children - who were found brutally stabbed to death in a partially burned-out apartment. The alleged perpetrator carried out the murders - which have been described as 'the worst in Israel's history' - apparently in revenge for being fired from his job as a waiter at the family restaurant in the town of Rishon Lezion, south of Tel Aviv, police said as a gag order on the investigation was lifted. Demian... Monsters and Critics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377195/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374632/posts Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made an outspoken attack on those seeking to rehabilitate former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Millions of Soviet citizens died under Stalin's rule and Mr Medvedev said it was not possible to justify those who exterminated their own people. He also warned against efforts to falsify history and defend repression. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374632/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:17:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369310/posts Historians have long agreed that Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin suffered a series of three strokes that eventually led to his death. But new evidence has been uncovered that appears to show Lenin actually succumbed to the sexually transmitted disease, syphilis. The Soviets made huge attempts to cover up the real reasons for Lenin's erratic behaviour and sudden bouts of rage in the years leading up to his death in 1924... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369310/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2368135/posts This is the latest installment art video on my understanding of God and how he plays out in strange and mysterious ways. Humour and pathos are all too frequently missed in religion and I'm trying to make up for it. I say that now but I might change my mind. For the budding theologians, please help me out, for I know not what I have done... Any comments would be appreciated. Blind Eye Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2368135/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:22:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2349530/posts At the junctures of Manhattan’s Little Italy, Chinatown and Soho is a tiny jewel box of a chapel that many people would mistake for an Orthodox church.In actuality, St. Michael’s Russian Catholic Chapel is a community very much in union with Rome.Named for one of the three archangels whose feast is celebrated Sept. 29 in the Western Church, St. Michael’s is located in the heart of old New York. The tiny, peaceful church epitomizes the meaning of the word “serene.” The chapel is the home of the Byzantine-rite Community of the Holy Archangel Michael Russian Catholic Church. The Catholic Church... ncr http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2349530/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:44:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347604/posts Russia and Islam are not Separate: Why Russia backs Al-Qaeda By Konstantin Preobrazhensky Konstantin Preobrazhensky, a former Lt. Colonel in the KGB who defected to the United States in 1993, is an intelligence expert and specialist on Japan, about which he has written six books. His newest book Russian-American, A New KGB Asset will be published in late 2007. This article was first published by Gerard Group International, Intel Analyses, 31 August 2007.Americans generally believe that Russia is afraid of Islamic terrorism as much as the U.S.A. They are reminded of the war in Chechnya, the hostage crisis at the... The Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347604/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:20:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338890/posts CARACAS, Venezuela — Russia has opened a $2.2 billion line of credit for Venezuela to purchase weapons including armored vehicles and surface-to-air missiles, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday. Venezuela is buying more arms because it feels threatened by Colombia's decision to give U.S. troops greater access to its military bases, Chavez said. Repeating a frequent theme of his presidency, the socialist leader said the United States would like to invade Venezuela and seize the country's oil fields. He said the bases in Colombia could help the U.S. stage such an attack. google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338890/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:47:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2315447/posts <p>I attended a Town Hall last night, hosted by Anthony "Jerkoff" Weiner. Afterwards, a small group of Patriots decided to stay & discuss ObamaCare & it's implications.</p> <p>In our small circle of new FRiends, were two former citizens of the Soviet Union. They had arrived in America years ago, after The Wall came down (Thanks Ronnie!) and the dissolution of the USSR.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2315447/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313629/posts August 11, 2009 MEANWHILE, IN TAJIKISTAN Interfax reports on the recent conviction of five members of the Tablighi Jamaat "for making public calls for a forcible change of the constitutional system of Tajikistan, a crime enshrined by Article 304 of the Tajik Criminal Code." The individuals sentenced were identified as Tajiks Khidoyatullo Alimov, Zielukhak Khakdodov and Saidakram Khakdodov, and two Russian nationals, Nasriddin Murodov and Mahmud Makhmadzhodzhayev. Reuters and Interfax both report on the death of an alleged IMU activist outside of Dushanbe named Lutfullo Tursunov, while RFE/RL casts doubt on that report, instead saying that one Shavkat Yusufov was... OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313629/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:33:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2313113/posts The Real Lord of War A court in Thailand is set to rule on whether to extradite to the US Viktor Bout, a Russian businessman known as the Merchant of Death. But his fate is far from certain. Washington believes that Bout is the biggest gun runner in modern history, helping to fuel wars and armed conflicts around the globe. http://www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2313113/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:55:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311756/posts More than a year ago, the U.N. dropped the Russian air transport company Vertikal-T from its approved list of vendors after a fatal helicopter crash in Nepal. Yet NATO continued to use helicopters owned by Vertikal-T in Afghanistan. And on July 19, one of those choppers crashed at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base, killing 16 civilians on board. The crash reflects a little-known reality behind NATO's military push in Afghanistan: It is relying on Russian aviators flying Soviet-design aircraft, who are clocking up lucrative contracts in a country Russian troops left two decades ago. Aviation industry analysts say many of... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311756/posts#comment Sun, 9 Aug 2009 04:36:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2305203/posts This is what appears to anger today's Russian historical establishment: accounts of Red Army crimes on the march to Berlin; assertions by the Baltic countries and others in Eastern Europe that Soviet forces came as occupiers as much as liberators; any suggestion that Stalin's Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were anything but complete opposites and bitter enemies. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2305203/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303142/posts 7/28/2009 - MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan (AFNS) -- Thought not traditional Air Force linguists, two multilingual Airmen bring a unique skill to Manas Air Base. Capt. Jecek Dempnaik and Staff Sgt. Maria Hudgeons, who speak a combined seven languages, reduce communication barriers between Air Force members and coalition forces through written translations and verbal interpretations. They are the ears and eyes to the director of the Transit Center here. When acting in this capacity, they are referred to as the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing coalition coordinators and linguists. Shifting tongues between English, French and Spanish is as easy as breathing... Air Force Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303142/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301123/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – Russia's economy is withering and Moscow will be forced to make compromises with the West on a range of issues, US Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview. Biden told The Wall Street Journal these included national security issues, including loosening Moscow's grip on former Soviet republics and shrinking its vast nuclear arsenal. "All of sudden, did they have an epiphany and say: 'Hey man, we don't want to threaten our neighbors?' No," Biden said. "They can't sustain it." ... The geographical proximity of the emerging nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea is also likely... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301123/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301017/posts 14:48 GMT, July 24, 2009 MOSCOW | Based on information of the state-run ABN news agency, RIA Novosti reports that President Hugo Chavez announced Venezuela will at least double the number of tanks in its military and continue strengthening its defense capability. "We are going to buy more tanks to have an armored force at least twice the size of what we have today," Chavez said n national television on Thursday. AMX 30 MBT French T-90 na http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301017/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:28:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295877/posts British frontline troops in Afghanistan are so short of helicopters and transport planes that they are being bailed out by the Russians. The Mail on Sunday has established that the Ministry of Defence is using civilian Russian-built Mi-8 and Mi-26 transport helicopters to ferry supplies and soldiers in Afghanistan. The pilots are freelance Russians and Ukrainians. Britain is also hiring massive commercial Russian Antonov aircraft to fly vehicles and heavy equipment from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire to Afghanistan. dailymail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295877/posts#comment Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292345/posts NOVOROSSIISK, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was shown around the guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, at the southern port of Novorossiisk on Tuesday. The president is on a working visit to the Southern Federal District. Commander Capt. 1st Rank Sergei Tronev gave the president a tour of the warship, explaining its basic specifications. The Moskva is a Slava-class missile cruiser designed as a surface strike ship with some anti-air and ASW capability. The ship has sixteen SS-N-12 Sandbox (Bazalt) nuclear-capable supersonic anti-ship missiles, mounted in four pairs on each side. Bazalt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292345/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286424/posts U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian leaders, expected to focus largely on arms control. This is a visit that falls neatly into two parts. First, President Obama will consult individually with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Then he will focus on improving ties with the Russian people. In an interview with the Associated Press prior to his departure, Mr. Obama said he has a lot to discuss with President Medvedev. Among them: efforts to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty - or START - that runs out at the end... Voice of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286424/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2271917/posts MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti, Ivan Korzun) - Russia is celebrating the Feast of All Saints on June 14, with liturgies in Orthodox churches throughout the country commemorating all known and unknown saints. The feast, also called All Saints' Sunday, is marked on the first Sunday after Pentecost. It became prominent in the ninth century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise (886-911). His wife Theophano was known for her piety, giving alms to the poor and monasteries, caring for widows and orphans, and consoling the sorrowful. After her death Leo built a church, and forbidden from... RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2271917/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:24:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261317/posts The 30-year-old electrician, identified only as Dmitry K, lured victims to his house by posting adverts for computer equipment on the internet. Police in Yekaterinburg, a city in Russia's Urals region, tracked the suspect down after finding the charred body of a law student in a roadside ditch. Dmitry K admitted murdering the student, investigators said, before claiming that he had also killed several other victims as he conducted experiments on an improvised electric chair that he had invented. The suspect, who worked at a local power plant, told detectives he would confess to the other murders if they found... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261317/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 19:16:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254539/posts TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 "In gaz we trust"? I'd rather change GazTranzitStroyInfo's vision to HangUp Team's infamous - "in fraud we trust". It is somehow weird to what lengths would certain cybercriminals go to create a feeling of legitimacy of their enterprise. DANCHO DANCHEV - blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254539/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 10:54:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254229/posts Two Russian tourists paid a very high price for breaking the American law which bans sex with porcupines. Staying in Florida on vacation, two Russians from Saint Petersburg decided to check whether they are able to circumvent such an unusual law or not. pravda.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254229/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 22:24:37 GMT