Voice of Russia

[Balancer]

To make it clearer what the opposition in Russia is. When Navalny was still trying on the president's chair, an increase in the retirement age sounded in his election program. Because the remnants of the socialist past are pulling the Russian economy into the abyss and it is necessary to move to the Western standards of social security.

Years passed, the government forced to increase the retirement age. In our country now there are only 72 million workers for 43 million pensioners - and this ratio is getting worse all the time. With the increase in life expectancy of pensioners is becoming more and more. And because of the reduction in the birth rate of working people becomes less. And what is Navalny doing now? Organizes country rallies against increasing the retirement age. Although a few years ago he himself called for the same.

And finally, the funny thing is that the most active protesters against pension reform are not adults who are approaching retirement age. But young people and children who follow the opposition

Here, the main protesters in Russia today (although, of course, there are older people - but noticeably less).

 

[Balancer]

Is the Russian press truly free? NO!

I am afraid that there is no free press anywhere in the world Simply, the methods of influence are different. Political, economic, power, corruption…

Do common Russians not realize how corrupt Putin & his Oligarch friends are, as Navalny pointed out? Or, do they not care?

Oligarchs rule everywhere. Including in the USA Yes, in Russia, people are well aware that the power in the country is in the hands of oligarchs. But the country made the choice of the capitalist system back in 1991. And, it should be noted, after overcoming the abyss of the 1990s, the standard of living in the country began to grow steadily. While life is getting better and while the memory of the horror of the 1990s is fresh, the people of Russia do not care how the top of the country is enriched. The main thing is that ordinary people also get a normal and improved life

And Navalny is no different from the oligarchs, except that he was a loser in the business. Therefore, he became in opposition. Successful business in Russia is interested in the development of the country and therefore is not in opposition, but supports the government.

Do most Russians believe the official crap story about who was responsible for Nemtsov’s assasination?

Nemtsov long ago didn’t weigh anything in Russia as a political figure, and his fate is not interesting to anyone from the Russians, except the opposition. This, by the way, is one of the main real arguments against the fact that the Kremlin is guilty of the death of Nemtsov. The name of Nemtsov was almost forgotten and they started talking about him a lot only after the murder. So his murder was only beneficial for the Russian opposition But, most likely, there really were simple criminal fights.

 

[Balancer]

To avoid the impression that everything is fine in Russia On the issue of freedom of speech on the Internet. This is really crap that scares me and angry. This summer, for the first time, I was engaged in cleaning my blog, deleting pictures for which I could be convicted of extremism and incitement to hatred. The problem, in fact, is to some degree universal too. In the US, this is even easier if you write something bad and unformatted about gender inequality or attitudes towards migrants, then you can get a public obstruction or problems at work, but not a trial. In Europe, a little worse, there may be condemned (here is a recent example). But in Russia, this was not practiced until this year. And this year, as if become furious. Began to punish political memes inciting hostility against social groups. Maybe it sounds not so bad, but in practice it resulted in a series of accusations for completely harmless, in my opinion, memes. The concept of "insults" is very subjective. And some kind of odious believer can be offended by a completely innocent joke (for example, about the resurrected John Snow from Game of Thrones). But only joy is for law enforcement officers - a lot of easily disclosed cases, you can show how active and useful they are. So I had to review my entries in Russian social networks over the past few years and remove everything that could offend someone’s feelings. And then I wrote directly in the blogs that from that moment on for me personally, freedom of speech in Russia was over. Someone could have had it before, someone writes freely now, but for me it is.

And I transferred all non-tolerant policies to anonymous distributed social networks (first of all - to ZeroNet).

On Facebook, I’ll probably just delete all my blogs. I do not like his trends, I do not know what to expect tomorrow from him with the same intolerant materials

 

[Balancer]

Here is an example of one of the memes that figured in one of the charges. In Russia there is an old saying: "Russia has two misfortunes - fools and roads." Here someone posted this picture with the same signature. And ready - the accusation of inciting hatred against the Orthodox.

 

[Balancer]

Musical pause

An example of modern Russian popular musical culture. The song of the group "Leningrad": "ЗОЖ" ("ZOZh" = HLS = healthy lifestyle). The band plays household alcoholic punk rock, but it has very interesting clips In this song, it’s said that if you don’t have brains in your head, but shit, then no healthy lifestyle will save you. "Neither dumbbells, nor alcohol, Will not add your mind."

 

[Tehon]

Musical pause

An example of modern Russian popular musical culture. The song of the group "Leningrad": "ЗОЖ" ("ZOZh" = HLS = healthy lifestyle). The band plays household alcoholic punk rock, but it has very interesting clips In this song, it’s said that if you don’t have brains in your head, but shit, then no healthy lifestyle will save you. "Neither dumbbells, nor alcohol, Will not add your mind."

I was introduced to this Russian band here on this message board. Admittedly it is not "popular" music, but I like it.

 

[DrLove]

But is it "hysteria" to be concerned with Russian bots and trolls that may not have "changed" a vote - but definitely influenced the election?

Given the comparative effects of some cheap ass ads of Hillary dressed as witch by some Russian trolls, against the ROAR of the noise about Trump with hookers peeing on bed in Moscow --- Yeah --- the "indicted" (snicker) Russian trolls are a minor sideshow at an elementary school fundraiser..

LoL - I do enjoy your madness flac. There were around a quarter million views of the fake news like Pizzagate on Twit and Facebook alone. They were strategically directed in particular at the 3 states Donald won by 77k votes to take the EC (gee, wonder how the Russians got so politically savvy? ;-)

THEN, there was the drippage of hacked emails dripped (also strategically) through the Swedish Rapist Dude holed up like a rat in Ecuador. Heck, the very night Trump cut loose with his "Russia if you can hear me" request, Hillary's server was hit albeit unsuccessfully.

And yet you can't admit that there was an influence - (Comey announcements aside) ???

I'll bet like me, you can't hardly wait to see the Mueller findings and what the hell it is that Putin has on Trump -- Amiright?

 

[DrLove]

And here is an example of statistics where Russia does not look the worst in the world Although the source of the data is not indicated here, so I don’t know what their authenticity is in other countries.

By the way, women in Russia after the birth of a child may not work, but receive their salary up to three years. Too few in which countries there is a similar. This is another factor that complicates a direct comparison of the standard of living of Russia and other countries.

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Curious about your thoughts on this and opposition being jailed
Trust in Putin Drops to 39% as Russians Face Later Retirement, Poll Says

This blows me away

 

[Balancer]

LoL - I do enjoy your madness flac. There were around a quarter million views of the fake news like Pizzagate on Twit and Facebook alone.

We in Russia are simply amazed how weak and weak-willed the US is. America can shake just a quarter of a million views on social networks. Yes, you need to build an iron information curtain to escape!

In Russia, tens of millions of people are daily exposed to Western propaganda. And nothing, somehow we are not in a hurry to collapse

Donald won by 77k votes to take the EC (gee, wonder how the Russians got so politically savvy? ;-)

It's good. But if the Kremlin helped elect such a new enemy of Russia, then we have a very stupid government. But, if the Russian government is so stupid, how can it greatly influence the US? Are the Americans even more stupid?

 

[DrLove]

LoL - I do enjoy your madness flac. There were around a quarter million views of the fake news like Pizzagate on Twit and Facebook alone.

We in Russia are simply amazed how weak and weak-willed the US is. America can shake just a quarter of a million views on social networks. Yes, you need to build an iron information curtain to escape!

In Russia, tens of millions of people are daily exposed to Western propaganda. And nothing, somehow we are not in a hurry to collapse

Donald won by 77k votes to take the EC (gee, wonder how the Russians got so politically savvy? ;-)

It's good. But if the Kremlin helped elect such a new enemy of Russia, then we have a very stupid government. But, if the Russian government is so stupid, how can it greatly influence the US? Are the Americans even more stupid?

My error there Balancer - My brain stopped working momentarily. It was around a quarter BILLION views- not million. 150 million that Facebook identified alone.

Your government stupid? Nope, anything but. Putin hated Hillary. I think he has dirt on Trump. He also knew that Donald was susceptible to flattery, had a penchant for strong-arm leaders, would be softer on Russia and could in the end -- be manipulated. Putin is playing three dimensional chess whilst Donald tries his hand at Hungry Hippo.

I somehow doubt that information flows quite so freely in and out of your country. Journalists and political opponents are jailed and killed - Curious .. would you dispute that? RT is, per the understanding of experts, a direct propaganda arm for Putin. Here in the US, they were recently forced to register as a foreign agent.

Russia's RT America registers as 'foreign agent' in U.S. | Reuters

Keep going with the informative posts and photos please. Awesome stuff!

 

[Balancer]

I somehow doubt that information flows quite so freely in and out of your country.

I have already written more than once why this is not so. In Russia, the penetration of the Internet is not inferior to the American. And we have the Internet with respect to information is still free.

Here, the top chart is Internet penetration, the bottom one is smartphone penetration.

The overwhelming majority of Russians can read foreign sources, including the American media in Russian (if someone cannot or does not want to read in English). We also have a very high penetration of the Western media. Above in the topic I listed which channels are available in my home. Although the share of such coverage, of course, is much lower than through the Internet. The average Russian knows about the West 10 times more than the average West resident about Russia

Journalists and political opponents are jailed and killed

Yes, that is what the Western media are constantly trying to propagandize. But it is not. I have already repeatedly described these questions in detail, to be honest, I simply do not see the point of doing it again. There are topics in Russia that are forbidden to discuss the media, but this concerns their form, not their content. And these are quite narrow topics - for slander, for inciting hatred towards social groups, for propaganda of fascism, extremism, homosexuality among young people, suicide, etc. Even with a very broad interpretation of these concepts, the bulk of questions can be raised and discussed freely. Including issues of corruption, lack of turnover of power, etc.

 

[Balancer]

In Crimea today was a terrorist attack a la Columbine. A student brought a hunting rifle and an improvised explosive device to the Polytechnic College. 18 students were killed, several dozens injured. Motives are not yet known.

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And to the question of the Russian opposition. Again. According to the first information, while the culprit was not known, Russian social networks and oppositional resources were flooded with a wave of Putin’s accusations that he had staged a terrorist attack in order to dump everything on Ukraine and have casus belli to war.

Photo of the killer:

 

[Balancer]

Photos of the Crimean shooter with surveillance cameras. Yes, I forgot to mention that he shot himself. His page on the social network Vkontakte is filled with very extremist content, but was abandoned in 2014. And here it is impossible not to criticize the Russian law enforcement officers, who, in search of extremists, are not investigating such figures, but figures of innocent pranksters with memes.

 

[Litwin]

Photos of the Crimean shooter with surveillance cameras. Yes, I forgot to mention that he shot himself. His page on the social network Vkontakte is filled with very extremist content, but was abandoned in 2014. And here it is impossible not to criticize the Russian law enforcement officers, who, in search of extremists, are not investigating such figures, but figures of innocent pranksters with memes.

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Putler´s and project "NewruSSia" hardcore fan killed 17 children in Ukraine (Crimea) . look like Putler´s TV.ru has totally destroyed guy´s brain

from his VK page, hardcore putlerist of coz much like you

 

[Stratford57]

In Crimea today was a terrorist attack a la Columbine. A student brought a hunting rifle and an improvised explosive device to the Polytechnic College. 18 students were killed, several dozens injured. Motives are not yet known.

...

And to the question of the Russian opposition. Again. According to the first information, while the culprit was not known, Russian social networks and oppositional resources were flooded with a wave of Putin’s accusations that he had staged a terrorist attack in order to dump everything on Ukraine and have casus belli to war.

Photo of the killer:

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My condolences to the victims' family, to all Russian world for such a tragedy.
#CrimeaWeAreWithYOU

 

[Balancer]

A little bit about how the opposition is being suppressed in Russia. For example, a certain Arkady Babchenko. The oppositionist, who allegedly fled to Ukraine from persecution. And who not so long ago faked his death, ostensibly to catch the Russian killer. After the tragedy in the Crimea, this creature gloats and says that things will only get worse. And then everything will be worse in the Crimea:

It had to happen.

And you know where he writes all this? In the Russian opposition media Ekho Moskvy. Do you think the Kremlin is imposing any sanctions against this media? Not. Its headquarters is located 5 kilometers from the Kremlin, it broadcasts on the radio in the usual FM-band and has a daily audience of 1 million people in Moscow and about 3 million more in the rest of Russia.

 

[Stratford57]

Official Kiev not only reported about assassination of an anti-Russian journalist but accused Russian intelligence services of masterminding the assassination..

'Assassinated' journalist Babchenko alive, Kiev accuses Russian intelligence of murder plot

Death and Resurrection in Kiev: You couldn’t make this sh*t up, but Ukraine did

Reporters Without Borders condemned the staging of a Babchenko’s murder as a “pathetic stunt.”

Christophe Deloire, the head of the Paris-based media watchdog, told AFP that while he was relieved that Babchenko was still alive, “it is pathetic and regrettable that the Ukrainian police have played with the truth, whatever their motive… for the stunt.”
Anti-Putin journalist alive; Ukraine faked his death to catch would-be assassin

Independent:

First, journalists will no longer accept Ukrainian official statements on face value. This is good practice anyway, given the increasingly creative endeavours emerging from the government in Kiev.

Second, news of threats to journalists will now be doubted at every turn.

Third, nothing that comes out of Ukraine is really how it seems; everything Ukraine says is to show Russia in a bad light.
Why Arkady Babchenko's strange resurrection is a PR gift for the Kremlin

WaPo:

But the means — the fictitious death, the staged public reports — will reduce even further the already microscopically low levels of trust that Ukrainians have in their government and their media.

In a country where journalists really do get murdered, it’s not clear whether anybody will believe journalists either. It’s not clear whether the foreign diplomats who rushed to sympathize, and who made public statements, are going to forgive the Ukrainian government anytime soon either.
Opinion | Ukraine’s government just faked a journalist’s death. Will it be worth the cost?

Independent:

What is more, Ukraine’s many friends and supporters abroad could be forgiven for revisiting many Ukrainian claims in its quarrels with Russia, or at very least applying more scepticism in future. Kiev may not be guaranteed such a sympathetic international hearing as it has hitherto generally received.
'Russia can claim the moral high ground after Babchenko's resurrection'

BABCHENKO MONETIZES HIS FAKE DEATH, ASKS 50,000 USD FOR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Babchenko Monetizes His Fake Death, Asks 50,000 USD For Exclusive Interview

The chief of NATO criticized Ukraine for its intelligence stunt involving the staged murder of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, saying the incident has the power to “undermine” the free press and “fuel propaganda.”
Kiev’s hoax murder of Russian journalist Babchenko may undermine trust in free press – NATO chief

 

[Balancer]

Why Arkady Babchenko's strange resurrection is a PR gift for the Kremlin

Many in the West do not want to understand that now any murder of a journalist or a politician in Russia is a powerful blow to the Kremlin. Therefore, the Kremlin is clearly not interested in such actions. Even assuming the Kremlin’s interest in the assassination, this assassination should be of immense benefit in order to compensate for the obvious PR damage. And what do we see in the end? It’s not some real opponents who die, but people who have completely left the arena. About which, and remember something start only after the murder. But such people, having lost other connections, are often associated with crime.

 

[Stratford57]

. And what do we see in the end? It’s not some real opponents who die, but people who have completely left the arena.

Exactly. Those who keep ordering political assassinations to harm Kremlin, always prefer to sacrifice pawns to get the king. Their loyal Media always helps to make those [dead] pawns look important and very dangerous for Kremlin.

Basically, Russia haters learned how to use Russian traitors twice: first they squeeze all the info from them (which potentially may harm Russia) when they are alive. Then when the traitors become useless they make them useful again by killing them. Pretty primitive but it has been working with Western world so far, obviously, Western world has been brainwashed enough to buy those Hollywood stories.

 

[Litwin]

"Russian" spy poisoning: Why was Sergei Skripal attacked?
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Almost eight months after the poisoning in Salisbury of the former "Russian" spy Sergei Skripal, the BBC has pieced together the extent to which he had been briefing foreign intelligence agencies before the attempt on his life.

Far from living quietly in retirement, Skripal had been travelling extensively across Europe and to the United States providing information to Western security services about "Russian" intelligence, including its alleged links with the mafia.

Richard Galpin has been investigating.
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Why was Sergei Skripal attacked?