Voice of Russia

[Stratford57]

UNITED NATIONS, December 17. The United Nations General Assembly passed a Russia-initiated draft resolution on combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

The document was supported by 129 nations. Fifty-four abstained and two - the United States and Ukraine - voted against.

UN GA passes Russia-initiated resolution on combating glorification of Nazism

 

[Balancer]

That looks like a shotgun. What gun was it, did they say?
Looks like semi-auto 20-gauge to me.

Sorry for the delay in answering, I have not visited this forum for a long time. The Kerch shooter was armed with a Hatsan Escort pump-action shotgun. Weapons of this class are sold relatively freely in Russia.

 

[Marion Morrison]

That looks like a shotgun. What gun was it, did they say?
Looks like semi-auto 20-gauge to me.

Sorry for the delay in answering, I have not visited this forum for a long time. The Kerch shooter was armed with a Hatsan Escort pump-action shotgun. Weapons of this class are sold relatively freely in Russia.

Turkish Hatsan makes firearms? Yes, they do. I did not know that, thanks!

They make airguns, .22LR, and shotguns.

Them Turks cannot touch the accuracy of a vintage Marlin Model 60.

I used to explode shotgun shells with a .22.

 

[Balancer]

Small offtopic. I am writing (in Russian ) an article about a cargo cult in a movies. And I was faced with the fact that I can not find a reverse translation from Russian into English of the term submariners "devil's bells". Speech about the sound of echolocation, that in English is called "ping set". The way this sound in World War II was called by the submariners was translated into Russian as "devil's bells", but this term does not google anything in English

 

[Litwin]

Murder of Russian journalists in Africa linked to secretive mercenary group they were investigating,

A makeshift memorial to Orkhan Dzhemal, cameraman Kirill Radchenko, and producer
Alexander Rastorguyev, who were killed in the Central African Republic in July while
investigating Wagner mercenaries.

1/10/19
Three journalists murdered in the Central African Republic in July were being accompanied by a driver connected to the secretive Russian mercenaries they were investigating, a report has found, calling into doubt Moscow's official explanation that they were shot in a robbery. The new investigation provides the strongest evidence yet that Orkhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguyev and Kirill Radchenko were killed for trying to report on military contractors whose existence is not admitted by the Kremlin. Thursday's findings on the journalists' killing uncovered troubling links with Yevgeny Prigozhin, a catering magnate dubbed “Vladimir Putin's chef” who is known as the patron of the Wagner mercenary group they were investigating. Prigozhin was sanctioned by the United States in February for financing the troll factory that interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump. Washington sanctioned Wagner in 2017 for fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Russian investigators concluded the trio were “attacked by unknown people who intended to rob them and were killed when they tried to resist,” according to the foreign ministry. But the journalists' money and film equipment were left on the road, a Khodorkovsky representative told The Telegraph last year. Mobile phone records and other documents have now shown that their driver was linked to Prigozhin, and they were being followed by Emmanuel Kotofio, an officer of the CAR's police special forces. Before and after their killing, Kotofio repeatedly called their driver and a Russian instructor under the command of Valery Zakharov, security advisor to the president of the CAR. Mr Zakharov previously worked as a security consultant for companies belonging to Prigozhin, according to a joint report by Fontanka and Prigozhin's Federal News Agency. Bizarrely, the journalists' editor had asked a Federal News Agency reporter for help organising the trip. That reporter put the three men in touch with a mysterious fixer named “Martin,” who said he couldn't meet them but sent a former police officer to drive them.
Russian oligarch and close Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin owns the Wagner Group, Russia's largest mercenary outfit. The Kremlin uses Wagner mercenaries wherever it deems plausible deniability a necessity. Mr. Prigozhin also owns Concord Catering which supplies meals to the Russian military, and the Internet Research Agency, better known as Russia's 24/7 troll factory.

The Russian journalists here would have spilled the beans to the Russian people about the Kremlin's presence in the Central African Republic and its use of Wagner mercenaries. Couldn't have that when Putin cries poor and alters the pension age. Since Putin took office in 2000, over 200 Russian investigative journalists have been murdered.

 

[Litwin]

hospital´s bad in Muscovy (putlerstan)

 

[Litwin]

1/15/19
In recent months, few topics have got as much attention from Russia analysts as popular disenchantment with the ruling elite. As many experts claim today, Russian society is beginning to show signs of discontent that the authorities should not ignore. Yet, the situation is somewhat more complicated than the ruled losing faith in their rulers. On the one hand, the authorities have started to “spill the beans”. This refers to phrases now in currency such as: “it’s not that the prices are high, it’s that you don’t earn enough;” “the state does not owe you anything, as nobody asked you to be born;” or “there is no money, but you need to hold on.” More important: there is another formula, which has not been criticized as outrageous, even by a significant proportion of apparently reasonable and even liberal people. Naturally, what I have in mind is the phrase “people are the second (or new) kind of oil.” This phrase is being repeated quite often today, in different variations. However, now the authorities are admitting that they will have to mine something not only from oil wells, but also from their subjects. This gets the elites into a state of stupor. They are beginning to realize that the much-desired transition from rent-giving “first oil” to the “second oil” may turn out to be impracticable under today’s conditions.

Meanwhile, negative expectations are manifested in the fact that the elites are getting ever more costly for the country. The historical optimism of the authorities exploiting the country is best reflected in its relative moderation, which implies a belief that a stable situation will not change. Officials increasingly act as if they perceived the opportunity to steal or provide themselves with some benefits as “a last-minute opportunity.” Society cannot live with a pessimism permeating all the social strata for a long time. This is why the situation must be changed as soon as possible, especially in economic terms since people are no longer influenced by political rhetoric and promises when assessing their own prospects. How realistic would it be to put such a turnaround into practice? How can one force officials to limit themselves to the revenues from the “first” oil and stop stealing from the people in small things and stop blocking the opportunities for people to earn money? This is the main question of our time, and the answer will determine the prospects of survival of the system. I believe that change is unlikely. Mostly because the Russian ruling elites have no ideology that could join them and force them to act in a forward-looking way. Today, ordinary people survive on their own and bureaucrats also act on their own, enriching themselves as much as they can. Neither the lower social strata nor the elites have any vision of the future. The absence of such a vision generates a deficit of historical optimism, pushing the system towards a debacle.

 

[Sonc]

Neither the lower social strata nor the elites have any vision of the future. The absence of such a vision generates a deficit of historical optimism, pushing the system towards a debacle.

I agree. I think we need to learn from the Ukrainians.
Ukrainians are a vivid example of historical optimism =)

The absence of such a vision generates a deficit of historical optimism, pushing the system towards a debacle.

Any society has problems. But people live normally. The main problem is US bankers. Who buy politicians around the world, and if they can't buy, they bomb these countries and kill their leaders.

 

[danielpalos]

national capitalism must be a solution not socialism on a national basis.

 

[Litwin]

The Oil Curse

 

[Litwin]

 

[Sonc]

VOOOODDKAAAAAAA
STAAAAAALIIIINNNN
PUTIIIIN
communiiiiism

 

[danielpalos]

better solutions at lower cost; even the right wing can Always come up with Nothing but Repeal.

 

[Litwin]

Navalny investigation : Putler´s propagandacondom N1 has huge villa and Maybach in Italy . and those guys have promised to destroy us (west) with nukes :lamo . comments ?
[VIDEO]

 

[danielpalos]

the right wing alleges they are for capitalism.

 

[Sonc]

Navalny investigation : Putler´s propagandacondom N1 has huge villa and Maybach in Italy . and those guys have promised to destroy us (west) with nukes :lamo . comments ?

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.

Communism does not like. Stalin does not like.
Now in Russia, democracy.
Is that bad too?
There are many news channels in Russia...

I do not watch TV-programs of these propagandists.
You look at. This is your choice. What can I do? What can I comment on?

But I agree 90% of Russian television is crap. As well as 90% of world television =)
In the USSR, the quality of films and TV shows was much higher. Much more.

George Lucas: Soviet Directors Had More Artistic Freedom Than I Had

 

[Stratford57]

Navalny investigation : Putler´s propagandacondom N1 has huge villa and Maybach in Italy . and those guys have promised to destroy us (west) with nukes :lamo . comments ?

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.

Communism does not like. Stalin does not like.
Now in Russia, democracy.
Is that bad too?
There are many news channels in Russia...

I do not watch TV-programs of these propagandists.
You look at. This is your choice. What can I do? What can I comment on?

But I agree 90% of Russian television is crap. As well as 90% of world television =)
In the USSR, the quality of films and TV shows was much higher. Much more.

George Lucas: Soviet Directors Had More Artistic Freedom Than I Had

I watch quite a bit of Russian TV and I like it. If you want to know what REAL crap (and 100% lies) is try to watch Ukrainian TV.

 

[Litwin]

 

[Litwin]

9.5 tons of cocaine seized on board of "Russian " ship. Sinaloa or Putler´s Ozero Cartel is the most powerful Cartel today ??

"GIVE US BACK OUR COCAINE "

9.5 tons of cocaine seized on board of cargo ship, Russian crew arrested CORRECTION – Maritime Bulletin


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozero

 

[Litwin]

"ruSSia"strong1111! , dont you think that Muscovy is N1 county in the world ?

"Man drowns in his own faeces after falling into Russian cesspit and being left there for 12 hours by his friend who ‘assumed he’d be able to climb out by himself’

Andrey Golubov, 36, fell into cesspit when rotten cover gave way
Friend found him but didn't call for help as he thought he'd get out
Konstantin Polyakov, 30, claimed 'did not know the emergency number'
Mr Golubov drowned in the excrement after being left there for 12 hours "

Man drowns in faeces after falling into Russian cesspit and being left there | Daily Mail Online