Russia / Strategy Media Update – 13 May 2017

May 13, 2017, 10:12 am

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russian Naval Air Arm Su-30SM harassment of P-8A producing significant MSM traffic days late. Lithuania pleads for the permanent stationing of US forces in Baltics. More protester arrests in Russia, while Putin tries to bamboozle truckers. Prof Goble’s “Baker’s Double Dozen” No.82 contains some mind-boggling reports [the… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 13 May 2017

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Hunt the hackers: Gang behind ‘unprecedented’ attack using ‘atom bomb of malware’ which has now spread to 130,000 systems in more than 100 countries are targeted by global task force

May 13, 2017, 10:51 am

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Hunt the hackers: Gang behind ‘unprecedented’ attack using ‘atom bomb of malware’ which has now spread to 130,000 systems in more than 100 countries are targeted by global task force Hackers hit dozens of countries on Friday by exploiting a stolen ‘superweapon’ The cyber attack rapidly spread and infected computers across the globe  Europol launching… Continue reading Hunt the hackers: Gang behind ‘unprecedented’ attack using ‘atom bomb of malware’ which has now spread to 130,000 systems in more than 100 countries are targeted by global task force

Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 13 May 07

May 14, 2017, 5:00 am

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WEEK 26:  I read the Bible end to end after I returned from Iraq. I wish I had read it sooner especially the Old Testament. Abraham was from Ur.  Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Assyrian Empire, lived in Babylon or what is now known as Babil.  Jonah, of the whale, was from Nineveh.  All of these famous figures lived… Continue reading Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 13 May 07

Microsoft calls to end government-secret hacking techniques

May 14, 2017, 6:31 pm

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By Joe Uchill – 05/14/17 08:48 PM EDT 1 On the heels of a historic ransomware attack that may have used leaked NSA hacking methods, Microsoft is calling for governments to cease stockpiling secret means of bypassing software security. “Repeatedly, exploits in the hands of governments have leaked into the public domain and caused widespread… Continue reading Microsoft calls to end government-secret hacking techniques

We must be better than mudslinging and propaganda

May 14, 2017, 6:49 pm

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Ryan Stagg, of the Bozeman, Montana’s Bozeman Daily Chronicle, you are my hero.  The New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, and many other long-established “newspapers” have called for a return to ‘good journalism’, but remain strongly biased in their reporting, their editorials are blatant smear jobs, beginning with their headlines, and continuing… Continue reading We must be better than mudslinging and propaganda

Prove it: Why Russia has once again “found” Ukraine arming terrorists

May 14, 2017, 7:30 pm

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Russia is making yet another attempt to blame Ukraine for illegal supplies of weapons to terrorists.  On the eve of the 13th International Defence Exhibition “IDEF-2017” in Istanbul, Russia has made yet another attempt to blame Ukraine for illegal supplies of weapons to terrorists. The allegations are made while Turkey and Ukraine have been reviving their… Continue reading Prove it: Why Russia has once again “found” Ukraine arming terrorists

There Are More Ethnic Ukrainians Than Ethnic Russians in Russia

May 14, 2017, 9:00 pm

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Russia is more Ukrainian than Rus.  Consider this – 144,498,215 (RF population) x 0.192 (Genotek percentage Ukrainian DNA) = 27,743,657.28 ethnic Ukrainians in Russia.  Russia’s  population is in a severe decline, with its population projected to shrink to 100 million by the year 2100.  Of that, there will be… Continue reading There Are More Ethnic Ukrainians Than Ethnic Russians in Russia

Czech Girl Scout Who Stood Up to Neo-Nazi Is Internet Hero

May 14, 2017, 10:03 pm

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The powerful image was captured at the rally of an extreme-right movement held in Brno, Czech Republic, on May Day Photo by Vladimír Čičmanec by Elizabeth Haas Published 03.05.2017 Last updated 04.05.2017 What will be the most remembered/shared photo of 2017? Last year that photo was possibly the image of a bloody, dusty Syrian boy awaiting… Continue reading Czech Girl Scout Who Stood Up to Neo-Nazi Is Internet Hero

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Former U.S. ambassador to NATO discusses Russia, globalization

May 14, 2017, 11:00 pm

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Alan Perez, Reporter May 14, 2017 Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, discussed U.S. foreign affairs and said NATO is returning to its original mission of deterring the Russians during an event Friday. “The fundamental raison d’être, the NATO 1.0 reason for NATO existing, is back with a vengeance,” Daalder said. Daalder, who served… Continue reading Former U.S. ambassador to NATO discusses Russia, globalization

Russia’s New Arctic Ice Breaker Has One Very Special Feature: Anti-Ship Missiles and Naval Guns

May 15, 2017, 12:00 am

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Robert Beckhusen May 14, 2017 Russia has by far the largest icebreaker fleet in the world with a total of more than 40 publicly and privately owned, including six nuclear-powered icebreakers all capable of punching through Arctic sea ice. It’s also building new ones after a delay of more than four decades, launching the 33,500-ton… Continue reading Russia’s New Arctic Ice Breaker Has One Very Special Feature: Anti-Ship Missiles and Naval Guns

Did Russian Air Defenses Fail Again?

May 15, 2017, 1:00 am

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North Korea launched another missile — and it landed close to Russia Of course, this report has a strange twist.  Russia denies the North Korean missile landed near Russia.  Russia denies the Pentagon’s report that the North Korean missile fell close to its borders UAWire 15:03 The missile launched by North Korea on Sunday night landed… Continue reading Did Russian Air Defenses Fail Again?

Information Warfare Versus Soft Power

May 15, 2017, 2:00 am

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JOSEPH S. NYE Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a former US assistant secretary of defense and chairman of the US National Intelligence Council, is University Professor at Harvard University. He is the author of Is the American Century Over? MAY 9, 2017 CAMBRIDGE – Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and its suspected hacking… Continue reading Information Warfare Versus Soft Power

The Kremlin Is Worried Attacks on Opposition Leaders Are Making Them More Popular

May 15, 2017, 3:00 am

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Days after opposition leader and presidential candidate Alexei Navalny was again doused with green antiseptic on his way to an event in Moscow, the news website Gazeta.ru reported that the Kremlin had instructed regional authorities to crack down such attacks in the future. Gazeta.ru quoted a source in the Kremlin as saying that attacks on Navalny and other oppositioners with… Continue reading The Kremlin Is Worried Attacks on Opposition Leaders Are Making Them More Popular

State Department: Assad’s Regime Built Crematorium to Burn Bodies of Executed Prisoners

May 15, 2017, 3:00 pm

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The Sputnik response was fairly civil.  US Releases New Declassified Info on Damascus’ Alleged Actions Against Civilians </end editorial> by ABIGAIL WILLIAMS WASHINGTON — The Syrian regime has built a crematorium 45 minutes outside of Damascus where the U.S. government believes they are burning the bodies of the thousands of prisoners executed inside the walls… Continue reading State Department: Assad’s Regime Built Crematorium to Burn Bodies of Executed Prisoners

How Anti-Democratic Propaganda Is Taking Over the World

May 15, 2017, 6:47 pm

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Autocrats from Beijing to Moscow are spreading their toxic ideology in more parts of the globe than ever before. And they’re much more sophisticated than you think. By CHRISTOPHER WALKER March 03, 2017 RT, the controversial Russian state propaganda network that has extended its tentacles into the United States and Europe, finally is seen as… Continue reading How Anti-Democratic Propaganda Is Taking Over the World

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Event: iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age

May 15, 2017, 7:24 pm

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Westminster Institute June 14 – Bill Gertz iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age When Reception at 7:00 pm Wednesday, June 14, 2017 from 7:30 PM to 8:45 PM EDT Add to Calendar Where Westminster Institute 6729 Curran Street McLean, VA 22101 Driving Directions Bill Gertz Author, iWar Covert information warfare is being waged… Continue reading Event: iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 15 May 2017

May 15, 2017, 8:01 pm

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Possibly the best essay today on Russia is Portnikov’s OpEd entitled “The Last Lenin in Kyiv and the eternal Russian Stalin” and Prof Goble’s digest about the “The Real Clash of Civilizations” noting that Portnikov hits on a critical issue with the devolution of Russia’s political culture… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 15 May 2017

The Criminal King AKA Don of Odessa Alexander Angert AKA Angel Is Dead

May 15, 2017, 9:00 pm

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This would be a good case study.  How many degrees of separation between Alexander Angert and Putin? Alexander Angert was “the Don” of Odessa, in other words, he was a certified bad guy. He had close ties to Yanukovych.   Operators of cargo terminal raise questions Has ties to Russian oil magnate Alexander Zhukov. Revealed: the Russian… Continue reading The Criminal King AKA Don of Odessa Alexander Angert AKA Angel Is Dead

Foreign Minister of Ukraine: The U.S. is ready to exert pressure on Russia to settle the situation in the Donbas

May 15, 2017, 11:00 pm

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Monday, May 15, 2017 9:01:00 AM After a meeting with US President Donald Tramp on May 10, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Pavlo Klimkin, said that “there are very interesting ideas” but first they must be coordinated with all partners. Klimkin argues that regarding the process of settling the situation in the Donbas,… Continue reading Foreign Minister of Ukraine: The U.S. is ready to exert pressure on Russia to settle the situation in the Donbas

Stalin Portrait Goes Up At Moscow Subway Station

May 16, 2017, 12:00 am

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The truth is fluid in Russia. Truth-fluid Russia? </end editorial> May 15, 2017 A portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has been hung at a Moscow subway station in celebration of the 82nd anniversary of the opening of the Russian capital’s underground transport network. The portrait appeared at the entrance of the Sokolniki subway station in… Continue reading Stalin Portrait Goes Up At Moscow Subway Station