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Is Russia still a key world power?
NO!
Russia's economy is the 10th largest in the world, producing little of value beyond hydrocarbons.
more at BBC
EU Extends Economic Sanctions on Russia
The measures have weighed on a Russian economy struggling with the slump in oil prices
more at WSJ
Vladimir Putin [Dickhead] picks Turkey over U.S. as the enemy in annual Q&A
In a world of fake news and imitation politics, nobody knows what Russians really think of Putin
more at Reuters
Robert Orttung: ‘The Tension Is Going to Build Up in Russia Until You Have a Revolution’
Ezekiel Pfeifer: The Russian economy is doing terribly by most measures, with GDP expected to drop by almost 4 percent in 2015. What do you think has played the biggest role in the economy’s current decline?
The dickhead.
more at Institute of Modern Russia
You b*****d, what wrong did they do?": Survivor blames Russia for Syrian bakery bombing in harrowing video
source: Mirror
Vladimir Putin’s Reign of Torture and Kidnapping in Ukraine
Anyone is at risk
Groups organizing prisoner exchanges say that by July 1 of this year, around 2,500 hundred prisoners had been freed, and another 500 remained in captivity. Ukraine's Interior Ministry says that over 6,000 people have been taken prisoner or have disappeared without a trace, with the fate of 1,500 still unknown.
more at Newsweek
Putin's Quagmire in Syria Proves Obama Prescient
Russia's mid-November surge doubled cost of military campaign
With the mission in its third month, Putin is pouring materiel and manpower into Syria at a pace unanticipated by lawmakers already struggling to meet his spending goals. The plunging price of oil is sapping revenue and prolonging Russia’s first recession in six years, prompting the Defense Ministry this week to postpone some new weapons programs.
Only a dickhead can look at Syria and see victory. Good luck with that.
more at Bloomberg Business
Russia’s mafia state Alexey Navalny’s group publishes startling revelations linking the Attorney General’s son to the mob
The Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), run by opposition activist Alexey Navalny, has published a large investigation into the illicit actions of Russian Attorney General Yuri Chaika and his family. According to the report, the Attorney General's son, Artem Chaika, has business dealings with his father's deputy's ex-wife—a woman known for her involvement in the Kushchevskaya mob town, where 12 people, including four children, were massacred in November 2010. Artem Chaika reportedly owns a home in Switzerland and a villa in Greece. FBK says he began his wealth, moreover, by capturing control over a state enterprise. For those without the time, inclination, or language skills to read FBK's massive text (or watch its 40-minute film), Meduza present a short summary of what Navalny's people have discovered about Yuri Chaika and his kin.
more at Meduza
Фонд борьбы с коррупцией представляет новое расследование о бизнесе и криминальных связях сыновей генпрокурора России Артема и Игоря Чаек https://chaika.nava...
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https://chaika.navalny.com/#rec3153872
"Gull". Film Fund to fight corruption.
source: Alexei Navalny via YouTube
Published on Dec 1, 2015
Fund the fight against corruption is a new investigation of the business, and criminal connections Russian prosecutor general's sons Igor and Artem Chaek https://chaika.navalny.com Subscribe to fund the fight against corruption - https://fbk.info/subscribe/ Support Fund to Fight Corruption - https://donate.fbk.info/ Part 1. Greece. Artyom Chaika Hotel in Greece villa overlooking Mount Athos and the links with the Attorney General Tsapkovskoy OPG Part 2. Switzerland. About resident visa, the house and the son of the prosecutor general accounts in Switzerland. (11:06) Part 3 Irkutsk. About how Artyom Chaika and his men participated in a raider seizure Verkhnelensky Shipping and stole from the state 12 vessels river-sea class.(15:53) Part 4. Artem. Artyom Chaika appeared beneficiary Tyretskogo salt mines, gravel mining company and builder of shopping complex in Mytishchi. (24:27) Part 5. Igor. As a company associated with 27-year-old son of the public prosecutor, could receive government orders for 300 billion rubles. (31:47)
Putin opponent Navalny's anti-corruption "video bomb"
A new video by anti-Putin campaigner Alexey Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption (FFC) has been watched more than three million times on YouTube in little more than a week, showing that Russia's beleaguered opposition can still make an impact.
more at BBC
Navalny foundation accuses prosecutor general's family of corruption
Opposition activist Alexei Navalny's Anticorruption Foundation has published the results of an investigation accusing the family of the Russian prosecutor general of allegedly having an illegal business empire and close links with the criminal world. Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has already dismissed these reports as “a hatchet job” and lies. The subjects of the investigation are now preparing lawsuits.
Surprise!
more at Russia Beyond the Headlines
As Russia’s economy shrinks, Vladimir Putin softens his tone
“By changing nothing, we will simply run out of reserves and the economic growth rates will linger around zero.”
News speak for “Russia is fucked.”
when asked what makes a country great, they name two qualities: wealth and military strength.
Of course, Russia has neither. Putin delivered nothing and very much on time.
The revolution is coming and the dickhead knows this.
more at The Economist
Putin Meets Economic Collapse With Purges, Broken Promises
The corrupt bargain on which Russian President Vladimir Putin built his regime—provision of wealth to loyal officials and a decent standard of living to the people—is in dire straits.
As for the Russian people, Putin failed to curb corruption or reform the economy for 15 years. He won't do so now that he is on emergency footing, and average citizens will suffer as a consequence.
Vote for a dickhead as your leader, you get to eat dicks for breakfast. The revolution is coming the dickhead knows this.
more at Newsweek
The Daily Vertical: Russia Runs Out Of Energy
source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russian truckers threaten crippling Moscow traffic jam in rare protest
The demonstration, comprising around 100 trucks currently near Moscow, is hardly about to topple the government, but it is the first of its kind in years.
The root of their anger is a new road toll system called Platon (derived from the Russian “Pay-per-ton”), which will levy tolls on trucks weighing over 12 tons.
They are also angry that the company managing the system is owned by the son of one of President Vladimir Putin’s oldest friends.
more at Washington Post
Raghat with sister Rawan
10 minutes after these photos were taken, five-year-old Raghat was killed by a Russian airstrike
Killed by a Russian bomb, a five-year-old visiting relatives in Syria
Raghat now lies miles away, across the Turkish border in Syria, buried in the town of Habeet, near Idlib, where she died in October alongside her grandfather and her cousin Ahmad. When the attack finished she was found wrapped in Ahmad’s arms. A 28-year-old maths teacher, he had tried to race her to shelter when the first bomb fell.
more at The Guardian