Mr Fixit Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Highly relevant An excellent article. Thanks for linking to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 PBS- Newshour reports fighting renewed in Ukraine and Russian troops massing on the border. During an interview the person interviewed reported OSCE observers have reported seeing Russian troops in Uniform in the Donbass:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/news-wrap-pro-russian-rebels-government-forces-renew-fighting-eastern-ukraine/This may not be the full story. I'll link to it when it becomes available if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Has anyone else read this article about the Internet troll farms in Russia? Fascinating. Every day at the Internet Research Agency was essentially the same, Savchuk told me. The first thing employees did upon arriving at their desks was to switch on an Internet proxy service, which hid their I.P. addresses from the places they posted; those digital addresses can sometimes be used to reveal the real identity of the poster. Savchuk would be given a list of the opinions she was responsible for promulgating that day. Workers received a constant stream of “technical tasks” — point-by-point exegeses of the themes they were to address, all pegged to the latest news. Ukraine was always a major topic, because of the civil war there between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian Army; Savchuk and her co-workers would post comments that disparaged the Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, and highlighted Ukrainian Army atrocities. Russian domestic affairs were also a major topic. Last year, after a financial crisis hit Russia and the ruble collapsed, the professional trolls left optimistic posts about the pace of recovery. Savchuk also says that in March, after the opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was murdered, she and her entire team were moved to the department that left comments on the websites of Russian news outlets and ordered to suggest that the opposition itself had set up the murder. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html?_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 This is the PBS-Newshour piece I mentioned:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/violent-flare-ukraine-signal-friction-come/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Has anyone else read this article about the Internet troll farms in Russia? Fascinating. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html?_r=0 Yeah, I read it yesterday and it was fascinating. It didn't seem directly relevant to the Ukraine though and more a general Russia thing. There was also an interesting report from Maddow recently in the same vein basically going over all the opponents of the Russian regime that have died under unexplained circumstances over the last many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The US is sending prepositioned equipement to the Baltics and Eastern Europe:http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/23/politics/us-armor-tanks-europe-russia-ash-carter/index.htmlFrom the article:The equipment, enough to arm one combat brigade, will be positioned in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, Carter announced at a press conference with U.S. allies in Estonia.Carter said the equipment will be moved around Europe for training and exercises.I love vague writing. Are we sending enough equipment for a combat brigade in each of the nations or are we sending enought for one combat brigade total? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fallen Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Sounds like one that will be moved around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakan Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Apparently Vladimir and Barrack are chatting with each other again. First time in 4 months. I think we are on the road to relative "normalization" until the end of the year. As I have predicted some months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Apparently Vladimir and Barrack are chatting with each other again. First time in 4 months.I think we are on the road to relative "normalization" until the end of the year. As I have predicted some months ago. /looks at news out of Ukraine Yeah, "normalization". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurble Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 looking at the wikipedia article on the conflict, it seems the separatist movement has fallen apart, i hadn't seen that on any of the news sources i follow. What does that mean for the separatist militias? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 They haven't fallen apart in the sense of no longer being able to co-ordinate (insofar as they ever managed to) or call on their foot soldiers but since their big project got shelved last August they've been in limbo, awaiting either renewal or a political deal that will see them attempt to settle down as some kind of legitimate government (good luck, fellas). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakan Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 /looks at news out of Ukraine Yeah, "normalization".I was speaking about relative normalization between US/EU and Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fixit Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Since US, Russia, EU, and Ukrainian politicians succeeded in destroying Ukraine, I wish the people of Ukraine all the luck in the world. I really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PestilencE Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 The US is sending prepositioned equipement to the Baltics and Eastern Europe:http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/23/politics/us-armor-tanks-europe-russia-ash-carter/index.htmlFrom the article:I love vague writing. Are we sending enough equipment for a combat brigade in each of the nations or are we sending enought for one combat brigade total? Bulgarian here. Our government hasn't made ANY agreement with the US concerning the stationing of military equipment here. The CNN can go to hell with its assumption that if the US has planned something, then it has already occurred. Since US, Russia, EU, and Ukrainian politicians succeeded in destroying Ukraine, I wish the people of Ukraine all the luck in the world. I really do. Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 A year since Rebels shot down a passenger airliner over Ukraine:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/world/europe/video-purports-to-show-pro-russia-rebels-in-ukraine-amid-wreckage-of-malaysia-airlines-flight-17.html?_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Russia vetos UN resolution regarding MH17 downing:http://m.news24.com/news24/World/News/Russia-vetoes-UN-resolution-on-MH17-tribunal-20150729-5 Nothing to see here... move along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB. Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Did people notice the cepa report from june about the Baltic Sea security? What do you guys make of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guess who's back Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Russia vetos UN resolution regarding MH17 downing:http://m.news24.com/news24/World/News/Russia-vetoes-UN-resolution-on-MH17-tribunal-20150729-5 Nothing to see here... move along. UN has been a complete joke since it was established. No one should have the power of veto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 GWB, I can't disagree. (That no States should have veto power) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 UN has been a complete joke since it was established. No one should have the power of veto. That's the only way you get the major powers to sign on. And the UN does a ton of good things despite this. It's not even close to a joke. Even in this situation it's not a joke. By forcing Russia to publicly veto the investigation they are forcing Russia admit they had something to do with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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