On this edition of Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk, he asks his guests – including RT journalist Kaelyn Forde – how US authorities are attacking freedom of assembly, speech and journalists’ rights… Kaelyn Forde an RT journalist was told that she was banned from going to Georgia for 18 months. This and many other issues about the incident […]
I have mentioned numerous times about how Putin has stayed back and allowed Medvedev to steer his own ship. Awhile back I had stated that Putin gave the equivalent to Medvedev to go ahead and try to create a relationship with America. This was in my eyes a change of heart by Putin to allow […]
This is a subject that I have talked about several times. I have always had great health care in Russia. Be it from Moscow or while traveling. But the doctors in Russia are very very poorly paid. Just like Russian teachers, cops and other professionals… With an average monthly salary of under 5,000 rubles ($160), […]
On December 2nd and 3rd, 1989, Gorbachev met with George H.W. Bush on the Maxim Gorky cruise ship near Malta to declare an end to the Cold War and we will have lasting peace… Hmm – The lies have been going on so long. Gorby loved the attention and he got very rich from all […]
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks of the threat of an arms race, as well as his thoughts about the recent disclosure of US diplomatic cables by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks… The videos will give you an idea of what it is all about, as Putin tells it like it is… I have the complete video […]
That cup of hot coffee hit the spot this morning on December 1st, 2010. It hit -25 Degrees Celsius or -13 Fahrenheit last night. There was also a 6 to 7 km per hour breeze that drove the feel (windchill) of the temperature to below -30 Celsius… Tonight is going to be bitter cold with […]
Drinking that morning cup of coffee gave me sometime to think about the reactions that other countries are having to the Wikileaks Cable Dump… Most everyone says, “We will not worry about it – but?” 🙂 It is the “but” that could be the problem. Moscow is approaching the whole affair on a “verify first, […]
The main points of what the Russian president said in his state of the nation address: Compliments of RIA: 1. Agreement on missile defense system will either be reached within the next decade or Russia will need to deploy new strike forces 2. Measures against major oil spills should be discussed globally 3. Bribe takers […]