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Russia and France have signed a contract on the acquisition of Mistral helicopter-carriers by Moscow from Paris. The Moscow-based daily Kommersant quotes an unidentified source as saying that the two sides signed the contract in Paris on the 10th of this month.
Source: Voice of Russia.
Looks like they finally signed a contract and the ships will be built… (Maybe)
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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the current President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), who headed the southern Republic of Kalmykia for almost two decades before resigning in 2010, visited the Libyan capital and met with Gaddafi at his invitation. The two men played chess for two-and-a-half hours.
Speaking on Tuesday, Ilyumzhinov said that the Libyan leader is ready to negotiate with NATO and the rebel government in Benghazi without any conditions. He added that the Libyan leader said he will not leave the country, where he plans to die and where his children and grandchildren are buried.
Earlier the former Russian governor said Gaddafi remains calm and focused despite the pressure he has to endure.
“He acts absolutely normally. He met me, took me to the second floor. We didn’t talk politics – it was just an gentle humane meeting. I told him I regretted the loss of his son and three grandchildren in the bombing,” Ilyumzhinov said on Monday.
On Tuesday the ex-governor revealed that Gaddafi had dodged the NATO bombing raid which killed his family members by a mere six minutes.
“He left at 8:05pm, and at 8:11, several bombs hit the building. The air strike and the killing of his relatives happened as he watched,” Ilyumzhinov said.
“Gaddafi believes that if he is killed or NATO launches a ground operation in Libya, it would result in a long civil war and a split of Libya into western and eastern parts,” he said.
Gaddafi says NATO is attacking his country to rob the $160 billion of national reserves which were kept at accounts in Western banks and which have been frozen.
“For some reason they [Western media] call it Gaddafi’s money. It is not. It’s the central national bank’s money, the Libyan people’s money,” Ilyumzhinov cited the Libyan leader as saying.
Rebels’ successes misreported
Ilyumzhinov shared his impression of Libya, which he traveled through by a car.
“The deputy chair of the Libyan chess federation, who met me, laughed at one moment. I asked him what the joke was. He asked whether I noticed anything unusual and I said no. He said [Western] media reported that at this very spot fighting happened, that it had been taken over by rebels,” he said.
Tripoli itself has been damaged by NATO bombings, according to Ilyumzhinov.
“Drones fly over the city all the time and bomb it. NATO wanted to bomb the parliament building and the bombs hit a hospital nearby. There are a lot of such objects there. They wanted to bomb a TV tower and leveled half of the block,” he said.
Ilyumzhinov visited Tripoli in the capacity of head of FIDE. However presidential aide Sergey Prikhodko said Medvedev’s administration had been informed about details of the visit.
“As far as we know, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov voiced Russia’s official position on the events in Libya during his talk with Muamar Gaddafi,” the official said.
Mikhail Margelov, who is the Kremlin’s official envoy to Libya, is to visit Tripoli this week. Earlier he visited Benghazi and talked to the rebel leaders as part of Russia’s effort to stop the ongoing violence and bring the conflicting parties to negotiation table.
Libya has been torn by a civil war since mid-February. A NATO-led coalition is supporting rebels against forces loyal to Gaddafi. Several high-ranking officials at NATO members stated that their goal is to have Gaddafi out of power.
Source: http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-ready-chess-official/
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Daniel Repko is from a small town in America and was raised a Lutheran. He took an early interest in Russia, and went on to major in Russian at university. He began in Moscow 13 years ago, as many do, teaching English. His talent for communication and teaching has stood him in good stead for what he does now: advising on pensions. He is now married with a Russian wife and they have two children. He has been here for 13 years…
I really like this guys interview…
At the end he says Russia is a, “Magical Place…”
He is right. So listen to the podcast and get a better feel for Russia…
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Source: http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/34857244/51432438.html
June 12 is the national day of the Russian Federation – the Day of Russia. It has been celebrated every year since 1994. The First Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Federation adopted the Declaration on Russia’s National Sovereignty on June 12, 1990.
The declaration views sovereignty as a natural and indispensable condition of the Russian state, with its centuries-long history, culture and traditions. The adoption of the declaration paved the way for the development of Russian statehood based on the principles of constitutional federalism, equality and partnership.
The idea of the declaration was born in the Democratic Russia movement, in which proponents of evolutionary market reform and strong statehood based on Russia’s national interests started opposing the Communist monopoly on power. In addition, by the late 1980s, society had begun to doubt the Politburo’s ability to carry out meaningful socioeconomic reforms.
The creation of the post of the President of the Russian Federation and the adoption of the new Russian Constitution reflecting the new political reality, along with the national flag, anthem and emblem of the Russian Federation, were major landmarks in the consolidation of Russian statehood. The country’s new name – the Russian Federation (Russia) – was adopted on December 25, 1991. The day when the declaration was adopted – June 12 – was proclaimed Russia’s national holiday by the Russian President’s decree of June 2, 1994. Under the presidential decree of June 16, 1998, it was called the Day of Russia. In 2002, the new Labor Code gave official seal to this title.
Also on June 12, 1991, the first Russian president was chosen in nationwide free elections by secret ballot. A total of 106,484,518 people were on the voting lists on Election Day, and 79,498,240 of them, or 74.66%, took part in the voting. Boris Yeltsin won with 57.3% of all votes. Nikolai Ryzhkov received 16.85%, Vladimir Zhirinovsky 7.81%, Aman Tuleyev 6.81%, Albert Makashov 3.74%, Vadim Bakatin 3.42%, and none-of-the-above 1.92%.
At the first Congress of People’s Deputies on May 29, 1990, Yeltsin was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation with the support of the Democratic Russia bloc. He occupied this position until June 1991. At the 28th Communist Party Congress on July 12, 1990, Yeltsin left the Communist Party. As president, Yeltsin also chaired the Constitutional Commission of the Russian Federation, the Extraordinary Food Commission and the Supreme Consultative and Coordinating Council. From November 1991 to May 1993 he headed the Russian Government. On July 3, 1996, he was re-elected for a second term. Source: http://en.rian.ru/symbols/20070608/66883669.html
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Remember when Ukraine was stealing gas? Remember when Ukraine refused to deliver gas to Europe? Remember when Ukraine would not pay their gas bills? Remember when Ukraine… (You get my point!)
Well Ukraine seems to have come to the realization that South Stream is a true reality and that it will cut Ukraine’s throat in the Gas supplier business. They should have thought about that before they played games in the past. We have a saying, “The past will rear up and bite you on the butt…”
KIEV, June 11 (Itar-Tass) —— Ukraine hopes to persuade Russia to invest in the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system, and not in the South Stream pipeline project. As Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said on the first national television channel on Friday, “there is nothing more reliable for Russian gas supplies to Europe than our pipeline system.”
Now that last statement will make you laugh. After the years of unreliability they can say that statement with a straight face?
I realize that Ukraine had a pathetic president (Viktor Yushchenko) at one time in the past and a prime minister (Yulia Tymoshenko) that stole all the gas and money in the country, but when you have proven yourself to be extremely unreliable as a gas delivery country. Then no one trusts you…
It is hard for a business like Gazprom to accept Ukraine’s word that all is good when they lost billions of dollars in gas for years in a row…
Ukraine needs to understand that when the West instigated political games and had her puppets in place in Ukraine. That the results will always be detrimental to Ukraine’s future and present…
Russia has always wanted to trust Ukraine but…
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MOSCOW, June 11 (Itar-Tass) —— An American diplomat’s 17-year-old adopted daughter has disappeared in the Krasnogorsk district near Moscow, Moscow regional police department spokesman Yevgeny Gildeyev told Itar-Tass on Friday.
The girl went out in the cottage village of Rosinka near Krasnogorsk on June 9 and did not return. The parents reported it to police the next day.
More than 100 policemen are searching for the missing girl, the official said.
The girl, a Philippine native, more than once left the home before, he said.
Source: http://www.itar-tass.com/c32/162989.html
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The All-Russian People’s Front, established by Vladimir Putin as a public support structure around his United Russia party, now has a website…
The website is here: …
I found this interesting:
Declaration on Education All-Russian Popular Front…
We, representatives of public associations:
– Acting in the interests of Russia and its multi-ethnic people;
– Respecting human rights, the Constitution and laws of the Russian Federation;
– Wishing to promote genuine democracy, genuine participation of all concerned citizens in deciding the fate of their country;
– Supporting the initiative of our leader Vladimir Putin and implementing the policy of President of Russia
announce the formation of the All-Russia Popular Front as a broad coalition of social forces created to develop and implement long-term development of our society.
OUR GOAL:
– Building strong, democratic, sovereign, Russia:
• a market economy based on the principles of freedom and support of entrepreneurship, competition, social partnership, the liability of employers and protection for workers’ rights.
• society of free and successful people, built on the values of equality between women and men, respect and solidarity and citizens from different religions, nationalities, generations and professional activities.
Our country needs a dynamic development through renovation and modernization of all aspects of life, confident movement to achieve the “Strategy 2020”.
Based on the above, we have agreed to jointly take part in elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in accordance with the law and by common agreement to form a general federal list of candidates from the party “United Russia”.
Our candidates go to the polls to the overall program, we have prepared on the basis of the broad discussion in all public institutions, included in the All-Russia People’s Front.
We want to see the creators of this popular program, and hence the course, which will run the country, to millions of our fellow citizens. The task of the All-Russia Popular Front – to open the door to new ideas, engage civil society (youth, women, veterans organizations, businesses, trade unions and associations), all concerned people to address critical issues of development, to make a professional, creative potential of citizens, their social initiative were in demand.
Everyone who loves Russia respects its history, ready to work and build up in her name today and a great future, we urge to join the All-Russia People’s Front.
We believe in our victory, the victory of Russia!
Looks like Putin is running for president again! Hummm…
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Russian Children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov
The man was arrested in 2010 on charges of regularly raping the Russian adoptee, Ksenia, although the Russian embassy only found out about the case this month when the girl turned to them to amend an error in her documents.
“We would never have found out about this story if there had not been a mistake in the documents,” Astkhov said during a visit to the United States on Friday.
A Russian-U.S. working group is meeting in the United States to discuss a new adoption treaty that would tighten rules on adoptions between the two countries. Moscow insists it should have more rights to monitor what happens to children taken out of the country.
Astakhov said the new adoption treaty may be signed in July.
“If it is signed we would push for Ksenia’s return to Russia,” he said.
Russia suspended U.S. adoptions last year after a Tennessee woman sent her 7-year-old adoptive son back to Russia. He was put on a plane on his own with a note from the woman saying she did not want him as he was “psychotic.”
MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti)
Once again a tidbit of information on adopted Russian children by Americans…
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This morning while sipping coffee I was doing some serious thinking’s. Those thinking’s were about e-mails that Sveta and I have been getting. To put the e-mails in a nutshell: They center around “guy meets girl” on Internet. Girl is hot babe! Girl is madly in love with guy! Girl needs money to come see guy… (You get the picture.)
I wish that I could say that we have only gotten one or two of these e-mails but that would be lying. We have had multiples and they all are of the same story and pattern. Also don’t think that you would never fall for this Hot Babe Scam. Better men then you are falling for it and sending money all the time to these Hot Russian Babes…
Sveta and I are in a unique situation because we live in Moscow. We can check up on these Hot Russian Babes pretty easy and so far 100% of the time it is a scam. Also 75% of the time the origination of everything starts from social networking sites out of Asia…
Most situations end quickly and silently. The Hot Russian Babe in Moscow has to meet Sveta and I. That is she (Hot Russian Babe) has to talk and see us, before any relationship goes any farther. Funny how that seems to ends the charades…
Sveta and I have talked about this situation and after the last few e-mails that we helped people with. We realized that the last two guys had sent between 5000 and 7000 Euros to Hot Russian Babes in Moscow via Western Union and airline tickets…
Sveta said, “If they (guys) want to give money away, then they could pay us to find out about these girls. We could save them money and we can have a little extra for ourselves! We are not rich you know and are spending money to help these guys…”
You know what?
Sveta is right… 🙂
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PS: There may be more articles on this subject so stay tuned…