I tried to go back to wide open comments and it was a nightmare again. I woke up this morning to a barrage of slimy, hateful, scummy, trashy and degrading comments. I also had 458 spam and 250 totally disgusting comments… (This was in only a 9 hour period.) So I just cleared the board […]

WORLD * Western aircraft are bombarding civilian objects in the Libyan city of Tripoli, the Libyan Al Jamahiriya satellite TV channel said * Moscow regrets the attack from a range of European countries on Libya which is being conducted “with reference to the hastily adopted UN Security Council resolution,” official spokesman for the Russian Foreign […]

Russian rescuers completed work in Japan’s quake-ravaged Sendai and moved for search of people to another disaster-hit city, Niigata, a Far Eastern emergencies service department said on Sunday. “It was decided on March 18 to send Russian rescue groups to Niigata. On Saturday, rescuers were setting up a camp and preparing equipment after their relocation. […]

Radiation levels were within the norm on Sunday in the Russian Far East despite radiation leaks from Japan’s Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant severely affected by last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported. Fukushima was hit by a number of explosions following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands on March 11. […]

Russian military to buy 36 ICBMs, 2 missile subs in 2011… 14:16 18/03/2011 The Russian Defense Ministry will buy 36 strategic ballistic missiles, two strategic missile submarines and 20 strategic cruise missiles this year, Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Friday.>> Didn’t I just have an article on Russian: Boys and Their Toys! Looks like they […]

TRIPOLI, March 18 (Reuters) – Libya declared a ceasefire in the country to protect civilians and comply with a United Nations resolution passed overnight, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa said on March 18. “We decided on an immediate ceasefire and on an immediate stop to all military operations,” he told reporters. “(Libya) takes great interest […]

Thoughts today over coffee… The Russian people are not very happy over this situation called Libya. I myself see Medvedev’s chance of being re-elected president, put in big jeopardy by this action or lack of action by him in the UN council. Russia by abstaining from the vote, gave the go ahead to the West. […]

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted on a resolution authorising a no-fly zone over Libya and “all necessary measures” – code for military action – to protect citizens. Ten of the council’s 15 members voted in favour of the resolution, with Russia, China and Germany among the five that abstained. No votes were recorded […]