The Korean Times Apologizes to Russia!

I want to thank The Korean Times and a comment that they left on one of my articles. This one…

Russia Upset With South Korea!

This article went off the scale with hits and got out to a huge audience all over Asia. The article printed below is from The Korean Times and is an apology from the Editor. It was also posted in the comment of the article on the above link. The comment was from the IP of The Korean Times…
04-07-2010 18:32
The Korea Times carried two cartoons depicting the bomb attacks on the Moscow metro on page 9 of its March 31 and April 2 editions.
The cartoons are part of a syndication service from a cartoonist based in Bangkok, Thailand, which is used by more than 20 countries, and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of The Korea Times.
It is regrettable if the cartoons aroused any negative feelings in Russians or any other readers.
We want to make it clear that the publication of the cartoons was not intended to insult or outrage Russians.
Our position is that any form of terrorism cannot be justified under any circumstances in the world.
We extend our deep condolences to the innocent victims of the tragic incident and their families and express our deep regret for any distress that has been caused by the publication of the cartoons.
We hope that Korea will deepen its friendship with Russia on the occasion of their 20th anniversary of diplomatic normalization this year and we will also do make our utmost efforts for this goal. ― ED.
I will say that I really think that The Korean Times is sorry for the slip up and that in the future they will have a better grip on syndicated news items about very sensitive subjects.
So since I jumped on them for being insensitive to Russia. I will also say thank you for the retraction and explanation of what happened…
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Svetlana Catches Patriarch Kirill On Film!



Patriarch Kirill is the person with the white covering on his head. (Covering called – Koukoulion) So who is Patriarch Kirill? – Patriarch Kirill I, or Cyril I (Russian: Кирилл, Патриарх Московский и всея Руси), (secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев); born November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop who has been Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1 February 2009.
Prior to becoming Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later Metropolitan) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad beginning on 26 December 1984; and also Chairman of the Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod beginning in November 1989. (Link)

Svetlana was walking to work and the church that you see in the pictures is nearby. She noticed that there was a lot of activity and Svet is “curious like a cat” as we say in America…
Svet got to experience a rare moment and she was able to capture the Patriarch Kirill on film. She also has a short video and when she gets home maybe we can do something with that video.
Svet was so excited that she emailed these pictures from work and I for one am proud to post these fantastic pictures of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church by Svetlana!
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Moscow Russia and Her Trams!


The first electric streetcar drove through

Moscow’s streets on April 6, 1899. Watch
the video for some Russian history…

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Positive ID on the Second Female Moscow Bomber!


The first female was positively ID several days ago. (Moscow metro suicide bomber identified!) Now they have positive ID on the second girl.

The suicide bomber responsible for the terrorist attack at Lubyanka metro station has been identified as Mariam Sharipova, the federal anti-terrorism committee reported on Tuesday. <----->

Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported on Monday that Sharipova’s father informed authorities in Dagestan that he recognized one of the attackers in photos distributed on the internet as his daughter.

“My wife and I recognized our daughter immediately,” the father said, adding that he and his wife had not known where their daughter was for several days.

“Last time my wife saw our daughter, she was wearing the same red headscarf as in the photo.”

According to the paper, Mariam was born in 1982 in Balakhan, a villiage in the Untsukul region of Dagestan. She studied math and psychology and graduated with distinction in 2005, before returning to Balakhan to teach computer science at the local school.

“She was devout, but she never expressed any radical opinions. She always lived at home; we always knew what she was up to,” Sharipova’s father said.

What a rough way to find out what your daughter did…

She leaves behind parents that had no idea she was married and do not understand why she did what she did…

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Oops: Did Everyone Forget About The Defense Missile Part?


I was wondering when this would come out! I have waited patiently before expressing much information about the new treaty between Russia and America on missiles.

The press has been “Gung Ho” on how wonderful that Obama and Medvedev have worked together and we have this wonderful treaty. Oops…

Russia may withdraw from the arms reduction treaty if Washington significantly increases its missile defense, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama are to sign a new strategic arms treaty on Thursday in Prague. The pact will replace the START 1 treaty, the cornerstone of post-Cold War arms control, which expired on December 5.

“Russia has the right to withdraw from the strategic nuclear weapons treaty if a quantitative and qualitative increase in U.S. strategic missile defense significantly influences the effectiveness of Russian strategic nuclear forces,” the minister said adding that Russia itself will determine the extent of such influence and that this was a specific precondition of Russia. (Link)

Otherwords, install those missiles systems all around Russia and say goodbye to the “Oh So Important Missile Treaty!”

Lavrov has been repeating like a broken record for months, that a new nuclear arms cuts deal be linked to Washington’s missile operations in Eastern Europe. This is a repeat of what Medvedev says also.

I however feel that link will probably not cut the mustard, as the U.S. Senate is unlikely to ratify any document containing a formal link between arms cuts and the defense missile shield.

I do not see this treaty being anything more than a facade that will not be upheld unless America gets their head out of their ass and quit playing games with all the little countries surrounding Russia…
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Russia Upset With South Korea!

The Korea Times messed up big time! Russia is very upset with the South Korean News Agency. Upset enough that some people are calling for a boycott on all South Korea goods…

While most of the world responded to the terrorist attacks in the Moscow subway with sincere sympathy and compassion, in South Korea the press has outrageous caricatures of their cynicism.

The famous South Korean newspaper The Korea Times, an English-language paper, printed immediately after the attacks, a series of cartoons that can not be described except being low life and inhumane.

The first cartoon was published on March 30th, on her engine is painted a skull instead of the cab. On the forehead of skull – a black armband with the likeness of inscriptions in Arabic. As cars tend figurines passengers, among whom is the Grim Reaper with his scythe.

The second picture accompanies an article which appeared on April 1 about “Freedom of the Chechen fight for independence, who fought against the imperial state, which oppresses them.” It depicts a subway car with a blown up bodies near which are scattered bloodied figurines. And above him is a huge sobbing bear in a fur hat, something reminiscent of the Russian premier.

Need to note that the incident occurred right on the celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Just April 2nd in Moscow, began a grand festival of Korean culture…

However, the cartoon’s demure did not go without consequences – On April 5, it was announced that The Korea Times publisher asked the newspaper executives to resign.

Park Moo-jong said that his publication did not want to offend Russia. The newspaper stressed that the cartoons were published without any malice.

I can say from living here in Russia that Russians buy a lot of stuff made in South Korea. The call for boycott is growing and South Korea can ill afford such a boycott. This was a politically very bad move…

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May 9th, 2010 is Victory day Parade, with a couple of surprises!

May 9th, 2010 in Russia is the 65th anniversary of Victory day. This is the day that Russia celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany! This year there is a couple of big surprises.

First Surprise is that battalions from Britain, France and the United States will be marching along side battalions of Russians and Second Surprise will be that for the first time the giant Topol-M nuclear missile launcher to be paraded with the other armory present. I wonder if the Americans will have the same feelings that I had when I saw the Red Square the first time? It was one of the high points of my life…

They say that over 10,000 men will march and several hundred pieces of armory will be displayed. Not including the multiples of military aircraft overhead during the event.

Sounds like a worth while event to go to this year…

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PS: Not all are happy about these foreigners marching on the Red Square! The Communist party is pretty upset about having Yanks on their Red Square… 🙂

Now That is a Big Russian Easter Egg!

This is just simple a really neat video! How about a 800kg Easter Egg?
Watch while they transform with chainsaws, chisels and drills a huge chunk of ice into a beautiful work of art…
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The Vice-Admiral Kulakov gets to go back to Protecting Russia!

Picture is of the Admiral Vinogradov also a Udaloy Destroyer – Could not find a picture of the Vice-Admiral Kulakov!

The Vice-Admiral Kulakov is an Udaloy class destroyer of the Russian Navy. The Admiral Kulakov was commissioned in 1982 and was on combat duty with the Northern Fleet until March 1991, when it retired for repairs that lasted more than 18 years. The destroyer is to rejoin the Northern Fleet in the first half of 2010. (Link)

Yes 18 years…
It seems that the Vice-Admiral was almost permanent history several times while in storage because of a lack of funding. But it seems that Lady Luck was with the old warship and they found the money to get her some new clothes! 🙂
The Vice-Admiral Kulakov has a displacement of 6,200 tons, a length of 162.99 m, a speed of 35 knots, a range of 19,400 km, and a crew of 300.
It is now armed with AK-100 artillery systems, Rastrub-B and RBU-6000 antisubmarine complexes, Kinzhal antiaircraft missile systems, and anti-submarine torpedoes. It also carries two Ka-27 Helix-series helicopters.
I have always found that destroyers (any) are my favorite warships…
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Russia Today Interviews William Engdahl…

Engdahl is the son of F. William Engdahl, Sr., and Ruth Aalund (b. Rishoff) and he grew up in Texas. After a degree in engineering and jurisprudence from Princeton University in 1966 (BA) and graduate study in comparative economics at the University of Stockholm from 1969 to 1970, he worked as an economist and free-lance journalist in New York and in Europe.
Engdahl began writing about oil politics with the first oil shock in the early 1970s.
His first book was called “A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order”, and discusses the role of Zbigniew Brzezinski and George Ball and of the USA in the 1979 overthrow of the Shah of Iran, which was meant to manipulate oil prices and to stop Soviet expansion. Engdahl claims that Brzezinski and Ball used the Islamic Balkanization model proposed by Dr Bernard Lewis. In 2007, he completed “Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of GMO”.
Engdahl is also a frequent contributor to globalresearch.ca, the main website of the Centre for Research on Globalization.
William Engdahl has been married since 1987 and has been living near Frankfurt am Main for more than two decades, Germany.[Link]
He just tells it like it is…
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