Results of the week. “Soon we will say:“ Happy New Year! ”
President of Ukraine after the decision of the Stockholm arbitration:
Poroshenko turns ... Poroshenko turns ... uh-uh ... into the president of Ukraine, who is fundamentally not against buying gas from a country with which he, according to his own statements, has been fighting for the fourth year now.
If you translate Peter Alekseevich into an open-source language, you get something like: Yes, we are waging a war against Russia, but at the same time we are ready to buy gas from Russia so that the tariff load on Ukrainians becomes lower ...
Five points! ”Super! Speak SURE ...
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210ox
Katana
Nyrobsky
After the decision of the Stockholm arbitration, Ukraine has to return to direct gas purchases from Gazprom
A year and a half ago, Ukraine put up for sale a lot in the form of a meter piece of pipe welded from both sides, in which they claimed was the last cube of “Ahressor” gas purchased by Ukraine. Along the way, in order not to patch the entire Ukrainian gas transportation system on such symbolic pieces, the Stockholm court obliged Durkain to buy gas in order to preserve transit after 2019, which Europe wants to convince Russia of. a one-time loss of 2 billion dollars received by Cuev for transit cannot be compensated for in any way. Moreover, by the decision of the Stockholm court, Ukraine is obliged to pay Russia more than 2 billion dollars for the contracted gas, even if it does not physically take it.
serega61
More medals, more orders! ..
If we believe our mass media, in which lately high state officials have acted in unison, assuring each other that we do not care for sanctions, import substitution is in full development, and everything else. The crisis is over, we will win. Final and unconditional.
And we are categorically for our oligarchs to have more and more state awards on their chests — medals, orders, but heavier and heavier. Maybe, at least in this case, it is likely that the ground under their feet, walking along the cracking budgets of ordinary citizens, will open up ... and then something about the fiery hell ... Although, if by and large, they and they will find there, how and with whom to agree ...
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Olegfbi
The topic of keeping our reserves in US dollars was discussed many times ... This is a separate and HUGE topic, but the behavior of the oligarch described in the article smacks of betrayal! I'd like to believe that treason will not go unpunished!
With all this, in my opinion, the liberal behavior of some individuals in power and big business (we will not point the finger) requires, at a minimum, verification by state security agencies.
Vadim237
Sotskiy
When dumb boilers
Despite the fact that in comments to numerous analytical publications and reviews of the operational situation on the fronts of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, one can still find ardent supporters of the Minsk and Norman formats that have outlived themselves, the tough military-political reality continues to dictate its own “big game”, where our western “partners” masterfully fool the Russian side and the republic’s military leaderships are already 3. What results from participation in all these “peaceful actions” we observed by the end of the current year?
Against this background, Ukroboronprom reported on 100% implementation of the state defense order. It is a rare case even for the developed countries of the world, and for Ukraine ... In general, not everyone believed, especially in Ukraine itself. However, in any case, there will be one real yes for five paper armored personnel carriers. And therefore, little by little, the equipment of the APU is growing, and not to recognize this is stupid. Lack of boilers favors. Well, the Russian love of peace in relation to the authorities of the state, being dragged into the ongoing conflict at the borders of the Russian Federation.
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horhe48
rotmistr60
Mih1974
Unfortunately, for Verkhov, there is no concern that Victory is forged with blood and often the life of heroes in the trenches. Unfortunately, the Authority always looks at it from above and “considers it as hundreds of thousands.” For those at the top, there is no concern for the tragedies of a particular person, often “quiet and forgotten” - those who die every day under incessant shelling. The authorities think “widely” and agree on the deaths of tens, hundreds, to avoid the deaths of thousands ", but often thousands still die. I personally as a" little man "- I can only sympathize with the tragedy of the residents of Donbass and wish them good luck and good luck.
Personally, I feel very sorry and sorry that it’s not me who makes the decision to help them, accept them into Russia, and I don’t make the decision to launch a rocket attack on Kuevu to the main fascists.
orphan 63
According to reports from LDNR, it seems that only old people and children live there. But in all the major cities of Russia, everyone from the workers in the underground is already .... to say the least, they are tired.
Or again, they will wait for them, but instead of them without them ?!
We are waiting for meetings of the "brothers" in Moscow, St. Petersburg and then everywhere - Putin, bring troops to our home, and we will sit here in Russia for now ?!
PS Sorry, boiling up. Armament must be provided, and let them fight themselves.
That rottenness did not slip
Communicating with representatives of various segments of the population of our country, we concluded that not all citizens of Russia are eager to express support for the existing government elections. This is normal. The whole question is what methods it is planned to do.
HPP + KhPZ, or Vladimir Putin is inferior in the elections...
Judging by the reaction of our readers to these materials, the majority would be only for real competition in the elections - with the presence of more or less strong figures as candidates, besides the main figure. However, every time it is customary to ask: what if, while the big pieces fight honestly and openly, a rotten pawn will slip into the queens with the help of the well-known patronage of foreign “friends”. And do not need to fear. You just need to calculate the moves. And it seems that there are grandmasters for this, and it is by no means a variant of Ostap Bender of the New Vasyukinsky period ...
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Chertt
Iaaa
And if the West or KhPZ wins the elections for Russia, the West will not change anything. Probably, fortunately.
About surprises from the dragon
Getting acquainted with the vast military-technical expanses of the Chinese Internet (including forums, blog platforms, etc.), as well as watching “YouTube” video content on search queries related to the J-10A / B multipurpose fighter jets, you can not once stumble upon unique acrobatic maneuvers scaled models of these machines.
China is one of the main "holders" of US foreign debt. Therefore, preparing deadly surprises for someone who owes you, well, to put it mildly, is not quite natural. Here is the opposite - more logical. Therefore, the buildup of Chinese military power ceases to be a surprise, but the regularity, yes. After all, China is full of vulnerabilities, which can not be hit with cruise missiles. The option of bearded Chinese citizens returning from the Middle East from all kinds of “Turkestan Free” is an option that the main debtor of China precisely holds in a pocket in reserve.
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Chertt
Per se.
Sergey Cojocari
Kgovavaya gebnya in numbers
General Bortnikov called the numbers repressed. Those who were interested in a question earlier, these figures know. And for those who are not in the subject, I will quote from an interview: “Even at the end of 1980, the certificate of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1954 on the number of people convicted of counterrevolutionary and other especially dangerous state crimes, including banditry and military espionage, was declassified in 1921-1953 - 4 060 306 people. Of these, 642 980 was sentenced to capital punishment, 765 180 was sentenced to exile and deportation. This is indicated by archival materials. All other figures are debatable. ”
And for “human rights activists” no figures are important. They will give out their own numbers to any numbers - “about tens of millions of Stalin personally shot from a nominal revolver”. At the same time, they will refer to each other, and to historians of the level of bazaar Russophobia, who, of course, were personally present when Beria ate political prisoners at the KGB dinner parties.
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210ox
bistrov.
About passports. It could be obtained on demand and a resident of the countryside. There was, however, a short time, somewhere from 61 to 66, a tacit order to restrict the issuance of passports, but it was formal, and it was easy for everyone who needed to, or could go on the principle, as some did, and the authorities immediately went back down, and the passport was issued. So, for example, my elder brother did, went to the village council, his first day was humbled, but when he began to insist and threatened to write a complaint, all the necessary documents were immediately issued.
About the MLRS and football fields
Tula designers began to develop a new multiple rocket launcher system. According to its capabilities, it should surpass the TORC-S MLRS, which in one volley hits a territory of ten football fields.
Hey hey, comrades Tula gunsmiths! Why do you measure the area of defeat precisely the territories of football fields? After all, tomorrow there will be materials in Western progressive media about how in Russia from Tornado and Breakthroughs they will punch through football fields as a test system. weapons on the eve of the World Cup-2018 ... And FIFA will believe. Well, the IOC Rodchenkov seemed to believe that we have athletes eat dope buckets. So after all, they will write: "Ten fields at a time" ...
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NEXUS
Svarog
Mestny
Specific specialists are working on this.
Fighters for the truth on the note - this work has nothing to do with "crooks and thieves," nor to "hungry pensioners", and to "corruption."
Kent0001
Ships, ships
The third frigate of the 11356 project "Admiral Makarov", built at the Baltic shipbuilding plant PSZ "Yantar" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), transferred to the customer.
USC: Frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" will not be accepted by the Russian Navy this year
Head of USC: "Admiral Nakhimov" will be armed "to the teeth"
If the new ship was commissioned at the end of the year - we say that it was handed over something suspiciously under the year - it was definitely flawed, just to meet the deadline and carry out the percentage of fulfillment of the state defense order on the documents. If the manufacturer declares that the ship for the Russian Navy will not be put into operation by the end of the year - we say: Aaag ... everything is clear with them, some saboteurs gathered around, chasing everyone in the neck, dial others who will work harder. Well, we are ... What can we do ...
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RASKAT
I hope that this is not the case, and the ship was accepted in good order and without serious jambs. Moreover, the ship is not the first in the series, it was possible to fill the hand with the previous ones.
Good luck to the ship, crew of trouble-free hikes and accurate shots.
Topotun
Take on accompaniment
According to several Syrian sources, the militants of the terrorist group “Dzhebhat al-Nusra” (banned in Russia), launched missiles at the Russian military base “Hmeymim”. According to preliminary data, multiple rocket launchers were used during the shelling. The threat was promptly detected by the Russian air defense forces, after which the Pantsir-C1 air defense systems were used. Sources note that the missiles were intercepted in the air near the settlement of Jabel. None of the ammunition reached the goal.
Another Syrian news relates to American reconnaissance aircraft. In an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, Lieutenant-General Alexander Leonov, commander of the Russian Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces, spoke about the actions of the Russian crews of anti-aircraft missile systems in Syria. According to the general, the C-300B4 air defense system was forced to repeatedly take to escort American reconnaissance aircraft, as well as the bombers of the so-called American coalition. Leonov notes that the American pilots “rather nervously” reacted when their planes turned out to support the C-300 SAMs at a distance of 200-300 km.
General Leonov: US Air Force pilots reacted nervously to escorting their C-300B4 airplanes
The "nervous" reaction of the Americans strangely coincides with the militant rocket attack described above at the Khmeymim airbase, as well as with the attack on the positions of Syrian government forces in the north of Latakia. The positive news is that the offensive of the “Syrian Free Army” is currently stopped.
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NEXUS
Americans blocked
The Syrian government army blocked the American military base Al-Tanf in the southern part of the SAR. Prior to that, over the course of several months, reconnaissance had been observed from the territory of a military facility by militant groups who had received the necessary training. This was stated by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.
Against this background, there are reports from Syria that one of the leaders of the Hayat Tahrir ash Sham terrorist group (banned in Russia) affiliated with Al Qaeda (banned in Russia) was destroyed in the north-west of the Aleppo province. ).
The field commander was abolished near the town of Al-Laramun near Aleppo. The military vehicle in which the terrorist was located was destroyed by an accurate hit.
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Mikhail m
Headache relieve "Zircon"
Ammunition of the Mk 41 universal launchers of Arleigh Burke class destroyers and Ticonderoga missile cruisers are represented by Evolution Sea Sparrow Missile anti-aircraft missiles RIM-162 of the Block 1 modification equipped with semi-active radar HST. These interceptors require constant illumination from the side of the AN / SPG-62 radar; the latter aboard the Arleigh Burke are only 3, and therefore the number of simultaneously hit targets is 3 units, while the ZUR correction channels are 18 (the number of missiles simultaneously launched to intercept). At the same time, the approach of several dozen EHVs distributed over the echelons to the Aegis ship will “overload” the target channels, and the target will be hit. RIM-174 ERAM (SM-6) ultra-long-range anti-aircraft guided missiles that use the AIM-120C AMRAAM air combat missile with an increased slot area Here, the simultaneous defeat of 18 VC can be implemented, since the SM-6 does not depend on the 3-4 illumination channels of the SPG-62 and use the data received from the main AN-SPY-1A / D (V). Nevertheless, the use of the SM-6 limited arsenal to destroy the attacking PKR, PRLR and other high-precision weapons is extremely expensive and impractical pleasure, which can deprive the combat ship of an anti-aircraft arsenal in a matter of minutes, and therefore American sailors will have to wait another two or three years to gain basic combat readiness enhanced RIM-162 Block II ESSM. This will happen no earlier than 2019 of the year, indicates columnist E. Damantsev.
But the British SAM missiles CAMM, the observer believes, are able to withstand even the most nimble supersonic anti-ship missiles of the 3M55 Onyx, 3M54E Caliber-NK and X-41 Moskit types. As for the range, the standard version of the CAMM rocket (3200 mm long and 166 mm body diameter) can work on targets at a distance of up to 30 km, long-range (CAMM-ER, developed with the support of the Italian division of MBDA) - 45-50 km . These missiles can be used both from standard VPU GWS26 Mod.1 for Sea Wolf missiles, and from UVK Mk 41 using quad farms (4-fold increase in ammunition). With these parameters, the Sea Ceptor air defense systems turn the ships of the British Navy into a rather serious headache for both individual strike submarines - “aircraft carrier killers”, and for the KMG in general for a very long period of time, before the transition fleet to hypersonic anti-ship missiles Zircon.
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tchoni
Better worry about us, because after 2018, the RPC packs can be a real threat to our fleet. That would have conducted an analysis of our capabilities in this area.
Magic archer
Sergey Cojocari
“No Role” for Russia
Recently, the Serbian President said that if, in the event that the negotiation process between Belgrade and Pristina begins, the latter wants to involve American representatives as mediators, Serbia will in this case request the Russian Federation to mediate.
Now Kosovo has declared that Russia's mediation on this issue "is not an acceptable option." The head of the government of Kosovo’s “state” Ramush Haradinai stated the following: “Russia has no role here, and it is neither necessary nor acceptable to bring someone who is not involved in any way.” According to Haradinaj, the United States and the EU have the right to mediate, while Russia “does not have the right, as Russia once retreated from the situation in the Balkans.”
Responding to a question about the possibility of the United States participating in the negotiation process, Haradinai said: “There is nothing new about the participation of the United States in this process.”
This is surprising, but does Mr. Haradinai want Russia to "come", that is, in any way take up the situation in the Balkans? Of course, not willing. Haradinai is well aware: under the domination of Western-style democracy in the Balkans, conceived and built on the patterns of the United States, he can sit in the "state" chair and look down upon Russia. In Soviet times, such a situation could not even be imagined.
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Herculesic
Two hundred million dollars that will keep Russia
"Astronomical" is considered in the West, a program of rearmament of Russia. A decade-long state program scares potential rivals of Russia. Some experts believe that “after Georgia, Ukraine and Syria” Putin will not stop: the Kremlin will move forces to a “new conflict”.
Putin's rearmament seriously worried the United States. Russians will get an answer. To counter the “threat to Russia,” the newsweek reported, the US military will spend over 200 million dollars to upgrade its European air bases. These works will be carried out "as part of broader efforts to contain Russian aggression in the region."
Without waiting for Putin’s rearmament program to take effect, President Donald Trump signed a defense bill. The signature appeared on the December 12 document. As indicated by Haltivanger, the law specifies the amount of 700 billion dollars. Of this money, about 214 million dollars America will direct to the construction of defense facilities in Iceland, Norway and large regions of Eastern Europe, "right on the threshold of Russia."
This is not all. Russians are ready to give a remote response on a large scale in the USA. General Mark Milli stated that the cyber division of the US Army, created three years ago, already has almost 20.000 soldiers. Milli ensures that a wide range of cybertechnologies, including artificial intelligence and robotics, will change the “fundamental nature of war”.
The general did not specify in what way such an impressive number of cyber fighters would respond to the “Russian threat.” US secrecy is probably not inferior to secrecy in Europe.
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Chertt
seti
Maybe it's time for the leadership of the Russian Federation to act accordingly. To change the rhetoric and publicly say that you are our enemies and we have nothing to talk about. Exit stupid WTO, PACE and other Labuda. Well, we have not grown together there - we will never be there equal. They are "more equal." Want to trade? Please, and more: yes send you. And shimanut our powers that have kids and property there. It's time to choose where the homeland.
Dimontius
Sunset europe
The Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, and the Vice-Speaker of the German Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party, Wolfgang Kubicki, gave a joint interview to the magazine Focus. The topic of discussion was conflicts threatening the world in 2018. The experts' conclusions are full of pessimism ...
Both experts actually signed the political helplessness of present-day Europe both at the local (European) level and at the global level.
The European Union not only does not have an “adequate” policy suitable for confronting modern threats, but there is not even that unity about which analysts wrote with such admiration in the early years of the 21st century. Today, Europe, which has adopted sanctions against Russia on the orders of the United States, is outraged by Trump’s policy, but still takes no steps to improve relations with Russia, instead looking back at the overseas “hegemon”. The Trump administration’s intervention in Europe’s energy security issues is disliked by many EU countries, especially Germany, but this does not prevent Poland from buying gas from the United States.
Difficult, almost intractable is the question of the growing number of refugees in the EU countries, some of which are already pursuing a policy that runs counter to the policy of Brussels.
A number of EU states want a rapprochement with Russia and an end to the new cold war, but other union states want to keep tough sanctions against Moscow.
As a result of endless contradictions, united Europe as a major political player buries itself. A single European Union could provide answers to global challenges, but only together. But this “together”, as the experts truly note, is just not there. Europe continues to collapse from the inside, and the separation of Britain, the problem of refugees and the Spanish-Catalan question is evidence of this.
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DMoroz
A cool gem, i.e., we must bow up in front of them, and they will not be so hard to strengthen ...
Sam_gosling
andrew42
Ten dollars a barrel
According to Bloomberg, due to the sharp fall in oil prices, Russia will start having big internal problems in the future. This will happen right by the end of the new presidential term of Vladimir Putin: “Thanks to the mass production of cheap electric cars, the volume of daily oil production will fall. At the same time, the price of raw materials will remain at $ 50 per barrel. In 2020, the price of oil will drop to $ 40 per barrel by the end of the year. In 2021, the price of oil will fall to $ 20 per barrel, which will most strongly affect Riyadh and Moscow, and Russian unrest will begin to riot. In 2024, the economic crisis will begin in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East will be politically unstable, and in Russia, Vladimir Putin will leave the presidency and try to rule through Elvira Nabiullina, who now occupies the post of chairman of the Central Bank. The price of oil in the meantime will fall to $ 10 ... "
Optimist Yury Podolyak answered such a gloomy forecast: “In general, it seems to me that Americans do not understand the main thing. They still believe that Russia can be brought to its knees with the help of oil prices. Meanwhile, life and statistics have already shown that the states themselves are more likely to be bent from low oil prices. ” Russia, the columnist believes, “reliably and at an ever accelerating pace is getting rid of its oil dependence,” and therefore “causing the collapse of its economy by low oil prices is becoming less and less realistic.” But the US economy "is increasingly dependent on the state of the world economy, and hence the price of hydrocarbons." And if suddenly the “Bloomberg” forecast comes true, then Russia will have to be “just bad, and the US will be very bad.”
Amen.
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Mountain shooter
Victor N
No need to feel sorry for Russia (and yourself), you have to believe in it. And we need to systematically equip to live more comfortably than anywhere else. All personally!
uhu189
I would like to remind the author that, despite the low oil prices, the United States did not have any noticeable changes in GDP, there was no sharp decrease in the purchasing power of citizens, as we did, and no one there sequestered the budget. But somehow it turns out that all this was and still cannot recover. “Bloomberg,” of course, thickens the colors, but if we get off the oil needle at such a pace, then we will need 60 in years. And during this time we will lag behind so much that it will not even be funny to talk about a competitive economy. Optimism is, of course, good, but when it is in moderation and is not reduced to absurdity.
Bad guys on the way out!
By the end of January, the Trump administration will present the “Kremlin report” to Congress, which will feature high-ranking Russian officials and dealers close to Putin. America will punish them all. The list of "bad guys" is based on the law "On Counteracting US Opponents through Sanctions" (CAATSA). This law Trump signed in August 2017.
As we can see, Mr. Trump’s tough actions do not at all prove that he is a “valuable shot” and even more so is Putin’s spy who penetrated the Oval Office of the White House with the help of the omnipresent Kremlin, as the American press inspired by the “secret data” from "Secret intelligence".
Mr. Trump is pursuing the usual US anti-Russian policy and continues the Obama case, doing so with much greater scope and passion. His debating about the need to improve relations with the Russians is worthless: politicians should be judged by their deeds, not by words.
True, from Mr. Trump did not work a full-fledged people's president, who would really return her greatness to America. For the year on the throne, Trump managed to quarrel with the European allies, with the Arab world, with Mexico, with China, North Korea, Iran. This is not to mention Russia, with which he finally spoiled the relationship. In addition, Trump unleashed an arms race. As for the homeland, Trump's dubious policy split the American society in half: his supporters and ardent opponents.
Americans need to think carefully and add to the black list of Donald Trump. Under the first number.
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Mikhail Zubkov
The authors of the "Results of the week" congratulate the readers of the "Military review" Happy New Year! I wish you happiness, love, health and gifts from Santa Claus!
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