Results of the week. “I do not file on Fridays”
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an emotional message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The announcement of the message lasted about 70 minutes. During this time, Vladimir Putin has touched on more than two dozen topics: from events related to the Ukrainian conflict and Western sanctions pressure on Russia, to supporting small business, developing the Far East, education and medicine.
We discussed the message of the week actively not only in Russia, but also abroad. At the same time, the message turned out to be such that the reaction to it on this and on the other side of the Russian border often turned out to be diametrically opposite. While in Russia a considerable number of people familiarized themselves with the message stated that Putin was quite gentle and often used terms aimed at dialogue with “partners”, and could have been supposedly harder, in the West the message of the Russian president was dubbed “aggressive” and “ uncompromising ", but it was necessary, sort of, softer, and, as the hero of the notorious Soviet comedy used to say," you should look at the questions shirche ". In this regard, two mini-versions of the message of Vladimir Putin of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation would be relevant.
The first, which would suit those who believe that it was necessary tough but polite:
Just now, as the Supreme Commander, I gave the order to disembark the peaceful landing units on the lawn in front of the White House. For Greenpeace, I inform you separately: our polite guys will put on boot covers so as not to trample the green grass. In the evening, motorized infantry grandfathers Frost will install a Christmas tree in front of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and arrange a festive neon jungle in the center of the Ukrainian capital. A new ambassador of the Russian Federation has already been sent to the palace of the Lithuanian president with a humanitarian mission (to bow) —the last name I have is so strange, I forget all the time — whether Topol, or Bulava ... clinking glasses ...
The second, which would suit those that believe it was necessary much softer:
I have just signed a decree on the indispensable return of Crimea to a single, indivisible and independent Ukraine. Petro Poroshenko, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Francois Mistral, that is, Hollande, to award orders of St. Andrew the First-Called and letters of arms with the seal. In a sign of friendship, reconciliation and respect, I am going to rename Moscow to Slavoukrainovsk, and St. Petersburg - to Geroyamslavsk. And since we have the same friends, I order to disband the army, disband the fleet, and give NATO partners the opportunity to stay and eat food wherever they want, so that they can resist Ebola and the North Korean threat. Anyway, I'm tired, I'm leaving ...
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Attack on Grozny
“Friends” decided to increase pressure on Russia not only in the economic sector. The North Caucasus - Chechen Republic - Grozny was once again chosen as a target for striking the state. The first shots cut the silence of Grozny around 1: 00 - members of a gang-group disguised as policemen shot down the traffic police, and then they sat down in the Press House and the school building №20.
And what is the reason that supposedly spodvig all this riffraff to attack the sleeping city? “They say that Muslim women are oppressed here ... And it is said by those who do not put a feminine essence on their own, sending women to commit self-explosions, powdering their brains with pseudo-Islamic dogmas about“ paradise life ”after killing people and suicide.
A large number of victims among law enforcement officers (14 people) speaks of a planned attack. The blow was struck at night, surreptitiously, disguised as police officers - a typical tactic of cowards worthy of only one — destruction. And the destruction took place. Open out no longer. As they say, the gut was thinning ... The only thing they can do is shoot in the back and pose for mobile phone cameras, writhing themselves heroes.
By the way, a considerable number of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the terrorist attack on Grozny. News? Not at all. It is enough to recall the endless terrorist attacks of militants in the North Caucasus in the 90. And then representatives of ukroradicalism stood on the side of the terrorists. And if then they stood on their side in a dubious status for themselves, then today they are already “people's deputies”. So this is progress for Ukraine ... The terrorist state, into which Ukraine was turned into maydanutye, continues to roll down, supporting terrorism from the parliamentary rostrum.
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There is such a profession - to join NATO ...
The new initiative of the leadership of Ukraine once again makes it clear that Kiev has completely lost any connection with reality. President Petro Poroshenko the other day said that Ukraine is ready to hold a referendum on the country's accession to the North Atlantic military bloc, and this, it turns out, should be a decisive link for the country's entry into the alliance. They say that NATO does not decide here, here the people of Ukraine will say their word. Here's how ...
Before Poroshenko hung an appetizing carrot in the form of NATO accession. The ukropresident takes steps and it seems to him that just about ... a little bit left ... another little step ... Carrot invitingly dangles, beckons, but in fact does not come close to the nose of the main ukrooligarch. Undoubtedly, Peter the Bruised and he himself is well aware that the NATO bosses Ukraine in its current state and the gift is not needed, but you need the same noodles about security and "peremog" to hang on the ears of that part of the people who are stupefied with burned burned tires.
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Peter I's decree from 09.12.1709 "A subordinate in the face of commanders should look dashing and silly, so as not to embarrass the authorities with his mind."
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Revelations of the Ukrainian General
News from Kiev: from the Borispol airport at night, special flights send the corpses of mercenaries who died in the "ATO". Information leakage comes from the Security Council of Ukraine, is also confirmed by SBU employees and airport employees. The death toll in the course of the "ATO" foreign nationals is more than 600 people.
It would seem that information from the category of “another unsubstantiated statement”, but ... During the week for the first time during the Ukrainian civil war, a senior official of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that more than a thousand foreign citizens were fighting in the so-called volunteer battalions. He told about foreigners fighting against the people of Donbass, Major General Rozmaznin, representing the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
But Rozmaznin goes even further and says that among foreign mercenaries "there are conscript soldiers" (quoted from UkroSMI "Data"). Recall that this is not a bystander who was interviewed by ukrozhurnalisty and not even full-time bredogenerator Elena Vasilyeva, but a representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine! It turns out that the Ukrainian army is also filled with recruits from other states ??? An interesting practice ... Or is the general following the path of the "geletevaya truth"?
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Poked a finger
The Russian representation at NATO responded to the next statements in the style of "no fascism in Ukraine." This time, attempts were made to prove that “Ukraine is a country without fascism” by representatives of the North Atlantic Alliance, one of whom entered into polemics on television. At the same time, a NATO official was asking all the time, “Where are the fascists in Ukraine?” On Twitter, the Russian Permanent Mission appeared the answer to this question with an explanatory photo:
Here they are!
The greatest wave of the publication of photographs by representatives of the Russian Permanent Representative to NATO rose naturally in Ukraine. Here are a series of major "claims":
swastika painted on Lavrov in Photoshop;
these are not Ukrainian “volunteers” at all, but provocateurs from Russia who sfotkalis somewhere near Rostov;
it is not a swastika, but a kind and peaceful symbol of the sun, and the man on the left of the photo does not “ziguet”, but simply cast a plaster on him ...
But the “lawyers” of the ukrokaratels had to be disappointed, as the author of the photo was found on social networks, which itself is in the neo-Nazi “Azov” - both the swastika and the ridge are real. Who would doubt that! After this, ukrokommentarii to the post on Twitter, the Russian Permanent Mission to NATO collapsed - the commentators were clearly disappointed and switched to the discussion of people who would “lift Ukraine from their knees” - for example, to the newly ministers Kvitashvili and Abramavicius ... !) introduce Russian as a working language for meetings of ukrokabmin. Yatsenyuk spoke in Russian! - in the "unitary" cabinet, already drawing in my imagination kulya head-on and a dumpster in front of the government building ...
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Odessa-base ...
Andrei Klimenko, member of the supervisory board of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs Charitable Foundation, said that Ukraine urgently needs to create a new navy to withstand Russia's plans. In his opinion, Ukraine needs a large-scale construction program fleet, as well as the creation of a coastal and territorial defense system from Izmail to Skadovsk. In addition, you need to persuade the "NATO allies" to keep here "a small squadron of their ultramodern ships."
Well, this is exactly what the “friends of Ukraine” from NATO is seeking. Nobody is eager to accept the current Ukraine into the alliance, but to place military bases on its territory is the very thing. After all, it has long been no secret that Sevastopol was being prepared for such a base - even money from the American military budget was allocated for the preparation of "barracks" for NATO sailors. Now, Ukraine does not have Sevastopol, but for now, Odessa is there. And Odessa, whose adequate population, apparently, is quieter today, may well be confronted with the fact that the “friendly” group of the North Atlantic “humanitarian” bloc with all its consequences is developing in the city. True, there is one important nuance - will they have time before the formation of the Odessa People's Republic? .. And then the generation of people's republics on the territory of the former Ukraine directly depends on the Maidan activity of the Kiev "lords".
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I wonder how much they will give them instead of our 100 million?
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All forecasts - in the furnace
New forecasts for the end of this year and for the whole future (2015) were published in the Ministry of Economic Development. The forecasts look disappointing, although in the current situation one could hardly expect anything else as forecasts. To start, the Ministry of Economic Development once again recalculated the inflation forecast for 2014 year. If initially it was about 5,5%, then about 7-7,5%, now the Ministry of Economic Development is talking about 9%. Here, of course, it is possible to say for a long time that forecasters were initially useless from the officials of the Ministry of Economic Development, but this is the case when the forecast is really ungrateful. Against the backdrop of sanctions wars and other economic turbulence, any prediction in fact may not even get into the order of the figures presented.
All forecasts of economic experts and statements about this made by the authorities led to the emergence of a new Russian amusement: lively discussing the ruble exchange rate and the price of an oil barrel. They discuss everything: from the oligarchs to the "old woman lenders". It was possible to observe how, in one large domestic bank, one such enterprising grandmother sighed when she heard from the cashier that "the dollars had already been bought up." When asked why the old woman suddenly needed the American currency, she replied without hesitation: “We need to leave something to the grandchildren” ... Why, then, do not let the grandchildren roll a couple of barrels of oil? ..
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Oil has the lowest cost. As a result, at its price you can wind up large fees and replenish the budget. While industrial products have a high cost, which does not allow to impose its high taxes and fees. Either this product will be uncompetitive in advance. So here we see the same socialist principle of redistributing incomes between sectors to reduce (in the way of preventing growth) the cost of production. Therefore, roughly speaking, two plants, even exceeding in cost in 2 times the cost of one oil rig, will not give such fees to the budget as this rig will give.
So in this situation, the government has two choices. Or raise taxes and fees. What it has already tried to do, recall the increase in fees for the FIU and the failed VAT increase. But this leads to a reduction in production and higher prices, acceleration of inflation. Or reduce the expenditure budget items. Most likely, now they will go along this path. Unfortunately, with 100% I can say with certainty that with a freeze in the growth of social payments, freezing of prices, which would be justified, will not happen.
"Cornet" on the tracks
The latest 9P163-2 vehicle of the Kornet anti-tank complex is currently being mastered by the Russian military. The website of the Ministry of Defense posted a photo report from the artillery training center deployed in Kolomna. Among the samples of military equipment recorded in the photo, most are well known, but there are also new items, for example, the 9P163-2 machine. According to their performance characteristics, this combat vehicle is capable of destroying any of tanksconsisting of the armies of the world.
With the help of two guides, the vehicle, created on the basis of the BMP-3, is capable of firing anti-tank missiles at targets at any time of the day. Even targets with more than impressive defense are powerless against a Cornet attack with two missiles at once (at least, this is exactly what the developers stated). First, the active protection system of a modern tank with the help of such a “sweet couple” turns into a sieve, and secondly, the goal itself turns into a tangible sieve, since the final power of the rocket attack at the time of contact with the cornet tank ammunition leaves the tank and its crew no chance. So such a self-propelled "Cornet" can knock out any "generals". Here is just a separate question: who, forgive me, piles on this hypothetical “general” more effectively - “Cornet” on 9P163-2 or is it still a “flower” named “Chrysanthemum”?
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Normal effective work
The Russian warning system on launches of ballistic missiles by foreign countries has recently recorded three launches. This was announced by the deputy commander of the space command of the East Kazakhstan region, Major General Nestechuk. According to Anatoly Nestechuk, the missiles were launched on November 28 and 29 and were detected by Russian warning systems. At the same time, the deputy commander of the WCC VKO noted that this was an ordinary job, which was carried out by Russian units, proving the effectiveness of the work of both the equipment and the personnel.
To this it is necessary to add that now in Russia there is an active preparation for the creation of a new missile attack warning system. Lieutenant-General Alexander Golovko, commander of the East Kazakhstan Oblast, told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper that the first stage of the unified space system would be deployed in 2015. The new system will record the launches of all existing and future ballistic missiles. The end of the creation of a single system is scheduled for 2018 year.
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Gas sentence
Construction of the "South Stream" is stopped, the project is closed. This was stated by A. Miller in Ankara 1 December. “Taking into account the position of the European Commission, which does not contribute to the implementation of this project, given the fact that we have just received, quite recently, permission from the relevant authorities in the Netherlands is a positive decision, but given the fact that we still haven’t received permission from Bulgaria, we believe that Russia in these conditions cannot continue the implementation of this project, ”V. Putin put the last nail in the coffin. The Russian president also said that Bulgaria’s losses from the suspension of South Stream would amount to 400 million euros per year.
But if the pipe does not go to Bulgaria, then ... it will go to Turkey! Many analysts immediately began talking about the Kremlin’s brilliant strategic course and the failure of the punitive policies of Washington and Brussels, as a result of which Russia first went to a close rapprochement with China, and now with Turkey. As for Bulgaria, which was a stumbling block on the South Stream route, the European Union is not going to pay compensation for the loss of profits.
Well, let us add, apparently, NATO Bulgaria lives so well in the fraternal European Union that it doesn’t even need 400 million euros in the budget every year. Extra money, just think!
Recall some Bulgarian economic indicators. The growth rate of industrial production in Bulgaria: 2012 g. - 0%, 2013 g. - 1,0%; unemployment rate: 2012 g. - 11,1%, 2013 g. - 11,6%. Bulgaria's external debt at 31 December 2013 amounted to 37,850 billion dollars, or 70% of annual GDP.
It is clear: with such numbers 400 million euros per year will not make the weather. Moreover, Sofia is more precious than loyalty to the ideals of Brussels. That is, we wanted to say Washington. Meglena Kuneva (Deputy Prime Minister of the Bulgarian Government) stressed with no reason that "Bulgaria is in favor of having an economically advantageous project and at the same time comply with European legislation." So we say: it’s clear where the wind is coming from.
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It seems that in the near future she will spit on Europe and will enter a single economic zone with Russia. And we know how to get along with Muslims and stay ourselves (unlike in Europe). Already 700 years we live like this.
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Economic duet
If Russia and Turkey increase mutual economic cooperation, forgetting their past political differences, the gas Euro-bloc, organized by Brussels on the orders of Washington in Moscow, can be broken. Experts believe that Putin and Erdogan will be able to establish cooperation: after all, they are so similar to each other. The goal of 100 billions of dollars in annual turnover can be achieved, since the cooperation between Ankara and Moscow is actively promoted ... The West.
Analyst Stuart Williams writes that a powerful economic duet of Russia and Turkey sings louder than a political duet (a hint of "Syrian disagreements"). Ankara and Moscow chose to forget about disputes that could damage relations, and decided to implement the idea of a close alliance - at least for the time being “cold relations with the West”.
Thus, the West, with its sanctions and anti-Russian policy in general, contributed to the strengthening of the energy alliance of Russia and Turkey. The West, unwittingly, today indirectly contributes to the achievement of the economic goal that Ankara and Moscow have recently set: to bring the annual turnover to one hundred billion dollars.
There would be no happiness, but misfortune helped. Thank you, Mr. Obama!
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"God, what a dumb person we are in control now!"
“How is this betrayal to comment? Future generations need to know who destroyed their state, whose graves to piss, whose descendants to curse. ”
"It's time to go to the forest for firewood!"
“I will not have sex with my wife this month, because it is contrary to European values. First, the European Commission should have sex with her. I profess European values. ”
"The truth is that Putin and Erdogan are government leaders and work for the good of their countries, and not like ours, unfortunately."
“We turned out to be the same stupid prostitutes as the Poles, who were also against the Nord Stream, were at one time. The Russians have bypassed them and are now selling gas to the Germans for 300 dollars, while these clever men pay 515 for it. An example was before our eyes! ”
Flying Russian devil near the Norwegian border
The Norwegian Air Force published footage shot on a video camera of one of the Norwegian fighter jets, which were lifted into the air to intercept a Russian MiG-31 aircraft approaching the borders of Norway. In this case, one of the Norwegian pilots claims that the pilots of the Russian fighter "cut" him, flying approximately 20-30 meters to the right of the nose of the Norwegian F-16. These shots were published in the American media. In particular, in the Wall Street Journal. Behind the muddy shots, the exclamation of one of the Norwegian pilots, who choked with surprise: "What the hell?"
Representatives of the Norwegian Air Force declare that they have two versions about the incident. Version one: the pilots of the Russian military aircraft made a mistake while being in the air. Version two: it was purposeful aggressive behavior.
I wonder what the Norwegian pilot was driving. Or maybe drinking? What was so busy that something twenty meters from his plane made him drop the chips, hot dog or sprinkle Coca-Cola on his knees? What would you be so busy that you miss the aggressive plane?
It is also interesting how brave Vikings will behave in battle when there is not a mythical, but a real enemy around? After all, if the real danger with cannons and machine guns turns out to be “on the right along the board” in two tens of meters, you will not have time to choke ...
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Poland "froze" Ukraine
The new Polish ambassador to Russia, Katarzyna Pelczyńska-Nalecz, was interviewed by RIA Novosti, in which she stated that Warsaw had decided to freeze the 100-kilometer section of the Polish-Ukrainian border, through which citizens could carry out visa-free crossings. At the same time, she noted that Poland had extended the visa-free regime agreement with Russia on the border with the Kaliningrad region. Residents of border Russian and Polish regions will be able to continue to easily cross the border as part of cross-border traffic.
Yes, now fraternal Poland does not make Ukrainians happy. That ember will refuse to “sell” for free, then hang locks on the border ... The rulers from Kiev should have understood a simple truth: Poland’s current attitude towards them is a small example of the future attitude of the European Union. If Ukraine is needed by the EU and the Washington bosses to build up the arms race and oppose the “Russian aggressors”, then its further European court can be described without fear of being mistaken with the phrase “territorial appendage”.
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However, Khrushchev came and amnestied this trash in 56, at the same time writing to the category of “repressed”.
Here is such a flaw.
Desert North America
Kurt Cobb is a writer, analyst, journalist whose materials appear regularly on the web pages of specialized and popular publications: Christian Science Monitor, OilPrice.com, Le Monde, and others. He maintains his own blog, Resourse Insights, from which many media reprints his articles. The topics that the author deals with are energy and ecology. The other day, Comrade Cobb spoke about what awaits American producers of "shale gas."
He points out that the signing by Russia and China of the two “big gas agreements” over the past six months means that Russia has turned its eyes to the east. This is Moscow’s response to the “sanctioners” from Europe, which is still the largest importer of Russian energy resources.
However, it is not only about Europe. As is known, American natural gas producers dream of exporting LNG outside the country. They are interested in the Chinese market. However, with the Russian contracts their dreams came to an end. The Chinese market, which in the future should be the largest and most profitable for LNG exporters, will now take over the Russians!
Approximately 17% of natural gas supplies to the PRC will be shipped from Russia in the near future. The commissioning of pipelines is likely to fix the price of Chinese LNG imports between the 10-11 dollars mentioned. The price will be too low to bring any benefit to US exporters of LNG.
In addition, environmentalists "will suffocate in horror" from mining in the shale: an increasing number of gas workers will wander around the American fields, turning them into deserts and disfiguring the landscape. And those American politicians who are now in favor of exporting LNG may end up at the pillory, Cobb said.
Thus, the expert exposes the mythical future of the US energy industry, which is drawn by strategy hawks sitting in Congress and dreaming of turning Gazprom away from Europe. While they thought (and still think) about Europe, the Kremlin thought about Asia.
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Kaput West
Many "independent" Western analysts, working as correspondents of influential publications, predict the imminent collapse of "Putin's empire." Another year, on the strength of two - and kaput. However, major experts in the field of geopolitics, including P. Buchanan, predict kaput to the critics themselves - and in general to the whole West. And when Americans start shipping weapons Kiev, as Putin without delay will take Lugansk, Donetsk and Mariupol!
By the way, Patrick "Pat" Buchanan is not a hack writer on the wages of the State Department or the CIA, one of those that on Mondays and Thursdays they compose for the 20 bucks the statues of the Russians with balalaika and vodka. This is a publicist with a worldwide reputation, who became famous for both sharp criticism of the White House’s activities under B.H. Obama and gloomy prophecies addressed to the West, especially to Europe.
In his opinion, Putin is not at all afraid of the West. Moreover, those journalist hacks who pour poison on Moscow themselves admit: “15 has been ruling Russia for years in a row, Mr. Putin has never retreated!”
As for Ukraine, even with American weapons, it will not defeat Russia, says Buchanan.
What then to do to the White House? Will he have to "accept defeat"? Maybe Washington will send its advisers or troops to Ukraine? So, what is next? Will strike at the Russian forces? Will take the Crimea in the blockade ring? “Are we ready for war with Russia?” The publicist wonders.
The answer is obvious, add on my own. Democratization of Ukraine in the West did not work. It did not go there everything is easy and simple. And now even the most “daring” detractors of Moscow are shaking with fear of Putin.
And he, of course, will win in Ukraine. He can not win!
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* "I do not file on Fridays" - the phrase from the movie "The meeting place can not be changed"
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