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Foreign AffairsRe: Response To Russia: US Plan To Send Aircraft Carrier In The Mediterranean Sea by Appleyard(m): 10:17pm On Apr 22, 2016
hungryboy:
Lol,
I love this game the Usa plays with this European Countries,
Warn them of a non-existent Russian threat, and keep 'em under your wings in the name of protecting them from Russia,
With American bases now all over Europe and many like the Uk spending billions on American Nuclear armaments(Trident),
Europe is now officially America's bitcch.
Yeah! That's one sure way zombie-ism work. grin
Foreign AffairsRe: China Says "No Dollars" For New Yuan by Appleyard(m):
Poseidon000:
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Lol..ignorance is bliss indeed.

My brda, if you're a neophyte in the punditry of foreign affaire's, it is better to keep quit and watch from the side line. I myself don't opine on is

Didn't you come across the part that said china's refusal to convert her gold backed yuan to dollar will render nothing-backed dollar absolute, i mean, USELESS.

What this unequivocally means, is that the world will dump the already bastardize US financial fiat system for yuan. Infact, the UK you mentioned and lot of other EU countries lyk france,germany,spian etc
Nairaminted,scully95,zoharariel, appleyard etc. make una cun see how united evil of armageddon wun receive anoda sucker punchgrin

Make we see how dem go dey issue sanction lyk their papa inheritance, and fund their war advanture after dem recieve finishing blow from BRICS and AIIB.

My dream dun dey become reality jejellygrin

Jah be praise. The fall of babylon, we shall behold with our eyez.
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IN A TIME OF GLOBAL DECIET, TELLING THE TRUTH IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT...

Many a time, i watch in awe and outer disdain when homies hop in here on Nairaland and start yelling about how the status of the US Dollar and it's economy would remain unchanged, even if most nations of the world dealing the oil trade, should boycott using the Dollar in their respective financial dealings. And to buttress their myopic points, they start quoting some textbook economic principles and theories, which in the actual sense, are increasingly becoming unrealistic and impraticable in modern global economics reality. This apostles of America's economic apostasy waste no time in jumping the guns, wailing like Bob Marley and the Wailers, spouting lies and hypocrisy, basking in their never ending euphoria of self-delusional inclination, denoting a grotesque- filled analytical bias, enveloped in a zenith aura of mendacity; the after effects of an ingrained zombie-ism. They say the US don't give a dime if anyone is quitting the neck-tie Dollar financial system they created back in the 70s; so says the delusionists. But when some nations boldly dares the current Dollar financial settings, and the US started raining down fire and terror brimestones on their head, some of these same inmates doing life in western prison of zombiefication, comes howling that Uncle Sam is only spreading ''democrazy''. What a shame!

When Saddam Hussein stopped using the US Dollar by creating a financial system that seeks to exchange his oil for other notes or a direct exchange of oil for goods, completely bypassing the US Dollar: suddenly, 9/11 occurred, (with sector 7 going down on a free fall - not forgeting the BBSin reporting the collapse of the Twin Towers 27 minutes before it actually happened,) then Bush's ''democrazy'' came calling on Iraq, and the 1st thing the US-led invaders did after the bombardment, was to reversed the financial system back to the status quo as against the advent of Saddam.

Democrazy in deed!

It was also ''democrazy'' in Libya when Qaddafi was pushing through his dream of an African gold Dinar - another financial assassinatior system to the US Dollar - and suddenly, an uprising emerged out of a color coded revolution that saw within a week of the uprising, the rebels (who are nothing but of Al Qaeda group members) creating their own Central Bank and exchange financial System, the 1st of such in the history of revolusions since the world began. And at the end thereof, Qaddafi paid with his life for daring the current financial order. Its even on record that Sarkozy of France openly labelled Libya as a ''threat to the global financial order.'' Now one may ask: how in hell (order than the gold dinar push) was Libya a threat to the financial order of the world? Well, you already know the answer. But for US and IS apologists, it wasn't because of the gold dinar. Nay! Its for democrazy!

Pathetic!

It was also democrazy when, immediately Nigeria under GEJ, announced plans to convert half of its Dollar denominated foreign reserve into the Chinese Yuan, the Boko Haram insulgency quadrupled overnight, and the western Media launched world war 3 against the Federal government, with Chibok happening overnight, ditto no single help comming from the self acclaim fighter of terrorism. And now that Buhari had gone to China, amidst claims that a currency swap plan is in the offing, it was then American number one lying machine, CNN, suddenly lay hold on a tape purporting that the Chibok girls are alive and well. But they forgot that not everyone are idiotic in not noting that the girls they displayed were well fed, robust, full of life, and looking even brighter and lively than Christiane Armanpour and Anderson Cooper.
Somebody should pls tell if Boko Haram is now in copetition with Nebudchadnizer's table staffs.

But the apologists still can't see it.

Pathetic!

Pathetic!
Foreign AffairsRe: Here's How The World's Most Advanced Missile-defense System Works by Appleyard(m): 8:55pm On Apr 19, 2016
Zoharariel:
You see, while Amerika is known throughout history to employ mind-boggling lies & propaganda to strike fear into the hearts of her rivals & competitors, the Russians do not make noise - they just get to work & quietly get the job done.

A good example is the entirely useless Patriot Defense System and the F-35 flying coffins.

Remember how Amerika said her RQ-170 Sentinel Drone was invincible until the Iranian forces shot it down in December 2011. grin

And guess what? The bastards at the Pentagon were quick to deny the incident until photos of the wreckage started popping up. The same way they denied that a Northrop Grumman B2-Spirit (Spirit of Missouri) was shot down in Yugoslavia in 1999 by a Russian S-125 Defense System. grin

Believe whatever Amerika says at your own peril - Hypersonic koo, Ultrasonic nii grin
Amerika Wonder propaganda has been ongoing since the world began. No doubt, they have qood quality makes, but their over hype and over exaggeration is where the problem lies.
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 9:15pm On Apr 17, 2016
Missy89:
No surveillance is capable of controlling and supervising all "personal activities". Do you know the amount of man power that would be required to monitor every single citizen? You have to be a person of interest before you are monitored 24. So there is hardly any difference between the 2. The bottom line is both countries still save every metadata ( in case you become a POS)

This is what happens to you if you borrow a book in Russia

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/news/article/investigators-searching-for-moscow-readers-who-borrowed-books-on-ukraine-famine/565746.html

How do you think the "investigators" got that information?
I quite agree with you, especially on your point of having to be of interest.. Thats right..

The link clearly support that fact.
Foreign AffairsRe: Kerry: We Could Have Shot Down The Russian Jet That Buzzed A US Destroyer by Appleyard(m): 9:08pm On Apr 17, 2016
Missy89:
appleyard , zoharariel

This happened in the Baltic that was in the black sea. Two different story


zoharariel by the way, dont forget to take your pills tonite
And its the same ship again, which makes it all the more interesting. cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 9:05pm On Apr 17, 2016
Missy89:
not fully functional doesn't mean it is not there. It just wont be effective if there is a full scale nuclear war ( which is not going to happen anytime soon) It can only be fully operational if the remaining EKS sats go on space. at this point there are still in development
...if there is a full scale war. You really think so? The space base early warning system is just one part of the Russian nuclear defense system. Come to think of it; its not even much of an integral and dynamic part of the Russian system to begin with. Please consider this:

http://russianforces.org/blog/2015/02/russia_lost_all_its_early-warn.shtml

The array of Russia's early warning system is predominated in a combination of backups - wicked sensors and radar systems. For instance, plus the ones i have already mentioned earlier on, Russia has already switched on the Volorezh DM in the western region of Kaliningrad. It has an operating range of 6,000km (3,730 miles), and can cover all of Europe and the Atlantic." It is designed to detect space and aerodynamic targets, including ballistic and cruise missiles. And its just one of such numerous systems they have that stretches across and even set up outside Russia.

The Russians are always aware and fully prepared.
The space based version is just another spice to it.
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 6:47pm On Apr 17, 2016
Missy89:
Nobody cares about what you study in school. If you cant discuss issues properly without making obvious mistakes, you are only deceiving yourself

You claimed Russia is not spying on her citizens. Now you are saying Russia is spying because the west always try to topple governments.
SORM has been around since the mid 90s. who was trying to topple Yeltsin?

Finally you are now claiming SORM is ineffective (citing Ukraine even thou we are talking about Russia) Why are you running from pillar to post?

There are protests in America too, that doesn't mean surveillance in nonexistent?
Stop misrepresenting my intentions. I never enphantically denied that Russia like the rest don't partake in spying. Who doesn't know about the KGB? What i tried explaining and denouncing was the over exaggeration by our brother when he said ''all personal activities'' are controlled or supervised in Russia, and i gave my argument to that effect. So....

By the way; how are your preparations to vacate Fairfax going? You know Trump, the chosen one, is on the ascedency, and you know what lies ahead.. cheesy But being the good man i am, i can help you with a return ticket to Siberia, provided you would ride on John Kerry's Donald Cook twice unfortunate cruiser.. grin is that Okay with you, my lady? grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Kerry: We Could Have Shot Down The Russian Jet That Buzzed A US Destroyer by Appleyard(m): 1:58am On Apr 17, 2016
@zoharariel, i wanted to say the same thing on the ''debunk'' claim. Abi na anoda one happen?
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 1:46am On Apr 17, 2016
Missy89:
You keep showing you have little understanding of the country you support everyday. You are in over your head

Contrary to your opinion, ''All personal activities'' are not been watched in Russia. That's an exaggeration of the highest order that even a lie dedector will get angry with. Russia is not a police state like Amerika where a man and a woman's bedroom civil war are watched and recorded by the NSA, with no privacy of their own.

Have you heard about SORM?

Read more about Russian surveillance here. http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2013/Russia-surveillance

Finally you said,

Opining that oppositions are not tolerated in Russia under Putin, is a script from western media narative

Do you know the only MP that voted against the Crimea annexation is now in exile just because he had a different opinion?
Don't go over your character, my dear. Contrary to your deposition, i know Russia like the back of my hand. I did alot of studies on the Baltics and Soviet history back in skool. So you and your Langley sons can't lecture me on Rus and the mentality of the people thereof. Russia is no saint nor the best place to be, but its neither worse that the US when it comes to human rights. Before now, i have said it on a similar thread that most of these highly develop nations are all guilty of spying. I told your son recently that the act of a government spying on it's own people, is a feature of totalitarianism, and SORM, like many others around the globe, (the west in particular) is just a fragment of that problem. Now from the theme of the article you posted above, it was clear that, although eavesdropping has always been around, which everybody knew, the propensity at which it has risen in sophistication while gaining legal sanctity, is mainly born out of the new waves of toppling authorities and destroying nations by your hegemonic masters, through what is now called ''color coded revolutions.'' Its only an uninformed and propagandized mind that still believe that the Arab Spring was a ''chanced occurrance.'' And as a result, this has given the perverted excuse to some of these governments to tighten and consolidate on existing practise (however mild,) and introduce new measures to secure their long term economic, political and security future. But notwithstanding, what is wrong, is always wrong, though it may be right in the eyes of a few.

Be that as it may, i think also that this too has also been often times over exaggerated. We know that in modern day surveillance ,the easiest way for someone to eavesdrop on your communications isn’t to intercept them in transit anymore; it’s to hack your computer. And by this, it can not be against ''all persons'' like our brother said. There are always the primary target.
And another thing people have failed to grasp is that, partial or exstensive control of the internet, does not change peoples opinion or views the way its been portrayed. That's why despite SORM and the rest, you still see protests here and there in Moscow and other places. . The Ukrainian SORM was in place, yet a color coded revolution successfully took place, landing the country into chaos.
Last March, there was protest in St. Petersburg following the provocative punishment of Dadin under Russia's controversial article 212.1.

It is always easy to over exaggerate.

On the opposition, the anti crimean voter that went into exile, was it Putin that sent him away? The people that have been protesting here are there since last year to this year; how many of them have been chased by Putin into exile?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 10:18pm On Apr 16, 2016
Missy89:
Your question has been answered already.

There wont be a fully functional one till 2018. read my previous posts. You cant argue against that by telling me there is one but it is secret. doesn't make sense.
Ok. By this you mean; if say a nuclear weapon is launched right now, Moscow won't be able to detect it early enough? Or...?
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 10:14pm On Apr 16, 2016
Missy89:
Trump is viewed unfavorably by 67 percent of Americans overall; 75 percent of women; 74 percent of young voters; 91 percent of African Americans; 81 percent of Latinos; 73 percent of college-educated whites; 66 percent of white women; and 72 percent of moderates ,59 percent of whites overall, and he is even viewed unfavorably by majorities of non-college whites (52 percent) and white men (51 percent).

He can only win in Planet Smecazuno grin
Wow! That's awesome my lady. grin But ask yourself; since when do opinion polls wins elections? They're just a fragment aggregrational representation of the unknown, and they are overwhelmingly subject to certain determinants. Wait until he finish clinching the R ticket, and when the real showdown begins, come back and relay this ya ''basket ball-like scores'' opinion polls standings. cheesy It's then you will know that opinion polls are just like football league tables that keep changing day in day out. cheesy The only thing they can do now is deny him the ticket, one way or the other. Otherwise, once that man get that permissive piece of paper, its then you will know why politics is a game of swings and tacts; Hillary would be toasted before the very eyes of the General public....cheesy

I just can't wait for that time to come! Opinion polls keh! grin

i laf in kumaisi.... grin

We shall see, my dear Lady. cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 9:41pm On Apr 16, 2016
Lucasbalo:
What popularity ?. Trump is going no where but his ego won't let him admit it. Missy89 said it all in her reply to you.
Aright... grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 6:46pm On Apr 15, 2016
Missy89:
So you are basing your argument on conjectures and speculations Since you dont know for a fact that it exists ?
I asked you a question: did Russia have en early warning system right now or not? Because its clear that the whole thing is shrouded in mystery..
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 6:39pm On Apr 15, 2016
ValerianSteel:
Of course,I know how it works.Russian government controls virtually everything,there's no how a color revolution will be staged in Russia and record success cause the same Putin has said he will do everything in his power to prevent 'color revolutions' in Russia.The ban on protests is one in many examples,open or secret revolts are not allowed in Russia.

There's a security unit that monitors any incitement against the government.Am sure it's not new to you that random and selective arrests are rampant in Russia.Any act of protest or any action taken by an individual or group that is not supported by the Russian government is termed criminal and an act of treason.Be reminded that all personal activities are monitored and scrutinized by the government.

Nemstov's death shook the Russian opposition and it was a clear message that opposition to Putin is not tolerated.
Kasparov stated that opposition to Putin was an indication to how little the life of opposition figures worth.If opposition figures publicly confirm the government's resolve to tighten it's grip and control over the state,so you care to explain how a color revolution will succeed in today's Russia?
You have actually spoken well in that you grasp what and how a color coded revolution entails. But to broaden your knowledge, take Ukraine into consideration and you would understand the lenght at which a color coded revolution could go, and the dangers it poses to national security.

Opining that oppositions are not tolerated in Russia under Putin, is a script from western media narative; and citing the murder of Nemtsov as an example to that effect, furthers shows that you are still comprehending the ruthlessness at which the devils behind color coded revolutions could go. A blindman can even tell that Nemtsov murder was an external job. Even some members of the opposition are of this opinion. The aim was to try and elicit massive emotional reaction from the public, but just like the Syrian nerve gas, it failed woefully. The id.ots probably forgot that in order for the act to look plausible and reasonable, the ''Russian government'' can't kill the man right in front of its own security building in broad daylight. This is where common sense becomes very uncommon amongs the begotten sons of western institute of zombie-ism.
Nemtsov and the opposition has been around years since Putin came into power. Yet again, the devils failed. But be sure they will try again.

Contrary to your opinion, ''All personal activities'' are not been watched in Russia. That's an exaggeration of the highest order that even a lie dedector will get angry with. Russia is not a police state like Amerika where a man and a woman's bedroom civil war are watched and recorded by the NSA, with no privacy of their own.

No amount of western propaganda and media lies against Putin can change the minds of the over 80% of the people that support him. That is the spirit of the Russian of people, a stark definition of collectivism! And this what the western naratives has failed to break, because they can't even understand it. This is what make Russia different fr6 it peers in the west.
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 5:26pm On Apr 15, 2016
marvelous000:
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Just when i began to enjoy the sweet apple from the son of Jah(appleyard), and was about to yarn my mind.

All this western minions decided to vitiate the thread with balderdash of US internal politics.

Who their politics don epp?

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cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 5:16pm On Apr 15, 2016
Lucasbalo:
Appleyard, I am not a jingoist like some of my America loving friends. If you see my past posts, I would love for America to get away from all foreign conflicts. I am one American who believes in America for Americans. I have seen the horror of wars through my two nephews who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and would not wish for that on any family. I strongly believe in America defending her territorial dignity. About Trump beating Hillary, you must be joking. I am praying to high heavens that Trump wins the Republicon nomination so that he can bring the whole Senate and the House of Representative down to the Democratic column. It will be a landslide for Hillary . Our next Presidente is Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton. Quote me on that on Jan 20, 2017 when she will be sworn in as Presidente.
I read you, dear brother. It is only those that have tasted or witnessed the horrors of war, that can tell the undesirability of it. So, whenever i hear folks down here praying for a showdown with Moscow (hoping that Hillary would bring this to bear,) makes me feel sorry for them. Nevertheless, we can hope for the best while expecting the worst.

On Hillary winning the Presidency, i won't trade words with you, dear brother. But be it known to thee, O lucasbalo, that the Spiritual governs the Physical, and it has been determine 16 years before now that Trump would emerge and win the elections. And behold now, O Lucasbalo,16years later, Trump came calling, setting the American political arena on fire, with opposition forces from within his own party, and from without calling for his head. But despite his ''madness,'' his popularity among the electorates continue to soar in unprecedented proportion. For none has taken the American electoral system by such storm. Why? Because it was his destiny. Whom the cosmic order has bless, no man can curse. cheesy

O Lucasbalo, come 2017, get ready to part with some dollars treat of Vanila ice cream, and a plate loaded with the best of MCdonalds', after the swearing in of the cosmic anointed candidate. The spirits have spoken, O lucasbalo. Its game on! cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 12:51pm On Apr 15, 2016
ValerianSteel:
Of course,afterall he signed into law a ban on all forms of protests including the control of what people do online that way he manipulates the voice of the people with his stronghold on security forces and the media.
Have you heard about colour coded revolution? Do you know how it work? When Nemtsov was murdered, was there protest in Russia?
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 12:06pm On Apr 15, 2016
NairaMinted:
Which meanshuhhuh??

Answer below:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Although they are worried about the economy but they are solidly behind him nonetheless. In other words for example, you could say Obama has an approval rating of 70% amongst blacks but 80% do not approve of his LGBT views...
Russians will weather the storm and hunker down for as long as it takes. It is the nature of the Russians from time memorial - an attack on one is an attack on all...

Why does any sliver of news outta Russia that is remotely unpalatable to the Kremlin, blown out of proportion, plastered on the front pages and widely celebrated as sign of an imminent collapse of the "Russian regime"?
huh
In the meantime, please name ONE western leader that has an approval rating of "75%"?
There is one that have such rating: David Cameron and the RobinHood outlaws. cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 11:48am On Apr 15, 2016
Missy89:
it is not fully functional. the secrecy narrative makes no sense. Few minutes ago you were saying something else. There is no early warning system that will have just one sat. it is usually a constellation (4 or more most times). you show know this
Yea.. And by this, you believe that the Bear currently have no early warning system in place?

On the capabilities of the sat, the whole thing is shrouded in secrecy, there is no denying that. Information about the launches from the Plesetsk Comodrome is classified. In 2015, the Aerospace Forces launched a total of 21 space sats meant for different purposes, and all of them cruxified to the cross of secrets. Even this increasing secrecy has got Pentagon worried.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 2:11am On Apr 15, 2016
Missy89:
I love it when you copy and paste gibberish without fully understanding what you are posting

You do know that the Russian EKS program that will replace the hopelessly outdated OKO program need at least 5-6 satellites to be fully operational right?
Yes...and you expect the Russians to tell you what has been a top secret, eh? Is the EKS currently functional or not? Are you also aware, as reported, that a single Tundra sattelite can cover and replaced the work of 6 old generational sattelites?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 1:19am On Apr 15, 2016
Missy89:
As usual your ignorance is in fully display.

The US space program use Russian rockets because they are cheaper. there is a difference between a rocket that delivers a satellite etc to space and the satellite itself. If you have a delivery vehicle (the rocket) does that translate to having the latest satellite technology or the funds to build one that you will put on it?

Rockets can be used once, hence the reason why it is a better idea to buy the cheapest one ( SpaceX successfully tested a reusable rocket already putting the US in the forefront of rocket technology anyway so there is no competition there)
..putting the US in the forefront of rocket technology...grin grin.. Okay o! grin
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 1:14am On Apr 15, 2016
Missy89:
There is an agency in Russia fighting terrorism already called the FSB. Huge difference between the bill and agencies like homeland and the rest you mentioned. Like i said, go read the bill.

By the way, you seem to be confused about how military command and control works. Being and head of state doesn't give you direct control of the military (The military is loyal to the state not the president except for maybe China). Besides, Russia's military is usually very neutral in domestic affairs. The NG (headed by Putin's personal bodyguard) enjoys maximum protection from such hesitation and reports directly to him. ( if it was about fighting terrorism, they should be reporting to the FSB that is fighting terrorism dont you think?)

Your final question sounds like a joke.
If Nigerians think Nigeria is going in the wrong direction, are they going to blame Buhari or the Illuminati?
Stop making much ado about nothing! The fact that the FSB have been fighting terrorism does not in anyway entails that other bodies can not be creatf to meet new challenges. The FSB has since been around, while the government was mulling the creation of this same body wayback since 2008. Was the government oblivious of its role b4 now? I don't think so. I find it very funny that some of you have already drawn up conclusions regarding this bill vis Putin's interest. You guys are mistaking the mental capacity and socio-political orientation of the average Russian citizens with that of the typical clueless westerners. These are people with an umatched will of survival, even in the darkest moments, such as in the 1998 economic crises. People who witnessed a coup in their own backyard, and sanctions placed on their nation for responding to the crisis. Then they saw how their people got murdered over the air in Egypt, and when their government responded massively in Syria, one need to be reminded of the standing ovasion it recieves from the same people in question. Yes. Russians like Nigerians, Angolas, Venezuelas, etc, aren't happy about the current nature of things, which is understandable, but if you are expecting them to take to the streets against Putin, then i must say you would have to wait till fowl grows teeth. It simply won't happen. cheesy It didnt happen when sanctions were biting harder, let alone now that its losing its teeth as the Russian economy continue to adapt to the prevailing conditions, with most Russians absolving the government of any blame, while mostly blaming the west and current oil.prices, for being the root causes.

It is only a dreamer who would be expecting Russians to rise against the current government.

I only cited the armed forces as an example. All military and policing bodies reports to whom?
So the police, mobile riot units, FSB and the rest, are not enough to ''defend'' him, and that's why he created a new NG to defend himself, abi? cheesy

If you have said that Putin aims to take down certain elements like 'fifth columnist' or some damn islamic so and so, etc, then we can talk. But saying he is defending himself against the same people that hold him so high, especially since the Syrian debacle, is simply out of point. You are reading it from a western point of view, but unfortunately, the average Russian perception is totally different. That's why they don't even see him and his government as the problem. One need consider his approval rating for March. So, i wonder why he should be ''defending'' himself against who? Hilary or Erdogan? grin
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 9:46pm On Apr 14, 2016
Missy89:
Obviously, you never read the bill he sent to his duma. When you do, come back and discuss it.

Most of the countries you mentioned have better projections this year. A new world bank report even mentioned that if the oil prices were to go up today, the outlook is not that good. You should go read that too.

Finally, The same poll that gave him 75% approval rating also said 60% of Russians DO NOT like the direction their country is heading.
Believe me: If oil prices goes up right now, nothing would stop a positive turn in the economics of the aforesaid nations. And that too is a fact. On the National Guard bill contents, post its details here, then bring in that of Homeland security, that of France after Paris attacks, etc, and lets do some comparisons. It is trite that when a nation is facing critical times, measures are put in place to address such situations. We all know how far Russia has suffered in the hands of terrorism, and the dangers it pose to it presently. Saying that Putin is creating such a body to defend himself, is totally unfounded. The Russian government have been mulling the creation of such body since 2008, following wave after waved of terror attacks. Well, lets keep our fingers cross and watch the future.

Finally, if a poll states that 75% are still solidly behind their leader, i wonder where the same poll got the other 60 percent from. And come to think of it; they didnt say Putin was the cause. Did they?
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 8:07pm On Apr 14, 2016
Missy89:
Sanctions are due to be renewed by July. the sanctions that was moved to 2017 is the Crimea individual sanctions. Most Russians (the real ones. not the asss eaters on NL) actually think their country is moving in the wrong direction. Hence, Putin's new national guard to protect himself just in case.
What a joke! Putin New National Guard keh! grin Na wow 4 u o, Missy grin The new national guard is to tackle issues ranging from terrorism to organized crimes, etc. Why would he need such a body to protect himself when he already controls the police and armed forces? It doesn't make sense!
Again, it wasn't ''most'' Russians that think ill of Putin or blame the current woes on him. Certainly, the economy isn't faring well at the moment, but so too with Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Brazil, Angola, Ecuador, Nigeria, etc; nations whose economy mostly relies on oil to thrive. It is a general phenomenon as induced by the crash in global oil price. Most Russians knows this to be true, and that's why more than 75% of the populace still rally behind him in Russia. The sanctions have little to do with it, and whether they are qenewed to 2020 or ends in July, it would make little or no difference if the main determinant - oil prices - remain low or increases. Thats a fact!
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 7:39pm On Apr 14, 2016
NairaMinted:
The thing, my friend, with sanctions is their bite dissipates over time especially as the target country adapts to the situation and gradually decouples itself from the instruments that are used to wield sanctions. The window of opportunity to make the sanctions hurt is fast closing; several European leaders, scholars, economists, etc have called for the sanctions to be lifted as the Russian PM himself has predicted that they would; the farmers and businesses in Europe are hurting themselves from the naively imposed sanctions ( sanctions that were effected ONLY after an increasingly dubious MH17 incident occurred); Russia as the neo-cons had hoped hasn't lashed out in anger or frustration to sanctions and other provocations but has rather demonstrated it's sophistication and tact by playing the long game... and so on


Renew the yeye sanctions! Sanctions ko, Sanchez ni... As if sanctions is the beginning and the end of the world
My brother, i no fit laf o.. When our brethren our the other end discover that their master have no other options, they easily fall back to a sanctions that is gradually loosing its teeth. If what they have seen in Syria isn't enough to let them see that Russia bows to no one and can't be bullied, then i wonder what else can help them see reality as it is. This is Russia, not some 3rd world country.
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 7:10pm On Apr 14, 2016
NairaMinted:
Lol! At Vodka Air Force. That's actually funny....
And yours would be what? Cheeseburger Air Force?
Lol. Theirs is Desert airforce that specialized in bombing desert children and women, hospitals and parties, but can't take out ordinary tankers.... Cheeseburger indeed! grin
Foreign AffairsRe: The Dramatic Moment Russian Fighter Jets 'buzzed' A US Navy Warship by Appleyard(m): 7:03pm On Apr 14, 2016
Missy89:
In due time.

Vodka air force can continue playing commando in the mean time. When sanctions is renewed in July, buzzing a US ship on international waters will be the least of their worries.
I thought the sanctions have been moved to 2017? grin And it seems you expect Russians to bow to sanctions. Rather, it has greatly increased the resolve of the average Russian. And what can poor Hillary do? cheesy you guys think Russia is Ghadafi or those hapless desert nations that you can bully abt? grin and that is if she can even win half of what Trump would get in the general elections, should it get down to both.

Don't let lucasbalo hear this o. cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: Aftermath Of Ousting Gadaffi Worst Mistake Of My Presidency - Obama by Appleyard(m): 6:31pm On Apr 14, 2016
boostdom:
She actually said it here www.nairaland.com/2894129/libya-africas-wealthiest-under-gaddafi#42416596 It's her opinion though and no matter how stupid and subjective it is, she has the freedom to spout it. Hindsight and this new admission by Obama must be making her feel like shït.
Missy is my good friend and a very sound analyst. But when it comes to certain footings about Amerika and its satanic foreign policy, she has been living in self-denial since the word began. grin And that Obama comment has only vindicated the late Hugo Chavez: Obama is just a puppet in the White House.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 6:19pm On Apr 14, 2016
Missy89:
Russia's early warning satellites are out of service. Russia’s Soviet-era early warning satellites were left nearly blind last year due to a technical malfunction. The new satellites wont be fully operational until 2018.

Ragozin is just another Kremlin court jester
There is no Jester anywhere. Russia's early warning systems varies in proportions. In addition to the dedicated early-warning sat systems, the Don-2N radar of the Moscow missile defense system and the Dunay-3U radar near Chekhov are also used for early-warning and space surveillance. So, it was never a real problem. Not to mentioned that Russia has already launched a new early warning system satellite called EKS-1 (EKS No.1) early on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The launch of the satellite was conducted by the Soyuz 2-1B rocket with a Fregat-M upper stage, launching from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, with a T-0 of 06:34 UTC.
The sat is already functioning.

By this claim, some folks wants to make it appear like, Russia no longer have early warning system - space based or ground based. It is only a deluded fellow that would believe a sophisticated technological power house like Russia doesn't have its skies covered or space activities elsewhere being watched. In fact, Russia has been launching space capabilities that is causing Pentagon to wail like a defrauded prostitute. Whatever the 2013 launched Kosmos-2491 was, it wasn’t some innocuous communications satellite. And over the next year and a half, Russia launched two more of the mysterious, maneuvering spacecraft, each time sneaking it into orbit as part of a routine commsat launch.
No one outside the Russian government, and perhaps the Pentagon, knows for sure what Kosmos-2491, -2499, and -2504 are for. But it’s clear enough what the three mystery sats could do, in theory. Zipping across orbital planes hundreds of thousands of feet above Earth, the nimble little spacecraft—which are apparently the size of a mini-refrigerator—are able to get really close to other satellites. Close as in a few dozen feet away. I don't even need to remind here that the wicked Bear has ''snapped'' and released footages of top US secret satellites... cheesy

In essence, the Bear have little worry over the skies above, while watching what goes on in space else where. They're always there on the same footing, if not always a step ahead.

Fear Russia!
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 5:09pm On Apr 14, 2016
Zoharariel:
Mazeltov - if Russia could shut down crimea & syria with an impenetrable bubble through Kret electronic systems, don't fvcking underestimate Mother Russia's electronic warfare capabilities.


Russian Jamming System Blocks All NATO Electronics Inside Bubble 600 Km in Diameter over Syria


The technology in question seems similar to the KRET Richag-AV system, although it apparently functions on a larger scale. A tactical version of this system was presented to journalists in the Russian city of Back in April 2015. As Sputnik reported then:

“The Richag-AV system, mounted on the Mi-8MTPR1 (a variant of the Mi-8MTB5-1 helicopter) is said to have no global equivalent. Its electronic countermeasures system is designed to jam radar, sonar and other detection systems in the aims of defending aircraft, helicopters, drones, ground and naval forces against air-to-air and surface-to-air defense systems within a radius of several hundred kilometers.

It can be mounted on units from any branch of the armed forces, including helicopters and airplanes, as well as ground and ship-based forces. The Mi8-MTPR1-based Richag-AV platform, using multi-beam antenna arrays with DRFM technology, is designed to actively jam and thus ‘blind’ radar systems in order to defend against radio-electronic guided weapons systems. In a combat situation, the system would operate as part of an aviation shock attack group aimed at breaking through virtually any defense system, blinding everything up to and including the US MIM-104 ‘Patriot’ anti-aircraft missile system.”[i]

NATO supreme commander and US Air Force General Philip Breedlove was probably talking about this new KRET system when he addressed the German Marshall Fund on Monday, September 28. Here Breedlove had warned that Russia was creating an “A2/AD bubble” over the Syrian coast, and the eastern Mediterranean. A2/AD is the abbreviation for anti-access and area denial. Breedlove pointed out that Russia has already established such bubbles over the Baltic Sea at the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, and also over the Crimea and the black Sea. grin

‘While Russia’s stated goal in moving into Syria is to fight the Islamic State, NATO’s top commander believes Russia’s new presence includes the first pieces of an intricate layer of defensive systems deployed to hinder U.S. and coalition operations in the region.

“As we see the very capable air defense [systems] beginning to show up in Syria, we’re a little worried about another A2/AD bubble being created in the eastern Mediterranean,” said Breedlove to an audience at the German Marshall Fund Monday. A2/AD stands for anti-access/area denial.

During the early stages of warfare, A2/AD could have been a moat around a castle, or spikes dug into the ground—anything to keep the enemy off a certain swathe of territory. In the 21st century, however, A2/AD is a combination of systems such as surface-to-air missile batteries and anti-ship missiles deployed to prevent forces from entering or traversing a certain area—from land, air or sea.

According to Breedlove, the introduction of an A2/AD bubble in Syria would be Russia’s third denial zone around Europe. The first and oldest he said, was in the Baltics where the Russian naval base in Kaliningrad has robust anti-air capabilities. The second zone—originating from Russian-occupied Crimea—covers the Black Sea. “Russia has developed a very strong A2/AD capability in the Black Sea,” said Breedlove. “Essentially their [anti-ship] cruise missiles range the entire Black Sea, and their air defense missiles range about 40 to 50 percent of the Black Sea.”
Its anyone still wondering why the Id1ots, inter alia, called for the Geneva peace table? Russia's EW is second to none. Even a US General, Harris, confessed to this, and he unashamedly stated that they were in Ukraine, not to help the Ukro canon folders in the Donbass frontlines, but actually, to learn from the Ukrainians how Russia EW systems works. At the end of the day, the General confessed that he had not seen anything like it. Propaganda just can't fool everyone all the time.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 4:50pm On Apr 14, 2016
scully95:
I have really been wondering what made NATO to give that beautiful deterrence R-36 missile, SATAN ?
Any idea ?
Since the crook missionaries came to Nigeria, they turned their Satan in their Bible to Esu. And has since called or reffer to Esu as Satan.
The simple truth is Esu is not Satan and has never been.. Esu is one of Eleduare's law Enforcer or the first Eledumare's Law Enforcer that helped Ifa chief priest and Prietesses to interprete Ifa verses... (Odu Ifa)

The missionaries' move was to stop the local from believing in their own and accepting the foreign religious ideologies which was successful..
But any idea why NATO decided to name the R-36 Satan ??
They correctly named it Satan because, there was no ICBM like it then, and even now. Its capabilities are just too scary in so much that the only meaningful tag that can be associated with it, is Satan, being the chief and the most wicked of all the demons.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Next-gen 100-ton Nuclear Missile Could Be Test-fired By 2017! by Appleyard(m): 4:43pm On Apr 14, 2016
Zoharariel:
Two very important points to be noted in this write-up.



Imagine 6 Russian Sarmat Missiles launched at the Amerikan East & West coasts without any counter measures stopping them? grin

Hhaaaaaaa! The Suyalization of the land of the free grin

Vladimirovich Mohammadu Bin Putin - Listen to the electromagnetically charged voice of your father - The Cosmic Energy blesses you, God blesses you, Satan blesses you, the Angels bless you and even the Demons & the Djinns bless you - because you have chosen to deliver us from our greatest bully - our common enemy.

Draw near unto Nigeria and redeem her from the shackles of Amerika.

Pour out thy indignation upon NATO and let thy wrathful Nuclear Weapons take hold of them.

Let their habitation be desolate and let none dwell in their tents.

For they have killed Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein out of envy, pride and prejudice. Even that bastard - Hilary Clinton gloated over his death live on CNN and said - we came, we saw, and he died!

Let the eyes of Hilary Clinton & her husband be darkened by Topol-M & SS-18 Satan, that they see not, and make their loins shake continually.

Let them be blotted out of the map of the world and let all their names be written in the book of the dead.

But Nigeria is poor & sorrowful. Let thy salvation, Lord Putin, set her up on high.

And we shall praise your name with a song, and magnify you with thanksgiving - Amen! grin
grin all these ontop Hillary Clinton? If Trump sees this.... cheesy

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