Tag Archives: Russia

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Without some damn war to fight.

Back to Chelsea with you.

Meanwhile…

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Russia’s Ambassador to Britain Alexander Yakovenko, summonsed to 10 Downing Street this afternoon.

Sources said the Russian planes were flying without their transponders turned on, making them invisible to civilian aircraft. A number of flights arriving in Britain had to be diverted to avoid potential disaster….

UK summons Russian ambassador after ‘dangerous’ bombers disrupt civil aircraft (Telegraph)

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RT’s Paula Slier reports from Donetsk and carefully sidesteps the Ukrainian President’s assertion that the Russian Army has invaded.

The story of 10 Russian soldiers getting lost and ending up 20 miles into Ukrainian territory is still being pedalled.

“Now a few days ago there were 10 Russian soldiers who mistakenly crossed over the Russian-Ukrainian border into Ukrainian territory. The incident happened at night while at a part of the border where there are very few signposts”

Meanwhile…

Ukraine Says Russian Forces Lead Major New Offensive in East (New York Times)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko greets EU Foreign Affairs & Security representative Catherine Ashton and Russian President Vladamir Putin in Minsk, Belarus earlier today.

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The last moments of Flight MH17, understood to be a Boeing 777.

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Russia Today presenter Eunan O’Neill reports the Russian envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin said “we didn’t do it”.

Malaysian Airlines Plane Crashes On The Ukraine Russian Border (NewYorkDailyNews)

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Russian tweeters ridicule Orthodox Church’s condemnation of Conchita Wurst (Lizzie Dearden, The Independent)

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President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on Monday prohibiting swearing in public performances, including cinema, theatre and other forms of art.

The law will come into effect on July 1, and afterwards swearing in films, plays and concerts will incur penalties of up to 2,500 rubles ($70) for individuals and up to 50,000 rubles for companies and organizations.

A similar measure was passed in April 2013, banning swearing in media. In December 2013, the Institute of Russian Language at the Russian Academy of Sciences complied a list of four words that constitute swearing and will thus be banned. Two depict male and female reproductive organs, one describes the process of copulation and the last refers to a promiscuous woman.


Putin Bans the F-Word From Movies and Plays (Ivan Nechepurenko, The Moscow Times)

Photocall Ireland

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Defiance, pride and and mistaken identity.

Interfax News Agency reports that the fight broke out at a mall in Irkutsk [Siberia] on Sunday evening, after members of Easy School held a St Patrick’s day-themed flash mob.
A police spokesperson said: “Some youths came up to them and expressed displeasure at the proceedings. A conflict took place that grew into a fight on the square outside the mall.
“The Easy School members were wearing historic costumes, particularly kilts and their opponents mistook them for representatives of non-traditional sexual orientation.”

Ah.

Here.

Russia: Thugs attack members of St Patrick’s Day flash mob mistaking them for gay activists (Pink News)

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