By The Times’ political cartoonist Morten Morland.
Tag Archives: Russia
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His Excellency Maxim Alexandrovich Peshkov, Russian Ambassador to Ireland has a gasper on Merrion Street, Dublin before meeting Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore over the Crimea crisis.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
Crimea River
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[the port of Kerch, Ukraine this afternoon]
The Russian forces, already in control of much of Crimea, took possession of a ferry terminal in Kerch, in the eastern part of the peninsula just across a strait from Russian territory, according to reports from the area. The terminal serves as a departure point for many ships heading to Russia and could be used to send even more Russian troops into Crimea.
Russian forces expand control of Crimea (Washington Post)
Ukraine conflict: ‘Russia has taken control of Crimea’ – John Simpson (BBC)
(AP)
A protest organised by The Association of Ukrainians in the Republic of Ireland outside the Russian Embassy, Orwell Road Rathgar, Dublin yesterday afternoon.
Ukraine’s navy chief switches allegiance to pro-Russian authorities (RTE)
Thanks Communikaren
Wow, I do not always agree with them. But, go Google. #takethatputin pic.twitter.com/YxiRYKKLxS
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) February 6, 2014
Gay Times
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A Russian newspaper editor has been fined 50,000 roubles (£860) under the ‘gay propaganda’ law for printing that “being gay is normal”.
Alexander Suturin, the editor-in-chief of newspaper Molodoi Dalnevostochnik (above), was found guilty of breaking the law, as the article propagated “homosexual relations”. In being found guilty, his newspaper became the first media outlet to have been found in breach of the law.
Russia: Newspaper editor fined under anti-gay law for printing ‘being gay is normal’ (Pink News)
Previously: “Leave The Children In Peace”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LTAip-ooRY
The cool-as-Siberia Russian occupants of a car spin off the road and into a river. Do they care? They do not.
From the video description translation:
Oh, we float. Where are we going? I don’t know. Maybe to the shore. Don’t turn the wheel, it’s useless.
Brute Force
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You’re doing it wrong.
No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason to believe it was used not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces, to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding with the fundamentalists. Reports that militants are preparing another attack — this time against Israel — cannot be ignored.
It is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States. Is it in America’s long-term interest? I doubt it. Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan “you’re either with us or against us.”
But force has proved ineffective and pointless. Afghanistan is reeling, and no one can say what will happen after international forces withdraw. Libya is divided into tribes and clans. In Iraq the civil war continues, with dozens killed each day. In the United States, many draw an analogy between Iraq and Syria, and ask why their government would want to repeat recent mistakes.
Vladimir Putin.
A Plea for Caution From Russia (Vladimir Putin, New York Times)
(AFP)
Is He Irish?
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Indeed and he is.
Irish journalist Ivor Crotty, above silences James Kirchick‘s gay law protest [during an item on Bradley Manning’s sentencing] on the liberal-except-when-it-comes-to-Russian-stuff, Russia Today (RT).
Hardcore.
Full 10-minute clip here
Thanks Wild