The conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine has been in the news increasingly of late, and on Thursday 7 June, Russian President Vladimir Putin had some strong statements to make about the Ukrainian policy towards the people in this region.
The wait is over! Christoph and I are back for another jam packed episode of Porkins Great Game. We begin by discussing the new direction that we will be taking the show in. Christoph and I explain why we will be focusing less on Central Asia and the Caucuses, and more on the the “global rimland.” We then move onto a discussion of the influential book The Unquiet Frontier by A Wess Mitchell and Jakub Grygiel. We talk about who Mitchell and Gryiel are, their careers at the Center for European Policy Analysis, and their current positions with in the State Department.
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov released a video about Russian children whose parents smuggled them from the country, joined the Islamic State (IS, outlawed in Russia) terrorist group and then gave them up after the liberation of the IS-occupied Mosul.
Meet Akhmed Chatayev: Freedom Fighter - Government Informant - Most Wanted Terrorist
First details begin to emerge about the suspected Islamic State attack on Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport that left at least 44 people dead and more than 230 injured.
A senior Turkish government official announced on Thursday that the three suicide bombers who carried out the attack were nationals of Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.[1]
21st Century Wire says…
If you’ve ever wondered why exactly the Russian campaign against ISIS has been so unbelievably successful – this is why.
Watch a video of this report here:
Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev aka “Flash Bang,” younger bro to “Speed Bump”
Flashbang and Speedbump. The monikers of the Flying Tsaraev Brothers, reputed to have originated from WRKO and the inimitable Jerry Williams. They undoubtedly referred to the demise of the elder bro and the younger, who squirreled away in a boat during the greatest manhunt in recent history, roused from his perch through the invitation of an explosive canister. This after having scrawled his manifesto on the side of a boat while a martial law beta test was in full swing.
