Christian Lindner, the head of the German liberal FDP, has broken a taboo in German politics by saying that Germany should recognise Crimea as Russia as a “permanent provisional solution” and lift sanctions on Russia thereafter.
We have to get out of the dead-end situation. To break a taboo, I fear that we must see the Crimea as a permanent provisional arrangement, at least for now.
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com
According to a study released on Thursday by the state-run pollster VTSIOM, 83.5 percent of Russians approve of Vladimir Putin’s work as president as of the end of July.
This is slightly down on 84.1 percent reported in the middle of the month, but still far ahead of other major Russian politicians.
Here is the distribution of the respondents’ reported votes among the parties:
The same European Union that passed sanctions against Russia in 2014 and now has threatened the US with sanctions over the US drafted sanctions against Russia….has now slapped Russia with more sanctions. If it sounds confusing, it is because the EU is deeply confused about its position on Russian sanctions.
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Russia’s historic Black Sea port at Sevastopol was home to one of many Navy Day parades throughout ports and harbours across Russia.
Sevastopol is Russia’s most renowned and picturesque warm water port and residents of the Federal City as well as nearby Crimean towns and cities lapped up the sun as they watched a dramatic display which including the firing of projectiles from the ships.
When one looks at the Western (and in particular the German) interpretation of news from Ukraine and Crimea, the impression is that journalists in modern Germany (and in the West in general) have an even more crooked psyche and conscience than journalists in the Hitler-dominated Nazi Third Reich.
By Adam Garrie | The Duran | July 18, 2017 In 1667, the Treaty of Andrusovo affirmed Russian sovereignty over historic Russian lands that had been part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth since the 14th century. These areas were de-facto Russian ever since the Treaty of Pereyaslav, signed in 1654 as an alliance between local Cossacks and the […]
Putin will meet with Trump amid heightened tensions over Syria and the US election hacking controversy in the US [Xinhua]
The Kremlin on Tuesday confirmed that a high level meaning between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump would indeed take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg Germany this Friday.
Let’s be honest. The only reason anyone in the West, perhaps with the exception of Germans, is interested in the Ukraine is because since the current state was carved out of the Russian Empire, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Poland following the Great War, it has been the focus of attacks on the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. The number of states or countries where political instability is aggravated by ethnic, religious or nationality conflicts is great. The number of places that draw attention or better said are targeted for mass media attention is far smaller.
Today 17,000 peaceful protesters marched in the Scottish city of Glasgow demanding a new referendum on independence.
Here’s how the story would be reported if it was happening in the Arab world or the Russian speaking world or for that matter anywhere outside of the west.
17,000 Scottish rebels gathered today to protest the ruling British regime. In 2016, Scottish people voted to remain part of the European Union but the nationalist regime in London is set on ignoring the demands of the moderate rebels.
The U.S. government and mainstream media present Russia as a dangerous aggressor that must be resisted and punished, but American citizens who toured Russia in May found a very different reality, reports Rick Sterling. By Rick Sterling For over two…Read more →
