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Russian warship chases American destroyer USS Chafee away from its waters in the Sea of Japan for ‘violating international rules’ during Moscow-Beijing joint drills

Russia claimed one of its warships on Friday forced a U.S. Navy destroyer to abandon what it said was an attempt to intrude into its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan.

Video released by the Russian ministry of defense appears to show the moment its anti-submarine vessel Admiral Tributs closed to within 60 yards of the U.S. destroyer USS Chafee in Peter the Great Gulf, to the south of Vladivostok.

But the account was disputed by U.S. officials who said the interaction was ‘safe and professional,’ according to Fox News.

US warship intercepted by Russian Navy while trying to sail into country’s territorial waters, Moscow says amid drills with China

by Blazingcatfur•October 15, 2021October 15, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia, USA

Russia: 26 dead in mass alcohol poisoning

Russian authorities said Saturday that 26 people died this week after consuming a hazardous home-brewed spirit in the Orenburg region bordering Kazakhstan.

The regional ministry told the state-owned news agency RIA that the death toll was up from the nine deaths reported on Thursday.

Another 28 people are suffering from symptoms of alcohol poisoning and some are reportedly in a coma.

by Blazingcatfur•October 9, 2021October 9, 2021•0•Russia

Barbarism behind bars: Rape & torture in Russia’s prisons laid bare by thousands of leaked videos

A chilling archive of footage purportedly showing the abuse of inmates in Russian prison colonies has already sparked a probe and cost several officers their jobs. The group behind the leak tells RT there’s still more to come.

A decade ago, Vladimir Osechkin was sentenced to seven years behind bars over fraud allegations brought by the daughter of an influential Moscow politician. Released quickly on parole, he left the country as soon as travel restrictions imposed upon him were relaxed and is still reportedly wanted for questioning on a number of charges. Now, though, as the founder of human rights group Gulagu.net, he has managed to upend the country’s penal system from afar.

by Blazingcatfur•October 8, 2021October 8, 2021•0•Russia

Far-right extremists in Ukraine brag they have received training from the Canadian Forces: report

Deputy PM has family ties to Hitler regime, hates Russia.

Far-right extremists in Ukraine’s military have bragged they received training from the Canadian Forces and other NATO nations, a new study from an American university has uncovered.

The study from an institute at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., tracked social media accounts of the far-right group Centuria, documenting its Ukrainian military members giving Nazi salutes, promoting white nationalism and praising members of Nazi SS units.

by Blazingcatfur•October 4, 2021October 4, 2021•0•Canada, Hitler, Russia, Ukraine, WTF?

Trump Calls On Pulitzer To Rescind Prizes For NYT And WAPO

“I call on the Pulitzer Prize Board to immediately rescind the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting awarded to the staffs of The New York Times and The Washington Post, which was based on false reporting of a non-existent link between the Kremlin and the Trump Campaign.”

by Sarcasticat•October 4, 2021October 3, 2021•0•Donald Trump, Election 2020, MSM bias to the left, MSM Lies, MSM Shitweasels, Russia, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trump is literally Hitler!

Mali’s plan for Russia mercenaries to replace French troops in fight against Jihadists unsettles Sahel

There is deep international concern over Mali’s discussions with the controversial Russian private military company, the Wagner group, but many Malians feel the Russians cannot replace French troops soon enough.

The group was first identified in 2014 when it was backing pro-Russian separatists in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Since then, it has been involved in countries including Syria, Mozambique, Sudan, Libya and the Central African Republic.

Back in 2013, there was a jubilant welcome for the French soldiers when they arrived in Mali after Islamist militants had hijacked a rebellion and threatened to seize control of the whole country.

by Blazingcatfur•October 3, 2021October 3, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Mali, Russia

Man in Russia charged with ‘hooliganism’ after badly beating male dermatologist who said hijab-wearing wife’s skin was ‘beautiful’

A man has been placed under house arrest in Russia after he beat up and concussed a doctor who inspected his wife and complimented her. The woman, a hijab-wearing Muslim, claimed the dermatologist dubbed her skin “beautiful.”

by Blazingcatfur•September 28, 2021September 28, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia, WTF?

Canada needs an Arctic defence strategy as Russia, China eye the north

The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter was surprised this summer to find the Chinese and Russian navies conducting a joint exercise in open water in the Arctic Ocean.

Details about what was apparently a serendipitous discovery of the Chinese and Russian vessels by the U.S. Coast Guard were sparse.

Until this chance encounter near the top of the world, Western countries with an interest in the Far North, such as Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, the United Kingdom, France and the United States, were unaware of what was going on, a former commandant of the coast guard told a recent virtual conference hosted by the Defense News.

by Sarcasticat•September 26, 2021September 25, 2021•0•Arctic, Canada, China, military, Russia

Most Europeans believe US in new cold war with China and Russia – and they want no part of it

A majority of Europeans believe a new cold war is under way between the US and its chief geopolitical rivals, China and Russia, according to a report – but few view their own country as a direct participant.

Based on polling in 12 member states, the study by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) found, however, that more Europeans believed the EU leadership in Brussels was a party to the new international conflict.

… “The European public thinks there is a new cold war but they don’t want to have anything to do with it,” said Mark Leonard, a co-author of the study and ECFR director. “Our polling reveals that a ‘cold war’ framing risks alienating European voters.”

If Washington and Brussels were preparing for an “‘all of society’, generational struggle against autocracies in Beijing and Moscow”, they could discover they “do not have a societal consensus behind them,” wrote Leonard and his Ivan Krastev, an ECFR board member.

by Blazingcatfur•September 22, 2021September 22, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Europe, Russia, USA

Durham Indictment Shows Clinton Likely Worked With Top Google Exec To Fabricate Russia Hoax, Says Google Whistleblower

Special Prosecutor Durham’s indictment alleges a Big Tech executive working for the Clinton campaign fabricated fake Trump-Russia evidence and funneled it to the FBI.

by Sarcasticat•September 19, 2021September 19, 2021•0•Conspiracies, Google, Google is Evil, Hillary Clinton, Russia

Passenger bus explodes in central Russian city of Voronezh

A bus has exploded downtown in the central Russian city of Voronezh. Footage emerging from the scene shows the vehicle torn apart, as local media report multiple people injured.

by Blazingcatfur•August 12, 2021•0•Russia

Biden and Trudeau are Putin and Xi’s useful energy idiots

The Biden and Trudeau administrations should pause to reflect carefully on just how much rope Vladimir Putin and Chairman Xi have already sold them

By viewing the world chiefly through the dual lenses of carbon and climate, the Biden and Trudeau governments are missing the key foundations of global energy strategy: security and economic viability. Be assured, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are not.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2021August 11, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Green-Scam, Russia, USA

German police arrest Briton on suspicion of spying for Russia

German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of spying for Russian intelligence in exchange for cash, according to prosecutors.

Germany’s highest public prosecutor said the man, identified only as David S, was arrested at his Potsdam apartment at 2.20pm on Tuesday, and his home and embassy workplace were searched.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2021August 11, 2021•0•Espionage, Russia, UK

Wagner: Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed

A new BBC investigation has revealed the scale of operations by a shadowy Russian mercenary group in Libya’s civil war, which includes links to war crimes and the Russian military.

A Samsung tablet left by a fighter for the Wagner group exposes its key role – as well as traceable fighter codenames.

And the BBC has a “shopping list” for state-of-the-art military equipment which expert witnesses say could only have come from Russian army supplies.

Russia denies any links to Wagner.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2021August 11, 2021•0•Libya, Russia

Biden Administration “Surrenders” to Germany on Russian Gas Pipeline

The Biden administration has reached an agreement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that allows for the completion of a controversial natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.

The July 21 deal to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would double shipments of Russian natural gas to Germany by transporting the gas under the Baltic Sea, has angered the leaders of many countries in Eastern and Western Europe; they argue that it will effectively give Moscow a stranglehold over European gas supplies and open the continent to Russian blackmail.

by Blazingcatfur•August 4, 2021August 4, 2021•0•Germany, Russia, USA