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Tag Archives: Russia
Leadup to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war
I began collecting these headlines not long after Joe Biden began expressing apprehensions about Putin’s intentions in Ukraine. I wanted to document the lead-up to whatever it might be that might happen. I avoided pieces that appeared to be mere speculation or he-said-she-said. Once the war itself began, I quit; the war itself will be adequately documented.
Yahoo! News links are not immortal; so whenever possible, I have linked to the source.
Man’s name change dramatically improves job hunt
Firing-range instructor hands 9-year-old an Uzi. Now he’s dead.
Bookmarks:
9-year-old kills gun instructor • Russian aggression in Ukraine • Third world elections: the loser cries foul • A bullied child hails his rescuer • Iraq War Vet Was Warned Waffle House Wasn’t ‘Safe For Whites,’ Gets Beaten, Needs Brain Surgery
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MH 17 news
‘We get the orders from Moscow as well’: Secret phone calls from pro-Russian rebels revealed in the investigation of the downing of MH17 that killed 298 people
I followed this matter closely at the time.
Update, 2021-06-04:
MH17 plane crash families prepare for critical trial phase | Reuters
HRC the conspiracy theorist
Hillary Clinton says Tulsi Gabbard is a ‘Russian asset’ groomed to ensure Trump reelection
Why would she even say that?
This can only hurt the Democratic party. It will raise suspicions that the contest’s rigged. It will embolden Trump supporters.
In the last weeks before the 2008 Democratic national convention, HRC came out with some gaffes that may have cost her the nomination. In 2016, her “deplorables” speech may have cost her the election.
Now this.
Even Eleanor Roosevelt said some things she deserved to regret.
In playground murder, 12-year-old boy charged as an adult
The Ukraine crisis: A chronological listing of news reports
A previous similar collection of links to news items appeared here.
2014-05-19
Putin says Russian troops on Ukrainian border are coming home
They said this before, and the U.S. and NATO found no evidence that it had happened. We’ll see. But it does sound as if Russia is distancing itself — literally — from the separatists.
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Inmates knitting; and other news
Political commentary …
… is rare on this blog.
Facebook uncovers political influence campaign ahead of midterms
Read the comments. What astonishes me is, post-Helsinki, Trumpers’ headlong rush to approve of anything Russia does.
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