Written by Nina Jobe At the end of July, Moscow oblast’s Acting Governor proposed [1] [ru] the establishment of a detention center for illegal immigrants on a former military base near Yegoryevsky. The cost of renovations to repurpose the property is estimated to be 200 million rubles (over $6 million). Not surprisingly, local residents were […]
Kyrgyz Media: Shocking Headlines Spill Gossip
Written by Shakhnoza Isakova In Kyrgyzstan, a small country of roughly five million people, rumors play a significant role in forming opinions and forecasting the future. Although Kyrgyzstan’s Russian language media is often viewed as being more objective, the editors of the Kyrgyz language press have formidable networks, giving them plenty of opportunity to spill […]
Bulgaria: Massive Anti-Government Protests Ensue After New Leadership Appointments
The appointment of a controversial deputy from Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish political party as the head of the country’s National Security Agency has set in motion a wave of massive protests throughout the country against the two-week-old government. More than 10,000 people gathered [1] in the capital city of Sofia on June 14, 2013 after Delyan […]
“Your name is unknown, your deeds are immortal”, Putin visit the grave of the Russian Unknown soldiers
ON February 22, 2015 the President of the Russia Vladimir Putin paid tribute to fallen soldiers of the Great Patriotic War by laying a wreath/flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall. The event was to commemorate WWII, the war of liberation fought by the peoples of the USSR against the […]
“Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers have died in battle against these same separatist forces”, says Senator Portman
On November 20, 2014 Senator Portman asked for and was granted permission to address the United States Senate concerning Russia, in a very interesting speech where he alleges Russia violated the recent ceasefire and broke the Budapest Memorandum… “Mr. President, I rise today to call this body’s attention to a crisis that grows more alarming […]
CIA used taxpayer funds for lap dances at “tittie bars” in Kazakhstan
In her book, “Blowing my cover – My life as a CIA spy”, by Lindsey Morgan describes the use of taxpayer funds for such nefarious purposes as purchasing alcohol and lap dances at tittie bars in Kazakhstan for Kazakh Intelligence officers. Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Qazaqstan, Russian: Казахстан [kəzɐxˈstan]), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan. It has […]