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George1 wrote:FSB thwarts smuggling of large batch of weapons from EU and Ukraine to Russia

Four shops for the production and modernization of weapons, as well as 2 ammunition workshops have been liquidated in the special operation, the Federal Security Service report says

MOSCOW, July 21. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has stopped activities of an interregional organized criminal group involved in the organization of channels of supplies of weapons from the European Union counties and Ukraine to Russia, FSB reported on Tuesday.

The FSB Public Relations Center told TASS that "some organizers of the criminal business, including an Azerbaijani citizen with previous conviction, were detained red-handed in Smolensk in July when trying to sell another batch of weapons. Also, 14 active members of the criminal group, three of which are current police officers, were simultaneously detained in 12 regions of the country."

To conceal criminal activity, the criminal group members used fake identity documents and car number plates. "The FSB officers seized in a special operation more than 150 firearms of foreign and Russian make — a Kalashnikov machine gun, Kalashnikov assault rifles, machine pistols, carbines, rifles (M-16, M-4, G-3) pistols (Glock, CZ, Desert Eagle, Beretta) and revolvers, including with silencers, a grenade launcher, grenades, the main parts and components for making more than 200 types weapons, more than 2,500 munitions of various calibre, more than 10 kg of explosives and detonators," the FSB reported.

According to the report, four shops for the production and modernization of weapons, as well as 2 ammunition workshops have been liquidated in the special operation.

The investigation departments of the FSB and Russian Interior Ministry have opened criminal cases. The weapons were taken for technical and ballistics expert examination. Opening of additional cases over "weapons smuggling" under Article 226.1 of the Russian Criminal Code is being considered. Additional special investigation activities are currently underway to establish possible involvement of the criminal group members in other serious and extremely serious crimes in the territory of Russia.

par far wrote:They are trying cause unrest in Russia.

AFP wrote:Russia's security service said Saturday it exchanged Estonian officer Eston Kohver, convicted for espionage, for an imprisoned Russian spy, in a cross-border bridge swap with its Baltic neighbour.
Kohver, who was sentenced in August to 15 years in jail on espionage and other charges, was exchanged for Aleksei Dressen, a former Estonian security official serving a 16 year sentence for spying for Moscow, the FSB security service said.

"On September 26, Estonian special service officer Eston Kohver, who was convicted in Russia for espionage, was exchanged for Aleksei Dressen, a former officer of Estonia's security police, who has been serving a sentence for giving secret data to the Russian FSB," said a statement carried by Russian news agencies.
The swap took place on a bridge over the Piusa River that separates Russia's western Pskov region and Estonia's Polva county.

Kohver's defence lawyer Mark Feigin said the swap was "organised on the political level" and was timed to boost Russia's image ahead of President Vladimir Putin's speech at the United Nations on Monday.
"It's all happening ahead of Putin's visit to the UN tomorrow. There are no other reasons," Feigin wrote on Twitter.

Dressen was convicted in 2012 together with his wife Victoria, who was given a suspended sentence. He was found guilty of treason for funnelling classified information to Russia for years after Estonia's 1991 independence.
Kohver's conviction on August 19 drew ire from EU and US after Tallinn said he was kidnapped at gunpoint from Estonian territory, with Washington saying Moscow should immediately return him to Estonia.

The scandal was the latest in a series of spy cases involving Russia and the Baltic states, former Soviet republics turned NATO and EU members increasingly wary of Russia's intentions following the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Russia's relations with the West have hit their lowest point since the Cold War over the conflict in Ukraine, leading to a spike in spying claims.

The amended version of Russia's National Security Strategy will prevent the country from being closed off from the rest of the world and envisages a proactive foreign policy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to make changes in the country’s National Security Strategy, the Russian Security Council’s press service announced Thursday.

“The Russian president has decided to make changes in the National Security Strategy to provide for the succession of state policy in regard to national security, as well as the system of national interests and strategic national priorities,” the press service said.

The amended version of Russia's National Security Strategy shall prevent the country from being closed off from the rest of the world and envisages a proactive foreign policy, the Security Council said.

Last May, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said the country's National Security Strategy and Information Security Doctrine would be modified to reflect recent trends in the geopolitical situation. "In order to bring the fundamental principles of Russia's national security up to date, we have started work on the revision of key documents on strategic planning — the national security strategy until 2020 and the doctrine on information security," he said.
The amended version of the National Security Strategy should be returned to Putin for review by the end of 2015.



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"The escalation of tension in Afghanistan causes serious concern. Numerous IS gangs that are part of the Taliban movement are currently concentrated on the northern borders of that country. Some of them have joined the Islamic State ranks, which has dramatically intensified the threat of the terrorists’ invasion of Central Asia," said the FSB chief. wrote:

Russia does not shares
That's the story I heard the other day from professor msu leonid golovko. At the beginning of 2006, arrived in Moscow, the delegation of lawyers, one of the most developed countries in Western Europe - to familiarize themselves with our judicial system. It was part of a scientist with the world's name, and in their own country - even man authoritative. Leonid Golovko, too, by the way, the expert of the international level, invited - colleague, home for dinner.
And at the time of the meal that suddenly asked:
- as far as Siberian and far eastern Russians are different from you, Moscow?
Professor issue was surprised, but replied:
- nothing, in fact, the same - Russians, like all the rest. But asked why the alien's suddenly interested in this issue.
And then it turns out that the previous day in the mother tongue of the embassy was followed by a reception, to which the members of the delegation heard politinformatsiyu. The head of the dippredstavitelʹstva expressed his main idea, about which we should not forget: Russia must enter in their historical borders.
- with Ukraine, or what? - didn't understand our professor thoughts a European.
But it turns out that Russia must be not only without Ukraine but and only to the urals. Siberia and the far east must move in general use under the external management. It's a done deal, the plan is being implemented. A foreign guest told me about this budnichno, it's like to refine the recipe of Russian dumplings.
At that time, Leonid Golovko, and so am I, like many of us so far, was of the view that the civilized west done takes into account the interests of all, and not only their. And his, the west, concerned about injustice, which happened with Russia, - after the collapse of the USSR, we have been without the territories, which have always belonged to us.
More precisely, our professor, as the man's a smart, may be, by that time, has already started to doubt. Because I'm used to work with the information to compare the various facts and build the causal connection. But I didn't expect that of an impending aggression can speak directly and pretty loud. I mean, when such speech fall in razvedsvodki and radioperekhvaty, it's still in there-here - dirty and filthy goals are discussed in secret.
Besides, we're sure you don't know what's out there, in these razvedsvodkakh. Our Liberals, for example, they think that the state department's teaching her Russian Ambassador, as would be a little more to do good deeds for the host country. Subbotnik to organize for the cleaning of the territory in krasnopresnenskom park. Or, for example, feed several Moscow bums.
And then it turns out that we have gathered to share. Yes even when we were friends, met regularly to "Eights" and pressed each other's hands. Peace - Peace, war - terror. The Americans and the Russians - hai-hai. Putin has deep in the eye of the visible to the soul.
At the same time until all European ambassadors brought a secret plan to behave appropriately in the period of preparation. Human rights defenders have been ordered to strengthen the fight for human rights within the country. In Georgia, saakashvili receives assignment, Ukraine podrashchivayut young banderovskuyu shift.
Now, after south ossetia and the Crimea, plans had to be adjusted. But not the goal, of course.
The idea of Madeleine Albright on Siberia, which inadvertently belongs to Russia, although should belong to the us, all of a sudden for me materialized. If she didn't even say those words out loud, then clearly thought so. The rest of the United States and European partners think so far.
It's funny that and in Georgia, Ukraine, and there's still the audience, which I'm sure that their country is for the us some kind of absolute value, for the sake of which nato will go to war with nuclear power. No, no, no, guys, all on the contrary: to go to war with Russia, weaken its and erode the should you - instead of valuable nato soldiers. First of all, for Siberia with its oil, which desperately need the Americans.
However, in Georgia, I guess, such naive aren't any left. Turn Prozrevatʹ - for ukrainians.
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Around the same time, when a foreign professor had dinner at the Moscow, William Engdalʹ published work "Rozhdayushchiysya Pound Giant strategically playing its cards". In her Siberia named "a big prize". Very curious, in my opinion.

http://radonezh.ru/monitoring/uilyam-engdal-rozhdayuschysya-rossysky-gigant-strategicheski-razygryvaet-svoi-karty-inosmi-22071.html

sepheronx wrote:Well, good luck to them.  But Siberia is 95% Russian ethnicity with the other 5% being mixed of various types.  And it was quite evident of recent elections on how the parties that are quite anti Russian had so low votes that they were nobodies at all.

It is funny.  They have this idea that separatism is fermented in Siberia or far east, but it really isn't.  There was a total of 1 guy from Novosibirsk who pushed that idea and he is in jail for fraud.

Outside of all of this, any westerner that thinks they can push such an Idea needs to have a real hard look at reality on the ground, and that was recently seen in the elections as I said.  And also the fact that there are more people in Texas with secessionist mentality than all of Siberia.

Edit: The guys at the FSB headquarters are probably laughing their asses off.  The Americans make no secret of their en devour, which makes FSB's job so much easier.  Americans talk too much.

sepheronx wrote:

Werewolf wrote:

sepheronx wrote:Well, good luck to them.  But Siberia is 95% Russian ethnicity with the other 5% being mixed of various types.  And it was quite evident of recent elections on how the parties that are quite anti Russian had so low votes that they were nobodies at all.

It is funny.  They have this idea that separatism is fermented in Siberia or far east, but it really isn't.  There was a total of 1 guy from Novosibirsk who pushed that idea and he is in jail for fraud.

Outside of all of this, any westerner that thinks they can push such an Idea needs to have a real hard look at reality on the ground, and that was recently seen in the elections as I said.  And also the fact that there are more people in Texas with secessionist mentality than all of Siberia.

Edit: The guys at the FSB headquarters are probably laughing their asses off.  The Americans make no secret of their en devour, which makes FSB's job so much easier.  Americans talk too much.

Ukraine is over 90% russian aswell, do not underestimate propaganda. Russia has to long ignored all american anti-russian and anti-slavic massive propaganda.

Difference between Russian speaking vs Russian ethnic.  And I highly doubt those numbers as you stated, so I would require evidence.

Like I said, go look at what the results are of the votes in Siberian regions were in votes.  You will find out how pathetic the 5th column was received.

sepheronx wrote:

Werewolf wrote:

sepheronx wrote:

Werewolf wrote:

sepheronx wrote:Well, good luck to them.  But Siberia is 95% Russian ethnicity with the other 5% being mixed of various types.  And it was quite evident of recent elections on how the parties that are quite anti Russian had so low votes that they were nobodies at all.

It is funny.  They have this idea that separatism is fermented in Siberia or far east, but it really isn't.  There was a total of 1 guy from Novosibirsk who pushed that idea and he is in jail for fraud.

Outside of all of this, any westerner that thinks they can push such an Idea needs to have a real hard look at reality on the ground, and that was recently seen in the elections as I said.  And also the fact that there are more people in Texas with secessionist mentality than all of Siberia.

Edit: The guys at the FSB headquarters are probably laughing their asses off.  The Americans make no secret of their en devour, which makes FSB's job so much easier.  Americans talk too much.

Ukraine is over 90% russian aswell, do not underestimate propaganda. Russia has to long ignored all american anti-russian and anti-slavic massive propaganda.

Difference between Russian speaking vs Russian ethnic.  And I highly doubt those numbers as you stated, so I would require evidence.

Like I said, go look at what the results are of the votes in Siberian regions were in votes.  You will find out how pathetic the 5th column was received.

You do understand that ukrainians are russians by ethnicity? You are a russian yourself you said and you should know little bit about that.

No they are not really.  Like I mentioned above in my edit, a massive portion are Polish descendants and or from others (Germanic as well).  You can thank both Polish-Lithuanian empire and the Austro-Hungarian empire and their social construct programs.  So this dates back much longer than American.