Russophobia, Common Lies-Nonsense on Russia

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published earlier on Wednesday a caricature on the Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 aircraft crash in the Black Sea depicting the falling aircraft and a musician from the Alexandrov military choir, who is making a wailing sound "aaaaaa." The caption says "The repertoire of the army choir is expanding."

higurashihougi wrote:

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published earlier on Wednesday a caricature on the Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 aircraft crash in the Black Sea depicting the falling aircraft and a musician from the Alexandrov military choir, who is making a wailing sound "aaaaaa." The caption says "The repertoire of the army choir is expanding."

The SOBs of Charlie Hebdo, again.

https://sputniknews.com/russia/201612281049087134-hebdo-russia-caricature/

andalusia wrote:Hey Garry B and others. There was a politician on CNN who was saying that the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithanian and Estonia are afraid that Russia will invade them. They are members of NATO.  They say that what happened in Ukraine could happen to them.   I want to know is all of this true? Could somebody explain to me the relationship between Russia and the Baltic states?

Hey Garry B and others. There was a politician on CNN who was saying that the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithanian and Estonia are afraid that Russia will invade them. They are members of NATO. They say that what happened in Ukraine could happen to them. I want to know is all of this true? Could somebody explain to me the relationship between Russia and the Baltic states?

Walther von Oldenburg wrote:Can we post articles from 15 years ago?

This is what The Atlantic published in 2001:

Russia Is Finished
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/05/russia-is-finished/302220/

BBC wrote:Russia: Anger at move to soften domestic violence law

The legislation would define first assaults which cause less serious injuries as administrative - rather than criminal - offences.

MP Yelena Mizulina, who introduced the bill, says people should not be jailed and labelled a criminal "for a slap".

On Wednesday, some 368 lawmakers voted in favour of what has been dubbed the "slapping law" by some Russian media outlets. One deputy voted against the plans, another abstained.

The proposed legislation concerns both parents' treatment of their children, and husbands and wives treatment of each other.
It applies to violent actions causing injuries which do not require hospital treatment or cause the victim to require sick leave from work, according to Olga Batalina, one of its authors.

Under the proposal, the first offence would not be considered criminal, and punishment would be limited to a fine or community service, but subsequent incidents could still be considered criminal and carry potential jail terms.

Ms Mizulina, a highly conservative lawmaker, began promoting the bill in July, in the wake of amendments to the criminal code which made beating a family member a criminal offence.

Penalties for offences should not "contradict the system of social values that society holds on to", the Moscow Times quoted her as saying.

"In Russian traditional family culture parent-child relationships are built on the authority of the parents' power... The laws should support that family tradition."

In November she wrote that "domestic violence is a normal way of life" in Russia.

kvs wrote:The same fake media shtick as usual from the precious NATO mass media.   It only works because most people in NATO are suckers
and lap up this sh*t like Gospel.   Funny how in the "totalitarian" USSR nobody sucked mass media cock like the proles do in the
"freedom loving west".