Russophobia, Common Lies-Nonsense on Russia

You don't need non aggression pacts with allies.

Stalin approached the UK and Poland for deals and they brushed him off and were not interested.

It made a lot of sense for the Soviets to sign this deal with Germany... if they hadn't then Germany would have taken all of Poland when they invaded and be rather closer to Moscow when they started Barbarossa.

Poland were hardly allies of the Soviets anyway... and the UK had never been a friend either.

Czech citizens condemn decision to wrap Soviet marshal's statue in tarp — Russian embassy

PRAGUE, August 31. /TASS/. The Russian Embassy in Prague said it had been receiving letters from Czech citizens condemning the municipal authorities’ decision to wrap in tarp a monument to Soviet military commander Ivan Konev in the Prague 6 district.
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"The embassy has been receiving letters from Czech citizens who condemn this move by the municipal authorities. Many of them wonder which side would the incumbent municipal government of the Prague 6 district support during the World War II," the embassy said in a statement, posted on Facebook.

"It should be noted that the radical decision to cover in tarpaulin the monument to one of those who saved Europe from horrors of Nazism was made in the run-up to the 80th anniversary of the most horrific military conflict in human history," the statement says.

The Russian embassy views those actions as a yet another attempt to desecrate the memory of Red Army soldiers, who gave their lives to liberate Czechoslovakia from Nazi troops.

Czech Presidential Spokesman Jiri Ovcacek condemned the municipal authorities’ decision earlier this week.

The district’s head Ondrej Kolar said on Thursday that Konev’s monument falls victim to vandals at least two times a year, which, according to him, points to the local residents’ negative view of the Soviet military commander. The politician insists on removing the monument and relocating it to the territory of the Russian Embassy, also located in the Prague 6 district.

The monument to Konev was placed in Prague in 1980 to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the liberation of the Czech capital from Nazi invaders by the 1st Ukrainian Front of the Soviet military forces, headed by Konev.

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Johnson’s statement on World War II unacceptable, says Russian embassy

The British PM said that in September 1939 Poland found itself "trapped between the hammer of fascism and the anvil of communism"

LONDON, September 3. /TASS/. Russia’s Embassy in London has referred to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s words regarding the beginning of the World War II as unacceptable. PM said in a video message posted on Twitter late last week that in September 1939 Poland found itself "trapped between the hammer of fascism and the anvil of communism."

"This statement, made on the day of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, is perplexing. With all historical discussions around the Soviet military operation in the eastern areas of Poland (Western Ukraine and Western Belarus), to describe things in a way that effectively equates the actions of the USSR to Hitler’s aggression is absolutely unacceptable. If one is to discuss who, apart from Hitler, is responsible for the Polish tragedy of 1939, one cannot avoid recalling the role of the British diplomacy that not only connived in the Nazis’ aggressive policies (remember Austria, Czechoslovakia, Memel), but also continuously frustrated Soviet proposals to build an efficient anti-Nazi alliance, including specifically to defend Poland," the diplomatic mission’s press service said in a statement.

"This discussion may be lengthy, but let’s leave it to historians. A vast majority of Russians and Britons, when recalling the Second World War, pay tribute to the fallen and to the Soviet-British alliance. It is regrettable that the Prime Minister has chosen a different angle which, thankfully, does not enjoy much popularity in Britain," the embassy noted.

https://tass.com/politics/1076129

Majority of Prague residents condemn removal of monument to WWII Soviet marshal - Medinsky

Czech President Milos Zeman, "a man of culture, has stated his negative opinion on the removal of the monument to Marshal Ivan Konev, he made his opinion known", Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky said

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Honestly I really don't understand people talking about the Ukraine just being Russian and the Baltic states and Belarus etc etc... these are broken states filled with people demanding some one else solve their problems... I appreciate the risk of NATO coming in and offering to "help" where it suits, but most of the time that just means military bases and patrolling their air space... it is unlikely to reach the levels of hand outs these countries expect or need to become viable countries in their own right.

I don't even think Russia would be better off if America offered to sell them Alaska back... Russia already has plenty of territory and a lot of it is very isolated and remote and so I think the things they should be concentrating on is improving access to those places with improved internal infrastructure... road, rail, air, and sea/water connections... they should develop their own countries and those countries of their allies and customers... ungrateful and even hostile neighbours should be not even on the list.

The focus should be Russians first... and that includes new Russian citizens... I am not talking white supremacy bullshit... and I am not christian either so none of this forgive and forget and turn the other cheek stuff either... the EU wants to block exports to Russia then Russia reciprocates in kind... the Ukraine wants to stop cooperating with Russia... well that is fine too... odds are the Ukraine benefitted rather more from that relationship than Russia did, so while it wont be painless... in the longer term it will be worth it... rather that wasting time and money on unfriendly countries Russia should be developing ties and relations with countries not hostile to Russia and Russians and there are plenty out there.

One might say Russia lost a lot of resources and people, but most of those people didn't want to be Russian and would have fought any integration or cooperation... so it is very much like Russia cutting her losses and untying her own hands.

Belarus, Baltics and pretty much everyone around Russia doesn't have suicidal tendencies like Ukraine has.

They have the same tendency to blame all their problems on Russia though...

There's no risk for NATO at all. Russia is in no shape to fight conventional war over questionable goals.

Well there is the obvious nuclear threat to wipe them out completely...

But it is not so much a wasp as a bee...

Handouts Baltics get are what? Everything has to be bought, certain % of budget has to be put down for defence/NATO. Apart from help with Iraq and Afghanistan missions, there was no freebies or rearmament packages. Number of new meaningful equipment is shocking and it had to be paid by taxpayers money. And with Trump, there was more push towards Europeans spending more money towards NATO.

Which just makes it worse... I could understand it better if your streets were awash with gold from EU pockets making your lives easier and more enjoyable, but apart from making you change your laws and rules to conform to theirs and getting the privilidge of sending your men to fight and die in some of the worst shitholes on the planet, what exactly are you getting from NATO membership?

You state that Russia is no actual threat... if it wanted to recover land it could easily have justified crushing Tiblisi and taking Georgia by force... the west would have done no less of Serbian troops did to NATO forces in Kosovo what Georgian troops did to VDV peacekeepers in South Ossetia...

So really the NATO membership for these baltic states is all about switching markets from Russia to the EU.

In many ways it was the first wave of economic migration to Europe this century... before people from the countries in Africa and the Middle East that Europe broke started coming too.

True. Russia is improving infrastructure and they are not doing that in hectic Chinese way because there's less money to spend so they have do it right. Even Crimea is pain in the hole compared how underdeveloped it still is.

Crimea offers Russia a domestic location for summer holidays that don't require leaving the country. You can spend money inside Russia and still get a tan and a nice holiday by the sea side. They will be keen to work hard and improve their own situation too.

EU on other hand have technologies that Russia needs for industry. There's no need to reinvent the wheel when there are countless of companies who will find a way to sell you product no matter sanctions.

I don't agree... I think Russians are every bit as capable of producing everything they need themselves... if they have a big enough need for things they should make them themselves... and look to also sell them overseas to profit from their low value currency... which punishes you for importing products and rewards you for exports.

Look at food, Russia was lazy and just imported cheap food from the EU countries, and just accepted their food regulations would keep the food safe for them. The EU imposed sanctions on Russia and Russian responded with sanctions on food... now for a while Russia suffered because it had to import from other countries... and a lot of EU food was relabelled as being from Africa and South America to cheat the sanctions, but the vacuum created allowed Russian food production to boom and establish itself to the point that the huge surplus means it is an export commodity now too... the point is that this has added strength and depth to Russian production and made her more sanction proof, and given her something else she can trade with the world... Russia doens't grow every food type available, so other food producing countries could trade in food types Russia does not grow and Russia can sell food types it grows in return.

German factory machinery impossible to get? Mama Merkel can't make it work? Well, then there's Italy, France or Finland? Best case scenario - western goods produced under license locally.

More like Russian made factory machinery, Russia makes its own super computers and 6 axis CNC machines.... don't buy products from the EU countries, buy licences to produce and then improve it yourself...

Money finds it's way.

The biggest danger for Russia is bribes to do the wrong thing... the wrong thing for Russia.

I do believe that after Russia will gradually reduce corruption and develop itself - they will become isolationists. And I believe majority would support it by now.

Now lets be clear... I am a practising athiest, but I think the best chance for Russia is to not befriend the west... trade with them, but don't adopt their liberal ideas and values. There is a difference between tolerance and fanboyism... If a gay person wants to have sex with a gay person of the same sex in the privacy of their own home I have no problem with that.... not interested in that myself, but when I start telling people what they can or can't do for fun then it is time for me to take a long walk off a short plank. However I don't think the gay lifestyle should be celebrated and they certainly don't need a parade. As far as I am concerned sex and sexuality is like religion... it is private and as long as you are not breaking any laws you can do what you like... as long as everyone involved is happy.

I don't think Russia should be isolationist, I think they should trade with countries further away like Africa and Central and South America and Asia... and unlike the west they should trade in a way that does not demand change or reform of those they trade with. Don't tell a country they cannot use GM food, just tell them you are GM free and you are only interested in GM free products... if they want to go GM free too then that is their business.

Remember folks, Clamping down on alternative and independent media is okay as long as you have the blessing of NATO, the "Free Flow" of information (Western Narrative and Propaganda) should be promoted only to NATO's perceived enemies like Russia and China.

Sputnik Estonia employees quit job due to pressure from authorities

TALLINN, January 1. /TASS/. Employees of the Sputnik Estonia news outlet (owned by MIA Rossiya Segodnya) have ben forces to terminate their labor contracts from January 1 becaise of the pressure from the authorities, Elena Cherysheva, head of MIA Rossiya Segodnya’s Estonian office, said in a statement released on Wednesday.

"We have been deprived of a possibility to work for you," the statement reads. "Estonia’s Police and Border Guard Board has faced each of us with an ultimatum: either we terminate our labor contracts with MIA Rossiya Segodnya and no longer work for Sputnik Estonia or they open criminal cases against us."

"We discussed the situation over and over in last days of the past year and arrived at a conclusion that, despite, to put it mildly, the absurdity of the authorities’ demands and threats we don’t want to believe to be true, we have no right to risk the lives of our people," she noted. "As a result, the office’s employees had to terminate labor relations with Sputnik Estonia and MIA Rossiya Segodnya."

However, in her words, Sputnik Estonia’s website will not be closed. "The website will continue its work but we will need some time to organize its work in a way to avoid permanent pressure from the Estonia authorities," she explained. "Naturally, we will do our best to resume operation the soonest possible."

"By fighting for our right to work we are fighting for the right of Estonian audience to have complete information," Chernysheva stressed. "Our opinion may not be shared. It can be challenged or criticized. But what is most important for us is a possibility for our audience to open our site every day, read reports and comments, and derive their own conclusions. This what is called the freedom of expression. Regrettably, we have none in Estonia, despite the fact that Reporters Without Borders have placed it on the 11th place in termsn of the freedom of speech."

The situation around Sputnik Estonia worsened in the autumn when local offices of foreign banks froze the bureau’s assets and the premises owner demanded Sputnik’s employees vacate the rented place in Tallinn by the end of February.

MIA Rossiya Segodnya said later that the Estonian authorities were threatening to open criminal cases against the Sputnik employees if they continued labor relations with the head organization. Tallinn explained that Sputnik’s employees may face sanctions because Rossiya Segodnya's head Dmitry Kiselev was blacklisted by the European Union.

Russian President Vladimir Putin described the situation around Sputnik Estonia as "incredible cynicism." OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir called on Tallinn to refrain from restrictions against journalists. Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu promised Desir to provide exhaustive explanations about the sanctions against the Russian news outlet.

Happy to see that this channel is going to be done in English by late January 2020 so you can post it and we don't have to work out what he is saying based on the subtitles that sometimes appear to be gibberish....



Regarding the content of this video it is amusing that the Danes are complaining about Russia building military facilities on its own territory threatening US military facilities built on Danish territory... perhaps to make them feel better Russia should let the Chinese build a few islands close to Greenland and they could be joint Russian/Chinese bases for keeping the peace in the region....