Walking through the halls of the Winter Palace
The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Today, the restored palace forms part of a complex of buildings housing the Hermitage Museum. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917 as depicted in Soviet paintings and Eisenstein's 1927 film October became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal façade is 250 meters (820 ft) long and 30 m (98 ft) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms, and 117 staircases. Following a serious fire, the palace's rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a 19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo style.
In 1905, the Bloody Sunday massacre occurred when demonstrators marched toward the Winter Palace, but by this time the Imperial Family had chosen to live in the more secure and secluded Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo and returned to the Winter Palace only for formal and state occasions. Following the February Revolution of 1917, the palace was for a short time the seat of the Russian Provisional Government, led by Alexander Kerensky. Later that same year, the palace was stormed by a detachment of Red Army soldiers and sailors—a defining moment in the birth of the Soviet state.
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Russia: Putin compares Washington accusation of Moscow election meddling to anti-Semitism
Russian President Vladimir Putin compared Washington accusations of Moscow's alleged meddling in the US elections to the anti-Semitic idea of 'always blaming the Jews', while speaking at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Friday.
SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Russian): Trump's team turned out to be more effective during the election campaign. Frankly speaking, I thought that the man went over the top at times. It is the truth. However, it turned out that he was right. He found the right approach to those groups of population and electorate that he had made a bet on. And they came and voted for him. And the other team miscalculated.
SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Russian): They don't want to admit that mistake. They don't want to admit that they did not think something through. It's easier to say that it's not our fault and blame it on the Russians fault and say that they meddled into our elections. It reminds me of anti-Semitism where Jews are blamed for everything, you know. When one is an idiot and cannot do anything himself, the Jews are to blame. But we know what such attitudes lead to. They end with nothing good.
SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Russian): In regards to the interference into one's politics. Take a look at what your colleagues are doing in our country. They are in our politics knee-deep. They are sitting on our heads chewing gum. They are having fun. Interference in our internal politics is systematic, coarse and off-handed. [This is also the case] when it comes to diplomatic missions. Stop it now. It will make our and your lives easier.
SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Russian): It is simply amazing. I just heard that Trump's aide was dismissed. He was accused in making some agreements with somebody. Whoever is holding another position may not believe that I was simply not aware of it. Who was meeting whom and what they were talking about? They did not talk about anything. They talked about general topics. They talked about the fact that we should start thinking about how we should build our relations. Should not we think about improving our relations? Should we do it thoughtlessly? There was nothing concrete. Zero. Nothing. It's amazing. It is some kind of hysteria. Maybe you should take an [anti-hysteria] pill? Does somebody have a pill? Give it to [her]. But seriously, it is simply amazing.
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The Russian General goes into battle the very first...
Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin
From December 1, 1994 to February 1995 he headed the 8th guards army corps in Chechnya.
The corps under the command of Lieutenant General Rokhlin arrived from Volgograd in the Kizlyar region. Further, having made a deceptive maneuver, the corps went to Tolstoy-Yurt through the Dagestan steppes past the settlements of Alexander Nevsky, Sunny, Terekli-Mekteb, Kumli. This protected the corps column from attack by Chechen militants, who inflicted painful blows on other units and formations of Russian troops advanced into Chechnya.
On arrival in Chechnya at the village of chervilnaya, the artillery of the corps with its blow saved the 81st operational regiment of special purpose Internal troops of the Ministry of internal Affairs (V/h 3709), when it was attacked by Dudayev.
Further rohonci took a turn for the Tersky ridge near Grozny. On January 15, 1995, corps units concentrated 1.5 km East of Tolstoy-Yurt.
Under his leadership, the capture of a number of districts of Grozny, including the presidential Palace, was carried out. On January 17, 1995, generals Lev Rokhlin and Ivan Babichev were appointed by the military command to contact Chechen warlords with a view to a ceasefire.
Later, Rokhlin refused to assign the Hero of Russia (for the successful capture of Grozny with minimal losses), saying: in the civil war, generals can not win glory. The war in Chechnya is not Russia's glory, but its misfortune»
A Soviet Legacy ( national conflict in Georgia)
The national conflict in Georgia from 1992 to1993 was waged chiefly between Georgian government forces on one side and Abkhaz separatist forces supporting independence of Abkhazia from Georgia, Russian armed forces and North Caucasian hired fighters on the other side.
The separatists were supported by Russian citizens of the North Caucasus, Cossack militants and by the Russian Federation forces stationed in and near Abkhazia. Significant human rights violations and atrocities were reported on all sides and peaked in the aftermath of the Abkhaz capture of Sukhumi on 27 September 1993, which was followed by a large-scale campaign of ethnic cleansing against ethnic Georgian population according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The UN SG's fact-finding mission reported numerous and serious human rights violations. From 13,000 to 20,000 ethnic Georgians and approximately 3,000 Abkhaz have been reported to be killed, more than 300,000 Georgians became internally displaced or refugees and 2,000 are considered missing. Post-Soviet Georgia was heavily affected by the war and suffered considerable financial, human and psychological damage. Throughout the conflict, the Security Council issued resolutions condemning any attempts to change the demographic compilation of Abkhazia. Before the conflict Abkhaz represented around eighteen percent of the population in Abkhazia, and Georgians represented about fifty percent of the population. Georgia's permanent representative to the United Nations says that genocide and ethnic cleansing took place during and after the 1992-1993 war with the result that today there are almost no ethnic Georgians left in Abkhazia.
While Russia officially supported the territorial integrity of Georgia, what has taken place in Abkhazia is fundamentally different. Trade in Abkhazia is conducted in Russian rubles and the Abkhazian economy is tied to the Russian economy. Russia provided Abkhazia with practical support in the form of pensions and railway infrastructure. Russia has also provided Russian passports to a large number of Abkhazian citizens.
On August 26, 2008, after the Russian invasion of Georgia, President Medvedev signed decrees recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as sovereign states. Approximately 10.000 Russian troops still occupy the Georgian provinces of South Osetiya and Abkhazia. This occupation represents 20% of Georgia's internationally recognized territory and is in direct violation of the Six Point Ceasefire Agreement brokered by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Moscow Prepares Counter-Sanctions on US Propaganda Operating in Russia
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Restricting the work of the RT television channel, the US violate their own laws and freedom of speech principles, Maria Zakharova said at a meeting of the working group of the Federation Council. It discussed the attempts of the American media to intervene in Russia's affairs. Anton Podkovenko is reporting on the measures that might follow in response to the oppression of RT. The US action towards the Russian media on US territory is a whole chain of glaring facts, with new ones emerging. America puts pressure on Russia Today TV channel and Sputnik news agency. Following the meeting in the Federation Council, the working group gave special recommendations.
Thousands of Russians demand 'evolution not revolution'
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Thousands, donning white ribbons, came to protest on the streets of Russia. For many, Saturday's protests against recent election results that kept Vlamidir Putin's United Russia party in power, were their first protest.
Of the 20,000 gathered in Moscow, most are from the nation's educated middle-class who are now openly calling for Putin to go.
This weekend's protests mark the return of Russian street politics dormant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but these protests are being carefully managed by the over 50,000 police and Interior Ministry troops stationed on the ground.
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History of Russia (PARTS 1-5) - Rurik to Revolution
From Prince Rurik to the Russian Revolution, this is a compilation of the first 5 episodes of Epic History TV's History of Russia.
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A note on 'Ivan the Terrible' - in Russia, Ivan IV has the epithet 'Гро́зный' meaning 'Great' or 'Formidable'. So why is he known as Ivan 'the Terrible' in English? Because he was evil or useless or because of anti-Russian bias? No, because 'Terrible' in English also means awesome or formidable - this was well understood when 'Гро́зный' was first translated into English centuries ago, but now fewer people understand this. (see definitions 3 & 4 here: The name stuck, and Ivan IV has been known as Ivan the Terrible ever since.
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Russian Art - 5 Architecture: Imperial Period
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Imperial Period is from 1712 to 1917. In 1712, Peter the Great, from Romanov dynasty, moved the capital city from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Thanks to him, Russia was occidentalized and was one of the main european power.
Petrine Baroque. Developed by Peter the Great mostly in St. Petersburg, breaks with byzantine influences, with inspiration of dutch, danish and swedish architecture.
Peter and Paul Cathedral: has funerary remains of emperors and empresses from Peter the Great till Nicholas II. Has a great belltower.
Twelve Collegia: for russian government. Now is the main complex of the University of St. Petersburg.
Kunstkamera: first museum of Rusia.
Kikin Palace: commissioned by Alexander Kikin in 1714, confiscated by the crown and used to have the royal library and a cabinet with curiosities.
Menshikov Palace: house of Alexandr Menshikov, confiscated in 1727, when he had to go into exile. After being a military academy and a museum, in 1924 it became part of the complex of Hermitage museum.
In the reign of Empress Anna and Elizaveta Petrovna, architecture was dominated by the luxurious baroque of Bartolomeo Rastrelli, italian architect.
Winter Palace: official home of russian tsars between 1732 and 1917. Monumental scale, intention to reflect the power of Imperial Russia. It has 1786 doors, 1945 windows, 1500 rooms and 117 stairs.
Catherine Palace: summer home of russian tsars, on rococo style. Origin in 1717, when Catherine I contracted Johann Friedrich Braunstein to build her a summer palace for her distraction. Remembers a lot to the Versalles Palace in France.
Smolny Convent: cathedral and complex of buildings. Was for Elizaveta, daughter of Peter the Great, when was set aside from the throne in 1725. After the putsch in 1741, she ascended to the throne. With the coming to the throne of Catherine II, neoclassic style supplanted baroque, so Rastrelli, the architect, couldn't finish it. In 1825 the architect Vasili Stasov finished it with neoclassical interior.
Catherine the Great dismissed Rastrelli and contracted neoclassical architects from Scotland and Italy.
Alexander Palace: the favourite home of the last russian tsar, Nicholas II. Commissioned by Catherine for Alexander I, he gave it to Nicholas I, his brother.
Alexander Nevsky Lavra: founded in 1710 by Peter the Great to have the remains of Alexander Nevski, russian leader and saint of orthodox church. In 1797 was elevated to the category of Lavra, a high honor.
Alexander I of Russia liked the empire style.
Our Lady of Kazan: dedicated to the Virgin of Kazan, most venerated icon of Russia. Was built between 1801-1811 by Andrei Voronijin and has a colonnade of 96 columns, of a similar form to the St. Peter Basilica in Rome. In the interior is the icon of the Virgin of Kazan.
Admiralty: it was the School of Russian Imperial Admirals.
Bolshoi Theatre: built in 1825 designed by Osip Bove. It’s the biggest theatre of Europe. Of neoclassical style.
Saint Isaac: the richest church of St. Petersburg. In decoration were used 43 different kind of minerals. In the dome were used near of 100 kilograms of gold. Near 400 artworks decorate the cathedral, between sculptures, paintings and mosaics. It has a capacity of 14000 persons. Since 1931 it is a museum.
Narva Triumphal Arch: it was made to commemorate the russian victory over the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte.
In 1830, Nicholas I facilited the regulation in architecture. Appeared the ecclecticism.
Grand Kremlin Palace: official residence of the Russian president. Has 700 rooms, included some old rooms of the tsars. It is important to mention the St. George's Room, consecrated to the russian military glory. In the walls there are columns and in each one there is an alegorical statue, incarnation of victory. There are plaques with the names of the heroes of Russia in golden letters. In this room are celebrated feasts in honor to the veterans, among other events.
Savior on Spilled Blood: also called Church of Resurrection of Christ. Built in the place where tsar Alexander II was murdered. Multicolor decoration. Built with red and brown brick, polichromed tiles, and bracket arches (kokoshniki). Has five domes of copper and enamel of different colors.
Christ the Saviour: the tallest orthodox church of the world. In 1931 was destroyed to build the Palace of Soviets, but was rebuilt in 1990's. Between 1895-1905, russian architecture was leaded by modernism, and from 1904-1914 was neoclassical mixed with empire style. The external walls are of white stone. In the belltower there are circular marble medallions with images of saints.
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Full Speech of Putin at the Gala Evening Celebrating Defenders of the Motherland Day
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Putin stated that ur armed forces must stop any aggression against Russia - Gala evening dedicated to the Day of Defender of the Fatherland
Reaction to downing of Russian jet
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Moscow - 25 November 2015
1. Manezh Square, History museum and Kremlin
2. Children going to Red Square
3. Russian flags, Kremlin tower and Lenin Mausoleum in background
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Moscow resident (no name given):
They should be punished somehow economically. One should not fly there (to Turkey). Tourists should not go there. I think patriots should not go to Turkey for a vacation now. They should go to other countries or travel around Russia.
5. National hotel exterior
6. Street scene, pedestrians
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vyacheslav Terlyakov, Moscow resident:
Russia has many internal problems, and generally speaking, I think the fact that the jet was downed and that the mass media attention is attached to this issue is an escape from solving domestic problems. That's all. But, of course, anyway this is a tragedy.
8. Russian Duma building exterior
9. Interior Duma
10. Vasily Likhachyov, member of State Duma committee walking towards camera
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Likhachyov, Member of State Duma committee for Commonwealth of Independent States; affairs:
Of course, this is a tragedy for the Russia-Turkey relations which were on the rise and had a very good, serious future for a positive development and strengthening.
12. Russian state emblem
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Likhachyov, Member of State Duma committee for Commonwealth of Independent States affairs:
Unfortunately, it (the tragedy) will have an impact. It cannot be otherwise. The Russian tour operators and Russian citizens got used to this region, and I cannot not say that the refusal will be determined one hundred percent. But a significant decrease of interest and a reduction of trips will be seen, and we will see it very soon.
14. Exteriors of tour operators' offices
15. Sign in Russian Tour agency Nataly tours
16. Poster in window advertising travel deals - Turkey is not among them
17. Various of street and pedestrians
STORYLINE:
A veteran politician called the downing of a Russian warplane a tragedy for the Russia-Turkey relations on Wednesday.
Vasily Likhachyov, member of State Duma committee for Commonwealth of Independent States affairs, said Turkey and Russia ties had been on the rise, but this was likely to change.
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday, which it said ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace from Syria, killing one of the two pilots.
Likhachyov also expected the incident to have a serious impact on tourism.
The Russian tour operators and Russian citizens got used to this region, and I cannot not say that the refusal will be determined one hundred per cent. But a significant decrease of interest and a reduction of trips will be seen, and we will see it very soon, he said.
The Russian Association of Travel Agencies says several Russian agencies have stopped selling package tours to Turkey.
Turkey, along with Egypt, has long been a top destination for Russian tourists.
The travel industry group said in a statement on Wednesday that several major travel agencies are no longer selling tours to Turkey following an official travel warning about a potential threat to Russian citizens there.
Travel association vice president Dmitry Gorin was quoted by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency as saying he expects the agencies will have to reimburse 6,000 tourists whose vacations will be cancelled.
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RUSSIA: COMMUNISTS LAY FLOWERS FOR VLADIMIR LENIN
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Several hundred Russian communists laid flowers Monday to the Mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union.
Nine years after the break up of his creation, the USSR, the embalmed body of Lenin remains at the Mausoleum at the Red Square, a place holy to all communist followers.
November 7th used to be a single most important holiday for the Soviet Union - an anniversary of the October Revolution which brought the communists to power back in 1917.
The date has remained a holiday in post-USSR Russia, although it is now known under the new title of 'Day of Reconciliation.'
K-P-R-F, the communist party led by Gennady Zyuganov, continues to play an prominent role in Russian politics.
At the parliamentary elections last year the communists and their allies took nearly one third of the seats in the Duma, lower house of the parliament.
At the ceremony Monday, Zyuganov emphasised the significance of November 7th to Russian history.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
It is day of reconciliation and Putin would be right to lay flowers tomorrow to the Red epoch that gave a country an enormous progress and breakthrough to the space as well as great social achievements. Then it would be a real reconciliation rather than a gesture.
SUPER CAPTION: Gennady Zyuganov, Communist Party Leader
When asked about the upcoming American elections, Zyuganov told reporters he saw no particular difference between Democrats and Republicans, adding that both parties served to defend the interests of the ruling powers.
According to Zyuganov, however, the United States is likely to reduce intervention into Russia's domestic affairs if Republical George W. Bush wins.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
It is up to U.S. voters to decide who will govern that great country in the next four years. Should the Republicans win, they will resort to tough foreign policies but will interfere less in our internal affairs. The Democrats, on the other hand, will have to draw some lessons from those mistakes that led our country to misfortune that it is now.
SUPER CAPTION: Gennady Zyuganov, Communist Party Leader
He denounced the outgoing Clinton administration, saying that it meddled constantly with this country's affairs.
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Russian Defense Ministry Delegation Visits Mangyongdae
A delegation of the Defense Ministry of Russia led by Victor Kalganov, vice-director of the National Defense Command Center of the Russian Federation, visited Mangyongdae, birthplace of President Kim Il Sung.
The visitors looked round relics preserved there with care, being briefed on the life of the President.
The delegation toured the Museum of Weapons and Equipment of the Korean People's Army and the International Friendship Exhibition House and laid bouquets before the Liberation Tower and at the cemetery of the martyrs of the Soviet Army in Sadong District.
Russia sends aid flight to Syrian Red Crescent
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A Russian plane carrying 38 tonnes of food aid arrived in Damascus on Thursday, the first of three aid shipments due to be delivered to the conflict hit country in coming days, Syria's government said.
A second plane is due to arrive on Friday according to the Syrian Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hassan Hijazi.
This aid is evidence of the strong and firm friendship and relations between the two peoples and the two governments, Hijazi added.
Russia has remained the Syrian regime's key international protector during the 18 month uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule.
Russia and China have vetoed three Western-backed resolutions, the latest in July which included the threat of non-military sanctions.
Russia is the major arms supplier to Syria and has a base in Tartus.
It is Russia's only naval base outside the former Soviet Union that serves Russian navy ships on missions to the Mediterranean.
According to the Russian Foreign ministry, Thursday's donation adds to a further 80 tonnes of Russian humanitarian aid already delivered to Syria.
Hijazi said the aid will be handed to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to administer.
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Opposition plans rally, banned protest march
1. Pan from police to Pushkin Square in central Moscow
2. Mid of police officers gathered before rally
3. Wide of interior ministry troops and trucks in a street adjoining the square
4. Pan from right to left from trucks to troops
5. Mid of two dogs on leashes
6. Mid of troops marching towards the square
7. Wide of troops marching in the square
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Viktor Biryukov, police spokesman:
In order to prevent conflicts, a thousand men have been sent here to watch the situation.
9. Mid of square
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ivan Lis, resident, Vox Pop:
I think this rally should not be allowed. It doesn't contribute to the benefit of society.
11. Mid of police
12. Close-up of police dog
13. Mid of troops carrying crash barriers
14. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yevgeny (no surname given), Vox Pop:
The Russian Federation has not yet abandoned its Soviet legacy and the Soviet system of government. This (rally) is a part of the struggle to become a part of Europe, a part of the normal civilised world, and finally get rid of the Soviet past.
15. Pan from right to left of policeman with dog
STORYLINE:
Security was heavy in Moscow ahead of a planned rally in the centre of the Russian capital called by chess champion Garry Kasparov and allies in Russia's most vocal opposition movement.
Monday's demonstration was the latest in an ongoing showdown with President Vladimir Putin's government.
Police ringed the area near Pushkin Square where Monday's rally was scheduled, and there were dozens of police vehicles in the area.
A police spokesman, Viktor Biryukov, said a thousand-strong force had been deployed to ensure order during the rally.
City authorities granted organisers permission to protest in the square but not to parade down a main street, as they had requested, raising the strong possibility of a police crackdown if demonstrators seek to march from the square.
The authorities also stipulated that no more than five hundred people could attend the rally, creating the potential for violence if that number is exceeded.
A local resident, Ivan Lis, told The Associated Press the rally shouldn't have been allowed, saying It doesn't contribute to the benefit of society.
Another resident, Yevgeny, whose surname was not given, expressed his support for the demonstration.
The Russian Federation has not yet abandoned its Soviet legacy and the Soviet system of government. This is a part of the struggle to become a part of Europe, a part of the normal civilised world and finally get rid of the Soviet past, he said.
The planned protest comes two days after a peaceful march and rally in St. Petersburg - the first time that a demonstration led by Kasparov and his allies in a major Russian city has ended without police violence or interference.
Police have violently dispersed several of the protests - called Dissenters' Marches - which have been held since December by Kasparov's United Civil Front and others in the Other Russia movement who accuse Putin of stifling democracy ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in the coming year.
The St. Petersburg march took place as foreign executives attended a business forum in another part of the city, raising speculation that police held off to avoid embarrassment as Russian leaders seek to speed the flow of investment dollars into the thriving economy.
Last month, Kasparov and other activists were detained for hours at a Moscow airport to keep them away from a march in the Volga River city of Samara that coincided with a Russia-European Union summit nearby - a move that drew sharp criticism of Putin from EU leaders over his government's treatment of critics.
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Russia: Joint fight against terrorism halted by NATO for political reasons - Lavrov
European security remains in a deadlock, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during the Moscow International Conference on Security at the Radisson Royal Hotel in the Russian capital, Wednesday.
SOT, Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (Russian): The recent Russia-NATO Council meeting, which was held at the strong request of the North Atlantic Alliance following a long pause initiated also by it, proved that European security remains in a deadlock. I would like to point out that the joint fight against terrorism was among those projects that were frozen by the North Atlantic Alliance and sacrificed for its political ambitions. I can only agree with the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, who said once that it is impossible to create a stable security architecture on the European continent without our country. Other European colleagues agree with that. But do the actions of our Western partners correspond with these goals? NATO rotates its troops on the so-called south [NATO] flank and conducts military exercises almost every day, a new military infrastructure is being built. All these steps contradict the main agreement between Russia and NATO [the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation] and seriously changes the political landscape especially in the northeastern part of Europe. This region used to be one of the most militarily stable regions but it is being transformed into a zone of high tensions. The NATO and its allies' actions, in terms of creating a global missile defence system, can only contribute to instability.
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Russia and the United States agreed on Monday (4/7) to sign
judicial and police cooperation accords to try to fight organised
crime, after the FBI chief expressed fears of illicit traffic in
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ROBLOX PAPERS PLEASE
Today I play Roblox's version of Papers Please. I'm gonna try to band everyone together and unite against the border in this game
MY LATVIA COLD WAR SOVIET OCCUPATION OF BALTIC STATES 74582
My Latvia is a stirring documentary featurette of the illegal Soviet military occupation of the three then-autonomous Baltic states in 1940. This unusual film, made by filmmaker Albert Jekste who worked for the republic of Latvia prior to the Soviet occupation, illuminates communist methods of internal subversion and conquest. It includes rare scenes of Stalin and other Soviet leaders attending closed Kremlin meetings, and examines the criminal background of the Latvian nationals who invited the Soviets into that country and subsequently assumed high communist government posts. The film was funded by the United States Information Service as part of Cold War efforts to alert the American public to the Communist threat.
Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe, one of the three Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, and Belarus, as well as a maritime border to the west with Sweden. Latvia is a democratic parliamentary republic established in 1918. The capital city is Riga, the European Capital of Culture 2014.
In 1944, when Soviet military advances reached the area, heavy fighting took place in Latvia between German and Soviet troops, which ended in another German defeat. In the course of the war, both occupying forces conscripted Latvians into their armies, in this way increasing the loss of the nation's live resources. In 1944, part of the Latvian territory once more came under Soviet control. The Soviets immediately began to reinstate the Soviet system. After the German surrender, it became clear that Soviet forces were there to stay, and Latvian national partisans, soon joined by German collaborators, began to fight against the new occupier.
Anywhere from 120,000 to as many as 300,000 Latvians took refuge from the Soviet army by fleeing to Germany and Sweden. Most sources count 200,000 to 250,000 refugees leaving Latvia, with perhaps as many as 80,000 to 100,000 of them recaptured by the Soviets or, during few months immediately after the end of war,[48] returned by the West. The Soviets reoccupied the country in 1944–45, and further deportations followed as the country was collectivised and Sovieticised.
On 25 March 1949, 43,000 rural residents (kulaks) and Latvian patriots (nationalists) were deported to Siberia in a sweeping Operation Priboi in all three Baltic states, which was carefully planned and approved in Moscow already on 29 January 1949. Between 136,000 and 190,000 Latvians, depending on the sources, were imprisoned, repressed or deported to Soviet concentration camps (the Gulag) in the post war years, from 1945 to 1952. Some managed to escape arrest and joined the partisans.
Latvia was made to adopt Soviet farming methods. Rural areas were forced into collectivization. An extensive programme to impose bilingualism was initiated in Latvia, limiting the use of Latvian language in official uses in favour of using Russian as the main language. All of the minority schools (Jewish, Polish, Belorussian, Estonian, Lithuanian) were closed down leaving only two media of instructions in the schools: Latvian and Russian. An influx of labourers, administrators, military personnel and their dependants from Russia and other Soviet republics started. By 1959 about 400,000 people arrived from other Soviet republics and the ethnic Latvian population had fallen to 62%.
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Stalin museum to focus on his atrocities
(9 Apr 2012) 1. Close of statue of the former Soviet Union dictator Josef Stalin
2. Various of Georgian Minister for Culture Nika Rurua walking inside the Stalin Museum in Gori
3. Black and white photo of Stalin and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who was the leader of the Soviet Union before Stalin
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nika Rurua, Georgian Minister of Culture:
Because (the former) museum about Stalin was a museum basically that was created to glorify his deeds and make him appear in a way that is not consistent with the history. In Georgia, in free country, in democratic Georgia, it is impossible to have a museum like that, museum glorifying the Soviet dictator.
5. Cutaway of black and white photo of Stalin
6. Pan interior of museum room
7. Various of Nicole Jordania (granddaughter of Georgia's first president Noe Jordania) and her son walking inside the museum
8. Close tank model inside glass case
9. Jordania and her son looking at the exhibit
10. Close of Stalin's statue
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Jordania, granddaughter of Georgia's first president Noe Jordania:
My family is just one of (m) millions of families that were negatively affected by Stalin of course and Soviet Union, but the importance of today is extraordinary because it has been so many decades coming that the Stalin period in Georgian history and world history that they really need to be seen as occupiers as a regime that put down and murdered many, many people and caused a lot of trouble. And it is the perfect timing now I guess in 2012, because Stalin came from Georgia and Georgia will be the first place in the world, as far as I understand, where this is going to happen, where the museum is going to be changed and it will be the museum about a museum and the entire occupation.
12. Various of visitors looking at exhibits
13. Mid of visitors taking photos of Stalin statue
STORYLINE
A museum that has honoured Josef Stalin in Georgia since 1937 is being remodelled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during the Soviet dictator's rule.
Georgian Culture Minister Nika Rurua said Monday that his nation, which became independent in 1991, can no longer host a museum glorifying the Soviet dictator.
Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili in the central Georgian town of Gori in 1879, and the museum opened here in 1937, at the height of purges that were later dubbed the Great Terror.
The gigantic museum includes the house where Stalin was born and some 47-thousand exhibits, including his personal belongings and death masks.
It remained open despite the de-Stalinisation campaign and denunciation of his personality cult declared by Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.
But in post-Soviet Georgia, whose pro-Western government has been actively removing traces of Soviet past, the museum seemed like an anachronism that mostly attracted foreign tourists and a few die-hard Communists.
Stalin, who died in 1953, remains a divisive issue in the former Soviet Union.
He is still revered by many who say he led the Soviet Union to victory in World War II and turned a struggling nation into a superpower.
Nicole Jordania, the granddaughter of Georgia's first President Noe Jordania, is one of many whose family history was dramatically changed by the Soviet occupation.
Noe Jordania was forced to flee Georgia in 1921 after the Soviet Red army occupied Georgia.
Today his granddaughter, Nicole, lives in Tbilisi with her five year old son Nikoloz.
My family is just one of (m) millions of families that were negatively affected by Stalin of course and Soviet Union, but the importance of today is extraordinary because it has been so many decades coming, she said.
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