http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vladimir-putin-russia-news-media_us_56215944e4b0bce34700b1df
http://www.stopfake.org/en/news/
http://warontherocks.com/2016/03/russian-hybrid-warfare-and-other-dark-arts/
And so on.
The truth of the matter is Moscow-Tehran with baby Damascus chose to sustain a barbaric “medieval political absolutism” in Syria intent on fighting western ideas, actually, while incubating and using as tools the al-Qaeda types, including ISIL.
https://conflict-backchannels.com/2016/09/14/isil-groomed-for-a-role-in-assad-vs-the-terrorists/
With its familiar “Active Measures”, Russia dupes vulnerable leaders and whole populations, including the Palestinians.
https://conflict-backchannels.com/2016/10/03/palestinian-kgb/
Moscow’s conversational tone may be firm, but the site of what the “troika” — Putin, Assad, Khamenei — has done to Syria — and the most innocent of the Syrian constituency — awareness of Moscow’s continuing relations with Hamas and PFLP, and its planting of those “Little Green Men” in Crimea speak brazenly for a Moscow more interested in thuggery and empire than in freedom, peace, and prosperity, and that whether at home or abroad.
Putin & Co., appear to be making an effort to stand on familiar old evils, which includes the encouragement of greater Far Left and Far Right extremism in the world and consequent chaos and violence. I suspect western diplomats apprehend what has been “reset” before them and are taking measures to respond appropriately.
Inspiration for the note: an assertion that Puton, Lavrov, and Churkin have been always firm in their speech, never belligerent. ย
Fair enough.
However, set the tone of the talk against the results of Moscow’s policies over many years and the juxtaposition looks ugly — bipolar; black and white; glittering Sochi against atrocities — including the sniping of pregnant women — taking place in Syria; the patriotic and rousing concert at Palmyra placed in time less than a day before the Russian bombing of a Syrian refugee camp; and so on. ย
Found on Twitter this morning from Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs —
#Russia routinely targets civilians in the course of the war in #Ukraine & #Syria.The world must stop this suffering. #StopRussianAggression pic.twitter.com/N6CSGcSkWX
โ MFA of Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ (@MFA_Ukraine) October 27, 2016
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