Vryheid in Waarheid … Water is Lewe
Compared with other European countries, Estonia has a large percentage of foreign-born residents and their children. Only about two-thirds of the population are ethnic Estonians. Russians are the most significant minority, comprising about one-fourth of the citizens. Prominent among other ethnic minorities are Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Finns. What is behind the Patarei fortification and how many… Continue reading Estonia – Patarei fortification
Estonia is a country in the northeastern side of Europe, the northernmost of the three Baltic states - the area includes some 1,500 islands and islets; the two largest of these islands, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, are off mainland Estonia’s west coast. Estonia has been dominated by foreign powers through much of its history.… Continue reading Estonia
Jaan Poska: “Today is the most important day of the past 700 years for Estonia, because today, for the first time, Estonia alone will determine the future fate of its people.” Elke volk het die reg om hulself te regeer in gebiede wat hulle sin is. Estonia is daardie onafhanklikheid gegun as volk om oor… Continue reading Estonia – Independence
Dit is vrieskoud in die hartjie van sneeuwitjieland - verby leeukoud. Die koue beheer alles en selfs die koue bepaal opvoeding vir kinders, wat soms ver loop na bus of skool. Primitiewe lewensverhale en oorlewing in die ongenaakbare koue maande van net sneeu. In Oymyakon, the cold controls everything. The town is located in eastern… Continue reading Siberië – Siberia
Russia was placed 41st out of 50 countries with the highest levels of persecutions faced by Christians, according to the group’s 2019 World Watch List published. China is 27th on the list, Nigeria 12th. Hoeveel van die moorde wat vandag in Suid-Afrika plaasvind is as gevolg van geloof en spesifieke Christelike geloof? Interessant die tipe… Continue reading Russia – Christians : Rusland Christelike geloof
Waar die Verenigde Nasies is met die toesien dat menseregte nie geskend word nie, sal net hulle alleen weet - dit bestaan eenvoudig nie. Menseregte is 'n klugspel. niks minder nie. Wanneer iemand hoog op tenagekom word, is die vet in die vuur. Mense word vir hul geloof vervolg wat diskriminasie en rassisties is. … Continue reading Menseregteskending – Violation of Human Rights
A massive fire broke out on Russia's only aircraft carrier as it underwent repairs in an Artic shipyard, Russian news agencies reported, wounding 11 service members. Russia's Northern Fleet officials said the blaze on the ship, the Admiral Kuznetsov, has been contained, while authorities in Murmansk said 10 of those injured were hospitalised in intensive care… Continue reading Russian carrier on fire – Admiral Kuznetsov
The Russian Navy is sending its Slava class missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov (055), accompanied by the Project Sliva class rescue tug SB-406 and tanker Vyazma. These vessels left the port of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea on 11 November as part of their long-distance voyage, having departed the Northern Fleet’s main naval base of Severomorsk on… Continue reading Russian and Chinese naval vessels heading for South Africa
The US push to claim Syrian oil fields is "banditry," the Russian Defense Ministry has said. A US military convoy was heading towards oil fields at Syria's Deir el-Zour, where Washington already maintains a small force. * On 25 October 2019 , the U.S. Defense Department said that it planned to increase up its… Continue reading US and Syria – oil fields
* It was the year 2019, when civilians were fleeing northern Syria as Turkish troops advance in Kurdish-controlled areas. The offensive was made possible by the withdrawal of US troops. It has opened a new front in Syria's eight-year-old war. So, who are the key players in this particular conflict and what are their goals?… Continue reading Kurdish – Syria – Turkey – Russian (violation of human rights)
* Tydens samesprekings in Sochi het die Russiese president Vladimir Poetin en sy Turkse eweknie Recep Tayyip Erdogan op 17 Oktober 2019 'n ooreenkoms gesluit oor die lot van noord-Sirië om 'n nuwe status quo in die streek te skep. Was die "ooreenkoms" slegs om die Koerde hieruit te kry sodat die Turke daar oor… Continue reading Russian – Turkish – Kurdish – Syria (Sochi “Agreement”)
BRICS .... Moet ons begin bekommerd raak of wees oor die Russiese "teenwoordigheid" of is dit minerale wat die Russe na SA en die res van Afrika trek? Rusland is ook in Mosambiek betrokke by die noordelikste provinsie waar daar groot neerslae van gas is. Te verstane as daar gekyk word hoe daar na… Continue reading Russia in Africa – Summit October 2019
Russian mercenaries and military hardware have arrived in Mozambique to help the government fight jihadists in the latest example of an African country turning to Moscow for help. The contingent of about 200 soldiers, including elite troops, three attack helicopters and crew in the southern African state reflects the Kremlin’s increased influence on the continent. … Continue reading Russia in Africa – BRICS – Mozambique (Cabo Delgado)
Russian Air Force Tu-160 Strategic Bombers To Make Unprecedented Visit To South Africa... On 22 October 2019, two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack bombers will land at Air Force Base Waterkloof in what is the first known visit of the strategic bombers to Africa. The Director at African Defence Review has published on social media an invite… Continue reading Russian Air Force Tu-160 Strategic Bombers in SA
Who are the Saami peoples. The indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. The Saami are the indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental… Continue reading The Saami people – Arctic Council
2018 During the Cold War, the KGB was scared that means of communication would be in the hands of the ordinary Soviet people. The FSB still distrusts the citizen. However, unlike the KGB, the FSB does not try to stop modern ICT but to use it: to keep the opposition under control in its own country… Continue reading Russia – Internet
What is the issue? A Russian security researcher named Leonid Evdokimov uncovered that SORM hardware equipment used by Russian law enforcement authorities to intercept internet traffic had been exposing surveillance data of hundreds of Russians. A Russian security researcher uncovered 30 SORM devices installed on the network of 20 Russian ISPs that were… Continue reading Russia – Sorm 1-2-3
Reference Note on Russian Communications Surveillance - 2018. James Andrew Lewis is a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Before joining CSIS, he worked at the Departments of State and Commerce as a Foreign Service officer and as a member of the Senior Executive Service. Senior Vice President and… Continue reading Russia – SORM-1, SORM-2 and SORM-3
February 2019 - President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Members of the Federation Council, State Duma deputies, citizens of Russia, Today’s Address is primarily devoted to matters of domestic social and economic development. I would like to focus on the objectives set forth in the May 2018 Executive Order and detailed in the national projects. Their content… Continue reading Putin: ‘State Of The Nation’
The Russian law and surveillance system SORM is becoming more and more frequently used. In fact several “-stan-countries”, eastern Europe and Asian countries have more or less copied the Russian law and system, implementing it into their own laws and regulations. According to statistics published by a NGO on the Russian Supreme Court, the number… Continue reading Russia – SORM1-2-3 surveillance . . . (privacy)
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