Topic: World War III - page 15. (Read 34327 times)
Your propaganda is getting annoying, cat guy. Even though I can't read it.
Russia Announces Military Exercises in Kuril Islands Claimed by Japan
Russia began military exercises in the Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, a move likely to anger Japan, which also lays claim to them.
"Exercises began involving military units in the region, which have been deployed to the Kuril Islands," Colonel Alexander Gordeyev, a spokesman for Russia's Eastern Military District, told news agency Interfax.
He said more than 1,000 troops, five Mi-8AMTSh attack helicopters and 100 other pieces of military hardware would be involved in the manoeuvres.
The dispute has strained relations Japan and Russia since World War II, when Soviet forces occupied the four islands at the southern end of the Kuril chain. Japan says the islands are part of its territory and wants Moscow to hand them over.
Russia is also at odds with Western powers over what NATO says is its massing of military forces along the border with Ukraine for a possible invasion to boost pro-Russian separatists in the country's east. Moscow denies any such intent.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/504954.html
Belarus ready to introduce a state of emergency
http://www.belaruspartisan.org/politic/276542/
NATO chief sees "high probability" of Russian intervention in east Ukraine
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0GB16R201408
Is there any mention of China and their possible role as a 3rd party in all of this? It often seems to be suggested by Russians that China is an ally of theirs, but I see a possibility for a Mexican Stand-off.
Putin's behaviour seems exuberant and irrational. History teaches us that Hitler did not only attack the East, he also attacked the West, and I suspect that that may have annoyed some of his bankers. If I were China, I would feel legitimately threatened if Russia decided to drop bombs on Europe. And of course, Moscow is such a showy, ridiculous target. All that gold plating... And you know how the Chinese love gold.
Putin's behaviour seems exuberant and irrational. History teaches us that Hitler did not only attack the East, he also attacked the West, and I suspect that that may have annoyed some of his bankers. If I were China, I would feel legitimately threatened if Russia decided to drop bombs on Europe. And of course, Moscow is such a showy, ridiculous target. All that gold plating... And you know how the Chinese love gold.
Putin know US can not afford a direct confrontation with him. He can just slowly picking off one neighbor at a time to show Russia's neighbors they are on their own and not to depend on US or Euro, and act accordingly/submissively to Russia or face attack.
BRICS is economical alliance, not a military one. However, there is a possible basis for the second version of Eastern bloc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
Such an alliance would become a military one if a massive war starts, or I think it would.
I don't think that BRICS countries will ever build military alliance.
They may have similar economic interest but their politics viewpoints (or political system) are not similar.
This can change over time but now, China and other countries have real interest for trade with USA and cooperation, not conflict.
BRICS is economical alliance, not a military one. However, there is a possible basis for the second version of Eastern bloc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
Such an alliance would become a military one if a massive war starts, or I think it would.
this is all bullshit
We would see cyrillic everywhere and forced to learn it LOL 
It's very unlikely. Even during the ages of Russian Empire nobody forced Poland or Finland, for example, to learn cyrillic and use it as the only language... Before the beginning of a period of political instability. 
On the contrary, these parts of the empire have had their own constitutions, governments and parliaments. Finland even had its own currency, which was controlled by its own central bank.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland
Russification period
To oppose the ever-increasing demands of the right for self-determination voiced by the ethnic minorities in the Russian Empire, Russian nationalism in the second half of the 19th century became stronger, as did the leading elite’s wishes to create a modern unitary nation state. The systematic Russification of the empire’s western border territories started in Poland and Lithuania during the first half of the 19th century and intensified in the 1860s after another Polish uprising. The worst Russification period in Estonia and Latvia occurred between 1880 and 1890; Finnish autonomy was restricted in the late 19th century.
http://www.estonica.org/en/History/1850-1914_National_awakening/Russification_period/
BRICS is economical alliance, not a military one. However, there is a possible basis for the second version of Eastern bloc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
Such an alliance would become a military one if a massive war starts, or I think it would.
Russia is conducting another large set of military exercises, this time a stone’s throw from the Estonian border.
newsru.com/russia/11aug2014/vdv.html
BALASHIKHA, August 11. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s air force is set to establish an operational airbase in western Belarus, Commander-in-Chief Viktor Bondarev said on Monday.
“We will set up a base in Baranovichi. We are only waiting for an intergovernmental agreement to be signed,” he said. Su-27 fighter planes will be based there, he added.
Белорусские десантники принимают участие в командно-штабном учении под Псковом http://t.co/IuvFGTiXGa
http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20140811/1019546442.html
newsru.com/russia/11aug2014/vdv.html
BALASHIKHA, August 11. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s air force is set to establish an operational airbase in western Belarus, Commander-in-Chief Viktor Bondarev said on Monday.
“We will set up a base in Baranovichi. We are only waiting for an intergovernmental agreement to be signed,” he said. Su-27 fighter planes will be based there, he added.
Белорусские десантники принимают участие в командно-штабном учении под Псковом http://t.co/IuvFGTiXGa
http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20140811/1019546442.html
Cat guy! Bad to see your brainless propaganda again. Actually I don't see it, because I'm ignoring you, but you know what I mean.
BRICS is economical alliance, not a military one. However, there is a possible basis for the second version of Eastern bloc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
But there are not enough member states yet.
..Russia IS NOT ALONE....... this would be very bad if things went south.. I do not see the BRICs leaving Russia on it's own...
THISPeople when talking about WW3, talk about a NATO vs RUSSIA war.
But it will be NATO vs BRICS
BRICS = Brazil Russia India China SouthAfrica
USSR always was against NATO and EU
Actually USSR tried to join NATO, but their request has been rejected. This led to creation of alternate military bloc with similar structure and purpose.By the way, Putin in interview to British television said that RF could once join NATO. So I wouldn't be surprised if it will happen.
and specially against democracy and western values.
In my opinion World War III started right after WW II, back in 1945, (Cold war).
USSR always was against NATO and EU, and specially against democracy and western values.
Putin just continued this policy, nothing really changed much from that time in 1945.
Of course Russia have little different political system now (and USSR collapsed as well) and also Russia have new political leaders but their goal is still the same, to defeat West (and restore USSR if possible, in this process), in any possible way.
They want to become main military and political power in the world, it's obvious.
USSR always was against NATO and EU, and specially against democracy and western values.
Putin just continued this policy, nothing really changed much from that time in 1945.
Of course Russia have little different political system now (and USSR collapsed as well) and also Russia have new political leaders but their goal is still the same, to defeat West (and restore USSR if possible, in this process), in any possible way.
They want to become main military and political power in the world, it's obvious.
..Russia IS NOT ALONE....... this would be very bad if things went south.. I do not see the BRICs leaving Russia on it's own...
Russia + China will be a powerful combo. Russia + China + India would be almost invincible.
http://rt.com/business/179376-russia-china-fruit-vegetable/
..Russia IS NOT ALONE....... this would be very bad if things went south.. I do not see the BRICs leaving Russia on it's own...
Russia + China will be a powerful combo. Russia + China + India would be almost invincible.
We would see cyrillic everywhere and forced to learn it LOL
It's very unlikely. Even during the ages of Russian Empire nobody forced Poland or Finland, for example, to learn cyrillic and use it as the only language... Before the beginning of a period of political instability. On the contrary, these parts of the empire have had their own constitutions, governments and parliaments. Finland even had its own currency, which was controlled by its own central bank.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland
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