Ask
Not What Your Country Can Do For You:
The Third Russian Revolution
By Chris Oakley
Part 15
From the December 15th, 2011 broadcast
of Good Morning America:
The death toll of Russian government troops in
yesterday’s suicide bombing at Orel now stands at twenty-two...
From the December 16th, 2011 broadcast
of BBC World News:
In a stunning rebuke to the government of current
Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, a Moscow court has dismissed all charges
against a London Times correspondent who was arrested in June
while investigating allegations of war crimes committed by Russian government
forces at Novaya Zemlya....
From the December 18th, 2011 New
York Daily News:
OREL EXAM
Russian defense ministry confirms suicide bombing
death toll now at 34; investigation underway to find bomb plotters
From the December 20th, 2011
Washington Post:
U.N. MEDIATORS SAY COMPROMISE MAY BE NEAR IN
POLISH BORDER CRISIS
From the December 21st, 2011 broadcast
of CBS Morning News:
More political trouble today for current Russian
president Dmitri Medvedev: two of his most senior cabinet aides have turned in
their resignations as criticism of his handling of the NRPM insurgency
continues to mount at home and abroad....
From the December 23rd, 2011
L’Osservatore Romano:
BENEDICT XVI CALLS FOR END TO CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIA
AS CHRISTMAS EVE APPROACHES
From the December 25th, 2011
Toronto Globe & Mail:
GREAT TENSION AMONG MUSCOVITES AS RUSSIA MARKS
ITS 2ND
CHRISTMAS SINCE CIVIL WAR BEGAN
From the December 28th, 2011 broadcast
of BBC Breakfast:
Four suspected NRPM sympathizers were arrested by
Russian security forces late last night in connection with the December 14th
suicide bombing that killed 28 Russian government troops near Orel....
From the December 30th, 2011
Washington Post:
LATEST GALLUP NUMBERS HINT OBAMA’S RUSSIAN CIVIL
WAR POLICIES
COULD HURT HIM IN 2012 CAMPAIGN
From the December 31st, 2011
Boston Herald:
NOT-SO-HAPPY NEW YEAR IN MOSCOW
Citizens of Russian capital nervously await 2012
as guerrilla war keeps dragging on
From the January 3rd, 2012 broadcast of
CBC News At Six:
The Russian defense ministry announced today it
has instituted a new set of stricter guidelines for the use of unmanned drone
aircraft in reconnaissance and surveillance operations. These guidelines are
part of the compromise worked out by Russian and Polish diplomats nearly two
weeks ago to defuse the border dispute between Poland and Russia...
From the January 5th, 2012
Washington Times:
RUSSIAN
INDEPENDENT NEWS EDITOR FACING PROSECUTION
AFTER PUBLISHING LEAKED SURVEY ABOUT ARMY MORALE
Secret investigation finds incidents of
depression, suicide are increasing among government soldiers
From the January 7th, 2012 Toronto
Globe & Mail:
P.M. HARPER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CANADIAN
TOURISTS
DETAINED IN ST. PETERSBURG
Couple alleged by Russian authorities to have
distributed pro-NRPM literature
From the January 9th, 2012 New
York Times:
THREE NEW ARRESTS MADE IN OREL SUICIDE BOMBING
INVESTIGATION
From the January 10th, 2012 broadcast of
Today:
There are unconfirmed reports this morning that
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is holding a press conference at 12:30 to
announce his resignation...
From a story posted at MSNBC.com that same
afternoon:
Breaking News--White House Confirms Robert Gates
Will Step Down As Defense Secretary
From a blog entry posted in Townhall.com’s
community section on January 12th, 2012:
Can anybody honestly be surprised the White House
didn’t level with us about Secretary Gates’ resignation until Gates himself
made it official? The present administration never tells the truth about
anything unless it’s forced to, and its (mis)handling of the resignation is a
perfect example of its ethically challenged nature....
From the January 14th, 2012 San
Francisco Examiner:
OBAMA POLL NUMBERS DECLINING AS PUBLIC REACTS TO
GATES’ DEPARTURE
Some Pundits Say Controversy Could Hamper President’s Re-election Bid
From the January 16th, 2012 broadcast of
CBC News At Six:
RCMP detectives have arrested a man who was
allegedly plotting to bomb the Russian consulate-general in Toronto in
retaliation for the January 6th arrest of two Canadian tourists in
St. Petersburg. The suspect, whose name is being withheld at this time, is a
31-year-old graduate student at York University....
From the January 17th, 2012 New
York Post:
CAMERON TO MOSCOW: YOU’RE PUTIN ME ON!
British prime minister denies Kremlin accusations
MI-6 was involved in July ‘10 assassination of Russian prime minister
From the January 19th, 2012 broadcast of
BBC World News:
Sky Sports is reporting tonight that Russia’s
national Olympic team may make a request to the London Olympic Organizing
Committee to have extra security details assigned to their compound when they
come to the British capital later this year for the 2012 Summer Games....
From the January 21st, 2012
Manchester Guardian:
ALLEGED MAIN PLANNER
OF OREL SUICIDE BOMBING DEAD IN RUSSIAN MILITARY CUSTODY
Kremlin disputes accusations suspect was
mistreated prior to his demise
From the January 22nd, 2012
Montreal Gazette:
MASSIVE CROWD GATHERS OUTSIDE RUSSIAN CONSULATE
TO RALLY IN SUPPORT OF "JANUARY 6TH
TRIAL" DEFENDANTS
Three arrests made as demonstrators clash with
consular security
From the January 24th, 2012 broadcast of
CBC News At Six:
Four staffers at the Russian embassy in Ottawa
are being deported as relations between Russia and Canada grow increasingly
strained over the arrest of two Canadian tourists in St. Petersburg 18 days
ago....
From the January 27th, 2012 New
York Daily News:
OH, CANADA....GET THESE GUYS THE !$#^* OUT OF
HERE!
Russian foreign ministry expels three Canadian
embassy attachés from Moscow
From the January 28th, 2012
Washington Post:
MONGOLIAN BORDER TROOPS ON FULL ALERT AS FIGHTING
NEAR BORZYA ESCALATES
Rebels, Russian government troops locked in
bitter firefight near Siberian village
From the January 30th, 2012 broadcast of
BBC World News:
One of the defendants in last summer’s "Duma
murder" trial has died under what Moscow police are calling suspicious
circumstances...
From the February 1st, 2012 Dallas
Morning Herald:
NRPM ARMS CACHE AT CHEGDOMYN DESTROYED IN RUSSIAN
AIR FORCE BOMBING RAID
To Be Continued
