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Not What Your Country Can Do For You:
The Third Russian Revolution
By Chris Oakley
Part 17
From the March 10th, 2012 broadcast of
The CBS Evening News:
The two biggest stories making headlines tonight:
the Russian government is continuing to deny NRPM claims that the rebel group
controls Novosibirsk and the surrounding area, and President Barack Obama’s
re-election hopes are in deep jeopardy after dramatic Super Tuesday defeats in
three New England primaries...
From the March 11th, 2012 Seattle
Post-Intelligencer:
CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST DE
FENDANTS
IN "ST. PETERSBURG TRIAL"
Canadian tourist couple released and deported
From the March 13th, 2012 Daily
Mail:
High-Ranking Defence Advisor To Medvedev Resigns
As Public Demands Full Account Of Novosibirsk Situation
From the March 15th, 2012 broadcast of
BBC World News:
Late this afternoon Russian government troops
began a new offensive against NRPM insurgents in the Novosibirsk area as
current Russian president Dmitri Medvedev continues to challenge the rebel
faction’s insistent claims it is in control of the city....In Washington,
President Barack Obama had no comment on a report in the Los Angeles
Times he may halt his re-election bid if he can’t win three of the
next four Democratic primaries...
From the March 16th, 2012 broadcast of
The O’Reilly Factor:
For my own part, I don’t put much stock in
yesterday’s Times story about President Obama. However, I will
agree that his hopes for a second term have taken some serious hits in recent
weeks; he looks especially shaky on foreign policy, as the numbers in a new
CNN poll on his handling of the situation in Russia attest...
From the March 17th, 2012 Boston
Herald:
OH, CANADA, THEY’RE GLAD TO BE HOME
"St. Petersburg Trial" couple arrive in Toronto
amid huge cheering crowd
From the March 20th, 2012
Manchester Guardian:
RUSSIAN REGULAR ARMY TROOPS NEAR NOVOSIBIRSK
UNDER SIEGE
From the March 21st, 2012 broadcast of
Good Morning America:
The worst-kept secret of the current Russian
civil war was finally made public last night when Russian president Dmitri
Medvedev officially admitted that the NRPM rebel army has effectively seized
control of the city of Novosibirsk and surrounding areas...
From the March 23rd, 2012 Asahi
Shimbun:
Court-Martial To Begin Today For Russian Navy
Cadet Accused Of Being NRPM Sympathizer
From the March 25th, 2012 New York
Post:
ME QUIT? O NO!
Prez vows to continue re-election quest despite
falling poll numbers
From the March 29th, 2012 Sydney
Morning Herald:
PM’S VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG POSTPONED AMID
SECURITY CONCERNS
RUSSIAN REBELS REPORTED TO BE ESTABLISHING
SO-CALLED "PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT" FOR NOVOSIBIRSK
From the March 30th, 2012 broadcast of
Nine News Morning Hour:
Russia’s defense minister is facing a firestorm
of criticism over the regular army’s failure to dislodge NRPM insurgents from
Novosibirsk...
From the April 1st, 2012 broadcast of
The Glenn Beck Show:
It’s tempting to call President Obama’s policy on
the Russian civil war an April Fool’s joke, but there’s nothing funny about
the way he’s botched this critical situation. His missteps in dealing with the
Kremlin and the rebels may end up costing him the 2012 Democratic presidential
nomination-- and frankly, it would serve him right...
From the April 3rd, 2012 Irish
Independent:
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY LAW GRADUATE TO TAKE UP
GEORG KRIEGER CASE
Longtime civil rights attorney says he will file
new appeal on behalf of jailed Austrian student
From a story posted at CBSNews.com on April 7th,
2012:
BREAKING NEWS--OBAMA RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN SENIOR
ADVISOR RESIGNS
From the April 8th, 2012
Washington Post:
THREE KILLED, 18 INJURED IN SUICIDE BOMBING AT
RUSSIAN NAVAL BASE
ON BARENTS SEA COAST
NRPM guerrillas suspected in bomb attack
From the April 10th, 2012 Houston
Chronicle:
U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW ON LOCKDOWN AFTER ANTI-MEDVEDEV
RIOT
From the April 13th, 2012 broadcast of
CBC News At Six:
Russian security forces say tonight that they’ve
made two arrests in connection with the Barents naval base suicide bombing
five days ago....
From the April 14th, 2012 Chicago
Tribune:
OBAMA CAMPAIGN RAMPS UP FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AS
RE-ELECTION BID
ENTERS CRUCIAL PHASE
Analysts say South Carolina primary will be
make-or-break point for second term hopes
From the April 16th, 2012 broadcast of
Good Morning America:
The Obama re-election campaign is showing new
signs of life after a narrow victory in last night’s South Carolina primary.
Political experts suggest the South Carolina win may well set the stage for a
winner-take-all showdown at the 2012 Democratic National Convention this
summer....
From the April 17th, 2012 Korea
Herald:
NORTH KOREA EXPRESSES SUPPORT OF MEDVEDEV AFTER
LATEST NRPM
GUERRILLA ATTACK IN SIBERIA
Security expected to be airtight at Medvedev-Kim
Jong Un summit
From the April 19th, 2012 San
Francisco Examiner:
THREE INJURED, SIX ARRESTED AT ANTI-MEDVEDEV
RALLY
NEAR RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON
Scotland Yard anticipates upsurge in protests as
2012 Summer Games approach
From the April 20th, 2012 broadcast of
Nine News:
Russian government troops are clashing with NRPM
insurgents at this hour near the town of Primorskiy….
From the April 21st, 2012
Washington Post:
AIR STRIKES KILL SIX RUSSIAN INSURGENTS NEAR
PRIMORSKIY
From the April 23rd, 2012 broadcast of
BBC Breakfast:
Russian rebel troops launched a surprise attack
against government forces as the fighting near Primorskiy entered its fourth
day....
From the April 26th, 2012 broadcast of
The CBS Evening News:
The NRPM is claiming victory tonight in its
six-day-long battle with Russian government forces for control of the town of
Primorskiy...
From a FoxNews.com story posted the next morning:
KREMLIN DISPUTES NRPM CLAIMS OF CONTROL OVER
PRIMORSKIY
To Be Continued
