Ask
Not What Your Country Can Do For You:
The Third Russian Revolution
By Chris Oakley
Part 6
From the October 3rd, 2010 broadcast of
Nightline:
Just over nine years after the 9/11 attacks shook
America to its core, some Russian political commentators are saying Russia may
be headed for its own 9/11 if a way can’t be found to resolve the current
bitter civil war between the NRPM rebel forces and the Medvedev government....
From the October 4th, 2010 New
York Times:
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN ST. PETERSBURG
HIT IN ROCKET ATTACK: NRPM INSURGENTS SUSPECTED
Minor damage also inflicted at Hermitage Museum
From the October 6th, 2010 Detroit
Free Press:
MICHIGAN STATE GRAD STUDENT KILLED IN AIR STRIKE
ON
NRPM CAMP IN SIBERIA
Former Auburn Hills resident was volunteer with
Doctors Without Borders
From an article posted at Townhall.com dated
October 11th, 2010:
No matter how the military struggle between the
NRPM and the Medvedev government in Russia turns out, it’s abundantly clear
the current Russian president is going to lose the battle for public opinion
decisively. A poll published in one of Moscow’s largest newspapers yesterday
indicates that nearly 71% percent of the city’s residents strongly disapprove
of the way Medvedev is handling the insurgency...
From the October 13th, 2010 Wall
Street Journal:
FOREIGN INVESTORS WARY OF ANY NEW BUSINESS
VENTURES IN RUSSIA
Civil War Cited As Main Factor
From a story posted at MSNBC.com dated October 14th,
2010:
BREAKING NEWS-- REUTERS REPORTS EXPLOSIONS HEARD
NEAR
LENIN’S TOMB IN MOSCOW
From a post at CNN.com later that same day:
BBC CONFIRMS 35 DEAD, 60 INJURED IN APPARENT
SUICIDE BOMBING
AT LENIN MAUSOLEUM IN MOSCOW
From the October 16th, 2010
Washington Post:
NRPM
SPLINTER CELL ALLEGED TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR LENIN’S TOMB SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK
From the October 18th, 2010 broadcast of
CBS Evening News With Katie Couric:
The U.S., British, and Chinese embassies in
Moscow are all under heavy guard tonight as Russian security forces continue
to investigate last Saturday’s suicide bombing at Lenin’s tomb in Red
Square...
From the October 21st, 2010 broadcast of
Nine News:
Russian government forces today launched a
massive attack on a rebel base camp south of the town of Mirnyj...
From the October 23rd, 2010 Daily
Mail:
ACCUSED LENIN’S TOMB SUICIDE PLOTTER ARRESTED IN
ROMANIA
From the October 24th, 2010 broadcast of
ABC’s World News Tonight:
The alleged mastermind of the suicide bombing
that happened ten days ago at Lenin’s tomb in Moscow has been released from
police custody due to what Romanian authorities say is lack of substantial
evidence to tie him to the attack. This has sparked a wave of angry protests
both from the Russian government and from the families of the bombing
victims....
Meanwhile, former Republican presidential
candidate John McCain is blasting President Obama for what he calls the Obama
administration’s "gross and shocking ineptitude" in its handling of the civil
war in Russia....
From the October 26th, 2010 New
York Post:
RUSSIAN TOWARD A SHOWDOWN
Moscow and Bucharest trade threats, accusations
over
alleged Lenin’s tomb suicide attack mastermind
From the October 29th, 2010 broadcast of
NBC’s Today:
Five days after being released, the man Russian
authorities charge with being the mastermind in the Lenin’s tomb suicide
bombing two weeks ago is back in police custody in Romania after police
officials uncover what they say is new evidence linking him conclusively with
the bombers....
From the October 31st, 2010 Boston
Globe:
SUSPECTED LENIN’S TOMB BOMBING MASTERMIND
BACK IN MOSCOW UNDER HEAVY GUARD
From the November 1st, 2010 broadcast of
CBC News At Six:
Poll numbers released today suggest disapproval
of the Obama Administration’s current policy on the Russian civil war may be a
factor in tomorrow’s U.S. Congressional elections....
From the November 3rd, 2010 broadcast of
CBS This Morning:
Republican National Committee chairman Michael
Steele is saying that one of the messages of yesterday’s Congressional
election results is that the American people want President Obama to take a
tougher stance on the current civil war between the Medvedev government in
Russia and the NRPM insurgency...
From the November 4th, 2010
Manchester Guardian:
Accused Lenin’s Tomb Bombing Mastermind To Be
Indicted Today
From the November 5th, 2010 Asahi
Shimbun:
Foreign Minister Concerned About Impact Of
Current NRPM Rebellion On Relations Between Japan And Russia
From a White House press release dated November 8th,
2010:
It is the profound hope of this administration
that the upcoming G-8 summit in Barcelona will mark a turning point in the
effort to bring about a peaceful resolution to the civil war in Russia...
From the November 10th, 2010 New
York Times:
US-RUSSIAN DISAGREEMENTS OVER LENIN’S TOMB TRIAL
MAY JEOPARDIZE BARCELONA G-8 SUMMIT
From the November 11th, 2010 broadcast
of BBC Breakfast:
The U.S. State Department is expressing concern
this morning over threats by current Russian president Dmitri Medvedev to pull
out of the G-8 economic summit scheduled for next week in Barcelona. In a
story printed in today’s New York Times, Medvedev is said to be
angry over recent Obama Administration statements criticizing the Russian
government’s treatment of the accused Lenin’s tomb suicide bombing
mastermind...
From the November 14th, 2010 broadcast
of CBC News At Six:
Making good on threats he first issued three days
ago, Russian president Dmitri Medvedev has pulled out of the G-8 summit
scheduled to start tomorrow in Barcelona....
From the November 16th, 2010
Washington Post:
MEDVEDEV’S ABSENCE FELT IN BARCELONA
ON FIRST DAY OF G-8 SUMMIT
From the November 20th, 2010
Sydney Morning Herald:
BARCELONA G-8 SUMMIT ENDS AMID FEARS OF RUSSIA-U.S.
DIPLOMATIC SPLIT
To Be Continued
