Tag Archives: Russia

Russian Nationalists March in Moscow

Posted on November 7, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

MOSCOW, November 4 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti) – Thousands of Russian nationalists and ultra-conservative Orthodox activists marched along a central Moscow embankment on Sunday to protest mass immigration and demand tougher internal travel restrictions on people from the country’s mainly … Continue reading →

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Pavel Argeyev

Posted on October 14, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

Pavel Vladimirovich Argeyev (1887-1922) was a leading Russian air ace who served with the French Air Service during the First World War, achieving 15 air ‘kills’ during 1917-18. Born on 1 March 1887 in Yalta he moved with his family France while … Continue reading →

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Bombers: Russia

Posted on October 13, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

Long before his pioneering work on helicopters, Igor Sikorsky became interested in multi-engined aircraft.  This interest was sparked in 1911 after he nearly crashed when an insect caught in the carburettor of his single engined plane. In 1913 he built … Continue reading →

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Russia bans controversial anti-Islam video

Posted on October 2, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

A Russian court paved the way for a potential closure of the video-sharing website YouTube by banning an anti-Islam video on Monday that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. Moscow‘s Tverskoy Court ruled that the crude video, which was … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Stalluponen, 1914

Posted on September 24, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

The first action on the Eastern Front, the Battle of Stalluponen (in present day Lithuania) was fought by a corps of the German Eighth Army against Russian GeneralRennenkampf’sFirst Army. Russia‘s planned invasion of East Prussia – which comprised a major … Continue reading →

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Russian Rocker ‘Spider’ Weaves Tangled Web Around Vital Polls

Posted on September 18, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

Semi-nude female city administration staff, a zoo filled with mechanical animals, and Germans (“They don’t take bribes”) employed en masse as functionaries are just some of the surprises in store for residents of the Moscow satellite city of Khimki if … Continue reading →

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Pussy Riot Trial Unleashes Putin’s Secret Weapon: The Orthodox Faithful

Posted on August 24, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

The prison sentence handed down last week against three members of Pussy Riot, a group of activists opposed to President Vladimir Putin, will restrict a lot more than the personal freedoms of the young women convicted. Judge Marina Syrova sentenced them to … Continue reading →

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“Die fühlen sich wie im Krieg”

Posted on August 17, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

Die Staatsschutzbeamten staunten nicht schlecht, als sie im April dieses Jahres das Ergebnis einer Razzia im nordrhein-westfälischen Radevormwald begutachteten. Auf ein komplettes Waffenarsenal waren sie gestoßen: eine scharfe Schusswaffe, diverse Messer, Schwerter, Schlagringe und -stöcke, dazu kistenweise Nazipropaganda. Es war … Continue reading →

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Catastrophe at Stalingrad

Posted on August 3, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

The German Army never fully recovered from the beating it took in Russia around Moscow and elsewhere during the winter of 1941-42 when it suffered over a million casualties. For a time, the entire Eastern Front had teetered on the … Continue reading →

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Russia to Halt Arms Shipments to Syria

Posted on July 10, 2012 by 14fuhrer88

VOA – A senior Russian defense official said Moscow will no longer sell any weapons to Syria until the situation there calms down, as a Syrian activist group said the death toll from the Syrian conflict has surpassed 17,000. Vyacheslav … Continue reading →

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