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WCPT 820
"soviet republic" Discussed on WCPT 820
"That he should not be elected or that he's unfit to serve because he's having some difficulty hearing or processing words. For sure. Is essentially saying that somebody who is deaf is not not able to serve in the Senate, which is crazy. Democrat and former Pennsylvania governor Ed rendell says the only way for federman to recover from the debate is to be seen in public and do interviews as much as possible to let people know he's ready to take office. I'm Donna water. When construction work has been killed two others injured after a bridge collapse northeast of Kansas City, Missouri, workers were pouring concrete for the deck of the bridge when it fell, say officials. China reportedly has installed overseas police stations in nations around the world that activists fear could be used to track and harass dissidents. This is AP news. Leaders in Europe are worried about the coming winter as the war in Ukraine drags on. The AP's Charles De Ledesma. Europe's energy crisis triggered by Russia slashing natural gas flows amid its war against Ukraine, has forced people to turn to cheaper heating sources like firewood, restoring old traditions may be good, but as more people stock up and burn wood. Prices have skyrocketed, shortages and thefts have been reported and scams are emerging. Foresters are putting GPS devices into logs to track the valuable stocks and fears are rising about the environmental impact of increased air pollution and tree cutting, an example is the former Soviet republic of Moldova, leaders worry. This winter could be devastating for many of its people because of the high cost of electricity and heat with the European natural gas prices roughly triple what they were in early 2021. I'm Charles De Ledesma. And I'm Rita foley, AP news
AP News Radio
Europe's energy crisis raises firewood prices, theft fears
"Europe's energy crisis triggered by Russia slashing natural gas flows amid its war against Ukraine has forced people to turn to cheaper heating sources like firewood Restoring old traditions may be good but as more people stock up and burn wood Prices have skyrocketed shortages and thefts have been reported and scams are emerging Foresters are putting GPS devices into logs to track the valuable stocks and fears are rising about the environmental impact of increased air pollution and tree cutting an example is the former Soviet republic of Moldova leaders worry This winter could be devastating for many of its people because of the high cost of electricity and heat with European natural gas prices roughly triple what they were in early 2021 I'm Charles De Ledesma
WTOP
"soviet republic" Discussed on WTOP
"West dumping for Democrats in Oregon Saturday. The tour comes as the Democrats try to maintain control of Congress in next month's midterm elections, just over three weeks away. Russia's defense ministry calls it terror attack two soldiers from a former Soviet republic, training for duty and Ukraine opened fire on other soldiers at a military firing range, 11 killed 15 more wounded, the two were also killed when other soldiers returned fire. Former D.C. deputy mayor Chris gelder defending his living arrangements in interviews on Saturday, geldart quit as deputy mayor for public safety and justice after questions about his residency, surfaced in the wake of a dispute he was involved in at a gym in Arlington. Stay with WTO for more on these stories in just minutes. It's one 47 and investigation continues to look moldy, Oklahoma after the bodies of four men were found in the river. Market Billy Chastain, Mike sparks and Alex Stevens who are reported missing by relatives Monday nights, but the bodies were covered if not yet been identified. Police say all four are close friends and they believe to have left Billy Chastain's home on bicycles last Sunday around 8 o'clock in the evening haven't been seen since a medical examiner in Tulsa will i-d-ed the bodies, police say they do suspect foul play in the death of those found in the river. One 48. Traffic and weather on the 8s bank of the traffic center and Carlos Ramirez. Thanks, Ian, if you're headed on the outer loop of the beltway, still got that disabled vehicle as you make your approach towards route 50, far right lane is currently blocked, traffic is relatively light though, so you will approach the incident at speed, a lot of emergency vehicles are on scene, so watch out for the flashing orange, and of course blue and red lights stay to the far left hand side of the roadway as you make your way past I 66. And the right hand side of the roadway is blocked near 50. If you're headed on 66 westbound, you have a single lane getting by along the left hand side of the roadway, things are slow, but it seems like traffic is clearing up a little bit and things aren't becoming lighter and lighter as the night goes on. If you're headed eastbound on 66, it's a similar story between not least street and the beltway. You've got a single right lane getting by. And it looks like traffic is running very smoothly along that single right lane. Inner loop of the beltway looks good. And in Maryland, the accident scene happened on the southbound side of three 55. Right by plumber drive, and it does look like all lanes remain closed on the southbound side northbound is not affected. You get by just fine, but it is causing a little bit of a slowdown because of the rubber necking, try to avoid looking at the incident if you can. I 95 BW Parkway look good, BW Parkway is up to speed inside the beltway, same story for D.C. two 95. 50 across the bay bridge, they do have two way traffic on the eastbound span tonight. Carlos Ramirez WTO traffic. So I'm being forced to Theodore unpacks this Sunday morning forecast. It has been a spectacular week in this far. Today, we continue to see sunshine, at least to start
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Rebekah Koffler Discusses a New Generation of Warfare
"Have run proof of concept, right? This is another one that I described in my piece on the Fox digital Fox News digital website. They paid attention, they being the Russian military strategist and planners to an event that actually occurred in the United States in 2001 around Baltimore where a train that carried hazardous materials had an accident. And what happened there was a spill and a flood, and then completely derailed the entire transportation corridor between Baltimore and New York for hours, but because of that, it wasn't just the train. It was communicated, telecommunications. It was it had cascading effect. And so this creature had and I said, wow, it doesn't take really much for the whole system to collapse. So that's the intent to do something like that. Well, it's declared if it's part of your doctrine, then it's not a secret, and I remember, my gosh, must have been 15 years ago, maybe 12 years ago, I think it was Estonia, a former Soviet republic that was taken by Stalin, was the first government in the world that went completely paperless. So they had a cyber government. There was no printing out of a gender meetings for the cabinet, the prime minister was very excited that it was the first IT paperless government and very soon after that happened. What happened? The system was hacked. Now who do we think hacked the former Soviet republic of Estonia that hates Russia? So
Men In Blazers
"soviet republic" Discussed on Men In Blazers
"A gent. Who just ripped a page ray on Mussolini's book whenever he could in terms of the horseback riding, on the doubles down, likes to do it shirtless, and another lover of spools. The gentleman who scores 6 goals in a hockey game that's filled with former professionals other than a rising NHL prospect, Tommy, even before he had invaded Ukraine. Can you give us an idea of life and the Putin in Russia? Look, there was no political space. Putin's silences dissent, he shuts down independent media so that Russians only hear propaganda that comes from state run outlets. And he locks up political opponents who might actually threaten his rule. And like I mentioned earlier, I mean, Russia is a kleptocracy. It is corrupt from top to bottom, and Putin uses events like the World Cup or the Sochi Olympics in 2014 to give contracts for infrastructure projects to his buddies who then siphon off billions of dollars in state funds. Billions of dollars. One stadium in St. Petersburg, you might have seen it Raj, the Christophe stadium, was completed 8 years late, and 540% over budget that is literally a monument to corruption is like the Boston big dig for FIFA. Only 540% of the budget and we could go on when it comes to this tournament. Again, in autocrats World Cup playbook pre tournament crackdowns on dissidents across the country. And I will say Tommy, I went to that World Cup with my producer J dubs and we saw what was happening. And we actually talked about it at the time on the men in blazers podcast. I'll be honest, I was lasting Moscow ten years ago. The monument, the history, the dark history, the deep history of suffering of pain of human inflicted ideas. They seep through ten years ago. Not now, mate, this place is gussied up. I don't know what they've done to their stray dogs. They seem to have got every beautiful man and woman in the whole of the former Soviet republic and dumped them into like the 5 square miles around the Kremlin because if you go further than that, take a very different Russia. And looking back on it, even though we kind of listening to that clip, saw it for what it was and called it out. We were still amongst thousands of journalists who poured into Russia and essentially did Putin's bidding, we put pictures of ourselves on the television, having a blast on the Instagram social media in the bars, running around the subway, so it's beautiful subways and most importantly for pew in at the bloody football games all over social media. And I'll tell you, one thing I remember, we went to watch Brazil versus Serbia at spot axe Moscow stadium just outside of the capital city and as soon as we walked in, we were like, oh my God, the Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi is incredible because you know spoiling events or concerts. They're probably not true with the Russian public library. Public library or you go to most American sporting events and you are pretty well guaranteed to be getting zero bars, WTF. And this was the antithesis of that. The Internet was incredible all game and I remember I've got to find the clip of this because I actually filmed him filming himself. There was an incredible Brazilian fan too intoxicated in front of us picture in your imagination, essentially São Paulo Ronnie from Jersey Shore and this chin and it traveled all the way to Russia for Brazil. And spent the entirety of the game what's happening. Oh my God. A single name methodically in this address book just the same conversation over and over again. He didn't watch a second of the actual game that each other to watch, but watching him, oh my God, this. This is exactly what Putin wanted just images being back to countries everyone was showing everyone whining incredible time. They were missing out on in Russia, beautiful Russia and ahead of that 2018 World Cup final. FIFA president Gianni infantino he stepped up and said, we all fell in love with Russia. All of us, everyone has been
Bloomberg Radio New York
"soviet republic" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Though thousands still remain unaccounted for, and more than $10 billion in damages. A shooting at a high school homecoming football game last night left one teenager dead another injured. Jim Forbes has that. Authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma say, a suspect is still at large after the Friday night shooting at McLean high school. Tulsa police say the shooting happened in front of a large crowd near a homecoming football game. Officers found two teenage victims suffering with gunshot wounds, a 17 year old boy was pronounced dead at the scene and another 17 year old is in stable condition, a search is now underway for the suspect who police say ran off and is armed and dangerous. President of Ukraine, volodymyr zelensky says his nation is applying for NATO membership under an accelerated procedure. He said Friday the former Soviet republic has already completed its path to NATO and that it will require the consensus of NATO members as comments coming after Russian president Vladimir Putin annexed for regions of Ukraine. Jimmy Carter is celebrating his 98th birthday today. The former U.S. president and wife rosslyn are expected to spend the day with family at their home and planes Georgia, the Carter center is inviting people to send birthday greetings and photos to them at Carter center dot org. I'm Scott Carr. Former president Donald Trump is scheduled to be deposed later this month in a defamation lawsuit, a former magazine columnist E Jean Carroll has accused Trump of raping her in the 90s and says she plans to file a separate civil suit against Trump on top of a defamation lawsuit. Trump has denied Carroll's allegation that he raped her and has both accused her of lying and has attacked her physical appearance, is said to give testimony on October 19th despite his attorney requesting an exemption. The CDC is saying it has moderate confidence that the rate of monkeypox cases across the country will either decline or plateau over the next couple of weeks. Bryan shook has more. In its latest report on the outbreak, the CDC said cases could either decline or plateau or begin rising slowly or rapidly with exponential growth, monkeypox cases have dropped across the country in the last couple of weeks, averaging
AP News Radio
In this week's religion roundup, pastors offer a mixed response to Republican transports of migrants to Democratic-run juridictions, while a faith-led group seeks missing migrants in the US-Mexico desert. And Pope Francis calls for peace in Ukraine.
"In this week's religion roundup pastors offer mixed responses to Republican transports of migrants to democratic run jurisdictions while a faith led group seeks missing migrants in the U.S. Mexico desert And Pope Francis calls for peace in Ukraine Is it cruel or harmless As Republican governors ramp up their transports of migrants to democratic run jurisdictions the practice is getting mixed reactions from Christian leaders Some depict the actions as inhumanely exploiting vulnerable people for political lands Others say it's a harmless way of calling attention to immigration's impact on states near the border Domingo Garcia president of the league of united Latin American citizens says the transports are unchristian Jesus would be very ashamed of these two governors If he saw how they were treating refugees since Jesus and his family were refugees once And it's against what we're taught in the Bible and what we're taught is American history about what that Statue of Liberty stands for and what Christian charity is about One pastor says quote government officials who refuse to fulfill their biblical responsibility to protect our borders should be made to feel the effects of their lawless policies Another countered that you shouldn't be loading people up and treating them as political groups Meanwhile this summer has been especially lethal for migrants crossing the U.S. Mexico border illegally In Arizona migrants who get sick or injured while walking dozens of miles across essentially uninhabited desert are often abandoned by their smugglers But one Pentecostal pastor in Tucson and his small group of volunteers is trying to bring comfort to missing migrants families by going on grueling desert hikes to find traces of their relatives He has received more than 400 calls from distress family since March alone and found the remains of dozens since last year Pope Francis has begged for an end to what he calls Russia's senseless and tragic war in Ukraine as he arrived in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan He participated in a government sponsored interface meeting during his three day trip I'm Walter ratliff
AP News Radio
Russia's war in Ukraine the backdrop to pope's Kazakh visit
"Russia's war in Ukraine can not avoid being one of the main themes during Pope Francis's visit to Kazakhstan Russia's war in Ukraine and the holy sees strained relations with China are the backdrop to Pope Francis's trip this week to the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan where he's ministering to a tiny Catholic community and participating in an interfaith conference the most noteworthy aspects of France's visit though may be the missed opportunities He was supposed to have met with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church but patriarch kuril who has justified the war in Ukraine has canceled Francis is also going to be there at the same time as Chinese president Xi Jinping Jinping's first foreign visit since the coronavirus pandemic but they're so far no plans for the two to meet I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News
"soviet republic" Discussed on AP News
"And a friend ran in and it was like get out. Get out. And so on fire, get out. Firefighters say improved weather conditions have helped to slow the fire, which is burning about 250 miles north of San Francisco. Officials on both sides of the U.S. Mexican border are searching for more victims after at least 9 migrants died while attempting a hazardous crossing of The Rain swollen Rio Grande river near Eagle Pass Texas. Customs in border protection say U.S. officials rescued 37 migrants while Mexican officials took him 39. And authorities say a man who stole a plane in fluid over Mississippi after threatening to crash it into a Walmart store faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats. Tupelo police say Corey Wayne Patterson didn't have a pilot's license, but had some flight instruction. Patterson also could face federal charges, no one was injured. I'm Mike Hempen, AP news. The IAEA's director general Rafael grossi has said Thursday's visit to the sprawling nuclear plant in southern Ukraine was dangerous for this was not the only time inspectors have risked their lives. Terry Graf, the organization's former head of verification and security tells the AP teams have gone before into a situation of armed hostilities, noting that the IAEA had sent inspectors to Iraq in 2003 and to the former Soviet republic, Georgia, during fighting, but he adds, the situation in zaporizhia is the most serious one we've sent colleagues to. It's unprecedented. Speaking to reporters after the visit Rafael grossi said, the agency was not moving from the plant from now on and vowed a continued presence of agency experts. I'm Charles De Ledesma. Russians have been farewell to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died earlier this week
AP News Radio
IAEA visit to Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks
"The IAEA's director general Rafael grossi has said Thursday's visit to the sprawling nuclear plant in southern Ukraine was dangerous for this was not the only time inspectors have risked their lives Terry Graf the organization's former head of verification and security tells the AP teams have gone before into a situation of armed hostilities noting that the IAEA had sent inspectors to Iraq in 2003 and to the former Soviet republic Georgia during fighting but he adds the situation in zapor is the most serious one we've sent colleagues to It's unprecedented Speaking to reporters after the visit Rafael grossi said the agency was not moving from the plant from now on and vowed a continued presence of agency experts I'm Charles De Ledesma
The Christian Science Monitor Daily
"soviet republic" Discussed on The Christian Science Monitor Daily
"York, Atlanta, St. Louis, and Boston, where dramatic shifts in commuter traffic are prompting city leaders to reconsider what downtown should be. This story was reported by Harry brunius in New York, Patrick Johnson in Atlanta, Tara adikari and St. Louis, and Alexander Thompson in Boston for the monitor. As we noted earlier, Russia is confronting unprecedented sanctions because of its invasion of Ukraine. The average Russian is not feeling the effect for the most part, the result of a stronger economy as well as long-standing experience with overcoming barriers. Two months into what Russia calls the special military operation against Ukraine, accompanied by the most comprehensive barrage of sanctions ever leveled against any country, Russian life, at least around Moscow, looks shockingly normal. At the Europe park mall, a giant hypermarket has bursting shelves and full stalks of almost everything. Only a few specific products such as Kellogg's brand muesli are gone. If you happen to be in the city and wanted to sit in an upscale coffee shop, sip a latte and use the Wi-Fi, you'd be spoiled for choice. Restaurants, beauty salons, grocery stores, car repair services. Indeed, the full range of consumer services are still operating almost normally. An outright piracy a fixture of 90s life in Russia seems set to make a comeback, for example, several Moscow cinemas are currently screening The Batman and other first run Hollywood films, even though their licenses to do so have been revoked. It will be more difficult and expensive, but nobody will have to go without their gadgets and other comforts, says economist Andre mav Chan. The story was reported by Fred weir and Moscow for the monitor. Salome zurabishvili, the president of Georgia, recently joined monitor to discuss what she sees unfolding in Ukraine and the wider implications for neighboring countries like hers. Is the country of Georgia next in line for Russian aggression? After all, like Ukraine, Georgia is a former Soviet republic that sits on Russia's border and is not a member of NATO or the European Union. And also like Ukraine before Russia's February invasion, Georgia has long had portions of its territory under de facto Russian control. Nevertheless, the question irks salamis or president of Georgia. By talking all the time about the fact that you're next, you're next. That might plant some ideas, said president's orbis villi, speaking Friday with several reporters at a coffee organized by the Christian science monitor. Nobody's next right now, because Russia is clearly showing that it needs all its forces on the main theater, she adds, alluding to news reports that Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine is faltering. Still, Missouri, who came to Washington for the memorial service of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, wants to make short policymakers know that Russia could target other countries. Nobody can see what is the logic of the aggression started by the Russian leadership, she says, and when you don't see the logic, you don't know either what might be the day after scenarios. This story was reported by Linda Feldman in Washington for the monitor. In our progress roundup by Erica page, communities around the globe pursued goals to.
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Chuck Holton: 120,000 Russians Have Fled to Armenia, Leaving Putin
"Well, to start with, let's start in our mania. Right now, there are a 120,000 Russians who have fled from their country to one of the only places left in the globe where they can actually go and that's the tiny country of our mania, former Soviet republic, they are beholden to Russia because Russia helped to stop or at least put a pause on the war and then Nagorno Karabakh back in a couple of years ago. The war was absolutely by John. That's right, with Azerbaijan. Right. So there are tons of young Russians who are fleeing their country over three or 4000 a day now that are arriving in Armenia and are moving there. They're not just coming for vacation. They are. Why? So explain why Russians are leaving Russia, chuck. So I talked to as many as I could in every single one of them said, we disagree with what's going on with what Putin is doing. We know that he's dictator. He's this generation's Hitler, and we don't want to live under that kind of tyranny.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"soviet republic" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"To native Roland freudenstein runs the Brussels office of globe sec a think tank We may have a situation in which Russia actively tries to interdict Arms deliveries Inside western Ukraine or even at the Ukrainian Polish border and this will produce other debates between the member states shall we continue Shall we find alternative routes or should we stop And I predict there will be countries that say it now It's the time to stop Despite repeated pleas by the Ukrainians NATO continues to oppose a no fly zone Peter bat Slovakia is permanent representative to the alliance says it would mean more than shooting down Russian jets To enforce no fly zone also means to destroy all the air defense capabilities on the ground not only those who are deployed in Ukraine but also in Russia I mean on the Russian territory So in fact what it would mean is that NATO would need to get into direct armed conflict with Russia what do you think NATO should be willing to consider If we get into a situation where he's just bombing civilians there might be big moral dilemmas you know looking at Ukraine seeing thousands of civilians being killed almost every day you know we can not just sit and watch Batter isn't the only NATO ambassador concerned about how the alliance will respond if Russia expands its bombardment David does matter leones is Lithuania's permanent representative to NATO It will be a question of credibility and the decisions which will be taken should be well thought and some sort of cool headed approach is very important And you should not elite ourselves into even bigger conflict For all the talk of a no fly zone algae liquor of the international crisis group here says imposing one doesn't make much strategic sense right now That's because she says the Russians haven't relied much on planes to strike targets It's mostly doing that with missiles and artillery You're no fly zone isn't going to do you any good with that You think there'll be enough logs though No Hope not Look if there's a no fly zone there's a war A broader war In the meantime Slovakia said it's willing to send sophisticated Soviet made missile systems that can take town jets miles up in the air Beyond Ukraine NATO allies are concerned Putin may eventually target other countries in the region such as Moldova which used to be a Soviet republic The Eastern European nation is home to 4 million people It's about the size of Maryland and borders Ukraine southwest Daniela marari Moldova's ambassador to the EU summed up her country's mood We are worried as everyone as also the scale of what could follow At how long this could be But having military operations at your border it's difficult to really forecast in which way it could go and how the situation can deteriorate Moldova is vulnerable It's neither a member of NATO nor the EU so it can't rely on protection from Europe And Russian troops are already in Moldova based in Transnistria a pro Russian unrecognized breakaway state Earlier this month Alexander Lukashenko the belarussian leader and Putin ally displayed a map on national television showing Russian troops sweeping from the Ukrainian port city of Odessa into Transnistria Tom Duval is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe a think tank If Russian troops God forbid were to take Odessa and move north and build a bridge to Transnistria through Ukraine Suddenly the Russians could use trends in history as a new forward base and that conflict would suddenly be incredibly alive in a totally new and dangerous way Russia could reinforce its true position there to pressure Moldova and nearby Romania and EU member state and NATO ally Of course Russian troops have made no big gains in Ukraine in recent days and it's far from guaranteed They can take over the country's Black Sea coast but Moldova faces other big challenges It's hosting more than a 100,000 refugees 5 times its capacity and the ambassador points out that her homeland relies on Russia for oil and gas We are 100% dependent What are you going to do We also working on reducing but this is something medium and long term There are no solutions You can't fix it overnight There are no solutions for short term That's why there are no medical on Thursday in Brussels Biden and other leaders of NATO allies will try to figure out how to continue to support Ukraine without fueling a broader conflict that they fear could engulf the region Frank length and.
Monocle 24: The Briefing
"soviet republic" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Briefing
"TV for all these years who are monitoring social media and monitoring what Russian officials say. And all these years, they were spreading lies and was spreading propaganda about Ukraine. And many in the western fortunately believed those flies and I see that now some people in the west, they can not they can not process almost like they can not believe the extent to which Russia is lying and all the fakes they manufacture. And this mayor campaign against Mariana, this girl, this woman from mariupol is completely insane, Russian embassies on social media and Twitter, they several embassies in the UK and in some other countries, they tweeted that this was all staged that it was like a movie. The shot there that she was an actress that she wasn't really pregnant. Then Twitter took down those tweets because it was clear these were lies and fakes because there are so many photos and videos from mariupol that showed this person is real and also like compared with her social media accounts. And also a lot of Russian users on her Instagram account. They wrote her photos and her account in salt in her insulting Ukrainians and spreading all those of all kinds of hateful messages. So it's a huge part of this warrant and partly the reason why it came to what it can because Russia has been spreading hate propaganda, the humanizing Ukrainians on its state media for so long and now we are seeing the results and also a large part of Russian population believes that these things and they support the war in Ukraine. Well, okay, it's wonderful to speak to you as always. Thank you for joining us do stay safe and it's great that your testimonies I think go so far to correct that imbalance. So great to get your account from on the ground. That was Olga to carry out in Ukraine. Let's continue onwards now. We're going to mold over. The tiny former Soviet republic sandwiched between Ukraine and EU member Romania is struggling to deal with the influx of those fleeing the war so far, more than a quarter of a million Ukrainians have entered the country since the Russian invasion began on the 24th of February, Moldova says it's resources are stretched, but it continues to do its best to create a sense of welcome, while our correspondent Alexei Cori love has been to visit Moldova in recent days. The first thing I hear as I arrive in the town of ota in northern Moldova is the wine of an air raid siren. On the other side of the river.
The Stuttering John Podcast
"soviet republic" Discussed on The Stuttering John Podcast
"You having a hard time following what's going on in Ukraine, then this video is for you. If you watch the news these days, it can feel like Vladimir Putin is holding all the cards, holding Ukraine and the west hostage that couldn't be further from the truth. Putin is actually operating from a position of severe weakness with a potentially disastrous invasion as his last resort. Let me tell you why. First, let's do some quick background. Ukraine used to be a Soviet republic. And for most of its post Soviet independence, its leaders operated in close association with Russia. But then in 2013, something happened. The Ukrainian people realized that a political and economic dependence on Russia was a road to nowhere, so they rose up and they demanded closer ties with the European Union. Putin and his cronies in Ukraine, they panicked, and they gunned down the protesters. Now that backfired, big time, Putin's allies were run out of the country and the nation elected Ardent pro Europe and pro U.S. leadership. In response, Putin invaded Crimea and he invaded eastern Ukraine. But frankly, that just hardened Ukrainian people's anti Russia sentiments. Still, Putin's desire to control Ukraine, it didn't go away. So now he's moved a 150,000 troops to Ukraine's border. And he's threatened a full invasion. Putin hoped that this threatened invasion. All of these troops on Ukraine's border would upend Ukraine's government. The collapse, or maybe create tensions and fissures within NATO awakening the alliance, or result in the west folding and agreed to his demands. But none of that happened. In fact, the opposite happened. The zelensky government didn't fall. The United States and the west rally to support Ukraine's government. NATO and Europe came together rally to support Ukraine's sovereignty. And Putin's list of demands went nowhere, the west did not give it..
The Times: Daily news from the L.A. Times
"soviet republic" Discussed on The Times: Daily news from the L.A. Times
"Else are Russians pushing against Russia vacation? This movement has become more prominent since 2014 when Russia first invaded parts of eastern Ukraine. That already was a big deal, right? That already sort of brought a surge of Ukrainian nationalism. And the best manifestation of that, of course, has been the increase in learning Ukrainian. The move to take out street names with Lenin or other Soviet figures are moving statues, et cetera. I mean, there has been a real push towards that, right? And of course, also, again, just to sort of use Ukrainian and magazines, et cetera. I mean, in some cities, I guess, you would see the situation where if you spoke Russian, you would actually be somewhat frowned upon, you know, within certain circles. Of course, it should be said here. I mean, a lot of people still speak Russian, and there are still ethnic Russians here, and they get no harassment at all. But things have a sort of become difference since 2014 just in terms of being sure to maintain a strong sense of ukrainianness, if you will. Ukraine isn't the only former Soviet republic pushing back against Russian influence these days. There's been protests in Georgia, Belarus, and most recently in Kazakhstan against rulers too close to Putin and all that discontent angers him and his stated intent to create a so called spear of influence with those former Soviet republics. Why is it so important to him? Well, I mean, it's all part of this whole return to the Soviet Union. I mean, people have said this quite often now, but Putin really did consider the record of this review as one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century. And also more to the point, it doesn't matter security. I mean, these countries are within the periphery of Russia. I mean, at some level, it's not surprising that he did this. There's also a lot of anger against the west. Nabi, president Joe Biden has already said that Americans won't fight and die for Ukrainians. So what options does that leave to deter Putin from pushing further into Ukraine? It's not as if Putin is going to be able to have such an easy time of it. This is the second largest country in Europe. It has about 41.3 million people, I believe, or at this point probably even more. And a lot of them are very much anti Russian at this point. And this will only push them to be so even further. And so there will be some kind of popular resistance, right? And of course, it should be mentioned that in recent weeks there have been these territorial defense forces, right, which are essentially people training to just know how to shoot a gun, et cetera know how to organize themselves quickly. And that perhaps is where you have the most hope, right? The people here really do have the ability to organize quickly. And that's going to be a big deal moving forward. Now, of course, the other question is, is Putin going to be taking just only parts of eastern Ukraine. Is he going to only stop at the durance and Lohan's people's republic's borders quote unquote? What is he going to do there? These are the questions that we still do not know. It's actually quite fluid at the moment. Finally, nabi looking beyond Ukraine already Republicans in the U.S. are accusing Biden of being soft. The U.S. is still smarting from 20 years of wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East. It's international reputation as seen better days. How much of Putin's push into Ukraine is really a game of chicken to see how much further the U.S. can be embarrassed on the world stage. I mean, it's hard to say if it's a game of chicken because, you know, the rage he displayed. It just shows that there's these deep sea to grievances at this point. I mean, this is a situation where now we see Russia just really coming into its own as a power yet again, or at least trying to project that image in any case. And basically saying that at this point, the west has ignored us for too long, and they won't ignore us anymore..
AP News Radio
VP Harris heralds NATO unity as Ukraine crisis grows
"Vice president Harris is heralding NATO unity amid the Ukraine stand off and hearing pleas from some former Soviet republics the by the administration's pushing the message that Russian aggression has only boosted NATO's resolve our greatest strength is our unity in Germany Heris met with leaders of Baltic nations where the US has boosted its troop presence we stand with you a small contingent of U. S. troops rotate in and out of with the way the president could harness Maceda once more stationed there permanently it is critically important for the security of our nation Estonian prime minister hi a call list says the Baltic states know better than most what's at stake now we have all lost our independence to Russia once I
WGN Radio
"soviet republic" Discussed on WGN Radio
"14° at 2 o'clock Good morning I'm James Sears Talks continue to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine and a teacher strike has put on hold in the suburbs WGN traffic on the Reagan memorial tollway this accident just popped up westbound at Roosevelt road It's blocking the right lane President Biden is just hours from hosting a call with NATO allies about the crisis in Ukraine while vice president Harris will talk about the threat with other global leaders today in Germany News nations cully Meyer has the latest President Joe Biden saying Russian troops are on the move ready for an invasion in a matter of days The president says Moscow is already staging false flag operations using them as an excuse to invade Russia firing multiple rocket launchers and joint military exercises with Belarus While U.S. allies overseas like UK prime minister Boris Johnson prepare the public for potential conflict on the continent The picture is continuing to be very grim And the economic fallout that is likely to result Russia continues to insist they have no plans to invade the former Soviet republic A strike scheduled for today has been postponed as negotiations between teachers and provides a high school district two O 9 continue The walkout was put on hold after the district offered a 7% raise over three years A three schools in the district are put on remote learning yesterday after student walkouts protests and fires sent in bathrooms Chicago seeing a big improvement when it comes to the four COVID risk metrics which are cases positivity rate hospitalizations and ICU beds health commissioner doctor Ellison already The cases diagnosed per day have dropped from that high transmission Everything was very high in red just a few weeks ago And now we've seen cases fall from hide a substantial which is very good because the positivity as you can see is actually all the way down in low controlled less than 2% Doctor already says in order to lift mask mandates three of the four risk metrics must reach lower transmission risk currently three are substantial only one is it low 15 year old Jermaine Wales is the latest teen to die in a shooting The teen was shot multiple times yesterday morning near 58th in pilana community activist Andrew Holmes.
WABE 90.1 FM
"soviet republic" Discussed on WABE 90.1 FM
"Allies or directly in support of NATO or both The U.S. still has about 8500 troops on heightened alert Russia has about a 100,000 troops massed along Ukraine's border Its security demands include NATO's guarantee that it will never admit Ukraine as a member into the western military alliance Quick look at Wall Street the Dow is up 211 points since the open at 34,372 You're listening to NPR news The U.S. and the European Union say they are working together to guarantee global energy supplies to Europe are not seriously disrupted should Russia decide to invade Ukraine President Biden issued a joint statement today with his EU counterpart Ursula von der line Biden had warned that a Russian offensive in Eastern Europe would have global repercussions Russia denies it plans to attack a crane but again tens of thousands of its troops are currently deployed to the south east and north of the former Soviet republic The giant technology firm hewlet Packard has prevailed in a multi-billion dollar fraud related lawsuit against a British tycoon Villa marks reports from London it means a businessman may now be more liable for U.S. extradition Hewlett Packard enterprises purchased a software business called autonomy more than a decade ago enriching its founder Michael lynch in an $11 billion deal but just months later HP was forced to write off much of that money and claim that lynch had falsely inflated the value of his business through a series of fraudulent accounting techniques The company claimed $5 billion in damages but a judge said they'd receive significantly less than that The man once held as Britain's answer to Bill Gates is facing extradition to the U.S. after he was told by a separate London court last summer he could face a separate trial there too The UK interior minister pretty Patel must decide today whether to grant that extradition request The NPR news on villa marks in London U.S. stocks have reversed course that course that is in trading higher this hour with the NASDAQ up one and a half percent or 200 points The Dow has risen more than half a percent S&P 500 also up more than 1% You're listening to NPR news.
AP News Radio
Baltic nations to ship Washington-endorsed arms to Ukraine
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AP News Radio
US, Russia far apart on Ukraine crisis as top diplomats meet
"The the the the top top top top diplomats diplomats diplomats diplomats of of of of the the the the U. U. U. U. S. S. S. 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Revolutions
"soviet republic" Discussed on Revolutions
"The Germans transmitted new terms on February 23rd, which were far harsher than they had been in December. And though bukran, the left Bolsheviks and the left SRs wanted to keep fighting, Lenin convinced the majority of the central committee that they needed to sign whatever the Germans put in front of them. Right now. Or would be the end of all of them. So, a Russian delegation returned to Brest litovsk on March the first. And I should mention that Trotsky resigned as kamisar of foreign affairs so that he wouldn't have to be the one to sign this ignoble peace. When the team arrived, they announced that they would sign whatever the Central Powers put in front of them. A kind of final protest to prove that they were doing this with a bayonet to their throat and a gun to their head. But this time, it was the Central Powers who stalled, and while they kept the Russians waiting, their armies entered Kyiv, and evicted the small force of Soviet red guards. Finally, on March 3rd, 1918, the Russian Soviet republic, and the representatives of the Central Powers signed the treaty of Brest litovsk. It was a doozy of a treaty. With the stroke of a pen, the Russians renounced 750,000 square miles, abandoning, essentially all territory Russia had acquired since the 1600s. They renounced all claims to Poland, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as transcaucasia. All of which would become either nominally independent states under German protection or in many cases directly annexed into the German Empire. This amounted to roughly a third of the total population of the Russian Empire. A third of their most productive agricultural land, a quarter of their industrial capacity, a quarter of their railroad tracks, and three quarters of their coal and iron deposits. The treaty also granted German national special economic exemptions inside of Russia, leaving German owned property exempt from any nationalization efforts on the part of the Soviet government..
Revolutions
"soviet republic" Discussed on Revolutions
"Comrades, he said. Before the third Congress of Soviets closes, we must establish with complete impartiality, the momentous part it has had to play in the history of the international revolution and of mankind. There are incontestable grounds for saying that the third Congress of Soviets has opened a new epoch in world history, and there is growing awareness of its significant in these times of world revolution. It has consolidated the organization of the new state power, which was created by the October Revolution, and has projected the lines of future socialist construction for the whole world for the working people of all countries. The new system of the socialist Soviet republic as a federation of free republics of the different nations inhabiting Russia has been finally accepted in this country in the sphere of domestic politics. But as Lenin and his government were set to embark on this new epoch in world history. After apparently winning the political war at home, they faced a looming threat from abroad that might tend to turn this from an epoch into a tiny blip. The armies of the central power were massed on the Russian border. Representing the or else, if the Russians did not sign the terms of the treaty Trotsky brought back with him from Brest le task. And so we now turn our attention from domestic politics to foreign affairs. Just days after successfully shuttering the constituent assembly, a group of about 80 Bolshevik leaders convened to discuss the terms of the peace. Three factions emerged from this discussion. The smallest was led by Lenin, who advocated signing the terms. Now, without delay or argument, Lenin's read on the situation was the Russian army was in no position to fight. He said, there is no doubt that it will be a shameful piece. But if we embark on a war, our government will be swept away. For the moment, he said they needed to focus on ensuring the revolution survived in Russia. Germany is only just now pregnant with revolution, he said. But we have already given birth to a completely healthy baby..
Lex Fridman Podcast
"soviet republic" Discussed on Lex Fridman Podcast
"They found out I didn't have post to live. I didn't know where Afghanistan was, honestly, this was 1997. I had a big idea it was next door. Well, you lived in Pakistan. Yeah, intelligent. Doing decision research. Yeah. Because of the Russian Empire in Central Asia. Yeah. So just by accident with these young Afghans, who took me in as roommates. And then I think that the sense of that community shaped my idea of what Afghanistan is. It was my first exposure to them. They're part of a trading Diaspora. They brought they had brought matches from Riga Latvia. They had somehow brought in some agricultural products from Egypt. And they were sitting in closed containers and waiting for these bucks on the state to permit them to trade. So these guys are mostly hanging out during the day. They get dressed up. They put on suits and ties like you're wearing. They post their shoes, and they would sit around offices, drink tea pistachios, then they had feast at lunch. And then we would go out. So part of my research, because I also had about my research, I was going to the sit archives and because of the state of Pakistan, you know, that was a very interesting thing to do. So it took a while to get in. So I had downtime in touch, just like these guys. So I got to know them pretty well. And it was really just a an accidental kind of thing. But grew quite close to them. And I developed an appreciation of which now I think, again, think of the seeds of all this. These people had already lived young guys in the 20s that already lived in 6 or 7 countries. They all spoke half dozen languages. One of my best friends there had been a kickboxer and break dancer trained in Tehran, his father was a theater person and Afghanistan. He told stories of escaping death, in Afghanistan, during the Civil War, got his bucket on escaping death there. And these were very real stories. Can you just briefly mention geographically speaking? Yes. Afghanistan is back it's time to take the stand. You mentioned Iran. Who are the neighbors of all of this? What are we supposed to be thinking about for people? I was always terrible at geography and spatial information. So can you lay it out? Sure. So Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan. It was a hub of Russian imperial power in the 19th century. The Russians take the city from a local Muslim dynasty in 80 65. It becomes the city of hub of Soviet power in Central Asia after 1917. It becomes the center of the Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, which becomes independent finally nationality when the Soviet Union collapses. So these are all like these republics are the fingertips of Soviet power and Central Asia. That's right. And they've been independent since 1991, but they have struggled to disentangle themselves from Moscow from one another. And now they face very serious pressure from China to form a kind of periphery of the great machine that is the Chinese economy and its ambitions to stretch across Asia. From Afghanistan, where my roommates, my Friends, hailed from Afghanistan had fallen into Civil War in late 1970s, when leftists try to seize power in 1978..
77WABC Radio
"soviet republic" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Instructed that no one from MSNBC news will be permitted in this building For the duration of this trial this is a very serious matter and I don't know what the ultimate truth of it is but absolutely it would go without much thinking that someone who is following the jury bus that is a very that's extremely serious matter Police say he followed the jury bus and may have tried to photograph jurors Federal prosecutors are saying members of the actually let's move to another story here The Senate confirmation hearing for President Biden's pick for top banking regulator erupted today into a fight over her youth in the former Soviet Union During a hearing on cereal Amara's nomination to lead the OCC Republicans raids questions about her loyalties to the U.S. and capitalism I don't mean any disrespect I don't know whether to call you professor or comrade Oh my goodness Senator I'm not a communist I do not subscribe to that ideology I could not choose where I was born I'm araba law professor at Cornell University was born and raised in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan before emigrating to the U.S. He has been a U.S. citizen since 2005 and served under former president George W. Bush The Associated Press is reporting Kim Kardashian west together with her clothing company's skims paid for a flight from members of the country's female youth development soccer team and their relatives to leave Pakistan for the UK The flight carrying about 130 people left Pakistan on Wednesday and landed in London earlier today Some positive economic news the number of Americans applying for unemployment has fallen for the 7th week in a row to a pandemic low of 268,000 According to the U.S. Labor Department that's down by 1000 from the week before claims top 900,000 back in January The first grab and go store format and a joint venture by Amazon and Starbucks opening today in Manhattan at 59th between park and lecture.
77WABC Radio
"soviet republic" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Are moving today to vacate the convictions And is listening backwards of Muhammad Aziz and Kelly of Islam for the assassination of North America on February 21 1965 The 83 year old Aziz and Islam are convicted in 1966 but maintain their innocence Vance offering apologies to both men I apologize on behalf of our nation's law enforcement for this decade long injustice Which has eroded public faith and institutions that are designed to guarantee equal protection of the law A two year investigation finding both the FBI and the NYPD withheld information that could have cleared the men during their trial Federal prosecutors are saying members of an Iranian hacking group access to U.S. voting information and infiltrated a media outlets computer network The hack was meant to try and intimidate democratic voters in the 2020 election The two suspects who were indicted by a grand jury and Manhattan federal court downloaded confidential voted data from 100,000 voters in an unnamed state last year Then they used the data in an attempt to intimidate voters by sending out threatening emails while posing as members of the far right group the Proud Boys A Senate confirmation hearing for President Biden's pig for top banking regulator erupted today in a fight over her youth in the former Soviet Union during a during a hearing I should say on so oh I'm a rob was nomination to lead the OCC Republicans raise questions about her loyalties to the U.S. and capitalism I don't mean any disrespect I don't know whether to call you professor or comrade Oh my goodness Senator I'm not a communist I do not subscribe to that ideology I could not choose where I was born I'm Arab a law professor at Cornell University was born and raised in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan before emigrating to the U.S. He has been a U.S. citizen since 2005 and served under former president George W. Bush The Associated Press reporting Kim Kardashian west together with her clothing company skims paid for a flight from members of the country's female youth development soccer team and their relatives to leave Pakistan for the UK the flight carrying about one to 30 people left Pakistan on Wednesday and landed in London earlier today CVS is planning to close hundreds of its stores beginning next year The pharmacy chain says it will close 300 locations each year for the next three years This comes as CVS restructures to focus more on primary healthcare In sports tonight Thursday Night Football the Patriots and falcons Right now we have 50 actually 64° very mild day to day 64° mostly cloudy tonight will be cloudy with showers followed by late clearing temperatures falling through the 40s later tonight Right now again 64° mostly cloudy Traffic and transit is up next I'm bob Brown and remember the news never stops at WABC radio dot com.
NPR News Now
Putin to Self-Isolate Due to COVID-19 Among Inner Circle
"President vladimir putin is going into quarantine the kremlin says that's due to a breakout of covert nineteen in his inner circle for moscow. Npr's charles means has details. The kremlin made the announcement in a readout of a phone call with the leader of the former soviet republic of tajijistan. According to the readout putin told the tonge leader he would not be attending upcoming regional summit and instead joined by teleconference because he was self isolating due to an outbreak of kovic nineteen in his inner circle acres on monday criminal pool. Cameras caught putin in a hot mike moment while signing autographs for returning russian paralympian from the tokyo games during which putin casually noted some among his staff had been infected. The kremlin spokesman later insisted the russian leader was speaking generally about concerns over the virus. The athletes themselves had quarantine for one week to meet with
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Putin Tells Red Square Parade That Nazi Ideas Persist
"Russia today marks the 76th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany and World War two from Moscow. Charles Maynes reports Rise Nicholas Young, legal buy beer, They're speaking before some 12,000 troops taking part in the military parade on Red Square. Russian President Vladimir Putin paid honor to the Soviet victory, while vowing to defend against what he said were persistent Nazi beliefs in Europe, considered Russia and the other former Soviet Republics most revered holiday in honor of the some 27 million Soviets killed in the fighting. Victory Day has taken on added political weight in Putin's Russia, where the line between historical memory and rising nationalism has often blurred. This year's anniversary comes amid rising tensions with the West, which Putin suggested was trying to rewrite history by ignoring the Soviet sacrifice and the victory over fascism. NPR NEWS. I'm Charles means in Moscow,
Let's Start A Cult
The Formation of the Nazi Party
"When the nazi party was founded in one thousand nine hundred twenty the world side of germany was increasingly moving toward socialism and communism only three years before the imperial romanov dynasty had of russia had been overthrown i by the provisional government and then by the bolshevik party which was led by vladimir lenin these events would pave the way for the creation of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred twenty two so a little bit of that bonus little bit of the soviet union in this episode throughout the early nineteen twenties the ideologies of the soviet union slowly spread across the region including its neighbouring mongolia. Communism was also becoming quite popular in the european continent with a number of uprisings in germany. One of them managed to form the bavarian soviet republic in one thousand nine hundred nineteen although this was short lived. Thanks to the country's parliamentary forces. This was the climate that the nazi party found itself in when it was created only year after the bavarian soviet republic was decimated it initially targeted the german working class attempting to draw them away from communism and socialism towards antisemitic and anti marxist
Monocle 24: Meet the Writers
Interview With Cory Doctorow
"Doctor. Wrote welcome to monica. Reads so tell us tell us more about the primus of tax service well attack surfaces the third novel in the little brother sequence at the first two little brother and homeland were young. Adult books about a character. Marcus yellow starts off. His very young teen who is caught in what amounts to a police state when his hometown of san francisco is bombed by terrorists and the department of homeland security swoop in and effectively suspend the constitution and all civil liberties and he and his mates form guerrilla army. Using things like hacked. Xboxes that use cryptographic secured wireless networking to outmaneuver the joss and eventually expelled them from the city and and restore human rights and civil liberties to the population and the third book attack. Surface is a standalone novel for adults and one of the first two are about people who are terrified. By the possibility of technology being used for oppression and excited about the possibility of technology being used for liberation. This third books protagonist is the young woman. Masha maximo who appears in the first two books as a kind of antagonised in the first book we meet her as a vhs contractor. Helping to spy on marcus and his friends even though she's of the same age and from the same background as them in the second book. She's a way bandit working to spy on jihadis and disrupt insurgent networks in iraq for the us government an enormous markup and when we meet her in the third book. she's just gone full cyber mercenary and her job is helping a thinly-veiled version of a company like the ns. Oh group to spy on pro democracy movements on behalf of post-soviet dictator so they can figure out who to round up and torture and murder and she has a reckoning with her conscience. She on the one hand has been spending her whole career finding ways to justify what she does Sneaking secrets out to marcus and his friends so they could blow the whistle wrongdoing or helping marcus escape from the da chest in the first book but by the third book she's really had to Devolve into some pretty self destructive conduct like helping the people that she spies on Defeat the tools that she herself as installing. And that's obviously not sustainable. And eventually she gets fired and worse has to run away from this post soviet republic and finds herself back in san francisco where she discovers to her horror that her childhood best friend who's now on a successor movement to black lives matter is being targeted by the very same cyber weapons that she herself spent her whole life building and while the first two books inspired a really large cohort of technologists and civil rights lawyers and writers and activists and security researchers and cryptographer offers who wanted to use their technical and legal powers for good and to stave off technological apocalypse. And dystopia this. Their book is aimed more at the people who rationalize their way. One decision a time in tech and other industries into participating in a vast confiscation of human liberty and human thriving in service to large corporations and oppressive governments and to talk about what it means to pull back from the brink. When you recognize one day that that you can no longer justify what you've been doing of course corey. That is exactly the situation. We find ourselves in absolutely i mean in two thousand eighteen. We saw twenty thousand google's walk off the job tech won't build it and tech solidarity and no tech for ice and other movements within the giant tech companies are not only organizing around technological issues but also around labor and environmental issues and and you see technologists now reaching outside of their bubble so for example at amazon the movement for justice there within the company spans warehouse workers who are laboring under absolutely ghastly and what should be unlawful conditions and tech workers. Whose initial concern was surveillance and climate. But who discovered that they could not make progress nor could they feel good about their movement unless incorporated the labor concerns of these people at the bottom of the ladder at the company.
Weekend Edition Saturday
Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of violating ceasefire
"Fragile ceasefire has gone into effect in Nagorno Karabakh region disputed by the former Soviet Republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia. NPR's Lucy and Kim reports from Moscow that both sides already accusing each other of violating the cease fire. Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated talks in Moscow between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. After more than 10 hours of negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov appeared before reporters questions over the opponent. He announced a cease fire to allow the warring parties to collect the bodies of soldiers and exchange prisoners. Lavrov said more substantive talks under the auspices of Russia, the U. S and France would follow. Fierce fighting broke out in the garden car back, which saw bloody war in the early 19 nineties that left ethnic Armenians in charge of the region. Azerbaijan is now vowing to take it back. Lucien Kim. NPR News. Moscow Sir by Johns for a minister said today that the cease fire would only last for as long as it takes the Red Cross to arrange for the exchange of the debt.
TIME's Top Stories
Avoiding war in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
"It wherever you listen to podcasts. The Armenia Azerbaijan fighting could spiral into a larger regional conflict by Ian Bremmer. Intense fighting has erupted nagorno-karabakh a small enclave in the southern Caucasus mountains setting the entire region on edge. This is a fight primarily between Armenia and Azerbaijan two former Soviet republics with long-held grievances over land. The volve of Russia Turkey and others raises the stakes for where a war might be headed. An essence, this is a story of a powerful. Changing history by drawing arbitrary lines on a map that would later spark conflict. The states of Armenia and Azerbaijan were pulled into Moscow or and became part of the Soviet Union in the nineteen twenties though nagorno-karabakh, a mountain region about the size of Delaware was dominated by Armenians. Matt makers made it part of the Jani Soviet republic for decades are Mian complaints about the region's status were ignored and in the final days of the USSR war erupted tens of thousands were killed and more than one million were forced from their homes. A Russian brokered system in nineteen, ninety, four left nagorno-karabakh as part of Azerbaijan but ethnic Armenians with backing from the Armenian government drove most Azerbaijanis from the territory and declared it an independent republic. Low level fighting has continued over the years and an eruption of violence in two thousand, sixteen killed at least two hundred people. There is no peace treaty and nothing has been resolved. In recent years, the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan have sent positive signals. Her budget president and Armenia's prime minister opened the first ever military hotline between the two countries and twenty eighteen and talks brokered by Russia France and the United States. Produced a joint statement and Twenty nineteen that appeared to set the stage for a treaty. But momentum was lost and an eruption of fighting this summer led to popular demand in both countries for a military reckoning. The likely never know who fired the shot that ignited these latest clashes, but dozens of soldiers and some civilians have been killed Armenia and Azerbaijan have each declared martial law outsiders are scrambling to put out the fire UN secretary general, Antonio Terrace as called for a ceasefire. The web of foreign ties in this story is complicated Turkey's president wretched type air to on eager for an opportunity to boost his popularity and shift. The subject from his country's struggling economy fully backs is fellow Turkic Muslims in Azerbaijan while others call for talks air to one insists that Azerbaijan must take matters into its own hands to Armenia occupation of the disputed region. Vladimir Putin's Russia has maintained relations with Azerbaijan and sold weapons to both countries but Russia has a military base in Armenia and is bound by treaty to defend Armenia in war. This means that as in Syria and in Libya is ongoing civil war Russia and NATO member Turkey have A. Interests here Iran which borders both Armenia and as her Badgen has offered to mediate politically active ethnic Armenian populations in both. France and the United States bring those governments into the push for negotiations. Adding to the sense of urgency to halt the fighting nagorno-karabakh is a corridor for pipelines that transport oil and gas from the Caspian. Sea to the international marketplace. If the current clashes explode into full blown war, the damage could be much greater than in the nineteen nineties. This war would be waged with twenty first century, heavy weapons provided by Russia and Turkey. Air To
The Economist: The Intelligence
Enclave on edge: Armenia and Azerbaijan
"Armenia and either by Jan, rejected international calls for a ceasefire yesterday after deadly clashes broke out on Sunday pushing the two countries to the brink of war. Both have declared martial law and total military mobilization. At least one hundred people have been killed in the fighting which is involved artillery strikes and air power. The two former Soviet republics are locked in a decades-old conflict over the disputed province of Nagorno Carla. This marks the second time in less than three months that the countries have come to blows. This time edging closer to all out war one, which could ensnare of Turkey and Russia. We haven't seen detail death tolls from the by Johnny side, but the overall death toll now seems to be well north of one hundred peaches. Ski Is our Turkey correspondent that would make the fighting in nagorno-karabakh the heaviest since two, thousand, sixteen, when at least two hundred people were killed and on pace to be the worst since one, thousand, nine, hundred, ninety, four, the end of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and what is that fight about it is about a region known as nagorno-karabakh disputed province legally recognized as part of by John. But controlled by Armenian forces to go back in history. Now, going to cut about had been a part of the Kingdom of a bar via over two thousand years ago and has been real sins by a succession of Empires. But under the Soviets nagorno-karabakh was a part of by John and as the USSR crumbled clashes erupted between the Armenian majority of the region which sought union with Armenia or independence, and the by Johnny minority and these devolved into the brutal war in which about thirty thousand people were killed and about a million displaced. Included episodes of ethnic cleansing and several atrocities. The war ended with a ceasefire in nineteen, ninety four, and as I mentioned or mean forces have held onto nagorno-karabakh itself, end to seven districts surrounding the region. So it's been despite the ceasefire still disputed since then correct not only has been disputed. There have been regular skirmishes the one in two, thousand sixteen, and as recently as this year in July, the sixteen people were killed in. Areas north of GonNa cut above thousands of Azerbaijanis responded to this also to the death of renowned as her by Johnny General by taking to the streets demanding that their government retake all of nagorno-karabakh. So why is it the conflict? This time seems to be escalating. So quickly, analysts see the signs of a much broader military offensive by as by John and a return to a much broader conflict than what we saw in previous years. Some of them told me the saw this as a much better prepared campaign with more troops and fighting on all parts of the line of contact or the frontline, and we're seeing is in addition to heavy weaponry, infantry helicopters and masses of drones on both sides. There's a threat that fighting could spill over into civilian areas and also into areas where pipelines. Deliver gas and oil from by John to Turkey through. Georgia. So it's clear on the ground then that this is a much more serious conflict but I mean, what set it off? There's a belief on both sides that there is no political solution, the new Armenian Prime Minister Nicol. Chagnon in his speech last year called for the reunification of the crowd about Armenia. Azerbaijan side feels that the only way it can recover at least parts of going to cut about or the outlying provinces is through force. Perhaps because of covid nineteen, there has been next to no international mediation of the conflict since this spring and that is said to have led to the clashes in July and the failure to mediate in the aftermath of July may have precipitated. What we're seeing today people in the region say that to some extent they saw this. Coming for miles and international community failed to prevent it and what is the international community's response. Now that it's escalated, the U. N. Security Council has called on the two sides to put an end to the fighting the European Union, the United States and Russia have also called for a ceasefire unlike other international actors Turkey has urged by John to push forward and edge of type air to one Turkish president said on September twenty eighth that peace would only come to. The region wants Armenia withdrew from Nagorno cut about his spokesperson added the next day that Turkey was quote unquote fully ready to help Azerbaijan, recover the enclave reports indicate that Mr Government has sent Syrian mercenaries who help Azerbaijan. It is also providing drones to the other by Johnny Army and our media accused Turkey of shooting down one of its warplanes, which is a charge that Turkish officials have denied and you mentioned Russia calling for a ceasefire how is Russia involved escalation? On the part of other by John or further, Turkish involvement could also drag in Russia which sells arms to Azerbaijan, but also has a mutual defense pact with Armenia. So in theory because not going cut about is not legally part of Armenia Russia is not under any commitment to defend Armenia in case of an attack on they're going to cut about and so far. In fact, Russia has only gone so far as to ask Turkey, to back its calls for a ceasefire. If Armenia dust come under attack by Azerbaijan or by Turkey, it seems Russia will have no choice but to defend Armenia and do you think that's the way things are heading I mean is there a way to calm the tensions here so far calls for a ceasefire have fallen on deaf ears it may be that Azerbaijan will succumb to Russian pressure and that both sides will. Lay Down Arms. It may be that other by John will simply settle for partial gains especially in the seven district near not going to talk about and declare victory, which would placate public opinion at home but this may yet get out of control.
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