Tagged: Putin

No. I guess I should expand upon my conclusion. Noises have been coming from Russia recently and exaggerated in certain elements of the UK/US press that the Russians are preparing for nuclear war – or more accurately, preparing for the west to attack it. Russia has continued to make threatening noises – recently moving nuclear-capable missiles to Kaliningrad, testing nuclear-capable weapons, advising its citizens to be prepared in case of attack, large scale civil defence drills and large scale military drills. This sabre-rattling is likely to be for two reasons: Firstly to stop the west from getting involved in Syria. …

Vladimir Putin has made an appeal to the America people, against possible military action. Before I start, I appreciate that this awful civil war has more than one side, but this blog post is about Putin and his relationship with Assad. Let’s remember a few facts. After huge political changes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, an uprising began in Syria with mass protests, sparked by the torture of children that had written anti-Assad graffiti. 2 years later – 100,000 people have been killed.  1,500,000 are refugees in nearby countries.  4,000,000 are internally displaced.  I do not have figures on the …