Part 18

From the April 27^th, 2012 broadcast of CBC News At Six:

Contradictory reports are surfacing from the Primorskiy area tonight as the Kremlin continues to dispute NRPM claims that the insurgent groups has taken control of the small Far Eastern town....

 

From the April 28^th, 2012 New York Times:

From the April 29^th, 2012 broadcast of CBS’ The Early Show:

In an interview for Italian television last night, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev fielded some tough questions about the Russian civil war in general and specifically about the fighting near Primorskiy. While Medvedev stopped short of explicitly acknowledging that airborne troops had been sent to that town, he did say the option is, in his words, "under serious consideration..."

From the May 1^st, 2012 New York Daily News:

MOSCOW COPS CRYING "MAY DAY!"

Police in Russian capital stretched thin as country marks Day Of Spring & Labor holiday

From the May 2^nd, 2012 broadcast of BBC World News:

The death toll in yesterday’s riots at the Day of Spring and Labor parade in Moscow’s Red Square has now been revised upwards to thirty-eight....

From the May 3^rd, 2012 broadcast of Good Morning America:

Just moments ago, Russian president Dmitri Medvedev confirmed what many people have suspected for days: that Russian regular army airborne troops are fighting with NRPM guerrillas near the Far East town of Primorskiy...

From the May 5^th, 2012 Times Of India:

PM RESCHEDULES SUMMIT WITH MEDVEDEV AMID FEARS ABOUT

LATEST WAVE OF SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG

From the May 7^th, 2012 broadcast of Today:

In a stunning rebuke to the government of current president Dmitri Medvedev, a group of moderate and liberal Russian lawmakers is planning to boycott this year’s V-E Day anniversary parade in Moscow’s Red Square to protest what they call "intolerable human rights abuses" by Russian regular army troops against captured NRPM insurgents. This comes just as the federal prosecutor general’s office is preparing to open a formal inquiry into charges that Moscow police used unnecessary force against demonstrators during last week’s Day of Spring and Labor riots…

From the May 8^th, 2012 New York Times:

From the May 10^th, 2012 Washington Post:

From the May 11^th, 2012 broadcast of Nine News:

Two Russian army officers have been arrested on espionage charges after it was alleged that they leaked classified military documents to the whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks. The documents are believed to pertain to the regular army’s strategy in combating the NRPM insurgency...

In a related story Russian regular army airborne troops near Primorskiy are on the defensive after a surprise rear flank attack by rebel fighters...

From the May 13^th, 2012 Central Daily News(Taiwan):

R.O.C. DEFENSE MINISTER VOICES CONCERN ABOUT LATEST MILITARY MOVES BY BEIJING

Hu Jintao says deployments simply a precaution in response to latest events in Russian civil war

From a story posted at MSNBC.com on May 14^th, 2012:

BREAKING NEWS--AL JAZEERA REPORTS RUSSIAN REGULAR TROOPS AT

PRIMORSKIY UNDER SIEGE

 

From the May 16^th, 2012 broadcast of BBC Breakfast:

The Kremlin is refusing to confirm or deny reports that Russian regular army defenses at Primorskiy have collapsed...

From a story posted at CNN.com on May 17^th, 2012:

BREAKING NEWS: Reuters Report Says NRPM Guerrillas Have Seized Last Russian Government Army Position At Primorskiy

From the May 19^th, 2012 Washington Post:

"NO COMMENT" FROM RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON RUMORS OF KREMLIN GENERAL STAFF SHAKEUP

Recriminations Coming From All Sides In Wake of Rebel Victory At Primorskiy

From the May 21^st, 2012 New York Times:

From the May 24^th, 2012 broadcast of CBC News At Six:

The second-highest ranking deputy to the chief of the Russian general staff has resigned amid allegations that he severely mishandled troop deployments in the recent engagement between government forces and NRPM insurgents at Primorskiy....

From the May 25^th, 2012 Boston Globe:

POLLS HINT SHOWDOWN LOOMING FOR OBAMA IN CALIFORNIA PRIMARY

Russian civil war policy still a danger to re-election bid, say Gallup analysts

From the May 27^th, 2012 Washington Times:

RALLY FOR KAZAKHSTAN DRAWS 10,000 IN NEW YORK

Demonstrators throng Central Park to show support for struggling Central Asian country as it copes with latest border crisis

From the May 28^th, 2012 broadcast of Nine News’ Morning Hour:

Another senior Russian regular army general has resigned as shock waves continue to ripple through the Kremlin establishment in the wake of the rebel victory at Primorskiy....

 

From the June 3^rd, 2012 broadcast of 60 Minutes:

To say there is turmoil in the ranks of the Russian regular army’s senior officer corps as the civil war between the Medvedev government and the NRPM insurgency enters its third year would be like saying Antarctica can get a little chilly during the winter. At times it seems as if the Kremlin’s senior field commanders are simultaneously fighting three wars-- one against the insurgents, another with their own political superiors, and a third among the regular army commanders themselves....

From the book Broken Shield: The 2010-15 Civil War And Its Political Impact On The Russian Army Officer Corps, copyright 2057 Moscow State University Press:

More than four decades on from the collapse of the Medvedev government in this country, our senior defense command structure is still feeling the aftereffects of the internal dissension which began eating away at Russia’s armed forces as the tide of the civil war steadily turned more and more in favor of the NRPM rebels....

From a story posted at BBC News’ official website on June 7^th, 2012:

DEVELOPING STORY--COMMANDING GENERAL OF RUSSIAN ARMY SPETSNAZ

FORCES FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT SUICIDE

From the June 8^th, 2012 broadcast of Good Morning America:

Responding to reports that the commander-in-chief of the Russian army’s Spetsnaz special operations branch committed suicide late yesterday, Russian president Dmitri Medvedev has ordered an immediate autopsy to determine the official cause of death. This comes as allegations are being raised that the general may have in fact been assassinated either by an NRPM hit squad or rogue elements within the ranks of his own personnel...