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Not What Your Country Can Do For You:
The Third Russian Revolution
By Chris Oakley Part 23
From the October 30th, 2012 New York Post:
From the October 31st, 2012 broadcast of Good Morning America: Believe it or not, one of the most popular masks this Halloween is a likeness of Valery Kazrenko, the former Russian air force lieutenant who defected to the NRPM last year and has gained an international cult following on YouTube thanks to his viral videos calling on other Russian military officers to join the rebellion against the government of current Russian president Dmitri Medvedev.... From the November 1st, 2012 Washington Post: LATEST GALLUP POLLS HINT AT CRUSHING ELECTION DAY DEFEAT FOR SCHUMER Undaunted, Democratic Presidential Nominee Says He’ll Keep Campaigning “Right To The End” From the November 3rd, 2012 broadcast of NBC Nightly News: With just three days remaining until voters go to the polls to decide whether they want Democratic presidential nominee Chuck Schumer or Republican candidate Mike Huckabee as their next commander-in-chief, the results of the latest Washington Post survey of its readers on the question of which candidate is better suited to handle foreign policy cannot be good news for the Schumer camp: out of over 2500 readers polled, nearly eighty-five percent of those who responded say Huckabee would be better equipped to deal with foreign policy issues as President. One particular flaw in the Schumer platform, according to many of those who picked Huckabee, is the New York senator’s reluctance to take a tougher stance on the Russian government’s ongoing war against the NRPM insurgency.... From the November 5th, 2012 broadcast of CBC News At Six: As the U.S. presidential campaign enters its final day, all signs point to a major shift in Washington’s policy on the Russian civil war, regardless of who emerges the victor tomorrow.... From a story posted at MSNBC.com that same day: DEVELOPING STORY-- Air strikes underway against Russian rebel fighters south of Novosibirsk
From the November 6th, 2012 Washington Times: G.O.P. CONFIDENT OF DECISIVE WINS IN TODAY’S ELECTION Latest Exit Polls Point To Huge Huckabee Victory In Presidential Race, Major Gains For Republicans In Congress From a CBS News special report later that same day: With eleven states having already declared for former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and two others leaning strongly in Huckabee’s direction, the chances of Democratic nominee Chuck Schumer being able to mount a comeback and win the presidency are growing slimmer with every passing minute.... From messages posted at the BBC News home page at 6:00 AM London time November 7th, 2012: Mike Huckabee projected to win U.S. presidential campaign Russian rebels holding their ground at Novosibirsk From the November 8th, 2012 broadcast of NBC’s Today: President-elect Mike Huckabee is scheduled to meet with his transition team later this morning to begin laying out the agenda for the first one hundred days of his incoming administration. Among the topics expected to be discussed at that meeting are the economy, the current war in Afghanistan, and the ongoing civil war in Russia... In related news, a developing story out of Novosibirsk suggests NRPM insurgents in that city may be winning their latest battle with Russian government forces for control of the area despite previous claims by the Kremlin that the rebels were in retreat.... From a story posted at CNN.com on November 10th, 2012: BREAKING NEWS--Russian government troops reported pulling out of Novosibirsk area From the book Dacha Of Cards: The Battle Of Novosibirsk, copyright 2069 Stackpole Publishing: The Russian regular army’s defeat at Novosibirsk has been compared by some historians to the Tet Offensive during Vietnam or the Battle of Stalingrad in that it had a deleterious long-term effect on the morale of the losing side and undermined the confidence of the people on the home front in their political leadership. Once Medvedev’s troops withdrew from the Novosibirsk area, Medvedev himself found his credibility as a head of state starting to crumble faster than his power could mend it... From the November 13th, 2012 Guardian: CALLS FOR MEDVEDEV TO STEP DOWN MARK LATEST DUMA SESSION Recriminations over Russian president’s handling of Novosibirsk dominate stormy parliamentary meeting From the November 14th, 2012 San Francisco Chronicle: INTERIM RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER FIRED Source claims heated dispute with Medvedev over Novosibirsk was main cause of diplomatic chief’s dismissal From the November 16th, 2012 broadcast of BBC Breakfast: The Russian embassy in London is refusing to comment on rumors that the country’s UN ambassador may be recalled in the next 48 hours to take the reins as Russia’s new foreign minister... From the November 18th, 2012 broadcast of The CBS Evening News: The Russian ambassador in Washington today denied BBC reports that the current head of Russia’s U.N. mission in New York has been tapped to replace the country’s recently fired interim foreign minister.... From the November 19th, 2012 broadcast of Nine News Morning Hour: Al-Jazeera is reporting that it has obtained documents confirming a BBC story aired nearly three days ago in which Russia’s ambassador to the U.N. was allegedly named as its new foreign minister... From the November 20th, 2012 New York Post: RUSSIA’S TOP U.N. DIPLO: WASN’T ME Head of Kremlin U.N. mission still won’t admit to taking over as Moscow’s new Moscow’s foreign minister From the November 22nd, 2012 broadcast of The CBS Evening News: The worst-kept secret in international diplomacy officially became public this afternoon when the Russian foreign ministry released a statement acknowledging that Russia’s former ambassador to the United Nations has been named to assume the post of foreign minister in Medvedev’s cabinet.... From the November 25th, 2012 Daily Mail: GROZNYY MUTINEERS CONVICTED Relatives of court-martialed sailors expected to protest verdict From the November 27th, 2012 New York Times: HUNDREDS BRAVE COLD, MOB VIOLENCE TO ATTEND ANTI-MEDVEDEV RALLY IN GORKY From the November 29th, 2012 Chicago Tribune: ORGANIZERS OF TOMORROW’S PRO-NPRM RALLY IN WARSAW EXPECT HIGH TURNOUT PRESIDENT-ELECT HUCKABEE PROMISES TOUGHER STANCE ON RUSSIA From a report posted at MSNBC.com on December 2nd, 2012: DEVELOPING STORY--Russian air force’s third highest-ranking officer missing; no comment on rumors he may have defected to rebels
To Be Continued
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