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- Use Connectivity to Win Abkhazia
The WSJ has an op-ed on the recent Abkhaz-Georgian-Russian tensions which for anyone following it, offers mainly a summary of the situation up until now recounting especially Georgian mistakes while spending little time on Russia. In fact, it fails to clearly define Russia’s role. While most articles continue to refer to Russian “peacekeepers” it seems [...]
- Another Day, Another UAV
News from Abkhazia seems to be a broke record these days. The Abkhaz news agency is claiming that two more Georgian drones were shot down today. So what is going on?
As far as I can tell, the drone in question is an Elbit Hermes 450, an Israeli made UAV. However, I haven’t found any details [...]
- Another Drone Down?
Globalsecurity.org reports that Abkhazia claims it has shot down yet another Georgian drone, bringing the unconfirmed total to five. They include drones shot down (allegedly) on March 18, April 20th, and two more on May 4th. While Georgia denies the report, it would coincide with the rise in tensions with Russia and now, especially with [...]
- Jamestown on Abkhazia
I’ve recently discussed the Georgia/Russia conflict here, here and here. Now, Jamestown weighs in on the Russian troop movements into Abkhazia with additional insight:
If indeed the Georgians have massed 1500 troops with some guns in the upper Kodori, they cannot possibly be used as “a bridgehead” to begin an attack on Abkhazia. The upper Kodori [...]
- Hot Gets Hotter in the Caucasus
Yesterday I mentioned the increasing belligerence of Russia and its aggression towards Georgia. Today, Moscow has threated force should Georgia attempt to retake its own territory militarily. The first assumption here, is that Georgia is somehow preparing for war, a charge which Moscow has almost certainly invented to buy a short term advantage. In doing [...]
- смотреть! Russian War Tubas!
The photo of Japanese war tubas I posted last month has proven very popular. A Spanish-language British blog (?) linked to the War Tubas in a post on Soviet anti-zeppelin countermeasures use of barrage balloons in World War II against aerial bombings. [My Spanish sucks, yo – YH] This looks like a sweet post, I [...]
- Welcome to Russia
This being Russia, I can’t tell if this is another stage of the prank, or a real tragic accident. I fear it’s the later.
- The Geography of Russia Through History
And now with my latest post in the CA series on the historical borders of nations through history, I’d like to tackle the growth and recent waning of Russia’s territorial might over the last one thousand years.
Similar Posts: Ethiopia – Poland – Armenia – Persia.
NOTE: As always, these borders shifted over the years, [...]
- Considering the state of things, not that unusual…
Russian bombers neared NATO summit on unusual practice run, Norway’s military says
Two Russian strategic bombers on an unusual practice run Thursday neared the Netherlands, where NATO defense ministers were meeting, the Norwegian military said. Another set of bombers earlier Thursday flew unusually close to far northern Norwegian territory, but remained in international air space, [...]
- It had to start sometime
Despite beheading videos having gone out of style for Jihadis in Iraq, it seems that one Russian extremist group is starting to copy the tactic. According to Radio Free Europe,
A Russian ultranationalist group has posted a video on its websites that appears to show the execution-style killing of two men from Central Asia and [...]
