Yulia Latynina chokes on her toast

[Lucker]

Bella let us see the ramblings of this funny TV person yesterday and cleverly poked fun at the silly woman when giving us the Topic , " Crisis , What Crisis" .
I glanced at my Moscow Times this morning over coffee , caviare and light toast and nearly ruined my new cashmere sweater as I glanced at the headlines .

RTS has toughest week since 1999

Stock Market misses out on Global gains .

$2.4 billion bail out for VTB - one of several thousand banks .

Prokhorov warns against buy back --- bankruptcy fear .

By jove . Things are swinging in Rusky Land .
I wonder if that Kudrin clown will swing by his neck ?
You were so right , Bella .
It's going to be a cold , cold Christmas in Squiggeldy Language country .

[dzerassa]

what i admire about latynina is that she is an expert in everything: situation in north caucaus, economics, world politics, iran, how to reform army, etc. she always knows everything

[Lucker]

Does she indeed ?
I have not seen any other of her master pieces but on this subject she is clearly class donkey .
She managed to score 0 out of 10 .

[sliver]

what i admire about latynina is that she is an expert in everything: situation in north caucaus, economics, world politics, iran, how to reform army, etc. she always knows everything

strange, i cannot see the first page of topic
nevermind.. yep, latynina is a great expert )))
ramon, she works at Moscow Echo, represents opposition and does a good job against official opinion (government) :becky:
so called 5th column

[Lucker]

I think the last fortnight has shaken Moscow rigid . Even Dmitry admitted this publicly -- read subtext -- and previous bluster has evaporated , with Vlad the Bad suddenly totally occupied with his new pet tiger . ( Has it eaten his dog yet ?)
My feeling is that a few favours were called in and this article is one such favour .
However , more charitably , when a system is under dire attack ( and the whole financial ethos still is ) any tactic is fair play in my view --- keep the dogs of war well fed or thinking they will be well fed .

[dzerassa]

Does she indeed ?
I have not seen any other of her master pieces but on this subject she is clearly class donkey .
She managed to score 0 out of 10 .

she is not better on other issues

[Neilikka]

I respect her very much and listen to all her programmes on Moscow's Echo.

[dzerassa]

I respect her very much and listen to all her programmes on Moscow's Echo.


i also either listen to her or read later on echo site but without any much respect

[Lucker]

But Bella
You claim to love my Posts which surely means you are a poor judge !!

[Neilikka]

Ramon,I am not a judge at all. I am a researcher.

I would like to introduce Yulia Latynina to you. You think very much alike. You only should read more of her articles.
Here is one of them.

Yulia Latynina, writing in the Moscow Times:

Who is Mr. Putin?
Until 2003, he was a leader who could have made Russia a truly great country if he followed through on his liberal economic program.
But he had one weakness. As a former security services operative, machinations became his modus operandi for ruling the country. And he who lives by machinations sooner or later falls victim to them.

President Vladimir Putin surrounded himself with people who were terribly unqualified to run a business or government. But they were very skilled in another area — exposing Putin’s enemies. If there are no enemies, you can always invent them. And once the enemies were exposed, Putin’s friends grabbed up their assets.

The first to fall victim to this kind of scheme was Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Putin’s confidantes issued dire warnings to the president about how Khodorkovsky was planning to seize power. This campaign continued every day until Putin was convinced that Khodorkovsky posed a real threat.

Whenever Putin believed he had a sworn enemy, that person was removed at the drop of a hat. When he thought that Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov wanted to become president, Kasyanov quickly found himself out of a job. Also, once Putin was convinced that Russneft founder Mikhail Gutseriyev was financing insurgents in Ingushetia, the Federal Tax Service initiated an investigation against the company for tens of millions of dollars in back taxes.
Putin did not make a lot mistakes at the helm, but he never admitted to the few he did make. Instead, he attributed his mistakes to the intrigues of his enemies. Take the seizure and expropriation of Yukos, for example. That was not a mistake, but the successful elimination of a dangerous enemy. Or take the defeat of pro-Kremlin candidate Viktor Yanukovych in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. It wasn’t that Putin made mistakes in formulating his policy toward Ukraine; it was the insidious United States that undercut everything by plotting an Orange Revolution.

As government corruption became increasingly worse, the picture presented on state television became increasingly rosy. While Putin’s elite vacationed at the posh French ski resort in Kurshavel, the Kremlin constantly warned Russia’s lumpen proletariat of the country’s mortal enemies in the West. As Nashi youth pelted the Estonian Embassy with stones, eggs and insults, Russian state-controlled television presented this as the resurgence of a “strong Russia.”

“Strong” is the key word here. Any person who is incapable of making decisions in difficult situations has a great need to pretend to be strong. Remember the photos of Putin shirtless during a fishing trip or the shots of him in the cockpit of fighter jets. But on the frightening morning of Sept. 1, 2004, when Putin — who planned to attend a school-opening ceremony in Nalchik that day — learned about the terrorist attack at Beslan School No. 1, located 90 kilometers away from Nalchik, he rerouted his plane in midflight and returned to Moscow.

We have been told repeatedly that Putin rules the country with a “strong hand,” but, in reality, his orders are routinely ignored. He once ordered the firing of a number of high-ranking Federal Security Service officers, but they all remained at their posts. Moreover, Putin’s subordinates continued to destroy companies even after he had personally told them to back off. This happened with the East Line company that owns Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, for example.

In the end, what good has come of Putin’s presidency? Eight years of his authority produced swarms of enthusiastic toadies, who have already begun sucking up to the new president, Dmitry Medvedev. And, of course, his friends became very rich.

Thanks for reading La Russophobe !

By the way, Ramon, pay attention to this site. It's in English and it's very close to Novaya Gaseta. I think you will find it interesting.

[Neilikka]

Yulia Latynina, my love.

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[Lucker]

Bella , Great minds think alike .
I added this site to my "Favourites "list about a fortnight ago in fortuitous circumstances
I had not previously seen that partricular article and I metaphorically fell over backwards when I read it .
You are right . I could have written it .
It is nice to be surprised and I have been just that , and in a favourable way .
No wonder Jurassic does not like her --- it must upset all her brainwashed prejudices !!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL.

[Sveta's Hero]

Yulia Latynina, my love.

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Is it Halloween already?:lol::p

[Neilikka]

Paul. tastes differ. I personally would like to ask you the same question every time when I see the girl who I know you like. So don't ask silly bad-mannered questions about ladies, never ever!

[Lucker]

Paul .
I can't believe you said that .
She has a rapier mind , might be a wonderful bed lady and kind and caring .
Who is your lady ? Julia Roberts ?

[beezneesman]

But on the frightening morning of Sept. 1, 2004, when Putin — who planned to attend a school-opening ceremony in Nalchik that day — learned about the terrorist attack at Beslan School No. 1, located 90 kilometers away from Nalchik, he rerouted his plane in midflight and returned to Moscow.

It's important to remember irt Putin that in his KGB days (his professional formative years) he was a desk jockey in a cushy posting (Germany). He's not really the type to get his hands dirty getting anywhere near any front line!

[IamKeenan]

Is it Halloween already?:lol::p



hahahaha You read my mind , What a Howler!!!!:lol::lol::lol:

[sunontheway]

It's important to remember irt Putin that in his KGB days (his professional formative years) he was a desk jockey in a cushy posting (Germany). He's not really the type to get his hands dirty getting anywhere near any front line!

I thought you were connected to military service, beez. But you leave so strange comments sometimes. :shocked: President is not just a person and shouldn't be under any risk, remember how nobody could find Bush on September 11 for a long time. If a situation alike happened in your country, security service would hide your Gordon Brown no doubt. Or... should he continue a school-openning ceremony in Nalchik? Rather odd suggestion :shocked:

[Neilikka]

Really! What an interesting question! And what do you think the President should have done in that situation?:confused:

[Neilikka]

As for American boys(old ones and looking as if they were going to Halloween Party themselves), they seem to like only candy girls. Maybe that's the reason why they are waiting for love so long? Yulia is a journalist, not a pop-singer, it has been the first time when I saw her photo yesterday. Usually I only listen to her and she is a brilliant journalist. On the other hand, I like how she looks. To tell the truth, I expected to see much older lady.
And in any case, it's disgusting and revolting to laugh at somebosy's appearance.

[Neilikka]

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I have found a few more Yulia's photos. I don't know but I think she is just beautiful.

She is with her parents in their dacha Peredelkino, near Moscow. Her parents are writers, too.

[Neilikka]

[B]Yulia does a lot of sports. She is good at everything. A really brilliant lady![B]

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[Neilikka]

Although the Georgian war has ended victoriously for Russia, many questions remain.

Before the war started, South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity declared that in the event of Georgian aggression, South Ossetia would deliver a counterstrike: "We retain the right to strike Georgian cities, and we have the means to do this."

The media also reported that the South Ossetian army had 87 tanks, 80 infantry combat vehicles, 90 armored personnel carriers, 23 Grad truck-fired missile systems, more than 200 mobile anti-aircraft and anti-tank guided missile systems, and so on.

But, as it became clear after Georgia's initial assault, the South Ossetian army never existed. It turned out the local militia had neither tanks nor even grenade launchers.

Question: Whose army was Kokoity referring to? Whose weapons was he planning to use in his counterstrike against Georgian cities?

Perhaps here are the answers: On Aug. 7, the eve of the war, front-line units of Russia's 135th and 693rd regiments were stationed at a huge military base that had long been under construction in Dzhava, South Ossetia. If Russia's goal had been to protect the breakaway republic from Georgian aggression, it could have stationed its troops along the republic's border and declared South Ossetia's independence before a war ever broke out. And maybe alongside Nicaragua, even Somalia would have recognized the republic's independence.

Question: If Russia's goal was to protect the Ossetian people from the bloodthirsty Georgian fascists, why wasn't its 58th Army stationed in plain view in South Ossetia?

A video was posted on the Internet filmed by Georgian soldiers who were among the first to enter Tskhinvali. It shows that after the shelling on the night of Aug. 8, Georgian forces found the city practically undamaged. The buildings, trees and even fences were all intact, although a few broken windows were visible. Three days later, when Russian forces liberated the city, it lay in ruins.

Question: Who destroyed Tskhinvali?

At 3 a.m. on Aug. 8, Russia officially announced it was at war, and two hours later it was announced on television that columns of Russian troops had regained Tskhinvali. This is not true. The citizens of Tskhinvali sat in their basements for three nights in a row and only saw the Russian tanks on Sunday.

Question: Who was conducting the aerial bombardment and lobbing Grad missiles into the city on Friday and Saturday, when Georgian troops had control of the city?

"All the roads were full of bomb craters and nothing but mush remained of them," said Nelli Bikoyeva of the official pro-Kremlin group that gathers testimony from eyewitnesses of the war in South Ossetia. She was speaking about Saturday, Aug. 9, when she ran from one basement to another seeking refuge. "Corpses and pieces of broken trees lay in the streets, buildings were burning."

Question: Who created those bomb craters? Could Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili really have been so mad as to bomb his own troops?

Everybody knows that the Soviet Union never attacked any of its neighbors. To the contrary, those treacherous neighbors were always the ones who attacked the Soviet Union. Of course, there were a few isolated cases when the Soviet Union felt compelled to help its socialist brothers in their struggles for emancipation.

When Comrade Stalin supported North Korea's struggle for emancipation, all the Warsaw Pact countries voiced their support. When the Soviet Union gave "international aid" to the people of Afghanistan, the Warsaw Pact countries again supported its policies. In 2008, when the Kremlin gave assistance to Kokoity's anti-fascist regime, Hamas, Hezbollah and Nicaragua supported Moscow.

Question: How did it happen that not even Libya and North Korea took Russia's side? How did Russia end up so completely alone?

Yulia Latynina hosts a political talk show on Ekho Moskvy radio.

[bobbyd]

she's not a bad looking woman. What's up kee-man?

[dzerassa]

Question: Whose army was Kokoity referring to? Whose weapons was he planning to use in his counterstrike against Georgian cities?



Kokoiti was trying to seem tough and pretend ossetia has means to defend itself so that georgia would think twice bedore invading. it was a bluff

[dzerassa]

now u understand why i don't like her. she hasn't been in south ossetia, all that she knows is what she gathered in her trip in georgia. she herslf admitted it

[dzerassa]

[B]

We have been told repeatedly that Putin rules the country with a “strong hand,” but, in reality, his orders are routinely ignored.

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Aga! that's the most funny thing from her nonsense. i don't think that many dare to "ignore" putin