Areas

"After the murder of [former DNR leader] Alexander Zakharchenko under the conditions of a possible vacuum of power, there was a real risk of the total destabilization of the situation in southeastern Ukraine…. The holding of elections made it possible to avoid such a scenario.”

“A Spanish fighter recently accidentally fired an air-to-air missile in Estonia. Thank God, it didn’t kill anyone. What if it fell on our soil rather than in Estonia? After all, it was very close."

“The Russian side stressed the unacceptability of the practice of making public unsubstantiated accusations, which runs counter to the norms of international dialogue.”

"According to observers, the elections were democratic and open."

"...in 1612 the word Ukraine was not heard anywhere.”

“...there are also inscriptions in Russian with errors (‘ddiplomatic history’, ‘new era’ (incorrect Russian grammar) and 'Helpinki summit')."

“Don’t you think this is political paranoia?”

“Another familiar voice declaring a triumph over the Russian president in the midterms is William Browder, a US-born British investor shark, who reimagined himself as a brave human rights crusader after being accused of financial crimes in Russia. Browder celebrated a victory in a ‘proxy war in Orange County’, because ‘Putin minion’ Dana Rohrabacher failed in his reelection bid there. It’s really convenient when you can declare, with impunity, that people you disagree with are minions.”

“I will not guess how the results of these elections will affect the future of our relations… We firmly know that the internal political perturbations in the United States directly affect Washington's relations with Moscow, and our relations, our contacts, our partnership on global security issues that many countries of the world are waiting for, have become hostage to these internal political squabbles in America.”

"On November 5, 2018, at about 10am on-duty airspace control aircraft spotted an unidentified air threat over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, which was approaching the airspace of the Russian Federation. An Su-27 fighter jet took off from the nearest airfield of the on-duty air defense unit. It approached the aircraft at a safe distance and identified it as an EP-3E Aries signals reconnaissance version of the US Navy. The fighter crew reported identification of the U.S. signals reconnaissance aircraft and escorted it away from the airspace of the Russian Federation in compliance with all security and safety requirements."

“In a strange twist of logic the author tells us Russia is against vaccination, which is actually a must in Russia.”

"The film distribution certificate for the film ‘Hunter Killer’ was not issued due to the lack of a mark on the delivery of the film for permanent storage in the Russian Gosfilmofond [state film archive].”