Russia Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/foreign-policies/russia/ Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:55:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png Russia Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/foreign-policies/russia/ 32 32 12773863 White Man’s Skin Turns “Dark Skinned” After Liver Transplant from Black Man https://ezkool.com/2015/12/white-mans-skin-turns-dark-skinned-after-liver-transplant-from-black-man/ Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:53:39 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61541 The 65-year-old Russian man was diagnosed with hepatitis C and cancer, and would have died if he didn’t get the liver transplant. He traveled to the United States and paid $500,000 for the transplant. The liver came from a 38 year old black man. What happened next left everyone, including doctors, perplexed. “I noticed that […]

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]]> 61541 Does This Mean War? https://ezkool.com/2015/11/does-this-mean-war/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:06:35 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61097 I’m being a bit of a coward by posing my title as a question, but I do firmly believe that the western world is headed towards a much larger, more coordinated and, ultimately, more deadly military conflict. If it sounds like war, smells like war, destroys like war, breeds intolerance like war, then it must […]

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]]> 61097 Obama: This Duck Is Still Mobile https://ezkool.com/2014/07/barack-obama-this-duck-is-still-mobile-too/ https://ezkool.com/2014/07/barack-obama-this-duck-is-still-mobile-too/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:47:45 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=53551 You would think, from all the talk about the midterm elections and the final two years of the Obama Administration, that the president doesn’t matter anymore or that absolutely nothing will get done in Washington between now and January 2017. While we may be fighting political gridlock, and the possibility that few if any consequential […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/07/barack-obama-this-duck-is-still-mobile-too/feed/ 0 53551 The Silly Season Gets Serious https://ezkool.com/2014/07/the-silly-season-gets-real-serious/ https://ezkool.com/2014/07/the-silly-season-gets-real-serious/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:18:36 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=53329 I took my talents to South Beach over the weekend for a relative’s surprise birthday party, and on the plane to and fro I had the opportunity to…think. Love airplane mode. Phones and tablets should have other modes, such as marriage mode, play-with-children mode, just-watch-one-screen mode, or perhaps physical media mode, where you would be […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/07/the-silly-season-gets-real-serious/feed/ 0 53329 The US Navy is Gearing Up in The Ukraine https://ezkool.com/2014/04/the-us-navy-is-gearing-up-in-the-ukraine/ https://ezkool.com/2014/04/the-us-navy-is-gearing-up-in-the-ukraine/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:54:21 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49906 With Russian forces already in the area, the US Navy is now getting involved. The U.S. Navy is sending a destroyer into the Black Sea in the coming days as a symbolic gesture of support for Ukraine and other allies in the region, according to two senior defense officials. The USS Donald Cook, a guided […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/04/the-us-navy-is-gearing-up-in-the-ukraine/feed/ 0 49906 The Pause https://ezkool.com/2014/03/the-pause-on-everything-four/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/the-pause-on-everything-four/#respond Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:14:03 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49479 Perhaps it’s just me, but this time of year seems to be the boring period between the fun of a nasty winter and the beginning of a well-earned spring. And I’m not just talking about the weather. American politics is on hiatus at this moment because it’s too early to get too riled up by […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/the-pause-on-everything-four/feed/ 0 49479 Jimmy Fallon on The Russia/Ukraine Invasion – Video https://ezkool.com/2014/03/jimmy-fallon-on-the-russiaukraine-invasion-video/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/jimmy-fallon-on-the-russiaukraine-invasion-video/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:50:01 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49299 In his opening monologue, Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show briefly mentioned the incident involving Russia and Ukraine. Video.

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/jimmy-fallon-on-the-russiaukraine-invasion-video/feed/ 0 49299 Russian Reporter Against Russian Invasion of Ukraine – Video https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russian-reporter-against-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-video/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russian-reporter-against-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-video/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:58:49 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48852 Abby Martin works for RT, aka Russia Today, the English-language, Kremlin-managed cable news station that’s been wackadoodle with its Ukraine coverage. On Monday, Martin blasted Russia’s invasion as “wrong.” But did she go off the reservation, or just add a layer to Putin’s propaganda offensive? Here’s what she says in her closing monologue, shown above: […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russian-reporter-against-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-video/feed/ 0 48852 Hypocritical Republicans Blame Obama for Putin’s Invasion, But Praised Bush for Putin’s Invasion https://ezkool.com/2014/03/hypocritical-republicans-blames-obama-for-putins-invasion-but-praised-bush-for-putins-invasion/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/hypocritical-republicans-blames-obama-for-putins-invasion-but-praised-bush-for-putins-invasion/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:16:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48831 It’s amazing how quickly Republicans pranced on President Obama to cast blame on him for Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. From Lindsey Graham, to John McCain to Rudolph Guiliana, they are all having a field day, criticizing Mr. Obama as a weak, spineless, Muslim infidel who is the reason why the world is apparently walking […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/hypocritical-republicans-blames-obama-for-putins-invasion-but-praised-bush-for-putins-invasion/feed/ 0 48831 Russia Firing Warning Shots at Ukraine Soldiers https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russia-firing-warning-shots-at-ukraine-soldiers/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russia-firing-warning-shots-at-ukraine-soldiers/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:39:25 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48839 Although the rest of the world is denouncing the recent occupation of Russian forces in Ukraine, things took a turn for worse as bullets from Russian troops fly over the heads of Ukrainian soldiers. Escalation. Russian troops in control of the Belbek air base in Crimea fired warning shots into the air as around 300 […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russia-firing-warning-shots-at-ukraine-soldiers/feed/ 0 48839 Russia Could Lose Membership in G8 Soon https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russia-could-lose-membership-in-g8-soon/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russia-could-lose-membership-in-g8-soon/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:28:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48803 WASHINGTON — After Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine, the G8 might become the G7 again. Russia is set to host the next summit of the Group of Eight — the (mostly) western economic powers of the U.S., UK, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan and Russia — in Sochi in June, and the U.S. has broken […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/russia-could-lose-membership-in-g8-soon/feed/ 0 48803 The World Gets Dangerous https://ezkool.com/2014/03/world-gets-dangerous/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/world-gets-dangerous/#respond Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:40:51 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48794 You can’t say we weren’t warned that Vladimir Putin might try to flex some muscles in Ukraine. After all, the Olympics are over, there were no terrorist attacks, Russia won the most medals, and Viktor Yanukovych turned out to be better suited for the summer games, beating a hasty vamoose from Kiev all the way […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/world-gets-dangerous/feed/ 0 48794 President Obama Warns Putin – Stay Out of Ukraine https://ezkool.com/2014/02/president-obama-warns-putin-stay-out-of-ukraine/ https://ezkool.com/2014/02/president-obama-warns-putin-stay-out-of-ukraine/#respond Sat, 01 Mar 2014 04:49:22 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48762 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that military intervention in Ukraine would lead to “costs,” as tension with old foe President Vladimir Putin rose in a Cold War-style crisis. “We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine,” he told reporters. Obama […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/02/president-obama-warns-putin-stay-out-of-ukraine/feed/ 0 48762 Italian Soccer Player Breaks Down In Tears After Racist Taunts Hurled During Game https://ezkool.com/2014/02/italian-soccer-player-breaks-down-in-tears-after-racist-taunts-hurled-during-game/ https://ezkool.com/2014/02/italian-soccer-player-breaks-down-in-tears-after-racist-taunts-hurled-during-game/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:11:27 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48037 Mario Balotelli, 23, Italian professional soccer player for AC Milan, shed tears on the bench after racist taunts were repeatedly hurled at him, reports Bleacher Report. Since Balotelli’s reaction was captured on video and spread like wildfire on social media, his coach and teammates have tried to downplay the incident, insisting that racism was not a […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/02/italian-soccer-player-breaks-down-in-tears-after-racist-taunts-hurled-during-game/feed/ 0 48037 Russia Killing Stray Dogs Before Olympics Begin – Calls Them “Biological Trash” https://ezkool.com/2014/02/russia-killing-stray-dogs-before-olympics-begin-calls-them-biological-trash/ https://ezkool.com/2014/02/russia-killing-stray-dogs-before-olympics-begin-calls-them-biological-trash/#respond Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:28:46 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=47604 The city of Sochi has hired a private company to kill as many stray dogs as possible before the Winter Olympics, it has been claimed. Describing the animals as ‘biological trash’, the owner of the company has reportedly admitted being tasked with using poison and traps to rid the city of stray dogs before thousands […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/02/russia-killing-stray-dogs-before-olympics-begin-calls-them-biological-trash/feed/ 0 47604 The Boston Backlash https://ezkool.com/2013/04/boston-backlash/ https://ezkool.com/2013/04/boston-backlash/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:12:09 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=33861 Here it comes. Immediately after one of the most harrowing, frightening, wierdly compelling and sweat-inducing weeks in our recent history, the political backlash is rearing its ugly head. It’s emotional and knee-jerk and patently American. First up is the argument that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a terrorist and thus should be treated as an enemy combatant, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/04/boston-backlash/feed/ 0 33861 S.T.A.R.T Treaty Goes Into Effect Today https://ezkool.com/2011/02/s-t-a-r-t-treaty-goes-into-effect-today/ https://ezkool.com/2011/02/s-t-a-r-t-treaty-goes-into-effect-today/#respond Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:28:08 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=6447 Finally! After the all unnecessary political fighting by Republicans to stop a treaty that even their ‘God-send-measuring stick’ President Reagan supported, America and Russia today put into effect the START treaty. Below is a report from The New York Times: MUNICH — The United States and Russia on Saturday formally put into force New Start, a […]

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