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To: ETL
Putin and Kim Jong-il got really close after Kim's push for Shinuiju Economic Zone collapsed was sabotaged by China. Kim made a whirlwind tour of Russia riding his train all the way to Moscow. Putin gave Kim a horse as a token of friendship.

Putin's dream was to establish rail link from Russian Far-east through the eastern coast of Koreas and hopefully someday, all the way down to Japan. He also wanted to build gas-pipeline reaching S. Korea and Japan.

At first, the project seems to be going smoothly, until Russians from their Railroad Ministry surveyed N. Korean railroads and found out that railroads were in such disrepair that they have to be rebuilt from scratch. N. Korea insisted that Russians do it all by themselves, paying it out of Russians' own pocket.

Russia has bad memory of being ripped off by N. Korea during Soviet era. They took billions of dollars and never paid back any of it. So They have dim view of upfront aid which is to be paid later. After a while, things fell apart and the talk of grand project disappeared into thin air.

Some speculated that this was no more than a gambit by Kim Jong-il to play Russia against China to remind China that it is not helpful to stiff N. Korea.

Anyway Putin has not given up on the idea. Russia is still circling around and looking for an opening to restart their grand project. N. Korea is not helping though, as it has always been.

7 posted on 10/11/2016 4:56:13 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Strange, isn't it, that Russia now claims to despise and condemn communism, yet continues to this day propping up militarily numerous communist dictatorships around the world. As I've tried to stress here over and over the Russians are masters at the art of deception. They play chess, thinking many moves ahead of their opponents, while mostly of, unfortunately, suck at simple checkers.

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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997 [at the time of Bill Clinton's huge ChinaGate scandal-etl]:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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" Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170287,00.html
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Sept 11, 2014

China and Russia to build major seaport: report

China and Russia will build one of the largest ports in north-east Asia on Russia's Sea of Japan coast, reports say, in a further sign of the powerhouses' growing alliance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-11/china-and-russia-to-build-major-seaport-report/5738036
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How Russia arms America's southern neighbors

Ioan Grillo
May 9, 2014

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the region.

Vladimir Putin has been strengthening military links here, and Russia is now the largest arms dealer to governments in Latin America, surpassing the United States.

Russia has even floated the possibility of building new military bases in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and putting its warships permanently in the Caribbean.

In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov recently visited Cuba, Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, where he announced that Russia would also pour money into the new Central American canal project. ..."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/140508/russian-arms-military-trade-latin-america
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Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries

Moscow defense minister inks deals with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua for joint exercises

BY: Bill Gertz
February 20, 2015

Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said.

Shoygu met with defense and military leaders in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and signed several agreements on warship visits and military training during the visit, which ran from Feb. 11 to 14. It is not clear whether any new arms deals were completed during the visit.

Defense officials said the Russian leader is seeking bases in the region for strategic bomber flights that Shoygu recently promised would include flights over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-boosts-arms-training-for-leftist-latin-militaries/
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10 posted on 10/11/2016 5:10:34 AM PDT by ETL (Trump-PENCE 2016!!!)
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To: All; TigerLikesRooster
Something to consider as a definite possibility...

Did Communism Fake Its Own Death in 1991?
American Thinker ^ | January 16, 2010 | Jason McNew

In a [] 1984 book [New Lies for Old], ex-KGB Major Anatoliy Golitsyn predicted the liberalization of the Soviet Bloc and claimed that it would be a strategic deception. ..."

"Golitsyn's argument was that beginning in about 1960, the Soviet Union embarked on a strategy of massive long-range strategic deception which would span several decades and result in the destruction of Western capitalism and the erection of a communist world government."

"Golitsyn published his second book, The Perestroika Deception, after the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991. This book contained further analysis of the liberalization, in addition to previously classified memoranda submitted by Golitsyn to the CIA. The two books must be read together to get a complete picture of Golitsyn's thesis."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/did_communism_fake_its_own_dea.html
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Link to read "New Lies for Old" online:
https://archive.org/details/GolitsynAnatoleTheNewLiesForOldOnes
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Link to read "The Perestroika Deception" online:
https://archive.org/details/pdfy-TVvzZzfXiMBkMdvD

11 posted on 10/11/2016 5:11:28 AM PDT by ETL (Trump-PENCE 2016!!!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Kim's push for Shinuiju Economic Zone collapsed, was sabotaged by China
14 posted on 10/11/2016 5:31:33 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater)
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