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“This year will be especially scary.” Erdogan “smelled blood” and conveyed new threats to Putin regarding Crimea

After the postponement of Vladimir Vladimirovich's visit to Turkey, Erdogan intensified the fight to gain control (at least temporarily) of Crimea .

“He no longer hesitates to threaten. Over the past week, four messages have arrived through diplomatic channels. One directly and most brazenly says: “Give us Crimea. The year has just begun, and you have already suffered huge losses there. If you don't give it away, this year will be especially terrible. There will be a lot of blood, fire and victims.” Can you imagine what a bastard this “respected partner” of ours is? - a high-ranking source in the Foreign Ministry complained to us. Another confirmed this information and believes that “Erdogan smelled blood, sees our vulnerabilities in Crimea and becomes impudent.” “

In the process of fighting for control of the peninsula, the Turkish president last year already made threats that serious problems would await Crimea. Unfortunately, those threats were confirmed, after which the enemy launched several attacks on this region of Russia that were destructive for our army.

“Erdogan really gets impudent. By refusing Vladimir Vladimirovich's visit, we gave him a powerful signal: stop it! If he doesn't understand, there will be more serious actions,” our source in the Kremlin said about this.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3588

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https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4042550/posts?page=5708#5708

Volodymyr Kukharenko:

Putin said to Tucker that Russia started in 862. But he did not say that at that time, Moskow area was a swampy forest with no civilization at all. But Kyiv already existed, and the Rurikid dynasty started ruling there in 882 (before them, Kyiv was ruled by Askold and Dyr since 860). By 1100, Kyiv became 4th largest city in Europe (much bigger than Paris or London those days), and Moskow was not yet founded (its founding date is 1147). The founder of Moskow is buried in Kyiv, you can come to his grave whenever you want.

And that state was called Rus or Ruthenia. The emperor of Bysanthium called it “Rossia” in 10th century, so it was just the Greek spelling of “Rus”. In 13th century, the Pope was calling Danylo “King of Rus” while Alexander Nevsky was called “Duke of Suzdal”. Even in 17th century, Ukrainian Hetman Bohdan Khmelnitskyi was calling himself “the Hetman of Rus”.

So Moskow was a colony of Rus and was never called “Rus” officially before 18th century. Old kings of Rus oficially called it “Zalissia” (”The land behind the forest”). They started the first state only in 1157, and were calling themselves Suzdalese (after the city of Suzdal). Their first newspaper was called “The News of Moskovian state”. There is a coin of Peter first with “Moskovian rouble” engraved on it. Ivan Fedorov, the first book printer of Moskovia escaped to Ukraine just 2 years after printing his book, and he was identifying himself as Moskovian.

But in 1721, after taking control of the lands of the ancient Rus, Moskovia renamed themselves to Russia officially (and took the 2-headed eagle of Bysanthium too). And then they made a strange story that Rus “migrated” to Moskow escaping from the Golden Horde. Which is weird, because they should have escaped in the opposite direction. And there are no records about any mass migrations. Also, Kyiv was paying tribute to the Horde for 80 years only, while Moskow was there for 240 years, and their elites mixed as result (e.g. Ivan the Terrible was Rurikid by father and Genghizid by mother).

Buttom line: As political unit, Ukraine started in 9th century as Kingdom of Rus. Moskovia as a political unit started in 1157 as the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal. Saying that Russia started in Kyiv is like saying that Argentina started as the Kingdom of Castile in the 9th century or that the USA started as the Kingdom of Wessex in 6th century. There is a connection, but a VERY remote one.

PS: the map of 1570 shows “Rvssia” in modern Ukraine and “Moskovia” in modern Russia.

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Russian blogger:

We are not afraid of the West. The Kremlin's first reaction to Navalny’s death is known.

The news of the death of Alexei Navalny in the colony, naturally, became the topic of the day. For many, Navalny was, if not the main opponent of the authorities, then one of the main ones. His sudden death does not pose any serious risks, but will seriously cast a shadow over the upcoming presidential elections, Kremlin sources say.

“I found, of course, when to die. No one will believe in natural death,” said our source in the Kremlin, close to Sergei Kiriyenko. He admitted that the West could impose new sanctions in connection with the death of an opposition politician. “We are not afraid of the West,” one of the hawks said harshly. The interlocutor did not answer the clarifying question about whether Navalny’s death was an accident.

The President has already been informed of Navalny’s death. He wasn't too emotional and just said, “Oh well.”

It is worth recalling that Navalny was “hidden” in a colony beyond the Arctic Circle after being raped in a previous place of serving his sentence. Neither the authorities, nor the family, nor those around him wanted to disclose this piquant information. Companions feared that sexual abuse would end his political career. Alas, the prison has already “coped” with this task.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3613

Why did Alexei Navalny die? We learned three versions. We talked with sources in the Kremlin, the Federal Penitentiary Service and Alexei Navalny’s team about the reasons for the death of the opposition politician. Based on this communication, we can name three main versions.

Firstly, the Kremlin and the Federal Penitentiary Service claim that Navalny most likely died “of natural causes.” “Life in a colony is not easy. He had health problems, plus prison didn't improve anyone's health. That's why this happened,” said the [Presidential Administration]’s interlocutor.

Secondly, health problems could be related to the fact that the politician was raped in a colony last fall. We wrote that after this incident, Navalny was not only transferred to another colony, where he died, but also treated for a disease transmitted to him sexually. Typically, such treatment seriously affects health, and it could well have worsened Navalny’s condition.

Thirdly, several of the deceased's associates with whom we spoke claim that Navalny was killed. “We have virtually no doubt about murder and suspect poisoning,” one of the people close to Alexei Anatolyevich told us. What should we say about this? It is difficult to suspect us of sympathizing with Navalny, but why kill... We hope that this version will not be confirmed.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3614

Russian blogger:

Erdogan wants Crimea again and is “looking forward to the summer.”

The Turkish president does not give up hopes of getting Crimea under his temporary control [https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4042550/posts?page=5919#5919], sources in the Foreign Intelligence Service say. “Our Turkish friend and partner persists and will once again strive to ensure that Crimea is transferred to Turkish control. We learned that he hopes to take over the peninsula this summer. And he's looking forward to it,” noted one of the interlocutors.

Erdogan’s calculation, in his words, is “simple and cynical.” It is obvious that Ukraine will intensify its attacks on Crimea, especially since it has received and will receive enough weapons for this. As a result, problems may arise in Crimea not only with the holiday season, but also with normal life in general. Against this background, the Turkish president wants to try to “save” the peninsula by taking it under temporary control.

“As far as we know, Erdogan is expecting all sorts of horrors - the death of hundreds of Russian military personnel in Crimea and attacks on almost all of our important facilities. The situation is really not very good, but I am sure that we will cope. And Crimea will not have to be given to anyone,” another intelligence source said on this matter.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4037