tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post1674366782341656675..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: Russian Special Forces Used Litvinenko's Image for Target PracticeLa Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-46329170556659328612007-01-30T13:09:00.000-05:002007-01-30T13:09:00.000-05:00@ Peacekeeper
Just to get the record straight ......@ Peacekeeper<br /><br />Just to get the record straight ...<br /><br />The 'GRU' (ГРУ), which stands for "Гла вное Разве дывательное Управле ние" (Glavnoe Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie), meaning Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff refers to the Military Intelligence.<br /><br />The KGB / FSB, or the Cheka (ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия, which was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917 by Lenin) are / were organs of the State Security, not the military.<br /><br />Don't confuse 'soldiers' for being 'agents' ;-)nopsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465304710847494729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-55841357671803672472007-01-30T10:26:00.000-05:002007-01-30T10:26:00.000-05:00Former red latvian riflemen like Yan Berzin were i...Former red latvian riflemen like Yan Berzin were instrumental in creating and leading the GRU of course. Stalin finally offed him and virtually all of the old Latvian Red Rifles remaining in the USSR in '38. Those guys had <i>14 years</i> to realise the jig was up after Lenin died, and still reported back to Moscow to get a bullet. The fools.<br /><br />You could say that he who lives by the cheka, dies by the cheka. I imagine Litvinenko might have agreed.Fellow Peacekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645105032419455560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-21806953430763306872007-01-30T10:19:00.000-05:002007-01-30T10:19:00.000-05:00Kim:'It's acceptable to comment on a matter direct...Kim:'It's acceptable to comment on a matter directly connected to this blog on any post if there is no current post dealing with that subject.'<br /><br />I didn't question whether the comment was acceptable or not. I simply asked myself if there was a connection between the two issues. That's all.<br /><br />Kim: 'As you can see from the article, the only target they've got the guts to fire at is Kim's imaginary ass.'<br /><br />As I haven't seen 'Kim's a**' yet, I can't tell if it should be a target or not. How about having some tea or a nice dinner sometime in the near future ? ;-) London ? Moscow ? Paris ? Rome ? ;-)<br /><br />Don't worry, I am an old, bearded and ugly old man. I am no threat to your moral values ;-)nopsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465304710847494729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-64283648407768739022007-01-30T10:08:00.000-05:002007-01-30T10:08:00.000-05:00Peacekeeper: 'Hmmm. "shoot-em-up boys" LR' ?
Mayb...Peacekeeper: 'Hmmm. "shoot-em-up boys" LR' ?<br /><br />Maybe we should tell Kim that there are no longer 'Latvian Riflemen' serving in Russian elite forces ? Lenin's days are over and faded away for a long time already ;-)nopsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465304710847494729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-36372009194322276672007-01-30T10:02:00.000-05:002007-01-30T10:02:00.000-05:00Kim: 'You can imagine your mother-in-law's faces o...Kim: 'You can imagine your mother-in-law's faces on the KGB agents, that should really make for a rousing battle'. <br /><br />No way ! I am loyal down to the bone. I'd never aim at any of my (former) buddies. ;-) Aiming at KGB / FSB men is far beyond my imagination ;-)nopsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465304710847494729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-9014644310040489252007-01-30T09:37:00.000-05:002007-01-30T09:37:00.000-05:00Hmmm. "shoot-em-up boys" LR ?
I should have paid ...Hmmm. "shoot-em-up boys" LR ?<br /><br />I should have paid more attention to the date. The dateline for the visit photograph is <b>real</b> interesting, 07 November.<br /><br />Using a Litvinenko target would be easily explicable black humor <i>after</i> the news appeared with accusations against the Russian authorities. Even if still in bad taste.<br /><br />But Litvenko targets <i>before</i> it became a public issue? Now that is like woah, dude. When did the first news coverage of Litvinenko's poisoning hit? Offhand I can't find any internet reference dating earlier than 11 November ....Fellow Peacekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645105032419455560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-19787249736077986892007-01-30T08:43:00.000-05:002007-01-30T08:43:00.000-05:00Sounds like you shoot-em-up boys would be interest...Sounds like you shoot-em-up boys would be interested in trying our newly installed sniper game at the bottom of the sidebar. You can imagine your mother-in-law's faces on the KGB agents, that should really make for a rousing battle.La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-25427411157742746882007-01-30T08:39:00.000-05:002007-01-30T08:39:00.000-05:00SERGEJ: It's acceptable to comment on a matter di...SERGEJ: It's acceptable to comment on a matter directly connected to this blog on any post if there is no current post dealing with that subject. As to your question, eXile doesn't deal in faces or facts or substance. As you can see from the article, the only target they've got the guts to fire at is Kim's imaginary ass. They didn't have the guts to mention, much less link to, our article about them, and their article consists of nothing but pathetic scatalogical personal abuse. In other words, it's pretty conclusive proof of how very right we originally were about them, we couldn't have done a better job of trashing their credibility if we had written the piece ourselves. Meanwhile, we're delighted with the free publicity (the six or seven people in the eXile's readership now know about us!) and they can always fall back on pimping Russian women as mail-order brides to foreigners for profit. So all is right with the world!La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-71545584180108413402007-01-30T08:33:00.000-05:002007-01-30T08:33:00.000-05:00PEACEKEEPER:
Let's try to imagine George Bush hav...PEACEKEEPER:<br /><br />Let's try to imagine George Bush having a photo op at a target range with pictures of a bullet-riddled Martin Luther King in the background. Surely, at the very least, one would question his judgment in placing himself in such a position, which would, at least, clearly imply that he though nobody would be offended or, if they were, they couldn't do a damn thing about it because of his power.<br /><br />And as you undoubtedly know, one can only shoot at one target at a time, so a selection process of some type was utilized and effort taken to put a gun in his hand. And it's not just one target, but many, and it's not just any shooter, but Spetznaz. If you ask me, it's pretty clear proof that Litvinenko is not "nobody" to them. If he was "nobody" they wouldn't have gone to the trouble. <br /><br />And the main point is not that they did it, but how they and the Kremli n reacted afterwards. That speaks volumes about the state of modern Russia. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to read a similar story tomorrow about Politkovskaya's photo, and that show's Russia's hopes for a civilized future slowly fading away.La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-75766340320117566032007-01-30T08:27:00.000-05:002007-01-30T08:27:00.000-05:00Quite sergej.
Of course one can go for the Saig...Quite sergej. <br /><br />Of course one can go for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiga-12">Saiga</a> and thereby combine the AK and shotgun.Fellow Peacekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645105032419455560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-60081189083331427922007-01-30T07:06:00.000-05:002007-01-30T07:06:00.000-05:00[quote]Not that anyone would ever use photos of Pu...[quote]Not that anyone would ever use photos of Putin, Stalin, Zhirinovskiy, Lenin et al for target sillhouetes, no, no, no. [/quote]<br /><br />Hmmm ... I always use the photo of my *mother in law*. Preferably when testing an AK or a pumpgun ;-)nopsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465304710847494729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-50718570222034210602007-01-30T06:48:00.000-05:002007-01-30T06:48:00.000-05:00For a change I wouldn't read too much into the inc...For a change I wouldn't read <i>too</i> much into the incident. The most fascinating faces can turn up on range targets in this age of internet, computers and printers. <br /><br />Not that anyone would ever use photos of Putin, Stalin, Zhirinovskiy, Lenin et al for target sillhouetes, no, no, no.Fellow Peacekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645105032419455560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-53040857119682162892007-01-30T04:11:00.000-05:002007-01-30T04:11:00.000-05:00I am afraid I can't follow the line of thought her...I am afraid I can't follow the line of thought here. Please, where *exactly* is the connection between 'Russian Special Forces Used Litvinenko's Image for Target Practice' (or is it actually a virtual face vaguely looking like Litvinenko's) and 'Who Is "la Russophobe"?' on eXile.ru ?<br /><br />Did eXile.ru suggest to use Kim's face (or a virtual face vaguely looking like Kim's) istead of Litvinenko's for target practice purposes ?<br /><br />I'm just curious ;-)nopsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465304710847494729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-49652840864832190752007-01-29T19:37:00.000-05:002007-01-29T19:37:00.000-05:00Gosh, they are really a Russian newspaper then! W...Gosh, they are really a Russian newspaper then! We only posted about them FIVE MONTHS ago: <br /><br />http://russophobe.blogspot.com/2006/09/with-friends-like-these-russia-is.html<br /><br />Any day now they may get around to realizing that a KGB president runs the country, and then the fur will really start flying.<br /><br />The main thing is that, given how insignificant we obviously are and how great and mighty THEY are by comparision, their need to talk about us is clearly the beginning of the end for them.<br /><br />Which is a good thing.La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-5326154643083177122007-01-29T18:29:00.000-05:002007-01-29T18:29:00.000-05:00Meanwhile, the Exile seems like its gearing up for...Meanwhile, the Exile seems like its gearing up for a fight: <br /><br />http://www.exile.ru/2006-January-26/who_is_la_russophobe.htmlIgorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11892783210901343972noreply@blogger.com