There was a bit of news at Красная Звезда : В ВВС РОССИИ – НОВЫЙ ГЛАВКОМ
В главном штабе Военно-воздушных сил России министр обороны РФ Анатолий Сердюков представил руководящему составу ВВС нового главнокомандующего. В соответствии с Указом Президента РФ им стал генерал-полковник Александр Зелин…
Oh, I see, sorry. The Russian Defense Minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, announced the appointment of the new Chief of Staff for the Russian Air Force: Colonel-General Aleksander Zelin.
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Здравствуйте! Very interesting . . .(yawn) Do you know this guy?
‘giggles’
I still keep up with goes on over there, especially with Putin deciding he’s want to be more of a “world conquerer” than “peaceful ruler”.
Zelin? So… should we be concerned?
And if we concluded the Cold War, what will we be calling this next phase?
Zelin’s an apparatchik, and the Air Force isn’t nearly as important as the Strategic Rocket Forces – the guys with the nukes.
How about the Tepid to Body Temperature Border Dispute?
‘How about the Tepid to Body Temperature Border Dispute?’
I am soooo building my bomb shelter out back!
The basic thing to remember about Russians is that they are xenophobes, they look upon outsiders as threats. They are better when they emigrate to other countries, but don’t look for any support from Russians for ecumenical anything.
People forget that for centuries the groups that eventually became the basis for the nationalities of modern Europe came through Eastern Russia and made a mess on their way through.
Most of the people at the center of power in Russia remember the world status of the Soviet Union as they forget the oppression. They were “safer”, for a given value of “safe” under the Soviet system.
There is no good reason to antagonize the Russians, and plenty of reasons not to. Every display of disrespect for Russia moves the country back towards the Soviet system.