Will the US electorate return to the cold war memes as we approach 2016 as Putin mentions the Russian nuclear arsenal and seeks greater confrontations with NATO.
Suddenly, it’s Cold War language all over again. Maybe hotter. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling Russian action in Ukraine “brazen,” “craven.” Britain’s defense secretary is warning of a “real and present danger” to NATO. Calling Russia as dangerous as ISIS. A new report says Europe has “sleepwalked” into a “catastrophic misreading” of Vladimir Putin.
Inmates at a prison in Siberia have been keeping busy by building huge replicas of Russian military equipment entirely out of snow. The sculptures were made at a prison in the Omsk region as part of a competition to mark Defenders of the Fatherland day - a public holiday in Russia, the state-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. In a unanimous decision, first place was awarded to a full-size model of a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile launcher, painted in camouflage colours. The sculpture was praised for its intricate details, including built-in lights, a statement from the federal penitentiary service says. Second place went to a frozen replica of a Soviet T-34 tank.
The sculptures were made at a prison in the Omsk region as part of a competition to mark Defenders of the Fatherland day - a public holiday in Russia, the state-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. In a unanimous decision, first place was awarded to a full-size model of a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile launcher, painted in camouflage colours. The sculpture was praised for its intricate details, including built-in lights, a statement from the federal penitentiary service says. Second place went to a frozen replica of a Soviet T-34 tank.