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| Putin to hold emergency meeting on suspicious fires across Russia |
| 2022-05-16 |
| [Jpost] While the Kremlin makes out the raging fires as a seasonal event, dozens of fires in key facilities have broken out across the country in what cannot be simply brushed off as "seasonal wildfires." Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting regarding dozens of destructive fires in a number of regions all across Russia on May 10, the Kremlin press service reported. A state of emergency was introduced in 77 areas of the Russian Federation throughout the Kurgan region and in one municipality in Khakassia. A special fire emergency was declared in 49 regions of the country, according to the Kremlin press service. Putin will receive reports from several government sources, including the acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Chupriyan, the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov and about a dozen governors and heads of regions. On May 5, a series of large fires broke out in the city of Kursk, which borders Ukraine. The fire was confirmed by Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations and has completely burned down a gunpowder plant, killing at least two workers. On May 4, several fires broke out in the industrial zone of Nizhny Novgorod, a city about 400 kilometers east of Moscow. At the same time, Russian police arrested suspected arsonists who attempted to set on fire a military enlistment office in the city of Nizhnevartovsk using Molotov cocktails, Interfax Russia reported. On May 3, "Prosveshchenie," a pro-Kremlin publishing house in Moscow that is heavily affiliated with President Vladimir Putin was burned down in a large fire, The cause of the fire wasn't identified by Russian authorities, TASS reported. On May 1, a fire broke out in the FKP Perm Powder Plant in the city of Perm in the Ural mountains, which produces gunpowder and ammunition. As a result of the fire, blasts tore through the plant, killing two and injuring at least three, according to local authorities. The Russian State Labour Inspectorate claimed that the deadly fire and explosions were caused by "a product catching fire." On April 30, a massive fire broke out at a power plant in Sakhalin island, the cause of the fire was claimed to be "engineers' attempts to shut down a turbine generator," according to energy supplier Sakhalinenergo. On April 28, Several explosions caused fires across Kustanayskaya street in Moscow, while Russian authorities haven't provided any explanation for the cause of the fires, nor even acknowledged them, several videos of the incident circulated online. On April 27, a fire had broken out at an ammunition depot in Belgorod, in the village of Staraya Nelidovka, some 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to Russian authorities. The source of the fire was not been disclosed. Since the war with Ukraine began, 5 different enlistment offices were set on fire, even in Moscow itself, with some of the arsonists claiming they were deliberately targeting personal files of future conscripts and reservists in order to prevent mobilization. The fires are often brushed off as accidents or not acknowledged altogether by Russian authorities, and the real cause of the blazes remains unexplained. While Ukraine hasn't taken responsibility for the fires, there have also been no official reports of local unrest. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #25 Hupung Snealing8116 don't be late for your fry cook shift. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2022-05-16 20:02 |
| #24 "fire and explosions were caused by a product catching fire." Penetrating insight there. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-05-16 16:15 |
| #23 The Jewish thieves who plundered Ukraine and Russia - Kolomoisky, Abramovich, Fridman, Aven, Vekselberg et al. -- these Israel-based characters have enough hundreds of billions among them to fund their own peacekeeping force using retired Israeli soldiers. |
| Posted by: Hupung Snealing8116 2022-05-16 15:17 |
| #22 Why would the IDF do it? they have enough bullshit on their hands. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-05-16 14:55 |
| #21 Use the IDF. Israelis have family on both sides. |
| Posted by: Gloter Sharong7708 2022-05-16 13:22 |
| #20 And non-Russian "Peacekeepers" will become Russian targets, thus dragging the donated nation into the war. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-05-16 13:20 |
| #19 #18 Yes, appears to be a noticeable absence of 'peace keeping efforts', meetings, or missions. Or have I missed something ? Russians will only want Russian peacekeepers, or troops from one of the CTSO nations.. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-05-16 12:42 |
| #18 /\ Yes, appears to be a noticeable absence of 'peace keeping efforts', meetings, or missions. Or have I missed something ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-16 12:34 |
| #17 I think the beltway is invested in Ukraine staying lucrative for some time to come... That and keeping the Bidet files the Ukrainians might be holding out of Russian hands. Although the Chinese might have copies of them already. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-05-16 12:33 |
| #16 I think the beltway is invested in Ukraine staying lucrative for some time to come... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-16 12:29 |
| #15 Ix-nay, Murcek you're going to crumb the play for all of us. No more fat, no show Ukraine O&G jobs, I'll have to go back to real oil wells. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2022-05-16 12:17 |
| #14 #8 Wait, not any of that low-rent York-Rite crowd? Scottish-Rite guys have standards! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-05-16 11:53 |
| #13 So, you're interested in joining the Burg ? Tell me about the benefits plan. (the movie in question is The Inlaws, a comedy gem. Make sure you get the 1979 version with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. The 2003 remake with Michael Douglas is meh) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-05-16 09:45 |
| #12 If that movie didn't make you laugh, you have no sense of humor. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-16 08:35 |
| #11 *giggle* |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-05-16 08:31 |
| #10 So, you're interested in joining the Burg ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-16 08:28 |
| #9 Civil, carefully constructed agitprop... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-16 08:24 |
| #8 Rantburg is a secret cabal of Illuminati, Free Masons and Jews. They have all joined to control the world!!!! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-05-16 08:20 |
| #7 How long before the Moon Nazis fly in to help their brethren. Oh wait, that is just propaganda. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-05-16 07:56 |
| #6 Does anyone know what point Joe was trying to make? And really, the "General Staff didn't prepare a reserve position"? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-05-16 07:56 |
| #5 Yeah, I was on that conference call. Frank G. told Putin that a Lithuanian armored column had reached the outskirts of Moscow, and that really set him off. One /sarc tag could have avoided this whole thing. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-05-16 07:51 |
| #4 Yes, yes, the whole conflict was engineered, fomented and propagandized by Rantburg. Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-16 00:20 ...Man, we are gooooooooooooood.... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2022-05-16 04:48 |
| #3 Damn, and I fell for it, hook, line and sinker! /s |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-05-16 01:05 |
| #2 The desperate Rantburg propaganda Yes, yes, the whole conflict was engineered, fomented and propagandized by Rantburg. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-16 00:20 |
| #1 The desperate Rantburg propaganda doesn’t work …. Because in reality…. Another appeal of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The 115th brigade is in touch. Brief summary: There is no way to follow orders. The evil enemy, with the help of irresistible force, drove us out of the positions we occupied from April 19 to May 3. They were forced to flee to the rear, because the General Staff did not prepare a reserve position. We cannot perform combat missions due to low moral and psychological state. Desperate outgunned Ukrops are asking for help , smart ones are captured alive and treated well . The second video is from today , the same story https://t.me/missilesnukes/846 |
| Posted by: Acapulco Joe 2022-05-16 00:17 |