Russian Media Goes Far Out to Explain Malaysia Airlines Disaster

[Lite Beer]

Russian Media Goes Far Out to Explain Malaysia Airlines Disaster
By Carol Matlack 

MOSCOW: -- Russians awoke on Friday to news reports that bumbling Ukrainian troops had shot down a Malaysia Airlines (MAS:MK) jet after mistaking it for President Vladimir Putin’s official plane.

 

Another theory: The Ukrainians intentionally shot down the jet at close range as a “planned provocation.” Or maybe there wasn’t a crash at all, and the bodies were those of passengers from Malaysia Air flight M370, which disappeared in March.

Most of these weird news reports aren’t coming from tabloids or fringe websites. They’re coming from Russia’s leading news outlets, which are almost entirely under state control. The report on the mistaken identification of Putin’s plane, for example, aired on Channel One, the country’s most popular TV network. The journalists never explained why the Ukrainians might have thought Putin was in the neighborhood, since he was attending a well-publicized summit in Brazil on the day of the crash.

 

Read More: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-18/malaysian-air-shooting-russian-news-media-tries-crazy-theories?google_editors_picks=true

 

--Bloomberg 2014-07-18

[Kerryd]

We are much closer to Orwell's 1984 than most people realize........

[ravip]

Putin's Russia is a good indication of what would happen to Thailand if Thaksin won. Something for all the red expats to consider.

Is Putin a bad guy?

Why do you say so?

There are other opinions too >>> http://time.com/3005439/putin-approval-ratings/

[Lancelot]

Another theory: The Ukrainians intentionally shot down the jet at close range as a “planned provocation.” Or maybe there wasn’t a crash at all, and the bodies were those of passengers from Malaysia Air flight M370, which disappeared in March.

You couldn't make this stuff up.

The Netherlands, Malaysia and Australia lost the most citizens on this avoidable tragedy. NATO should support those countries sending in their respective Special Forces to secure the crash site and allow teams of International Investigators to determine what happened.

 

If the Russians are culpable, then heavily sanction their economy -and if Russia continues to assist the rebels- assist the Ukraine with advanced military weapons systems to the degree that Russia stops supporting the rebels. 

 

It happened in Europe and the Europeans can handle it if they choose to. Russia needs Europe's cash as much as Europe needs Russia's gas.  

[vadimbz]

 

Putin's Russia is a good indication of what would happen to Thailand if Thaksin won. Something for all the red expats to consider.

Is Putin a bad guy?

Why do you say so?

There are other opinions too >>> http://time.com/3005439/putin-approval-ratings/

 

 

Russians crave for blood, other countries' land and "strong hand" rule, and Putin gives them all three, thus the approval ratings, but it doesn't make him a good guy.

Edited July 19, 2014 by vadimbz

[lovetotravel]

Putin's Russia is a good indication of what would happen to Thailand if Thaksin won. Something for all the red expats to consider.

Is Putin a bad guy?
Why do you say so?
There are other opinions too >>> http://time.com/3005439/putin-approval-ratings/

Easy to believe if you understand the average Russian isn't being told the whole truth in the news. This article proves it. Allow the media to freely report everything and I'd bet those ratings would change drastically.

[zydeco]

Maybe ancient aliens did it.  That's not too far afield from the crackpot stuff being dealt out by Russian state media.

[cooked]

Well you have to be sorry for the Russians. They had to do it because they were drunk. or still drunk. Seriously.

[Scott]

Off-topic posts and replies deleted.  

 

Edit:   And another post removed.  

[tomyummer]

So the Dutch and Australians should send fighter jets to the Ukraine border, bomb the hell out of pro Russian locations and then say "we thought those were Ukrainian missiles sites that attacked the airliner like Putin said, oops".

[vadimbz]

So the Dutch and Australians should send fighter jets to the Ukraine border, bomb the hell out of pro Russian locations and then say "we thought those were Ukrainian missiles sites that attacked the airliner like Putin said, oops".

 

Two problems:
1. Russians in Ukraine kinda demonstrated their ability to down planes, civilian and military alike.

2. Russians in Ukraine have adopted Hamas tactics of hiding behind women and children — to level any of those locations dutch and australian will have to kill hundreds of civilians.

[Tao Diver]

 

 

Putin's Russia is a good indication of what would happen to Thailand if Thaksin won. Something for all the red expats to consider.

Is Putin a bad guy?

Why do you say so?

There are other opinions too >>> http://time.com/3005439/putin-approval-ratings/

 

 

Russians crave for blood, other countries' land and "strong hand" rule, and Putin gives them all three, thus the approval ratings, but it doesn't make him a good guy.

 

 

Kim Jo Il has a far better approval rating as well. I didn't realise he was such a nice guy ? 

[Jingthing]

Is Putin a villain?

 

“If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

 

 

 

Well,  a popular duck?

[Thongkorn]

Putin has been angling for a fight for a long time, because he has the money to do so from Russia's new found wealth from oil and gas.  He has been sending 60 year old Russian planes (bears) off the coast of Britain testing Britain air defense systems since he got into power,   He has been told one day there may be a genuine accident, pitting 60 year old technology against one of the most up to date fighters in the word., Maybe this attitude has gone against him, Calling wolf all the time, this time maybe no one believes him. maybe it was an accident. But his attitude seems to point in the directions of the old Russian Empire.

[Chicog]

Putin has been angling for a fight for a long time, because he has the money to do so from Russia's new found wealth from oil and gas.  He has been sending 60 year old Russian planes (bears) off the coast of Britain testing Britain air defense systems since he got into power,   He has been told one day there may be a genuine accident, pitting 60 year old technology against one of the most up to date fighters in the word., Maybe this attitude has gone against him, Calling wolf all the time, this time maybe no one believes him. maybe it was an accident. But his attitude seems to point in the directions of the old Russian Empire.

 

Let's face it he's a power junkie, angled his way from old school KGB to the presidency and he's kept it ever since no matter what he has to do to his people to accomplish it.

And at the very least that involves lying to them.

 

And you can guarantee he's made himself a very rich man in the process.

Edited July 19, 2014 by Chicog

[submaniac]

Putin was appointed first premier by Boris Yeltsin in 1999 and was acting president since then...that's a long damn time of having power.  Makes a person appreciate the fact that a U.S. president can only serve two terms...for a reason.

[Scott]

Troll post removed.  

[krisb]

What else would Russian papers say?

 

Putin's gonna dig his heals in, and being a KGB Colonel, he would be good at that.

[vadimbz]

What else would Russian papers say?

 

Putin's gonna dig his heals in, and being a KGB Colonel, he would be good at that.

 

Too late for that, Russian raiders admitted shooting a plane, and Russian media broadcasted that, though at that point they thought that it was Ukrainian. Internet remembers everything.

Edited July 19, 2014 by vadimbz

[krisb]

 

What else would Russian papers say?

 

Putin's gonna dig his heals in, and being a KGB Colonel, he would be good at that.

 

Too late for that, Russian raiders admitted shooting a plane, and Russian media broadcasted that, though at that point they thought that it was a Ukrainian. Internet remembers everything.

 

 

Yep but Putin will ride this out. Certain of that.

After all, it wasn't him who fired that missile. Just some bumbling fools headed for the Goulag.

[vadimbz]

 

Yep but Putin will ride this out. Certain of that.

After all, it wasn't him who fired that missile. Just some bumbling fools headed for the Goulag.

 

 

He didn't fire the missle, but he handed the launch system over to raiders just a few weeks before the incident. Also it were Russian regular military officers who pushed the buttons.
Everyone will pretend that they are buying the "ride out", but then they will do everything to shun him. Even Germans (namely Vlad's old befellow Angela) can't put smth like that under the carpet.

Edited July 19, 2014 by vadimbz

[chooka]

'Every single day we're lying': Russia Today reporter resigns over coverage of Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/russia-today-reporter-quits-malaysia-airlines-mh17-crash-coverage-article-1.1871924

[F430murci]

What do you expect from a country that overdubbed Olympic ceremony prop mishap so mother Russia saw a tapped rehearsal instead of what every one else saw.

[OZEMADE]

 

 

 

Putin's Russia is a good indication of what would happen to Thailand if Thaksin won. Something for all the red expats to consider.

Is Putin a bad guy?

Why do you say so?

There are other opinions too >>> http://time.com/3005439/putin-approval-ratings/

 

 

Russians crave for blood, other countries' land and "strong hand" rule, and Putin gives them all three, thus the approval ratings, but it doesn't make him a good guy.

 

 

Kim Jo Il has a far better approval rating as well. I didn't realise he was such a nice guy ? 

 

Springs to mind, Russia and North Korea getting cosy. Headline, North Korea finds a new friend in Russia

Putin may need a bit of help from this fool.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fasia.nikkei.com%2Fmagazine%2F20140710-Latin-America-Asia-Emerging-routes%2FPolitics-Economy%2FNorth-Korea-finds-a-new-friend-in-Russia&ei=0mvLU6nZAcGF8gWKnYDIAg&usg=AFQjCNFVlGOcm-Z9eypBhXQY2Ij0x3tUng&bvm=bv.71198958,d.dGc

[neverdie]

All people of their respective nations need to STAND up, approach your represent ive, make you're voice heard. This is NOT good enough, that could of been your mother, your wife, your child.

It's not time to make 'requests', it's time to 'DEMAND' action.

[mrtoad]

Wouldn't it be refreshing if governments actually told the truth, or admitted their fuck ups once in a while?

 

There is no need to accuse people of whatever, what should be happening is that the investigation should be transparent and open, so that the truth irrespective of who it implicates is told. If the tosspot politicians just got on with that at this point, that would be a start as opposed to trying to score points against each other, or with their electorate and covering up shitt. 

 

 

[Jingthing]

Wouldn't it be refreshing if governments actually told the truth, or admitted their <deleted> ups once in a while?

 

There is no need to accuse people of whatever, what should be happening is that the investigation should be transparent and open, so that the truth irrespective of who it implicates is told. If the tosspot politicians just got on with that at this point, that would be a start as opposed to trying to score points against each other, or with their electorate and covering up shitt. 

 

 

Too late. Putin already moved the launchers into Russia. Pretty much an admission of guilt.

 

NEXT ... 

[ezzra]

I just wonder what would be the reaction of Russia and Putin if a Russian airliner would have

been shot down by the Ukraine or another separatists (aka terrorist ) with similar lose of lives?

[Basil B]

I think you will find these news stories are for internal consumption, the rest of the world is too intelligent to be fooled by these stupid accusations.

[breaker]

Some Russian media was told that it's CIA shot down civilian plane Malaysia Airlines.

Unfortunately, some people believe in this lie.