Putin Vows ‘An Answer’ To NATO Ships Near Georgia
Ohhhhh Im SCARED! Vladamir Poopin. I double dog dare you to do something…
September 2, 2008
MOSCOW -(AP) Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will respond calmly to an increase in NATO ships in the Black Sea in the aftermath of the short war with Georgia, but promised that “there will be an answer.”
Russia has repeatedly complained that NATO has too many ships in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry official Andrei Nesterenko said Tuesday that currently there are two U.S., one Polish, one Spanish and one German ship there.
Russian officials say the United States could have delivered weapons to Georgia under the guise of humanitarian aid.
“We don’t understand what American ships are doing on the Georgian shores, but this is a question of taste, it’s a decision by our American colleagues,” he reportedly said. “The second question is why the humanitarian aid is being delivered on naval vessels armed with the newest rocket systems.”
He said Russia’s reaction to NATO ships “will be calm, without any sort of hysteria. But of course, there will be an answer,” Interfax quoted Putin as saying during a visit to Uzbekistan.
Asked by exactly what measures Russia would take, Putin was quoted as answering “You’ll see.”
Separately, Russian officials criticized European threats to postpone talks on a partnership deal over the war in Georgia, but the Russian envoy to the EU said he was not surprised that the bloc declined to impose sanctions on Russia.
“We are too interdependent,” Vladimir Chizhov told reporters in Moscow. “Russia and the European Union are bound by destiny to be close partners.”
EU officials said Monday that unless Russian troops pull back from positions in Georgia, talks on the wide-ranging political and economic agreement would be delayed.
Britain and Eastern European nations held out for a tougher line, but Europe’s dependence on Russian oil and natural gas deterred stronger sanctions.
Putin’s visit to Uzbekistan only highlighted that dependence: The Russian leader announces a new natural gas pipeline to cross Uzbekistan, strengthening Russian control over Central Asian gas exports to Europe and undermining Western-backed efforts for a rival trans-Caspian route.
Criticizing the EU decision, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said Russia had fulfilled “all of its commitments.”
He claimed efforts were under way to rebuild Georgia’s armed forces, and said Georgian military forces were behind protests against Russian troops stationed in the country.
“There are active attempts to restore the activity of Georgian troops,” he said. “Yesterday, there were rallies and provocations near the town of Kapoleti targeting Russian troops. We believe they were organized by Georgian special services.”
Georgian officials could not be immediately reached for comment on the claim.
“Naturally, we cannot agree with a number of biased statements regarding Russia in the final declaration of the summit, including the assertion that our reaction to the Georgian aggression was disproportionate,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“The main thing, however, is that they are in the minority and the majority of EU countries have manifested a responsible approach and confirmed their intention to continue the partnership with Russia,” the ministry said.
On Aug. 7, Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia, hoping to retake the province, which broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s. Russian forces repelled the offensive and pushed into Georgia. Both sides signed a cease-fire deal in mid-August, but Russia has ignored its requirement for all forces to return to prewar positions.
Moscow insists the cease-fire accord lets it run checkpoints in security zones of up to 4 miles into Georgian territory.
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It would be f’ing sweet if we could give the Georgians something that would put a major russian warship on the bottom.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:14 amPootin looks like he loves the cock.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 am
look into the eyes of the KGB devil and you can see hell! 
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 amlook at his lips, chapped from opening wide to take all that Georgian dick
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 amI wanna be Putin! The hawt gymnast girlfriend half my age, getting to hunt tigers with a tranq gun… This whole “Czar of the new age”, Georgia massacre thing I would skip of course.
I would also like to think I was smart enough not to taunt the US Navy into sinking my Black Sea fleet by doing something fucking stupid…
I mean really, all kidding aside, WTF are they gonna do but get sunk?
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 amHe’s got “dead-eyes”…….I never trusted him, especially what GW told us all after he “looked into his eyes”.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 amyeah the Russian admiral said the other day that his fleet could sink the entire NATO group in 20 minutes.
now thats funny.
but on a serious note we really need to keep a close eye on this KGB scumbag. all of Russia’s posturing is not for nothing.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:43 amThis is not idle threat. Next thing you will see is Russian warships in Cuba or Venezulea. Putin believes the US will do nothing, no matter what he does. He also believes most of Europe and NATO will do nothing more than they already have. He views all as weak when they should be strong
What can you do to Putin? He rules the Russian country. He is independently wealthy. He wants to bring Russia back to world supremacy and forge a place for himself as the man who forced the USA to back down. He can see a way to unite all of America’s enemies in both hemispheres, under one banner with the help of the muslim radicals, chavez, castro, ortega, imadickwad. Notice how we are not hearing from the Chinese. They want no part of this as they have their own problems and don’t want to hurt their largest customer, the USA.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:43 amlook at his lips, chapped from opening wide to take all that Georgian dick
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Come on! He’s da bomb!
Sure … it’s an Iranian bomb … but da bomb …
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:45 amCome on! He’s da bomb!
Sure … it’s an Iranian bomb … but da bomb …
Poot has moved ahead of al-Sadr as the bitch Id most like to see dismembered and mutilated.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 amhttp://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=319130
so, what’s onnnnnnnnnnnnn ???????????????????
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:15 amactually i have read that russians admit that the current NATO force in the Black Sea can sink the whole russian navy in under time of flight of the 64 Harpoons up their asses (8 harpoons per 8 warships + reloads) … but what will russia proove by swimming in and out of Havana? will they have resources available for such mission, will their warships handle such long endurance missions??
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:18 amI suspect the ships could make Havana and back without a problem.
But to what end? I mean it would make for good propaganda but that’s about it.
Russia doesn’t have the navy to challenge a single carrier group in open battle, let alone the half dozen of them we have at sea at any given time.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 amDoesn’t the Russian Navy consist of one functional aircraft carrier group and a bunch of sub’s they didn’t take care of? I think they are going to use the Naval presence as a pretence to take one of the Port city’s either in Georgia or the Ukraine and hold them as Russian territory…to secure their fleet or some such bullshit excuse. Like I always told my friend’s that said they weren’t commies any more “ONCE A COMMIE ALWAYS A COMMIE!!” AND THE ONLY GOOD ONES A DEAD ONE!!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:48 amThe Russian Navy visits Havana regularly. Havana was a regular port visit for the Soviets back in the day. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the few warm ports they were able to visit on a regular basis. the only reason why they stopped was due to their lack of money and poor maintenance did not allow them to stray too far from home. In any case, Who gives a shit?! Putty should be happy there isn’t a carrier battle group cruising the Black Sea.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 amSo I say fine let them come to Cuba, then they will be within spitting range of the US Air Force.
” Britain and Eastern European nations held out for a tougher line, but Europe’s dependence on Russian oil and natural gas deterred stronger sanctions.” - and there’s the rub.
What are the euro’s gonna do? Uncle Sam has been providing “protection” since WWII and the bear now supplies a big chunk of their energy needs. I doubt they’ll ratchet it up much more than this as the first cool fall evenings descend upon euro-land.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:36 amKGB fuktard is starting to believe his own bullshit!
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 amNot to scary but at least the picture will make a great rifle target.
Grouped between the eyes makes for a relaxing day at the range. 
I don’t really see just where in the black sea they would be able to effectively port their black sea fleet other than where it is. has anyone looked at it on google earth, what a ton of junk! that a friggin huge ass port up there in the Ukraine and most of it caters to the Black Sea Fleet, they floating dry docks and sub pens and all kinds of crap there. Moving that would be like moving Stalingrad after the Nazi’s got done with it. It’s not a matter of why but of HOW the hell would you do it? Poti is a tiny ass port compared to Sevastopol, hell they have ships there that look like they’ve rusted to the docks lol!
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 amSteve m, Britain and the eastern EU nations want more EU and or Nato, though they forget that they also are the ones that depend the most on russian energy supplies
OK, I concede Germany, Neederland also
As far us, we can easily make it without Russia, Spain too, Italy too… we sell them extra nuclear energy, plus we have ties with Saharian oil and gaz, Italy with lybia.
The problem was to give a chance to these “weakest” countries not to have a rupture in their energy approvisionnement also for maintening their beginning industries
The trouble is that while the “old” Europeans left past enmities at the door when they joined the EU – that was the whole point of joining – too many of the “new” Europeans saw the EU, like Nato, as a means of pursuing old quarrels from a new position of strength. Recent recriminations in “new” Europe about who did what under communism demonstrate how much is still not resolved. For these countries, the prospect of a new Cold War is ever-present quite simply because, for them, the old Cold War is not yet at an end
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mary-dejevsky/mary-dejevsky-the-destructive-prejudices-of-europes-new-members-915625.html
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 amPutin is a child molester.
:roll: 
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 amWell, now he’s gone and made it an issue of “saving face” to actually do something. So they’ll do something. It will be interesting to see what it is.
Whatever it is, we can casually match it. I see this going nowhere fast, in terms of actually bringing an end to Russia’s third invasion of a small neighboring country in the past ten years.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 amfranchie
maybe the extra nuclear energy could be diverted to these smaller, upcoming economies along w/financial aid from european financial institutions. Why do the russians still receive EU aid? and what of the future olympic games in 2014, they ought to be moved.
The russians have left a very bitter taste in the mouths of those eastern nations. I can’t blame them.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm2036.cfm#_ftn3
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:55 amWarships with the newest rocket systems?
I’m pretty sure the “Aid” was delivered by USCG Cutters… last I looked cutters are still white with a bright red stripe. Not sure what country would paint it’s “warships” white, but definitely not US.
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:29 amFrom the article, “On Aug. 7, Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia, hoping to retake the province, which broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s. Russian forces repelled the offensive and pushed into Georgia.” So the AP is still repeating the Russian propoganda that this began with the Georgian attack, without even mentioning that being in dispute.
Also, Russia has threatened Moldova, then yesterday the leader of the ’separatists’ in Moldova requested a tripling of Russian ‘peace-keeping’ troops. How long before Russia has to ‘repel an attack’ from Moldova? Next, Ukraine.
Germany is the real problem here, on our side. They are helplessly dependent on Russian petroleum and gas imports, facing a winter, and will cave on any Joint or NATO responses. Putin is playing chess, but he has Germany running around behind our lines. I can’t see any scenario under which Germany can resist Russian pressure; much of their petroleum and nearly half of their natural gas is under Putin’s control, with Gerhard Schroeder working for GazProm as Putin’s puppet.
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 amWithdraw its support for Russia’s membership of the World Trade Organization;
Disinvite Russia from future G-8 meetings;
Announce that France will sponsor a move in the International Olympic Committee to transfer the Winter 2014 Olympics from the Russian resort of Sochi, which is 20 kilometers from the Russian-Georgian border, to a different location;
and
Suspend negotiation of an EU-Russian trade and investment treaty. Withdraw its support for Russia’s membership of the World Trade Organization;
I am afraid that theses are not realist propositions, for they don’t only depend on EU, and especially France, but from a larger spectre, that also includes the US, and also likely China…
Also EU gives already a lot to these republics, to rebuilt their infrastructures, to sonsorise their markets, especially they’ll get the agricultural benefits that we used to have.
Also the oil crisis has undermined our economy the past 6 months, I can’t see how we could give more.
Also nuclear programs are a too heavy investment for them, they will be not able to assume their inner costs of maintenance at the moment.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/sticking_it_to_gazprom.html
Though I think that the EU-Russian trade negociations are suspended
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
AZ Pat
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:18 pmAs for a place to port the Russian black sea fleet–
lots of room on the bottom
He looks like Yul Brynner from West World in that picture.
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pmROFLMAO! Well of course there hahahahha. But that US moving them not them lol!
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 pmFranchie
Good read. Valid points in some of the responses as well. Particularly regarding the lack of transmission ability throughout Europe…
If the idiotic idea of man-made global warming would die, then the utilization of clean coal technologies (getting cleaner all the time) would be a boost, and a kick in the nuts to Vlad..
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
CBL - no, man, that’s his “Blue Steel”. 
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm