Russia is certainly not innocent after all its global corruption right ?

I feel quite frustrated as you do not answer any messages I send.

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[1: comment 4/4]:

[33. wiki: Coca-Cola Amatil]:

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) is one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the world's five major Coca-Cola bottlers. CCA operates in six countries – Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa.

"Think mirror"

Amatil backwards: Litama

[34. wiki: Beileguet Litama]:

Beileguet Litama is a village and rural commune in Mauritania.

[35. wiki: Mauritania]:

Mauritania (/ˌmɒrɪˈteɪniə, ˌmɔːrɪ-/ (About this sound listen);[7] Arabic: موريتانيا‎ Mūrītānyā; Wolof: Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; French: Mauritanie), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in Northwest Africa.[8][9][10] It is the eleventh largest country in Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest.~

[33. [1: [34. wiki: Peoples Temple]]]:

In California

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Defections

Some defections occurred,[48] most notably in 1973, when eight mostly young members, known as the "Gang of Eight", defected together.[49] Because the Gang of Eight were aware of sinister threats to potentially defecting members, they suspected Jones would send a search party to look for them.[49] Their fears proved correct: Jones employed multiple search parties, including one scanning highways from a rented airplane.[50] The Gang of Eight drove three trucks loaded with firearms toward Canada, avoiding watched U.S. Highway 101.[49] Because they feared taking firearms over the Canada–US border, the Gang of Eight traveled instead to the hills of Montana, where they wrote a long letter documenting their complaints.[50]

Former Temple member Jeannie Mills later wrote that Jones called 30 members to his home and forebodingly declared that, in light of the Gang of Eight defection, "in order to keep our apostolic socialism, we should all kill ourselves and leave a note saying that because of harassment, a socialist group cannot exist at this time."[51] Jones became furious, waving a pistol in his Planning Commission meeting while threatening potential defectors and referring to the Gang of Eight as "Trotskyite defectors" and "Coca-Cola revolutionaries".[52] While the Temple did not execute the suicide plan Jones described, it did conduct fake suicide rituals in the years that followed.[51]

Again, call me crazy, but, it seems as though we're looking at collusion between nefarious parties including Ottomans(and/or loyalists thereto), Scientology and NXIVM.

I firmly believe those 3 parties(and others) had a hand in the death of Dolores O'Riordan, though the purpose of her death is not immediately apparent.

It seems apparent that Michael Avenatti is playing a very active role within this network of corruption involving the above and other elements discussed in this entry and previous entries - keeping in mind also: Q posts 1752 - 1761...

I have no reason to suspect Paris Hilton of wrongdoing, moreover, I believe that she is being used/exploited.

The death of Muammar Gaddafi appears to be inherently connected to all of this and I feel that the pieces here begin to paint a clear picture as to who wanted him dead and why Hillary Clinton was so cheerful in her statement, "We came, we saw, he died"

I think a lot of what has been explored here, seems part of why there is such a push to constantly cast Russia in a negative light; to drum up Cold-War-esque paranoia and otherwise deflect attention away from the reality of the conflict and human-rights abuses in Eurasia and Africa & also to hinder economic and peace related processes in these regions.

I'll finish this entry up here at this point, with a bit of room left over for updates/additional info.

Updates

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BOOM

Turisas - Rasputin (Live)

Turisas - End of an Empire (Lyrics)

/micdrop

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[30]:

Belligerents:

• Ottoman Empire
• French Empire (from 1854)
• British Empire (from 1854)
• Kingdom of Sardinia (from 1855)
• Caucasian Imamate (until 1855)
• Circassia
• Abkhazian insurgents (from 1855)
• Egypt Eyalet[1]

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• Russian Empire
• Bulgarian volunteers
• Principality of Mingrelia (vassal)
• Kingdom of Greece (until 1854)

[31. wiki: Egypt Eyalet]:

The Eyalet of Egypt was the result of the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottoman Empire in 1517, following the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) and the absorption of Syria into the Empire in 1516.[2] Egypt was administered as an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت مصر‎‎ Eyālet-i Mıṣr)[3] from 1517 until 1867, with an interruption during the French occupation of 1798 to 1801.

Egypt was always a difficult province for the Ottoman Sultans to control, due in part to the continuing power and influence of the Mamluks, the Egyptian military caste who had ruled the country for centuries. As such, Egypt remained semi-autonomous under the Mamluks until it was invaded by the French forces of Napoleon I in 1798.[dubious – discuss] After the French were expelled, power was seized in 1805 by Muhammad Ali Pasha, an Albanian military commander of the Ottoman army in Egypt.

Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty remained nominally an Ottoman province. It was granted the status of an autonomous vassal state or Khedivate in 1867. Isma'il Pasha and Tewfik Pasha governed Egypt as a quasi-independent state under Ottoman suzerainty until the British occupation of 1882. Nevertheless, the Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1914) remained a de jure Ottoman province until 5 November 1914,[4] when it was declared a British protectorate in reaction to the decision of the Young Turks of the Ottoman Empire to join the First World War on the side of the Central Powers.

Call me crazy, but, I think it's about damn time Crimea was back in the hands of or under the protection of Russia. Indeed, Georgia and Ukraine could stand to benefit greatly from the same...

Moreover, I think it is very plain to see that the Ottomans(along with their ancestors/predecessors & descendants/successors) have had power over the UK, France and other 'Western' countries, including significant shadow-influence over/within the USA, Central America and South America, for a very long time.

While this is played up as a positive thing in some sources, I have every reason to believe that the truth of the matter is far mor insidious.

Looking back on my previous entry, I admit to getting some dates mixed up due to laziness and having poor choice of wording when I said the Ottomans "invaded" the USA, however, I do indeed see a major significance in the Ottoman/USA presence outlined here in this thread and previously;

[1: Main Post]:

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Ottoman connection

I cannot remember who shared it on twitter & have not yet verified the source, but, the following map appears to be authentic.

It is allegedly an Ottoman map of the south-east coast of the USA.

Take a look at the yellow-shaded zone.

It appears to me that the Ottomans invaded the USA in the late 1800's, via the Mississipi river. (Arkansas, West Memphis, etc)

"Learn to read the map"

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Thanks to @think- for the following:

source of map | https://archive.is/krQku

Apologies for the inaccurate claim, I will explain in an upcoming entry.

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Before I wrap this up, I'm going to leave a timeline here containing some events explored in this entry and in the previous 2 Root of Corruption entries([0][1]) and other previous entries/research not listed/published:

There's more which can be included in the above timeline due to relevance, but, that'll do for now per what is most relevant to this entry.

There's 2 more things which I wand to point out as relevant, then that's it for this entry:

The first of which, acts as an addendum to Root of Corruption - Part 16: Libya | "We came, we saw, he died" | Why?:

[32. wiki: Italian Libya]:

Italian Libya (Italian: Libia Italiana; Arabic: ليبيا الإيطالية‎, Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a unified colony of Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana, or ASI) established in 1934[3] in what is now modern Libya. Italian Libya was formed from the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania that were taken by the Kingdom of Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1912 after the Italo-Turkish War of 1911 to 1912.

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History

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After World War II

From 1943 to 1951, Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were under British administration, while the French controlled Fezzan. Under the terms of the 1947 peace treaty with the Allies, Italy relinquished all claims to Libya.[12] On November 21, 1949, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya should become independent before January 1, 1952. On December 24, 1951, Libya declared its independence as the United Kingdom of Libya, a constitutional and hereditary monarchy. The Italian population virtually disappeared after the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ordered the expulsion of remaining Italians (about 20,000) in 1970.[13] Only a few hundred of them were allowed to return to Libya in the 2000s.

On 30 August 2008, Gaddafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi signed a historic cooperation treaty in Benghazi.[14][15][16] Under its terms, Italy would pay $5 billion to Libya as compensation for its former military occupation.[17] In exchange, Libya would take measures to combat illegal immigration coming from its shores and boost investments in Italian companies.[15][18] The treaty was ratified by Italy on 6 February 2009,[14] and by Libya on 2 March, during a visit to Tripoli by Berlusconi.[15][19] Cooperation ended in February 2011 as a result of the Libyan Civil War which overthrew Gaddafi. At the signing ceremony of the document, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi recognized historic atrocities and repression committed by the state of Italy against the Libyan people during colonial rule, stating: "In this historic document, Italy apologizes for its killing, destruction and repression of the Libyan people during the period of colonial rule." and went on to say that this was a "complete and moral acknowledgement of the damage inflicted on Libya by Italy during the colonial era".[20]

The second is an addendum to [0] & [1]:

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Crimea

Most of you are probably aware of the recent annexation of Crimea by Russia,

Let's refresh then look at it from the other end of the timeline...

[27. wiki: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]:

For the 1783 event, see Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire.

Further information: Timeline of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

The Crimean peninsula was annexed from Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February–March 2014. Since then, it has been administered as two Russian federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol.[33] The annexation was accompanied by a military intervention by Russia in Crimea that took place in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and was part of wider unrest across southern and eastern Ukraine.[34][35]

On 22–23 February 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an all-night meeting with security services chiefs to discuss the extrication of deposed Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych. At the end of the meeting Putin remarked that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia".[36] On 23 February, pro-Russian demonstrations were held in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. On 27 February masked Russian troops without insignia[2] took over the Supreme Council (parliament) of Crimea,[37][38] and captured strategic sites across Crimea, which led to the installation of the pro-Russian Aksyonov government in Crimea, the conducting of the Crimean status referendum and the declaration of Crimea's independence on 16 March 2014.[39][40] Russia formally incorporated Crimea as two federal subjects of the Russian Federation with effect from 18 March 2014.

Ukraine and many world leaders condemned the annexation and consider it to be a violation of international law and Russian-signed agreements safeguarding territorial integrity of Ukraine, including the Belavezha Accords establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991, the Helsinki Accords, the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances of 1994 and the Treaty on friendship, cooperation and partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.[41][42] It led to the other members of the then G8 suspending Russia from the group,[43] then introducing the first round of sanctions against the country. The United Nations General Assembly also rejected the vote and annexation, adopting a non-binding resolution affirming the "territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders".[44][45] The UN resolution also "underscores that the referendum having no validity, cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of [Crimea]" and calls upon all States and international organizations not to recognize or to imply the recognition of Russia's annexation.[45] In 2016, UN General Assembly reaffirmed non-recognition of the annexation and condemned "the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine—the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol".[46][47]

The Russian Federation opposes the "annexation" label,[48] with Putin defending the referendum as complying with the principle of self-determination of peoples.[49][50] In July 2015, Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev said that Crimea had been fully integrated into Russia.[51]

[28. wiki: Timeline of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]:

The annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation took place in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. On 22–23 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an all-night meeting with security services chiefs to discuss extrication of deposed President, Viktor Yanukovych, and at the end of that meeting Putin remarked that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia.".[1] Russia sent in soldiers on February 27, 2014. Crimea held a referendum. According to official Russian and Crimean sources 95% voted to reunite with Russia. The legitimacy of the referendum has been questioned by the international community on both legal and procedural grounds.

Now from the other end:

[29. wiki: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire]:

For the 2014 annexation, see Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

The territory of Crimea, previously controlled by the Crimean Khanate, was annexed by the Russian Empire on 19 April [O.S. 8 April] 1783.[1] The period before the annexation was marked by Russian interference in Crimean affairs, a series of revolts by Crimean Tatars, and Ottoman ambivalence. The annexation began 134 years of rule by the Russian Empire, which was ended by the revolution of 1917.

After changing hands several times during the Russian Civil War, Crimea was part of the Russian Soviet Republic from 1921 to 1954, and then transferred to the Ukrainian SSR, which became independent Ukraine in 1991–92. The Russian Federation annexed Crimea in March 2014, though that annexation is not recognised internationally.[2][3]

Ottomans + UK:

[30. wiki: Crimean War]:

The Crimean War (French: Guerre de Crimée; Russian: Кры́мская война́, translit. Krymskaya voina or Russian: Восто́чная война́, translit. Vostochnaya voina, lit. 'Eastern War'; Turkish: Kırım Savaşı; Italian: Guerra di Crimea) was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856[6] in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia. The immediate cause involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, which was a part of the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Roman Catholics, while Russia promoted those of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The longer-term causes involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the unwillingness of Britain and France to allow Russia to gain territory and power at Ottoman expense. It has widely been noted that the causes, in one case involving an argument over a key, have never revealed a "greater confusion of purpose", yet led to a war noted for its "notoriously incompetent international butchery".[7]

While the churches worked out their differences and came to an agreement, Nicholas I of Russia and the French Emperor Napoleon III refused to back down. Nicholas issued an ultimatum that the Orthodox subjects of the Empire be placed under his protection. Britain attempted to mediate and arranged a compromise that Nicholas agreed to. When the Ottomans demanded changes, Nicholas refused and prepared for war. Having obtained promises of support from France and Britain, the Ottomans declared war on Russia in October 1853.

The war started in the Balkans in July 1853, when Russian troops occupied the Danubian Principalities[6] (part of modern Romania), which were under Ottoman suzerainty, then began to cross the Danube. Led by Omar Pasha, the Ottomans fought a strong defensive campaign and stopped the advance at Silistra. A separate action on the fort town of Kars in eastern Anatolia led to a siege, and a Turkish attempt to reinforce the garrison was destroyed by a Russian fleet at Sinop. Fearing an Ottoman collapse, France and Britain rushed forces to Gallipoli. They then moved north to Varna in June 1854, arriving just in time for the Russians to abandon Silistra. Aside from a minor skirmish at Köstence (today Constanța), there was little for the allies to do. Karl Marx quipped, "there they are, the French doing nothing and the British helping them as fast as possible".[8]

Frustrated by the wasted effort, and with demands for action from their citizens, the allied force decided to attack Russia's main naval base in the Black Sea at Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula. After extended preparations, the forces landed on the peninsula in September 1854 and marched their way to a point south of Sevastopol after the successful Battle of the Alma. The Russians counterattacked on 25 October in what became the Battle of Balaclava and were repulsed, but at the cost of seriously depleting the British Army forces. A second counterattack, at Inkerman, ended in stalemate. The front settled into a siege and led to brutal conditions for troops on both sides. Smaller actions were carried out in the Baltic, the Caucasus, the White Sea and in the North Pacific.

Sevastopol fell after eleven months, and neutral countries began to join the Allied cause. Isolated and facing a bleak prospect of invasion from the west if the war continued, Russia sued for peace in March 1856. This was welcomed by France and Britain, as their subjects were beginning to turn against their governments as the war dragged on. The war was ended by the Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 March 1856. Russia was forbidden from hosting warships in the Black Sea. The Ottoman vassal states of Wallachia and Moldavia became largely independent. Christians there were granted a degree of official equality, and the Orthodox Church regained control of the Christian churches in dispute.[9]:415

The Crimean War was one of the first conflicts to use modern technologies such as explosive naval shells, railways and telegraphs.10 The war was one of the first to be documented extensively in written reports and photographs. As the legend of the "Charge of the Light Brigade" demonstrates, the war quickly became an iconic symbol of logistical, medical and tactical failures and mismanagement. The reaction in the UK was a demand for professionalisation, most famously achieved by Florence Nightingale, who gained worldwide attention for pioneering modern nursing while treating the wounded.

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[19]:

Hilton Hotels & Resorts[2] (formerly known as Hilton Hotels) is a global brand of full-service hotels and resorts and the flagship brand of Hilton.[3]

The original company was founded by Conrad Hilton. As of 2017, there were more than 570 Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties in 85 countries and territories across six continents.[4] Properties are either owned by, managed by, or franchised to independent operators by Hilton.

[20. wiki: Conrad Hilton]:

Conrad Nicholson Hilton (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American hotelier and the founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.

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Children:

• Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton Jr.
• William Barron Hilton
• Eric Michael Hilton
• Constance Francesca Hilton

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[21. wiki: Barron Hilton]:

William Barron Hilton (born October 23, 1927) is an American business magnate, socialite, and hotel heir. The son and successor of hotelier Conrad Hilton, he is the retired chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation and chairman emeritus of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Hilton was also a founding partner of the American Football League and the original owner of the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Children: 8, including Steve and Richard

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[22. wiki: Richard Hilton]:

Richard Howard "Rick" Hilton[3] (born August 17, 1955) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and co-founder of Hilton & Hyland, a real estate brokerage firm based in Beverly Hills, California, that specializes in homes and estates in Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Hollywood Hills, as well as estates from Santa Barbara to San Diego.[4]

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Children: 4, including Paris and Nicky Hilton

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[23. wiki: Paris Hilton]

So yes, that Paris Hilton, is indeed related to the Hilton family of Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Hilton Worldwide Inc.

But wait, there's more!

[24. wiki: Hilton Worldwide]:

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., formerly Hilton Hotels Corporation, is an American multinational hospitality company that manages and franchises a broad portfolio of hotels and resorts. Founded by Conrad Hilton in 1919, the corporation is now led by Christopher J. Nassetta.

Hilton is headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia. As of December 2017, its portfolio includes more than 5,200 properties (including timeshare properties) with over 856,000 rooms in 105 countries and territories.[3] Prior to their December 2013 IPO, Hilton was ranked as the 36th largest privately held company in the United States by Forbes.[4]

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Hilton was founded by Conrad Hilton in Cisco, Texas, in 1919 and had its headquarters in Beverly Hills, California, from 1969 until 2009. In August 2009, the company moved to Tysons Corner, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near McLean.[10][11][12]

McLean, VA...

Q post #789:

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>>422568

oh fuck! this page says its sponsored by bill gates

fucking GOOGLE

EPIC (?) looks like the russian Gannett thing walnut sauce sign that the autists dug up

>>422606

Gannett is also located in McLean, VA.

Coincidence?

Just the tip.

Q

But wait, there's still more!

[24]:

Hilton in popular culture

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger performed in the East Penthouse on the 45th floor of the New York Hilton on October 28, 1965.[78]

John Lennon and Yoko Ono honeymooned in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam where they hosted one of their famous "Bed-Ins" for a full week in 1969.[79]

In 1971, Diamonds Are Forever was filmed at the Las Vegas Hilton.[80]

On April 3, 1973, Dr. Martin Cooper made the world's first cell phone call in front of the New York Hilton Midtown. A press conference was held at the hotel later that day to mark the milestone.[81][82]

The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner was filmed at the Fontainebleau Hilton in Miami in 1992.[83][84] On February 11, 2012, Houston died in her bathtub in Suite 434 of the Beverly Hilton after a drug overdose. Hotel management has since renovated the room.[85][86]

In 1995, the James Bond movie GoldenEye was filmed at the Langham Hilton.[87][88]

The Insider was filmed in 1999 at the Seelbach Hilton.[89]

In 2006, several movies including Spider-Man 3,[90] Michael Clayton, and American Gangster were filmed at the New York Hilton.[91][92]

Conrad Hilton (played by actor Chelcie Ross) features as a major character in the third season of Mad Men, as lead character Don Draper creates a series of ad campaigns for Hilton Hotels.[93] The Drapers travel during one episode to the Cavalieri Hilton in Rome,[94] though the scenes were actually shot at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.[95]

On the rotating wheel space station in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, a receptionist is shown sitting at the entrance to the Hilton Space Station 5.[96][97]

2 James Bond films utilized hotels owned by the Hilton chain for shooting, Goldeneye(1995) having strong Russian-subterfuge elements, Diamonds are Forever(1971) producers being inspired by the earlier James Bond film, Goldfinger(1964)... I can't help but notice parrallels between the gold-painted corpses in Goldfinger and the Bad Wolves music video for "Zombie"...

Let's go for a third relevant James Bond reference, shall we? A View to a Kill(1985)

The main plot for A View to a Kill centers primarily on Silicon Valley and San Francisco(with the climax/final fight taking place on The Goldengate Bridge).

The title song for A View to a Kill was performed by Duran Duran.

Dolores O'Riordan's ex-husband, Don Burton, was at one stage the tour manager of Duran Duran - what a coincidence...

All of the above, with 'Burton' in mind, brings us back to [17] & the association between Michael Avenatti + Mark Burton AND Michael Avenatti + Zeta Graff:

[25. [17: comment 3/9]]:*

wiki: Michael Avenatti

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Legal career

After law school, Avenatti worked at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, California, alongside Daniel M. Petrocelli, who previously represented the Ron Goldman family in its case against O.J. Simpson.[19] He assisted Petrocelli on multiple legal matters, including the representation of singer Christina Aguilera[20] and litigation surrounding the movie K-19: The Widowmaker,[21] and worked extensively for Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the musical group The Eagles, including in a suit brought by former bandmate Don Felder against the group and Irving Azoff.[22][7]

Avenatti later joined Greene Broillet & Wheeler, a Los Angeles boutique litigation firm. While there, he handled a number of high-profile cases, including a $10 million defamation case against Paris Hilton,[23] a successful idea-theft lawsuit relating to the show The Apprentice and against producers Mark Burnett and Donald Trump,[24] and a $40 million embezzlement lawsuit involving KPMG.[7][25]

In 2007, Avenatti formed the law firm Eagan Avenatti, LLP (formerly known as Eagan O’Malley & Avenatti, LLP) with offices in Newport Beach, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. He has since appeared on 60 Minutes twice in connection with cases he has handled.[1][26] Avenatti has also served as lead counsel on a number of historically-large cases, including an April 2017 $454 million verdict after a jury trial in Federal Court in Los Angeles in a fraud case against Kimberly-Clark and Halyard Health,[27] an $80.5 million class-action settlement against Service Corporation International,[28] a $41 million jury verdict against KPMG,[29] and a $39 million malicious prosecution settlement.[30] In 2015, Avenatti prevailed against the National Football League following a two-week jury trial in Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas after cross-examining Jerry Jones at trial.[31][32]~~

BOOM!

Do you feel that, Avenatti? Basta, motherfucker... basta.

Bonus: "Think mirror"

Basta backwards = Atsab

[26. https://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/nas/atsab.html | https://archive.is/ZzJd0]:

`atsab (Aramaic)

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Definition:

1. to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest

1. (Qal) to hurt, pain
2. (Niphal) to be in pain, be pained, be grieved
3. (Piel) to vex, torture
4. (Hiphil) to cause pain
5. (Hithpael) to feel grieved, be vexed

2. to shape, fashion, make, form, stretch into shape, (TWOT) worship

1. (Piel) to shape, form
2. (Hiphil) to form, copy, fashion

search results for "basta" in podesta-emails on wikileaks.org

Keeping in mind that the UK is now on the scene here, let's note one more thing then move on:

[25]:

wiki: Graff Diamonds

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Notable diamonds

~~The Sultan Abdul Hamid II is a 70, 54 carat light yellow acquired by Graff in 1981. It has been suggested that this stone may have been cut from "The Ottoman I" which originally belonged to Suleyman the Magnificent of Turkey.

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1000 pieces

Recall the following:

[11]:

Involvement in Cuban Missile Crisis

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Aftermath

~Each captain was required to present a report of the happenings during the mission to the defense minister, Andrei Grechko. Grechko was infuriated with the crew's failure to follow the strict orders of secrecy after finding out they had been discovered by the Americans. One officer even noted Grechko's reaction, stating "upon learning that it was the diesel submarines that went to Cuba, removed his glasses and hit them against the table in fury, breaking them into small pieces and abruptly leaving the room after that."[12]

Add the following:

She has broken judges into 1000 pieces! Louder version of "Zombie" by Daria "NOOKIE" Stavrovich.

^ Description:

Once seen, you'll never forget her voice, talent and this incredible energy of her "Zombie" song performance! Remember this name...

"The Voice" Russia, 2016, DARIA ("NOOKIE") STAVROVICH

Note: Daria "Nookie" Stavrovich is a vocalist of Russian alternative metal band Slot. I have no reason at this time to suspect wrongdoing by Daria, Slot or it's other members. However, I do feel that her performance of "Zombie" during episode 5 of season 5 of Russia's "The Voice", in conjunction with the title of the above video, is a hint at something darker - perhaps even a warning which was not heard/heeded in time...

[15. wiki: Zombie (song)]:

"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish rock band The Cranberries, written about the 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington, and in memory of two young victims, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry.[1] It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994). It preceded the release of No Need to Argue by two weeks. The song was written by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, and reached No. 1 on the charts in Australia, Belgium, France, Denmark and Germany.

It won the "Best Song" award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.[2]

In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped down version on the band's Something Else album.[3]

[16. wiki: Dolores O'Riordan]:

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (/oʊˈrɪərdən/; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018)[3] was an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. She led the rock band The Cranberries from 1990 until their break-up in 2003; they reunited in 2009.[4]

O'Riordan's first solo album, Are You Listening?, was released in May 2007 and was followed up by No Baggage in 2009. O'Riordan was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice,[5] her emphasised use of yodelling, and her strong Limerick accent.[6] She appeared as a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland during the 2013–14 season. In April 2014, O'Riordan joined and began recording new material with the trio D.A.R.K.

Life and career

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2009–2018: The Cranberries reunion

In January 2009, the University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin) invited The Cranberries to reunite for a concert celebrating O'Riordan's appointment as an honorary member of the Society, which led the band members to consider reuniting for a tour and a recording session.[41][42][43]

On 25 August 2009, while promoting her solo album No Baggage in New York City on 101.9 RXP radio, O'Riordan announced the reunion of the Cranberries for a world tour. The tour began in North America in mid-November, followed by South America in mid-January 2010 and Europe in March 2010.[44] Also touring with the original members of The Cranberries was Denny DeMarchi, who played the keyboard for O'Riordan's solo albums.[45] The band played songs from O'Riordan's solo albums, many of the Cranberries' classics, as well as new songs. On 9 June 2010 The Cranberries performed at the Special Olympics opening ceremony at Thomond Park in Limerick; it was the first time the band had performed in their native city in over 15 years.[46]

On 26 May 2016, the band announced that they planned to start a tour in Europe. The first show was held on 3 June.[47] In December 2017 one month before her death Eminem released his album Revival which included a large sample from the song "Zombie" as the hook for his rap song "In Your Head."[48] O'Riordan remained in the band until her unexpected death on 15 January 2018.[40]

2014–2018: D.A.R.K.

Main article: D.A.R.K.

O'Riordan began recording new material with Jetlag, a collaboration between Andy Rourke of The Smiths and Olé Koretsky, in April 2014. They then formed a trio under the name D.A.R.K. Their first album, Science Agrees, was released in September 2016.[49][50]

O'Riordan remained with the band as well as with The Cranberries, until her unexpected death in January 2018.[40]

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Death

On 15 January 2018, at the age of 46, while in London for a recording session, O'Riordan died suddenly at the London Hilton on Park Lane hotel in Mayfair.[40][61]

The cause of death was not immediately made public;[62] police said it was not being treated as suspicious.[63] The coroner's office said the results of its inquiry would not be released until 3 April at the earliest.[64] On 3 April the inquest was cancelled with no new date announced.[65]

Funeral plans included a service reserved for extended family and close friends.[66] A three-day memorial in her hometown, with O'Riordan lying in repose, lasted from 20–22 January at St Joseph's church. O'Riordan's songs were played, while photographs of the singer performing and one of her with the Pope were placed along the walls.[67][68][69]

On 23 January, she was buried after a service at Saint Ailbe's Roman Catholic Church, Ballybricken, County Limerick; it began with the studio recording of "Ave Maria" as sung by O'Riordan and Luciano Pavarotti. At the end of the service the Cranberries' song "When You're Gone" was played. Among the attendees at her funeral were her mother, Eileen; her three children, Taylor, Molly, and Dakota and their father, O'Riordan's former husband, Don Burton; her sister, Angela, and brothers Terence, Brendan, Donal, Joseph, and PJ; Cranberries members Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, and Fergal Lawler; former rugby union player Ronan O'Gara,[70] and her boyfriend Olé Koretsky.[71] O'Riordan was buried alongside her father.[72]

Tributes, reactions and legacy

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, was one of the first to pay tribute.[73] Other early tributes came in from across the music world, including Dave Davies (of the Kinks), Hozier, and Kodaline.[74] The Taoiseach of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, also paid tribute to O'Riordan.[75] Polish President Andrzej Duda paid tribute as well.[76] Also, as a tribute, the Avett Brothers covered The Cranberries song "Linger".[77] On 18 January, the heavy metal band Bad Wolves released a cover of "Zombie" (originally by The Cranberries), which charted on multiple Billboard charts[78][79] O'Riordan was supposed to have performed the song with the band, but died before recording it.[78] On 28 January, a children's choir from New York City sang The Cranberries song "Dreams" in O'Riordan's memory.[80]

Personally, I think there's something severely suspicious about her "unexpected death" on January 15, 2018 & her plans to record "Zombie" with Bad Wolves...

Bad Wolves - Zombie, presented here as a point of relevance and/or suspicion:

Bad Wolves - Zombie (Official Video)

^{^ Video published on Feb 22, 2018.}

Something about this music video does not at all sit right with me, all things considered...

I for one, would like more information about her death, especially considering the surname of her former husband(Burton; unsure if related to Mark Burton, but, suspicious nonetheless) and that she died in the UK at the London Hilton on Park Lane(part of the Hilton Hotels & Resorts chain) in Mayfair(Monopoly?)...

In fact, having noticed 'Burton' and in conjuction with the location of her death, I think it's time to play Let's see how far we can take this...

[17. Root of Corruption - Annex: Addendum RE: #WHQOPSI: Jim Carrey]

[18. wiki: London Hilton on Park Lane]:

The London Hilton on Park Lane is a hotel situated on Park Lane, overlooking Hyde Park in the exclusive Mayfair district of London. It is 101 metres (331 ft) tall, has 28 storeys and 453 rooms including 56 suites and a Michelin starred restaurant Galvin at Windows on the top floor of the hotel.

The hotel opened as the London Hilton on April 17, 1963.[1] It is a concrete-framed building, designed by William B. Tabler, a noted architect who designed numerous Hilton hotels, and is located on the former site of the historic Londonderry House.

On 24 August 1967, the Beatles met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Hilton and subsequently went to Uttar Pradesh with him in order to meditate.[2]

On 5 September 1975, the London Hilton was the target of an IRA bomb which killed two people and injured 63 others.[3]

During the 1990s, the Pools Panel met each Saturday in a meeting room in the hotel.[4]

A fire broke out in the hotel on 1 July 2011. There were no fatalities or injuries, and damage was limited to a few of the lower floors.[5]

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On 15 January 2018, the lead singer of the Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan, died aged 46 while staying here.[7]~

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Hotel chain: Hilton Hotels & Resorts

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[19. wiki: Hilton Hotels & Resorts]

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[12. wiki: Cuban Missile Crisis]

[13. wiki: Soviet submarine B-59]:

Soviet submarine B-59 (Russian: Б-59) was a Project 641 or Foxtrot-class diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy. It played a key role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, when senior officers – believing they were under attack – considered launching a T-5 nuclear torpedo.

Background

On October 1, 1962, the Project 641 [Foxtrot] diesel-electric submarine B-59, as the flagship of a detachment with its sister ships B-36, B-4 and B-130, sailed from its base on the Kola Peninsula to the Caribbean Sea, in support of Soviet arms deliveries to Cuba (an operation known to the Soviets as Anadyr).

However, on October 27, units of the United States Navy – the aircraft carrier USS Randolph and 11 destroyers – detected B-59 near Cuba. US vessels began dropping depth charges of the type used for naval training and containing very little charge. The purpose was to attempt to force the submarine to the surface for positive identification. Messages from the US Navy, to communicate that practice depth charges were being used, never reached B-59 or, it seems, Soviet naval HQ.

Nuclear launch

B-59 had not been in contact with Moscow for a number of days and, although the submarine's crew had earlier been picking up US civilian radio broadcasts, once they began attempting to hide from its pursuers, it was too deep to monitor any radio traffic, so those on board did not know whether or not war had broken out. The captain of the submarine, Valentin Grigorievitch Savitsky, believing that war had already started, wanted to launch the nuclear torpedo.

The three primary officers on board – Captain Valentin Savitsky, the political officer Ivan Semonovich Maslennikov, and commander of the deployed submarine detachment Vasili Arkhipov, equal in rank to Savitsky but the senior officer aboard B-59, were only authorized to launch the torpedo if they all unanimously agreed to do so. B-59 was the only sub in the flotilla that required three officers' authorization in order to fire the "Special Weapon". The other three subs only required the captain and the political officer to approve the launch, but, due to Arkhipov's position as detachment commander, B-59's captain and political officer were required to gain his approval as well. Arkhipov alone opposed the launch, and eventually he persuaded Savitsky to surface the submarine and await orders from Moscow.

As the submarine's batteries had run very low and its air-conditioning had failed, B-59 had to surface in order to use its diesel engine, and it surfaced amid the US warships pursuing it. B-59 then set course for the USSR.

This is where things begin to heat up in the curiosity department: Given what has been presented so far and what will be presented ahead, I cannot help but get the feeling that Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford playing roles (fictional or semi-ficitonal alike) in movies related to Storozhevoy & K-19, implies a connection of some description between people and events regarding those 2 vessels & regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis/B-59... Indeed, the similarities and common persons, suggest to me that an unspoken influence for Clancy's novel & it's film adaptation(The Hunt for Red October) is the B-59 incident during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Emphasis(bold-italics) my own.

Involvement in Cuban Missile Crisis

Main article: Cuban Missile Crisis

On 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a group of eleven United States Navy destroyers and the aircraft carrier USS Randolph located the diesel-powered, nuclear-armed Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine B-59 near Cuba. Despite being in international waters, the Americans started dropping signaling depth charges, explosives intended to force the submarine to come to the surface for identification. There had been no contact from Moscow for a number of days and, although the submarine's crew had earlier been picking up U.S. civilian radio broadcasts, once B-59 began attempting to hide from its U.S. Navy pursuers, it was too deep to monitor any radio traffic. Those on board did not know whether war had broken out or not.[6][7] The captain of the submarine, Valentin Grigorievitch Savitsky, decided that a war might already have started and wanted to launch a nuclear torpedo.[8]

Unlike the other subs in the flotilla, three officers on board B-59 had to agree unanimously to authorize a nuclear launch: Captain Savitsky, the political officer Ivan Semonovich Maslennikov, and the second-in-command Arkhipov. Typically, Russian submarines armed with the "Special Weapon" only required the captain to get authorization from the political officer to launch a nuclear torpedo, but due to Arkhipov's position as flotilla commander, B-59's captain also was required to gain Arkhipov's approval. An argument broke out, with only Arkhipov against the launch.[9]

Even though Arkhipov was only second-in-command of the submarine B-59, he was in fact commander of the entire submarine flotilla, including B-4, B-36 and B-130, and equal in rank to Captain Savitsky. According to author Edward Wilson, the reputation Arkhipov had gained from his courageous conduct in the previous year's Soviet submarine K-19 incident also helped him prevail.[8] Arkhipov eventually persuaded Savitsky to surface and await orders from Moscow. This effectively averted the nuclear warfare which probably would have ensued if the nuclear weapon had been fired.[10] The submarine's batteries had run very low and the air-conditioning had failed, causing extreme heat and high levels of carbon dioxide inside the submarine, which was a situation not conducive to rationality. They were forced to surface amidst the American pursuers and return to the Soviet Union as a result.[3]

Aftermath

Immediately upon return to Russia, many crew members were faced with disgrace from their superiors. One admiral told them "It would have been better if you'd gone down with your ship." Olga, Arkhipov's wife, even said "he didn't like talking about it, he felt they hadn't appreciated what they had gone through."[11] Each captain was required to present a report of the happenings during the mission to the defense minister, Andrei Grechko. Grechko was infuriated with the crew's failure to follow the strict orders of secrecy after finding out they had been discovered by the Americans. One officer even noted Grechko's reaction, stating "upon learning that it was the diesel submarines that went to Cuba, removed his glasses and hit them against the table in fury, breaking them into small pieces and abruptly leaving the room after that."[12]

In 2002, retired Commander Vadim Pavlovich Orlov, a participant in the events, held a press conference revealing the subs were armed with nuclear missiles, and that Arkhipov was the reason those devices had not been fired. Orlov presented the events less dramatically, saying that Captain Savitsky lost his temper, but eventually calmed down.[13]

When discussing the Cuban Missile Crisis in 2002, Robert McNamara, the U.S. Secretary of Defense at the time, stated, "We came very close" to nuclear war, "closer than we knew at the time."[14] Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., an advisor for the John F. Kennedy administration and a renowned historian, continued this thought by stating "This was not only the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. It was the most dangerous moment in human history."[15]

Later life and death

Arkhipov continued in Soviet Navy service, commanding submarines and later submarine squadrons. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1975, and became head of the Kirov Naval Academy. Arkhipov was promoted to vice admiral in 1981 and retired in the mid 1980s.

He subsequently settled in Kupavna (which was incorporated into Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast, in 2004), where he died on 19 August 1998.[3] The radiation to which Arkhipov had been exposed in 1961 contributed to his kidney cancer, like many others who served with him in the K-19 accident.[8][11]

Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev, the commander of the submarine K-19 at the time of its onboard nuclear accident, died nine days later, on 28 August 1998. Both Arkhipov and Zateyev were 72 at the time of their deaths.

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In popular culture

The K-19 accident was the basis for the 2002 film, K-19: The Widowmaker.[18][19]

The B-59 incident was a source of inspiration for the 1995 film Crimson Tide.

American metalcore band Converge has a song on their 2017 album The Dusk in Us called "Arkhipov Calm".

The B-59 incident was the basis for the book, Douglas Gilbert (2018). The Last Saturday of October: The Declassified Secrets of Black Saturday. Bibliopole. ISBN 978-1-7321689-0-9.

American singer-songwriter Blake Hodgetts has a song on his 2018 album Out of the Workshop based on the B-59 incident, called "The Ballad of Vasiliy Arkhipov".

[14. wiki: Crimson Tide(film)]:

Release date: May 12, 1995

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Historical parallels

The film closely parallels events that occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis onboard Soviet submarine B-59, with Denzel Washington's character reflecting Soviet second-in-command Vasili Arkhipov.[17]

Note: October 27 1962, the day that the US Navy started using practice depth charges in an attempt to make B-59 surface, is referred to as "Black Saturday"(see: [12: Secret negotiations: Nuclear launch - averted])

It's time to take things in a slightly different direction for a moment. I've run out of room in this comment though;

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Nuclear accident

On 4 July 1961, under the command of Captain First Rank Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev, K-19 was conducting exercises in the North Atlantic off the south-east coast of Greenland. At 0415 local time the pressure in the starboard nuclear reactor's cooling system dropped to zero. Reactor department crew found a major leak in the reactor coolant system, causing the coolant pumps to fail. The boat could not contact Moscow and request assistance because a separate accident had damaged the long-range radio system. The control rods were automatically inserted by the emergency SCRAM system, but the reactor temperature rose uncontrollably. Decay heat from fission products produced during normal operation eventually heated the reactor to 800 °C (1,470 °F).

Making a drastic decision, Zateyev ordered the engineering section to fabricate a new coolant system by cutting off an air vent valve and welding a water-supplying pipe into it. This required the men to work in high radiation for extended periods. The accident released radioactive steam containing fission products that were drawn into the ship's ventilation system and spread to other compartments of the ship. The jury-rigged cooling water system successfully reduced the temperature in the reactor.[1]

The incident irradiated the entire crew, most of the ship, and some of the ballistic missiles on board. All seven members of the engineering crew and their divisional officer died of radiation exposure within the next month. Fifteen more sailors died from the after-effects of radiation exposure within the next two years.[6]

Instead of continuing on the mission's planned route, the captain decided to head south to meet diesel-powered submarines expected to be there. Worries about a potential crew mutiny prompted Zateyev to have all small arms thrown overboard except for five pistols distributed to his most trusted officers. A diesel submarine, S-270, picked up K-19's low-power distress transmissions and joined up with it.

American warships nearby had also heard the transmission and offered to help, but Zateyev, afraid of giving away Soviet military secrets to the West, refused and sailed to meet S-270. He evacuated the crew and had the boat towed to its home base. After its return to port, the vessel contaminated a zone within 700 m (2,300 ft). Over the next two years, repair crews removed and replaced the damaged reactors. The repair process contaminated the nearby environment and the repair crew. The Soviet Navy dumped the original radioactive compartment into the Kara Sea.[7]

According to the government's official explanation of the disaster, the repair crews discovered that the catastrophe had been caused by a faulty welding incident during initial construction. They discovered that during installation of the primary cooling system piping, a welder had failed to cover exposed pipe surfaces with asbestos drop cloths (required to protect piping systems from accidental exposure to welding sparks), due to the cramped working space. A drop from a welding electrode fell on an unprotected surface, producing an invisible crack. This crack was subject to prolonged and intensive pressure (over 200 atmospheres), compromising the pipe's integrity and finally causing it to fail.[8]

Others disputed this conclusion. Retired Rear-Admiral Nikolai Mormul asserted that when the reactor was first started ashore, the construction crew had not attached a pressure gauge to the primary cooling circuit. Before anyone realized there was a problem, the cooling pipes were subjected to a pressure of 400 atmospheres, double the acceptable limit. K-19 returned to the fleet with the nickname "Hiroshima".[8]

On 1 February 2006, former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev proposed in a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee that the crew of K-19 be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for their actions on 4 July 1961.[9]

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Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev (Russian: Николай Владимирович Затеев) (c. June 30, 1926 – 28 August 1998) was a Russian submariner and a Captain First Rank in the Soviet Navy, notable as the commander of the ill-fated Soviet submarine K-19 in July 1961 during the Hotel class submarine's nuclear-reactor coolant leak. Zateyev and the actions of his crew managed to avert disaster, despite severe radiation exposure.[1] After the event, Zateyev and his crew were sworn to secrecy by the Soviet government regarding the events that transpired, and were only permitted to reveal the story after its collapse. Zateyev later released his memoirs on the event, which were used as the basis for a number of literary works on the disaster, as well as a 2002 documentary[2] and film.[3] In these memoirs, Zateyev criticised the rushed production of Russia's first nuclear ballistic missile submarine.[4] His and his crew's actions on July 4, 1961 earned the surviving crewmembers a joint nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in March 2006.[5]

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K-19

Main article: Soviet submarine K-19

On July 4, 1961, while K-19 was operating near southern Greenland, water pressure in the starboard nuclear reactor plummeted due to a coolant leak in an area of the reactor very difficult to access. The loss of coolant caused the reactor to begin to overheat, endangering the integrity of the control rods. Zateyev mistakenly believed this could lead to a nuclear explosion.[5] The captain believed that such an explosion would damage a nearby NATO base and could cause a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States. Mikhail Gorbachev later wrote that "An explosion on board the K-19 could have been taken for a military provocation or even an attempt to launch a nuclear strike on the North American coast. An immediate response by the United States and NATO could have triggered off a Third World War."[5] Eight crewmen died in the days that followed July 4, after working in the reactor core.[1] However, a jury-rigged coolant system successfully averted any catastrophe. The K-19 was later towed back to harbor and its reactors were replaced over a period of two years.

Following the incident, Zateyev and the crew were instructed to keep silent about the accident, and neither the replacement crew for the K-19 nor the families of those who had died were notified. The victims of radiation poisoning were buried in lead coffins at sea, according to the letter written by Mikhail Gorbachev to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2006. Only in 1990 were the survivors (of which there were 56 by February 1, 2006) permitted to speak.[5]

Zatayev was subsequently employed on shore. From 1962 to 1965, he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad, and was subsequently employed as a department head at the Leningrad Naval Base and at naval headquarters in Moscow. In 1972, he was head of the navy trials department responsible for acceptance of new ships from the shipyards. He retired in 1986, and after 1990, he was actively involved in Soviet Navy veterans' affairs. He died in 1998 from a disease of the lungs, and is buried in Moscow next to some of his comrades from the K-19.

In popular culture

The character Captain Alexei Vostrikov played by Harrison Ford in the 2002 film K-19: The Widowmaker is heavily based on Zateyev.

Note: Vasili A. Arkhipov was also aboard K-19 during the July 4 1961 incident.

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Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxipɔːf], 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Navy officer credited with casting the single vote that prevented a Soviet nuclear strike (and, presumably, all-out nuclear war) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Such an attack likely would have caused a major global thermonuclear response which could have destroyed much of the world.[1] As flotilla commander and second-in-command of the diesel powered submarine B-59, only Arkhipov refused to authorize the captain's use of nuclear torpedoes against the United States Navy, a decision requiring the agreement of all three senior officers aboard. In 2002 Thomas Blanton, who was then director of the US National Security Archive, said that Arkhipov "saved the world".[2]

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Early career

After graduating in 1947, Arkhipov served in the submarine service aboard boats in the Black Sea, Northern and Baltic Fleets.[3]

K-19 accident

Main article: Soviet submarine K-19

In July 1961, Arkhipov was appointed deputy commander and therefore executive officer of the new Hotel-class ballistic missile submarine K-19.[3] After a few days of conducting exercises off the south-east coast of Greenland, the submarine developed an extreme leak in its reactor coolant system. This leak led to failure of the cooling system. Radio communications were also affected, and the crew was unable to make contact with Moscow. With no backup systems, Commander Zateyev ordered the seven members of the engineer crew to come up with a solution to avoid nuclear meltdown. This required the men to work in high radiation levels for extended periods. They eventually came up with a secondary coolant system and were able to keep the reactor from a meltdown. Although they were able to save themselves from a nuclear meltdown, the entire crew, including Arkhipov, were irradiated. All members of the engineer crew and their divisional officer died within a month due to the high levels of radiation they were exposed to. Over the course of two years, fifteen more sailors died from the after-effects.[4]

Note: Vasili A. Arkhipov was also aboard Soviet submarine B-59 during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

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Jonas Plaskus or Jonas Pleškys (10 March 1935 in Giliogiris, Lithuania – 14 April 1993) was a Soviet Navy submarine tender captain born in Lithuania. He died in California, United States.[1]

In 1961 he sailed his vessel from Klaipėda to Gotland in Sweden, although his planned destination was Tallinn. His vessel arrived on 7 April 1961.[2] The Soviet authorities sentenced him in his absence to death by firing squad, but the CIA hid him, first in Guatemala and later in the United States. The tender, essentially a barge, was returned to Soviet custody.[3]

This incident was one of two that inspired Tom Clancy in his writing of The Hunt for Red October.[4] The other was the 1975 mutiny aboard the Soviet frigate Storozhevoy.

Plaskus was relocated to Seattle, Washington, where he attended the University of Washington and initially lived with the family of Julian Jenner to improve his English. Later he worked as a programmer/analyst in Silicon Valley in the 1970s. In 1979 he accepted a job in Caracas. He revisited Lithuania briefly in 1992.[3]

He was a brother of actress Eugenija Pleškytė.[4]

Note: It is stated that 2 incidents were Tom Clancy's inspiration for his novel, The Hunt for Red October - these being the 1975 Storozhevoy mutiny and 1961 defection of Jonas Pleškys[3][5].

However, looking back at the film adaptation of Clancy's novel, some curiosities begin to surface regarding the fictional character of Jack Ryan...

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Cast

• Sean Connery as Captain 1st Rank Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius, Commanding Officer of Red October
• Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan, CIA intelligence analyst, author, Professor of Naval History at the United States Naval Academy

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[6. wiki: Jack Ryan(character)]:

John Patrick "Jack" Ryan Sr. KCVO is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy, who featured him in most of his novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times bestseller list over the years.[1] Since Clancy’s death in 2013, four other authors have continued the Ryan franchise and its other connecting series with the approval of the Clancy family estate: Mark Greaney[2], Grant Blackwood, Mike Maden, and Marc Cameron.[3]

The son of a Baltimore police detective and a nurse, Jack Ryan is a former U.S. Marine who became a history teacher at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Ryan later joins the Central Intelligence Agency, transforming from an analyst into a field operative and eventually leaving the CIA as Deputy Director. He later served as National Security Advisor and Vice President before suddenly becoming President of the United States following a terrorist attack on the United States Capitol. Ryan went on to serve two non-consecutive terms and mostly dealt with international crises in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Jack Ryan has been portrayed in Clancy’s film adaptations of four of his novels by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck. In 2014, a reboot of the film series, titled Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, starred Chris Pine. The Jack Ryan film series have an unadjusted worldwide gross revenue of $788.4 million to date,[4] making it the 57th highest-grossing film series.[5] In addition, John Krasinski is the latest actor to play Ryan, this time in the upcoming Amazon Prime web television series of the same name, which will premiere in August 2018.[6]

[7. wiki: Jack Ryan(film series)]:

The Jack Ryan film series is an American series of thriller films, based on the fictional character of Jack Ryan, who originally appeared in a series of books by Tom Clancy. In the series of five films, four actors have portrayed Ryan.

Despite inconsistency with its lead actors and crew members, the series has been distributed solely by Paramount Pictures since its inception. Mace Neufeld has produced every film in the series, with producing partner Robert Rehme co-producing Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger and Lorenzo di Bonaventura co-producing Shadow Recruit. With a combined unadjusted worldwide gross of $788.4 million to date,[1] the films constitute the 57th highest-grossing film series.[2] The films have been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Sound Effects (now Sound Editing) in The Hunt for Red October (at the 63rd Awards).[3]

The continuity of the films differ from the novels. In the novels, Patriot Games occurs before The Hunt for Red October, though the order was reversed in the film versions. Additionally, The Sum of All Fears is not part of the Baldwin/Ford series, but rather an intended reboot of the franchise, and therefore departs significantly from the chronology of the novels. It takes place in 2002, whereas the novel takes place in 1991/1992. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a second reboot of the franchise that departs from all previous films.

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Characters	The Hunt for Red October(1990 film)	Patriot Games(1992 film)	Clear and Present Danger(1994 film)	The Sum of All Fears(2002 film)	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit(2014 film)	Jack Ryan(2018 TV series)
Jack Ryan	Alec Baldwin	Harrison Ford	Harrison Ford	Ben Affleck	Chris Pine	John Krasinski

The significance of Alec Baldwin's name coming up here, brings me back to the following Root of Corruption entries:

• Root of Corruption - Annex: #WHQOPSI
• Root of Corruption - Part 15: April MOAB

Tony Podesta | People for the American Way(PFAW) | Alec Baldwin | 'Jack Ryan' | Harrison Ford

The curiosity of Harrison Ford's name coming up here, begins by looking at the 2002 film, "K-19: The Widowmaker":

[8. wiki: K-19: The Widowmaker]:

K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 historical thriller film about the first of many disasters that befell the Soviet submarine K-19.

K-19: The Widowmaker was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. The screenplay was adapted by Christopher Kyle, with the story written by Louis Nowra, based on real life events depicted in a book by Peter Huchthausen. The film is an international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada.

Note: The characters played by Ford and Neeson, are fictionalized adaptations of real persons involved in the incident the film is based on. As such, the hyperlinks direct to the real-life counterparts.

• Captain 2nd Rank Alexei Vostrikov represents Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev.
• Captain 3rd Rank Mikhail "Misha" Polenin represents Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov.

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Cast

• Harrison Ford as Captain 2nd Rank Alexei Vostrikov, Commanding Officer
• Liam Neeson as Captain 3rd Rank Mikhail "Misha" Polenin, Executive Officer

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[9. wiki: Soviet submarine K-19]:

K-19 was one of the first two Soviet submarines of the Project 658 class (NATO reporting name Hotel-class submarine), the first generation nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles, specifically the R-13 SLBM. The boat was hastily built by the Soviets in response to United States' developments in nuclear submarines as part of the arms race. Before it was launched, 10 civilian workers and a sailor died due to accidents and fires. After it was commissioned, it had multiple breakdowns and accidents, several of which threatened to sink the submarine.

On its initial voyage on 4 July 1961, it suffered a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. A backup system included in the design was not installed, so the captain ordered members of the engineering crew to find a solution to avoid a nuclear meltdown. Sacrificing their own lives, the engineering crew jury-rigged a secondary coolant system and kept the reactor from a meltdown. Twenty-two crew members died from radiation sickness during the following two years. The submarine experienced several other accidents, including two fires and a collision. The series of accidents inspired crew members to nickname the submarine "Hiroshima".

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Theatre and film

In 1969 writer Vasily Aksyonov wrote a play about the nuclear incident. This critical version is one of the few known works of unofficial literature in the former Soviet Union.[13]

The movie K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, is based on the story of the K-19's first disaster.[14] The production company attempted in March 2002 to secure access to the boat as a set for its production, but the Russian Navy declined. The nickname "The Widowmaker" referred to by the movie was fiction. The submarine did not gain a nickname until the nuclear accident on 4 July 1961, when she was called "Hiroshima".[3]

[10. wiki: Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev]

[11. wiki: Vasili Arkhipov]

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