Re:Reading the artcle...... (Score 1)

Oh-oh. Lake Peipus (Chudskoye Lake) it was and by Livonian chronicle "Twenty brothers lay dead and six were captured" - those are Teuton losses

Yes, they write in chronicle this stuff. But if Teuton losses is only 26 men, why did they run away?

Two years before in 1240, Alexander Nevsky defeats Swedish army.

First real war Russia had with Germany was WWI and it shattered Russian Empire. Do you call victory the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 3 1918)?

You have missed. You forgot war between Frederic the Great and Russia. Russian army under command of marshal Nikolay Saltykov takes Berlin.

About empire... During WWI 2 empires have died (Russia and Austria) and two seriously wounded (GB, Osman). So WWI shattered many empires.

Do you call victory the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 3 1918)? Russia lost Finland, the Baltic provinces, parts of Poland and Ukraine. Only on November 11,1918 Armistice with Germmany was signed.

No, it`s not a victory, but Germany is also isn`t a winner. It was a "deal" between Lenin and people. Lenin give them peace, and they give him a power. That's interesting - Rus' principalities (no Russia) were beaten and were paying annual tributes to Mongol Horde for 240 years. There were a lot of battles, of course. But Rus still was paying. The Great standing on the Ugra river in 1480 stopped it - but it was just standoff, no battle was won.

1380 -- Russian Duke Dmitry of the Don won Battle of Kulikovo. The last battle with mongols were in time of Ekaterine the Great.

That is capitalism, my friend, everything costs so much as you are ready to pay for it

You do not know economics either. Your education should include some Karl Marx.. It is a bit more complicated, seller also has word in price definition, right?

Anyway, you have to pay for any of more than 8000km of oil pipe line.

So why some countries, like Belarus pay for oil substantially less than Ukraine and Georgia? Democracy?

Because Ukrainian and especially Georgian governments (governments, not people!) have forgot about Russian help, Russian blood, Russian friendship. And this is a rule of thumb: if you think that you are self-dependent and you don`t need anyone, you have to be self-dependent.