What is there to say?

I have been discussing the Midwest of the USA for a long time. So has New York Times. If there is anything I have to critique is that media was looking for a formula to explain global warming. Justifying the science would become an obsession of the fossil fuel industries and any understanding would be lost to political rhetoric.

Global warming/Climate Crisis is about the ice fields, the glaciers and the HEALTH of Earth's polar environment. The reason Europe is suffering from enormous storms (click here) is because the Arctic Circle has little sustainable ice. THE ARCTIC VORTEX is displaced and bringing frigid air to lower latitudes.

There were tornadoes near a Mediterranean beach. (click here)

Donald Trump's ramblings are wrong and here is why.

The moving diagram below is a "weak polar vortex."


(a) At the beginning of the animation, the polar vortex lies near the North Pole and it confines all the cold air around the Arctic. However as the animation advances in time, warm air emerges out of Siberia and shifts the polar vortex off the Pole. The polar vortex, which started out circular, becomes stretched out and elongated and even splits into two pieces. The contours show the initial flow occurs from west to east, and then the flow becomes more north and south as the cold air spills out from the Arctic into the mid-latitudes.


The polar vortex (click here) is a fast flowing stream of air that circles the North Pole during the winter months in the upper atmosphere, known as the stratosphere. Often when the polar vortex is strong, temperatures are mild in the mid-latitudes across the Eastern US and Northern Eurasia; and when the vortex is weak, temperatures tend to be cold across the Eastern US and northern Europe and Asia.

Weak Polar Vortex

When the polar vortex is weak or “perturbed”, the flow of air is weaker and meanders north and south (rather than west to east). This allows a redistribution of air masses where cold air from the Arctic spills into the mid-latitudes and warm air from the subtropics is carried into the Arctic. This mixing of air masses also favors more storms and snow in the mid-latitudes.

During a weak polar vortex, high pressure occurs in the Arctic region and is referred to as the negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation (AO). Air flows away from the high pressure Arctic. The north to south direction of the polar vortex carries cold Arctic air into the mid-latitudes of Eastern US, Europe and East Asia. Therefore it is cold across the Eastern US, Europe and East Asia during winters when the polar vortex is weak.

The California wildfires were the worse in their history because of the wind. It has nothing to do with Forest Management. The winds were far to high to expect anything, but, an uncontrollable fire. It was reported that at one point the fire was traveling (jumping) 800 feet a second. It was why it was so difficult to escape and why there were survivors, especially in the Camp Fire.

The USA Forest Service cannot control the wind. I am going to read through the new 4th - Volume II assessment this week and I'll provide my impression next Sunday. This is not the first time the Midwest is to be an alarming awakening. Scientists have been stating all along. It is just that Americans are ready to hear it. Twelve years and counting. It is time to act! January 1, 2019 it becomes 11 years.

Recommended Citation: (click here) Hatfield, J., 2012: Agriculture in the Midwest. In: U.S. National Climate Assessment Midwest Technical Input Report. J. Winkler, J. Andresen, J. Hatfield, D. Bidwell, and D. Brown, coordinators. Available from the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA) Center, http://glisa.msu.edu/docs/NCA/MTIT_Agriculture.pdf.

Agriculture in the Midwest United States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) represents one of the most intense areas of agriculture in the world. This area is not only critically important for the United States economy but also for world exports of grain and meat. In the 2007 Census of Agriculture these states had a market value of crop and livestock products sold of $76,989,749,000 (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2007). Within the U.S., Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota ranked 2, 3, and 4 in the value of crops sold and Iowa ranked 3rd in the value of livestock, poultry and their products and Wisconsin ranked 7th in the value of livestock, poultry and their products sold. The economic value of agriculture in the Midwest encompasses corn, soybean, livestock, vegetables, fruits, tree nuts, berries, nursery and greenhouse plants. The economic value of the crop and livestock commodities in these states continues to increase because of the rising prices...

Hydrogen is NOT the answer for methane consumption. It is NOT an alternative fuel.

November 8, 2018

By Anna Shiryeavskaya

Russia is looking (click here) at how to develop a market for hydrogen in Europe, a move that would help maintain demand for one of its primary exports as governments everywhere work to cut pollution.

Gazprom PJSC, the Russian company that’s the dominant exporter of natural gas into Europe, is exploring ways to produce emissions-free hydrogen from its fuel and create a 153 billion-euro ($175 billion) a year market by 2050, according to a presentation executives from the company made in Brussels last month. That would be bigger than the $110 billion value of Europe’s existing natural gas supply last year.

The effort would bring Russia in step with the government of Japan, oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc and a handful of companies that are promoting fuel cells and hydrogen as an alternative to electricity generation and transportation fed by fossil fuels. With Europe working to make dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Russia is looking for ways to make its gas green enough to remain part of the energy mix. Hydrogen is an option because it can be made from natural gas without generating additional emissions....

Hydrogen (H2) (click here) is similar to carbon monoxide in that it acts as an indirect greenhouse gas through its effect on hydroxyl (OH) radicals. By reducing the levels of OH in the atmosphere, hydrogen increases the lifetime of some direct greenhouse gases, such as methane.

Much hydrogen is itself produced in the atmopshere by the oxidation of methane, with total global emisssions estimated to be about 70 million tonnes each year. As well as removal in the atmopshere by its reaction with OH, significant amounts of hydrogen are also taken up by soil microorganisms.....

November 25, 2018

After a brief delay to let a downpour pass, volunteers resume their search for human remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, California on Nov. 23, 2018.

Re: “State lawmakers (click here) drafting wildfire relief bill for utilities” (Page A1, Nov. 21):

Absolutely no to any state bill to remove liabilities from utilities.

If we want to get the rest of the nation to recognize that climate change is real, make the utilities responsible for fire and any other related disasters that can be attributed in whole or in part to the climate.

The fear of being financially responsible will stimulate a plethora of local, state and federal lobbying efforts for new policies and laws.

PG&E is now a strong believer in climate change and seeking relief from its associated costs. However, if we remove the liabilities and the public assumes the cost, the utilities will not have to do anything.

This cannot ever be fair or good for mother earth.

Mark Grzan
Morgan Hill

November 26, 2018

Los Angeles — A massive wildfire (click here) that killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California has been fully contained after burning for more than two weeks, authorities said Sunday.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the Camp fire had been surrounded by firefighters after several days of rain in the Paradise area.

The nation's deadliest wildfire in a century killed at least 85 people, and 249 are on a list of those unaccounted for. The number of missing dropped in recent days as officials confirmed that more people were alive....

...The population (click here) of the Russian Federal Soviet Socialist Republic increased from 87 million in 1922 up to 148 million in 1991 and remained at that level until 1996, after which it started to decrease. From 2009 the situation seemed to be improving slightly until last year, which was predicted by some economists because about the year 2010 women aged 25-30, i.e. those with the highest fertility rate, made up the biggest age cohort. There is a high possibility that in 30 years the population will drop by over 10 million and by 2100 it will have decreased by the same number. By 2050 Russia will be the 15th most-populous country, following the Philippines and Tanzania....

Russia's GDP Per Capita (click here) reached 10,742.876 USD in Dec 2017, compared with 8,759.156 USD in Dec 2016. Russia GDP Per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1992 to Dec 2017, with an average number of 4,712.620 USD. The data reached an all-time high of 16,006.879 USD in Dec 2013 and a record low of 487.486 in Dec 1992. CEIC converts annual GDP per Capita into USD. Federal State Statistics Service provides GDP per Capita in local currency based on SNA 2008. The Central Bank of Russian Federation average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. GDP per Capita prior to 2011 is based on SNA 1993...

Metric tons per capita is a different measurement than gigagrams. Russia's highest emissions per capita was in 2013 at the rate of 12.75 metric tons per capita. Russia has done better and it needs to continue to move in that direction. Russia needs to measure it's interest in fossil fuels as an income to the country because a growing segment of the world is moving forward to alternative energies.

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) in Russia was reported at 11.86 in 2014, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.

Protect the Permafrost.

November 25, 2018
By Jim Bobreski

But yes, global warming, dare I say again, is real (click here) and regardless of what we believe the cause is, we must adjust for the resulting changes, which will result in higher water levels and the ebbing of the permafrost yielding more highly concentrated greenhouse gases in the form of methane. Under the permafrost is a large quantity of natural gas and not all of it has practical economic value. If this volume of methane is freely released into the atmosphere all at nearly the same time ... well, please, read on.

Let’s go over some basics. Siberia is a region of the Russian Federation situated east of the Ural Mountains. Its borders have changed with the advent of the new Russian Federation. It spans several time zones and is larger than Canada. It has the richest deposits in rare earth minerals, aluminum, oil and natural gas in the world....

...Siberia also has the dubious honor of having the largest continuous region of permafrost.

Understanding the climate history of Siberia is critical to understanding its unique hibernation network, which is currently awakening. The geological history of Siberia is still an enigma. There are regions where numerous adult woolly mammoths were completely frozen for 20,000 years with food still in their stomachs. The woolly Steppe mammoths were up to 15 feet tall and weighed up to 11 tons. Imagine what it took to feed them....

There is a theory about the Woolly Mammoths. They were covered with very thick fur. We know today that weather fronts can have rain on one side and freezing conditions, ice and snow on the other. The demise of the Woolly Mammoths most probably occurred when they were grazing as they usually did when a strong rain front came through and soaked them to their skin. What must have occurred next was freezing conditions on the backside of the rain front. They would begin to freeze as their coat was compromised with rain. They may have tried to move to shelter, but, the freezing temperatures finished the deed and the Woolly Mammoth was assigned to history intact. Snow fell on top of the deceased individual Woolly Mammoth and became invisible over time.

They were in Siberia because of the rich and seemingly limitless grassland. This rich grassland had 10-20 thousand years to incubate and turn into methane underneath the ice sheath. Now, that sheath is disappearing. The thaws are lasting longer, and the resistance of the ground holding the methane is diminishing. The methane is either escaping or pooling underneath. It was the perfect combination of events to create these vast reserves of methane.

The consequences of a methane proliferation in the Siberian landscape has not yet been evaluated. However, you don’t have to be Lewis and Clark to map out the area where the proliferation of methane from centuries of decay resides to see what could happen with the only trap door holding it in was suddenly opened.

Is there an solution?... (See below)

...Now add a nation that supports an oligarchical society whose prior history has little regard for human life let alone the environment. The release of methane will affect not only the Russian Federation but the entire world. What will it take to convince that nation of its responsibility to deal with this inevitable environmental problem? It will take a worldwide effort to legislate and enforce. At this juncture, there is no plan to even measure the gas nor its rate of ascension, by them that is. Fortunately, others are....

...Most people are not even aware of the aforementioned discussion. Making people aware of the situation may be job one. I think Russia should perform a survey and make an assessment of the capture of methane or the burning of extraneous methane on its own. America should value its relationship with China and examine its relationship with Russia. This may be difficult with a president who believes global warming is a hoax, marginalizes science and scientists, places tariffs on our biggest trading partner and rents to Russia’s most notorious organized crime figures.

Decades ago the USA embarked on a pipeline project that brings oil from Alaska to the lower 48 states. There was a problem with Permafrost and the temperature of oil. The Permafrost was melting UNTIL:

Trans Alaska oil pipeline is buried whenever possible, but permafrost soil conditions require the pipeline to be above ground. Metal fins help dissipate heat and cold.

...Engineers (click here) would have buried the entire pipeline had it not been for permafrost (permanently frozen soil) lying in sheets and wedges beneath the surface. The pipeline couldn’t be buried in permafrost because the heat of the oil would cause the icy soil to melt. The pipe would then sag, and possibly leak. Because much of Alaska is underlain with permafrost, Alyeska routed just over half the pipeline above ground. Where it snakes over land, the pipeline is supported by posts designed to keep permafrost frozen. Topped with fan-like aluminum radiators, the posts radiate heat from the ground into the cold winter air to keep the soil solidly frozen. When the air temperature is 40 below, for example, the posts cool down to 40 below and take away heat from the soil, assuring the ground stays frozen....

The Climate Crisis is a global problem. There is no reason why this measure (If it serves to protect permafrost without pipelines) can't be evaluated and placed throughout the Permafrost globally. Certainly, this method can be used for Russia's pipelines. Scientists will have to investigate the effectiveness of these measures with a warming climate along this pipeline and free standing equivalents to protect the Permafrost. These measures have to move forward if proven to be effective and the UN has a right to insist on it.

September 20, 2018
By Oleg Yegorov

Wall of water kills scores in Russia (click here)

With average annual temperatures (click here) rising in Russia twice as fast as elsewhere in the world, the country will face serious challenges, including natural disasters and economic losses.

Russia is getting warmer, and not in a good way, say officials at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. A recently-released government report on the state of the environment (link in Russian) says: “The pace of temperature increase in Russia is faster than the average on Earth in the period 1976-2017; the average annual temperature in the world rose by 0.18°C in a decade, while in Russia the same index was 0.45°C.”

In other words, global warming is real everywhere, but it’s happening faster in Russia. Why?

Not so cold anymore

“This is common in northern countries, namely Russia and Canada,” said Vladimir Chuprov, the head of the energy program at Greenpeace Russia, in an interview. “All countries in the North feel the consequences of global warming quicker than those in equatorial or tropical regions because their permafrost layers are slowly melting.”

Winters in Russia (and Canada) used to be far harsher a half a century ago, with average temperatures since decreasing to -40°C to -50°C each year, said Chuprov. Though zones with cold extremes remain, today the general picture has changed: the average temperature in winter rarely falls below -30°C....

Every man, woman and child is required to bring their carbon foot print down. They need to also enlist their governments to protect their lives and do the same.

The IPCC Report ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C‘ (click here) released October 2018, finds that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require reductions of global human-caused CO2 Emissions (carbon dioxide) of 45% by 2030 compared to 2010, and reach zero emissions around 2050.

However, since global Fossil CO2 Emissions increased 6.4% between 2010 and 2016, and the world population is expected to grow 1.2% annually the years to come, the required 45% global CO2 reductions by 2030, is equivalent to 53% reduction per capita by 2030 compared to 2016, or in only 14 years. In other words, an average world citizen must cut Fossil CO2 Emissions from 4.8 tons in 2016 to around 2.3 tons by 2030 and zero by 2050 (if limiting global warming to 1.5°C). Note that forest cover growth, removing CO2 from the air, etc. can substitute Fossil CO2 reductions in the IPCC scenarios....

The energy sector has far out paced any other sector in historic GHG emissions and current GHG emissions. This is measured in CO2e (equivalents). So, they are throwing all kinds of GHGs into the troposphere including methane CH4.

In 1991 the energy sector was responsible for 14.96 million CO2 equivalent emissions. In 2010 the energy sector was responsible for 23.24 million CO2 equivalent emissions. That is an increase of 8.28 million CO2e.

The Agricultural Sector's emissions are responsible for about 50 percent of CH4 emissions which may be an intractable statistic that is food based, but, also is responsible for over 70 percent of nitrous oxide. (N2O)   in 1991, the Ag Sector emitted 4.55 million CO2e (Carbon Dioxide equivalents). In 2010, the same sector emitted 5.08 million CO2e. That is an increase of 0.53 million CO2e.

The Forestry Sector emitted 1.82 million CO2e in 1991 and 1.18 million CO2e in 2010. That is a decrease of 0.64 CO2e.

Land Use Sector emitted 6.6 million CO2e and in 2010 5.4 million CO2e. That is a decrease of 1.4 million CO2e.

The Transport Sector emitted 4.08 million CO2e million CO2e in 1991 and in 2010 5.54 million CO2e. That is an increase of 1.46 million CO2e.

The Residential and Commercial Sector in 1991 emitted 3.79 million CO2e and 3.74 million CO2e in 2010. That is a decrease of 0.05 million CO2e.

The Industry Sector had 1.85 million CO2e emissions in 1991 and in 2010 the emissions were 3.47 million CO2e. That is an increase of 1.62 million CO2e.

The Waste Sector emitted 1.18 million CO2e in 1991 and in 2010 the emissions were 1.45 million CO2e. That is an increase of 0.27 million CO2e.

The International Bunker Sector in 1991 emitted less than one million at 666,378.52 gigagrams of CO2e. In 2010 it emitted 1.08 million CO2e. That is an increase of 413621.48 gigagrams CO2e.

The Other Sector emitted 265,727.76 gigagrams CO2e. In 2010 it emitted 267,609.41 gigagrams CO2e. That is an increase of 1881.65 gigagrams of CO2e.

The percentages as of 2010 are: Energy 45.94 percent, Land Use and Transportation 10.96 percent, Agriculture 10.04 percent, Residential and Commercial 7.4 percent, Industry 6.85 percent, Waste 2.86 percent, Forestry 2.33 percent, International bunkers 2.13 percent and Other 0.53 percent. 

Energy is the biggest offender of CO2e in the world. It is time that changes. Source (click here)

Russia's current emissions are estimated to be 2556 MtCO2e/a. Determined to be critically insufficient.

Chart (click here)

...According to our latest estimates, (click here) Russia’s currently implemented policies will lead to emissions of 2.6 GtCO2e in 2020 and 2.7GtCO2e in 2030 (both excluding LULUCF - Land use, land-use change, and forestry), which is 4% and 11% above 2015 emissions levels, respectively. This represents a decrease in emissions from 1990 levels of 28% in 2020 and 23% in 2030, all below the INDC targets, which allow emissions to grow 8–27% above 2015 levels by 2020 and 18–25% by 2030.

A first step towards contributing to the Paris Agreement’s goals would be to speed up the national process for ratification of the Agreement and present a 2030 target which sets out actual emissions reductions beyond the current policy scenario. This would not only be more credible from an international perspective but would also help to align national policy developments with the long-term emission reductions needed to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.

The Republicans always try to hide environmental findings. It never works.

November 21, 2018
By Frank Hummer

Philadelphia — The Trump administration (click here) will release a major report on climate change Friday afternoon, the day after Thanksgiving and one of the worst days of the year for reaching a news audience.

The Fourth National Climate Assessment, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration but compiled by a number of federal agencies, will be released at 2 p.m. as many Americans scout Black Friday deals or travel.

Some environmental groups question the timing.

“It’s an absolute disgrace to bury the truth about climate impacts in a year that saw hundreds of Americans die during devastating climate-fueled megafires, hurricanes, floods, and algal blooms,” said a statement by Mike Saccone of the National Wildlife Federation, who suggests the administration is trying to “obscure” the assessment’s findings....

The "NOAA Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4, Vol. II) (click here)
by the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), 

There was a time when Russia was applauded worldwide for ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, which expired in 2012.

September 13, 2018

Moscow - Russia confirmed on Thursday (click here) it would not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and Japan in rejecting an extension of the plan for fighting climate change.

The foreign ministry said Moscow would not join industrialized nations led by the European Union in signing up for cuts beyond a first round of commitments ending on December 31, 2012.

Earlier this month, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Twitter that a decision “had not been made” on new obligations, suggesting the government was still mulling participation.

Russia said on Thursday it would now focus on a U.N. plan, agreed last year, to come up with a new international deal by 2015 obliging both developed and developing countries to limit gas emissions that would enter into force from 2020.

“The Russian Federation finds the extension of the Kyoto protocol in its current state ineffective and does not intend to take on obligations to lower greenhouse gas emissions as part of the so-called second round of liabilities,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement....

When the USA was viewed as the largest polluter on Earth and would not participate with the Kyoto Protocol, it was becoming more and more difficult to carry out any attempt to end greenhouse gas emissions. There were also other countries that were not participants. The Kyoto Protocol expired in 2012; it was hoped all the same countries would renew it for a second round.  

Targets for the first commitment period (click here) 

The targets for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol cover emissions of the six main greenhouse gases, namely:
• Carbon dioxide (CO2);
• Methane (CH4);
• Nitrous oxide (N2O);
• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs);
• Perfluorocarbons (PFCs); and
• Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)...

The ice is thinning and satellites are finding new images.

21 November 2018

An immense, ancient impact crater (click here) has been discovered under the dense arctic ice covering Greenland. Over 300 metres deep and more than 30 kilometres wide, the crater is one of the 25 largest ever found on Earth. It’s also the first one to be found under a continental ice sheet.

The researchers behind the discovery say that the huge, bowl-shaped indentation was formed when an iron meteorite almost a kilometre wide smashed into the Earth as recently as 12,000 years ago. The impact zone in northwestern Greenland is now covered by the Hiawatha Glacier.

“The crater is exceptionally well-preserved, and that is surprising, because glacier ice is an incredibly efficient erosive agent that would have quickly removed traces of the impact. But that means the crater must be rather young from a geological perspective,” Professor Kurt H. Kjær, the leader of the team that worked on the discovery, said in a statement. "So far, it has not been possible to date the crater directly, but its condition strongly suggests that it formed after ice began to cover Greenland, so younger than 3 million years old and possibly as recently as 12,000 years ago – toward the end of the last ice age.”

In 2015, scientists first developed theories that there was a crater in the area. The team has since worked to survey the region using satellite imagery and radar systems capable of penetrating continental ice sheets....

"Has Arctic Sea Ice Loss  Contributed to Increased Surface Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet?"

Jiping Liu, Zhigiang Chen, Jennifer Francis, Mirong Song, Thomas Mote and Yongyun Hu

In recent decades, (click here) the Greenland ice sheet has experienced increased surface melt. However, the underlying cause of this increased surface melting and how it relates to cryospheric changes across the Arctic remain unclear. Here it is shown that an important contributing factor is the decreasing Arctic sea ice. Reduced summer sea ice favors stronger and more frequent occurrences of blocking-high pressure events over Greenland. Blocking highs enhance the transport of warm, moist air over Greenland, which increases downwelling infrared radiation, contributes to increased extreme heat events, and accounts for the majority of the observed warming trends. These findings are supported by analyses of observations and reanalysis data, as well as by independent atmospheric model simulations using a state-of-the-art atmospheric model that is forced by varying only the sea ice conditions. Reduced sea ice conditions in the model favor more extensive Greenland surface melting. The authors find a positive feedback between the variability in the extent of summer Arctic sea ice and melt area of the summer Greenland ice sheet, which affects the Greenland ice sheet mass balance. This linkage may improve the projections of changes in the global sea level and thermohaline circulation.

November 17, 2018

Russia's emergencies (click here) minister has acknowledged that authorities failed to warn residents in the Black Sea region of floods that killed at least 171 people. Monday has been declared a national day of mourning in Russia. Families of the flood victims are beginning to bury the dead in the hard-hit town of Krymsk.

She drank the Kool-Aid.

It's Sunday Night

Natalia Poklonskaya (click here) is a former Ukrainian official who gained international fame online following her appointment as the chief prosecutor of the newly-created Autonomous Republic of Crimea in March 2014.

History

According to the Turkish news site National Turk^[8], Poklonskaya had previously served as the chief prosecutor of the Crimean region within the Ukrainian Attorney General's Office. On March 11th, 2014, Poklonskaya was appointed as the Prosecutor General of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea during the independence movement in the former Ukrainian region. Later that day, she made her first appearance at a press conference, during which she reportedly called the Ukrainian officials "devils from the ashes," and the footage was subsequently uploaded by Youtuber Andrey Russian on the next day (shown below)....

7 May 2018

An image (click here) of MP Natalya Poklonskaya leaning against a wall ahead of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration has gone viral, with some saying that her mood resembles their own every day.

The photo captured the former chief Crimean prosecutor standing near the entrance of the Andreyevsky Hall in the Kremlin Grand Palace before Vladimir Putin took the oath of office.

Poklonskaya has already been an internet sensation with her anime-style images going viral, during her days as Prosecutor General of Crimea. In Russia Poklonskaya got the nickname “nyasha” (sweetie), to which she once reacted by saying that she would prefer to be perceived as a prosecutor and will not tolerate any meaningless “nyash” or “myash”comments....

Russian people sing Russian national anthem (click here for official site of the government of the Russian Federation - thank you)

Russian National Anthem

State Anthem of the Russian Federation

Россия – священная наша держава,
Россия – любимая наша страна.
Могучая воля, великая слава –
Твоё достоянье на все времена!

Russia – our holy nation
Russia – our beloved country.
A mighty will, great glory –
These are yours for all time!

Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!

Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
Age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Popular wisdom given by our forebears!
Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!

От южных морей до полярного края
Раскинулись наши леса и поля.
Одна ты на свете! Одна ты такая –
Хранимая Богом родная земля!

From the southern seas to the polar lands
Spread our forests and fields.
You are unique in the world, one of a kind –
Native land protected by God!

Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!

Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
Age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Popular wisdom given by our forebears!
Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!

Широкий простор для мечты и для жизни
Грядущие нам открывают года.
Нам силу даёт наша верность Отчизне.
Так было, так есть и так будет всегда!

Wide spaces for dreams and for living
Are opened for us by the coming years
Our loyalty to our Fatherland gives us strength.
Thus it was, thus it is and always will be!

Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!

Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
Age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Popular wisdom given by our forebears!
Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!