An American has been taken prisoner by the Russian military. The American, noted to be African American, is thought to be one of the American trainers working in Georgia for the United States. The article notes he is being transfered to Vladikavkaz for further questioning.
Have not seen this in English yet, Russian article here. (H/T Rob Farley)
Update: Article in life.ru about the US POW, with bogus photo.
Update2: Until I see something worth posting, check comments this thread and I'll be translating some Russian headlines tonight. We had intended to theme China this week, but I'm just not in the mood... yet.
Although, if your surfing the internet looking for something Navy centric outside the Black Sea, open Google Earth and search for "Jianggezhuang Naval Base". Google Earth updated the commercial satellite image last week. The satellite image is dated December 5, 2007. Just look, you'll figure out why real quick. Yes, that is the Xia, not in dry dock. I counted 2 Han and 1 Shang, but I'm a total amateur at satellite study. Maybe Sean will let us know.
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Some of the English Language stuff we are following.
Global Voices Online
Oleg Panfilov <- In Poti (not English, noted for my own purposes) Excercises in Translation
News Coverage:
Small Wars Journal
Lawyers, Guns, and Money <- Anyone else besides me think Robert Farley has earned some sort of award for his coverage of this? Noah Shachtman - Danger Room
Any New York Times article reported by Andrew E. Kramer, Anne Barnard and C. J. Chivers. These guys have been the best we have seen. This latest one appears to be symbolic of a Russian middle finger to the west.
Photo of the day.
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