The Russian Telegraph Agency

[olekit]

1/1/1911
The Russian Telegraph Agensy restarting the service. New offices opened at St. Peterburg, Moscow, Novorossiysk, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok and Helsingfors.

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The Minister of Defence General Alexey Brusilov came to the Khabarovsk. After the meeting with the Governor of Khabarovsk region and excursion around the city, Minister continue his trip around the Siberian Military Region. it is expected that he will come to the Vladivostok, the capital of the Primorye region, which re-entered to the structure of the Russian Empire last year, at the end of January. It is also expected, that general Brusilov will have a meeting with the commander of the Siberian military region and Vladivostock garrison. They will discuss questions of the integration of Russian and Japanese cultures and problems of military servise at the far Provinces and Colonies of Russian Empire.

2/1911

The Minister of Transportation knyas Nikolay Golytsin oficially visited the Kingdom of Romania. At the meeting with the King Karol I of Romania, they discussed the future investitions of the Russian Empire to the development of the Romanian railway system. It was desided to establish an international russo-romanian company which will manage the railway system of Romania. 50% of its capital will be russian. It forms of the material base, which Russia have in Romania.

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The 1st battle squadron of the Baltic fleet came to the Gibraltar. The squadron leaved Helsingfors at the end of November and visited Libava, Stokholm, Kopenhagen and Southhampton so far. expected that it will return to the home port at the end of april, after its all-around the Earth practice trip will be finished.

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The Russian Telegraph Agensy congratulates all russians with the end of winter and wishes you the warm and shiny spring. And let it go, MASLENNITSA!!!!

[olekit]

2/1911

EXTRA!!!!

It is became to known, that Russian Government will build 1000 middle-range airctafts at the 2nd half of the year, and several of them will be water-based. The rumors are that this water-based middle-range aircrafts will be set to the russian ballon-carrying cruisers «Shar» and «Zmey», based at Novorossiysk.

[The Rock Doctor]

That's a lot of airplanes for 1911.

Could you point me to the specifications for the cruisers?  I'm curious to see what they look like.

[Desertfox]

That's more than existed in the entire world in OTL.

This is how a 1910 seaplane looks like:

[olekit]

There at photo in my post is a seaplane M-5, made by russian engineer Grigorovitch in 1911.

[olekit]

3/11

Trade and Manufacture Pact was signed between Russia and Romania, which opens the borders for Russian capital to Romania and Romanian goods to Russian markets.

6/11

Russian Military Stab will order several aunomotive carriages to test them for military needs

9/11

Russian Mediteranean squadron will conduct a gunnery tests an maneuring at the North-Western part of the Mediterranean Sea.

12/11

Russian Black Sea fleet will conduct a gunnery tests an maneuring at the North-Western part of the Black Sea.

[olekit]

1/12

The ambassador at the Ukraine corresponds about disorders at the streets of Kiev. He wrotes, that mass of the workers with red flags conduct strikes, set barrikades and get in confrontation with the police.
Russian part has already offered help to the Ukraine Government. No answer yet.

3/12
The border with Ukraine will be closed till the poloitcal situation at the neighbour state will calm down and cleared.

The Russian Empire, to provide its own security and the security of the other Black Sea region states will change the status of the Caucasian and Don military districts from "normal" to "alarm". The Corps, divisions and brigades from reserves will be activated. The forces at the Russo-Ottoman border will be strengthened.

The Status of the Black Sea Fleet will not change, but some formations will be send to the operational duty.

The forces of the Mediterranean sea still stay at Gibraltar, due any other orders from The Naval Ministry will come.

[Borys]

Partly OOC
1 - I would had reacted somehow to those Russian moves

2 - as to the unrest in the Grand Duchy of Kiev (which I knew nothing about), the Habsburgs:
- start controlling the borders for subversives crossing in any direction;
- declare support for authorities;
- suggest using machine guns on the revolting rabble;

3 - the Habsburgs politely inquire in Sankt Peterbug about it's intentions = what the hell do you think you are doing in Vlach-Bulgaria?

4 - Vienna suggests to Sankt Peterburg joint pressure on Vlachs;

5 - as there is no land border between Vlach-Bulgaria and Russia, Vienna wonders about the capacity of Constanca, Varna and Burgas to take in mass shipments of troops

[The Rock Doctor]

Olekit and the Mods are discussing the contents of his past 1911 and past 1912 news items, so they may change...

[maddox]

cleaned up the topic.  Thank you for your coorperation.

[olekit]

Official Note to the Iberian Government

Gentlemen!

The Russian Authorites of Gibraltar allows your squadron to enter the port of Gibraltar for no longer then 48 hours period to repair your ships, replenish the stocks and give the crewmen a rest.

The Russian Authorities will be glad to see the Commander of the squadron at the Russian residence today's evening.

[olekit]

7/12

The group of men have been caught by the St. Peterburg Police, while stoling the armament from the train, which should go to the North Caucasus. All of arrested men have no any documents. They were stopped at the St. Peterburg Goods yard with eleven boxes of 7.62 bullets for Mosin rifles, two boxes of grenades and five bags with rusian Army Insignias.
All arresetd men had been guarded to the Central City Prison.

7/12

The investigation of the St. Peterburg's Good Yard robbery have established, that ten men, which had been taken at the act of robbery, came to Russian capital from different cities of the Velike Kniazestvo Ukrainske. The armament, which they are enrouched, should be carried over the Russo-Ukranian border illegaly.
The Note of Protest had been already posted to the Ukranian Government.

[olekit]

9\1912

The Russian official position of Greece

The Russian Empire recognises the Independent Greece and is ready to provide help and supply for the new nation.

The Russian Empire insists on discussing the conditions of the Greece Independence, her territory and international position at the Paris Congresse of Iberia, Austria and Ottoman Empire. 

The Russian Empire hopes, that Iberia and Austria will support the Russian iniciative and Greece independence will be one of the conditions to cease fire.

[The Rock Doctor]

Speaking for the Ottomans:

The Sublime Porte regrets that Imperial Russia has chosen to recognize a state that does not yet exist. 

The Sublime Porte has concluded that a small minority of zealous Greeks, with the assistance of outside forces, has made further co-existence of Greeks and other loyal Ottoman subjects impractical.  As such, the Sublime Porte has indicated to the Iberian Empire and Hapsburger Kaiserreich that it is now prepared to negotiate the secessation and creation of a new Greek state. 

It is the Sultan's hope that the creation of a new Greek state will satisfy the Iberian Empire and Hapsburger Kaiserreich's humanitarian concerns, allowing all three powers to conclude a ceasefire and return of their armed forces to their own soil.

[olekit]

9/1912

As it became known, the Russian Black Sea Fleet 1st maneuring squadron with 2 oilers and transport left the seabase of Novorossiisk these morning. The goals of the cruise are unknown.