According to EMERCOM of Russia in a press release:
Several documents signed during joint work of Russian Emergency Ministry and FEMA rss
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and the USA Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are going to exchange experts during joint rescue operations in major disasters. This is provided by a protocol of the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Working Group on Emergency Situations and seventeenth meeting of Joint U.S.-Russia Cooperation Committee on Emergency Situations, which took place in Washington on 25 June.
In addition, the parties approved of U.S.-Russian cooperation in this field in 2013-2014, which envisages exchange of experience including in monitoring and forecasting emergency situations, training of rescuers, development of mine-rescuing and provision of security at mass events.
Let me repeat this tidbit in case you missed it: “provision of security at mass events.”
Meaning: Soviet “experts” providing “security” on US soil. In most countries, who is most “expert” in providing security? The military or police forces. And what does “security” mean in occasion of a “mass event”? It won’t mean people with frowns and brochures. In my interpretation of words, “security” at “mass events” means military personnel who are armed and loaded.
Translated: armed Russian personnel on our soil to “secure” our civilian population.
Under this agreement via Homeland Security, will it include what are termed NSSEs — National Special Security Events — which include such things as international summits, conventions, even presidential inaugurations?
Anyone besides me have questions to include: why has this completely fallen off the US American Media Maggot radar?
BZ