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Sunday, 1 January 2017

Come Back Russia, All is Forgiven

I recently did a Blog posting about who visited this Blog,  see
http://settlestationwatertower.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/google-knows-where-you-are.html

It reproduced the following table for visits to the Blog for one WEEK, up to 17th December, which revealed a surprisingly high number from Russia:

United States
1560
Russia
626
United Kingdom
204
Germany
60
France
55
Ukraine
31
Australia
9
Portugal
6
Spain
5
New Zealand
5

With the news media full of tales of the Russians spying on the Unites States, diplomats being sent home to Russia with no tit-for-tat reprisals I thought it would be fun to see if Russian interest in the Settle Station Water Tower was being maintained.

Here are the equivalent WEEKLY statistics for the last week, ending today:

United States
1517
United Kingdom
304
Australia
74
France
41
Germany
33
China
9
Philippines
6
Ireland
4
Portugal
4
Turkey
4

Well,well,well.   Compare and contrast as examiners used to say.   The USA - remarkably consistent.   The UK - must try harder.   Australia - B+ for effort.   BUT where is Russia?   Nothing.   Zero.  Zilch. A weekly fall from 626 to zero stretches credibility.

Perhaps Russia has lost interest in Settle Station Water Tower.   The Pentagon is remaining vigilant and GCHQ is just slowing down as it's Christmas.   But WHAT should we make of the total absence of the Kremlin?

I did read somewhere that Russia was suspected of keeping tabs on western websites on an industrial scale.   Allegedly.    Could it be?

GCHQ - welcome to have a look to check the figures.

But be prepared for a lot of boring stuff about ball valves and Kingspan Envireau rainwater harvesting systems.

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