Geopolitical mosaic: the Ku Klux Klan was not allowed to clean up the garbage on the road, and McFaul was to blame for the Syrian crisis.
“Mom, I didn't do this!” How today conveyed RIA News" With reference to the Vremya newspaper in Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstan border guard Vladislav Chelakh, suspected of killing fourteen colleagues and huntsman at the border post in Alma-Ata region, whispered to his mother that he had not killed anyone.
The date of the mother and son was recorded on a video camera and lasted only five minutes. "News"Quoting the words of the mother of the border guard Svetlana Vashchenko, who are quoted by the newspaper" Time ":
“I was taken to a small room. Following a few people flew with a video camera. They filmed us all those 5 minutes that the meeting lasted so that Vlad didn't say anything extra to me. I burst into tears, approached my son, he hugged me and whispered in his ear: “Mom, I did not do this!”
The woman claims that she saw a bruise on her son’s cheek.
Stones for UN observers. "Vesti"referring to ITAR-TASS, they report that UN observers were unable to enter the city of Al-Haff: they were stopped by a crowd that surrounded their cars. UN Secretary-General Spokesman Martin Nesirke said that "the crowd, consisting of residents of the area, began to throw stones and iron rods into UN vehicles."
And when the convoy headed back to Idlib, they tried to shoot her. Now the blue berets have returned to the bases and are safe. UNMIS personnel are trying to reach El Haffa from June 7, but armed confrontation in the area prevents them from doing so.
"Vesti" also reported that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that the US is concerned about information about sending Russian attack helicopters to Syria. In particular, she said that America “is worried by the latest information that we have, that on the way from Russia to Syria there are attack helicopters. This will lead to a very dramatic escalation of the conflict. "
Attack helicopters from Russia? As the Rosbalt, the Russian side is currently not commenting on Clinton’s statements. But the Pentagon official said that the US Department of Defense does not have information about the delivery of Syria’s helicopters by Russia: “I don’t see any reports that Russians are delivering attack helicopters to Syrians.”
Iran has begun to develop a heavy nuclear submarine. He writes about it "Lenta.ru" With reference to the Iranian agency FARS, which Rear-Admiral of the country's Navy Abbas Zamini told about the submarine about 12 on June.
According to him, the experience gained in the construction of nuclear power plants and the use of atomic technologies in medicine and agriculture will help the Iranian specialists to create an atomic-powered vessel. The representative of the Navy emphasized that the development of nuclear engines for submarines does not go beyond the civilian application of atomic technology.
Technical characteristics of the first Iranian nuclear submarine are not specified.
Lenta.ru reminds that at the end of May 2012 in Iran the repair of the heavy Tareg submarine built in Russia according to the 877EKM Paltus project was successfully completed. In addition to this submarine, two more submarines of the same type are in service with the Iranian Navy: Nur and Eunice.
In addition, the Iranian underwater fleet includes a submarine "Nahang" and sixteen light submarines of the type "Gadir" of its own design.
Temporary exemption from oil sanctions. America will exempt 7 countries from sanctions, which have significantly reduced the volume of purchases of Iranian oil. 11 June reported by the agency "Reuters" with reference to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reports "Lenta.ru".
India, South Korea, Turkey, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Taiwan will be excluded from the sanctions list. Sanctions against these countries will not be applied for at least six months. It should be noted that Singapore and China were not excluded from the list (the latter is the largest buyer of Iranian oil). Sanctions on China and Singapore will be introduced on June 28.
"Tape" recalls that in March this year, the United States refused to new sanctions against several countries in Europe and Japan.
The Yemeni army defeated the city of Jaar from the Islamists. This was reported yesterday "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
In the battles for Jaar, at least 24 people died: 20 militants and four Yemeni military. The Islamists left the city on the night of June 12 - earlier than President Saleh’s troops entered. The rebels retreated to the city of Sucre (information from France-Presse, referring to one of the locals). In Shukre, according to some sources, Yemen’s al-Qaida leaders are hiding.
Residents of Jaar reported that the Islamists left leaflets in the city asking for forgiveness from the local population for the fact that their territory was the center of an armed conflict.
In Côte d'Ivoire, a coup attempt was foiled. As transmits ITAR-TASS, Côte d'Ivoire’s law enforcement agencies thwarted an attempted coup d'état that was planned by supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo. The conspiracy was organized by a group of servicemen.
Speaking yesterday on national television, the head of the country's Interior Ministry, Hamed Bakayoko, said several conspirators had been arrested. Also found documents that reveal the details of the plan to overthrow the newly elected head of state Alassane Ouattara. As the minister noted, after the coup, the criminals were going to announce the creation of a transitional military administration in the country. In support of his words, Bakayoko demonstrated excerpts from a recorded video message to the people, which the rebels intended to broadcast on the air after the coup.
Hugo Chavez - presidential candidate. The current president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez 11 June registered as a candidate in the election of the head of state. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to BBC News.
The 57 year-old politician, the president of Venezuela since 1999, is set to fight again for the presidency. Elections are scheduled for October 7 2012.
On the day Hugo Chávez was registered as a candidate, thousands of his supporters took to the streets of Caracas. Smiling Chavez addressed them with a speech, and also sang a folk song and dance.
To the Falkland issue. In the Falkland Islands, with the support of the British government in the first half of 2013, a referendum on the status of the territory will be held. The Falklands government announced this on June 12, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
For several decades, the islands have been the subject of a dispute between the UK and Argentina. In 1982, troops from Argentina landed on the islands, whose government considers the Falklands to be theirs. The consequence of the landing was 74-day war, which resulted in the death of Argentine 649 and British 255 soldiers.
As the chairman of the legislative assembly Gavin Short notes, the residents of the islands are quite satisfied with the status of overseas territory of Great Britain, and they will say this in a referendum. Short also said: "We definitely do not want us to be governed by the government in Buenos Aires, and this immediately becomes obvious to everyone who has visited the islands."
France is going left. As reported RIA News"The French Socialist Party and its supporters last Sunday successfully spoke in the first round of elections to the lower house of parliament - and can get an absolute majority in the second round. The lower house (National Assembly) has the final word in legislative procedures.
In the last election, it turned out that the left-wing parties won the majority of the votes. According to preliminary data of the French Interior Ministry, about the 34,5% of voters voted for the Socialist Party and its closest allies, and the “greens” that concluded with it allied got 5,4% of votes. "Left Front" got 6,7%. Union for a Popular Movement received 27,2%.
As noted, the elections were held at a record low turnout - 57,4%.
According to forecasts, in the second round, leftists can receive from the 283 to 329 seats in the lower chamber, and 10-20 must also receive the “environmentalists”. Socialists have a chance to get an absolute majority in the National Assembly (289 seats), write "News", even without blocking with the "Left Front".
Julian Assange requests to re-open his case. RIA Novosti correspondent Elena Pakhomova reports from London that the founder of the portal "WikiLeaks" Julian Assange filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Great Britain. He asks to reopen his case. This informs the public British media, citing a representative of the court Ben Wilson.
In May, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Assange and decided to extradite him to Sweden. There he is suspected of committing sexual offenses, including rape.
However, there are no precedents with the reopening of the case after the decision was made in the Supreme Court. Therefore, the procedure for the consideration of such an application is missing. Ben Wilson could not name the time frame for the application.
The defense of Assange relies on the fact that a British court has made a decision on the basis of evidence and evidence put forward by the Swedish prosecutor's office. The defense of Assange did not have the opportunity to carefully examine this evidence.
Now the court has to determine how justified such a motivation is. It is noted that the UK did not consider the question of Assange’s guilt, but only decided how relevant Sweden’s request to extradite the suspect was appropriate.
Oil becomes more expensive. How today conveyed from New York ITAR-TASS correspondent Andrey Bekrenev, Tuesday's trading on the New York Stock Exchange ended with the growth of the main quotes. The most important indicator of business activity in the United States - the Dow Jones index - rose by 162,57 points (1,31%), reaching a point in the 12573,80 points. The 500 Standard & Poor's Index, which includes the 500 of the largest companies in the US market, added 15,25 points (1,17%) to the “weight” and reached the 1324,18 point. The NASDAQ e-exchange index climbed to the 33,34 point (1,19%), reaching the point in the 2843,07 point. The largest growth was shown by shares of companies in the industrial, commodity and financial sectors.
Oil prices rose. Futures contracts for the supply of oil in July were concluded at the price of 83,32 dollars per barrel, which is 0,62 dollars higher than June's 11.
The Ku Klux Klan wanted to sweep one mile of the road, but the authorities refused. The Department of Transportation of the US state of Georgia did not allow the local office of the Ku Klux Klan to participate in the federal program for voluntary garbage collection “Adopt a highway”, reports from New York correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexander Bekreneva.
Roadside garbage collection program has existed in the USA since the 80s. Anyone can pay for garbage collection on a stretch of at least one mile long, or send their volunteers for this. Trash sponsor can set on your site advertising banner.
In late May, representatives of the far-right Ku Klux Klan approached the Georgia Department of Transportation for permission to "adopt" a mile-long mountainous stretch of road. They received an answer yesterday. The letter explained that for security reasons and due to historical specific features of the organization's activities, a permit for garbage collection cannot be issued.
The secretary of the Ku Klux Klan branch, April Chambers, said: “We just want to“ adopt ”the highway. We do this not for the sake of self-promotion, but to keep the mountains clean. ”
It is not the first time when the Ku Klux Klan is seeking the right to scavenge on the highway. In 1994, the office of this organization in Missouri submitted an application to the local transport department, but the authorities rejected it. Also against the participation of the Ku Klux Klanov in cleaning the roads expressed the US Department of Justice. The Ku Klux Klan did not remain silent, and it came to the Supreme Court. The latter recognized the ban on the participation of the Ku Klux Klan in cleaning roadside debris contrary to the constitution. However, as noted, the K Klux Klan banners hung in Missouri for long. The fact is that members of the organization did not scavenge.
Obama's rating goes down. On the eve of the presidential election, Barack Obama is rapidly losing popularity with voters. A month ago, the current US president was ahead of his main rival, Mitt Romney, by 7%, and now by just 1%. This is reported "Vesti" with reference to the rating agency "Ipsos".
According to surveys, the rating of Barack Obama has long been going down. His current rating is the lowest for the last six months.
US grateful to Russia for Afghanistan. Corr. ITAR-TASS Dmitry Kirsanov reports from Washington that the USA is grateful to Russia for the logistical support of the antiterrorist operation in Afghanistan and does not consider the Afghan issue in conjunction with the Syrian crisis. Yesterday, at the briefing for journalists, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Relations Captain John Kirby stated this.
According to him, Russia is “extremely useful” in Afghanistan. “And we are grateful for the assistance they (Russians) provide in relation to logistics routes to and from the northern part of Afghanistan,” said Kirby.
Commenting on Senator John Cornine’s appeal to US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to terminate the contract with Rosoboronexport for the supply of combat helicopters to Afghanistan and restore unilateral sanctions against Russia, Kirby and the Pentagon press secretary George Little made it clear that the Pentagon will not do that.
On the strong military ties of Israel and the United States. MIGnews.com reports that US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta received Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Pentagon. Now Perez is on an official visit to Washington, where he is to receive the Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.
Leon Panetta said that the military cooperation between the United States and Israel "has never been so strong, stable and dynamic."
Peres told the Americans that Israel feared Iranian ambitions. Driven by the “imperialist-inspired ambitions of religion”, Iran, according to Mr. Peres, plans to “take control of the Middle East”.
Says Colonel Zusman. "MIGnews" writes that Colonel Adam Zusman, commander of the rear services of Dan District (Tel Aviv and the environs), said yesterday: “In the event of a rocket attack in the center of Israel, especially using non-conventional weaponsleading to the destruction of buildings, residents of Tel Aviv and surrounding cities will be evacuated and relocated to other parts of the country. ” The colonel, however, did not indicate where it is planned to transport about two million residents of Dan County.
The unnamed military sources referenced by the DEBKAfile resource claim that the evacuation will take place mainly in the southern areas of the Negev desert.
Colonel Zusman stressed that Israel is in danger from Iran and its allies: the Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist groups.
Zusman added that Israel has one of the “most complex” air defense systems in the world, but cannot fully rely on any system when it comes to global protection. He said: "We are preparing for the worst scenario."
A dead al-Qaida leader made a video message. RIA News" with reference to Reuters, it is reported that Abu Yahya al-Libi (his real name is Mohammed Hassan Qaed), the second person in al-Qaeda, whom the US government declared killed last week, made a video message. It was posted on the Islamist website.
Al-Libi called on the Islamists to support members of armed groups waging war against the Syrian authorities. He said: "We urge our brothers in Iran, Jordan and Turkey to come to the aid of their brothers."
Reuters notes that it’s impossible to date the video. However, it is noted that reports of the death of al-Libi have been received through the world media before, but later it turned out that the information was unreliable.
McFaul is to blame. The US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, is getting, it turns out, not only from the Russian side, but also from the west.
Nick Cohen from The Guardian (translation source - "InoSMI") writes that the inability of the West to voice a threat that would reduce violence in Syria is embodied "in the pitiful figure of Michael McFaul, the US ambassador to Moscow." The figure of McFaul, according to Cohen, is not only pathetic, but also ridiculous: after all, Mr. Ambassador "desperately wants to please, that he doesn’t realize that everyone laughs at him."
What is the fault in front of Western countries McFaul?
It turns out that he is like our Chernomyrdin: he wants the best, but he succeeds - as always.
McFaul, Cohen writes, is a liberal, but the results of his work are far from liberalism. He "is guided by the best of intentions, but gets the worst results." At the same time, Cohen walked through the article on the Obama government, noting that Michael McFaul was “the true representative of the Obama government.”
According to the journalist, McFaul is guilty of "resetting", as well as of slowing down the resolution of the Syrian conflict. Finally, the ambassador is guilty of his own illusions, born of a misunderstanding of what constitutes the Russian dictatorship.
“The failure of Western diplomacy in Syria,” according to Cohen, turned out to be “the bloody destruction of illusions. The United States, Britain, France, Turkey and the League of Arab States have given way to the Russian veto. While they were worried about the ethics and practicality of “liberal intervention”, the dictatorship was doing its best to “illiberal intervention” in what happened in the country, resembling a Spanish civil war. ”
A Western journalist ascribes the murder of 108 to a man in Hoole, disregarding even minimal arguments, to "Baathist forces." Cohen further writes: The “progressives” of the last decade did not understand that dictatorships are rarely a rational response to Western crimes. They have their own reasons, which do not cease to act when a liberal appears in the White House. Autocrats do not consider themselves thieves and megalomania. Criminals do not recognize what they are - it is against human nature. They ennoble their thirst for power by seeing themselves as the only people who can keep order and keep the country from falling apart. ”
Democracy and human rights in the eyes of these “criminals” and “autocrats” are “no competing ideologies or legitimate demands of noble opponents”, but “subversive doctrines of the imperialist West, against which all dictatorships must unite to oppose it”.
“On paper,” says Cohen, “corrupt capitalist Russia, communist Cuba, Baathist Syria, and Islamist Iran have nothing in common.” But they will always stand in a united front against liberalism. ”
Michael McFaul, according to Cohen, “is not an idiot, at least not obvious. An eminent academic, he helped organize the reset of Obama's Russian policy. He shared the government’s assumption that as soon as the Kremlin realizes that there are prudent men and women in power in Washington, it will cooperate. ”
But the trouble and the fault of McFaul is that “with all his education,” he “did not understand what a dictatorial mind is. He arrived in Russia in January, when the opposition movement against kleptocracy grew. Putin, like Assad, had to blame foreigners for what was happening and convince his supporters that they were defending their homeland from conspiracies of foreign enemies, and not the legitimate discontent of the oppressed Russians. McFaul was the most accessible goal, so that the state media vdarili on it. Sneaky journalists accused him of being the "puppeteer" behind the protests. When he met with dissidents, the state broadcasters, who were clearly aware of his schedule, tracked him down. Putin’s supporters published videos comparing him to a pedophile. ”
As a result, the journalist reports, McFaul came to humiliation in front of Moscow: “By the last week, McFaul was just as hypocritical as Malvolio when he meekly accepted the Kremlin’s curse on him.”
Another misfortune and fault of Ambassador McFaul is that he “did not understand that the“ reset ”was only from the West. For Putin, nothing has changed. ”
Summing up what Cohen wrote, we can say that the West still would like to see Russia, as well as some other countries, for example, Iran, not only with their ideological opponents, but also enemies of liberalism in all its forms - from "human rights" to " freedom of speech. "
Well, it must be admitted, to have a permanent external enemy - the position is convenient and time-tested. Against the background of a prickly ideological opponent, you can always seem soft and fluffy, even if the needles stick out of the ears.
The Nobel Prize shrank. RIA News" referring to the official website of the prestigious world award, the Nobel Prize will be reduced by 20% this year - from 10 to 8 million Swedish crowns (1,1 million dollars) this year. As the reasons for reducing the amount of the premium, the threat of destabilization of the financial fund from which payments are made is indicated.
“One of the most important tasks of the Nobel Foundation is to ensure the security of the economic base of the award. Thus, the capital left by Alfred Nobel requires management, which will allow to present the financial component of the award indefinitely and at the same time guarantee the independence of awarding institutions, ”the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors said in a statement.
The revenues from the fund’s activity, alas, have ceased to cover its expenses lately. In addition to the size of the prize, the costs of maintaining the fund's administration and at ceremonial events held during the presentation of awards will also be reduced.
Thus, it must be stated: the global economic crisis has knocked on the door of the Nobel Foundation.
The date of the mother and son was recorded on a video camera and lasted only five minutes. "News"Quoting the words of the mother of the border guard Svetlana Vashchenko, who are quoted by the newspaper" Time ":
“I was taken to a small room. Following a few people flew with a video camera. They filmed us all those 5 minutes that the meeting lasted so that Vlad didn't say anything extra to me. I burst into tears, approached my son, he hugged me and whispered in his ear: “Mom, I did not do this!”
The woman claims that she saw a bruise on her son’s cheek.
Stones for UN observers. "Vesti"referring to ITAR-TASS, they report that UN observers were unable to enter the city of Al-Haff: they were stopped by a crowd that surrounded their cars. UN Secretary-General Spokesman Martin Nesirke said that "the crowd, consisting of residents of the area, began to throw stones and iron rods into UN vehicles."
And when the convoy headed back to Idlib, they tried to shoot her. Now the blue berets have returned to the bases and are safe. UNMIS personnel are trying to reach El Haffa from June 7, but armed confrontation in the area prevents them from doing so.
"Vesti" also reported that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that the US is concerned about information about sending Russian attack helicopters to Syria. In particular, she said that America “is worried by the latest information that we have, that on the way from Russia to Syria there are attack helicopters. This will lead to a very dramatic escalation of the conflict. "
Attack helicopters from Russia? As the Rosbalt, the Russian side is currently not commenting on Clinton’s statements. But the Pentagon official said that the US Department of Defense does not have information about the delivery of Syria’s helicopters by Russia: “I don’t see any reports that Russians are delivering attack helicopters to Syrians.”
Iran has begun to develop a heavy nuclear submarine. He writes about it "Lenta.ru" With reference to the Iranian agency FARS, which Rear-Admiral of the country's Navy Abbas Zamini told about the submarine about 12 on June.
According to him, the experience gained in the construction of nuclear power plants and the use of atomic technologies in medicine and agriculture will help the Iranian specialists to create an atomic-powered vessel. The representative of the Navy emphasized that the development of nuclear engines for submarines does not go beyond the civilian application of atomic technology.
Technical characteristics of the first Iranian nuclear submarine are not specified.
Lenta.ru reminds that at the end of May 2012 in Iran the repair of the heavy Tareg submarine built in Russia according to the 877EKM Paltus project was successfully completed. In addition to this submarine, two more submarines of the same type are in service with the Iranian Navy: Nur and Eunice.
In addition, the Iranian underwater fleet includes a submarine "Nahang" and sixteen light submarines of the type "Gadir" of its own design.
Temporary exemption from oil sanctions. America will exempt 7 countries from sanctions, which have significantly reduced the volume of purchases of Iranian oil. 11 June reported by the agency "Reuters" with reference to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reports "Lenta.ru".
India, South Korea, Turkey, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Taiwan will be excluded from the sanctions list. Sanctions against these countries will not be applied for at least six months. It should be noted that Singapore and China were not excluded from the list (the latter is the largest buyer of Iranian oil). Sanctions on China and Singapore will be introduced on June 28.
"Tape" recalls that in March this year, the United States refused to new sanctions against several countries in Europe and Japan.
The Yemeni army defeated the city of Jaar from the Islamists. This was reported yesterday "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
In the battles for Jaar, at least 24 people died: 20 militants and four Yemeni military. The Islamists left the city on the night of June 12 - earlier than President Saleh’s troops entered. The rebels retreated to the city of Sucre (information from France-Presse, referring to one of the locals). In Shukre, according to some sources, Yemen’s al-Qaida leaders are hiding.
Residents of Jaar reported that the Islamists left leaflets in the city asking for forgiveness from the local population for the fact that their territory was the center of an armed conflict.
In Côte d'Ivoire, a coup attempt was foiled. As transmits ITAR-TASS, Côte d'Ivoire’s law enforcement agencies thwarted an attempted coup d'état that was planned by supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo. The conspiracy was organized by a group of servicemen.
Speaking yesterday on national television, the head of the country's Interior Ministry, Hamed Bakayoko, said several conspirators had been arrested. Also found documents that reveal the details of the plan to overthrow the newly elected head of state Alassane Ouattara. As the minister noted, after the coup, the criminals were going to announce the creation of a transitional military administration in the country. In support of his words, Bakayoko demonstrated excerpts from a recorded video message to the people, which the rebels intended to broadcast on the air after the coup.
Hugo Chavez - presidential candidate. The current president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez 11 June registered as a candidate in the election of the head of state. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to BBC News.
The 57 year-old politician, the president of Venezuela since 1999, is set to fight again for the presidency. Elections are scheduled for October 7 2012.
On the day Hugo Chávez was registered as a candidate, thousands of his supporters took to the streets of Caracas. Smiling Chavez addressed them with a speech, and also sang a folk song and dance.
To the Falkland issue. In the Falkland Islands, with the support of the British government in the first half of 2013, a referendum on the status of the territory will be held. The Falklands government announced this on June 12, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
For several decades, the islands have been the subject of a dispute between the UK and Argentina. In 1982, troops from Argentina landed on the islands, whose government considers the Falklands to be theirs. The consequence of the landing was 74-day war, which resulted in the death of Argentine 649 and British 255 soldiers.
As the chairman of the legislative assembly Gavin Short notes, the residents of the islands are quite satisfied with the status of overseas territory of Great Britain, and they will say this in a referendum. Short also said: "We definitely do not want us to be governed by the government in Buenos Aires, and this immediately becomes obvious to everyone who has visited the islands."
France is going left. As reported RIA News"The French Socialist Party and its supporters last Sunday successfully spoke in the first round of elections to the lower house of parliament - and can get an absolute majority in the second round. The lower house (National Assembly) has the final word in legislative procedures.
In the last election, it turned out that the left-wing parties won the majority of the votes. According to preliminary data of the French Interior Ministry, about the 34,5% of voters voted for the Socialist Party and its closest allies, and the “greens” that concluded with it allied got 5,4% of votes. "Left Front" got 6,7%. Union for a Popular Movement received 27,2%.
As noted, the elections were held at a record low turnout - 57,4%.
According to forecasts, in the second round, leftists can receive from the 283 to 329 seats in the lower chamber, and 10-20 must also receive the “environmentalists”. Socialists have a chance to get an absolute majority in the National Assembly (289 seats), write "News", even without blocking with the "Left Front".
Julian Assange requests to re-open his case. RIA Novosti correspondent Elena Pakhomova reports from London that the founder of the portal "WikiLeaks" Julian Assange filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Great Britain. He asks to reopen his case. This informs the public British media, citing a representative of the court Ben Wilson.
In May, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Assange and decided to extradite him to Sweden. There he is suspected of committing sexual offenses, including rape.
However, there are no precedents with the reopening of the case after the decision was made in the Supreme Court. Therefore, the procedure for the consideration of such an application is missing. Ben Wilson could not name the time frame for the application.
The defense of Assange relies on the fact that a British court has made a decision on the basis of evidence and evidence put forward by the Swedish prosecutor's office. The defense of Assange did not have the opportunity to carefully examine this evidence.
Now the court has to determine how justified such a motivation is. It is noted that the UK did not consider the question of Assange’s guilt, but only decided how relevant Sweden’s request to extradite the suspect was appropriate.
Oil becomes more expensive. How today conveyed from New York ITAR-TASS correspondent Andrey Bekrenev, Tuesday's trading on the New York Stock Exchange ended with the growth of the main quotes. The most important indicator of business activity in the United States - the Dow Jones index - rose by 162,57 points (1,31%), reaching a point in the 12573,80 points. The 500 Standard & Poor's Index, which includes the 500 of the largest companies in the US market, added 15,25 points (1,17%) to the “weight” and reached the 1324,18 point. The NASDAQ e-exchange index climbed to the 33,34 point (1,19%), reaching the point in the 2843,07 point. The largest growth was shown by shares of companies in the industrial, commodity and financial sectors.
Oil prices rose. Futures contracts for the supply of oil in July were concluded at the price of 83,32 dollars per barrel, which is 0,62 dollars higher than June's 11.
The Ku Klux Klan wanted to sweep one mile of the road, but the authorities refused. The Department of Transportation of the US state of Georgia did not allow the local office of the Ku Klux Klan to participate in the federal program for voluntary garbage collection “Adopt a highway”, reports from New York correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexander Bekreneva.
Roadside garbage collection program has existed in the USA since the 80s. Anyone can pay for garbage collection on a stretch of at least one mile long, or send their volunteers for this. Trash sponsor can set on your site advertising banner.
In late May, representatives of the far-right Ku Klux Klan approached the Georgia Department of Transportation for permission to "adopt" a mile-long mountainous stretch of road. They received an answer yesterday. The letter explained that for security reasons and due to historical specific features of the organization's activities, a permit for garbage collection cannot be issued.
The secretary of the Ku Klux Klan branch, April Chambers, said: “We just want to“ adopt ”the highway. We do this not for the sake of self-promotion, but to keep the mountains clean. ”
It is not the first time when the Ku Klux Klan is seeking the right to scavenge on the highway. In 1994, the office of this organization in Missouri submitted an application to the local transport department, but the authorities rejected it. Also against the participation of the Ku Klux Klanov in cleaning the roads expressed the US Department of Justice. The Ku Klux Klan did not remain silent, and it came to the Supreme Court. The latter recognized the ban on the participation of the Ku Klux Klan in cleaning roadside debris contrary to the constitution. However, as noted, the K Klux Klan banners hung in Missouri for long. The fact is that members of the organization did not scavenge.
Obama's rating goes down. On the eve of the presidential election, Barack Obama is rapidly losing popularity with voters. A month ago, the current US president was ahead of his main rival, Mitt Romney, by 7%, and now by just 1%. This is reported "Vesti" with reference to the rating agency "Ipsos".
According to surveys, the rating of Barack Obama has long been going down. His current rating is the lowest for the last six months.
US grateful to Russia for Afghanistan. Corr. ITAR-TASS Dmitry Kirsanov reports from Washington that the USA is grateful to Russia for the logistical support of the antiterrorist operation in Afghanistan and does not consider the Afghan issue in conjunction with the Syrian crisis. Yesterday, at the briefing for journalists, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Relations Captain John Kirby stated this.
According to him, Russia is “extremely useful” in Afghanistan. “And we are grateful for the assistance they (Russians) provide in relation to logistics routes to and from the northern part of Afghanistan,” said Kirby.
Commenting on Senator John Cornine’s appeal to US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to terminate the contract with Rosoboronexport for the supply of combat helicopters to Afghanistan and restore unilateral sanctions against Russia, Kirby and the Pentagon press secretary George Little made it clear that the Pentagon will not do that.
On the strong military ties of Israel and the United States. MIGnews.com reports that US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta received Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Pentagon. Now Perez is on an official visit to Washington, where he is to receive the Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.
Leon Panetta said that the military cooperation between the United States and Israel "has never been so strong, stable and dynamic."
Peres told the Americans that Israel feared Iranian ambitions. Driven by the “imperialist-inspired ambitions of religion”, Iran, according to Mr. Peres, plans to “take control of the Middle East”.
Says Colonel Zusman. "MIGnews" writes that Colonel Adam Zusman, commander of the rear services of Dan District (Tel Aviv and the environs), said yesterday: “In the event of a rocket attack in the center of Israel, especially using non-conventional weaponsleading to the destruction of buildings, residents of Tel Aviv and surrounding cities will be evacuated and relocated to other parts of the country. ” The colonel, however, did not indicate where it is planned to transport about two million residents of Dan County.
The unnamed military sources referenced by the DEBKAfile resource claim that the evacuation will take place mainly in the southern areas of the Negev desert.
Colonel Zusman stressed that Israel is in danger from Iran and its allies: the Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist groups.
Zusman added that Israel has one of the “most complex” air defense systems in the world, but cannot fully rely on any system when it comes to global protection. He said: "We are preparing for the worst scenario."
A dead al-Qaida leader made a video message. RIA News" with reference to Reuters, it is reported that Abu Yahya al-Libi (his real name is Mohammed Hassan Qaed), the second person in al-Qaeda, whom the US government declared killed last week, made a video message. It was posted on the Islamist website.
Al-Libi called on the Islamists to support members of armed groups waging war against the Syrian authorities. He said: "We urge our brothers in Iran, Jordan and Turkey to come to the aid of their brothers."
Reuters notes that it’s impossible to date the video. However, it is noted that reports of the death of al-Libi have been received through the world media before, but later it turned out that the information was unreliable.
McFaul is to blame. The US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, is getting, it turns out, not only from the Russian side, but also from the west.
Nick Cohen from The Guardian (translation source - "InoSMI") writes that the inability of the West to voice a threat that would reduce violence in Syria is embodied "in the pitiful figure of Michael McFaul, the US ambassador to Moscow." The figure of McFaul, according to Cohen, is not only pathetic, but also ridiculous: after all, Mr. Ambassador "desperately wants to please, that he doesn’t realize that everyone laughs at him."
What is the fault in front of Western countries McFaul?
It turns out that he is like our Chernomyrdin: he wants the best, but he succeeds - as always.
McFaul, Cohen writes, is a liberal, but the results of his work are far from liberalism. He "is guided by the best of intentions, but gets the worst results." At the same time, Cohen walked through the article on the Obama government, noting that Michael McFaul was “the true representative of the Obama government.”
According to the journalist, McFaul is guilty of "resetting", as well as of slowing down the resolution of the Syrian conflict. Finally, the ambassador is guilty of his own illusions, born of a misunderstanding of what constitutes the Russian dictatorship.
“The failure of Western diplomacy in Syria,” according to Cohen, turned out to be “the bloody destruction of illusions. The United States, Britain, France, Turkey and the League of Arab States have given way to the Russian veto. While they were worried about the ethics and practicality of “liberal intervention”, the dictatorship was doing its best to “illiberal intervention” in what happened in the country, resembling a Spanish civil war. ”
A Western journalist ascribes the murder of 108 to a man in Hoole, disregarding even minimal arguments, to "Baathist forces." Cohen further writes: The “progressives” of the last decade did not understand that dictatorships are rarely a rational response to Western crimes. They have their own reasons, which do not cease to act when a liberal appears in the White House. Autocrats do not consider themselves thieves and megalomania. Criminals do not recognize what they are - it is against human nature. They ennoble their thirst for power by seeing themselves as the only people who can keep order and keep the country from falling apart. ”
Democracy and human rights in the eyes of these “criminals” and “autocrats” are “no competing ideologies or legitimate demands of noble opponents”, but “subversive doctrines of the imperialist West, against which all dictatorships must unite to oppose it”.
“On paper,” says Cohen, “corrupt capitalist Russia, communist Cuba, Baathist Syria, and Islamist Iran have nothing in common.” But they will always stand in a united front against liberalism. ”
Michael McFaul, according to Cohen, “is not an idiot, at least not obvious. An eminent academic, he helped organize the reset of Obama's Russian policy. He shared the government’s assumption that as soon as the Kremlin realizes that there are prudent men and women in power in Washington, it will cooperate. ”
But the trouble and the fault of McFaul is that “with all his education,” he “did not understand what a dictatorial mind is. He arrived in Russia in January, when the opposition movement against kleptocracy grew. Putin, like Assad, had to blame foreigners for what was happening and convince his supporters that they were defending their homeland from conspiracies of foreign enemies, and not the legitimate discontent of the oppressed Russians. McFaul was the most accessible goal, so that the state media vdarili on it. Sneaky journalists accused him of being the "puppeteer" behind the protests. When he met with dissidents, the state broadcasters, who were clearly aware of his schedule, tracked him down. Putin’s supporters published videos comparing him to a pedophile. ”
As a result, the journalist reports, McFaul came to humiliation in front of Moscow: “By the last week, McFaul was just as hypocritical as Malvolio when he meekly accepted the Kremlin’s curse on him.”
Another misfortune and fault of Ambassador McFaul is that he “did not understand that the“ reset ”was only from the West. For Putin, nothing has changed. ”
Summing up what Cohen wrote, we can say that the West still would like to see Russia, as well as some other countries, for example, Iran, not only with their ideological opponents, but also enemies of liberalism in all its forms - from "human rights" to " freedom of speech. "
Well, it must be admitted, to have a permanent external enemy - the position is convenient and time-tested. Against the background of a prickly ideological opponent, you can always seem soft and fluffy, even if the needles stick out of the ears.
The Nobel Prize shrank. RIA News" referring to the official website of the prestigious world award, the Nobel Prize will be reduced by 20% this year - from 10 to 8 million Swedish crowns (1,1 million dollars) this year. As the reasons for reducing the amount of the premium, the threat of destabilization of the financial fund from which payments are made is indicated.
“One of the most important tasks of the Nobel Foundation is to ensure the security of the economic base of the award. Thus, the capital left by Alfred Nobel requires management, which will allow to present the financial component of the award indefinitely and at the same time guarantee the independence of awarding institutions, ”the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors said in a statement.
The revenues from the fund’s activity, alas, have ceased to cover its expenses lately. In addition to the size of the prize, the costs of maintaining the fund's administration and at ceremonial events held during the presentation of awards will also be reduced.
Thus, it must be stated: the global economic crisis has knocked on the door of the Nobel Foundation.
Observed Oleg Chuvakin
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