Geopolitical mosaic: Lebanon fighters failed to break through to Syria, and Big Brother in America mastered cellular communication
When landing the helicopter touched the fence and fell from a height of several meters. The flight mechanic was killed - a Russian citizen who fell from a helicopter upon impact. The commander (citizen of Belarus) and the co-pilot (Russian) were taken to a clinic in Kabul, and then transported to a burn center in Krasnodar.
Lebanese militants will not pass! Syrian troops yesterday repelled attacks by Lebanese terrorist groups.
"Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS, they report that the militants opened fire from positions near the border crossing points of Hormush, El-Armut, El-Arida and from the bridges of Abu Suwayid and Kumar. The Syrian military opened fire on the attackers from checkpoints. During the shootout, a Syrian border guard was injured.
The newsletter says: “The enemy was hit hard. The attempts to break into the territory of Syria in off-road vehicles with large-caliber machine guns mounted on them failed. The militants turned back and took refuge in Lebanese territory. ”
Russian project. Russia submitted its draft resolution on Syria to the UN Security Council. According to "Lenta.ru" with reference to the RIA "News“This project provides for the extension of the stay in Syria of international observers for three months.
According to Alexander Pankin, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, the “main charge” of the proposed resolution “is to support the efforts of Kofi Annan and the agreements that were reached in Geneva at an action group meeting.”
Sixth delegation. Today, Russia is starting a dialogue with the Syrian National Council (SNS). Reports about it ITAR-TASS.
According to the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of the Federation, Mikhail Margelov, a delegation of the SNA headed by Abdel Bassett Sida arrives in Moscow for the first time. “The SNA is the most serious opposition organization that represents the widest political palette,” said Comrade Margelov. “They are representatives of the Damascus Declaration, Islamists, liberals, Kurds, Assyrians, tribal representatives, Christians, and independent citizens.” He added: "Until now, the Russian authorities did not recognize the SNA, and the SNA did not offer to begin negotiations with Moscow." The head of the committee said: "Therefore, this visit means the beginning of a dialogue with real power, which today is already ready to begin the settlement of the conflict through political dialogue."
Today, the SNA delegation will hold talks with the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, chaired by Margelov. Consultations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia are also planned.
This is the sixth delegation of the Syrian opposition, with which Russian senators have met in the last 12 months. According to Margelov, since June last year, Moscow has been in Moscow. “Syrian human rights activists” from America, the Damascus Declaration party, the Muslim Brotherhood, representatives of the “internal” Syrian opposition, members of the National Coordinating Committee for Democratic Change and the Popular Front for Change and Liberation.
Hope the State Department. In America, they hope that the march of the Russian Navy ships that began yesterday, providing for a stop in Tartus, is not associated with an armed conflict in Syria. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing for journalists by a representative of the US Foreign Ministry Patrick Ventrell, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Kirsanov.
A spokesman for the US State Department said: “We have seen reports that Russian Navy ships are heading for Syria. We also saw reports in which, with reference to the Russian authorities, it was stated that these ships would enter the port of Tartus for refueling, and that this was not related to the conflict in Syria. We certainly hope this is true. ”
Wentrell noted that the Americans are "in contact with the Russians" about the alleged entry of warships into Syria. According to Ventrell, the US authorities allegedly do not have enough information about “what can happen at the base in Tartus”.
Expressing American hopes and complaining about the lack of information, Mr. Ventrell also urged Russia to “use all its influence” to achieve “regime change behavior” in Damascus.
Japan is protesting. That Comrade Medvedev will go to Kunashir, then the Chinese will sail near Senkaku: sheer anxiety for Japan. After all, wherever you look, around the Japanese territory.
Corr. ITAR-TASS Igor Belyaev reports from Tokyo that the PRC ambassador was summoned to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there they expressed official protest to him because three Chinese vessels today entered the territorial waters that Japan considers its own. The incident with the ships happened near the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu).
Kenichiro Sasae, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan, stressed: “The invasion of foreign territorial waters is very serious. And such incidents are unacceptable for our side. ”
However, the Chinese ambassador to Tokyo was not sewn and said that Diaoyu Islands are "the territory of the People's Republic of China", and therefore Chinese ships are free to sail in the surrounding waters.
Eggs for a presidential brother. RIA News" With reference to the agency "Renhap" reports that the South Korean police today imprisoned the former member of parliament, Lee Sang Duc, the elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak. Earlier, the court issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with charges of bribery.
From 2007 to 2011, Lee San Duc, according to the investigation, received from Solomon Savings Bank and Mirae Savings Bank banks that were in financial difficulties, an amount of about 600 million won (approximately 525 thousand dollars). For this bribe, he helped the two named banks to avoid a planned audit and sanctions by the authorities.
When Lee San Duc entered the court, the "News" was passed, those who had lost their bank deposits threw eggs at him.
Pirate Mickey Mouse. As transmits RIA News" With reference to the Associated Press agency and US State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell, the US authorities yesterday urged North Korea to respect copyright. The reason for such a statement was the concert in Pyongyang, which was attended by Kim Jong-un.
At the concert there was a performance with the participation of the characters of her cartoons actors dressed in costumes.
The company "Walt Disney" stated that it did not give permission to show their cartoons and performance.
Scots are no longer interested in independence. The number of Scots who approve of the idea of secession from the UK has decreased markedly compared to last year. This is evidenced by the results of a survey by TNS BMRB, "Lenta.ru".
If a year ago, 39% of its inhabitants spoke for Scotland’s independence, 38% was against, and undecided - 23%, then by July 2012, 30% had voted for separation, 50% were against it, and 20% had difficulty answering.
According to local observers, the publication of the results of the survey was a serious blow to the positions of the first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, who advocated the idea of independence. A change in public opinion suggests that his campaign in support of the department was unable to achieve success.
Bulgarian recognition. Bulgaria officially recognized t. “Neutral documents” that the Georgian authorities produce for the citizens of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. About this, as reported "Lenta.ru" Grigol Vashadze, the head of the Georgian Foreign Ministry, said after a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart, said with reference to "Our Abkhazia".
Mr. Vashadze noted: “This is very important news, and I am convinced that the process of recognizing the document will continue.” He also said that negotiations on the recognition of "neutral passports" are ongoing with other countries.
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov, in turn, noted that these documents, which were recognized abroad, "will contribute to a better reintegration of Georgia."
However, “neutral passports”, now recognized by Japan, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland and the USA, are not particularly popular in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. According to the March 2012 of the year, which was reported by the Georgia Online portal, the Civil Registry Agency of Georgia issued about 80 “neutral identification cards” and 9 “neutral travel documents”.
Promising Italian-Russian helicopter. As reported yesterday from Farnborough ARMS-TASS, the Russian Helicopters holding company and the Italian company AgustaWestland (the Finmeccanica group) signed a preliminary agreement on the joint development, production and sale of a promising single-engine helicopter with a mass of 2,5 tons.
It is assumed that this helicopter will be sold on the world market and widely used in various fields.
ARMS-TASS reminds that in 2010, the Agusta Westland and Russian Helicopters created a joint venture called Helivert to assemble AW139 helicopters at the Tomilino plant.
Comrade Adomanis knows which country is being watched for real! Famous columnist Mark Adomanis in a magazine "Forbes" (translation source - "InoSMI") criticized an article by Anna Nemtsovapublished in The Daily Beast and dedicated to “Putin's Russia” and “ears”, which, in this Russia itself, have office walls.
Adomanis quotes Nemtsov:
“However, now many Russians from the middle class are still afraid that the walls have ears. Replaced only the alleged organizers of surveillance. According to a recent study by HeadHunter, a Moscow recruitment agency, more than half of Russians with salaries over 6600 dollars per month — that is, with a decent middle-class income — are afraid that employers read their email, Google chats, Facebook messages and personal Twitter posts. The richer and higher the employee is, the agency says, the more often he (or she) believes that his (or her) superiors are engaged in surveillance.
Of the more than 7000 respondents, 12% believe that the employer read their personal blogs that might have negative comments about the management. Nearly 50% report that they were reprimanded for searching the Internet for a better job during business hours. More than 60% of those who believe that they were followed, claim that they were called "on the carpet" for an unpleasant conversation, and 8% admit that they were fired as a result of improper behavior, according to employers, at the computer ...
It is difficult to say how often Russian employers spy on their employees. In many ways, the impression of such surveillance can be the result of a long and painful storiesassociated with the KGB.
Adomanis believes that Nemtsov has a bad understanding of economics. The median wage in the USA in 2010 was about 26.500 dollars, and Russia, in his opinion, is poorer than America, and its salaries are lower. From here 6600 dollars per month - the salary is not at all middle class. Adomanis advises Nemtsova to define a similar class in non-economic categories (for example, “creative” or “anti-Putin class”).
Also, the columnist is surprised at the one-sidedness of the article by Nemtsova.
If she writes about Russia, then why not mention - comparisons for the sake of - democratic western countries, where, by the way, “employers regularly spy on their employees, and almost nothing legally prevents them from doing so. It seems that she does not know, ”says Adomanis,“ that the behavior she writes about is found in the United States absolutely everywhere and is often covered in the media. In fact, the fact that Russian employers are paying more and more attention to spying on their salary slaves, says not so much that backward Russia got bogged down in the Soviet past, but rather that it is becoming more and more like Western countries. ”
Comrade Adomanis cited several "blatant examples of employer surveillance in a country in the history of which there was neither Lenin, nor the KGB, nor this vile, disgusting Vladimir Putin."
In the US, private detectives are hired to spy on employees who improperly used sick leave; almost two thirds of companies track which sites their employees visit, more than half (52%) of organizations look at the email of employees, and about one in five companies follow the instant messages of their employees; in the US, there is a growing market for software for “security control and data collection”; According to the American Management Association, 45% of American employers not only track content browsed on the Internet, but also keystrokes (!), as well as the time that employees spend at the keyboard; in America there are even guidelines for spying on employees. M. Adomanis also cites the example of an article by the American Bar Association, which proves that "control over the use of the Internet and email by employees is an essential tool to help avoid lawsuits." Finally, he gives a link to an article by a lawyer from the National Labor Relations Directorate, and the article directly states: “The personal use of an employee by the employer's email system or access to the Internet is not protected by law.”
The position of both Russian and American workers, Adomanis considers, is characterized by the fact that those and others have practically no rights to “confidentiality” when it comes to using the Internet in the workplace. “This is important,” writes the browser, “and we need to talk about this, but obviously not in the style:“ Look at these stupid, backward Russians! Their employers use spyware! ”
One million three hundred thousand. На ресурсе "End the Lie" An article by Madison Ruppert appeared: "US mobile phone companies answered 2011 requests for subscriber information only in 1.300.000 year."
According to the latest data from mobile phone companies from Congressman Ed Marky (Mass.), The companies responded to a huge number of 1.300.000 requests from law enforcement agencies regarding information about subscribers.
Documentsfrom AT&T, C Spire, Leap and Cricket, MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, TracFone, US Cellular and Verizon became the first available to the public and have proven how widespread the practice of observing citizens is.
What worries the author of the article is that a single request can immediately lead to hundreds of people who find themselves caught in the “government network”. Law enforcement agencies can access all phone numbers that are connected to a specific cell for a certain period of time. Told about it David Kravets. He also explained: “For example, if the police want to find the person who broke the window during the“ Capture ”protest, she can get phone numbers and identification information of all the protesters from mobile phones in the area at the same time - and use the data for other purposes ".
For many years, according to Rupper, the US cellular companies flatly refused to provide the public with information about the frequency of law enforcement requests.
It is quite interesting here, the journalist notes, that the companies did not provide such information to the police for free. For example, in 2007, AT&T received $ 2,8 million for work it completed on nearly 125.000 requests. In 2011, that amount grew to $ 8,25 million, with over 260.000 requests processed.
It is also "fun" that AT & T, which is supposed to observe "human rights", that is, periodically issue reports on the work with such requests from law enforcement agencies, did not publish any such reports - until the company "gave a kick Congress ".
Verizon received about 2011 requests in 260.000 (annual growth was about 15%).
The operator “Sprint” (the third largest in the USA) received the most requests. This company reported that it processed about 500.000 requests.
Law enforcement agencies, Comrade Ruppert writes, have the right to obtain information from companies in various ways. They may request information, claiming that there is an immediate threat of harm, death or emergency, and also referring to subpoenas and court rulings.
Using mobile phones, Americans are not protected by the Fourth Amendment. AT & T alone has over 100 employees working 24/7 to fulfill law enforcement requests.
The author of the article believes that requests are made too often and that American society has another example of how the United States is quickly plunged into the Orwell nightmare.
Thus, while freedom-loving America is worried about KGB office oppression in Russia, its own democracy, which George Orwell (who was not referring to the Soviet Union) very accurately described in 1948, was tightening the screws all the time.
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