Geopolitical mosaic: Russian Foreign Ministry will make America better, and the dead began to rise in Brazil
General amnesty from Comrade Assad. Syrian President yesterday issued a decree on a general amnesty for crimes committed before 23 in October 2012, passed "Vesti", referring to the Syrian news agency SANA and ITAR-TASS.
Terrorists from deserved punishment will not be released.
The opinion is expressed that the vagueness of the wording about the amnesty demonstrates Bashar al-Assad’s willingness to take steps towards a truce, initiated by, as we know, the UN Special Representative and the League of Arab States, Lakhdar Brahimi.
Will peacekeepers enter Syria? They will come in if they get permission from the UN Security Council and if they stop shooting in Syria.
The peacekeeping contingent will enter Syria, if so received a positive decision of the UN Security Council. About this, with reference to the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Herve Ladsus reports to France-Presse, reports KM.ru.
As the representative of the organization noted, action plans for peacekeepers in Syria are already being developed, but for their entry into the country, in addition to the sanction of the UN Security Council, several conditions must be met, and first of all - the cessation by the opposing sides of the fire.
70 atomic bombs at a Turkish airbase. According to the agency "HaberTürk", which transmits "Russian peacemaker" with reference to Vzglyad.ru, the Turkish-American airbase Incirlik in the southern province of Adana is located near the 70 nuclear bombs B-61.
Presence of nuclear weapons in Turkey due to the interests of the United States in case of an emergency in the region. When a serious conflict situation arises, the US military could transport bombs closer to the center of events.
Until 1995, the B-61 had ten to twenty pieces at other Air Force bases (Akinci and Balikesir), but so far they have been transported to Incirlik.
In Turkey, according to experts, there are opportunities to carry this nuclear warhead - for example, on the F-16. However, officially these aircraft are not intended either for the transportation of such ammunition, or for the implementation of a nuclear mission. In addition, the delivery of the atomic bomb by a Turkish fighter must have permission from the United States.
Meanwhile, it was previously reported that the General Staff of Turkey sent at least twenty-five F-16 to the Diyarbakır air base, located near the border with Syria. Almost at the same time, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the alliance had prepared all the necessary plans to protect Turkey.
The Russian Peacemaker recalls that the installation, from which shots were recently fired at Turkish territory (of which five Turkish citizens became victims), is a sample of NATO. This was reported by the chief editor of the Iranian newspaper "Yurd" Mardan Yanardag. Turkey itself has transported such an installation and shells to militants from the Free Syrian Army. Despite this, the Turkish side responds to provocations with rocket attacks on Syrian territory, without knowing who fired at its territory and who benefits from it.
More than twenty is not going to! In Kuwait, democracy is growing stronger: public meetings for more than twenty people are now banned, and the country's police have been authorized to disperse unsanctioned meetings.
As the "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Associated Press, such innovations may indicate an increase in tensions between the pro-Western authorities of the country and opposition Islamist forces.
A decree restricting freedom of assembly was published in the Kuwaiti newspapers 23 in October. Earlier, clashes between police and thousands of demonstrators protesting against changes in the parliamentary election regulations began. The opposition of the opposition supporters was outraged by the government’s decision that every voter could vote for only one candidate for the National Assembly, and not four, as before. Guards of the order dispersed the protesters, using tear gas.
"Ribbon" recalls that in the elections in December last year, opposition forces took the upper hand, but the government dissolved the parliament and appointed early voting for December 1.
The Qatari emir admired the "resilience of Palestinians who resist Israeli pressure." Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Qatari emir, arrived on October 13 with an official visit to the Gaza Strip, becoming the first Arab leader to visit the Gaza Strip since 23, after Hamas became the head of the enclave, MIGnews. Many have interpreted this visit as the legitimation of Hamas.
Emir met with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, visited Islamic University and delivered a speech, expressing admiration for the "resilience of Palestinians who resist Israeli pressure." He also called on Fatah and Hamas to reconcile and said that he was going to donate not 250 million dollars, as previously assumed, but all 400 for the restoration of the Gaza Strip.
The Emir’s visit to the Palestinian enclave was condemned by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. They noted that the money from the Arab leader "will plunge recipients even deeper into the abyss of corruption, hatred, wastefulness and only exacerbate the problems created by Hamas in solving the Palestinian issue."
But in Egypt, the act of al-Thani warmly welcomed.
Recall that the other day the organization "Israel Project" surveyed public opinion in Egypt, the results of which revealed that 87% of Egyptians would be “happy” if their state got an atomic bomb, and 74% of Egyptians were in favor of breaking the Camp David treaty with Israel (three times more than during the 2009 survey ).
Carter promised the Palestinians support. Former US President Jimmy Carter said Monday during a two-day visit to Jerusalem that the prospects for a Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement are "fading away" because of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, reports MIGnews.
Carter is a consistent critic of Israeli politics. He blames Israel for the growing isolation of East Jerusalem from the West Bank.
“We have reached the crisis stage,” said the 88-year-old ex-president. “However, the coexistence of two states (in this territory) is the only real path to peace and security, both for Israel and the Palestinians.”
Carter arrived in Israel at the head of a delegation of "elders", which includes the former prime minister of Norway and the ex-president of Ireland. The group met with President Shimon Peres and head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
Carter criticized Netanyahu, with whom he did not ask: "Until now, every prime minister has been an active supporter of the creation of two states."
MIGnews recalls that in his book Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid, published in 2006, Jimmy Carter stated that Israeli settlements in Palestinian lands are the main obstacle to the Middle Eastern world. This book caused outrage in Israel.
The delegation, led by Carter, expressed concern about the differences between the Palestinian parties Fatah and Hamas, and promised to support the Palestinians, who at the UN General Assembly in November 2012 will apply for recognition of their statehood.
Two rockets. Two guided missiles destroyed the company's warehouse, which provides support to US forces in the Afghan area of Bagram. As a result of the fire, the main part of the building was destroyed, INS "Rocket technology" with reference to Farsnews.
At 20.00, two guided missiles hit a US logistics warehouse in Panj Quale. Fire raged 13 hours. The fire did not lead to the victims, but caused considerable damage to the real estate of the American military forces. 1000 Sq. Was destroyed. m of warehouse space with food stored there.
America blocked the Russian draft statement on Bani Walid. As reported from the UN correspondent ITAR-TASS Oleg Zelenin, The United States blocked in the UN Security Council a draft of a statement prepared by Russia regarding the situation in the Libyan Bani Walid, which has been engulfed in armed clashes since the middle of last week. The document called on the authorities of the country to resolve the confrontation peacefully.
The draft statement submitted by Russia called on the Libyan authorities to "take urgent steps to resolve the conflict by peaceful means and protect the rights of all Libyan citizens."
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, called the step of the American delegation not serious, recalling that in September four diplomats were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi, including the American ambassador. Therefore, according to Comrade Churkin, “it’s very strange to block a statement that they tried to call for not resorting to violence when solving political problems of the country ... This is a situation when the behavior of the American delegation is difficult to explain in rational terms”.
Previously, like a correspondent. ITAR-TASS, the Security Council has postponed the adoption of the projects of two other Russian draft statements - on Syria. One project condemned the terrorist attack in Damascus on October 21, and another called on the Syrian government and opposition to conclude an armistice for the Muslim holiday of the Eid al-Adha sacrifice, which is celebrated on October 26-28.
Obviously, let us add on our own that the United States will not miss the Russian draft statements in the Security Council. Bani Walid is a stronghold of the Jamahiriya, several tens of thousands of staunch Gaddafi activists, and therefore an obvious obstacle on the way to a genuine Libyan democracy. The world in Bani Walid USA is not needed. 12 million dollars, which Congress promised the other day to official Tripoli, will not be spent at all on the dissemination of the ideas of Leo Tolstoy in Libya. 8 million $ will go the creation of detachments "to combat extremists and the suppression of street protests", and 4 million - to "improve border control."
Says comrade Lavrov. Russia will no longer allow free interpretation of UN Security Council decisions and will try to ensure that no resolution is interpreted like the Libyan one. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, passed "Vesti"referring to ITAR-TASS.
According to the minister, the Libyan experience has shown that the military scenario, unfortunately, is possible, therefore "we will be extremely demanding of any visits to the UN Security Council"
“We will not miss more such cunning interpretations,” comrade Lavrov promised. “We will ensure that no resolution is subject to interpretation like the Libyan one.”
For example, there is currently no evidence that Iran has decided to include the military dimension in the nuclear program. The entire nuclear program of Iran is carried out under the control of the IAEA. The minister said: "The shortest way to ensure that we lose the eyes and ears in this country is to start bombing Iran ... In this case, we will only guess later on what is happening at Iranian nuclear facilities."
Facebook for terrorists. Members of terrorist organizations tirelessly use the Facebook social network with the goals of recruiting supporters. This is stated in the UN report “Using the Internet for Terrorist Purposes”, published on October 22, "Lenta.ru" with reference to Bloomberg.
According to the report, the spread of extremist rhetoric that justifies acts of violence is one of the trends in online services whose content is created by users.
In addition to Facebook, the terrorists have long chosen Twitter and YouTube.
In Sudan, an ammunition depot caught fire. The cause of a major fire that broke out on the night of today at an arms factory in Khartoum was a fire at one of the warehouses, they report "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
The fire broke out after midnight local time and was accompanied by a series of explosions. The shells stored at the facility began to explode and flew in different directions. Panic broke out among the locals. On the victims of information yet.
Khartoum State officials reported that a fire had occurred inside the warehouse; about the "external factors" we are not talking. The scene of the incident cordoned off by security forces and army units. Firefighters work.
"No data". The Mayr sidediver, detained over the weekend in Nigeria with a Russian crew on board, had permission to transport weapons and called at the port of Lagos to change the crew. Reports about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexander Nechaevreferring to the BBC.
15 crew members, most of whom are citizens of Russia, remain on board the detained vessel. They were visited by representatives of the Russian consulate in Lagos.
However, the representative of the command of the Navy Nigeria Jerry Omodara said that the authorities "do not have data that the vessel had permission to enter Lagos, and especially for the transport of weapons." According to him, the load of weapons included 14 Kalashnikov assault rifles with 3643 cartridges, as well as Benelli 22 rifles and 4955 cartridges for them.
"Lenta.ru" specifies that the vessel "Mayr Sidiver" was detained by the Nigerian authorities illegally: this, as reported by Interfax, said the company, the owner of the Moran Security Group. A company representative confirmed that the ship was transporting weapons and ammunition, but assured that this was done legally, and the necessary documents were handed over to the Nigerian side.
Moran Security Group said: “On board the 15 crew members, they are all Russians. Everything is alright with them. They have enough food for some time. If necessary, we can provide them with additional food. ”
It also clarifies that no official charges have yet been filed against seafarers and companies.
The Moran Security Group, according to information from the corporate website, “provides a range of services in the areas of security, consulting, transportation and medical care,” and the company's president, Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, a former KGB officer who worked for several years as adviser to Senator Alexander Torshin. Interfax has information that Moran Security Group LLC for 50% is owned by Neova Holdings, Ltd., based in the British Virgin Islands, offshore.
The European Parliament recommends. The deputies of the European Parliament yesterday voted to impose sanctions on Russian officials involved in the death of Sergei Magnitsky. As transmits "Lenta.ru" With reference to France-Presse and Interfax, we are talking about freezing their accounts in European banks and prohibiting entry into the territory of the European Union.
The resolution, for which the overwhelming majority of parliamentarians voted, contains the requirement to compile a list of those involved in the death of Magnitsky.
European Parliament resolutions are advisory in nature for the Council of the EU, which should decide on the imposition of sanctions.
German sociologist Klaus Offe: the weak in Europe have become weaker, the strong - stronger, and therefore new fascists have appeared. Comrade Offe Interviewed by a Reporter for an Italian Newspaper "Corriere Della Sera" Alessandro Cavalli (translation source - "InoSMI").
According to Offa, many mistakes were made on the way to the European Union.
Firstly, the size of the euro zone itself was wrong, because countries “with different productivity and different labor costs, which is the decisive variable, cannot have the same currency, because the losers will lose even more, and the winners will win more”. According to the sociologist, Germany, Holland, Finland, Luxembourg and other countries received advantages, and southern countries were among the losers.
The second mistake is that there is no uniform tax and social policy in the already poorly defined eurozone. This aspect, according to the sociologist, had to be settled from the very beginning. Here you need to ask: who got the greatest benefit or less suffered because of the mistakes made. The answer is Germany: the trade imbalance was in her favor. She, the scientist notes, would not be able to export as much if it were not a single currency.
“The euro,” the sociologist said, “is a mechanism that favors German exports, because other member countries are defenseless against the single currency. They can no longer do what they did in the eighties and nineties, resorting to the devaluation of their currencies. I could never understand why Spain and Italy so enthusiastically welcomed the introduction of the euro, although this actually meant the self-restriction of their autonomy. ”
Errors manifested themselves dramatically in the 2008 crisis of the year. Now the winning countries would have to take on most of the burden of compensation. This is a moral approach. However, from a political point of view, this is impossible: after all, any government, including German, which offers to take on a disproportionate part of spending or public debt, will lose the following elections. The classic contradiction ...
Parties adapt to reality. Parties should admit mistakes, but do not want to do this. Their task is clear: to retain power at all costs.
“The absence of a clear political line and program,” says Offe, “ideology, standards that define what is right and correct, makes them forget about the main task of educating their voters.” Parties must lead them (remember Gramsci), be leaders in the strategic vision of a well-organized society. ”
As a result, the parties could not form public opinion on the crisis issue, and now they are at a crossroads: either take the right, but unpopular measures, or do something that enjoys popular support. The latter is a dead end road.
The nightmarish scenario, which Comrade Offe says further, consists in the emergence of authoritarian forms, similar to those that existed in the thirties. The scientist calls this form "avstroklerikalnym fascism." Fascism is coming, in his opinion, in a group of five countries: Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece. The sociologist believes that the EU should originate fascism to control and resist it.
As an exit, the scientist proposes to create a European government. The “European Federation”, in his opinion, should set itself the task of exercising proper anti-fascist control.
Thus, we add from ourselves, in order to fight one type of authoritarianism, the sociologist proposes to create another type of authoritarianism, though softer. The solution is understandable, there should be remembered more historical lessons as regards freedom of speech and opinion, one should not raise it to the absolute - exactly the same as one should not be deceived by the effectiveness of political prohibitions.
By the way, Comrade Offe believes that the European Union will not collapse, and even Greece will not leave it, if only past mistakes are taken into account and measures are taken.
Three and a half billion dollars on cocaine - every year. As transmits correspondent RIA "News" Dmitry Znamensky, the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia “earn” per year in cocaine trade up to 3,5 billion dollars. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of this South American country, Juan Carlos Pinzón. Of the 350 tons of cocaine produced annually in Colombia, about 200 tons are related to the FARC activities.
According to the Colombian Minister, the cost of this amount of drug is approximately 6-7 billion dollars, of which the rebels account for 40-50%, or from 2,4 to 3,5 billion dollars.
Corr. "RIA"News»Recalls that the FARC is at war with the Colombian government since 1964 for building New Colombia, in which a society of social justice and equality will live. And the United States and the European Union consider FARC a terrorist organization.
The number of militants of the FARC is slightly more than 8,1 thousand people, and in 2000, their number reached 20 thousand.
According to the UN, Colombia is the main cocaine producer in the world. Thousands of hectares of 64 were allocated for coca cultivation in the country last year. This is two thousand more than in 2010.
Jackson - Vanik amendment will be canceled after the election. As transmits specialist. correspondent ITAR-TASS Daniel Studnev, The USA will cancel the Jackson-Vanik amendment after the presidential election. This was announced today by Assistant to the President, Deputy Adviser on US National Security Michael Froman.
Speaking at the twentieth annual meeting of the US-Russia Business Council, he said: “We saw the possibility of growing cooperation with Russia, so we took the initiative to terminate the Jackson-Vanik amendment. At first they considered it in the House of Representatives, then in the Senate, but have not finished yet. We continue to work so that after the presidential elections they will adopt a new amendment and repeal this old one. ”
The Russian Foreign Ministry will make America better. The US is interested in keeping American society open and fair, and supporting research on the human rights situation in the country. This was stated by the official representative of the State Department Victoria Nuland, reports from Washington correspondent RIA "Novosti" Denis Voroshilov.
On the eve, the Commissioner for Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Konstantin Dolgov, speaking in the State Duma, said that a significant number of American citizens are deprived of the right to vote on the grounds that they have a criminal record. According to Dolgov, a functioning electoral system in the United States through an electoral college leads to the fact that the votes of residents of some states have a mathematically greater weight than the votes of residents of other states. The Russian Foreign Ministry also criticized the US government for legislation that allows the country's special services, without a court decision, to interfere in the privacy of Americans and foreigners. The authors of the report expressed the opinion that the level of freedom of speech in the United States has decreased significantly.
V. Nuland had to comment on the Russian report. Speaking at the briefing on Tuesday, she said: “I haven’t yet seen the report itself, but I can say that our country is a kind of“ open book. ” There are many organizations in the world and in the USA themselves that monitor the human rights situation in our country. And these reports are quite extensive, they indicate problems. In this regard, we are interested in improving our society and we want it to be free. ”
The State Department is going to study the Russian document.
Tatyana Tomilova (Parliamentary Newspaper) singled out from the report of Comrade Dolgov the main. Briefly retell it.
The US claims to be the absolute leader in the field of human rights are untenable and not confirmed by practice.
The United States faces acute challenges: social inequality, racial discrimination, prejudice of justice, the use of torture, infringement of freedom of speech, corruption, intolerance on the basis of nationality, violation of children's rights, kidnapping, the use of the death penalty for minors and the mentally ill.
In America, there is a tendency to increase xenophobia. In the US migration system - a difficult picture. The unfavorable situation has developed with ensuring the social rights of citizens. In addition, 14,5% of American families suffer from food shortages.
Freedom of the media is regularly curtailed in the country, and the freedom of the Internet is under question.
The United States does not fully participate in most of the basic international treaties in the field of human rights protection.
It is possible and even necessary to allow, let us add that the former drunkard heads the Club of sobriety advocates: he will show the club members by their own example how to stop drinking and smoke. But we can not allow when a well-known and incorrigible hooligan goes to serve in the police: the feeling of power will make this scumbag a standard uniform of a scoundrel.
Equally unacceptable are the teachings on human rights of those respected Misters with logs in both eyes, who for many years have been persistently picking straws out of the eyes of their political opponents.
Romney will turn down Obama’s social programs, and he will spend the money saved on the war. US presidential candidate Mitt Romney, if he wins the election, intends to increase the military budget by curtailing the programs adopted by the Barack Obama administration. He stated this during the third and final round of debates with the current US president, which is devoted to foreign policy issues, reports "Reedus".
The first thing Romney will immediately get rid of is a health care reform, which, in his opinion, is unprofitable. Then he will stop the existing programs of Obama - "one after another." According to this principle, Obama's opponent is going to balance the budget in 8 over the years.
Obviously, four years are not enough for him here. For the umpteenth time, Romney insists that he will need at least eight years to implement his ambitious plans. This means, firstly, that he is going to sit on the throne for two terms, and, secondly, he ensures himself - already at the pre-election debate - an “alibi” in case of criticism before the second term. He can always say: I promised to do everything in 8 years, not in 4 of the year. Very cunning and prudent approach to the election campaign, especially convenient in times of crisis.
Obama covered the Romney map with what he said: they say, the effectiveness of the armed forces is determined not by the volume of the budget, but by its proper distribution.
Chronic romnesia in advanced stage. As the correspondent RIA "News" Maria Tabak, Barack Obama diagnosed romnasia in the third stage with his rival Mitt Romney.
Speaking at a Florida election event, Obama said: “If you speak in debates that you like American cars, but at the same time wrote an article entitled“ Let Detroit go bankrupt, ”then this may mean that you have Roma.”
Earlier, Obama expressed satisfaction with what Romney already considers al-Qaida as the main enemy of the United States and immediately reminded him that he had previously called Russia number one enemy. Obama continued, “If you say you love Medicare, but you are going to introduce a voucher system that puts an end to the benefits provided by Medicare, then you have romnesia ... We are used to the fact that politicians change their point of view after four years, but not four days".
Obama said: “We can suggest a name for such a disease. Romnesia. A serious outbreak took place last night. This is Romnesia, at least in the third stage. ”
The Brazilians said no to death. Roman Chipchigin (Utro.ru), referring to the Associated Press and the Daily Mail, spoke about the resurrection epidemic in Brazil.
Gilberto Araujo, an 41-year-old car washer from Alagoinha, said at his own funeral. His family mourned over the coffin, and he quietly stood beside him, smiling stupidly.
It turns out that the police invited Brother Araujo to the morgue and showed him the carcass of a car washer, shot by unknown persons. The brother identified the brother, and the family was given another's corpse. Araujo himself was very surprised to learn that he was being buried.
Earlier, in June, the two-year-old Kelvin Santon rose from the grave during a funeral and asked the pope for some water. Then he lay back and died again.
And three years ago a 59-year-old builder, previously identified by relatives among victims of car accidents, was “resurrected” in Brazil. On the eve of the funeral, the hard worker, unaware of anything, was pumping alcohol at a local bar. The next morning he came, staggering, at his own funeral, and explained to everyone that he would still be short.
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