Geopolitical mosaic: Mohammed Mursi is going to erect a monument, and residents of Montana have been warned about the invasion of zombies
Khatyb is not going to Moscow. The Syrian National Coalition yesterday announced that the statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry about the readiness of opposition leader Muaz al-Khatib to come to Moscow for talks is not true, writes "Lenta.ru" with reference to The Guardian.
The editorial office received a letter from the Khatib apparatus, which stated that he did not give consent to visit the Russian capital. Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said that the leader of the Syrian opposition would come to Moscow in the next two to three weeks.
An assistant to the leader of the SNK, Khalid Saleh, explained: “No one has conducted such a conversation with Mr. Khatyb, no visits to Moscow have been scheduled either for the coming weeks or for the foreseeable future at all.”
A day earlier, Lenta writes, M. Bogdanov not only stated that Khatib intended to visit Moscow, but also stressed that the Syrian opposition were "interested in this." He also explained that the leader of the Syrian opposition in Moscow called Sergei Lavrov.
In recent years, we add from ourselves, it has become very difficult to understand what is really happening in the world. The postmodern approach in business makes itself felt News, much more oversaturated with simulacra than target fakes. The rebuttal follows the rebuttal, the “news” after the “news” - and the more of them, the more the media industry thrives: after all, the “news” itself, its “non-confirmation” and, finally, the rebuttal is an entire series, which gullible readers watch . More often than not, we take for “stuffing” what is actually somewhere on the verge of a rally: the reader needs to be kept on top of it, it needs to be tied to a resource - and the news factory is working intensively, deftly speculating on an information product that, in fact, is neither information nor product.
"Big prison for journalists." Turkish newspaper "Hurriet" writes SANA, she called a false statement by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan that the situation in the field of democracy and human rights has improved. On the contrary, the article says, hundreds of political activists were imprisoned under Erdogan.
Journalists, military personnel and ordinary citizens who are imprisoned for political reasons show that Erdogan’s allegations are not true. During the rule of the Justice and Development Party, the number of political prisoners was greater than ever before. stories modern turkey. Turkey is a big prison for journalists. Such a characteristic was given to this state by the organization “Reporters without Borders”.
Who killed the Iranian general? Vladimir Kabeev ("Vesti") told that 13 February from Lebanon received the news of the death of the General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hisam Hosh Noveiss, aka Hasan Shateri.
This general, who served as head of the Iranian Lebanese Reconstruction Committee, died as a result of a terrorist attack on the road to Beirut.
The Iranian government believes that Israel is behind the killing of the general. This is indirectly confirmed by the recent Israeli air strike on the Damascus suburb. Israel is concerned about the possible supply of Iranian weapons to Lebanon through Syria. Hassan Shateri led the group responsible for the post-war reconstruction of Lebanon.
The liquidation of the Iranian general could also be a response to the failure of Iran’s negotiations with the IAEA: after all, the commissioners did not get access to Parchin. And now the assassination of the General IRGC can complicate an already difficult situation around the Iranian nuclear program.
A check for three hundred million Bolivars. A German magazine, Spiegel, found out who had been paid a 300 cash check for millions of Venezuelan bolivars (about 70 millions of US dollars) found at Iran’s former finance minister Tahmaseb Mazakheri at Dusseldorf Airport.
As explained by the lawyer of Comrade Mazakheri, the money had to go to the project of the Venezuelan government to build ten thousand apartments. The lawyer stressed that his client now acts as "an individual and is engaged in the implementation and financing of various large-scale projects around the world."
The undeclared check was confiscated and so far remains with the German investigators. They have a week to check if there are any indications of a crime in Mazakuri’s actions. If during this time they cannot find evidence, they will have to return the money document to the owner.
The Iranian ambassador to Caracas, Hoyditol Soltani, said that Mazakheri’s task was to hand over the document, and he did not declare it in Germany, since they would cash it in Venezuela.
However, according to Spiegel, the international community suspects that Venezuela is helping Iran launder money and circumvent Western sanctions imposed in connection with Tehran’s nuclear program. The US authorities have blocked the activities of several financial institutions in Venezuela, accused of helping the "Iranian regime." However, it’s extremely difficult to prove that Mazakheri’s money was received or will be used illegally, "Lenta.ru".
“Who will plant him? He is a monument! ” A monument in his honor will appear in the small homeland of the president of Egypt. According to local media, at the entrance to the town of El Adua in the province of Sharqiya, local authorities decided to establish a bust of Mursi. Now there they have begun to improve the territory: they plant young trees, take out the garbage, carry out restoration work. The installation of the monument is funded by local authorities; "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
However, the Muslim Brotherhood has already denied this news. According to the party’s spokesman, Ahmed Jaber al-Haj, the spread of such lies can be misleading and anger citizens. “The only thing that is being done now, besides ennobling the territory, is the installation of the entrance gate to the city,” he said.
"Neutral power" will arrive in Congo. Nine member countries of the Southern African Development Community agreed to send their troops as part of an African “neutral international force” to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The goal is to fight the rebels from the March 23 Movement. This was announced at a briefing by South African Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim, reports "Voice of Russia".
The troops agreed to send Angola, Malawi, South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Lesotho, Mauritius, Zimbabwe. Probably the African mission will include up to 4000 soldiers. The contingent will be led by a representative from Tanzania.
Ebrahim stressed that the SADC summit decided to "immediately contact the UN on the accelerated deployment of neutral force in DR Congo."
The idea of sending own forces to the east of the country, recalls the Voice of Russia, arose among African states after the peacekeeping mandate of the UN mission did not allow it to stop the offensive of the rebels who captured Goma at the end of last year. It is expected that, unlike the UN forces, African troops will be able to engage in direct hostilities with the rebels. According to Ebrahim, African troops “will wear blue UN helmets,” but they will be commanded by a SADC representative. The final status of the mission must be approved by the UN Security Council.
Scary to live in South Africa. The famous South African prosthetic runner Oscar Pistorius, the hero of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, was arrested on suspicion of murder, reports MIGnews.com.
The corpse of a young woman was found in his house. Local media reported that the victim - the girlfriend of the athlete. The girl received gunshot wounds to the head and arm. Pistorius has already given evidence to the police.
According to preliminary data from the investigation, he took the girl for a robber. The athlete was scared for his life - and shot.
It turns out that the girl was going to congratulate a friend on Valentine's Day, to make a surprise. She woke him, and he took her for a thief. The cause of the tragedy was fear: in South Africa, a high level of crime.
Tyrolean arrows decided to explore their history. The Tyrolean arrows gathered to find out what role their units played during the Nazi times, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Austrian television channel ORF.
The research will take three years. The project manager has been identified - the historian and publicist Michael Forcher has become one. He has already said that the result of the work is unpredictable. Scientists can find among the shooters both the leaders of the Resistance and the ardent supporters of Nazism. The results of three years of work will bring the book.
Today, only fragmentary information about the fate of these units during the Nazism period is known. Preserved photos and recordings on cameras, on which the Tyrolean arrows march in front of banners with a swastika. But it is not known how much this evidence is true. Historians do not exclude that these pictures and records were made for propaganda purposes. The head of the Tyrolean riflemen, Fritz Tifentaler, explained that the members of the union themselves do not know for certain their past. According to him, they want to find out whether the troops of the riflemen voluntarily took part in the Nazi processions or did it under pressure.
Berlusconi: bribes are necessary when dealing with a “third world” or “regimes”. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defended national companies, against which Italian judicial authorities instituted criminal proceedings related to corruption when concluding international contracts, reports from Rome correspondent RIA "Novosti" Sergei Startsev.
Speaking on the live television program "Agora", Berlusconi recognized the need for bribes in the conduct of foreign economic activity. Commenting on the scandal around Finmeccanica, he said: “Bribes are a phenomenon that occurs. One cannot deny the need for such situations when it comes to negotiations with the third world countries and certain regimes. ”
The head of Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of giving a bribe to the Indian authorities when he signed a contract for the supply of 2010 helicopters to India for 12 million euros in 556. The size of the bribe from “Finmeccanica” amounted to 51 million euros, according to investigators.
Berlusconi believes that criminal cases will cause the Italians to stop concluding contracts: “No one else will negotiate with us. This is pure masochism. We do not want to pay a commission. Then we have to stay at home ... If we want to be present in these markets, we need to accept the current rules. I'm not saying that they are good, but they are a necessity if we want to be competitive. ”
Eggs for Saakashvili. In Georgia - restless. Representatives of several non-governmental organizations advocating the resignation of the president attempted to block the road for the head of state’s escort in the village of Nazrazeni, Zugdidi district. These people showered Saakashvili’s car with eggs. According to the information of the Georgian TV channels, they transmit "Vesti"About two dozen protesters met the President with a protest action and blocked the building of the House of Culture, where the head of state was to meet with the population.
I had to visit the president in one of the private houses.
Moreover, on the same day on the Georgian TV show, political opponents staged a fight.
Without orders and faith. The Caucasian Muslims Office declared the Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli apostate (apostate). This is reported by 1news.az with reference to the statement of the head of the organization, sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, reports "Lenta.ru".
“Aylisli’s book is a real betrayal of not only his people, but also the faith of our fathers and grandfathers,” he said, adding that the Azerbaijani people gave the most accurate assessment of the writer, rejecting it.
Pashazade proposed to deprive Aylisli of the orders "Shohrat" and "Istiglal", which he received for his outstanding contribution to Azerbaijani literature.
"Ribbon" reminds that the previously pro-government party "Modern Musavat" announced an award in 10 thousand manats (approximately 10 thousand euros) to the one who cuts the disgraced writer's ear. However, a few days later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic responded to the call for ear cut-off. February 13 party decision was annulled.
Not that skull and not those bones. Ivan Gladilin (KM.ru) spoke about the new “discovery” of the head of the Ukrainian “Institute of Russia” Vasily Laptiychuk.
At a round table in Kiev, the Ukrainian expert said: “Not only folklore, not only mythology, not only ornaments on clothes, not only burials, not only other things important in human life, but the shape of the skull, the shape of bones - they differ dramatically from Ukrainians Russian ".
As for the history of Ukrainian-Russian relations, according to Mr. Laptiichuk, it started in 1167, when Russian saint Andrei Bogolyubsky, for the first time, burned Kiev with the permission of the Russian church. The head of the "Institute of Russia" called Russia "a potential military danger." Russia is dangerous because Russian ethnicity is the genetic continuation of the Golden Horde.
External and internal. Benoit Fockon ("The Wall Street Journal"; source of translation - "InoSMI") writes that BP has always found warm words about Moscow and its oil wealth. However, the true view of Russia from the main office of the British oil giant is not at all bright.
The company's internal documents state that the country is corrupt, inefficient, and Putin’s friends from the security services charge it. For BP’s business in Russia, “planning and investing are hampered by persistent problems associated with corruption, inefficient use of resources, ineffective courts and civil-law remedies.”
The report says who controls Russia. V. Putin "continues to support the elites in the security services, the army and law enforcement agencies, whose representatives are distributed to the most important sectors of the Russian government and economy."
It is noted that this document was drawn up before BP decided to sell its 50-percentage share in the joint venture TNK - BP.
It is curious that the company continues to work in Russia. She agreed to increase the share in Rosneft to 19,8%, and now she is thinking about developing new fields and continues to supply oil products.
“In Russia, we have an attractive and promising future,” says managing director Bob Dudley.
Stanislav Petrov will receive the Dresden Peace Prize. Alexandra Dibizheva ("Voice of Russia") told that 17 February will be the presentation of the Dresden Peace Prize. Its winner this year was a retired lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov. Thirty years ago, this man prevented the start of the Third World War.
26 September 1983 was a Soviet officer on duty at the command post “Serpukhov-15” in the Moscow region. A signal appeared on the screen that, in the direction of the USSR, five missiles with nuclear warheads were fired from the United States. Petrov had to strike back immediately. But he came to the conclusion that the alarm is false. To the Voice of Russia, the former lieutenant colonel said that he was just doing his job:
“I was just doing my job. Now they are trying to exalt me somehow. But I didn’t do anything heroic. I am terribly uncomfortable even talking about it. I, too, a great event! When people ask me how you did it, I often repeat - it was my job. ”
In 2006, this work has already been rated high. In New York, at the UN headquarters, Petrov was awarded an award by the international association “Association of World Citizens”.
The founders of the Dresden Prize appreciated how the events of thirty years ago influenced the course of world history. The peculiarity of the award is that it is awarded for conflict prevention.
Dresden Prize, reminds correspondent. Voices of Russia was established in 2010 year. Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev received the first award for his contribution to nuclear disarmament. The second - conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim - for his contribution to the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The third went to war photographer James Nachtwey.
Minimum fines for protesters reduced. The Constitutional Court upheld the complaint of deputies and Eduard Limonov to the law on rallies and decided to reduce the minimum fines for violations on public actions, reports Interfax.
The Constitutional Court requested the legislators to reduce the minimum fine for violations for participants and organizers of the rally: “The minimum fine for violations of the rules for holding mass events - 10 thousand rubles for citizens and 50 thousand rubles for officials - does not allow to take into account all available values for individualization administrative responsibility of the circumstances of the case and to ensure proper individualization of responsibility. " The Constitutional Court ruled that until the size of the fine is reduced by the legislator, the courts are entitled to impose fines below the minimum amount established by the contested norms. The upper limit of the fine, as stated in the resolution, is consistent with the Constitution, “however, such punishment can be imposed only taking into account all the circumstances of the case, if the imposition of a smaller fine does not adequately ensure the prevention of new violations.”
The court also ruled that compulsory work for formal offenses at rallies can be regarded "as a means of suppressing dissent." Such punishment can be imposed only for violations that directly caused harm to someone's health or property.
The authorities should not unreasonably refuse to agree to the action where the applicants want to hold it: “The notion of coordinated holding a public event with the authorities in its constitutional and legal sense does not imply that the authority can, at its own discretion, prohibit the event, change its purpose and place, time or form ... The authority has the right to only propose to change the place or time of the meeting, and such a proposal should be motivated, caused either by the need to preserve the normal uninterrupted functioning of vital facilities of municipal and transport infrastructure, or the need to maintain public order and ensure the safety of citizens. ”
Also, the resolution specifies that administrative responsibility for the organizer of a “non-public event, mass simultaneous stay or movement of citizens in public places” occurs only if holding an action through his fault resulted in injury to citizens or property.
“Castling” for Argentina? Jorge Raventos ("Analitica", Venezuela; source of translation - "InoSMI") writes that in the Argentine atmosphere of anxiety, complicated by inflation, it becomes obvious that the government will not be able to achieve the “cherished goal” - namely, to create conditions for amending the Constitution, ensuring the re-election of Mrs Kirchner. Therefore, some people in the presidential entourage are beginning to talk about the “Putin variant”.
According to the author, the government creates only the appearance of something that deals with issues of strengthening the state and the social sphere, and with respect to some high-ranking officials there are serious suspicions of “inappropriate use of budget funds.” People are dissatisfied with Vice President Amado I will and Deputy Minister of Economy Axel Kisilof - two "favorites" of the president.
What is “Putin's option” for Argentina?
“The current Russian president left his post for a certain period, pushing a person from his entourage to her, and he himself became prime minister, actually continuing to govern the country. Having made this forced break so as not to violate the Constitution, Putin again became president. If you take a closer look, the “Putin variant” bears the same seal of nepotism that the change of spouses as president, invented by Nestor Kirchner, thanks to which members of one married couple occupied the presidency for three consecutive terms. However, desire alone is not enough; skill is also needed. ”
But now, Mrs. Kirchner, alas, does not have anyone at hand who could win the election and become "her loyal president" ...
There are no specific proposals. Russia has not yet received specific proposals from the United States to further reduce strategic nuclear arsenals. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Lukashevich, transmits ARMS-TASS.
“We are closely following all the information received on this subject, including public statements by representatives of the US administration,” the diplomat said. - We have not yet received any specific proposals for further reductions in strategic nuclear arsenals. If such proposals are made, then we, of course, will carefully study them. ”
Hagel's candidacy blocked. As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky, Chuck Hagel’s assertion as US Secretary of Defense is being postponed due to Republican objections. Democrats in the Senate of Congress failed to garner 60 votes from 100.
Earlier, last Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Armed Forces recommended that the senate of the whole body approve Hagel as a new head of the military department, but the Republicans are dragging out this process. As stated by Democratic Senate Democratic leader Gary Reid, blocking the vote on the candidate for the post of Minister of Defense is unprecedented.
Influential Republican legislators ran up against Republican Hagel. They do not like the fact that, working in the Senate in 1997-2009, Hagel criticized Israel’s policy and refused to support the initiatives of pro-Israel public organizations in the United States. Some consider it an "anti-Semite."
Moreover, Chuck Hagel advocated resolving the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomacy and condemned attempts to push the United States and Israel into war with Iran. He admitted the possibility of negotiations with Hezbollah.
Republican senators went so far as to demand from Hagel a report on the fees he received for speaking out over the past five years. The legislators were interested in who paid the fees, in what amounts and whether “foreign organizations” had no relation to this.
Dispersed critics made the US president a condition to endorse Hagel’s candidacy: they asked the White House for information about what Obama did on 11 on September 2012 of the year when the US consulate in Benghazi was attacked, and whether he sought help from the Libyan authorities.
The White House in response condemned the senators decision.
As the correspondent RIA "News" Maria TabakThe White House accused the Senate Republicans of delaying the approval of the new head of the Pentagon, putting political considerations above national security interests.
“Today, Senate Republicans have put political motives above the security interests of our country. For the first time in American history, Senate Republicans delayed the assertion of a candidate for the post of defense minister — a member of their own party, an award-winning war veteran and the right leader for our military, ”said White House spokesman Jay Carney. “A waste of time will not pass without consequences. We have 66 thousands of troops in Afghanistan, and we need a new defense minister to take important decisions about how to end the war in a responsible manner. Next week, the US will be discussing with the Allied ministers of defense a process of transferring security controls in Afghanistan, and our next minister should be there. When it comes to sequestration threatening the Pentagon, we must have a minister, ”said Carney. He then called: “For the sake of national security, it’s time to stop playing political games with our Ministry of Defense and start moving forward without being distracted and not lingering. Give the opportunity to vote on the candidacy of our military hero and give our troops the Minister of Defense they deserve. ”
Kerry was not tired of waiting for a call from Lavrov. US Secretary of State John Kerry is still awaiting the opportunity to hold telephone conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He does not see the problem that it is still not possible to do this, he reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Denis Voroshilov.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said at a briefing on Thursday: “The minister has not called us back yet. We do not survive, the state secretary does not see any problems in this. Kerry would like to talk to him, and it depends on whether Lavrov has such an opportunity. We understand that he is on a trip now and is busy with regular contacts, including numerous telephone conversations. ”
For the first time, Kerry asked his office to link it with Lavrov, who was in Africa, on Monday evening - as soon as it became known about the nuclear test in North Korea.
The cop hunter burned out. The human remains found in a burnt 12 February hut near Los Angeles belong to Christopher Dorner, accused of a series of murders. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to «France-Presse», as the source of the alleged coroners.
Burnt remains, as well as a driver's license in the name of Christopher Dorner, were found on February 12 after a fire in a house near the Big Beer ski resort, where Dorner was reportedly hiding.
Police surrounded a wooden structure in which the criminal barricaded himself. In a shootout, one of the sheriff’s assistants was killed and another was wounded.
After that, the police applied tear gas. Chlorobenzalmalonodinitrile canisters were also used - probably this is what caused the fire. Rumors that the hut was set on fire intentionally, the California police denied.
Zombies in montana. Daniel Wattenberg ("The Washington Times"; source of translation - "InoSMI") reports that on Monday evening the local TV program in Montana was briefly interrupted by a warning about the invasion of zombies.
An emergency alert system in the United States is nationwide. It allows the president to promptly appeal to the public in case of an emergency.
And in the evening the warning signal of this system sounded, and then the announcer spoke:
“The civil authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from the graves and attacking the living. Follow the instructions on the screens that will be updated as new information arrives. Do not try to hold these bodies, as they are extremely dangerous. ”
Further reported:
“This warning applies to all areas hosting this program. The station stops transmitting, so use receivers on batteries to get the latest information. ”
The warning disrupted four local television stations, as reported by Cynthia Thompson, ABC10-CW5 channel director.
It turns out that the hacker launched an attack and gained access to the alert system equipment. Investigation is underway.
Former Canadian Defense Minister: The main obstacles to extraterrestrial intelligence are the bigwigs of the oil industry. Jessica Smith ("Metro"; source of translation - Mixednews.ru) writes that Paul Helle, who previously served as Minister of National Defense and Assistant Prime Minister, decided to speak at a public hearing on the alien issue in Toronto. The event is preceded by “Public hearings on disclosure” - Senate hearings about aliens, which will be held in Washington in April.
The fact is that, as Minister of Defense, Helle, he received a lot of "reports on UFOs" and believed that not all the authors of the texts are lying.
Comrade Helle leads a discussion about aliens since 2005. Separately in his hypotheses is the prospect of ridding mankind of dependence on fossil fuels — precisely thanks to the technology of free energy derived from cosmic aliens. He says: "I believe that this technology is already present on Earth, but it is kept secret so that the bigwigs of the oil industry could receive their trillions of dollars."
In the US, "Canadian conspiracies" associated with plates and aliens have long been turned into an extensive geopolitical topic relating to American national security.
For example, in the 1950-ies acted project "Magnet": a program managed by the Ministry of Transport, dedicated to the study of UFO technology. Wilber Smith, the lead engineer of the project, concluded that flying saucers existed. He did not say anything more, because this topic is classified and is under the scrutiny of the US government.
The Avro Arrows secret aerospace program was curtailed by the government of Difenbaker in 1959. But supposedly one plane was not destroyed. Supposedly, nine classified aircraft were scuttled at the bottom of Lake Ontario. In February 2013, diver Marlene Smith announced that she was very close to finding them.
In the 21st century, the Pentagon issued a warning about “Canadian coins with built-in radio transmitters” issued to US suppliers with access to secret projects in 2005 and 2006.
Judging by what we add, how the extractive industries activated in the United States in connection with the “shale revolution”, it becomes clear that the raw “tycoons” will not yield to aliens.
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