Geopolitical mosaic: tomorrow Russia will celebrate Victory Day, while thousands of anti-fascist veterans received amnesty in Ireland
"Solemnly and Mentally." Victory Day in Moscow will be held solemnly and sincerely, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, promised in an interview with the newspaper "Evening Moscow", reports RIA News".
Sobyanin said: “The celebration of the 68 anniversary of the Victory will pass, as always, solemnly, as befits this great event. And at the same time - sincerely, since it is addressed to each particular veteran. ” He added that for the second year in a row in Moscow, along with state flags, copies of the Victory Banner will be posted, and more than 11 thousand soldiers of all types and types of troops, cadets and Suvorovs will take part in the Military Parade on Red Square.
The mayor said: “As honored guests, more than 1,8 thousands of veterans, including 650 Moscow-based veterans, have been invited to the stands of Red Square. A solemn salute will be held in the evening. The military promises a brighter and more colorful spectacle this year. ”
Sobyanin recalled that as part of the celebration of Victory Day in Moscow more than 1,5 thousands of events will be held.
In Lviv, suspended the ban on Soviet symbolism. In Lviv, the ban on Soviet symbols imposed by the city authorities has been suspended. The relevant decision as reported "Lenta.ru" with reference to ZIK, adopted the Lviv District Administrative Court.
Although the ban has only been suspended for now, a court decision means that those who wish can use the symbols of the USSR without restriction during Victory Day.
Amnesty seven decades later. After 68 years after the end of the Second World War, the Irish Parliament approved the long-awaited bill, which granted amnesty to more than five thousand Irish soldiers who fought on the side of the anti-Hitler coalition, according to "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Ireland remained neutral during the war, so the soldiers who left the country to fight against fascism in the ranks of the British and American troops were recognized as deserters. After returning to their homeland, many of them faced discrimination: they were not taken to work in government, deprived of pensions and benefits, and were denied military honors.
Only in 2012 did the government of the republic apologize for the way it treated veterans. Minister of Justice, Equality and Defense Alan Shatter called the decision of the parliament “historical a step that will help restore justice. ”
He stated: “Unfortunately, many of the veterans did not live to this day, when the state finally recognized the important role that they played in the struggle for a free and safe Europe.”
Golan - front line? Bashar Assad made his first statement yesterday in response to reports of Israeli air strikes against targets in Syria. According to MIGnews.com With reference to the Lebanese news agency "Mayadeen", the Syrian president said: "The Golan Heights will become the front line of resistance."
He made this statement during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. The president added that the Syrian people and the military are capable of "dealing with Israeli provocations." This was stated by SANA.
Salehi assured Assad of support from Iran. “We are with you, and we will not allow Syria to fall into the hands of Israel, the United States or any infidels,” Salehi said to Assad, “Mayadeen.”
Salehi added that “the time has come to deter the Israeli occupier from attacking the peoples of the region.”
Israel does not see the threat of war. After Israeli strikes on Syrian territory, the Middle East was on the brink of war. Nevertheless, experts believe that by joint efforts "beyond the bounds" he will not be allowed to go. This was told by Sergey Duz ("Voice of Russia").
The Israeli military made it clear that the threat of war did not see, even though Syria had previously promised to use any means to respond.
The Syrian government held an emergency meeting on Sunday. The statement of the Cabinet at the end of the meeting said that "the Israeli aggression opened up all the possibilities for Syria’s response." The country's Foreign Ministry called the Israeli Air Force operation direct assistance to terrorist groups. Will the words follow the action? Syrian political scientist Hassan Hassan doubts this:
Of course, the first option is quick and revealing. But will this lead to the achievement of foreign policy goals? Definitely not. So I wouldn’t expect Damascus to take revenge. By the way, an interesting detail: some Western and Arab media shot an Israeli strike on the night vision cameras from the very first seconds of the airstrike. That is, all of this was planned in advance and was an attempt to provoke the Syrian army into hasty actions. Nevertheless, the Israeli attack will undoubtedly have consequences. Which ones are early to say. ”
The chief editor of the magazine “National Defense” Igor Korotchenko considers:
Tel Aviv's published motif inspires some doubts. The Independent asks the question: why should the Syrian regime, which is fighting for its life, part with its missiles? According to journalist Robert Fisk, depriving him of access to this armsIsrael helps the rebels overthrow Assad. And since Israel considers itself a Western country, the best friend and military ally of the United States in the Middle East, this means that it literally draws its allies and neighbors into the war.
To violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of any state is fraught with enormous problems, writes Sergey Duz. However, there is hope that the provocation of Israel will remain unanswered. And it matters for what reasons: because of the weakness of the Syrians - or because of their wisdom.
What the Israeli Minister of Defense said. Israel is not going to intervene in the intra Syrian conflict, but is ready to use force to prevent the transfer of weapons to radical groups, said Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, reports RIA News".
“We have“ red lines ”that we will not give up. We do not interfere in the civil war in Syria, but clearly defined our interests, ”Israeli media quoted Yaalon, who explained that the“ red lines ”should be understood as the inadmissibility of transferring weapons to radical groups and any“ encroachment on Israeli sovereignty.
The war minister warned the Syrians against new attacks on Israel. On Monday and Tuesday, three Syrian mortar shells that did not cause damage fell on Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. “Our forces are in the area, and as soon as there is fire from the Syrian side and they reveal its source, they will destroy it.” This does not require additional orders from me, the Chief of the General Staff or the commander of the district, ”recalled Ya'alon.
There is no Internet in Syria. Many areas of Syria were cut off from the Internet and international communications tonight. This was announced by the head of the ATS telecommunications department Bakr Bakr. His words leads correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Tarasov with reference to the Egyptian agency "MENA".
According to Bakr, access to the Internet and access to international lines were interrupted on Tuesday evening due to damage to the fiber optic cable. A repair team is currently working on solving the problem.
According to the portal Syria-news, cellular communication is disabled in most cities of the country.
Mr Stevens gives advice to the president. Browser Bret Stevens ("The Wall Street Journal"; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") reasoned about the Syrian problem.
He writes: "There are no good ways to solve problems in Syria," - from this truism, endlessly repeated by people who consider themselves to be clever, the following false conclusion follows: the United States should stay away from Syria as far as it is possible for a superpower. "
“If he (Bashar Asad) dumps sarin on his people, what does this have to do with us,” he reports the words of an anonymous adviser to Obama told the newspaper The New York Times.
Stevens writes with expression: “But in no way does foreign policy offer a simple choice between the options of“ good ”,“ bad ”and“ not our problem ”. In the real world, and especially in Syria, a menu is usually offered consisting of “bad”, “possibly worse” and sometimes “unequivocally bad, but probably necessary”. Choose, Mr. President! ”
So what should the Obama administration do? The author of the article makes several direct suggestions:
1) destroy the runways of Syrian air bases, including at the international airport in Damascus;
2) use the forces of the Navy to establish a no-fly zone over Western Syria, including Aleppo - the largest and most fortified city;
3) The United States must supply the Free Syrian Army with heavy weapons, including armored personnel carriers and light Tanks.
These are the most effective ways that will, as the American believes, turn the tide.
At the same time, Washington is obliged to provide Jordan "without talking" with money, because there remained the last moderate Arab regime that must be preserved.
Also, the United States must be prepared to seize and destroy a stockpile of chemical weapons in Syria, even if this means the temporary introduction of troops there.
Washington, Israel and Sunni Arabs. Maurizio Molinari ("La Stampa"; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") Believes that Washington is making efforts to create an alliance between Israel and Sunni Arabs.
“The caution with which the Arab capitals reacted to Israeli attacks on Syria hides the nascent military cooperation between Jerusalem, Ankara, Riyadh, Amman and Abu Dhabi. This was reported by British sources who received in Washington confirmation of the existence of an agreement on cooperation in the missile field, aimed at protecting against possible Iranian attacks. Sources claim that Saudi Arabia and the UAE will give Israel access to its radars that block the Persian Gulf and Iran, in return for Israeli protection in the sky. aviation", - the author of the article writes.
Molinari explains: “Jordan has an Arrow air defense system created by Israel in cooperation with the United States to intercept long-range missiles. Turkey is the only country that refutes the existence of such coordination, and the silence of the Arab capitals suggests that the 4 + 1 group — four Muslim countries plus Israel — is at an advanced stage of formation, which allows Western observers to call it the “Defensive Crescent Pact "As opposed to the" Aggressive Crescent "represented by the alliance of Iran, Syria and the Lebanese Hezbollah.
The correspondent notes: “The interaction of the anti-missile systems of Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Emirates is facilitated by the fact that they are systems of American manufacture or created under American licenses. In other words, Washington planned the creation of a regional alliance that could protect its own interests, from deterring Iran to protecting its own bases. ”
But here comes Moscow: “In the current situation, the most significant unknown for Washington remains the steps of Moscow, which until recently supported Assad, but wants to block Tehran’s nuclear program and does not supply Hezbollah’s weapons. To clarify the intentions of the Russian side, US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow, who will meet with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin today to reach an agreement on the post-Sadov period. Benyamin Netanyahu is preparing to discuss the same topic in Beijing with Xi Jinping. ”
Whispering and patting each other on the back. Russia and the United States are going to hold a conference on the settlement of the Syrian conflict as soon as possible, to which both representatives of Bashar al-Assad and the opposition will be invited, reports Interfax.
These plans were announced on Tuesday after the meetings of US Secretary of State John Kerry with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
Sergey Lavrov, commenting on the results of the negotiations, noted that the Syrian opposition has not yet expressed readiness to participate in the negotiations. “The opposition has not yet spoken words that mean its commitment to a settlement on the basis of the Geneva communique, and the opposition has not yet indicated who will be negotiating on its behalf,” the Russian foreign minister said.
As John Kerry stated, it is difficult for him to imagine that Bashar Assad could remain in the presidency after the war ended.
Kerry said that over the two years of the war in Syria, observers could get "a feeling that Russia and the United States did not cooperate very much in this area" (the Syrian). He remarked: “I think what is important today is that we say that we are going to work together to realize this communique, and it seems to me that our understanding of this communique is very similar.”
The similarity of the positions of Moscow and Washington on the Syrian settlement was recognized by Comrade Lavrov: “I would not say that these positions differed greatly. We have always, like the United States, advocated the need for a political solution. ” The Foreign Minister noted: “We are pleased, we appreciate that the current Obama administration, represented by its Secretary of State, shares our position. We have made an important step for the voice of Russia and the United States to be heard by all. ”
Miriam Elder («The Guardian», Great Britain; translation source - "InoSMI") notes that Kerry and Lavrov “looked friendly towards each other, sometimes exchanging phrases in a whisper and clapping on the back ...” the US Secretary of State described the talks with Putin as “warm and friendly.”
The Russian president, the journalist notes, made Kerry wait a few hours while Medvedev's office scolded.
Natasha Brain ("Voice of America") cites expert opinion from the Center for Global Studies in International Affairs, Jonathan Speyer. He believes that Kerry will not succeed in changing the position of the Russian leadership: “They want their boyfriend to win, their boyfriend is Assad, and I think they will be on his side until the end. There are several reasons - this is the last stronghold of Russia in the Middle East, there may be sentimental reasons - Russia is no longer a democracy, but an authoritarian regime, and I fully accept the idea that they don’t like successful revolutions against dictators. ”
As for Israel, then, according to Mr. Spier, the missile strike is by no means a protest against the Assad regime. The attack "is evidence of the activity of Iran and Hezbollah in Syria - so serious that Israel had to take action to curb it in Syria."
According to the American expert, despite the fact that the Syrian regime has already announced the raid of the southern neighbor “declaration of war”, to which Damascus will react when the time comes, the Syrian leader does not dare to open a second front against Israel, at least in the open.
You can destroy an hour, but it is very expensive. One hour is enough for the United States to destroy the outdated Syrian air force, but only the first-strike ammunition on planes, airfields and radars will cost more than a third of a billion dollars, according to Christopher Harmer, a senior analyst at the American Institute for the Study of War. This tells correspondent RIA "News" Peter Martynychev.
Some members of Congress called on the US administration to go for the establishment of a no-fly zone in Syria. “Establishing a classic no-fly zone is a long and expensive business. But you can land the Syrian air force by sending several cruisers and destroyers from Norfolk to the eastern Mediterranean and firing 250 Tomahawk cruise missiles ... The end of Syrian aviation will come in less than an hour, ”Foreign Policy magazine quotes Harmer. According to him, the purpose of the strike will be runways, radar, fuel tanks and the aircraft themselves.
"And without the invasion of American aircraft into Syrian airspace, we will actually create a no-fly zone - not by coercion, but by the destruction of the Syrian air force," the expert noted.
True, the cost of one "Tomahawk" - 1,4 million dollars, respectively, only the rocket will cost 350 million, calculated Harmer. And that's not counting the cost of operating ships and the actions of thousands of soldiers.
According to Mr. Harmer, Syria has less than 100 combat aircraft, most of which are three decades old.
Elections are coming in Iran. Registration of presidential candidates began in Tehran yesterday. Receipt of applications will last five days, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Associated Press.
The list of candidates will be announced at the end of May, while the elections themselves will be held on June 14. The current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, cannot take part in the elections, as he has already served two terms as head of state.
He is expected to nominate the head of his administration, Esfandiar Rahim Macheya. By the way, earlier Ahmadinejad threatened to cancel the election, if he considers them unfair.
New killings from Boko Haram. During the attack of militants of the Sharia group “Boko Haram” on a police post, barracks and a prison in the city of Bama in northeastern Nigeria, 55 people, including 13 militants, died.
As transmits MIGnews.com With reference to Reuters, armed militants from Boko Haram attacked Bama on Tuesday. The attack killed 22 police officers, 14 prison staff, 2 military personnel and 4 civilians. The number of militants who attacked is not specified.
Militants freed 105 prisoners. The police station, barracks and several government buildings in the city were burned.
Cried your money. Holders of deposits in excess of 100 thousand euros may continue to lose some of their funds in the event of the bankruptcy of European banks or in the restructuring of banking systems. This was stated by the chairman of the Eurogroup, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands, Jeroen Deisselblum, speaking at a meeting of the Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Parliament. "As for the deposits of less than 100 thousand euros, they must be fully protected and inviolable," - quoted his words "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
The hearings were almost entirely devoted to the analysis of the program of anti-crisis assistance to Cyprus, which the MEPs literally defeated, calling it "the main failure of the Eurogroup."
In response to Dysselblum's promises that economic growth in the euro area will begin to recover by the end of 2013, parliamentarians have called the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands an “incorrigible idealist” and “inhabitant of parallel reality.”
Million British voices. The results of the partial municipal elections in England and Wales were notable due to the relative success of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Faraj, writes Dmitry Semushin, European columnist IA "REGNUM".
UKIP won the 25% of votes in the municipal elections. Faraj said that almost a million British voters voted for the UKIP, which, according to him, is the best result for the party that stands outside the big British party troika: conservatives, laborists and liberals, since World War II.
The areas where the municipal elections took place are counted from 1935, the area of traditional Labor Party support. That is, success in the local elections, the Independence Party achieved its territory in the territory outside the center of its traditional influence.
Success in the municipal elections gives the Party independence a basis for elections to the European Parliament, which will be held in 2014 year. These elections can also be viewed as a distant rehearsal for future parliamentary elections in the UK, which will be held in 2015.
The UKIP originated two decades ago as a broad anti-European movement. The main goal of its leader Nigel Faraj is to turn UKIP into a full-fledged game. Faraj himself is a member of the European Parliament since 1999. In it, it is marked by both anti-European and anti-immigration rhetoric.
However, UKIP itself currently has no representation in the British Parliament.
The UKIP statement on the political scene in the UK reflects the general trend of the European Union with the promotion of populist and new radical parties opposing the traditional political establishment on the political scene.
What led multiculturalism: the flight of the white man. The policy of European multiculturalism is going through far from the best times and has turned into a Gordian knot, experts around the world state, says Lyubov Kuryanova ("Voice of Russia").
White Britons are increasingly leaving the territory, where mainly immigrants and other ethnic minorities live. Over the past 10 years, 620 thousands of whites have left the capital of the United Kingdom. For the first time in history, they have become a minority in London and now account for only 45%. In second place are Asians.
This was recognized by both German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron. Speaking at a meeting with young activists of the Christian Democratic Union in Potsdam in October 2010, Merkel said that attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany had "completely failed." Great Britain is also suffering a fiasco, where white Britons are increasingly leaving the territories with a dominant percentage of immigrants. About it writes "The Daily Mail" with reference to a recent study "Demos". According to Trevor Phillips, the former head of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, the presence of such areas makes it difficult to integrate and adapt visitors to life in the UK. According to experts, almost half of ethnic minorities (about 4 million people) live in settlements, where the white population is less than 50%.
An unprecedented picture emerges for France, notes the journalism of the Voice of Russia, where the process of the racism case against the white man began.
The incident that triggered the proceedings occurred two years ago, when a couple of young people asked a passerby for a cigarette. Having met the refusal, they began to insult him in French and Arabic, and then proceeded to beating him. The victim received several injuries.
Neo-Nazi in a pink t-shirt. Appearing in public in a pink T-shirt or business suit, the defendant in the NSU case, Beate Tssepe, creates a new image of neo-Nazis in Germany. But appearances are deceptive, emphasize German journalists. About this - in the review of Olga Kapustina ("Deutsche Welle").
Die Welt writes:
At trial, Tssepe seemed not embarrassed or frightened, on the contrary, she seemed to be walking on the catwalk under the flashes of cameras. Companions from among the neo-Nazis who shared her views (and, perhaps, who shared the bed with her) call her "hot beauty." And not only the yellow press presents her with epithets like “bad girl” or “bride of terrorists”. From these phrases emanates immorality and depravity, but at the same time - adventurism and eroticism. ”
The newspaper notes that appearing in a pink T-shirt of a famous American brand in front of the camera or entering a courtroom in a tight-fitting business suit, she attaches a new image to right-wing terrorism. Cshepe destroys the idea of "aggressive neo-Nazis with evil mines, in pilots' jackets and high laced boots."
Another newspaper, Frankfurter Rundschau, reports that Beate Zshepe entered the courtroom with her arms crossed and turned her back to the victims. One of her alleged accomplices showed photographers middle finger.
And the lawyers filed a motion to disqualify a judge because of his bias towards the accused. The trial seems to be a long battle.
About the Strasbourg victory of Tymoshenko. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case of Tymoshenko v. Ukraine. The court found that the arrest of the ex-premier of 5 August 2011 of the year was illegal. At the same time, the ECtHR rejected Tymoshenko’s complaint of torture and illegal video surveillance. The European Court also did not appoint payment of monetary compensation to Yulia Tymoshenko for illegal arrest, since she did not insist on this in the statement of claim, writes Andrey Lubensky (Pravda.ru).
According to the representative of the former prime minister at the ECHR, Valentina Telichenko, Tymoshenko and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, in their complaints to the European Court of Human Rights, left the matter to the court, since they were primarily trying to prove the political motives of the persecution.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine noted that while the decision of the ECHR has not acquired final status. “The parties to the case are given three months to submit a petition for review of the case to the Grand Chamber. During this period, the Ministry of Justice will analyze this decision and decide on the expediency of appealing it, ”the department told Prave.ru.
Did the president grow old? Execute him! As transmits "Lenta.ru" with reference to Central Asian News, Kazakhstan offered to officially limit the life of the head of state. It is not joke. This proposal was made by the Union of Muslims of Kazakhstan and the Muslim Committee on Human Rights in Central Asia.
The authors of the idea believe that the country should be managed by a person not older than 80 years. The corresponding restriction should be prescribed in the Constitution, specifying at the same time that the violators are waiting for ... the death penalty.
A press release distributed by these organizations states:
Of course, we add on our own, very few people express such a desire.
The authors of the harsh initiative do not plan to apply it to the current president of Kazakhstan. They propose to extend the rule about executions to the following leaders of the republic.
"Lenta" notes that the Union of Muslims of Kazakhstan and previously performed with original initiatives. For example, in 2011, when the leader of the QMS, Murat Telibekov, tried to run for president of Kazakhstan, the organization appealed to the CEC to allow candidates to contribute material values as an electoral pledge. These include: cattle, land plots, chicken legs, sheep skins, anasha, slaves, prostitutes and saxaul.
Missiles taken out? US officials believe that North Korea removed two medium-range missiles from the launch pad, indicating a relaxation of tension on the Korean peninsula, the service said. News "Voices of America".
A Pentagon spokesman in Washington on Monday evening, on condition of anonymity, said that Pyongyang had taken out two Musudan missiles from the launch pad in the east of the country. About the redeployment of missiles and write the South Korean media.
True, Daniel Russell, senior director of the White House for Asian Affairs, said it was premature to characterize these reports as “good news”, noting that US officials did not yet completely exclude the possibility of a missile test.
A few words of Obama about Kim Jong-un. The United States and its international partners expect the DPRK to abandon "provocative actions", although so far they have not seen any positive changes. This was stated by Barack Obama after yesterday's meeting at the White House with South Korean President Pak Geun-hye, reports from Washington correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
One of the main topics of the negotiations was the situation around the DPRK. Obama noted that he was not personally acquainted with the leader of the DPRK, never spoke to him and therefore cannot give him an assessment.
“However, his actions are provocative,” said the American leader. “If he chooses a different path, then we will welcome it,” Mr. Obama emphasized. “We are open to the DPRK’s fulfillment of its international obligations and denuclearization.”
Argentina's economy will save tax dodgers? The Argentine government announced a tax amnesty for those who invest their undeclared cash in the national economy, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Fominykh.
Yesterday, the authorities reported that citizens who have dollars can legalize them by purchasing infrastructure bonds. The proceeds will go to energy projects. As an option, the government also proposed to acquire savings certificates of the central bank, the proceeds of which will be sent to construction.
Many Argentines prefer to keep their savings in dollars, while the country actually has a ban on their acquisition. Foreign currency can be freely bought on the black market only at a price that is almost twice the official rate.
Many experts with skepticism reacted to the proposal of the Argentine authorities. The economist and the former head of the central bank, Rodolfo Rossi, believes that citizens will not rush to declare their income in dollars and, moreover, will not trust their government.
Capriles again activated. The Venezuelan opposition filed a second protest against the results of the presidential elections, reports correspondent RIA "News" Dmitry Znamensky.
This time we are talking about the requirement of partial cancellation of the election results due to violations in those places where they were allowed. In total, this concerns approximately 2,3 million votes, said Ramon Aveledo, executive secretary of the opposition association of the Democratic Unity parties.
“Our arguments are so serious, solid and solid that we hope to go to the international bodies with them,” said Aveledo.
About demons and their devil. How is the channel "RT", a sharp statement by the president of Venezuela was made in response to the refusal of the head of the United States to recognize the legality of Maduro’s election as head of state.
“After his visit to Latin America, Obama began to declare bold and arrogant things to the right and left ... He gives instructions and blesses right fascists to attack democracy in Venezuela,” comrade Maduro said. “But we are here, we are protecting our institutions, peace, democracy and the people of Venezuela ... and we are ready to fight everyone, even the leader of demons Obama.”
It clarifies the "RT", this statement Nicolas Maduro recalls the words of Hugo Chávez in the address of former US President George W. Bush. The late leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, among other insults, called the US President the devil.
Maduro's dramatic statement came after Obama visited Costa Rica last week and met with the heads of Latin American states. During the visit, the American president said: "I think, in general, we believe that only the people of Venezuela should choose their leader in legitimate elections."
Another achievement of tolerance. Delaware became the eleventh state in the United States, legalizing same-sex marriage. Democratic Governor Jack Markell signed the law shortly after he was approved by the state Senate, reports “Russian service“ BBC ”.
The debate in the senate lasted about three hours. As a result, the document was supported by 12 senators, and 9 were against it.
Colorado shooter felt insane. James Holmes can be found innocent and avoid punishment if psychiatrists recognize him as insane, reports ITAR-TASS.
Lawyers for James Holmes, who shot visitors to the cinema in Aurora, Colorado, in the USA last July, will file a petition at the 13 court in May for a client to be declared innocent because of his insanity.
If the judge agrees to consider the petition, the Colorado shooter will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for examination.
News about the case of Tsarnaev. Vadim Zlobin (Utro.ru) talked about. that experts are going to re-autopsy Tamerlan Tsarnaev. It will be done by independent pathologists at the request of the relatives of the deceased. They intend to prove that the official version of what happened is wrong, and Tamerlane and his brother were framed. This writes the publication "Boston".
Tsarnaev's relatives are confident that the results of the repeated autopsy will differ from the initial ones. In this case, the version of the investigation of the involvement of the brothers in the terrorist attack will be questioned.
The death certificate, published earlier, says that Tsarnaev died from gunshot wounds and blunt injuries to his head and torso. Investigators also claimed that Johar had moved Tamerlan on an SUV during a chase with a shootout from the police. Currently, the body of Tsarnaev is located in a funeral home in the city of Worcester, located in 60 km from Boston.
5 May found out that explosives were found in the house of Tamerlane's widow Catherine Russell. This was on condition of anonymity, said a source in the US intelligence services. Extremist materials were also found in Russell’s home, including English-language articles copied from an Al Qaeda-related website.
As it is today correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Bekrenev, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino does not allow Tamerlan Tsarnaev to bury in his city. This was stated yesterday by the spokesman for the mayor Dot Joyce.
She noted: "To bury this man in Boston would be disrespectful to the inhabitants of the city."
She also indicated that the funeral of Tsarnaev in Boston would be a violation of the protocol: he had never lived in this city. Recently, an alleged terrorist resided in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The body of Tsarnaev is still in the Worcester funeral home in Massachusetts. The owner of this bureau, Peter Stefan, cannot find a place to bury him. The authorities of the three states - Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey - refused to give him a site at cemeteries.
The owner of the funeral home intends to seek the burial of Tsarnaev in Cambridge. "We are in contact with lawyers and, if necessary, we will exert, based on the law, pressure on local authorities to prevent the burial of the body of a resident of Cambridge," said Mr. Stephen on Tuesday evening.
As for his younger brother, who was seriously injured during his arrest, he is now being held at the Devens Prison Medical Center near Boston, in solitary confinement and under round-the-clock surveillance.
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