Results of the week. “Everything is strange and strange! Everything is wonderful and wonderful! ... "
Russia will keep peacekeepers in Transnistria until the final resolution of the issue of the status of the region in a dialogue with Chisinau and Tiraspol, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin at a meeting with students of Moscow State University on Friday.
"As long as Russia maintains the status of a peacemaker on both banks of the Dniester, peace is maintained. Yes, an unrecognized republic, but still peace, security," he said.
“In ordinary situations, the priority is over the first principle, but there are circumstances when the right of nations to self-determination comes to the fore,” the Russian Deputy Prime Minister added.
Obviously, these words of a Russian official at the federal level reassured the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika and led to a nervous itch among those Moldovan political forces who, with unhealthy enthusiasm, continue to insist on absorbing Moldova from one of the poorest EU countries - Romania. But it was precisely these forces that declared the need for the speedy withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Transnistria: they say, the Russian military personnel stationed on the border of Moldova and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, who are part of the peacekeeping contingent, prevent us from finally “appeasing” the Transdniestrians. Apparently, the “laurels” of a well-known Caucasian president (by strange coincidence, still a president, and not a citizen convicted of war crimes) did not give and do not give rest to the pro-Romanian forces in Chisinau ...
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Well, then ... destabilization of Ukraine is an old dream of Brzezinski and his ilk. This is a direct road to Russia, which for several hundred years tried to pass all sorts of European integrators - the Turks, the Swedes, the Poles and of course the Germans. I hope from Bessarabia and the Crimea, Russia will never leave!
For whom is the second call relevant?
The State Duma at a meeting on Wednesday adopted in the second and third readings a law on the abolition of exemption from military service for citizens who passed this same service in another state.
Exemption will be maintained in cases where it is specifically stipulated by international agreement. It is assumed that the law will come into force on August 1 on 2013.
The explanatory note notes that in some countries, such as Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, military service in the army is also understood as service in the mobilization reserve, which actually means paying a large sum of money and passing monthly military fees. In addition, in many countries, despite the longer period of military service, its passage is carried out in a simplified form, the document says.
So, it is possible that already this year, young people (from 18 to 27 years), who became citizens of the Russian Federation and at one time served as conscripts in another state, can be placed on the Russian military registration and be drafted into the Russian army. Theoretically, this may increase the number of recruits who will be in the army in the autumn draft, but in practice ... Almost Russian military enlistment offices will receive a new headache and will obviously be forced to intensify their work. Apparently, in the district military registration and enlistment offices, they will even have to introduce additional departments: the monitoring department of markets, construction sites and tire fitting points, for example ... After all, it is quite possible to find those “new Russians” who once stood up under the gun of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan or other states. Perhaps, in this regard, there will even be a new stratum of the Russian male population: the former foreigners who are “mowing down” from the repeated appeal. After all, you need to be realistic: Bakhtiyar, from somewhere in the Fergana Valley, didn’t take Russian citizenship in order to stand under the gun to protect the new Fatherland. Bakhtiar had completely different types of citizenship ... (Apparently, this innovation does not apply to former citizens of Belarus and Kazakhstan).
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Spy Passion in Moscow
This spy blockbuster appeared recently in the Russian capital. The intelligence services announced that a real American spy fell into their hands - it hit it so well that it did not even have time to get rid of its “arsenal”, which gives away something from the era of the height of the Cold War. The detainee turned out to be US citizen Ryan Christopher Fogl, who at the time of his detention was wearing a wig and black glasses, and another wig, a flashlight, a large sum of money, a folding knife, documents, and even a compass he had with him. Representatives of the FSB allowed the media to publish a personal card of the agent, according to which Ryan Vogl is the third secretary of the US embassy in the Russian Federation. However, the post of third secretary is a banal cover for the work of a CIA officer in Russia.
Many veterans of the Russian intelligence industry have stated that they have not yet seen such clumsy recruitment, which was conducted by a gentleman by the name of Fogl in Russia. Whether the creative ideas of those who set before Vogl the task of recruiting a representative of the Russian special services for information on the North Caucasus, have ended, or someone from the same people has seen films from the early Bondian era, where wigs, false mustaches and compasses are standard whether the Americans began to consider the Russian counterintelligence agents complete, sorry, suckers - in general, it is not entirely clear. One thing is clear - Fogle “was in a speck”, and at the same time Russia had a definite trump card in communicating with the States: they say, your open and good intentions, about which all sorts of different “McFaul” lately declared - an old and cheap method, which all wrinkled.
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"Oboronservis" without a head ...
The world-famous Oboronservis company, whose 100% stake is owned by the Ministry of Defense, that is, the state, again showed itself in the week. A five-page representation of Sergey Fridinsky, the chief military prosecutor of the Russian Federation, came to the Russian defense ministry in which he states that during his leadership work in Oboronservis OJSC such gentleman as Sergey Khursevich (head of Oboronservis since July 2009), the government was severely financial damage.
After the presentation, Khursevich was simply fired. The board of directors of Oboronservis met, conferred and decided that Oboronservis was no longer on the way with Khursevich. That is, for almost 4 years, when one after another the unpleasant facts of budget funds diversion through various front organizations, fraudulent schemes in the purchase and repair of military equipment, the sale of real estate of the Ministry of Defense under the “flag” of the inappropriate and inefficient, Oboronservis with Hursevich was on the way, but now - no ... Apparently, in order for these paths to diverge, a prosecutor’s dispatch about the real “merits to the Fatherland” Sergey Khursevich to the Minister of Defense was needed ...
So, we get that the chief military prosecutor coped with Khurssevich, speaking in boxing language only “in the fourth round”. The first three performances went to the waste paper ... At the same time, to say that the victory was achieved by knockout, the language does not turn. What kind of knockout is there when even a criminal case against the now former CEO did not start ... In the meantime, instead of a knockout, an incident: the prosecutor Fridinsky is sure that Khurssevich was engaged in fraudulent schemes, opposed to the investigation's work, but at the same time only the following words are heard: Khursevich can become person involved in the criminal case. But, excuse me, under the status of "may become a defendant," we already have a few people associated with this very Oboronservis. And some of them, it turns out, “tuned” exclusively to the witness level - no more, no less ... So what does Khursevich dismissed? Surely, too, on the story of how dirty things were going on behind his back, and he is clean like an angel of heaven ...
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Asia is entering the Arctic in bulk
One of the information reasons to pay close attention to China is associated with the data that represents the main state edition of the People's Republic of China "People's Daily". According to the information of this publication, China hopes that it will be accepted as permanent observers of the Arctic Council, whose regular meeting is being held in the Swedish city of Kiruna. Recall that while the members of the Arctic Council (AU) in addition to the Russian Federation are the USA, Sweden, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Denmark and Norway. China is still a temporary observer at the Arctic Council, whose status keeps China in limbo and clearly does not allow it to show all its ambitions in terms of the development of the Arctic region.
It is noteworthy that even before the opening of the next (already VIII) session of the Arctic Council, the Chinese newspaper “Renmin Ribao” managed to present material that allegedly Russia, Canada, Norway and several other countries of the Arctic Council supported China’s application for the right to become a permanent observer at the AU with certain further perspectives in this international organization.
And so, what is called, it happened ... The People's Republic of China became a full-fledged (not temporary) observer in the Arctic Council, which opens the way to full-fledged membership. Apparently, the Chinese assertiveness and the words about Beijing’s multi-billion dollar investments in the Arctic region have melted the hearts of northerners - permanent members of the Arctic Council, and now the concept of “Chinese Arctic” does not look like an oxymoron.
But speaking about China, we should not forget about other new full-scale observers at the AU. A couple of such observers are states that only in a delusional dream can be seen in the discharge of the Arctic. These states are India and Singapore. Offhand: the famous Singaporean discoveries in the Arctic ... Or: the Indian program for the protection of polar bears ...
In this regard, it is not clear why the permanent members of the Arctic Council went to such “trifles” as admissions to observers of only six states of the world. It was possible to finally expand the Arctic geography, taking Burkina Faso, Papua - New Guinea and Arctic Afghanistan to the council. But with the adoption of the Council of Afghanistan and new incentives would have appeared in the work: for example, the fight against the Arctic radical Islamism.
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From whom did the Russian and Norwegian warships protect themselves?
At the Hawksonsvern Naval Base (Kingdom of Norway) aboard the North Large Antisubmarine Ship (BOD) fleet (SF) “Vice Admiral Kulakov” summed up the results of the Russian-Norwegian naval exercises “Pomor-2013”. The interaction of the sailors of both countries was recognized as successful.
At the end of the active phase of the Pomor-2013 naval exercise aboard the Vice Admiral Kulakov BOD, which had made a business visit to Hokonsvern, a briefing was held on the results of the international exercise. The final reports of the officers who led the Pomor-2013 exercise from the Russian and Norwegian sides were heard by the Chief of Staff of the Western Military District (ZVO), Lieutenant-General Andrei Kartapolov and the Chief of the Chief Operational Command (GOK) of the Norwegian Armed Forces (ARC) Vice-Admiral Haakon Brun Hanssen.
“We need to expand the scope of cooperation, to proceed to working out the elimination of crisis situations at sea as part of disparate ship groups,” said at the end of the briefing, Lieutenant General Andrei Kartapolov.
In response, Vice-Admiral Haakon Brunn-Hanssen, head of the Norwegian mine of the Armed Forces, stressed that “mutual understanding and cooperation at sea are beneficial for strengthening relations between Russia and Norway.
Of course, conducting military exercises with a potential adversary is a necessary thing: look at him and show yourself. It’s just not quite clear what the naval officers said, stating that Russia and Norway are going to pay more attention to the elimination of crisis situations at sea. Who will create these crisis situations both to us and to the Norwegians. If it were not for the previous material, we would have remained unanswered. And now the answer is: the famous Russian-Norwegian "fighting brotherhood" in the fleet, apparently, will oppose the Chinese, Singaporeans and Hindus in the Arctic. This is how it turns out: they themselves were admitted to the Arctic Council by observers - now we need to fight ourselves with possible crisis situations. As they say, we are not looking for easy ways ...
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I wonder what kind of aviation it is, together with the ings, we will reflect? Is not the USA? or the DPRK? Or running on the Virgin Islands embezzlers?
Nazarbayev ratified military cooperation agreements with Russia
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan has signed a law on ratification of the Kazakh-Russian intergovernmental agreement on the development and implementation of programs in the field of military-technical cooperation, the press service of the head of Kazakhstan reported on Wednesday.
The agreement signed in Orenburg on September 11, 2009, defines the procedure for the implementation of military-technical cooperation in the interests of the armed forces of the two countries.
In accordance with the terms of the agreement, the authorized bodies and organizations of the States Parties having the right to carry out foreign trade activities with respect to military products conclude contracts on the basis of relevant requests.
Apparently, integration between Russia and Kazakhstan is gaining momentum. This, of course, is a bitter pill for those who try to come up with slogans that Kazakhstan is moving away from Russia and chooses a certain path of its own, both in an economic and in a defensive context. If we consider that in a short time the Russian military air base may appear on the territory of Belarus, then quite obvious defensive contours of the Eurasian Union emerge. But it is much more promising than joint military maneuvers with Norway ...
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About C-300 complexes for Syria, a new Russian squadron in the Mediterranean and lessons stories
10 May specialist. correspondent ITAR-TASS Julia Semenova and Irina Polina they handed over from Warsaw a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, made after a meeting with the foreign ministers of Poland and Germany, Radoslaw Sikorski and Guido Westerwelle.
A Western journalist asked for clarification that Russia allegedly "plans to sell Syrian anti-aircraft missile systems C-300." Comrade Lavrov said in response: “Russia does not plan to sell, Russia has long since sold and completes deliveries of equipment under signed contracts, which is anti-aircraft systems.” He added: “This is not prohibited by any international norms, it’s a defensive weapon».
In the media, a wave of notes, comments, conjectures, guesses, and a variety of speculations about the supply of C-300 immediately passed. Someone argued that Russia would not supply anything, including C-300; others have argued that it will be Russia that will deliver C-300 just in the near future.
IA "REX" S. Lavrov’s words seemed to be somewhat loose (quotes when quoting are not found there): “Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia will no longer sell C-300 complexes to Syria: Moscow will no longer sell weapons under the same contracts, - ITAR-TASS reported.
In addition to this retelling, an expressive comment was made by the political scientist and the first vice-president of the Center for Strategic Development Modeling Grigory Trofimchuk:
It is strange that Russian diplomats know so badly the history of their own state. For example, if Stalin had said the same thing to the Spanish communists, disowning their problems with Franco, the war would have come to Russia already in the 1939 year, immediately after Poland. The present-day Russian Federation will also have to fight - but only in the worst conditions, when she herself will surrender all her partners around the world. All "dictators", "tyrants" and "executioners," one and all. "
There are, on the “REX”, however, other opinions. For example, political designer Yury Yuryev believes that Lavrov’s statement can be interpreted in two ways. According to the analyst, Syria is able to repay debts by rights to land or subsoil. Hence, it is highly likely that Russia will move to a new contractual stage on the basis of clearing according to calculations. It makes sense for Russia to carry out affairs to the end without incurring losses, the political constructor believes. True, if Israel gives Russia any guarantees for Syria or compensates for losses, Russia can be satisfied with this, he said. But the prospects here are bleak: in the future, the Syrian rebels can engage in terrorism around the world. Of course, in Russia.
A different interpretation of a possible event is given in the electronic version of the newspaper. "Work" from 14 May. The subtitle (“Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told his EU colleagues why Russia supplies C-300 to Syria”) already prompts the reader to the idea that Russia does not stop deliveries, but carries them out. At the same time, the idea is expressed in the article that the West is aggressively promoting the ideas of invading Syria, for which it is ready to offer something to Russia on political barter.
The material states that during the meeting of Sergey Lavrov with colleagues from the Foreign Ministries of Poland and Germany, the latter “very nervously” asked, why does Russia supply Syria with C-300? To which the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs remarked that we are only carrying out the delivery of these complexes under previously signed contracts, and then Russia is not going to conclude new agreements with Damascus. Lavrov recalled that C-300 is a weapon of defense, but this is what “upset” the Germans and Poles.
The observer concludes that the potential ability of Damascus to repel an air threat does not please the Europeans, and therefore, "the question of a foreign invasion of Syria has long been resolved for them."
It was then that the speech turned to a tired topic, which should be addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Poles and Germans reminded Comrade Lavrov of how great it would be for Russians to get visa-free entry into the EU. Subtext: you, in exchange for this generous offer, do not sell C-300 to those countries that we have sentenced to destruction. And you will be "a window to Paris."
But that's the whole point, that Russia is not “any other country”, plus the Russians, unlike the Young Europeans, have a very good historical memory - we remember what the European political pragmatics in the 30 of the last century in relation to To Hitler. Therefore, Lavrov acted in this case both decently and pragmatically: we will conduct negotiations on a visa-free regime, but we will not allow Syria to be offended. ”
Therefore, the information that Syria allegedly already received the first batch of C-300, brought confusion in European international affairs. And the attack on Syria seems to be postponed again, the Truda columnist writes.
As for Putin’s meeting with Netanyahu, then, as reported RIA News"Russian experts do not expect any "breakthrough" decisions from it.
According to the President of the Institute of the Middle East, Yevgeny Satanovsky, "Israel ... has something to offer." In particular, "the question is now about the Mediterranean squadron of Russia, where it will be based." "... Near Haifa, it is no coincidence that the landing ship" Azov "just came in for the first time in history."
RIA "News»Recalls that the Russian military ship for the first time in the history of bilateral relations arrived on May 1 in Israel to congratulate the locals, first of all the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, on the anniversary of the Victory.
Thus, a basis for one more alleged political barter appears: non-delivery of C-300 in exchange for the “green light” from Israel to Russian ships. The theme of the revival of the Mediterranean squadron of the Navy - not the last in popularity in the media.
Nikita Sorokin ("Voice of Russia") writes that it is about rebuilding the 5 of the Mediterranean squadron, which defended the country's interests in the region during the Cold War era. Back in February, information appeared that the Russian General Staff was working on the issue of deploying a permanent operational connection of the Navy by the 2015 in the Mediterranean.
The other day, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Viktor Chirkov, named the estimated size of the Mediterranean grouping: five or six ships. The grouping will include submarines and, probably, helicopter carriers of the Mistral type.
According to Comrade Chirkov, the Mediterranean Connection will be formed on a rotational basis from warships and auxiliary vessels of the Black Sea, Northern, Baltic and Pacific Fleets. A training program for staff officers has already been launched, who will permanently carry out the operational management of this group.
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The man-eating rebel, "scared" Assad
The entire Internet bypassed the terrible video in which the Syrian "insurgents" field commander bites off from the human heart, having previously cut him out of the body of a murdered government government soldier. “By Allah, we will eat your hearts, you, soldiers of Bashar! You are dogs! Allah is great! Heroes of Baba Amr! We will rip their hearts out to eat them ", - quotes "Sight" With reference to the American channel CNN, the words of a feral oppositionist.
Referring to the information of the authoritative American journal Foreign Policy, "Lenta.ru" gives the name and position of a heartthrob: this is the commander of the "Brigade of Omar al-Faruk" Abu Sakkar. “The Foreign Policy” indicates that the record shows how Abu Sakkar cuts a heart and a liver from a fallen soldier of a government army, and then eats them. Moreover, he advises his comrades to follow his example.
As the American edition notes, earlier Sakkar fought in the ranks of a large insurgent organization in Homs, but was later expelled from there and organized his own unit, fighting for Quseir, located on the border with Lebanon.
Kim Sengupta ("The Belfast Telegraph") says that Abu Sakkar, the man who introduced cannibalism into the Syrian civil war, until recently was a kind of hero who defended Baba Amr during the onslaught of the forces of Assad.
Moreover, the activity of his “Omar Al-Faruk Brigade” was approved for speaking out against Islamic extremists who were joining the ranks of the rebels (the latter is causing more and more concern among Western governments). Saqqar's people arrested and executed commander Mohammed al-Absi, the leader of a group of foreign jihadists who was suspected of abducting a British photographer and was associated with the terrorist organization Dzhebhat al-Nusra.
The author of the material spent some time with the Al-Farouk fighters in Syria. In his opinion, these are not savages calling for a medieval caliphate or ready to swear al-Qaeda allegiance. In a number of cases, they sincerely talked about the problems that the country would face after the overthrow of Assad, about how difficult it would be to repair the cracks that had arisen between rival communities.
Khalid al-Hamad (Abu Sakkar is his pseudonym) was not always a bloodthirsty man prone to violence. People from Baba Amr remember his participation in marches in the very first days of the protests. He spoke of a split among the opposition and stated the need to create a united front for reform.
In his public speeches, he claims that the phone of a dead soldier contained a video in which this soldier humiliated a naked woman and her two daughters. “You do not see what we see,” al-Hamad says, “and you do not live where we live.” Where are my brothers, my friends, girls from my area who were raped? May God bless them all. ”
Haytham Mohammed Nasr, a former Al-Farouk fighter who is now in Turkey, acknowledged that the video had an extremely destructive effect on the opposition’s cause, but insisted that it should be understood in the context of the crimes committed by Shabiha - pro-government forces Alawite police. Nasr believes that the video was conceived as a warning to Shabihi.
John Hall («The Independent») writes that the Free Syrian Army promised to hunt down the rebel commander and cannibal Abu Saqqara and severely punish him. In a special statement, the leadership of the FSA noted that any such action is contrary to those values for which the Syrian people paid for their assertion with their blood. The abuser will be severely punished, noted further, even if he is associated with the Free Syrian Army.
A British correspondent cites the words of Saqqara, spoken by him in his defense. Cannibal has admitted that his cruelty is associated with a fundamental belief in the principle of an eye for an eye.
Also in the newspaper it is noted that the heart was eaten not by the heart, but by the liver (according to Time magazine). Sakkar himself admits that the organ he removed was a human lung, which was confirmed later by a surgeon who reviewed the footage.
According to some other Western media reports, the Free Syrian Army allegedly gave the order to take Sakkara alive or dead. Also in Western newspapers referring to the statements of various Syrian rebels, you can read that in those areas where the cannibal division operates, the Assad forces or Shabiha troops loyal to him are now afraid to turn around.
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Such cattle need to catch, cut off the eggs and make them gobble themselves.
But not the fact that they will be caught, rather, will be so that they will catch, cannibals, their patrons in Europe. More realistic outcome of events.
Erdogan - resign!
Turkish political scientists, journalists and writers have placed responsibility for the terrorist attacks in the Reikhanli on R.T. Erdogan’s government, writes SANA.
Local residents accused the Syrian Free Army of committing explosions and called for Erdogan and Davutoglu to resign. Erdogan’s erroneous anti-Syrian position led to the transformation of the border with Syria zone into a barracks, where militants are hiding and training, which negatively affects the security of the local population.
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Islam comes, Europe retreats
Recently, two large-scale sociological surveys were conducted: “Religionsmonitor 2013” (Bertelsmann Foundation; 13 thousands of respondents were interviewed in 14 countries) and “Muslims of the world: unity and differences” (“Pew Research Center”; in 39 countries around the world 38 thousands of interviews were conducted in more than 80 languages). The results of the first survey showed a clear fear of the inhabitants of Western countries against Islam; The results of the second showed that a significant part of Muslims want to introduce Sharia law as official legislation in their countries of residence.
Every second German sees a threat in Islam and believes that this religion is alien to Germany, writes Dmitry Vachedin (Deutsche Welle). According to the results research conducted by the Bertelsmann Foundation (Bertelsmann Stiftung), 51% of Germans see Islam as a threat. Moreover, this opinion is shared by 18% of Muslims living in the country. In eastern Germany, Islam is more skeptical than in western.
The opinion that Islam is fraught with danger, 76% of the Israelis surveyed, 60% of Spaniards, exactly half of Swiss and 42% of Americans shared with the Germans.
Sociologists noted that the rejection of Islam is today a phenomenon of the Western world. The incompatibility of the Islamic worldview and Western values was stated in a survey of 50% of Switzerland’s population, reports Anna Kovaleva ("Sedmitsa.ru").
30% Indians and 16% South Koreans are also against neighborhood with Islam. In Europe, the highest percentage of rejection of Islam is recorded in Spain and Switzerland, the smallest - in the UK (not so little - 45% of respondents).
Russian service "Voice of America"based on a report called “Muslims of the world: unity and differences”, spoke about the results of the sociological survey “Pew Research Center”.
According to the survey, the majority of the adherents of Islam are deeply religious people, striving to ensure that the teachings of Islam form not only their own lives, but also social life and influence politics. Almost all Muslims claim that Islam is the only true religion leading a person to eternal life in paradise. A significant proportion of Muslims find it desirable to introduce Sharia law as official legislation in their countries of residence.
However, the percentage of supporters of Sharia law varies considerably. Only 8% of respondents were in favor of Sharia in Azerbaijan, but in Afghanistan there are 99% supporters of Sharia among the respondents. In the countries of the Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, the majority also advocate for Sharia: 71% in Nigeria, 72% in Indonesia, 74% in Egypt, 84% in Pakistan, and 89% in the Palestinian Authority.
It should be noted that adherents of Islam understand in different ways how to apply Sharia in practice. The majority speak out against cruel punishments: cutting off the hands of thieves or executing those who convert from Islam to another.
In most countries, women, like men, believe that the wife must obey her husband without question. This was reported by 92% of Iraqis, the same number of Moroccans, 93% of those polled in Tunisia, 94% in Afghanistan and 96% in Malaysia.
Around the world, most Muslims speak out against suicide bombings. Meanwhile, a significant number of respondents consider violence as permissible in certain cases: this is what 26% Muslims with whom sociologists have spoken in Bangladesh, 29% in Egypt, 39% in Palestine, and so think.
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No more freely interpreted religion.
Islam allows you to turn adepts at any extreme.
Lives peaceful orthodox Muslim family, has been friends with Christians for years. At one terrible moment, Takfiris come and say: “Listen, why you are not following the umma’s command, bismillah, look, you have everything written in the Quran. Allah expects deeds from us, not words, in sha allah. ”
A Muslim is looking; indeed, everything is written there: to fight, to kill, to prefer Muslims to kafirs, to prefer Allah to their loved ones, his life is worth nothing without faith. Despise the Jews, despise Christians for their kufr.
The most common question among young peaceful Muslims is: “Can I tell my friends that they are kafirs?” The most common answer is: “Choose Muslims as your friends, but exhort kafirs”.
Is the end of NATO just around the corner?
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, speaking at a hearing on the foreign policy and security committee of the European Parliament, made it clear to Europe that talking about strengthening the military capabilities of the European Union would remain “just a shake” if this same European Union did not increase defense spending. However, as shown by numerous sociological polls, the most important enemy of the EU is “internal” (© Kuprin), hiding behind “tolerance” and “multiculturalism”. NATO is not at war with such enemies; NATO give enemy external. The only trouble is that no one attacks the EU countries participating in the alliance. Therefore, it seems that Mr. Rasmussen is saying what he was ordered to say at the White House.
As transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Denis Dubrovin, 6 May Rasmussen said that in order to be “an international player, not a fan,” the EU must expand its budget for defense. “We,” he noted, “need better and more fully support our allies in the United States.” That gave the open secret Mr. Rasmussen.
Further, the NATO Secretary General called on the Europeans "not to dwell on budget problems." It is also clear where the wind is blowing from. We need to support the Americans: they also have a crisis, why should Washington alone pay for the general plans of the West?
Rasmussen said: “We are obliged to provide our citizens and taxpayers with the most reliable security that money can buy.”
It is fair, if only you believe that some "Bolsheviks" are about to invade Mother Europe, starting, say, with a tasty Baltic Vodka.
Is it because Washington "sticks" to Europe, that he has the military capabilities (sorry, defense) have become more modest than they were before? US military spending fell by 6%, amounting to 682 billion dollars in the current fiscal year. As M. Shavlokhova and A. Rezchikov ("Sight"), referring to The New York Times, for the war in Libya, the United States supplied ammunition and anti-aircraft missiles, and sent Drones, fighters, tanker aircraft, and now in Mali they help only UAVs, transport aircraft and tanker aircraft. Experts doubt that Britain and France will take part in even one such operation in the next two years. Today, both countries are trying to maintain a nuclear deterrent, and indeed the armed forces in general. Things are so bad in the UK that American politicians are urging London to abandon its costly nuclear deterrent.
The threat from Russia today is considered by many to be far-fetched. Why do we need the North Atlantic Alliance? Perhaps the United States - by itself, Western Europe - by itself?
As the unnamed high-ranking American statesman told the newspaper, Washington seeks partnership in the Middle East and Asia, since “Europe’s decision to reduce defense spending means more and more that it cannot take care of itself and therefore cannot be a valuable partner ". Why does America need a “not valuable” partner?
As analysts remind, with the exception of three countries - the UK, Germany and France - no one in NATO fulfills its obligations to keep military budgets at the level of 2% of GDP. Defense spending in the EU averages 1,6% of national GDP, compared with 5% in the United States. In 2011, the EU countries spent about 180 billion euros on defense in total. Five years ago, the amount was over 200 billion euros.
"Reduced" today, all European countries. London, M. Shavlokhova and A. Rezchikov write, supposes to cut military expenditures by 2015 by 8% compared to the current year; Paris only this year plans to reduce the military budget by 3%; crisis Spain has already cut its military budget three times since 2008, it has been cut by a quarter over the past four years, and a plan to reorganize the armed forces by as much as 13 years ahead has been prepared for further cost reductions. In 2010, Italy cut the defense budget by 10%, and this year military spending will be further cut. The Netherlands, by the end of 2015, intends to reduce the military budget by 13% compared to the current one. Yes, and the EU locomotive - Germany - has cut military spending by about 10 billion dollars.
The scientific director of the German-Russian Forum, Alexander Rahr, reminded the newspaper Vzglyad that Mr. Rassmussen had earlier urged EU members to increase their contributions to the NATO budget, but in vain. Against the background of the escalating financial crisis, the Secretary General’s calls for money will not be even more heard.
Sergey Vasilenkov (Pravda.ru) recalls that before speaking on 6 in May, Mr. Rasmussen scared Europe in February at the Munich Security Conference. There he hinted that “Europe’s serious contribution to NATO’s capabilities will underpin the US commitment to NATO.” True, what kind of threat is Europe talking about, the Secretary General did not elaborate.
Indeed, it would be funny if we could add on our own if he had told the Germans about the Russians or the Belarusians preparing the invasion. Once upon a time, the Cold War was beneficial to NATO. Now, even though the White House in the person of Mr. Obama and denies the harsh rhetoric of bygone days, many masters of military budgets greatly miss the bipolar world. If you recall the story, the North Atlantic Alliance itself was once created to repel the possible aggression of the Soviet Union. But where is the USSR now? Many years have passed since the dark days of the Bialowieza Agreement. The Soviet Union does not exist, but NATO is still ready to absorb generous percentages of the Euro budget.
S. Vasilenkov recalls that back in 2011, the United States, represented by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, announced their possible withdrawal from NATO - in the event of a further reduction of the Allied military forces.
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One plus: the influx of Asian migrants.
Tail free press
As transmits RFI, the American human rights organization “Freedom House” has published a rating of 196 countries of the world in terms of media freedom.
Russia fell into the group of "not free" countries, taking 176 place. According to Freedom House, the Russian authorities almost completely control television, radio and the press.
For comparison: Georgia (96 place) and Ukraine (131 place) are in the number of “partially free” countries.
Close the rating of "unfree" Uzbekistan, Belarus, Turkmenistan and the DPRK.
Norway, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Finland are recognized as the most “free”.
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"Russians are coming ... They will tear us ..."
Richard Milne (Financial Times; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") writes that Sweden is very concerned about the mockery of Russia over its super-soldiers.
This video, which appeared on Russian television, the author notes, is a parody. But the problems that he makes fun of, no longer amuse the Swedes.
On Good Friday, two Russian bomber, accompanied by four fighters, flew close to the Swedish border - during the training bombardment. Not a single Swedish fighter rose to the air in alarm ... But the military believes that the Russians were staging the bombing of Stockholm.
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Evening fell over the village of Putinka ...
In Latvia, put up for sale plots in the village of Putinka, named after the Russian president. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with links to Mixnews and TVNET.lv. The village is one of the eco-villages created by Vianets.
“We believe that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is an outstanding politician in modern history and has done a lot for Russia, nearby regions and the whole world as a whole,” said Alexey Kholostov, a representative of the firm, a former member of the Seimas of Latvia. According to the news agency "REGNUM", he expressed the opinion that for Latvia the presence of a settlement with such a name would be a "great honor."
For Putinki a place was chosen in the Riga region, between Riga and Jurmala. Nine plots ranging from 2500 to 3300 square meters were put up for sale. The plot in 3200 square meters is priced at 20 thousand euros. Site buyers will receive a residence permit in Latvia allowing them to travel to Europe without a visa.
Well, it should be noted that Medvedevka and Valuevka have already been announced in the network of eco-villages “Grace” created in Latvia.
Putinka and Medvedevka are waiting for the Russians.
The real purpose of the land trade is the rescue of the crisis real estate market in Latvia. According to the Latvian politician Yuri Sokolovsky, the well-to-do Russians can save the Latvian real estate market. Developers and realtors are trying to please their tastes.
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Aces and Kings in the American Card Pack
The USA has once again found its main enemy in the “Russian mafia”. This was told Sergey Vasilenkov (Pravda.ru).
In the US, they have released a deck of playing cards, which depict the leaders of the “Russian mafia”, plowing the fields of the criminal business in the United States. Cards will be distributed to efbeerovtsam, other special services and congressmen. He initiated the mapping of the American Institute of Russian Studies. The purpose of portraying 48 man is to explain the structure of the Russian underworld.
As it turned out, such prominent Russian guys as Mikhail Chernoy, Lev Chernoy, Leon Lann (Leonid Kaplan) and Semyon Mogilevich got into aces.
According to the Foreign Policy magazine, the last of the four is one of the most influential people in the world. This person has citizenship not only of Russia, but also of Hungary and Israel.
L. Kaplan has only Israeli citizenship.
The Black brothers, in addition to Russian citizenship, have Israeli, and live in Israel.
Viktor Bout, associated with arms smuggling and imprisoned in the United States, ended up in the “Kings”. Zhanna Bulok, the wife of the former Minister of Finance of the Moscow Region, got into the “ladies”. But she also has American citizenship.
Oh, those terrible Russians gazing at the alluring American coast!
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* “Everything is stranger and stranger! Everything is wonderful and wonderful! ... "- a phrase from the work of Lewis Carroll" Alice in Wonderland "
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