Results of the week. "The truth can not be insulted"
Masking gay parade, or Navalny vs Sobyanin
On the Day of Russia, Russia was noted for numerous actions. However, the attention of most media outlets was not honored with festive events that foster the spirit of patriotism and tell about stories of our country, about people who forged victories and worked for the good of the Fatherland. Attention was riveted to another action - the actions of our valiant oppositionists. Such is the tradition of the last time. This time the rally was held under the loud title “March against Executioners”, and gathered about 10 thousands of people who, under the symbols of the gay community, under the crossed out portraits of Putin, and in some places under the other, strolled around the capital. Instead of the 10 of thousands, the opposition itself, again according to tradition, counted three times more. Well, when people with rainbow flags walk behind you, covering their mini-gay parade with the term “march,” Yashin and Navalny could feel the pace of more than 30 thousands of “dissenters” with their fifth points ...
Apparently, the “executioners” against whom this gay march-throw was arranged, literally shook in their offices from the firm steps of the country's main logger and his thinning team with rainbow flags. Already the glasses were ringing ... And then the ardent leaders of the "dissenters" dispersed to restaurants, from where they responded with a sense of accomplishment to the patrons of their disagreement. Watering machines drove down the street. A curtain. But then, from behind the curtain, Mr. Navalny reappears and announces the official nomination for the post of Moscow mayor. Ostap suffered ...
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The defense ministry asks the government to allow the weak-sighted and hard-of-hearing to be drafted into the army
The Russian government has been invited to consider a new provision on military medical expertise on the elimination of young people entering the army. If the standard is adopted, it will become even more difficult to “deviate” from the army with the help of some diagnoses.
This provision implies the mitigation of individual requirements for hearing and vision impairment that can be corrected. According to this provision, with the highly changed nature of the service lately, many "work differently from 10 years ago." "For example, modern methods of correction of visual impairment to minus two allow the soldier to work at a computer, to do the work of a programmer," ITAR-TASS quoted the chief physician of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Alexander Fisun.
This innovation is designed to kill two birds with one stone: firstly, to fight with fake, visually impaired and deaf persons of military age, and, secondly, to increase the number of those who still replenish the Russian army. True, there is one important hitch. It is called the notorious word corruption. The Dokhtur, which was laid on its paw, will find other diseases in the draftee that may not allow him to pay the debt to the Motherland. "-10 on both eyes will suit you, son?" - "Yeah, uncle oculist." After all, we will not rust for such “dokhturami”. But there is not only "dokhtury." There are other interested in replenishing their own pockets gentlemen.
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Imaginary numbers "Oboronservisa"
The first defendants in the sensational case of Obornservice received convictions from the court. These gentlemen were Boris Miroshnikov (retired colonel of the Ministry of Defense) and Alexander Ambarov (retired colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs). Colonels, with the filing of another representative of the Serdyukovskoy battalion, "helped" to carry out transactions for the purchase and sale of "non-core" real estate of the Ministry of Defense. Through them, Ekaterina Smetanova received remuneration from businessmen for the purchase by these same businessmen of real estate at the Ministry of Defense with a substantial discount.
As a result, both Ambarov and Miroshnikov received a general-regime colony for 3,5. In addition, the court awarded them a fine of 300 thousand rubles from each. The relative mildness of the punishment is due to the fact that Miroshnikov and Ambarov immediately decided to make a deal with the investigation. It was after their long conversations with the investigators that the flywheel of the case concerning “Oboronservis” began to turn.
Of course, retired colonels are large figures for the Oboronservis case; it is - yes ... But the people are waiting for the doors of state-owned houses to open to several other gentlemen and ladies. And then the billionth of theft with 300-thousand fines somehow does not fit. After all, in order to repay the damage announced at the time before the Ministry of Defense solely with fines for a couple or three hundred thousand rubles, the courts will have to finally believe in the existence of imaginary numbers ...
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The philosophy of the pastor president
The German President Joachim Gauck distinguished himself at the Potsdam Meeting forum held in Germany. He called on Russia to repent ...
According to Mr. Gauk, Russia has not repented for the "crimes of the Soviet regime." At the same time, the German president calls on Russia to take the example of Germany, which does not tire of repenting for its past, and at the same time, developing a new identity, unites the people.
Collective consciousness is formed not only by great victories and great injuries, but also by feelings of guilt, the president of the Federal Republic of Germany said.
Ahh, well done, this Gauk ... Continues to carry the pastoral word and convince us - unwashed and unclean - that we are incredibly lagging behind the progressive Germany spiritually. “Repent!” The German president calls us, “and you will have bright European happiness.” But Mr. Gauk (strangely) does not call for repentance, for example, Great Britain during the long years of colonial policy, the United States for bombarding Serb heads, for destroying hundreds of thousands of peaceful Iraqis, Afghans and Vietnamese. It does not call ... Apparently, the pastor’s word of President Gauk does not apply to these states, otherwise, he’s not, and there is no Joachim Gauk in the chair of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany ... A real righteous man, with a gay past, smoothly turned into a pastor’s present ...
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Blowing his dick
The solemn ceremony of handing over passports took place on June 12 in the administration of the city of Raichikhinsk in the Amur Region. At the ceremony, seven schoolchildren received passports for the first time. This significant event was opened by the head of the city of Raychikhinsk Viktor Fedorovich Radchenko. He congratulated the children and their parents on the state holiday - the Day of Russia.
Then Yegor Zhumashevich Matveenko, a member of the United Russia Raychikhinsky branch of the WFP, blew his nose from the habit with one finger and suddenly said to the students: “Now you will receive documents certifying your Russian citizenship. Although you were citizens of Russia before that, it does not exist such a nationality as Russian. However, there is Russian citizenship. You have received this right by birth, while others, foreign citizens, take special examinations — many lengthy tedious procedures go. But now you have to many paths and roads are hidden ", - Yegor Matveenko told to the Far Eastern schoolchildren.
Blowing out with one finger during the solemn ceremony deputies from the ruling party, claiming that there is no Russian as a nation - on the day of Russia it is strong. Yegor Zhumashevich definitely prepared for the ceremony. Ur member! Hooray to the representative of the people in power! Why, at these rates, the next member will soon tell us that a state like Russia does not exist, and then declares that, he says, he made a reservation of excitement and a sense of patriotism that overflowed his soul.
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Such a peaceful Japan
The National Defense Council of the ruling party of Japan approved a draft reform of the armed forces, which aims to recreate a full-fledged army and fleet. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDPJ) proposes to carry out a large-scale reorganization of the armed forces, create a marine corps, increase the power of the air defense and missile defense systems, equip the army and navy with more effective offensive weapons, which will allow them to strike at bases of potential opponents. The National Defense Council approved the plan on May 30. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces, formed in 1954 from the National Security Forces created two years earlier, should be renamed the National Defense Army.
During the month, the document prepared by the LDPI will be reviewed by the government and it appears that there will be no serious objections. The proposal for a radical reform of the Armed Forces was prepared by ex-defense ministers Shigeru Ishiba and Gen Nakatani, members of the Liberal Democratic Party.
And here is another review of the outcome of the Second World War. "Peace-loving" Japan, apparently, again decides to back up its empire status with military perturbations. I wonder where this most recreated full-fledged Japanese army will begin to show its potentials. Did they really intend to knock out the “guests” from Okinawa? .. Well, that is unlikely. Rather, those very “guests” decided on the Japanese islands to reinforce the “amusing” shelves with the aim of picking around the disputed territories, such as: Senkaku or the South Kuriles. Napoleonic plans ...
Although by and large the Japanese self-defense force is a full-fledged army. We are talking only about changing the signboard and about calling things by their proper names. It remains to correct something in the constitution ...
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As the Finns, Russian aircraft caught up
From Finland this week came information that allegedly Russian military aircraft violated the airspace of this small but proud country. And, as reported by the hot Finnish media: they violated once again ... Apparently, the Finns took the fashion to complain about the Russian “arrivals” from their Japanese colleagues, who overfly the Kuril Islands also called violation of their airspace. From the Russian Ministry of Defense quickly answered:
Russian military aircraft did not violate the airspace of Finland. “Aircraft of the ZVO did not violate the airspace of Finland in the Gulf of Finland. The flight of Tu-22 long-range aircraft and the Su-27 Su-XVUM accompanying them took place as part of the planned 11 June combat training,” said Vladimir Drobyshevsky, spokesman for the ZVO.
Ministry of Defense: Russian aircraft did not violate the airspace of Finland
If Karelia, the Murmansk and the western part of the Leningrad region consider the Finns to be their own territories, then there was a violation of the air borders — aaaaa-nechno ... But only at the same time Russia can respond to the Finnish side in response to any rise in the Finnish air. Finnish military aircraft, because, as you know, Finland was once entirely part of the Russian Empire. Or maybe the Finns themselves are asking for re-joining? .. And what to be asking for, when there are more Russians on weekends in Finland than the Finns themselves.
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"Direct military support": how it is done in America
Karen DeYang and Ann Giran («The Washington Post»; source of translation - "InoSMI") report that the United States issued the following conclusion: the Syrian government used chemical weapons to kill at least a hundred people. Thus, the established “red line” was crossed. So, it's time for Obama to give the rebels "direct military support." This was started in the White House.
“The president said that the use of chemical weapons would change his calculations, and it changed them,” said Ben Rhodes, Deputy Advisor to the President of the United States on National Security, without extinguishing.
Mr. Rhodes, however, refused to provide information on the content and plans for sending military equipment to the “rebels”. He only noted that assistance from the United States would "respond to the needs," which were previously announced by opposition leaders.
It is known that the Syrian rebels claimed “needs” in the form of anti-tank and anti-aircraft equipment. “I can’t tell you about all types of this support for various reasons, but it will vary in size and scale,” Rhodes said vaguely.
He noted that Obama will discuss the details of the new supplies to Syria with his allies at the next G-8 summit in Northern Ireland. Russia will also take part in the meeting.
According to Rhodes, US officials provided Russia with “reliable” evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. It is reported that the Syrian authorities used sarin nerve gas on a small scale at least four times this year. At the same time there is no reliable evidence that the Syrian rebels themselves, as stated by President Assad, used chemical weapons, the White House said.
As transmits RIA News", head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, calls fabricated information on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. “The data on Asad’s use of chemical weapons were fabricated in the same place as Hussein’s lies about weapons of mass destruction. Obama is on the path of G. Bush, ”comrade Pushkov wrote in his microblogging on Twitter.
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Against whom the military skills are honed in Jordan
Some events of recent days make it possible to judge that the coalition of Western countries and the monarchies of the Persian Gulf is up to something in the Middle East. After the victory of the Syrian government troops in El Quseir and popular exultation there and after the militants of the "opposition" once again asked Washington for weapons, but more, and Barack Obama "did not rule out" the possibility of military assistance to the rebels, analysts began to speculate about ambulance "international" intervention in Syria. In large-scale exercises, started in Jordan, even the scenario of a chemical attack is being worked out.
9 June in Jordan started the military exercise "Eager Lion" "Impatient Lion" began. (Their name in the Russian-language press is also translated as “The Lion Prepares for a Jump” and “The Vigilant Lion”).
According to the resource Israelinfo.ru, armies of eighteen states are involved in these maneuvers: Jordan, USA, UK, Bahrain, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The exercise will last until June 21. Israel was not invited to them, writes the portal.
US forces are represented by a contingent of 4.500 troops. During the exercises, F-16 aircraft and Patriot complexes will be used.
As transmits "RT", from the side of Jordan, thousands of military 3 take part in the maneuvers. This writes "Al-Hayat." It is also reported that during the exercise will be worked out "non-standard military scenarios in the region," in particular, the interaction in the conditions of use of chemical weapons. Participants will also work out search and rescue operations and actions in the event of an influx of refugees, the release of areas and objects occupied by terrorists.
In addition, the leadership of Jordan asked the United States to leave part of the military equipment that will be used on the maneuvers. The official representative of the government of the country Mohammad Hussein al-Mumani told about this edition. Prime Minister Abdullah en-Nussur said "the interest of Jordan in strengthening its air defense forces."
Jordanian General Auni al-Adwan refuted the allegations that the teachings allegedly related to the situation in Syria. He noted that the maneuvers "are held in areas remote from the Syrian-Jordanian border."
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"If President Putin has decided to enter his forces ..."
Last week, several events took place, which formed into links in a single chain. Militants in Syria have stated that the undemocratic troops of Bashar al-Assad are pushing them hard, and therefore they (militants) need military assistance from Western countries to maintain democracy in Syria. At the same time, American marines totaling 1000 arrived at the Jordanian-Syrian border. At the same time, Austria decided to withdraw its military contingent from the Golan Heights, anticipating that after the lifting of the EU embargo on the supply of weapons to the belligerents in Syria, the past 31 in May, it would be hot at these heights. Moscow took advantage of this, talking about overcoming the tension in the Golan by entering Russian peacekeepers there.
Israel gave Russia a response to the proposal to place Russian peacekeepers on the Golan Heights, but did not want to advertise it, said RIA News" Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel Zeev Elkin. “The position of Israel was openly and clearly expressed during a conversation between the leaders of the two states. There are things that are sometimes better to stay at this level, ”said Elkin, referring to Putin’s telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Then, on June 10, information spread that Israel was not against the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the Golan.
Anna Analbaeva, Ekaterina Yermakova ("Sight") cite expert opinion that it is easy to change the rate of 40-year-old forbidding Security Council members to send their peacekeepers there, and Israel itself is not against the deployment of Russian soldiers along its border with Syria. This was stated by the deputy head of the Israeli Ministry of Interior Faina Kirshenbaum, who arrived on a visit to Moscow.
“We heard that some countries decided to withdraw their peacekeepers because (they) were injured. We are very sorry, although there was an agreement that forces would remain there. If President Putin has decided to enter his forces, then I do not think that Israel will resist. We always want someone there to be in order to really monitor the situation, ”she told the Echo of Moscow radio station.
Martin Nesirki, the UN official (formerly opposed to the Russian peacekeepers), did not say anything to that, but the chairman of the Security Council, the British diplomat Mark Lyal Grant, admitted that it would be possible to implement the initiative of Russia if Israel and Syria agreed to it.
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Winners and losers
In the past not only that weeks, but already months, in the Western press began to write a lot about the geostrategic successes of Russia. Like, everything that the Kremlin does, with him, the Kremlin, passes brilliantly and consistently brought to life. On this festive background, the West itself looks unusually faded: analysts assign it the role of someone who, if not lost in geopolitics, has faded into the background. The frantic opponents of Russia have already begun to criticize the West.
Parisian Francois Hisbur in the fresh material posted on the pages of the column "Opinion" in "New York Times" (translation source - Mixednews.ru), writes bluntly that "Russian policy is accompanied by success, but the calculations and actions of the West have not justified themselves." The publicist is referring to the Syrian question. By the way, Hisbour cannot be attributed to the fans of Bashar Assad. In his article, he refers to the Syrian president as a “dictator”, his manner of government as “regime”, and his methods as “repression”.
The author believes that thanks to the military, political and diplomatic support provided by Russia to Syria, this very “regime of the Syrian dictator” did not fall, but the “repressions” continued. The author calls the United Nations Security Council "paralyzed." This is where the criticism of the West begins. The West, according to a French publicist, was unable to shape events on the ground.
The opposition in Syria is fragmented militarily and politically. The tone in it is set by the "ferocious jihadist elements." European jihad warriors, now operating there, may return home armed and trained - and new terrorist attacks will take place in the West.
Noting the success of the Russian geopolitical strategy (this is a taboo topic in the West), Francois Hisbour quickly declares it “short-lived”.
Very strange premise and completely absurd conclusion. It seems that the winner must begin to cooperate with the loser, but it will not be bad for him.
Why can Russia be bad?
Hisbur thinks that Russia will have to “deal with extremely grave consequences.”
It is impossible to understand this, until you come across the following statement in the material:
All clear. In Syria, there is the right side, and there is the wrong one. Russia now supports the wrong. But when she begins to cooperate with the West, despite his geopolitical blunders, she will make the right decision. After all, the West is famous for its ability to distinguish the right from the wrong. Actually, the West has a monopoly on the difference between bad and good.
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NATO has solid problems
In the foreseeable future, NATO will experience a significant lack of military capacity. As the German magazine Spiegel reported, the European allies in the matter of equipping their armies are not able to achieve the goals set for them, reports from Berlin correspondent ITAR-TASS Vyacheslav Filippov.
The German edition refers to the analytical document of NATO. It lists the planned projects of the alliance, most of which are marked in orange or red. This means that there are significant problems in their implementation. Less often in the document you can see items marked yellow (“moderate problems”).
There are no projects that are highlighted in green (“no difficulty”).
The document has 15 "problem areas", notes Spiegel.
During the operation in Libya, there was a shortage of certain types of military equipment, for example, high-precision weapons (guided missiles). Soon, NATO may face a shortage of systems designed to refuel combat aircraft in the air.
As Shpigel recalled, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers last Tuesday made it clear that the Pentagon can no longer cover the alliance’s needs in many areas, while European countries cannot fulfill their commitments.
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"I am ready to sacrifice everything ..."
Another undemocratic scandal erupted in the US, reminding citizens of the country that their homeland is a stronghold of totalitarianism and the patrimony of Big Brother. Information about the top secret program of the American special services called “PRISM”, aimed at a comprehensive collection of information about citizens through mobile television systems and the Internet, has come up. The first publications were published in the British newspaper The Guardian. Then the Washington Post connected, and the scandal went around the entire Internet. The main character of the scandal also showed up.
Correspondents The Guardian Ian MacAskill and Glenn Greenwald talked to Comrade Snowden, now in Hong Kong. The fighter for justice explained to journalists that the NSA had built a whole infrastructure that allows intercepting virtually all communications, and automatically. If I wanted, he remarked, to look at the email or calls of my wife, all I would have to do was use this interception technology. With it, you can get emails, passwords, telephone records, access to information on credit cards.
On the question of what will happen to him, Snowden answered concisely and sadly: "Nothing good."
According to him, he moved to Hong Kong because of the strong local traditions of free speech. The American said: “I think it’s really tragic that an American should go to a place that has the reputation of a less free country ... However, Hong Kong ... has strong traditions ... of freedom of speech."
The publication reminds that 29-year-old Snowden is a former technical assistant at the CIA. This person specifies that the NSA collects more digital information about America than about Russians.
To the question: “Did your family know what you were planning?” Snowden replied:
He said that with this he would have to live the rest of his life. From now on, he is not going to communicate with them. The authorities will act aggressively against anyone who knows him.
In another article, Glenn Greenwald, Ian McAskill, and Laura Poitras (The Guardian) remind that Snowden - the person responsible for one of the most significant leaks in American political history - was not only a technical assistant at the CIA, but recently an employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, but for the past four years he worked with the National Agency security as an employee of various external contractors, including the mentioned “Booz Allen” and “Dell”.
"The Guardian" revealed his identity at his own request: "I have no intention to hide who I am, because I know that I have not done anything wrong."
In his own words, Snowden lived a “very comfortable life,” which included a salary of about 200.000 $ per year, a girlfriend with whom he shared a house in Hawaii, a stable career, and a family he loved.
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Advanced and three-sex
The Supreme Court of Nepal decided to issue a new type of passport. In addition to men and women, people of the "third" sex will appear in the state - with the appropriate mark in the document, the channel reports "RT".
Back in January, the government of Nepal recognized the rights of representatives of non-traditional sexual orientations and transsexuals and started issuing new identity cards: they indicate not two, as before, but three sexes. So the government implemented the decision of the Supreme Court, which in 2007 year decided to legalize the "third" gender in the country.
However, the Nepalese decided to go further. They stated that identity cards are not enough. It is necessary to make changes to the passport. In addition, representatives of the "third" sex explained, the division of citizens only into men and women causes psychological discomfort in them.
The Supreme Court of Nepal agreed with them and decided to make another mark in the passports - for those who have not decided whether he is a man or a woman.
The Nepalese are convinced, reports "RT", that such changes are a big step forward in upholding human rights and building democracy.
Nepal is not the only country in the world where people of the third sex are “marked”. In the 2011 year, by completing a passport application form, Australian citizens were able to choose the gender of three options. In Australia, this horrible sex discrimination has long been absent. (Where did the third sex in Australia come from, is told in another article on “RT”: link for the curious).
But in the United States so far only two sexes. This state is far from Australia and Nepal. However, Barack Obama is doing everything he can.
He said the other day that he was counting on the early legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
“We don’t have to wait that long, because everywhere - from Minnesota to Maryland, from the Senate to the National Basketball Association - it’s noticeable that we are approaching a turning point. Heart and mind are changing, and the laws are changing too. Such changes do not start here in Washington, but they have the power that is very difficult for Washington to resist for a long time, ”Obama said at a reception in the White House in honor of LGBT people.
As the correspondent reminds. RIA "Novosti", now same-sex marriages legalized in the US 12 and in the metropolitan District of Columbia, in several states, the decision was made recently. Open gay men appeared in the senate and the NBA. A recent decision by the Supreme Court determined that gay marriage is governed by states, not federal law.
However, according to Obama, discrimination of same-sex relationships still persists in the United States, including at the legislative level: “In 34 states, you can only be dismissed for who you are and who you love. It is not right. We need to change this. A bipartisan bill is being promoted in the Senate that will ban discrimination against LGBT Americans in the workplace once and for all. We need to hold it, and I want to sign this bill. ”
Well, add on my own, and well done. And for the third floor it will not rust. Maybe the fourth will be tightened.
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* "It is impossible to insult the truth" - a phrase from the movie "The very Munchhausen"
On the Day of Russia, Russia was noted for numerous actions. However, the attention of most media outlets was not honored with festive events that foster the spirit of patriotism and tell about stories of our country, about people who forged victories and worked for the good of the Fatherland. Attention was riveted to another action - the actions of our valiant oppositionists. Such is the tradition of the last time. This time the rally was held under the loud title “March against Executioners”, and gathered about 10 thousands of people who, under the symbols of the gay community, under the crossed out portraits of Putin, and in some places under the other, strolled around the capital. Instead of the 10 of thousands, the opposition itself, again according to tradition, counted three times more. Well, when people with rainbow flags walk behind you, covering their mini-gay parade with the term “march,” Yashin and Navalny could feel the pace of more than 30 thousands of “dissenters” with their fifth points ...
Apparently, the “executioners” against whom this gay march-throw was arranged, literally shook in their offices from the firm steps of the country's main logger and his thinning team with rainbow flags. Already the glasses were ringing ... And then the ardent leaders of the "dissenters" dispersed to restaurants, from where they responded with a sense of accomplishment to the patrons of their disagreement. Watering machines drove down the street. A curtain. But then, from behind the curtain, Mr. Navalny reappears and announces the official nomination for the post of Moscow mayor. Ostap suffered ...
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And they don't care about logic at all. They are the main bark. Still paid. I had an unequivocal attitude to this trash from the very beginning. And most of the people who went after them at first, already understood all their "value" and scored on them. So there stayed with them homosexuals, lesbians, extremists, and paid bawlers ... Well, some scanty percentage of brainless people who have problems due to lack of education with logical thinking. This percentage also includes feminists ... they have always had difficulty with logic.
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And the forest industry re-educates them altogether.
The defense ministry asks the government to allow the weak-sighted and hard-of-hearing to be drafted into the army
The Russian government has been invited to consider a new provision on military medical expertise on the elimination of young people entering the army. If the standard is adopted, it will become even more difficult to “deviate” from the army with the help of some diagnoses.
This provision implies the mitigation of individual requirements for hearing and vision impairment that can be corrected. According to this provision, with the highly changed nature of the service lately, many "work differently from 10 years ago." "For example, modern methods of correction of visual impairment to minus two allow the soldier to work at a computer, to do the work of a programmer," ITAR-TASS quoted the chief physician of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Alexander Fisun.
This innovation is designed to kill two birds with one stone: firstly, to fight with fake, visually impaired and deaf persons of military age, and, secondly, to increase the number of those who still replenish the Russian army. True, there is one important hitch. It is called the notorious word corruption. The Dokhtur, which was laid on its paw, will find other diseases in the draftee that may not allow him to pay the debt to the Motherland. "-10 on both eyes will suit you, son?" - "Yeah, uncle oculist." After all, we will not rust for such “dokhturami”. But there is not only "dokhtury." There are other interested in replenishing their own pockets gentlemen.
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"Kosarev" should be identified and called, kids so-called. "elite", those who help buy, and such for a longer service life, and not people with disabilities in health.
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I myself am like this, trochs are weak-sighted, so what? Thank God served, and not bad served. 26 calendar in the background. Yes, he served in connection. And there especially, and it was not necessary to have excellent vision. He even “fooled” to shoot from a machine gun well, not a sniper of course, but he scored well, even in a gas mask. So let them call, there will be someone a chance in life to go out in people.
Imaginary numbers "Oboronservisa"
The first defendants in the sensational case of Obornservice received convictions from the court. These gentlemen were Boris Miroshnikov (retired colonel of the Ministry of Defense) and Alexander Ambarov (retired colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs). Colonels, with the filing of another representative of the Serdyukovskoy battalion, "helped" to carry out transactions for the purchase and sale of "non-core" real estate of the Ministry of Defense. Through them, Ekaterina Smetanova received remuneration from businessmen for the purchase by these same businessmen of real estate at the Ministry of Defense with a substantial discount.
As a result, both Ambarov and Miroshnikov received a general-regime colony for 3,5. In addition, the court awarded them a fine of 300 thousand rubles from each. The relative mildness of the punishment is due to the fact that Miroshnikov and Ambarov immediately decided to make a deal with the investigation. It was after their long conversations with the investigators that the flywheel of the case concerning “Oboronservis” began to turn.
Of course, retired colonels are large figures for the Oboronservis case; it is - yes ... But the people are waiting for the doors of state-owned houses to open to several other gentlemen and ladies. And then the billionth of theft with 300-thousand fines somehow does not fit. After all, in order to repay the damage announced at the time before the Ministry of Defense solely with fines for a couple or three hundred thousand rubles, the courts will have to finally believe in the existence of imaginary numbers ...
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This story with Serdyukov is becoming more and more like a joke about the meeting of the German General Staff with Hitler and the arrival of Stirlitz with oranges, when everyone knows that Stirlitz is a Soviet intelligence officer, but if something happens, he will turn away - I WILL HAVE ORANGES. ...
The philosophy of the pastor president
The German President Joachim Gauck distinguished himself at the Potsdam Meeting forum held in Germany. He called on Russia to repent ...
According to Mr. Gauk, Russia has not repented for the "crimes of the Soviet regime." At the same time, the German president calls on Russia to take the example of Germany, which does not tire of repenting for its past, and at the same time, developing a new identity, unites the people.
Collective consciousness is formed not only by great victories and great injuries, but also by feelings of guilt, the president of the Federal Republic of Germany said.
Ahh, well done, this Gauk ... Continues to carry the pastoral word and convince us - unwashed and unclean - that we are incredibly lagging behind the progressive Germany spiritually. “Repent!” The German president calls us, “and you will have bright European happiness.” But Mr. Gauk (strangely) does not call for repentance, for example, Great Britain during the long years of colonial policy, the United States for bombarding Serb heads, for destroying hundreds of thousands of peaceful Iraqis, Afghans and Vietnamese. It does not call ... Apparently, the pastor’s word of President Gauk does not apply to these states, otherwise, he’s not, and there is no Joachim Gauk in the chair of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany ... A real righteous man, with a gay past, smoothly turned into a pastor’s present ...
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ABV:
The geo-Europeans are absolutely stunned, there are simply no words !!! Human arrogance and duplicity has no boundaries ...
Lewerlin53rus:
Something I doubt that Germany would now repent for their crimes, if not for the Soviet Union.
GP:
They were to be (repressions), but Russia should not apologize for them, especially before the world, and even more so before the Germans. In general, Stalin and repressions are exclusively a Russian topic, and the attitude towards it is what the attitude of the people towards Stalin’s personality is. That's what they are trying, jumping from their pants, to convince us that Stalin was a villain.
Denis-SF:
"President of Germany Joachim Gauck". Position strong, straight "King of g ... and a couple," in general, the meaning of the presidency in Germany? The agronomist of the airfield is more valuable, no?
Blowing his dick
The solemn ceremony of handing over passports took place on June 12 in the administration of the city of Raichikhinsk in the Amur Region. At the ceremony, seven schoolchildren received passports for the first time. This significant event was opened by the head of the city of Raychikhinsk Viktor Fedorovich Radchenko. He congratulated the children and their parents on the state holiday - the Day of Russia.
Then Yegor Zhumashevich Matveenko, a member of the United Russia Raychikhinsky branch of the WFP, blew his nose from the habit with one finger and suddenly said to the students: “Now you will receive documents certifying your Russian citizenship. Although you were citizens of Russia before that, it does not exist such a nationality as Russian. However, there is Russian citizenship. You have received this right by birth, while others, foreign citizens, take special examinations — many lengthy tedious procedures go. But now you have to many paths and roads are hidden ", - Yegor Matveenko told to the Far Eastern schoolchildren.
Blowing out with one finger during the solemn ceremony deputies from the ruling party, claiming that there is no Russian as a nation - on the day of Russia it is strong. Yegor Zhumashevich definitely prepared for the ceremony. Ur member! Hooray to the representative of the people in power! Why, at these rates, the next member will soon tell us that a state like Russia does not exist, and then declares that, he says, he made a reservation of excitement and a sense of patriotism that overflowed his soul.
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My address is:
And he didn’t get very excited at all. Simply, he is so clever and educated, for which he was taken to the party.
True:
There is no such profession - edinoros.
Such a peaceful Japan
The National Defense Council of the ruling party of Japan approved a draft reform of the armed forces, which aims to recreate a full-fledged army and fleet. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDPJ) proposes to carry out a large-scale reorganization of the armed forces, create a marine corps, increase the power of the air defense and missile defense systems, equip the army and navy with more effective offensive weapons, which will allow them to strike at bases of potential opponents. The National Defense Council approved the plan on May 30. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces, formed in 1954 from the National Security Forces created two years earlier, should be renamed the National Defense Army.
During the month, the document prepared by the LDPI will be reviewed by the government and it appears that there will be no serious objections. The proposal for a radical reform of the Armed Forces was prepared by ex-defense ministers Shigeru Ishiba and Gen Nakatani, members of the Liberal Democratic Party.
And here is another review of the outcome of the Second World War. "Peace-loving" Japan, apparently, again decides to back up its empire status with military perturbations. I wonder where this most recreated full-fledged Japanese army will begin to show its potentials. Did they really intend to knock out the “guests” from Okinawa? .. Well, that is unlikely. Rather, those very “guests” decided on the Japanese islands to reinforce the “amusing” shelves with the aim of picking around the disputed territories, such as: Senkaku or the South Kuriles. Napoleonic plans ...
Although by and large the Japanese self-defense force is a full-fledged army. We are talking only about changing the signboard and about calling things by their proper names. It remains to correct something in the constitution ...
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Vomag:
The strengthening of Japan in this region always and inevitably leads to one result - to WAR.
Sour:
Their constitution no longer matters.
Japan has the 6th military budget in the world, almost at the level of French and more than Indian or German. This is a lot for a country that is not part of any blocs and has no land borders with anyone. This is a lot. Aviation (including sea) - about 700 planes and helicopters, more than in Germany, and a little less than in the UK.
The total number of soldiers and reservists in Japan is greater than in the UK. Ground forces comprise 10 divisions and 18 individual brigades. Due to the call for the reserve of the 1 line, Japan can deploy 5 divisions in the 10-day period, for which both equipment, command personnel, and barracks are at the ready. There is still a reserve of the 2 queue.
The fleet is very powerful, the 2 helicopter carrier, the 43 of the destroyer class ship, the 18 submarines and the mass of smaller ships.
In Japan, the constitutional ban on the presence of armed forces has long been irrelevant.
Japan has the 6th military budget in the world, almost at the level of French and more than Indian or German. This is a lot for a country that is not part of any blocs and has no land borders with anyone. This is a lot. Aviation (including sea) - about 700 planes and helicopters, more than in Germany, and a little less than in the UK.
The total number of soldiers and reservists in Japan is greater than in the UK. Ground forces comprise 10 divisions and 18 individual brigades. Due to the call for the reserve of the 1 line, Japan can deploy 5 divisions in the 10-day period, for which both equipment, command personnel, and barracks are at the ready. There is still a reserve of the 2 queue.
The fleet is very powerful, the 2 helicopter carrier, the 43 of the destroyer class ship, the 18 submarines and the mass of smaller ships.
In Japan, the constitutional ban on the presence of armed forces has long been irrelevant.
Timhelmet:
Hde amerikokosy ???
It is necessary to impose sanctions !!! Sanctions are economic, political (Magnitsky-samurai's list), revolution is needed more than ever !!! Japan is completely insolent! There they began to produce chemical, biological, nuclear, space, kitchen, hot and cold. weapon!
And the level of the absence of same-sex marriage and the presence of Muslims is finally none.
Polundra!
It is necessary to impose sanctions !!! Sanctions are economic, political (Magnitsky-samurai's list), revolution is needed more than ever !!! Japan is completely insolent! There they began to produce chemical, biological, nuclear, space, kitchen, hot and cold. weapon!
And the level of the absence of same-sex marriage and the presence of Muslims is finally none.
Polundra!
As the Finns, Russian aircraft caught up
From Finland this week came information that allegedly Russian military aircraft violated the airspace of this small but proud country. And, as reported by the hot Finnish media: they violated once again ... Apparently, the Finns took the fashion to complain about the Russian “arrivals” from their Japanese colleagues, who overfly the Kuril Islands also called violation of their airspace. From the Russian Ministry of Defense quickly answered:
Russian military aircraft did not violate the airspace of Finland. “Aircraft of the ZVO did not violate the airspace of Finland in the Gulf of Finland. The flight of Tu-22 long-range aircraft and the Su-27 Su-XVUM accompanying them took place as part of the planned 11 June combat training,” said Vladimir Drobyshevsky, spokesman for the ZVO.
Ministry of Defense: Russian aircraft did not violate the airspace of Finland
If Karelia, the Murmansk and the western part of the Leningrad region consider the Finns to be their own territories, then there was a violation of the air borders — aaaaa-nechno ... But only at the same time Russia can respond to the Finnish side in response to any rise in the Finnish air. Finnish military aircraft, because, as you know, Finland was once entirely part of the Russian Empire. Or maybe the Finns themselves are asking for re-joining? .. And what to be asking for, when there are more Russians on weekends in Finland than the Finns themselves.
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GreatRussia:
Once again, the Finnish Ministry of Defense attempted to remind the world of its existence.
Kirgudum:
I wonder why the West howls about some unproved violation of someone’s borders by Russian airplanes, and stubbornly keeps silent about the proven Israeli repeated violation of the borders of sovereign Lebanon by Israel?
Vorobey:
Etoo pyylo past leet.
"Direct military support": how it is done in America
Karen DeYang and Ann Giran («The Washington Post»; source of translation - "InoSMI") report that the United States issued the following conclusion: the Syrian government used chemical weapons to kill at least a hundred people. Thus, the established “red line” was crossed. So, it's time for Obama to give the rebels "direct military support." This was started in the White House.
“The president said that the use of chemical weapons would change his calculations, and it changed them,” said Ben Rhodes, Deputy Advisor to the President of the United States on National Security, without extinguishing.
Mr. Rhodes, however, refused to provide information on the content and plans for sending military equipment to the “rebels”. He only noted that assistance from the United States would "respond to the needs," which were previously announced by opposition leaders.
It is known that the Syrian rebels claimed “needs” in the form of anti-tank and anti-aircraft equipment. “I can’t tell you about all types of this support for various reasons, but it will vary in size and scale,” Rhodes said vaguely.
He noted that Obama will discuss the details of the new supplies to Syria with his allies at the next G-8 summit in Northern Ireland. Russia will also take part in the meeting.
According to Rhodes, US officials provided Russia with “reliable” evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. It is reported that the Syrian authorities used sarin nerve gas on a small scale at least four times this year. At the same time there is no reliable evidence that the Syrian rebels themselves, as stated by President Assad, used chemical weapons, the White House said.
As transmits RIA News", head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, calls fabricated information on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. “The data on Asad’s use of chemical weapons were fabricated in the same place as Hussein’s lies about weapons of mass destruction. Obama is on the path of G. Bush, ”comrade Pushkov wrote in his microblogging on Twitter.
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Standard Oil
Interestingly, the Americans still have that test tube with flour for shaking at the UN and frightening Eurochomychik with a chemical weapon?
Alex45
Good afternoon!
It seems that the Americans still decide to attack Syria. Dependence is clearly traced: the more militants give up their positions, the more actively the Americans voice their positions with respect to Syria on the world stage. Most likely, only the supply of heavy weapons will not give the opportunity to change the situation in favor of the militants, therefore, not paying attention to all the veto imposed by Russia and China in the UN, the Americans with the British and the rest of the gang will still launch a rocket attack in the hope that Russia will not engage in open confrontation because of the hostilities outside its territory.
It seems that the Americans still decide to attack Syria. Dependence is clearly traced: the more militants give up their positions, the more actively the Americans voice their positions with respect to Syria on the world stage. Most likely, only the supply of heavy weapons will not give the opportunity to change the situation in favor of the militants, therefore, not paying attention to all the veto imposed by Russia and China in the UN, the Americans with the British and the rest of the gang will still launch a rocket attack in the hope that Russia will not engage in open confrontation because of the hostilities outside its territory.
Against whom the military skills are honed in Jordan
Some events of recent days make it possible to judge that the coalition of Western countries and the monarchies of the Persian Gulf is up to something in the Middle East. After the victory of the Syrian government troops in El Quseir and popular exultation there and after the militants of the "opposition" once again asked Washington for weapons, but more, and Barack Obama "did not rule out" the possibility of military assistance to the rebels, analysts began to speculate about ambulance "international" intervention in Syria. In large-scale exercises, started in Jordan, even the scenario of a chemical attack is being worked out.
9 June in Jordan started the military exercise "Eager Lion" "Impatient Lion" began. (Their name in the Russian-language press is also translated as “The Lion Prepares for a Jump” and “The Vigilant Lion”).
According to the resource Israelinfo.ru, armies of eighteen states are involved in these maneuvers: Jordan, USA, UK, Bahrain, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The exercise will last until June 21. Israel was not invited to them, writes the portal.
US forces are represented by a contingent of 4.500 troops. During the exercises, F-16 aircraft and Patriot complexes will be used.
As transmits "RT", from the side of Jordan, thousands of military 3 take part in the maneuvers. This writes "Al-Hayat." It is also reported that during the exercise will be worked out "non-standard military scenarios in the region," in particular, the interaction in the conditions of use of chemical weapons. Participants will also work out search and rescue operations and actions in the event of an influx of refugees, the release of areas and objects occupied by terrorists.
In addition, the leadership of Jordan asked the United States to leave part of the military equipment that will be used on the maneuvers. The official representative of the government of the country Mohammad Hussein al-Mumani told about this edition. Prime Minister Abdullah en-Nussur said "the interest of Jordan in strengthening its air defense forces."
Jordanian General Auni al-Adwan refuted the allegations that the teachings allegedly related to the situation in Syria. He noted that the maneuvers "are held in areas remote from the Syrian-Jordanian border."
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demon ada
Good knot wrapped. Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Israel, Qatar, UAE, Egypt.
orff
Notice that the end date is selected: 21 Jun.
After which NATO could intervene in the Chirian war, and spit on Jordan’s statements.
Why? Because 17-18 June 2013 of the year in Northern Ireland will host the G8 summit, where Obama and Putin will handle the situation. We make bets, gentlemen!
After which NATO could intervene in the Chirian war, and spit on Jordan’s statements.
Why? Because 17-18 June 2013 of the year in Northern Ireland will host the G8 summit, where Obama and Putin will handle the situation. We make bets, gentlemen!
"If President Putin has decided to enter his forces ..."
Last week, several events took place, which formed into links in a single chain. Militants in Syria have stated that the undemocratic troops of Bashar al-Assad are pushing them hard, and therefore they (militants) need military assistance from Western countries to maintain democracy in Syria. At the same time, American marines totaling 1000 arrived at the Jordanian-Syrian border. At the same time, Austria decided to withdraw its military contingent from the Golan Heights, anticipating that after the lifting of the EU embargo on the supply of weapons to the belligerents in Syria, the past 31 in May, it would be hot at these heights. Moscow took advantage of this, talking about overcoming the tension in the Golan by entering Russian peacekeepers there.
Israel gave Russia a response to the proposal to place Russian peacekeepers on the Golan Heights, but did not want to advertise it, said RIA News" Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel Zeev Elkin. “The position of Israel was openly and clearly expressed during a conversation between the leaders of the two states. There are things that are sometimes better to stay at this level, ”said Elkin, referring to Putin’s telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Then, on June 10, information spread that Israel was not against the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the Golan.
Anna Analbaeva, Ekaterina Yermakova ("Sight") cite expert opinion that it is easy to change the rate of 40-year-old forbidding Security Council members to send their peacekeepers there, and Israel itself is not against the deployment of Russian soldiers along its border with Syria. This was stated by the deputy head of the Israeli Ministry of Interior Faina Kirshenbaum, who arrived on a visit to Moscow.
“We heard that some countries decided to withdraw their peacekeepers because (they) were injured. We are very sorry, although there was an agreement that forces would remain there. If President Putin has decided to enter his forces, then I do not think that Israel will resist. We always want someone there to be in order to really monitor the situation, ”she told the Echo of Moscow radio station.
Martin Nesirki, the UN official (formerly opposed to the Russian peacekeepers), did not say anything to that, but the chairman of the Security Council, the British diplomat Mark Lyal Grant, admitted that it would be possible to implement the initiative of Russia if Israel and Syria agreed to it.
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Orel
I hope that we will regain our geopolitical influence, and we will not be forced out of the Middle East. The further the confrontation from our borders takes place, the more security will be in Russia itself. If our guys go to Syria, then they will protect not only the peace and security of this country, but also us. If you think more globally, it becomes clear. We in Syria will not be for prestige, but for our own safety.
Dimitry
The West, with its allies, is trying to squeeze out the entire peacekeeping contingent from the Golan Heights, with the goal of creating a safe zone just to shelter extremists in these territories (in fact, Syrian), and Israel will act as weapons and food. Therefore, periodic shelling of peacekeepers.
igor36
Gentlemen, there are no friends and enemies, there are common interests. Now the situation is developing in such a way that Assad is better for Israel than a gangster enclave, for Russia too, it means that it should be used.
Winners and losers
In the past not only that weeks, but already months, in the Western press began to write a lot about the geostrategic successes of Russia. Like, everything that the Kremlin does, with him, the Kremlin, passes brilliantly and consistently brought to life. On this festive background, the West itself looks unusually faded: analysts assign it the role of someone who, if not lost in geopolitics, has faded into the background. The frantic opponents of Russia have already begun to criticize the West.
Parisian Francois Hisbur in the fresh material posted on the pages of the column "Opinion" in "New York Times" (translation source - Mixednews.ru), writes bluntly that "Russian policy is accompanied by success, but the calculations and actions of the West have not justified themselves." The publicist is referring to the Syrian question. By the way, Hisbour cannot be attributed to the fans of Bashar Assad. In his article, he refers to the Syrian president as a “dictator”, his manner of government as “regime”, and his methods as “repression”.
The author believes that thanks to the military, political and diplomatic support provided by Russia to Syria, this very “regime of the Syrian dictator” did not fall, but the “repressions” continued. The author calls the United Nations Security Council "paralyzed." This is where the criticism of the West begins. The West, according to a French publicist, was unable to shape events on the ground.
The opposition in Syria is fragmented militarily and politically. The tone in it is set by the "ferocious jihadist elements." European jihad warriors, now operating there, may return home armed and trained - and new terrorist attacks will take place in the West.
Noting the success of the Russian geopolitical strategy (this is a taboo topic in the West), Francois Hisbour quickly declares it “short-lived”.
"President Vladimir Putin has forced to reckon with his opinion, and now in the interests of Russia he will cooperate with the West and help create the conditions for completing the bloodshed in Syria."
Very strange premise and completely absurd conclusion. It seems that the winner must begin to cooperate with the loser, but it will not be bad for him.
Why can Russia be bad?
Hisbur thinks that Russia will have to “deal with extremely grave consequences.”
It is impossible to understand this, until you come across the following statement in the material:
"The Kremlin, interested in preserving its long-term investment, seemed to make sense to stay on the right side of those in power in Syria."
All clear. In Syria, there is the right side, and there is the wrong one. Russia now supports the wrong. But when she begins to cooperate with the West, despite his geopolitical blunders, she will make the right decision. After all, the West is famous for its ability to distinguish the right from the wrong. Actually, the West has a monopoly on the difference between bad and good.
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Gari
“In the past not only that weeks, but already months, in the Western press began to write a lot about the geostrategic successes of Russia. They say that everything that the Kremlin does, with him, the Kremlin, passes brilliantly and consistently put into practice. ”
Good morning to everyone, and indeed in Syria it is, Syria lasted thanks to its leader and the people loving and loyal to their Homeland, and, of course, the allies who supported Syria on all visible and invisible fronts, and in the front ranks, of course, Russia.
I think that Russia with this has gained even more authority and respect throughout the Middle East.
It can be said for the first time and with such success!
Good morning to everyone, and indeed in Syria it is, Syria lasted thanks to its leader and the people loving and loyal to their Homeland, and, of course, the allies who supported Syria on all visible and invisible fronts, and in the front ranks, of course, Russia.
I think that Russia with this has gained even more authority and respect throughout the Middle East.
It can be said for the first time and with such success!
avant-garde
Squeak, creak your teeth, until you wipe them down to the very roots, we have to pound and rub it on it. You got used to it, everything should be according to them, but no, it's too early for you to write off Mother Russia. In the teeth, you still get if you do not erase them with anger and helplessness on the Syrian issue.
NATO has solid problems
In the foreseeable future, NATO will experience a significant lack of military capacity. As the German magazine Spiegel reported, the European allies in the matter of equipping their armies are not able to achieve the goals set for them, reports from Berlin correspondent ITAR-TASS Vyacheslav Filippov.
The German edition refers to the analytical document of NATO. It lists the planned projects of the alliance, most of which are marked in orange or red. This means that there are significant problems in their implementation. Less often in the document you can see items marked yellow (“moderate problems”).
There are no projects that are highlighted in green (“no difficulty”).
The document has 15 "problem areas", notes Spiegel.
During the operation in Libya, there was a shortage of certain types of military equipment, for example, high-precision weapons (guided missiles). Soon, NATO may face a shortage of systems designed to refuel combat aircraft in the air.
As Shpigel recalled, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers last Tuesday made it clear that the Pentagon can no longer cover the alliance’s needs in many areas, while European countries cannot fulfill their commitments.
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cartridge
And these problems at NATO will only increase! Let no doubt!
"I am ready to sacrifice everything ..."
Another undemocratic scandal erupted in the US, reminding citizens of the country that their homeland is a stronghold of totalitarianism and the patrimony of Big Brother. Information about the top secret program of the American special services called “PRISM”, aimed at a comprehensive collection of information about citizens through mobile television systems and the Internet, has come up. The first publications were published in the British newspaper The Guardian. Then the Washington Post connected, and the scandal went around the entire Internet. The main character of the scandal also showed up.
Correspondents The Guardian Ian MacAskill and Glenn Greenwald talked to Comrade Snowden, now in Hong Kong. The fighter for justice explained to journalists that the NSA had built a whole infrastructure that allows intercepting virtually all communications, and automatically. If I wanted, he remarked, to look at the email or calls of my wife, all I would have to do was use this interception technology. With it, you can get emails, passwords, telephone records, access to information on credit cards.
“I do not want to live in a society that does such things ... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. This is not something that I am ready to support or with which I am ready to live. ”
On the question of what will happen to him, Snowden answered concisely and sadly: "Nothing good."
According to him, he moved to Hong Kong because of the strong local traditions of free speech. The American said: “I think it’s really tragic that an American should go to a place that has the reputation of a less free country ... However, Hong Kong ... has strong traditions ... of freedom of speech."
The publication reminds that 29-year-old Snowden is a former technical assistant at the CIA. This person specifies that the NSA collects more digital information about America than about Russians.
To the question: “Did your family know what you were planning?” Snowden replied:
“No ... And now I’m most afraid that they’ll come for my family, my friends ... For any of those with whom I have a relationship ...”
He said that with this he would have to live the rest of his life. From now on, he is not going to communicate with them. The authorities will act aggressively against anyone who knows him.
In another article, Glenn Greenwald, Ian McAskill, and Laura Poitras (The Guardian) remind that Snowden - the person responsible for one of the most significant leaks in American political history - was not only a technical assistant at the CIA, but recently an employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, but for the past four years he worked with the National Agency security as an employee of various external contractors, including the mentioned “Booz Allen” and “Dell”.
"The Guardian" revealed his identity at his own request: "I have no intention to hide who I am, because I know that I have not done anything wrong."
In his own words, Snowden lived a “very comfortable life,” which included a salary of about 200.000 $ per year, a girlfriend with whom he shared a house in Hawaii, a stable career, and a family he loved.
“I’m ready to sacrifice everything, because I cannot, with a clear conscience, allow the US government to destroy the privacy, freedom of the Internet and the basic rights of people around the world with this powerful surveillance machine, created in secret.”
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Che
And for me, in Ameria there would be more people like Edward Snowden. The world would be better, and America would not be so much hated as it is now.
cartridge
Soviet Big Brother is just a dwarf compared to the American.
128mgb
Well, who then will say that the United States is not a police state?
Ironronin
After all these cases, sales of the book "1984" suddenly went up by 7000%. To be honest, I thought that all these news Only shaking the air about the disclosure of secret documents and will not change anything, but if you believe these figures, it means that it made people think about it.
PS Those who have not read it, be sure to read.
PS Those who have not read it, be sure to read.
Advanced and three-sex
The Supreme Court of Nepal decided to issue a new type of passport. In addition to men and women, people of the "third" sex will appear in the state - with the appropriate mark in the document, the channel reports "RT".
Back in January, the government of Nepal recognized the rights of representatives of non-traditional sexual orientations and transsexuals and started issuing new identity cards: they indicate not two, as before, but three sexes. So the government implemented the decision of the Supreme Court, which in 2007 year decided to legalize the "third" gender in the country.
However, the Nepalese decided to go further. They stated that identity cards are not enough. It is necessary to make changes to the passport. In addition, representatives of the "third" sex explained, the division of citizens only into men and women causes psychological discomfort in them.
The Supreme Court of Nepal agreed with them and decided to make another mark in the passports - for those who have not decided whether he is a man or a woman.
The Nepalese are convinced, reports "RT", that such changes are a big step forward in upholding human rights and building democracy.
Nepal is not the only country in the world where people of the third sex are “marked”. In the 2011 year, by completing a passport application form, Australian citizens were able to choose the gender of three options. In Australia, this horrible sex discrimination has long been absent. (Where did the third sex in Australia come from, is told in another article on “RT”: link for the curious).
But in the United States so far only two sexes. This state is far from Australia and Nepal. However, Barack Obama is doing everything he can.
He said the other day that he was counting on the early legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
“We don’t have to wait that long, because everywhere - from Minnesota to Maryland, from the Senate to the National Basketball Association - it’s noticeable that we are approaching a turning point. Heart and mind are changing, and the laws are changing too. Such changes do not start here in Washington, but they have the power that is very difficult for Washington to resist for a long time, ”Obama said at a reception in the White House in honor of LGBT people.
As the correspondent reminds. RIA "Novosti", now same-sex marriages legalized in the US 12 and in the metropolitan District of Columbia, in several states, the decision was made recently. Open gay men appeared in the senate and the NBA. A recent decision by the Supreme Court determined that gay marriage is governed by states, not federal law.
However, according to Obama, discrimination of same-sex relationships still persists in the United States, including at the legislative level: “In 34 states, you can only be dismissed for who you are and who you love. It is not right. We need to change this. A bipartisan bill is being promoted in the Senate that will ban discrimination against LGBT Americans in the workplace once and for all. We need to hold it, and I want to sign this bill. ”
Well, add on my own, and well done. And for the third floor it will not rust. Maybe the fourth will be tightened.
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Nevsky
In the "interesting" time we live, comrades ... It seems that an unspoken competition has begun, who will bury traditional values faster and steeper.
* "It is impossible to insult the truth" - a phrase from the movie "The very Munchhausen"
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