Geopolitical mosaic: in Italy they sell wine “My Fuhrer”, and the next “duck” about the death of Gorbachev appeared because of the Russians' hatred for him
Mr. Morell's insight. - Erdogan and smugglers. - Israel: a gesture of goodwill. - Russia and Iran understand each other. - Will the Ukrainian Beteera take the "third country"? - Fighting with jihadists in Egypt. - Where did the key currency come from? - How much they owe. - The return of the boomerang. - Emergency measures in Rome. - Adolf, Benito and Joseph. - The Germans are worried about the Chechens. - The Poles apologized to the Lithuanians. - “Poland and Japan have a lot in common ...” - The SS soldiers were solemnly reburied in the Lviv region. - "Savsem hot." - lover of gold pens. - About Rothschild. - Russia and China: friendship against the USA? - Armored cyborgs? It is outdated. - Russian "Iron Lady". “Americans are watching Russians right from the center of Moscow.” - Priority goals. - Except Yemen and Pakistan. - Equal responsibility. - Constructive negotiations. - McCain took a bad signal. - "Tired student." - Favorite horror story. “The reason is Putin, not Snowden.” - Will there be an answer? - Why rumors about the death of Gorbachev are popular in Russia.
Mr. Morell's insight. The world expert community continues to discuss the “epiphany” in the Syrian issue, the first deputy director of the CIA (now - the former) Michael Morell. He gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal, where he warned that the fall of the Assad government would create a tremendous threat to US national security. This tells Andrei Fedyashin ("Voice of Russia").
Mr. Morell said that the violence could spread from Syria to Iraq, Lebanon, Iran and other countries. According to him, the number of foreign fighters fighting on Al-Qaida’s side is growing in the country.
Many experts believe that the words of Morella reflect the views in the administration and the Congress of those who do not see the point in supporting the bloody gangs in Syria.
The general opinion in the expert community is this: as long as the Americans “do not step on the rake,” nothing can change.
Erdogan and smugglers. The deputy of the Turkish parliament from the opposition Republican People’s Party, Emine Ulker Tarkhan, confirmed that the government of Erdogan and the headquarters of the Turkish army are closing their eyes to the passage of thousands of armed members of the “Jebhat An-Nusra” across the Turkish-Syrian border and to smuggling weapons and ammunition to Syria, transmits SANA.
In a statement published on the Mahalif website, she stressed that tipping the border between countries is an international crime. The deputy noted that the leadership of the army does not pay attention to the transfer of more than three thousand terrorists from Turkey to Syria. She demanded that the Turkish Army General Staff explain why they are not taking action against these dangerous groups.
The Turkish newspaper Jumhuriyet writes that the decision of the Turkish government to close the Kushakli and Yalankoz checkpoints led to the entire border becoming a place for the illegal transfer of terrorists. The newspaper also indicated that everything stolen by terrorists from the Syrian people is sold in the Turkish bazaars.
Israel: A gesture of goodwill. Israeli ministers endorsed a list of Palestinian prisoners in 26: these people will be amnestied to give impetus to a renewed regional peace process, reports RIA News".
These prisoners will be the first group of 104 people whom the Israeli authorities will release early as a gesture of goodwill addressed to the Palestinian leadership. “The Ministerial Commission decided to release the Palestinian prisoners 26, whose names will be published tonight at www.ips.gov.il (Israel Prison Administration). Of these, 14 Palestinians will be sent to the Gaza Strip, and 12 to the West Bank, ”said a spokesman for the head of the Israeli government.
It is expected that under the amnesty will get the Palestinians who were in prisons of Israel earlier than 1993 of the year.
Russia and Iran understood each other. In the near future, Moscow and Tehran will sign an agreement on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Iran. This is reported by the local news agency MEHR, with reference to Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, reports "RT".
The message of the Iranian Foreign Ministry notes that the parties held consultations, during which it was decided to sign an agreement “on mutual understanding on the construction of a new nuclear power plant”. Salehi stressed that Iran needs nuclear energy to meet its electricity needs and medicine.
Will the Ukrainian Beteera take the "third country"? The owner of the vessel "Se Pacifica" with 42 Ukrainian BTR for the army of Iraq on board, which Baghdad does not accept, is going to unload the equipment in the port of a third country. It is reported by Konstantin Zelfanov ("New Region") with reference to the "Duma".
The information came from the Odessa representative of the shipowner “White Whale Shipping” Alexander Varvarenko. According to him, on the shore of the arrest of the arrest. If Ukraine does not pay for idle time, armored vehicles will be sold out by court decision.
Varvarenko added that the shipowner is negotiating with India. She is likely to become a “third country.”
Fighting with jihadists in Egypt. Dozens of militants radical groups eliminated and captured as a result of an air strike of the Egyptian military in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, reports "RT" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Intensive attacks on the positions of extremists struck three helicopters of the Armed Forces of Egypt. Terrorists actively resisted.
Following the air strikes, ground forces launched an offensive against the jihadist bases.
As recalled by "RT", the Egyptian army earlier went on the trail of militants involved in the killing of border guards in Rafah a year ago.
The pursued armed group was also implicated in the abduction on the peninsula in May 2013 of seven Egyptian security forces, who were released after negotiations.
In addition, as stated by the representative of the armed forces, the militants planned attacks on military personnel, police and civilians.
Where did the key currency come from? Egon von Greyrz, founder of Matterhorn Asset Management in Switzerland, in an interview Erik kingu (translation source - Mixednews.ru) spoke about the frightening reality that arose before the world of the West.
However, now the United States survived to decline. The country stopped producing and started borrowing, as well as printing money.
Over the past hundred years, the American currency has lost 99% value. It is important to note that the state cannot maintain the status of its currency as a reserve currency, since its currency loses 99 percent of value. The American dollar, according to the interviewee, is “living its last days.”
In the USA, Egon von Greyrc recalls, 50 has millions of people on ration cards, and Washington is trying to convince everyone that unemployment in the country has dropped from 7,5 to 7,4 percent.
US deficiencies continue to grow. It took Benu Bernanke to accomplish the “debt feat” only seven years to “achieve the same thing that the country has achieved in 200 years”.
How much they owe. Leading American economists say that the US government debt is much more than official sources say. Read more about this in the material of the correspondent. "RT" Katie Pilbim.
If, according to official data, the size of US government debt is more than 16 trillion. dollars, then, according to research at the University of California, the US debt is 70 trillion. If the official debt size is equal to the cost of Apple's 40, then the unofficial amount of government debt equals Apple's 165.
But the former economic adviser to President Reagan, Professor Kotlikoff, is confident that we should be talking about 211 trillion. dollars of debt (equivalent to the cost of Apple's 500).
The return of the boomerang. The economic turmoil that led to rising unemployment in many countries did not go unnoticed. Today, a generation of young people in Europe and America is returning to live with their parents, reports Kseniya Melnikova ("Voice of Russia").
Psychologists call these “returned” children “boomerangs”. They could not find a job that would allow them to pay for their studies and rent apartments.
If earlier teenagers started to live separately in the USA from 18 years, now young people are either not in a hurry to leave their parental home, or they want to return there. Instead of tightening their belts and solving their financial problems on their own, “boomerangs” return to their fathers and mothers.
Candidate of psychological sciences, director of the center for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis Alina Timoshkina says: “More infantile youth seeks to return to the parental family and live side by side, to use parental resources, so comfortable and convenient for them”.
A similar situation exists in Europe. In 2013, in the Old World, parents moved to 10-15% more young people than in the past - approximately 50 million people. These are mainly “young adults” - people between the ages of 25 and 34.
About 90% of percent of Spaniards and Portuguese, 70% of Germans, 60% of Englishmen, Poles and Italians live with their parents today.
Emergency measures in Rome. Rome is taking emergency measures to ensure security in connection with the statements of the American authorities about the increased threat of terrorist acts, reports "Russian newspaper" with reference to the RIA "News».
Special attention is paid to the security of foreign diplomatic missions and a number of other important facilities located in the city. The main focus is on the territory near the embassies of the United States, Britain, Spain and other EU countries. Police and sappers conduct inspections until the sewer manhole inspection.
Adolf, Benito and Joseph. In Italy, a scandal arose because of wine. On the label of the bottles there is a swastika, a portrait of Hitler and the inscription: “My Fuhrer”. Bottles with Mussolini and Stalin are also available.
This wine is produced by a small winery in Rimini. The products there are called "historical series ”and“ comic gift ”.
How to transmit "Vesti", not everyone understood the humor: several tourists turned to the police. The Simon Wiesenthal Center made a statement accusing Italians of mocking the victims of Nazism.
But the owner of the brand, says he does not understand, because of what the fuss. Last year, the authorities tried to prohibit him from selling “Nazi” wine in court, but nothing happened: the vintner did not violate Italian laws.
The Germans are worried about the Chechens. The German government is concerned about the influx of immigrants from the Chechen Republic. Reports about it "Russian newspaper" with reference to "Die Welt".
There are about two hundred followers of Doku Umarov in Germany. Many of them are radical.
The leader of the North Caucasian militants in a video message urged to disrupt the Olympic Games in Sochi. The German side fears that the preparation of the terrorist attack at the Olympics may be carried out in Germany.
The Poles apologized to the Lithuanians. In Poland, they apologized for the insulting poster that appeared on the stadium in Poznan during the recent match with the Lithuanian team. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to Delfi.lt.
With an apology made by the information portal lepszypoznan.pl (Poznan). In a statement published on the website, it is noted: “Lithuanians, we apologize for this banner! A handful of football hooligans stand behind him, and the absolute majority of Poznan’s residents do not agree with that. ”
The incident in question occurred on August 8. The local “Lech” and the Vilnius “Zalgiris” played in Poznan. During the match, Polish fans unfolded a huge poster with the words “Litewski chamie, klęknij przed polskim panem” (“Lithuanian ham, kneel before the Polish pan”).
It is noted that earlier, when the same teams played in Vilnius, Polish fans who arrived there chanted “We are home” and “Vilnius Polish.”
"Poland and Japan have a lot in common ..." “Poland and Japan have a lot in common, in particular, we have a common neighbor in the person of the Russian Federation and a common ally - the United States,” said Polish Minister of National Defense Tomash Semonyak during a visit to the ships of the Japanese Navy, which arrived in Gdynia on an official visit. The visit of the Japanese ships to Poland marks the beginning of military-technical cooperation between the two countries, says Nikolai Astrovsky ("Military-political review").
As the head of the Polish Defense Ministry said, Poland and Japan plan to cooperate in the military sphere in four areas: the navy, missile defense, the air force, and cyber security.
In the Lviv region solemnly reburied the SS. Svetlana Maksimenko reports ("Voice of Russia"), in the Lviv region, the remains of a half dozen SS soldiers who fought in the “Galichina” division were solemnly reburied. Coffins covered with state flags. These supporters of Hitler otpili in the church. The ceremony participants stood there in SS uniform and with MP machine guns. After the funeral, the former Bandera and Cossacks in trousers joined the procession.
The local poet Theodore Kukuruza read a speech in the cemetery. The commander of the guard of honor disguised himself spoke German.
Lviv veterans filed an application to the prosecutor. They want to find out who allowed the former fascists to be buried with military honors and with budget funds.
"Savsem hot." Kim Jong-un acknowledged that he “went too far” in relations with the United States and South Korea when he provoked the crisis on the Korean Peninsula. These words of the leader of the North Korean people were voiced during a conversation with the representative of China on July 27. This writes Oleg Kiryanov ("Russian newspaper") with reference to the South Korean newspaper "Kunmin Ilbo".
“At the beginning of this year, we got a little bit excited about South Korea and the United States. We cannot abandon a tough policy against Washington, but lately we mention the possibility of nuclear war much less often, ”he described his country's policy at the beginning of the year and is now Kim Jong-un talking to Chinese officials who accepted 27 in July participation in events dedicated to the 60 anniversary since the signing of the Armistice Agreement in the Korean War.
A lover of gold pens. Former commander of the US 8 Army in Korea, Major General Joseph Phil Jr. was convicted of violating the rules of conduct and corruption, demoted and fired, writes Oleg Kiryanov ("Russian newspaper"). The facts, discovered a year ago, “surfaced” just now. This was reported by the South Korean edition of Coreia Times, citing a publication in the Washington Post.
Phil led the 8 Army, which constitutes the “core” of the American contingent in South Korea, from February 2008 to November 2010. During this time, as the Pentagon investigators found out, the general received from the “Korean friend” expensive Mont Blanc gold pens worth 1500 dollars, a company bag and other gifts totaling 2000 dollars. In addition, a member of the family of the general received 3000 dollars from a "good friend."
Apparently, Phil and previously drove a "profitable" friendship with the Koreans. He began serving in Korea with the rank of lieutenant general, but in August 2012, he was demoted to major general.
About Rothschild. The government of Peru appealed to Israel for the extradition of arms dealer Moshe Rothschild. This person is suspected of bribing officials in order to advance a deal to supply the Peruvian army with 36 MiG-29 and Su-25 aircraft from Belarus for 402 million dollars, reports newsru.co.il with reference to "La Republica".
According to the Peruvian prosecutor's office, Rothschild acted during the reign of Alberto Fujimori, who was forced to flee to Japan from corruption charges in 2000 year. The authorities suspect that in order to advance the deal, Rothschild, a former Israeli Air Force pilot, bribed Peru’s intelligence chief at the time of Fujimori Vladimiro Montesinos.
Commenting on the extradition request, Peru’s Prime Minister Juan Jimenez stated that he hoped for the principle of reciprocity (thus hinting at the extradition of bribe-taking judge Dan Cohen who had fled to Peru).
There is no extradition treaty between Israel and Peru. However, after several years of negotiations, Lima agreed to extradite Cohen.
Russia and China: friendship against the USA? In the article "Russia and China may converge to the detriment of the United States" ("The Financial Times", Great Britain; translation source - "InoSMI") Jeff Dyer and Courtney Weaver write that next month the leaders of G20 will gather in St. Petersburg, and many people will observe the behavior of Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, who “insulted the Russian leader this week by refusing to hold a separate meeting in Moscow” . At the same time, the cameras will track how Mr. Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will behave.
If today the Obama administration reduces the level of interaction with Russia, then tomorrow this approach may have unintended consequences: Russia and China may become closer.
The article also notes that internal forces are pressing on Mr. Obama, demanding that he toughen his position on Putin. Yes, and Obama himself admitted in an interview with Jay Leno that the next Winter Olympics, which is to be held in Russia, can increase tensions between countries. Why? And because, referring to the Russian laws on homosexuality, the US president said that he "does not tolerate" countries that "oppress" gays and lesbians.
Armored cyborgs? It is outdated. The Foundation for Advanced Studies, created under the patronage of the Deputy Prime Minister and curator of the Russian defense industry Dmitry Rogozin, outlined the creation of a “soldier of the future” equipment as a priority. About this tells Ilya Abishev (“Russian service“ BBC ”).
A spokesman for the foundation said in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper: “Today, the prevailing opinion among military specialists is that in the future a soldier should look like an armored cyborg armed to the teeth in an exoskeleton. We adhere to a different concept, which involves taking the person as far as possible in combat conditions out of the enemy’s fire destruction zone and endowing it with the control functions of the robotic devices fighting for it ”.
The main developer of the project will be the Kurchatov Institute. The fund allocates 170 mln. Rub. To finance the research under the program “Soldier of the Future”.
“The fund accumulates money received from various sources, and then finances those projects that the advisory body of the fund recognizes worthy of attention. Now we are working on building a system so that the civil organizations financed by the foundation and the relevant defense organizations move in parallel, complementing each other, but without unnecessary duplication, ”military expert Ilya Kramnik told BBC.
Russian "Iron Lady". The head of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children 58-year-old Elena Mizulina intends to "knock out" from the Russians what, in her opinion and the opinion of the church, indicates immorality. Obviously, writes "Bild", she is guaranteed success. A review of the material in the German newspaper is given on "InoTV".
Mizulina looks like a sensible lady - similar to the strict director of a boarding school, the article notes. Mizulina oversees discipline in the country and teaches Russian citizens morality. Russian critics call it "inquisitors." However, the actions of Mizulina outraged the West.
However, the majority of Russians who hold conservative views and are Putin’s main electorate, the “iron lady-educator” course is encouraging, the newspaper said. “This conservatism is presented as the exact opposite of what is happening in the Kremlin’s perusal in the West - the mockery that threatens Russian society as well,” the article says.
Salvation of Russia, according to Bild, sees Mizulina in the fight against homosexuality and in strengthening the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in family politics. MP - supporter of the introduction of a tax on divorce. The last sentence, the newspaper notes, came to the State Duma just when V. Putin announced his decision to part with his wife.
Americans follow the Russians right from the center of Moscow. One of the servers of the American surveillance system for Internet users is probably located in Moscow. Write about it "Vesti" with reference to "Vedomosti".
The named edition points to the presentation of the US NSA from 2008 of the year, which was published by The Guardian on July 31. “It turns out that the American espionage infrastructure is located right in Moscow: in the presentation there is a map of finding 700 servers of the global system of total surveillance of any Internet users called“ XKeyscore ”. These servers are located in the 150 countries of the world, even in Kiev and Beijing, ”the Russian agency Interfax quotes a source.
Priority goals. Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are priorities for the American NSA, according to the German magazine Spiegel.
The publication was able to get acquainted with the list of "intelligence priorities", dated April 2013. This document, among other journalists, was previously reported by Edward Snowden, notes correspondent RIA "News" Semyon Nekhoroshkin.
An important object for the NSA is the European Union.
There are countries whose espionage is taboo. There are four of them: Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. These countries are the "true friends" of the United States; open intelligence sharing with them.
Except Yemen and Pakistan. As transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry ZlodorevThe United States resumed work in almost all of its diplomatic missions.
“All missions are open. The only exception is the embassy in Yemen and the consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore, ”said a spokeswoman for the US foreign affairs agency. According to her, "at the moment it is not known when these missions will resume work."
Equal responsibility. Russia and the United States bear equal responsibility to the world community for the prevention of coercive methods in resolving crises. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, opening Russian-American negotiations in the "two plus two" format in Washington, writes "RT" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“We have a common responsibility for preventing the non-proliferation of the WMD non-proliferation regime, for a peaceful settlement of crises, without attempts by the world community to impose coercive methods,” Lavrov said. He added that Moscow and Washington are unanimous in convening the Geneva-2 conference. "In Syria, our position is one, to achieve a transfer of the situation to the political mainstream, to convene a conference" Geneva, "said the minister.
Constructive negotiations. How long will the pause in relations between Russia and the United States, the need for which Barack Obama announced? Experts from both the Russian and American sides suggested: not for long. Evgeny Shestakov reflects on this ("Russian newspaper").
White House spokesman Jay Carney described the two-plus-two talks in Washington as constructive. Sergei Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel participated in the talks.
Asked about Obama’s personal relationship with Putin, Carney said that, contrary to some statements, they are “not bad.” According to him, the conversations between the leaders are always "frank and direct, often they are constructive."
Earlier, Obama said that he intends to take a pause in relations with Russia - without any clarification. Interestingly, on Sunday, the US president went on vacation. His vacation will last until August 18. Is it a pause?
McCain took a bad signal. The granting of asylum to Russia by Snowden testifies to the poor state of relations between Moscow and Washington. Such an opinion was expressed on Fox News by John McCain, correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Zlodorev.
"Obviously, Russia's granting asylum to Snowden is an indicator of extremely poor relations between the United States and Russia," he said.
The senator acknowledged that "many Americans, especially young ones, view Snowden as some kind of exposer." The legislator is confident that Snowden inflicted damage to the United States.
Corr. ITAR-TASS recalls that Edward Snowden should appear in court and defend his point of view if he considers himself to be right. This was stated by Barack Obama.
"Tired student". The words of the US President about the need to “take a pause” in relations with Russia unpleasantly struck Moscow. A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant, expressed regret that the American leader was “wound up” to such an extent that he “became personal”, reports newsru.com.
Last Friday, Obama, in addition to the pause proposal, said that, under President Medvedev, the relationship had made great progress, but the anti-American rhetoric had increased with Putin’s return. The President of the United States acknowledged that differences between the United States and Russia will persist.
Regarding relations with Putin, Obama explained that they “are not bad,” but “sometimes it seems that Putin looks like he is sitting in a chair lounging, like a tired schoolboy in the back row.”
“Obama has become personal, which is absolutely unacceptable,” a source told Kommersant. - He said that it is necessary to follow the situation in the Russian Federation. What to watch? It would be better to come and talk with us. ”
Sources of the publication close to the State Department stressed that the “pause” will be lifted only when Moscow gives up on the most acute issues of cooperation.
Favorite horror story. “Today, Russia is the most beloved American horror story. The anti-gay laws passed there and the unwillingness to participate in our interference in the affairs of Syria have nothing to do with it, ”Justin Raimondo, an Antiwar.com journalist, quoted as saying "RT".
The journalist recalls that Qatar, with whom the United States cooperates to supply Syrian "rebels", executes homosexuals, Saudi Arabia does the same. However, American diplomats and the media are not satisfied with this hype. According to Raimondo, the problem for the United States is Snowden.
It is curious that giving him asylum gave many Americans an excuse to reproach Putin for… strengthening authoritarianism. Raimondo considers such statements absurd. In his opinion, the “authoritarian” Putin did not betray Snowden to the United States, because the CIA denouncer became for Russians a symbol of freedom from state surveillance. “Even a tyrant must make some concessions to public opinion,” said Raimondo.
The journalist is sure: there is no foreign policy, and all the actions of the ruling elite of any state pursue a single goal: preserving and increasing their own power. Raimondo writes: “Therefore, forget about all the important issues that Washington and the Kremlin should decide between themselves. The scheduled summit was canceled because Putin put Obama’s political reputation inside the United States under threat. ”
The reason is Putin, not Snowden. According to The Daily Telegraph, not Snowden, but Putin is the main reason for the “pause” in the reboot. It was with Putin, and not with his predecessor Medvedev, that Obama had a poorly developed relationship, cites the opinion of the author of the article, David Blair, "InoTV".
After all, the Kremlin was intractable in the Syrian issue. Under Putin, the Moscow office of USAID was closed. Again, under Putin, a law was passed prohibiting American families from adopting Russian children. (To this list, it would be necessary to add an “anti-anti-law” law, against which Obama objected).
However, the final break in relations is not to be said. Russia is still helping the American forces in Afghanistan.
As the author of the article suggests, one of the misconceptions of the Cold War is the idea that Russia opposes America on an equal footing.
"But in reality, the United States surpasses Russia in all possible parameters of a superpower." The US economy is 8 times the Russian one, dependent on oil and gas. Armed with Russia - the largest nuclear arsenal, but the Russian warheads are quickly becoming obsolete. According to the military unit, the journalist says, the United States is far ahead of Russia.
Putin understands all this well, and therefore, the journalist believes, is at enmity with the United States "within acceptable limits."
In addition, the Russian president is full of worries in domestic politics. To solve them, he resorts to the “old method: he blames the Western powers for all the troubles. This is exactly what Putin is doing: he exposes America to a cunning and immoral enemy who dreams of overthrowing Russia and lashing her oil and gas. ”
Therefore, Putin needs to maintain a tense relationship with America - but still not so tense as to cause a final break.
One of the drawbacks of Obama’s "reset" policy is, the author notes, that she allowed Putin to "pull the superpower by the tail with impunity."
Will there be an answer? The topic of Putin’s possible response to Obama’s attack is devoted to a review of Western media from "Foreign Press".
Time magazine commentator Simon Schuster writes that Obama's refusal to come to a meeting with Putin on the eve of the G20 summit is covered in the Russian media quite modestly. Putin did not respond to Obama's backing.
As for the Kremlin’s critics, some have welcomed the demarche of the American president.
"I am glad that Obama is finally showing firmness towards Putin," said Garry Kasparov.
The Washington Post published an article by Mikhail Kasyanov, the leader of the Parnassus party. Kasyanov welcomed the cancellation of Obama’s personal meeting with Putin and hopes that at the St. Petersburg summit, the US president "can reinforce this powerful signal by loudly speaking out against Russian officials involved in electoral fraud and malicious propaganda and persecution of civil society activists."
In Kasyanov’s view, Russian-American strife reached a peak in the entire post-Soviet period. “The American tactic of appeasing” has exhausted itself: it is not only ineffective, but also deals “collateral damage”, including political and civil liberties in Russia. According to Kasyanov, the United States will benefit more than lose from the new position. Washington will demonstrate loyalty to its principles, especially through support for the persecuted Russian champions of freedom and democracy.
The history of Snowden, who found refuge in Russia, recalls the times when Soviet dissidents chose freedom in the West. Today we live in a world turned upside down, according to Le Figaro columnist Pierre Rousselen.
Barack Obama will not go to Moscow to meet with Putin, who openly laughs at him. The drama of the situation is that everyone wonders which of the two leaders is more caricature, the journalist said. Is America really so afraid of the leaks of a small computer geek that it was necessary to land the plane of the Bolivian president? Does Putin really have to be so unbearable? - the author of the article asks questions.
But David Endelman, editor-in-chief of the World Policy Journal, believes that Edward Snowden should find the courage and surrender to the US authorities. Endelman writes about this in an article for USA Today. This Snowden gave a direct reason to cancel the meeting of the presidents of the United States and Russia, and he could eliminate it.
The author draws an analogy with the story of Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon’s consultant, who transmitted The Pentagon Documents in 1971 year to The New York Times (they described the dirty story of US involvement in the Vietnam War). Ellsberg surrendered to the American authorities and was subsequently acquitted. Snowden could have gone this way, Endelman said.
Why rumors about the death of Gorbachev are popular in Russia? It is not for the first time that rumors are spreading about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, Spiegel writes (the source of the material is "InoTV").
On Wednesday, RIA Novosti reported on the death of Gorbachev. However, it turned out: the information is false. The state news agency was ashamed of this mistake, emphasizes the German edition; the agency is justified by a hacker attack.
The last Soviet ruler "died" quite often. Once information about the death of M.S. appeared even in the "Wikipedia".
Why do Russians hate Gorbachev so much? The politician himself believes that political circles are behind the dissemination of false information. He doesn't think he is hated.
But the Internet says the opposite, the journalist continues. News of the death of Gorbachev was accompanied by numerous comments, full of political contempt, bullying and insults.
Many reviewers believe that Mikhail Sergeevich acted on orders from the United States, and therefore they call him a traitor. Someone claims that Gorbachev is richer than Abramovich. Still others wish to move his rink. The following save up saliva: getting ready to spit on his coffin.
From the comments the German journalist understood: the Russian people cannot forgive Gorbachev for the collapse of the USSR.
We must add to this: he understood everything correctly.
Mr. Morell's insight. The world expert community continues to discuss the “epiphany” in the Syrian issue, the first deputy director of the CIA (now - the former) Michael Morell. He gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal, where he warned that the fall of the Assad government would create a tremendous threat to US national security. This tells Andrei Fedyashin ("Voice of Russia").
Mr. Morell said that the violence could spread from Syria to Iraq, Lebanon, Iran and other countries. According to him, the number of foreign fighters fighting on Al-Qaida’s side is growing in the country.
Many experts believe that the words of Morella reflect the views in the administration and the Congress of those who do not see the point in supporting the bloody gangs in Syria.
The general opinion in the expert community is this: as long as the Americans “do not step on the rake,” nothing can change.
Erdogan and smugglers. The deputy of the Turkish parliament from the opposition Republican People’s Party, Emine Ulker Tarkhan, confirmed that the government of Erdogan and the headquarters of the Turkish army are closing their eyes to the passage of thousands of armed members of the “Jebhat An-Nusra” across the Turkish-Syrian border and to smuggling weapons and ammunition to Syria, transmits SANA.
In a statement published on the Mahalif website, she stressed that tipping the border between countries is an international crime. The deputy noted that the leadership of the army does not pay attention to the transfer of more than three thousand terrorists from Turkey to Syria. She demanded that the Turkish Army General Staff explain why they are not taking action against these dangerous groups.
The Turkish newspaper Jumhuriyet writes that the decision of the Turkish government to close the Kushakli and Yalankoz checkpoints led to the entire border becoming a place for the illegal transfer of terrorists. The newspaper also indicated that everything stolen by terrorists from the Syrian people is sold in the Turkish bazaars.
Israel: A gesture of goodwill. Israeli ministers endorsed a list of Palestinian prisoners in 26: these people will be amnestied to give impetus to a renewed regional peace process, reports RIA News".
These prisoners will be the first group of 104 people whom the Israeli authorities will release early as a gesture of goodwill addressed to the Palestinian leadership. “The Ministerial Commission decided to release the Palestinian prisoners 26, whose names will be published tonight at www.ips.gov.il (Israel Prison Administration). Of these, 14 Palestinians will be sent to the Gaza Strip, and 12 to the West Bank, ”said a spokesman for the head of the Israeli government.
It is expected that under the amnesty will get the Palestinians who were in prisons of Israel earlier than 1993 of the year.
Russia and Iran understood each other. In the near future, Moscow and Tehran will sign an agreement on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Iran. This is reported by the local news agency MEHR, with reference to Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, reports "RT".
The message of the Iranian Foreign Ministry notes that the parties held consultations, during which it was decided to sign an agreement “on mutual understanding on the construction of a new nuclear power plant”. Salehi stressed that Iran needs nuclear energy to meet its electricity needs and medicine.
Will the Ukrainian Beteera take the "third country"? The owner of the vessel "Se Pacifica" with 42 Ukrainian BTR for the army of Iraq on board, which Baghdad does not accept, is going to unload the equipment in the port of a third country. It is reported by Konstantin Zelfanov ("New Region") with reference to the "Duma".
The information came from the Odessa representative of the shipowner “White Whale Shipping” Alexander Varvarenko. According to him, on the shore of the arrest of the arrest. If Ukraine does not pay for idle time, armored vehicles will be sold out by court decision.
Varvarenko added that the shipowner is negotiating with India. She is likely to become a “third country.”
Fighting with jihadists in Egypt. Dozens of militants radical groups eliminated and captured as a result of an air strike of the Egyptian military in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, reports "RT" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Intensive attacks on the positions of extremists struck three helicopters of the Armed Forces of Egypt. Terrorists actively resisted.
Following the air strikes, ground forces launched an offensive against the jihadist bases.
As recalled by "RT", the Egyptian army earlier went on the trail of militants involved in the killing of border guards in Rafah a year ago.
The pursued armed group was also implicated in the abduction on the peninsula in May 2013 of seven Egyptian security forces, who were released after negotiations.
In addition, as stated by the representative of the armed forces, the militants planned attacks on military personnel, police and civilians.
Where did the key currency come from? Egon von Greyrz, founder of Matterhorn Asset Management in Switzerland, in an interview Erik kingu (translation source - Mixednews.ru) spoke about the frightening reality that arose before the world of the West.
“I inspected the status of a reserve currency of a number of countries over the past few hundred years, and if you look at the beginning of 1400's, there were six countries that had a currency with a reserve status. Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, and now the United States, all of them, at one time or another, possessed reserve currencies.
They all had colonies that they plundered. In the case of Portugal and Spain, they grabbed a lot of gold from Latin America, so they lived well for quite a long time ...
In the case of the United States, the situation is unique, because this country did not grow on invasions and robbery of other countries. In fact, the United States at some point were themselves a colony. But the United States had vast natural resources, and the people consisted of very resourceful immigrants. ”
They all had colonies that they plundered. In the case of Portugal and Spain, they grabbed a lot of gold from Latin America, so they lived well for quite a long time ...
In the case of the United States, the situation is unique, because this country did not grow on invasions and robbery of other countries. In fact, the United States at some point were themselves a colony. But the United States had vast natural resources, and the people consisted of very resourceful immigrants. ”
However, now the United States survived to decline. The country stopped producing and started borrowing, as well as printing money.
Over the past hundred years, the American currency has lost 99% value. It is important to note that the state cannot maintain the status of its currency as a reserve currency, since its currency loses 99 percent of value. The American dollar, according to the interviewee, is “living its last days.”
“The US federal debt is now 17 trillions of dollars. So the US is now not only printing debt bonds at unprecedented speed, but also buying their debts themselves, because no one wants to buy them. If you include unsecured liabilities, then the United States now has an incredible $ 230 trillion debt that will never be paid. A debt that will not be repaid is worth nothing. ”
In the USA, Egon von Greyrc recalls, 50 has millions of people on ration cards, and Washington is trying to convince everyone that unemployment in the country has dropped from 7,5 to 7,4 percent.
US deficiencies continue to grow. It took Benu Bernanke to accomplish the “debt feat” only seven years to “achieve the same thing that the country has achieved in 200 years”.
How much they owe. Leading American economists say that the US government debt is much more than official sources say. Read more about this in the material of the correspondent. "RT" Katie Pilbim.
If, according to official data, the size of US government debt is more than 16 trillion. dollars, then, according to research at the University of California, the US debt is 70 trillion. If the official debt size is equal to the cost of Apple's 40, then the unofficial amount of government debt equals Apple's 165.
But the former economic adviser to President Reagan, Professor Kotlikoff, is confident that we should be talking about 211 trillion. dollars of debt (equivalent to the cost of Apple's 500).
The return of the boomerang. The economic turmoil that led to rising unemployment in many countries did not go unnoticed. Today, a generation of young people in Europe and America is returning to live with their parents, reports Kseniya Melnikova ("Voice of Russia").
Psychologists call these “returned” children “boomerangs”. They could not find a job that would allow them to pay for their studies and rent apartments.
If earlier teenagers started to live separately in the USA from 18 years, now young people are either not in a hurry to leave their parental home, or they want to return there. Instead of tightening their belts and solving their financial problems on their own, “boomerangs” return to their fathers and mothers.
Candidate of psychological sciences, director of the center for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis Alina Timoshkina says: “More infantile youth seeks to return to the parental family and live side by side, to use parental resources, so comfortable and convenient for them”.
A similar situation exists in Europe. In 2013, in the Old World, parents moved to 10-15% more young people than in the past - approximately 50 million people. These are mainly “young adults” - people between the ages of 25 and 34.
About 90% of percent of Spaniards and Portuguese, 70% of Germans, 60% of Englishmen, Poles and Italians live with their parents today.
Emergency measures in Rome. Rome is taking emergency measures to ensure security in connection with the statements of the American authorities about the increased threat of terrorist acts, reports "Russian newspaper" with reference to the RIA "News».
Special attention is paid to the security of foreign diplomatic missions and a number of other important facilities located in the city. The main focus is on the territory near the embassies of the United States, Britain, Spain and other EU countries. Police and sappers conduct inspections until the sewer manhole inspection.
Adolf, Benito and Joseph. In Italy, a scandal arose because of wine. On the label of the bottles there is a swastika, a portrait of Hitler and the inscription: “My Fuhrer”. Bottles with Mussolini and Stalin are also available.
This wine is produced by a small winery in Rimini. The products there are called "historical series ”and“ comic gift ”.
How to transmit "Vesti", not everyone understood the humor: several tourists turned to the police. The Simon Wiesenthal Center made a statement accusing Italians of mocking the victims of Nazism.
But the owner of the brand, says he does not understand, because of what the fuss. Last year, the authorities tried to prohibit him from selling “Nazi” wine in court, but nothing happened: the vintner did not violate Italian laws.
The Germans are worried about the Chechens. The German government is concerned about the influx of immigrants from the Chechen Republic. Reports about it "Russian newspaper" with reference to "Die Welt".
There are about two hundred followers of Doku Umarov in Germany. Many of them are radical.
The leader of the North Caucasian militants in a video message urged to disrupt the Olympic Games in Sochi. The German side fears that the preparation of the terrorist attack at the Olympics may be carried out in Germany.
The Poles apologized to the Lithuanians. In Poland, they apologized for the insulting poster that appeared on the stadium in Poznan during the recent match with the Lithuanian team. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to Delfi.lt.
With an apology made by the information portal lepszypoznan.pl (Poznan). In a statement published on the website, it is noted: “Lithuanians, we apologize for this banner! A handful of football hooligans stand behind him, and the absolute majority of Poznan’s residents do not agree with that. ”
The incident in question occurred on August 8. The local “Lech” and the Vilnius “Zalgiris” played in Poznan. During the match, Polish fans unfolded a huge poster with the words “Litewski chamie, klęknij przed polskim panem” (“Lithuanian ham, kneel before the Polish pan”).
It is noted that earlier, when the same teams played in Vilnius, Polish fans who arrived there chanted “We are home” and “Vilnius Polish.”
"Poland and Japan have a lot in common ..." “Poland and Japan have a lot in common, in particular, we have a common neighbor in the person of the Russian Federation and a common ally - the United States,” said Polish Minister of National Defense Tomash Semonyak during a visit to the ships of the Japanese Navy, which arrived in Gdynia on an official visit. The visit of the Japanese ships to Poland marks the beginning of military-technical cooperation between the two countries, says Nikolai Astrovsky ("Military-political review").
As the head of the Polish Defense Ministry said, Poland and Japan plan to cooperate in the military sphere in four areas: the navy, missile defense, the air force, and cyber security.
In the Lviv region solemnly reburied the SS. Svetlana Maksimenko reports ("Voice of Russia"), in the Lviv region, the remains of a half dozen SS soldiers who fought in the “Galichina” division were solemnly reburied. Coffins covered with state flags. These supporters of Hitler otpili in the church. The ceremony participants stood there in SS uniform and with MP machine guns. After the funeral, the former Bandera and Cossacks in trousers joined the procession.
The local poet Theodore Kukuruza read a speech in the cemetery. The commander of the guard of honor disguised himself spoke German.
Lviv veterans filed an application to the prosecutor. They want to find out who allowed the former fascists to be buried with military honors and with budget funds.
"Savsem hot." Kim Jong-un acknowledged that he “went too far” in relations with the United States and South Korea when he provoked the crisis on the Korean Peninsula. These words of the leader of the North Korean people were voiced during a conversation with the representative of China on July 27. This writes Oleg Kiryanov ("Russian newspaper") with reference to the South Korean newspaper "Kunmin Ilbo".
“At the beginning of this year, we got a little bit excited about South Korea and the United States. We cannot abandon a tough policy against Washington, but lately we mention the possibility of nuclear war much less often, ”he described his country's policy at the beginning of the year and is now Kim Jong-un talking to Chinese officials who accepted 27 in July participation in events dedicated to the 60 anniversary since the signing of the Armistice Agreement in the Korean War.
A lover of gold pens. Former commander of the US 8 Army in Korea, Major General Joseph Phil Jr. was convicted of violating the rules of conduct and corruption, demoted and fired, writes Oleg Kiryanov ("Russian newspaper"). The facts, discovered a year ago, “surfaced” just now. This was reported by the South Korean edition of Coreia Times, citing a publication in the Washington Post.
Phil led the 8 Army, which constitutes the “core” of the American contingent in South Korea, from February 2008 to November 2010. During this time, as the Pentagon investigators found out, the general received from the “Korean friend” expensive Mont Blanc gold pens worth 1500 dollars, a company bag and other gifts totaling 2000 dollars. In addition, a member of the family of the general received 3000 dollars from a "good friend."
Apparently, Phil and previously drove a "profitable" friendship with the Koreans. He began serving in Korea with the rank of lieutenant general, but in August 2012, he was demoted to major general.
About Rothschild. The government of Peru appealed to Israel for the extradition of arms dealer Moshe Rothschild. This person is suspected of bribing officials in order to advance a deal to supply the Peruvian army with 36 MiG-29 and Su-25 aircraft from Belarus for 402 million dollars, reports newsru.co.il with reference to "La Republica".
According to the Peruvian prosecutor's office, Rothschild acted during the reign of Alberto Fujimori, who was forced to flee to Japan from corruption charges in 2000 year. The authorities suspect that in order to advance the deal, Rothschild, a former Israeli Air Force pilot, bribed Peru’s intelligence chief at the time of Fujimori Vladimiro Montesinos.
Commenting on the extradition request, Peru’s Prime Minister Juan Jimenez stated that he hoped for the principle of reciprocity (thus hinting at the extradition of bribe-taking judge Dan Cohen who had fled to Peru).
There is no extradition treaty between Israel and Peru. However, after several years of negotiations, Lima agreed to extradite Cohen.
Russia and China: friendship against the USA? In the article "Russia and China may converge to the detriment of the United States" ("The Financial Times", Great Britain; translation source - "InoSMI") Jeff Dyer and Courtney Weaver write that next month the leaders of G20 will gather in St. Petersburg, and many people will observe the behavior of Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, who “insulted the Russian leader this week by refusing to hold a separate meeting in Moscow” . At the same time, the cameras will track how Mr. Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will behave.
If today the Obama administration reduces the level of interaction with Russia, then tomorrow this approach may have unintended consequences: Russia and China may become closer.
The article also notes that internal forces are pressing on Mr. Obama, demanding that he toughen his position on Putin. Yes, and Obama himself admitted in an interview with Jay Leno that the next Winter Olympics, which is to be held in Russia, can increase tensions between countries. Why? And because, referring to the Russian laws on homosexuality, the US president said that he "does not tolerate" countries that "oppress" gays and lesbians.
Armored cyborgs? It is outdated. The Foundation for Advanced Studies, created under the patronage of the Deputy Prime Minister and curator of the Russian defense industry Dmitry Rogozin, outlined the creation of a “soldier of the future” equipment as a priority. About this tells Ilya Abishev (“Russian service“ BBC ”).
A spokesman for the foundation said in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper: “Today, the prevailing opinion among military specialists is that in the future a soldier should look like an armored cyborg armed to the teeth in an exoskeleton. We adhere to a different concept, which involves taking the person as far as possible in combat conditions out of the enemy’s fire destruction zone and endowing it with the control functions of the robotic devices fighting for it ”.
The main developer of the project will be the Kurchatov Institute. The fund allocates 170 mln. Rub. To finance the research under the program “Soldier of the Future”.
“The fund accumulates money received from various sources, and then finances those projects that the advisory body of the fund recognizes worthy of attention. Now we are working on building a system so that the civil organizations financed by the foundation and the relevant defense organizations move in parallel, complementing each other, but without unnecessary duplication, ”military expert Ilya Kramnik told BBC.
Russian "Iron Lady". The head of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children 58-year-old Elena Mizulina intends to "knock out" from the Russians what, in her opinion and the opinion of the church, indicates immorality. Obviously, writes "Bild", she is guaranteed success. A review of the material in the German newspaper is given on "InoTV".
Mizulina looks like a sensible lady - similar to the strict director of a boarding school, the article notes. Mizulina oversees discipline in the country and teaches Russian citizens morality. Russian critics call it "inquisitors." However, the actions of Mizulina outraged the West.
However, the majority of Russians who hold conservative views and are Putin’s main electorate, the “iron lady-educator” course is encouraging, the newspaper said. “This conservatism is presented as the exact opposite of what is happening in the Kremlin’s perusal in the West - the mockery that threatens Russian society as well,” the article says.
Salvation of Russia, according to Bild, sees Mizulina in the fight against homosexuality and in strengthening the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in family politics. MP - supporter of the introduction of a tax on divorce. The last sentence, the newspaper notes, came to the State Duma just when V. Putin announced his decision to part with his wife.
Americans follow the Russians right from the center of Moscow. One of the servers of the American surveillance system for Internet users is probably located in Moscow. Write about it "Vesti" with reference to "Vedomosti".
The named edition points to the presentation of the US NSA from 2008 of the year, which was published by The Guardian on July 31. “It turns out that the American espionage infrastructure is located right in Moscow: in the presentation there is a map of finding 700 servers of the global system of total surveillance of any Internet users called“ XKeyscore ”. These servers are located in the 150 countries of the world, even in Kiev and Beijing, ”the Russian agency Interfax quotes a source.
Priority goals. Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are priorities for the American NSA, according to the German magazine Spiegel.
The publication was able to get acquainted with the list of "intelligence priorities", dated April 2013. This document, among other journalists, was previously reported by Edward Snowden, notes correspondent RIA "News" Semyon Nekhoroshkin.
An important object for the NSA is the European Union.
There are countries whose espionage is taboo. There are four of them: Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. These countries are the "true friends" of the United States; open intelligence sharing with them.
Except Yemen and Pakistan. As transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry ZlodorevThe United States resumed work in almost all of its diplomatic missions.
“All missions are open. The only exception is the embassy in Yemen and the consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore, ”said a spokeswoman for the US foreign affairs agency. According to her, "at the moment it is not known when these missions will resume work."
Equal responsibility. Russia and the United States bear equal responsibility to the world community for the prevention of coercive methods in resolving crises. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, opening Russian-American negotiations in the "two plus two" format in Washington, writes "RT" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“We have a common responsibility for preventing the non-proliferation of the WMD non-proliferation regime, for a peaceful settlement of crises, without attempts by the world community to impose coercive methods,” Lavrov said. He added that Moscow and Washington are unanimous in convening the Geneva-2 conference. "In Syria, our position is one, to achieve a transfer of the situation to the political mainstream, to convene a conference" Geneva, "said the minister.
Constructive negotiations. How long will the pause in relations between Russia and the United States, the need for which Barack Obama announced? Experts from both the Russian and American sides suggested: not for long. Evgeny Shestakov reflects on this ("Russian newspaper").
White House spokesman Jay Carney described the two-plus-two talks in Washington as constructive. Sergei Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel participated in the talks.
Asked about Obama’s personal relationship with Putin, Carney said that, contrary to some statements, they are “not bad.” According to him, the conversations between the leaders are always "frank and direct, often they are constructive."
Earlier, Obama said that he intends to take a pause in relations with Russia - without any clarification. Interestingly, on Sunday, the US president went on vacation. His vacation will last until August 18. Is it a pause?
McCain took a bad signal. The granting of asylum to Russia by Snowden testifies to the poor state of relations between Moscow and Washington. Such an opinion was expressed on Fox News by John McCain, correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Zlodorev.
"Obviously, Russia's granting asylum to Snowden is an indicator of extremely poor relations between the United States and Russia," he said.
The senator acknowledged that "many Americans, especially young ones, view Snowden as some kind of exposer." The legislator is confident that Snowden inflicted damage to the United States.
Corr. ITAR-TASS recalls that Edward Snowden should appear in court and defend his point of view if he considers himself to be right. This was stated by Barack Obama.
"Tired student". The words of the US President about the need to “take a pause” in relations with Russia unpleasantly struck Moscow. A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant, expressed regret that the American leader was “wound up” to such an extent that he “became personal”, reports newsru.com.
Last Friday, Obama, in addition to the pause proposal, said that, under President Medvedev, the relationship had made great progress, but the anti-American rhetoric had increased with Putin’s return. The President of the United States acknowledged that differences between the United States and Russia will persist.
Regarding relations with Putin, Obama explained that they “are not bad,” but “sometimes it seems that Putin looks like he is sitting in a chair lounging, like a tired schoolboy in the back row.”
“Obama has become personal, which is absolutely unacceptable,” a source told Kommersant. - He said that it is necessary to follow the situation in the Russian Federation. What to watch? It would be better to come and talk with us. ”
Sources of the publication close to the State Department stressed that the “pause” will be lifted only when Moscow gives up on the most acute issues of cooperation.
Favorite horror story. “Today, Russia is the most beloved American horror story. The anti-gay laws passed there and the unwillingness to participate in our interference in the affairs of Syria have nothing to do with it, ”Justin Raimondo, an Antiwar.com journalist, quoted as saying "RT".
The journalist recalls that Qatar, with whom the United States cooperates to supply Syrian "rebels", executes homosexuals, Saudi Arabia does the same. However, American diplomats and the media are not satisfied with this hype. According to Raimondo, the problem for the United States is Snowden.
It is curious that giving him asylum gave many Americans an excuse to reproach Putin for… strengthening authoritarianism. Raimondo considers such statements absurd. In his opinion, the “authoritarian” Putin did not betray Snowden to the United States, because the CIA denouncer became for Russians a symbol of freedom from state surveillance. “Even a tyrant must make some concessions to public opinion,” said Raimondo.
The journalist is sure: there is no foreign policy, and all the actions of the ruling elite of any state pursue a single goal: preserving and increasing their own power. Raimondo writes: “Therefore, forget about all the important issues that Washington and the Kremlin should decide between themselves. The scheduled summit was canceled because Putin put Obama’s political reputation inside the United States under threat. ”
The reason is Putin, not Snowden. According to The Daily Telegraph, not Snowden, but Putin is the main reason for the “pause” in the reboot. It was with Putin, and not with his predecessor Medvedev, that Obama had a poorly developed relationship, cites the opinion of the author of the article, David Blair, "InoTV".
After all, the Kremlin was intractable in the Syrian issue. Under Putin, the Moscow office of USAID was closed. Again, under Putin, a law was passed prohibiting American families from adopting Russian children. (To this list, it would be necessary to add an “anti-anti-law” law, against which Obama objected).
However, the final break in relations is not to be said. Russia is still helping the American forces in Afghanistan.
As the author of the article suggests, one of the misconceptions of the Cold War is the idea that Russia opposes America on an equal footing.
"But in reality, the United States surpasses Russia in all possible parameters of a superpower." The US economy is 8 times the Russian one, dependent on oil and gas. Armed with Russia - the largest nuclear arsenal, but the Russian warheads are quickly becoming obsolete. According to the military unit, the journalist says, the United States is far ahead of Russia.
Putin understands all this well, and therefore, the journalist believes, is at enmity with the United States "within acceptable limits."
In addition, the Russian president is full of worries in domestic politics. To solve them, he resorts to the “old method: he blames the Western powers for all the troubles. This is exactly what Putin is doing: he exposes America to a cunning and immoral enemy who dreams of overthrowing Russia and lashing her oil and gas. ”
Therefore, Putin needs to maintain a tense relationship with America - but still not so tense as to cause a final break.
One of the drawbacks of Obama’s "reset" policy is, the author notes, that she allowed Putin to "pull the superpower by the tail with impunity."
Will there be an answer? The topic of Putin’s possible response to Obama’s attack is devoted to a review of Western media from "Foreign Press".
Time magazine commentator Simon Schuster writes that Obama's refusal to come to a meeting with Putin on the eve of the G20 summit is covered in the Russian media quite modestly. Putin did not respond to Obama's backing.
As for the Kremlin’s critics, some have welcomed the demarche of the American president.
"I am glad that Obama is finally showing firmness towards Putin," said Garry Kasparov.
The Washington Post published an article by Mikhail Kasyanov, the leader of the Parnassus party. Kasyanov welcomed the cancellation of Obama’s personal meeting with Putin and hopes that at the St. Petersburg summit, the US president "can reinforce this powerful signal by loudly speaking out against Russian officials involved in electoral fraud and malicious propaganda and persecution of civil society activists."
In Kasyanov’s view, Russian-American strife reached a peak in the entire post-Soviet period. “The American tactic of appeasing” has exhausted itself: it is not only ineffective, but also deals “collateral damage”, including political and civil liberties in Russia. According to Kasyanov, the United States will benefit more than lose from the new position. Washington will demonstrate loyalty to its principles, especially through support for the persecuted Russian champions of freedom and democracy.
The history of Snowden, who found refuge in Russia, recalls the times when Soviet dissidents chose freedom in the West. Today we live in a world turned upside down, according to Le Figaro columnist Pierre Rousselen.
Barack Obama will not go to Moscow to meet with Putin, who openly laughs at him. The drama of the situation is that everyone wonders which of the two leaders is more caricature, the journalist said. Is America really so afraid of the leaks of a small computer geek that it was necessary to land the plane of the Bolivian president? Does Putin really have to be so unbearable? - the author of the article asks questions.
But David Endelman, editor-in-chief of the World Policy Journal, believes that Edward Snowden should find the courage and surrender to the US authorities. Endelman writes about this in an article for USA Today. This Snowden gave a direct reason to cancel the meeting of the presidents of the United States and Russia, and he could eliminate it.
The author draws an analogy with the story of Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon’s consultant, who transmitted The Pentagon Documents in 1971 year to The New York Times (they described the dirty story of US involvement in the Vietnam War). Ellsberg surrendered to the American authorities and was subsequently acquitted. Snowden could have gone this way, Endelman said.
Why rumors about the death of Gorbachev are popular in Russia? It is not for the first time that rumors are spreading about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, Spiegel writes (the source of the material is "InoTV").
On Wednesday, RIA Novosti reported on the death of Gorbachev. However, it turned out: the information is false. The state news agency was ashamed of this mistake, emphasizes the German edition; the agency is justified by a hacker attack.
The last Soviet ruler "died" quite often. Once information about the death of M.S. appeared even in the "Wikipedia".
Why do Russians hate Gorbachev so much? The politician himself believes that political circles are behind the dissemination of false information. He doesn't think he is hated.
But the Internet says the opposite, the journalist continues. News of the death of Gorbachev was accompanied by numerous comments, full of political contempt, bullying and insults.
Many reviewers believe that Mikhail Sergeevich acted on orders from the United States, and therefore they call him a traitor. Someone claims that Gorbachev is richer than Abramovich. Still others wish to move his rink. The following save up saliva: getting ready to spit on his coffin.
From the comments the German journalist understood: the Russian people cannot forgive Gorbachev for the collapse of the USSR.
We must add to this: he understood everything correctly.
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