Geopolitical mosaic: Western journalists discovered Machiavelli in the service of Putin, and Obama was advised to take an example from Don Corleone
The Obama administration "is lying less professionally than its predecessors." Syria has agreed to place its chemical control under international control. weapon "In response to the initiative of Russia, and not because of the fear of American aggressive threats." This was stated by Bashar Asad in an interview with the Russia 24 channel, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Zelenin.
According to Comrade Assad, Syria has taken such a step as to “not participate in the new insane war, which the militaristic circles in the United States have thought to unleash in the Middle East.”
As the Syrian president noted, "the peoples of the region, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq, are still paying for American adventures." But Russia, further said Asad, "confirmed that it is a great power on which one can count, and therefore we accepted its proposal."
The President of the SAR drew attention to the fact that "in Washington they did not provide convincing evidence of their accusations against Damascus." According to him, the United States used to use propaganda tricks to justify its wars in the time of George W. Bush. “This is what happened to 10 years ago with Iraq, when Secretary of State Colin Powell accused Baghdad of producing weapons of mass destruction, but later it turned out that it was a lie,” the Syrian president recalled.
According to Assad, the Obama administration "is lying less professionally than its predecessors." "This time they could not convince even their allies with a lie," said Assad.
The case, perhaps, not only in a lie, we add from myself. The fact is that the Allies have neither money nor votes in parliament to sponsor the US-Saudi-Qatar geopolitical adventures.
International law for the USA? This is not serious. A spokesman for US President Jay Carney called frivolous the question of whether the United States consider themselves obliged to comply with international law. The controversy on this topic arose at a briefing for journalists at the White House when discussing Vladimir Putin’s article in the New York Times, writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Shitov. (By the way, this article is commented on "Military Review" here).
The Washington political establishment accepted the appeal of Putin with indignation. Carney told reporters from the presidential pool that, from the point of view of democratic rights and freedoms, Russia cannot be compared with the United States, which is truly an exceptional country in this regard.
Putin, in his article, challenged the concept of American "exclusivity." Meanwhile, the concept of universal equality before the law is perhaps the cornerstone of American democracy. Therefore, the correspondent. ITAR-TASS and asked Obama's press secretary to clarify: do Washington consider everyone to be equal before the current international law and whether this applies to the United States.
But the reporter did not hear a direct answer.
Karni talked about the fact that “Russia has blocked numerous resolutions on the responsibility of Assad in the UN Security Council,” and about the US disagreement with this approach. When asked to clearly say, "Are the United States above the law: yes or no," Carney replied: "This is generally not even a serious question."
How Putin "insulted the mental abilities" of Americans. In the article “Putin’s Appeal to Americans Caused Criticism” ("The Wall Street Journal", USA; source of translation - "InoSMI") William Moldin writes that the Russian president struck at the American political debate by writing an article in which he opposed intervention in Syria.
Senator John McCain responded as follows: Twitter said that the Russian president’s column was “an insult to the mental abilities of every American.”
And Senator Robert Menendec told CNN that he was "sick" from reading the article.
The White House also made a statement: they say that Putin is “isolated and alone” in the opinion that the rebels are to blame for the attack.
The author of the article in the Wall Street Journal notes that Putin, with varying degrees of success, managed to fine-tune his statements for various audiences: from patriotic Russians to foreign investors and political leaders.
In order to improve the image of the Russian leader in the United States, the journalist writes further, in 2006, the Kremlin hired the New York PR company Ketchum. Moscow and its Gazprom have since paid the company almost 50 million dollars (data obtained by the Wall Street Journal from the US Department of Justice under the law on registration of foreign agents).
The current Putin article was written by him and transmitted on Wednesday to The New York Times on his behalf by Ketchum. This was reported by the representative of the company.
Obama's Russian dance. The American president is experiencing a serious crisis of confidence both at home and abroad. Recent years have shown that the president is "tired" and that he is "politically untenable," writes the Daily Mail (the source of the short translation is "InoTV"). Obama’s behavior is evidence of his weakness and indecision. And Obama himself, or rather his foreign policy, is to blame.
Barack has ruined the Syrian conflict. In 2011, Obama announced that Assad must leave. At that time, it seemed that the Syrian regime would collapse on its own. But not collapsed. Obama apparently did not draw conclusions, add on my own.
In 2012, the American president allowed himself a far more short-sighted remark: he said that by using chemical weapons, the Syrian government would cross the “red line”.
At the same time, Obama did not want to drag his country into a war, according to the Daily Mail. Against military incursions were the American military.
In July, 2013, in Syria, a tragedy occurred: in the suburbs of Damascus, people died - presumably from sarin. Obama's advisers persuaded the president to deliver at least a demonstrative blow in order to preserve America’s reputation. Going to the G20 summit, Obama hoped to gain international support - but he failed here too.
And now there was an initiative from Putin: the president of Russia proposed to take the gun of Assad under international control. The head of the United States has no choice but to agree to this step, that is, “to dance to Putin’s tune,” writes the publication.
Thanks to the "nightmarish" Moscow. Gideon Levy ("Haaretz"; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") says “spasibo” to Moscow - for saving the United States from themselves and for preventing war.
"Mother Russia (this time without the" Stalin-father ") saved the world from unnecessary war," - said the observer. Not Russian intervention, so another senseless bombing would have taken place in the Middle East, and American contractors would have to restore the destroyed one. The journalist concludes: “The old world, in which the United States did everything it pleases — waged a futile war in Iraq and useless in Afghanistan — is heading towards its end.”
Welcome to a world where there are several superpowers. True, "Russia is too weak, besides it is rotten from the inside," but "the Russians lifted their heads, the Chinese started off, and the Indians, perhaps, follow them." The author continues: "We were told that the USSR is an instigator of war, and the United States strives for peace." Why, only twenty years later, the hegemony of the United States in the Middle East does not even smell of peace.
The author notes: “The return of Russia is not quite a good news". In Russia, “a very dubious regime, a corrupt economy, and a nightmarish human rights situation.” But this country will become at least some kind of counterweight to the power of the United States.
Obama should send Putin flowers. As for Israel, it “should not frown either every time a war or the bombing of Arabs is prevented in the region, and tell Russia spasibo.”
The focus of Russian diplomacy. Veronica Dorman ("Libération"; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") calls Comrade Lavrov "Machiavelli in the service of Putin."
“Russian diplomacy is he,” writes the Libération correspondent about Sergey Lavrov, who has been building Russian relations with the world for ten years.
It was he who moved the Syrian file off the ground. Lavrov achieved the consent of Assad to abandon chemical weapons.
"Lavrov is one of the professional Russian politicians who got into the diplomatic sphere at the end of 1960-s immediately after studying at MGIMO," the publication says. "In total, the 63-year-old polyglot (he knows English, French, Sinhala and can even explain in Arabic) spent 20 years abroad, of which 15 is in the USA, so he knows everything about America."
“It’s not at all like Putin, sophisticated, cunning and diplomatic Lavrov nevertheless is absolutely devoted to the Russian president,” the journalist said. That must be why Lavrov didn’t have a relationship with Medvedev. The minister has always been against Putin's successor in 2011, allowing the West to conduct an operation against Libya. For Lavrov, this “moment of weakness” symbolized treason against the principles of non-intervention, which he values.
Second round. Anastasia Popova ("Vesti") writes that the second round of talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will take place in Geneva today.
The main issue is the plan for the transfer of Syrian chemical weapons under international control. UN Special Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi should join the discussion.
Ban Ki Moon welcomes Syria. The UN Secretary-General on Thursday welcomed Syria’s announcement of joining the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. This was reported by the press service of the United Nations, transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Oleg Zelenin.
“The Secretary General welcomes this development and, being the depositary of the Convention, notes that he has been calling for all countries to join it for a long time,” the UN press service noted. Ban Ki-moon hopes that “taking into account recent events,” the negotiations in Geneva “will lead to the earliest possible agreement” on the chemical disarmament of the SAR.
The Secretary General confirmed that he had received a letter from the Syrian authorities with an obligation to follow the provisions of the convention until its entry into force in the country.
Deputy Representative of the Secretary General Farhan Haq explained the correspondent. ITAR-TASS that the statement made by the United Nations should not be regarded as recognition of the SAR as a full-fledged party to this convention: “It takes time for lawyers to examine the letter and determine whether it is possible to draw conclusions from it about the country's accession to the convention”.
It is noted that before the UN CAS at the UN, Bashar Jaafari said that his country "has become a full member of the Convention."
LAS supported the proposal of Russia. In Cairo on Wednesday, an emergency meeting of the General Council of the League of Arab States at the level of permanent representatives, writes "Russian newspaper" with reference to RIA "News".
The participants made a statement on the support of the Russian proposal: “The Arab League Council confirms that it intends to continue, as it has done before, to welcome all initiatives that could serve to resolve the Syrian crisis. The Council, having carefully studied the Russian proposal, hopes that it will allow to take the necessary measures so that the world community can fulfill the will of the Syrian people and preserve their unity and sovereignty according to the map worked out at the Geneva Conference. ”
Syrian opposition made an offer to Barack Obama. The head of the Syrian opposition National Coordination Committee, Hayesam Mana, said that the opposition had offered to give Syria’s chemical weapons to Russian control until the formation of a transitional government, reports RIA News".
“We proposed to give chemical weapons under the supervision of Russia before the formation of a transitional government,” said Mana in a live broadcast on the Lebanese television channel Al-Mayadin.
“We realized that Obama had to find a way out of the impasse in which he had set himself,” said Mana.
Netanyahu approved the decision of Assad. Israeli Prime Minister believes that the leadership of Syria should be deprived of all stocks of chemical weapons. His words leads MIGnews.com.
According to Netanyahu, this should be a lesson for Iran. The prime minister added that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would be considered incitement by the Islamic Republic.
Their sponsor - MIC. After the US Senate Foreign Policy Committee 10 supported a strike on Syria with a vote against 7, an analysis of the financing of senators' election campaigns showed that the vote was based on the scale of donations from the military-industrial corporations. This tells fbii.org.
Each of the ten senators who supported the “shock” resolution on Syria received, on average, 72580 $ from military-industrial corporations in the form of donations to the 2007 and 2012 campaigns. And the seven senators who opposed received on average only 39770 $, the Daily Mail newspaper reported.
Most of the money from the defense industry lobbyists received: John McCain (176300 $), as well as Democratic Senators Dick Durbin (127350 $) and Tim Kane (101050 $). Of course, this trinity supported the strike on Syria.
Republicans Jim Rish and Rand Paul, as well as Democrats Tom Udale and Ron Johnson received the least. They rejected the plan of military operations against Syria.
London again helped the Syrian opposition. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that London had allocated more than 20 million pounds (about 31,5 million dollars) to help the Syrian opposition.
“We have allocated more than 20 million pounds in the framework of non-military assistance to the Syrian opposition. Mostly, the funds went to the equipment necessary to save lives, "said Haig, speaking in the House of Commons of the Parliament, reports "Sight" with reference to RIA "News".
“This is water treatment equipment, generators, communication equipment, which provides people with the opportunity to learn about attacks from the regime, body armor - this kind of thing. So, given our humanitarian work, we can say that the UK is one of the key countries helping to save lives in Syria, ”the minister added.
Peaceful al-Qaeda. Keith Daniels (infowars.com; source of translation - "Inoforum") analyzed the Obama speech from 10 September. According to the analyst, the US president hinted that the Syrian opposition, the majority of which are al-Qaeda militants, "just wants to live in peace, with dignity and freedom."
During the speech, Obama insisted on the US entering the Syrian civil war on the side of those rebels controlled by Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida affiliate in Iraq. “The majority of the Syrian people - including the Syrian opposition, with which we cooperate - just want to live in peace, with dignity and freedom,” said the president.
According to the journalist, over the past years, when the Front became the most equipped and funded opposition, the tales about the Free Syrian Army were discarded.
Amazing next door. Andrei Kamenetsky ("But") analyzed the US response to the peace initiative of the Russian Foreign Ministry to transfer the Syrian chemical arsenal under international control.
There are several main points among the comments and articles in the media.
The first is that Putin and, in general, Russians are not believed: “Putin as a peacemaker looks extremely doubtful.” Other authors urge readers to "give the world / Russian a chance", although they are perplexed: "the Russian dictator, the enemy of freedom and all the best, for some reason offered peace."
Curiously, many commentators celebrate diplomatic success ... Obama. Others attribute the peace initiative to him and to John Kerry. The raisin is that not destroyers would be with rockets, so there would be no peace initiative. Therefore, the American president is an honored peacemaker.
History will remember him as the key architect of the resolution of this highly explosive situation. President Obama is the closest to this superhero that our country has. It is noteworthy that as soon as President Obama took his seat, the popularity of the jokes about Chuck Norris decreased, because Barack Obama was all that Chuck Norris was supposed to be, but in real life. This is a time of pride for America, and we can stand together and honor the actions of our great president. Good won evil. ”
Don Corleone from the White House. Graham Ellison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, published in "The Atlantic" (translation source - "InoSMI") The article entitled “Syria: What would the godfather do?” In it, he outlined six ways to punish Assad. At the same time, the “godfather” is put in place of Obama - presumably from the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo.
President Obama should urge the community of strategic analysts to exert their imagination and creative imagination. What would the godfather do to tighten the international ban on the use of chemical weapons, punish the Assad regime for violating this rule and prevent Asad and his military leaders from using such weapons again? For Assad, what could be the equivalent of a beloved animal's severed head? .. ”
And then the author of the article offers six tips:
1) to talk with Russia and China;
2) establish that, if the main reason for the punishment of Assad is to strengthen international norms, then at the talks everyone “must agree that his regime is responsible for the chemical attack that took place last month”;
3) leave a loophole for the United States: what if chemical weapons fall into the hands of opposition groups? And then everything that the United States can do should become the standard in case any group uses chemical weapons in the future;
4) take away from Assad and his family members money: “Assad, his family members and the main commanders each have their own backup survival plan in case of a fall in the regime. Arrest half of the money in their accounts with foreign banks - and this will be an unequivocal signal that the rest of the money is also in danger ”;
5) the author considers the impact on Assad's wife an analogue of the cut horse's head: “Assad’s wife Asma considers herself a figure of international importance, loves London and Paris, and her three children study in Damascus at the Montessori school. Despite the sanctions, she continues to spend tens of thousands of dollars on fashionable clothes, jewelry and furniture from Europe ”;
6) it is necessary, according to the publicist, also to conduct a series of cyber attacks, which will lead to a power outage in the palace at Assad. It would also be good to turn off electricity at its command posts and at the airport. Another great thing would be, the author dreams, to cut the water that Assad drinks.
These plans are understandable, we will add on our own, but it is also clear who the American writer Obama represents. In fact, unwillingly, the author lowered the image of Obama from the Nobel laureate, peacemaker and builder of democracy to the image of the “godfather” of the criminal clan.
Peace initiative as plagiarism? That is how Russia's proposal for Syria is estimated in Europe.
Nadezhda Ermolaeva and Ariadna Rokossovskaya ("Russian newspaper") told that the initiative on the transfer of chemical weapons to Syria under international control is overgrown with new authors.
It turns out that the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States have long been overwhelmed with peaceful proposals by colleagues from Norway, Sweden and Poland.
For example, the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang is indignant: "The foreign ministers of Norway and Sweden have come up with a plan that Russia issued for its own."
And the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Radoslaw Sikorski, gave an interview to Rzeczpospolita, in which he said: “I don’t know if my talks were of such great importance as Die Welt or The New York Times writes, but I know that in a situation with Syria, Poland has benefited the world. "
“This idea was born in the Nordic countries. I cannot say that we had a ready-made solution, but it is obvious that we have influenced it in some way, ”said the Norwegian foreign minister, quoted by Verdens Gang.
According to the publication, this idea was discussed at a videoconference of foreign ministers of the Nordic and Baltic states before it was presented to the US president for dinner during his visit to Stockholm (September 4-5). The idea was opened and the Russian Minister Lavrov.
As the newspaper further writes, the ministers from Sweden and Norway, Carl Bildt and Espen Barth Eide, could not contact him by telephone, but this was succeeded by Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja the next day. Verdens Gang writes that the head of Russian diplomacy promised to consider a proposal. The same August 29 responded to its Polish counterpart John Kerry, who also said that he would talk about this with C. Lavrov.
Interestingly, on the same day, in a conversation with “Le Monde”, the authors of the note further note that Mr. Sikorsky remarked: “If Russia had declared that it would take responsibility for the protection of this arsenal, this would affect the course of events”.
Ships in the Mediterranean. Patrol ship of the Black Sea fleet “Savvy” under the command of the captain of the second rank Zaitsev left September 12 from a base in Sevastopol and headed for the coast of Syria. It is reported newsru.co.il with reference to Interfax.
“The Storozhevik will pass the Black Sea Straits together with the large landing ship Nikolay Filchenkov, which left Novorossiysk the day before. The ships of the Black Sea Fleet will perform combat missions off the coast of Syria according to the plan of the operational command of the Navy, ”said an unnamed source of“ Interfax ”.
Earlier, the Defense Ministry reported that the September 10 passed through the Strait of Gibraltar missile cruiser "Moscow", also heading for the Eastern Mediterranean. It is assumed that he will arrive on the shores of Syria 17 September.
Yesterday it was reported that Ukrainian customs officers delayed the departure from Sevastopol "Sharp-witted". I wrote about it "Russian newspaper" with reference to RIA "News".
The incident occurred due to the fact that I had to re-compile lists of the crew. The exit of the ship to the Mediterranean Sea was delayed by more than three hours. The Ukrainian customs said that "Sharp-witted" went through a standard control procedure.
For good Russian roads will pay the UAE. Russian infrastructure needs modernization. Russia will get help: Abu Dhabi invests 5 billion dollars in a joint venture with the Russian private equity fund, writes "InoTV" with reference to "Handelsblatt".
It is planned to build new roads and railways, ports and airports, and also to repair existing routes of communication.
Handelsblatt notes that nothing is reported on the size of the contribution from Russia.
As noted by "RT", The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Department of Finance of Abu Dhabi signed an agreement on the creation of a partnership for investment in infrastructure projects in the territory of the Russian Federation. The money will also be spent on the integrated development of cross-border investment cooperation between countries. Vladimir Putin at a meeting with a prince from the UAE in Moscow, positively assessed the readiness of the Arab state to cooperate with Russia.
“It is very pleasant to note the agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund on joint work and on possible investments in this joint work up to $ 5 billion,” said the President at a meeting with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the UAE Mohammed Al Nahyan .
“We hope that investment projects will be successfully implemented and expanded,” said Muhammad al-Nahayan.
“The Abu Dhabi Department of Finance allocates us $ 5 billion, which will be invested in infrastructure projects if the RDIF enters. We will look at various projects, including on toll roads, to invest in port and airport infrastructure in Russia, ”the general director of the fund, Kirill Dmitriev, told Interfax.
The first investment in infrastructure projects can be made in 2014.
In Kenya, discovered huge reserves of water. Pool found at a depth of more than 300 meters. It is so huge that it can fill Loch Ness about 25 times. The open source is far from the mountains, and it will never dry out if used correctly, conveys "RT".
UNESCO and the Government of Kenya used satellites, radars and geological technologies to search for new water sources. Japan sponsored.
Abu Amani, a UNESCO scientist who participated in the search operation, told ITV News: “I’m not saying that this finding will solve all problems, especially two different problems - to find water and provide water to the population; we need funding, we need to organize the infrastructure and solve some problems, but we have established the fact that there is water here, and this is extremely important and can bring big changes to the country. ”
Europe is "progressing." It turns out that homosexual and pedophilia - among the enlightened nations of the West - is yesterday.
To the site "God with us!" the mail has arrived:
In the leaflet on the bulletin board warned of such a nasty phenomenon as bestiality and asked to deal with it. The original announcement and my translation of the announcement into Russian is attached.
In Poland, the memorial of Soviet soldiers is desecrated. According to "Lenta.ru"referring to Gazeta.Pl, unknown persons desecrated a memorial in honor of the Soviet soldiers who died in the battles for Poznan.
Busts of commanders and memorial stones with the names of Soviet soldiers and officers who died in the battles for this city were poured with red paint. The inscription “Death to the Communist!” Appeared on the memorial plaque installed in honor of Marshal Vasily Chuikov. Other elements of the memorial suffered.
Poznan police launched an investigation into the incident.
Agreement with Cyprus. Russia and Cyprus signed an agreement on the restructuring of a Russian loan to Cyprus in the amount of 2,5 billion euros, reports "RG" with reference to RIA "News".
The loan maturity will be increased, and the interest rate, starting in March 2013, will be reduced from 4,5 percent to 2,5 percent. The loan will be repaid in eight semi-annual payments starting from 2018, instead of full repayment in 2016.
Lukashenko received the Nobel Prize. The President of Belarus was awarded the parody Schnebel Peace Prize, reports RIA News".
The ceremony of the announcement of the winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, awarded for scientific achievements, "which first cause laughter, and then make you think" is held at Harvard University.
The prize was awarded to the Belarusian leader for "a ban on public applause, as well as for the fact that the Belarusian police arrested a one-handed person for applause."
The bridge between China and Russia. In the article “To be a bridge between Russia and China” ("Republic of KZ"; publication source - "InoSMI") Nurahmet Kenzheev points out that, judging by the latest movements of the Chinese leader, Beijing and Moscow will conclude a long-term political alliance against the United States and Europe. Kazakhstan, the author writes further, in the union “is not the last place — squeezed between two global players, he will be forced to focus on China economically and“ lie down ”under Russia — politically.”
Kazakhstan economist Muratbek Ketebayev says: "... it seems very much that the fate of our country is predetermined - to be a bridge connecting China and Russia in the 21st century." This is a "vital necessity."
The economist notes that in the twenty-first century, Kazakhstan will become the sphere of influence of two states: Russia (politically, informationally, scientifically-technical and military-technical) and China (economically). Politically, Kazakhstan, according to the expert, will be part of the Eurasian Economic Union and then part of the “new formation in the place of the USSR”. And economically, the republic will become part of the Chinese economy, which, according to the economist, “will be ready to buy everything that we extract from our depths.”
Pyongyang launched the reactor? American researchers have announced the resumption of the North Korean research reactor for the production of plutonium. This was reported by representatives of the Institute for the study of the DPRK, which is part of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. On the eve of the official report, researchers Nick Hansen and Jeffrey Lewis published the general results of the work in the blog of their institute 38 North, reports "Lenta.ru".
After analyzing the new satellite images of the North Korean nuclear complex in Yongbyon, the experts came to the conclusion that the five-megawatt graphite reactor is either already in operation or will start work in the near future. The 31 August pictures show how white smoke or steam rises from a building located near the reactor.
The reactor generates electricity using the thermal energy released during a nuclear reaction to create steam that makes steam turbines work.
Pakistan is more dangerous than North Korea and even Iran. A new scandal broke out between the United States and Pakistan. "RT".
According to Kommersant, Islamabad’s violent reaction was caused by the publication in The Washington Post of CIA materials about surveillance of regimes that allegedly pose a threat to American security.
A huge share of the budget of special operations (52,6 billion dollars) was spent on monitoring the arsenal of Pakistan. This country, one of the key American allies in South Asia, has bypassed Iran and the DPRK in the list of threats.
The Washington Post journalists stated that "the budget for curbing the illegal proliferation of weapons in the world is divided into two categories: Pakistan and all the rest."
Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry called unsubstantiated doubts about the ability of the Pakistani government to control nuclear weapons.
Trying to hush up the scandal, the State Department said that it "welcomes Islamabad’s commitment to the goals of disarmament and non-proliferation."
In Afghanistan, terrorists attacked the American consulate. A group of terrorists attacked this morning the US consulate in the city of Herat in north-western Afghanistan, reports ITAR-TASS.
A mined car was blown up near the diplomatic mission. Militants, among whom were suicide bombers with “shahid belts,” attempted to break into the building.
It is known about the death of one terrorist and two guards of the consulate. At least 10 people were injured, including passersby. In the area of attack, the battle continues.
The press is to blame. US National Security Advisor Susan Rice met in Washington with Brazilian Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Figueiredo. Obama's assistant assured her colleague that the press is distorting the facts about the surveillance of American intelligence services, reports "RT" with reference to The Washington Post.
The United States understands that recent revelations in the press “created friction in very strong bilateral relations with Brazil,” Rice said. According to her, some publications have distorted the actions of the United States.
"The United States intends to work with Brazil to respond to these concerns, continuing to work together on a common agenda and on bilateral, regional and global initiatives," the White House spokesman said in a statement.
And this, we add, the apology that Dilma Rousseff wanted to receive? The easiest way to pass the blame on journalists! No, the White House will never learn to apologize. However, he will not stop spying.
Russia and the United States flooded migrants. Russia ranks second among countries in the world in terms of the number of migrants from other countries living on its territory, according to a report published by the Population Division of the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, reports newsru.com.
The fastest growing migrant army is in Asia, and the United States is the most attractive country for migrant workers. The paper states that migrants make up 232 a million people, or 3,2% of the world's population.
Today, almost the same number of migrants settle in Europe and Asia: 72 million and 71 million, respectively. These regions account for two thirds of the total number of international migrants. In Asia, since 2000, the number of visitors from other countries increased by 20 millions.
The largest number of international migrants is concentrated in ten countries: USA (45,8 million), Russian Federation (11 million), Germany (9,8), Saudi Arabia (9,1), United Arab Emirates (7,8), Great Britain (7,8), France (7,4), Canada ( 7,3), Australia (6,5) and Spain (6,5 million).
In Russia, the problem of migrants has intensified in recent years. According to official statistics, in 2012, 15,88 million people entered the territory of the Russian Federation (1,34 million of them got a work permit). During the same period of 2011, 13,8 million people entered the Russian Federation, of which only 1,19 million received permission to work. And in the first half of 2013, 10 of millions of migrants have already entered Russia.
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