Results of the week. “Russians, surrender, we are a horde!” - “And us - army!”
Will there be fewer conscripts?
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the number of conscripts in the Russian army from next year will begin to decline by tens of thousands of people due to the replenishment of the army with contract soldiers.
"We have recruits only where we need to prepare a mobilization reserve, and this is an important component of our approach. We finish calculating how much we will reduce the number of recruits. I can say much. The final figure, I think, we can name in November, but trust me - these are tens of thousands, "said Shoigu.
The Minister of Defense also stressed that the agency "ceases to chase" the number of conscripts and "catch" them at the military registration and enlistment offices.
The fact that in the Russian army, according to the Ministry of Defense, there will be more professional military personnel, is certainly wonderful. But ... These professional servicemen are still not from maternity hospitals in large quantities. Professional military need more, sorry, from the "semi-finished" the very Ministry of Defense and prepare. And for starters, to attract such “semi-finished products” to the contract service, or even the real “raw materials” in general. And while the task of attracting is not that completely solved ...
And the very words that, they say, we cease to strive, look like a kind of indulgence for potential draft dodgers. From such words, at the subconscious level of a young person, the thesis can work: “You just need to sit out a bit - they won't catch it anyway”.
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How the North Korean border guards crabs counted
In 18: 30 (Moscow time) on 20 on September, the Russian fishing schooner Altai, following from the port of Zarubino with a cargo of live crab on board to the port of Donghe (Republic of Korea), was fired by automatic weapons and signal missiles by a warship in the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan. Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The North Korean warship did not get in touch. Immediately after the shelling, Altai went into a drift, and armed people landed on its board from the warship of the DPRK. They carried out an inspection of the schooner and a survey of the captain. In 18: 50 the military left the ship, allowing it to follow its intended purpose. The ship was not damaged. The crew is alive and well.
North Koreans are funny guys. Now they don’t fall into those squares, or let their sunflower leaders give their girlfriends to the expense, then, now, they are firing at Russian ships from all the guns. And the last episode looks no less vague than those listed before it. If you believe the reports of domestic media, then our schooner walked in neutral waters, but the North Korean media claim that she entered the DPRK territorial waters. Go prove who is right and who is not: records from video recorders and floating border buoys with symbols of the country of conquering socialism, you know, no ... If everything really was in neutral waters, then it would be nice for the North Koreans to have a teapot at the diplomatic level. Wha what! Our crab wanted! Yes, we ourselves do not eat it, and not because of the great love for the inhabitants of the deep sea ...
Well, and if all the same not in neutral ... Doesn’t the words "the North Korean warship didn’t go out of communication" look vague? But how then to regard the shots of signal rockets, which are spoken of in the Federal Agency for Fishery? That is, it turns out that the captain of the fishing vessel was waiting only for the Morse Women from the ship of the DPRK, but stubbornly did not take the missiles as signals and continued high speed.
But it is not yet known whether the Altai fishing boat, which “safely” sent the Russian crab to the crab-loving South Koreans, was actually a Russian flag, on this fishing boat. And was there any flag on it at all? .. If it was and it was Russian, then it’s not a bad idea to convey the message to na: “you there, kid, lured something? ..” Well, and if you put it on the schooner called “cheap flag” (by the way, this is the official term) of Vanuatu or some Bermuda islands, the North Korean border guards could really make a mess of it: they didn’t hear the Russian mat after the start of firing of signal flares. In general, the story is still dark ...
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Yanukovych: and we will go to the west ...
18 September 2013 of the year, the Ukrainian government, in unison, expressed approval of the draft agreement, according to which Ukraine chooses the European vector of development, namely the association agreement with the EU. Now Viktor Yanukovych, who pushed the Cabinet to this decision, has only to endorse this document. At the next stage, Ukraine will wait for the decision of the European Union itself that it is ready to be associated with Ukraine. Apparently, such an EU decision will be made at the next EU summit, which will take place in a couple of months in Vilnius.
The term “association” itself seems to be okay. Well, few people associate with the European Union ... Today, such an agreement was signed by more than two dozen states from various continents: Morocco and South Africa, for example, Chile and Lebanon ... But only in the case of the decision of the Ukrainian authorities, everything is politicized. Yanukovych doesn’t leave the language: well, what did you get, Putin! Now I'm not going to hang around with Russia - there was nothing to stop our sweets at customs and gas for half a bucks to sell us!
In general, while in the camp of the Ukrainian authorities reigns supreme euphoria, and some politicians even experience dizziness due to success: whether the EU representative himself was joking at the Ukrainian government meeting, and even the entire deputy secretary general of NATO praised in absentia for work: go the right way, Viktor Fedorovich! After all, Chileans or Moroccans did not clap at NATO after signing the association agreement with the EU. Chile will be far away from Russia ...
And Yanukovych even envied Yushchenko ...
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In recent years, the Russian defense industry has faced a rather non-trivial problem. Suddenly (!) It turned out that the bins of the Motherland are full of small arms of varying degrees of antiquity. Against this background, in 2011, the military simply stopped purchasing new AK-74M machines, and Izhevsk gunsmiths could not offer a fundamentally new development to the military then. It is reported that at present in the warehouses of the Russian Defense Ministry about 16 has accumulated millions of trunks of various small arms, most of which are just Kalashnikov assault rifles. At the same time, almost 6,5 of millions of them have already developed their entire resource. Analysts say that the presence of such a huge number of small arms of Russia is useless. The Ministry of Defense in case of war is enough 3-4 million trunks in warehouses, the remaining copies must either be sold for export, or upgraded, or disposed of.
According to officials, the new Kalashnikov assault rifles, the AK-12, are expected to come into service with the Russian army as early as 2014.
The arrival of new weapons in military units is great. However, first you need to still put this new weapon, to follow how it manifests itself, what kind of feedback it will receive from those who will use it for the masses. If everything goes smoothly and without any other excesses (restrictions or transfer of funding, for example, what the gentlemen from the Ministry of Finance have already tried to convey to us), then we can start talking about recycling or selling old weapons. Why, while it is also necessary to rationally approach the calculation of the number of barrels, which will be necessary in the case (God forbid, of course) of a big war. The words of the representatives of the Ministry of Defense in the style of "enough 3-4 millions" in this context look a bit strange. And what if "not quite" ...
And in the end, why? - the extra reliable (proven at all 100%) trunks in the warehouses bother someone. If they interfere, then let, as they say, justify why it interferes, and how much their disposal will cost. And that, you understand, "developed a resource". Kalashnikov assault rifles? .. Have you developed a resource? .. Oh well ...
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"Munich-2" by Vladimir Putin
The past week was the week of the anniversary (10-th in a row) meeting of the international discussion club "Valdai".
The anniversary "Valdai" was marked by a very nontrivial speech on it by the Russian president. Its non-trivial nature was that, in a fairly short period of time, Vladimir Putin was able to tell the audience about his understanding of not only the development of the domestic political system in Russia, but also conveyed to them, let's say, his feelings about the global world order. Putin’s speech at the site of the Valdai Discussion Club in many ways reminded him of his six-year-old speech, which political analysts called the Munich speech. Recall that in February 2007 of the year (therefore, even before the “heyday” of Arab and other “springs”) Putin severely criticized the desire of certain countries (of course, primarily the United States) to finally make the world unipolar. Then Putin condemned the policy of expanding NATO to the east, criticized the rich countries for "preserving" the backwardness of the third world countries, and recalled that there is no country in the world that could take legal functions as a world police officer. Much of this sounded in the Valdai Club.
Putin once again tried to convey to the so-called world community the idea that the unipolar system, which a separate group of countries and their vassals persistently advocates, has become obsolete, that international law does not imply the existence of "good" and "bad" states, and that there are no “good” and “bad” nations in the world. Attempts to solve international problems “in one person” can lead the planet to chaos, which, in principle, is observed today from the north of Africa to the Afghan ridges and is stubbornly called by someone “victorious democracy”.
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Domestic troops are alerted
From 10 on the morning of September 17, the Internal Troops of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia began to live according to a new routine - they were brought to full alert. It is known that a sudden check of the combat readiness of this structure was carried out by order of the Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin. But the announcement of full combat readiness is associated with large-scale combined-arms exercises.
The press service of the Interior Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia announced that the troops would take part in special exercises "West - 2013". At a time when units and formations of the Ministry of Defense will fight with a conditional enemy, the Internal Troops are entrusted with the tasks of territorial defense. This is a fight against sabotage and reconnaissance groups, terrorist formations and enemy landing forces, taking highly important objects under enhanced protection. Within a day, the organization of interaction with the bodies of military administration, the executive power of the subjects and local self-government should be worked out.
If we take into account that in recent years 20 laid down on Internal Troops, perhaps the biggest burden for ensuring the security of the country, then their inclusion in large-scale exercises is more than justified. With the number of fighters (about 180 thousand) and military equipment, with the tasks that the military personnel of the Russian Federation's military personnel is recognized today, effective training should be systematic. I am glad that a start.
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So what will Yevkurov do with the houses of terrorists and their accomplices?
In the week, the re-elected president of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, made a statement, which caused a great resonance.
For the edification of people who sympathize and help criminals, the homes of families who sheltered the bandits will be torn down and land plots taken away.
The main discussion flared up around whether it is legitimate to solve such issues as “demolish or not demolish?”, “Evict or not evict?” At the level of a regional official. Opinions, as usual, divided. In the meantime, supporters and opponents of the President of Ingushetia expressed by breaking a spear, Yevkurov himself declared that he was not misunderstood. He stated this during a direct telephone line with the TK "Rain":
In general, the sensation, apparently, did not happen. Yevkurov realized that he had missed the legal edge and decided to give it back. Well, now it remains to break the spears about whether the Ingush president should have been given back, or even go all the way ...
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The economy is leaving, the policy remains
Last Monday, two Chinese military frigates passed a hundred kilometers from the Senkaku Islands (they are Diaoyu Dao), the same ones that visited the area in August. The island zone then circled the UAV. On Tuesday morning, seven PRC patrol ships appeared at once near Senkak. Later he came up to the eighth. In the press, such a “call” of the maritime police was called the “most widespread”. Japan found the answer: it announced its intention to deploy state employees on Senkaku. And on Saturday, four ships of the Naval Forces of the Celestial Empire again visited the waters of the disputed islands.
As Maxim Makarychev writes ("Russian newspaper"), Tokyo expressed a protest to China in connection with the appearance of patrol ships in the area of disputed islands. Also, a representative of the Japanese government said that Japan "could establish a small station on the islands, where a certain number of civil servants would work in order to protect their sovereignty." The Secretary General of the Cabinet Yoshide Suga expressed "deep regret" at the fact that the Chinese ships repeatedly entered "the territorial waters of Japan."
A year ago, the Japanese government bought three islands from a private owner, so the exchange of "gifts" fell on the day of the nationalization of the disputed islands. Relations between Beijing and Tokyo are experiencing the peak of the "ice age", said Viktor Fedorov ("Voice of Russia"), precisely because of the island dispute.
In both China and Japan, the conflicting dish is thickly seasoned with a sauce of nationalism. According to the latest sociological survey, about 93% of Japanese have a negative attitude towards China; they are reciprocated by 90% of Chinese. At the same time, the number of Chinese dissatisfied with the situation in the East China Sea doubled in a year, reaching 80%. More than a third of the Chinese people believe that in the future the two countries will face an armed conflict.
In the material of Gleb Kostarev (RBC) September 16 states that Japanese companies are reducing investment in China and withdrawing production capacity from there. The reason for all this is not only the rise in price of the Chinese labor force, but also the aggravation of bilateral political relations over the islands. Japanese business switches to Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam.
Cited as an example the company "Showa", supplying components for "Toyota" and "Nintendo". It will open the first factory abroad, not in China, but in Thailand.
“Until recently, I asked myself whether China would not be a better choice, because it is a larger market, and our customers have many more factories there. However, in the end, I decided to go where people love you, not hate you, ”said Kazumas Hirano, President of the Wall Street Journal.
Lenin once wrote, we add from ourselves that "politics is the most concentrated expression of the economy" and that "politics cannot but take precedence over economics." If this is true of the Land of the Rising Sun and the Celestial Empire, then the economists of the two countries should study whether it is more profitable to keep investment and cooperation, or to start a war for oil off the islands. After all, it is already clear that neither of the two sides intend to concede the islands, nor share the wealth in their waters. Two states observe economic disadvantages instead of pluses: after all, both the Chinese and the Japanese have moved from “love” to “hate”.
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Flightless Presidents
The United States denied visas to members of the Venezuelan delegation, which met at the UN General Assembly in late September. This was reported by Nicolas Maduro, transmits "RT" with reference to France Press.
Foreign Minister Elias Howa had previously announced that the United States had refused to allow Maduro aircraft traveling to China to enter its airspace (over Puerto Rico). True, the visit will not be canceled: an alternative route will be developed for the flight.
During the official meeting with the South African counterpart Mayte Nkoana-Mashabane, the Minister said: "We received a message from the American authorities that our aircraft is not allowed to fly in their airspace." He added: “We condemn this act of aggression by North American imperialism against the Bolivarian Republic. No one has the right to refuse to provide an air corridor to an airplane of a president flying on an international visit. There was no reason for that. ”
Maduro noted that the provision of visas to the entire Venezuelan delegation "is a duty" of the United States and promised in response to the "Washington aggression" to take "tough diplomatic measures."
As transmits correspondent RIA Novosti Oleg Vyazmitinov, Bolivian President Evo Morales called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to withdraw their US ambassadors and refuse to participate in the UN General Assembly in protest against the US decision to close the airspace for the aircraft of the Venezuelan President. This was reported by the Bolivian agency "ABI".
“As a member of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), we ask <...> to convene a presidential summit in order to seriously consider the issue of US arrogance,” said Comrade Morales, adding that at this meeting Bolivia “will support immediate recall of US ambassadors. "
Morales further stated that he would call on the governments of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) to refuse to participate in a meeting at the UN General Assembly in protest against the “insult” Maduro.
“We will be preparing an international lawsuit so that Obama and his government will be tried for crimes against humanity. This will be the best tool to protect the rights of states, ”Morales said.
If earlier, we add from ourselves, the United States was fascinated by the creation of no-fly zones, but now, it seems, they have opened the season of the game called “Flightless Presidents”. That is mocked at Evo Morales, now now over Maduro ... They show, you know, who is the boss on the planet.
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A new character appeared in the media: a girl named Elizabeth O'Bagy, 26 years old, Ph.D., a respected and authoritative expert on Syria. Despite her youth, Elizabeth is well versed in the Syrian conflict, knows for sure that the war was unleashed by Assad, and not at all by hired elements and Al-Qaeda. As an expert, O'Beigi is so good that both John, Kerry and McCain both refer to her opinion. And not somewhere they link, but directly in the US Senate.
But what a bad luck: the other day it turned out that young Elizabeth was not only not an expert on Syria (she had never been there before), but also not a doctor. Not only ... But - everything in order.
Channel "RT", referring to The Huffington Post, notes that, having appeared on American TV, E. O'Beigi presented herself as an expert on Syria. Her credibility jumped as soon as McCain and Kerry began to refer to her work during a congressional discussion on the possibility of military intervention in Syria.
The trouble is that statements in the United States alone are not enough. It is known that Joe Biden recently discovered Neanderthals in the USA, but we urge to assess the situation objectively: a reasonable person is still found in the States.
While Mr. Kerry was telling the Congress about O'Beyghi’s experience, journalist Janine Giovanni suggested that the young researcher pretty much exaggerated her Syrian experience:
Channel CNN reports that O'Beigi worked at the Institute of Military Studies as a senior analyst for a year. And earlier she worked here for several months as an intern.
The 30 of August in the Wall Street Journal published a review of O'Beigha, the same one that Kerry subsequently referred to and John McCain. According to the material, “extremists” and “moderates” in Syria exercise control over various areas of the country, and checkpoints are often set up only to differentiate influence. In addition, there are areas in Syria that are moderately controlled by moderate rebels. About this O'Beigi herself told CNN in an interview. Both Kerry and McCain agreed with the conclusions of the “expert,” and McCain even called her review “important.”
But here's the thing.
At first, the Wall Street Journal recognized O'Beygi only as a “senior analyst” from the institute, but later added an explanation that it belongs to the “Syrian Emergency Task Force” (“Syrian Emergency Group”) - a non-profit organization serving for a free democratic Syria and based in Washington.
O'Beigi herself tweeted that she never tried to hide her ties with the opposition and rebel commanders. September 7 Elizabeth wrote: "I am not trying to deceive America in this."
As for education, O'Beigi received a Master of Arts degree from Arabic Studies at Georgetown University in May 2013. O'Beigi now claims that she completed her Ph.D. thesis in late August.
CNN's editorial also notes that O'Beigi has appeared on several TV channels, including Fox, BBC, CNN and PBS. After exposing the self-proclaimed doctor, they no longer allow CNN.
And the channel Fox renounced the "expert" in Syria. Here they indicate that O'Beigi is an analyst who is not just loyal to the Syrian opposition, but also once sponsored for a group of extremist militants, on whose website anti-American pictures can be found - for example, with a burning Capitol.
Daniel Greenfield ("Frontpage Mag") points out that the “Syrian Emergency Group”, with which O'Beigi is associated, is an Islamist organization that is pushing American intervention in Syria today. The girl selling the product under the name "Sunni Islamist rebel agenda," perfectly suited the "Group" - until her career collapsed overnight.
And now the “Group” needs someone else who would go to CNN and explain to the public that the majority of the rebels are such moderate freedom fighters.
Stephen Al ("Examiner") bluntly writes that the Syrian Emergency Group is in favor of al-Qaida.
In the Western media, you can also stumble upon the statement that, they say, two naive - one senator and the other state executive of the highest echelon - turned out to be simple, believing O'Beighi’s impostor. It is as ridiculous as, for example, to believe in the statement that the Earth is flat and stands on whales and a tortoise. Another thing is that young Elizabeth was at the right time in the right place. Do not let her lie with a doctoral degree, she would probably have played the role of a button that would trigger the flywheel of the war in Syria.
The trouble is that Kerry and McCain as “evidence” are quite enough statements of some young art expert like Liz O'Beigi ...
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Their name is legion
The number of fighters fighting in Syria against Bashar Assad is about 100 thousands. About half of them are radical Islamists. The information about this is given by The Telegraph, citing the report of IHS Jane’s research center, "Lenta.ru".
Around 10, thousands of people are members of the most radical factions of jihadists, the most influential of whom are the Front of Nusra and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
From 30 to 35, thousands of people are fighters who share the ideology of Islamic fundamentalism, but are focused on promoting his ideas within Syria rather than international struggle.
About 30 thousands belong to the moderate Islamist groups.
And only a relatively small part of the rebels (25-30 thousand) refers to the so-called secular opposition.
As noted by "RG" with reference to the RIA "News", Study author Charles Lister said:" In the illegal armed groups dominated by groups that at least share the ideas of the Islamists in this conflict. The idea that this conflict is driven by secular opposition groups is not justified. ”
Whatever one may say, we add on our own, but it turns out that bearded men are promoting the “secular” idea of the White House in Syria. One will inevitably think that the most important Islamists are sitting in the White House ... Those who entangled the NSA's web of surveillance and who set records for the number of prisoners languishing in jail probably have their own idea of democracy.
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На ресурсе Segodnya.ru a translation appeared Articles P. Roberts under the name “Violent screeching of pigs” (translator - Konstantin Dushenov).
As the publicist notes, Putin's critics are too “sick in the head" to understand that this humane article made V. Putin a real leader of the free world, as well as a defender of international law. As for Obama, he was always the "leader" of the outcasts, "gathered in his irresponsible, lawless government, entangled in lies and war crimes."
Putin mildly criticized Obama for his speech delivered on September 10. In it, Obama, the author recalls, tried to justify Washington’s lawlessness with “American exclusivity.” Obama, the publicist writes, represents his criminal regime in the position of a moral censor, arguing that "the government policy of the United States is exactly what makes us exceptional."
“Exactly what Obama told the Americans, before Hitler spoke to the Germans. The Russians, who have borne the brunt of the war with the German military machine, know how dangerous it is to encourage people to consider themselves exceptional. Therefore, Putin reminded Obama that "God made us equal."
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Economically advanced figures from the US Senate set out to arrange an artificial financial crisis in Russia. The harsh four "sanctioners" of 13 September appealed to the US Treasury with a call to block the access of some large Russian banks to the American financial system. We are talking about VTB, VEB and Gazprombank. Senators believe that these banks do business with the bloody Syrian regime and even take money from the latter for the C-300 air defense system. And in VTB, the chemical tyrant and poisoner of his own people, Asad, keeps his personal savings for a rainy day.
“According to numerous reports, such banks as VTB, VEB and Gazprombank are, as usual, doing business with Syria, repeatedly undermining the sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Such activities, it was reported, include assisting Vnesheconombank in making payments for C-300 rocket systems, storing President Asad’s personal assets in VTB, payments from Gazprombank for oil, lead senators "Days. Ru" with reference to RIA "News".
A letter addressed to Jacob Lew was signed by Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal, Gene Shaheen and Republicans John Cornyn and Kelly Ayotte.
These people believe that thanks to the assistance of Russian banks, the Syrian authorities are purchasing weapons and waging civil war. In this regard, the letter says: "We believe that these institutions are involved in the ongoing brutal conflict in Syria and should be denied access to the American financial system."
The four developed a proposal: the US Treasury Department should freeze the assets of Russian banks in the United States, prohibit them from operating on American territory and impose restrictions on foreign travel of employees.
In short, a mixture of financial sanctions with the "Magnitsky list."
Dni.ru also indicates that VTB has already denied senators ’claims about Bashar al-Assad’s personal accounts. The press service of the bank said: “The statements of four US senators are the dissemination of completely unreliable information. In the VTB group there are no accounts of the leadership of Syria. We regard the words of the senators as a provocative attempt to mislead the US public. ”
Olga Gritsenko ("Sight") recalls that earlier in the media more than once wrote about the cooperation of Russian state banks with Damascus. For example, last year, the Financial Times reported: “While Western banks stopped their ties with Syria, Russian financial institutions - VTB, Vnesheconombank, and Gazprombank — work with it in the usual way.” And in May 2013 of the year in the Western press passed the information that Syria paid the cost of six C-300 complexes through VTB. Finally, quite recently, Reuters claimed that in recent months Damascus had transferred almost 1 billion to Moscow for four C-300 and 550 million for Moscow for 36 Yak-130 combat aircraft.
According to the head of the Center for Analysis of the World Trade in Arms, Igor Korotchenko, the American initiative is just another “relapse of the Cold War thinking”. According to him, the introduction of sanctions against Russia can be regarded as arbitrariness: “This will be an unfriendly decision, and we, in turn, will have the right to retaliate, for example, to prohibit senators from entering Russia. We must respond to such tricks. In addition, the listed banks are respected in the international community, and international banks and financiers will negatively react to the initiative of US senators. ”
It is strange, of course, to believe, let us add on our own that the American senators will be frightened by such a terrible measure as a ban on visiting Moscow. On the other hand, it is too early to speak of retaliatory measures: it is extremely unlikely that the petition, signed by just four senators, would later become valid.
Nevertheless, the new document should be attached to a thick bundle of American papers that has accumulated on the so-called Syrian issue and which serves a single case, jointly promoted by the Persian Gulf monarchies, official Washington and the US military-industrial circles behind Congressmen: remove from power in Damascus, Assad and put there on the throne of some petty vassal from the "opposition", loyal to the White House and the Saudis from Qatar to the last pimple.
The petition of senators signals not only Russia and Syria, but the entire world community: Washington will not back down on the idea of overthrowing Assad.
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Russian sanatorium for Mr. McCain
In recent days, the famous Senator John McCain does not leave the strips of paper publications and looms on the screens of monitors.
As transmits "RT", the Republican senator stated that he would accept the invitation of President Putin to participate in the international Valdai Discussion Club, but he didn’t have time: “I would gladly accept the invitation if the schedule allowed me.” So the American politician wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin invited McCain to join the work of the Valdai Discussion Club: there he could fill in the gaps of his knowledge of the situation in modern Russia.
According to Pravda.ru, Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights, member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, commented on the McCain material: “Russians deserve better than Putin,” previously published on the same Pravde.ru.
Alexander Brod called the McCain appeal the agitations of the Cold War era and stated that McCain was “late for years on 30-40”.
By the way, in his article (see resource Pravda.ru) Mr. McCain once again declared himself "pro-Russian."
As for the question of what “Pravda” the senator wanted to send the message to, the answer is here.
To this we must add that the American political theater, where the characters play themselves, is a very, very boring institution. Inevitably, you start to wonder at people who watch movies and TV shows. Why invent something when quite artistic heroes appear in reality? Just look at this acting series: D. McCain, H. Clinton and her husband Bill and her friend Monica, friend of the oppressed gay Obama, ideologist of the "overload" Michael McFaul, a couple of Vietnamese pacifists - Kerry and Hagel - and many others, against the background of which even the outstanding type of Zhirinovsky is fading ...
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* "Russians, surrender, us - the horde!" - "And us - the army!" (KVN, "Burnt by the Sun")
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the number of conscripts in the Russian army from next year will begin to decline by tens of thousands of people due to the replenishment of the army with contract soldiers.
"We have recruits only where we need to prepare a mobilization reserve, and this is an important component of our approach. We finish calculating how much we will reduce the number of recruits. I can say much. The final figure, I think, we can name in November, but trust me - these are tens of thousands, "said Shoigu.
The Minister of Defense also stressed that the agency "ceases to chase" the number of conscripts and "catch" them at the military registration and enlistment offices.
The fact that in the Russian army, according to the Ministry of Defense, there will be more professional military personnel, is certainly wonderful. But ... These professional servicemen are still not from maternity hospitals in large quantities. Professional military need more, sorry, from the "semi-finished" the very Ministry of Defense and prepare. And for starters, to attract such “semi-finished products” to the contract service, or even the real “raw materials” in general. And while the task of attracting is not that completely solved ...
And the very words that, they say, we cease to strive, look like a kind of indulgence for potential draft dodgers. From such words, at the subconscious level of a young person, the thesis can work: “You just need to sit out a bit - they won't catch it anyway”.
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Quote-The complexity of weapons systems is such that we are not prepared for at least a year, at least two, to ensure that he can fight on this weapons"- emphasized Shoigu.
Absolutely right, but at the same time, in my opinion, at the same time, I think at times to increase the money allowance of contract servicemen by reducing the bloated bureaucratic apparatus.
Absolutely right, but at the same time, in my opinion, at the same time, I think at times to increase the money allowance of contract servicemen by reducing the bloated bureaucratic apparatus.
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It is not necessary to catch them, even increasing the service life to 3 years if you issue a civilian passport after demobilization from the army, mowers do not issue passports at all, thereby depriving them of their citizenship and rights. Who really can not go into the army for health reasons, make a mark in the passport. Medical commission recruits under the control of the FSB. Then there will be no end from those who want to serve.
No_more:
Can shoot right away? Why do you need such a huge army of beggars? Now it’s normal to ensure that one soldier costs very good money. It must be admitted that the cost-effectiveness ratio of professional military is several times better. Not for nothing that they left the slave system, turned out to be a professional involved in the business of their personal choice much more efficiently hundreds of those who were forced to do anything by force.
VladimirZ:
Without a conscript army, without a mobilization reserve, which is being prepared for conscription, Russia, due to its large territory, numerous neighboring states, of which most are potentially hostile, will not be able to create an effective army capable of defending Russia's territorial immunity.
Is the experience stories Our state does not teach anything. Recall the year 1941, when the personnel Red Army was virtually destroyed, some died, and 3 million soldiers and officers were taken prisoner. The country was saved by a prepared mobilization reserve.
Yes, the storekeepers initially had little experience and knowledge, and the reserve officers (as they are now called “jackets”) had insufficient command skills, but they quickly learned and broke the backbone of the fascists. And what would have happened if the USSR did not have a mobilization reserve of soldiers and officers at that time, but only a cadre army? Defeat was guaranteed.
Therefore, appeals and the policy of transition to a contract army from the evil one is to the detriment of Russia.
Is the experience stories Our state does not teach anything. Recall the year 1941, when the personnel Red Army was virtually destroyed, some died, and 3 million soldiers and officers were taken prisoner. The country was saved by a prepared mobilization reserve.
Yes, the storekeepers initially had little experience and knowledge, and the reserve officers (as they are now called “jackets”) had insufficient command skills, but they quickly learned and broke the backbone of the fascists. And what would have happened if the USSR did not have a mobilization reserve of soldiers and officers at that time, but only a cadre army? Defeat was guaranteed.
Therefore, appeals and the policy of transition to a contract army from the evil one is to the detriment of Russia.
How the North Korean border guards crabs counted
In 18: 30 (Moscow time) on 20 on September, the Russian fishing schooner Altai, following from the port of Zarubino with a cargo of live crab on board to the port of Donghe (Republic of Korea), was fired by automatic weapons and signal missiles by a warship in the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan. Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The North Korean warship did not get in touch. Immediately after the shelling, Altai went into a drift, and armed people landed on its board from the warship of the DPRK. They carried out an inspection of the schooner and a survey of the captain. In 18: 50 the military left the ship, allowing it to follow its intended purpose. The ship was not damaged. The crew is alive and well.
North Koreans are funny guys. Now they don’t fall into those squares, or let their sunflower leaders give their girlfriends to the expense, then, now, they are firing at Russian ships from all the guns. And the last episode looks no less vague than those listed before it. If you believe the reports of domestic media, then our schooner walked in neutral waters, but the North Korean media claim that she entered the DPRK territorial waters. Go prove who is right and who is not: records from video recorders and floating border buoys with symbols of the country of conquering socialism, you know, no ... If everything really was in neutral waters, then it would be nice for the North Koreans to have a teapot at the diplomatic level. Wha what! Our crab wanted! Yes, we ourselves do not eat it, and not because of the great love for the inhabitants of the deep sea ...
Well, and if all the same not in neutral ... Doesn’t the words "the North Korean warship didn’t go out of communication" look vague? But how then to regard the shots of signal rockets, which are spoken of in the Federal Agency for Fishery? That is, it turns out that the captain of the fishing vessel was waiting only for the Morse Women from the ship of the DPRK, but stubbornly did not take the missiles as signals and continued high speed.
But it is not yet known whether the Altai fishing boat, which “safely” sent the Russian crab to the crab-loving South Koreans, was actually a Russian flag, on this fishing boat. And was there any flag on it at all? .. If it was and it was Russian, then it’s not a bad idea to convey the message to na: “you there, kid, lured something? ..” Well, and if you put it on the schooner called “cheap flag” (by the way, this is the official term) of Vanuatu or some Bermuda islands, the North Korean border guards could really make a mess of it: they didn’t hear the Russian mat after the start of firing of signal flares. In general, the story is still dark ...
Comments from our readers:
GreatRussia:
What means fired? Probably there were warning shots, the requirement to stop the ship? They made sure that this is not a South Korean ship, they let go in peace within a few minutes.
Nemec55:
While I eat crab sticks, they carry the crab to the port of Donghe (Republic of Korea) ...
Akim:
And how do you feel about the shelling of the Greenpeace vessel, which was grazing near the Gazprom drilling rig in northern latitudes?
Ruslan_38:
The North Korean border guards did the right thing, in the conditions of hard pressure in which they live, you can expect any provocations. However, having learned that this is a ship of a friendly country - they let him go, I don’t think they would do the same with the courts of other countries. And with Greenpeace is another matter, they knew where and why they were going, they knew about the prohibitions, it was an obvious provocation. Greenpeace by the way does not touch the American platform, do not interfere with the extraction of shale gas and other resources - why would such concessions for amers? Apparently Greenpeace is another project of the CIA, the NSA or the State Department.
Yanukovych: and we will go to the west ...
18 September 2013 of the year, the Ukrainian government, in unison, expressed approval of the draft agreement, according to which Ukraine chooses the European vector of development, namely the association agreement with the EU. Now Viktor Yanukovych, who pushed the Cabinet to this decision, has only to endorse this document. At the next stage, Ukraine will wait for the decision of the European Union itself that it is ready to be associated with Ukraine. Apparently, such an EU decision will be made at the next EU summit, which will take place in a couple of months in Vilnius.
The term “association” itself seems to be okay. Well, few people associate with the European Union ... Today, such an agreement was signed by more than two dozen states from various continents: Morocco and South Africa, for example, Chile and Lebanon ... But only in the case of the decision of the Ukrainian authorities, everything is politicized. Yanukovych doesn’t leave the language: well, what did you get, Putin! Now I'm not going to hang around with Russia - there was nothing to stop our sweets at customs and gas for half a bucks to sell us!
In general, while in the camp of the Ukrainian authorities reigns supreme euphoria, and some politicians even experience dizziness due to success: whether the EU representative himself was joking at the Ukrainian government meeting, and even the entire deputy secretary general of NATO praised in absentia for work: go the right way, Viktor Fedorovich! After all, Chileans or Moroccans did not clap at NATO after signing the association agreement with the EU. Chile will be far away from Russia ...
And Yanukovych even envied Yushchenko ...
Comments from our readers:
Grigorich 1962:
I can only regret the prospect of a fraternal people.
Nataliya:
By the way, did you notice yes? As soon as Yanukovych became compliant, the EU immediately forgot about Tymoshenko ... I think that Yanukovych was frightened that if he was an "inconvenient" partner for the EU, then the European "brothers" would force Yulia to release, and then Yulia would plant Viktor. So I think that the choice of EuroAndA is based not so much on economic considerations, as on the fear of Viktor Fedorovich himself ... He was afraid that the EU members would give Yulia a chance, a chance to take revenge ... Well, hide him behind bars, as an option. Daaaaaaa ... politics.
Misantrop:
In Simferopol, the day before yesterday on Kirov Ave., there was a hefty rally against association with the EU, has it been mentioned at least the WORD? Though there is something? Even in the local media on this topic silence is complete ...
Stem exchange
In recent years, the Russian defense industry has faced a rather non-trivial problem. Suddenly (!) It turned out that the bins of the Motherland are full of small arms of varying degrees of antiquity. Against this background, in 2011, the military simply stopped purchasing new AK-74M machines, and Izhevsk gunsmiths could not offer a fundamentally new development to the military then. It is reported that at present in the warehouses of the Russian Defense Ministry about 16 has accumulated millions of trunks of various small arms, most of which are just Kalashnikov assault rifles. At the same time, almost 6,5 of millions of them have already developed their entire resource. Analysts say that the presence of such a huge number of small arms of Russia is useless. The Ministry of Defense in case of war is enough 3-4 million trunks in warehouses, the remaining copies must either be sold for export, or upgraded, or disposed of.
"Kalash" bullpup. Alteration of "Kalash" Russian craftsmen
According to officials, the new Kalashnikov assault rifles, the AK-12, are expected to come into service with the Russian army as early as 2014.
The arrival of new weapons in military units is great. However, first you need to still put this new weapon, to follow how it manifests itself, what kind of feedback it will receive from those who will use it for the masses. If everything goes smoothly and without any other excesses (restrictions or transfer of funding, for example, what the gentlemen from the Ministry of Finance have already tried to convey to us), then we can start talking about recycling or selling old weapons. Why, while it is also necessary to rationally approach the calculation of the number of barrels, which will be necessary in the case (God forbid, of course) of a big war. The words of the representatives of the Ministry of Defense in the style of "enough 3-4 millions" in this context look a bit strange. And what if "not quite" ...
And in the end, why? - the extra reliable (proven at all 100%) trunks in the warehouses bother someone. If they interfere, then let, as they say, justify why it interferes, and how much their disposal will cost. And that, you understand, "developed a resource". Kalashnikov assault rifles? .. Have you developed a resource? .. Oh well ...
Comments from our readers:
Denis:
Hang out to grief-analysts! The story of pig-east about cutting missiles teaches nothing? Let it be, once already released.
Metlik:
Al Qaeda is preparing religious fanatics for world jihad. It is necessary to arm them with something. Let's ask Russia for gratuitous help. In the same place, the government will give weapons to anyone, but not to its own citizens.
Onotolla:
A decent Russian man will provide living space for AK, SVD, RPG of any modifications; ammunition by agreement. Timely service is guaranteed. We will agree on payment.
"Munich-2" by Vladimir Putin
The past week was the week of the anniversary (10-th in a row) meeting of the international discussion club "Valdai".
The anniversary "Valdai" was marked by a very nontrivial speech on it by the Russian president. Its non-trivial nature was that, in a fairly short period of time, Vladimir Putin was able to tell the audience about his understanding of not only the development of the domestic political system in Russia, but also conveyed to them, let's say, his feelings about the global world order. Putin’s speech at the site of the Valdai Discussion Club in many ways reminded him of his six-year-old speech, which political analysts called the Munich speech. Recall that in February 2007 of the year (therefore, even before the “heyday” of Arab and other “springs”) Putin severely criticized the desire of certain countries (of course, primarily the United States) to finally make the world unipolar. Then Putin condemned the policy of expanding NATO to the east, criticized the rich countries for "preserving" the backwardness of the third world countries, and recalled that there is no country in the world that could take legal functions as a world police officer. Much of this sounded in the Valdai Club.
Putin once again tried to convey to the so-called world community the idea that the unipolar system, which a separate group of countries and their vassals persistently advocates, has become obsolete, that international law does not imply the existence of "good" and "bad" states, and that there are no “good” and “bad” nations in the world. Attempts to solve international problems “in one person” can lead the planet to chaos, which, in principle, is observed today from the north of Africa to the Afghan ridges and is stubbornly called by someone “victorious democracy”.
Comments from our readers:
Ivshubarin:
There are now no politicians at the level of Putin in the world, he would have more competent economists to help.
Valery Neonov:
Power cannot be perfect, as it’s impossible to grill: “You will not be good for everyone,” and if you do, it will be to the detriment of oneself, in this case to the detriment of the state. Is not it?
Domestic troops are alerted
From 10 on the morning of September 17, the Internal Troops of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia began to live according to a new routine - they were brought to full alert. It is known that a sudden check of the combat readiness of this structure was carried out by order of the Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin. But the announcement of full combat readiness is associated with large-scale combined-arms exercises.
The press service of the Interior Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia announced that the troops would take part in special exercises "West - 2013". At a time when units and formations of the Ministry of Defense will fight with a conditional enemy, the Internal Troops are entrusted with the tasks of territorial defense. This is a fight against sabotage and reconnaissance groups, terrorist formations and enemy landing forces, taking highly important objects under enhanced protection. Within a day, the organization of interaction with the bodies of military administration, the executive power of the subjects and local self-government should be worked out.
If we take into account that in recent years 20 laid down on Internal Troops, perhaps the biggest burden for ensuring the security of the country, then their inclusion in large-scale exercises is more than justified. With the number of fighters (about 180 thousand) and military equipment, with the tasks that the military personnel of the Russian Federation's military personnel is recognized today, effective training should be systematic. I am glad that a start.
Comments from our readers:
Stockbat:
In the course of the exercise "West-2013" of the MVD of the MVD, tasks were carried out to combat the sabotage groups in the territory of the Crimea, the District of Columbia, and the city of Brussels. Illegal armed groups destroyed, no losses. (smile).
Nursultan:
Good luck to them in the teachings. As they say, it is hard to learn, easy in battle.
So what will Yevkurov do with the houses of terrorists and their accomplices?
In the week, the re-elected president of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, made a statement, which caused a great resonance.
For the edification of people who sympathize and help criminals, the homes of families who sheltered the bandits will be torn down and land plots taken away.
The house in which the gangster lived will be demolished and the land withdrawn. At this place we will build an apartment building for the village specialists. In addition, all those who will provide shelter, food and other assistance to gangsters will become defendants in criminal cases of aiding the militants. It should be clear to everyone: if you let a person into a house, you are responsible for him.
The main discussion flared up around whether it is legitimate to solve such issues as “demolish or not demolish?”, “Evict or not evict?” At the level of a regional official. Opinions, as usual, divided. In the meantime, supporters and opponents of the President of Ingushetia expressed by breaking a spear, Yevkurov himself declared that he was not misunderstood. He stated this during a direct telephone line with the TK "Rain":
You have the wrong information, no one is going to demolish houses where families live. There is a question about those non-residential premises where militants or bandits are. Last year, we also returned a number of sites in Nazran to municipal property, and built social facilities on them, and in settlements, where non-residential premises, buildings, these places will be cleaned up and there will be social facilities. And where families live, naturally, no one will evict families. If the fact of harboring gangsters is noticed, the law of the Russian Federation will be in effect, according to which they will be held accountable for aiding.
In general, the sensation, apparently, did not happen. Yevkurov realized that he had missed the legal edge and decided to give it back. Well, now it remains to break the spears about whether the Ingush president should have been given back, or even go all the way ...
Comments from our readers:
Nick:
Of course, it’s not legal to dub with inhabitants, but it is necessary to isolate them from society for long periods and with confiscation of property. If there is no such article in the Law, then it should be adopted. The response to a crime must be adequate and have an educational effect.
Domokl:
The normal solution. And the remains of suicide bombers should be buried publicly, in pigskin skin. Experience Yermolov forgotten? What a paradise for such an Islamist, will Muslims know. The only thing now is howling will rise serious everywhere. Human rights and other crap ...
Atalef:
As practice shows, this is one of the few measures that, if not stopping a potential terrorist, so at least makes the survivors and their relatives thinking about the welfare think about them, forcing them to report on the bandyugan. In Israel, it works and for a long time, there was a time when, under the influence of humanoids, they seemed to have succeeded in demolishing a house, but only bricking up the room of a terrorist. As practice has shown, this solution is not effective.
The economy is leaving, the policy remains
Last Monday, two Chinese military frigates passed a hundred kilometers from the Senkaku Islands (they are Diaoyu Dao), the same ones that visited the area in August. The island zone then circled the UAV. On Tuesday morning, seven PRC patrol ships appeared at once near Senkak. Later he came up to the eighth. In the press, such a “call” of the maritime police was called the “most widespread”. Japan found the answer: it announced its intention to deploy state employees on Senkaku. And on Saturday, four ships of the Naval Forces of the Celestial Empire again visited the waters of the disputed islands.
As Maxim Makarychev writes ("Russian newspaper"), Tokyo expressed a protest to China in connection with the appearance of patrol ships in the area of disputed islands. Also, a representative of the Japanese government said that Japan "could establish a small station on the islands, where a certain number of civil servants would work in order to protect their sovereignty." The Secretary General of the Cabinet Yoshide Suga expressed "deep regret" at the fact that the Chinese ships repeatedly entered "the territorial waters of Japan."
A year ago, the Japanese government bought three islands from a private owner, so the exchange of "gifts" fell on the day of the nationalization of the disputed islands. Relations between Beijing and Tokyo are experiencing the peak of the "ice age", said Viktor Fedorov ("Voice of Russia"), precisely because of the island dispute.
In both China and Japan, the conflicting dish is thickly seasoned with a sauce of nationalism. According to the latest sociological survey, about 93% of Japanese have a negative attitude towards China; they are reciprocated by 90% of Chinese. At the same time, the number of Chinese dissatisfied with the situation in the East China Sea doubled in a year, reaching 80%. More than a third of the Chinese people believe that in the future the two countries will face an armed conflict.
In the material of Gleb Kostarev (RBC) September 16 states that Japanese companies are reducing investment in China and withdrawing production capacity from there. The reason for all this is not only the rise in price of the Chinese labor force, but also the aggravation of bilateral political relations over the islands. Japanese business switches to Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam.
“Japanese investments in Southeast Asia increased by 55% in the first half of this year, to 10,29 billion. In particular, investment in the Philippines grew by 80%, Vietnam - 34%, and Indonesia - 19%. At the same time, the inflow of Japanese capital to China fell by 31%, to 4,93 billion dollars, according to data from the Organization for the Promotion of Foreign Trade of Japan. ”
Cited as an example the company "Showa", supplying components for "Toyota" and "Nintendo". It will open the first factory abroad, not in China, but in Thailand.
“Until recently, I asked myself whether China would not be a better choice, because it is a larger market, and our customers have many more factories there. However, in the end, I decided to go where people love you, not hate you, ”said Kazumas Hirano, President of the Wall Street Journal.
Lenin once wrote, we add from ourselves that "politics is the most concentrated expression of the economy" and that "politics cannot but take precedence over economics." If this is true of the Land of the Rising Sun and the Celestial Empire, then the economists of the two countries should study whether it is more profitable to keep investment and cooperation, or to start a war for oil off the islands. After all, it is already clear that neither of the two sides intend to concede the islands, nor share the wealth in their waters. Two states observe economic disadvantages instead of pluses: after all, both the Chinese and the Japanese have moved from “love” to “hate”.
Comments from our readers:
xetai9977
Both sides are determined. It may well come to armed conflict.
eplewke
Fight, let them fight. Only here from Japan in the first week there will be nothing left. Disappeared as a nation. We, too, do not need China at the border too ...
Anatole Klim
On the territory of Japan are American military bases, there is a Japanese-American security treaty, according to which the United States guarantees Japan protection from a nuclear attack. Only therefore the Japanese do not possess nuclear weapons. I think if there is a conflict, then local and at sea.
Flightless Presidents
The United States denied visas to members of the Venezuelan delegation, which met at the UN General Assembly in late September. This was reported by Nicolas Maduro, transmits "RT" with reference to France Press.
Foreign Minister Elias Howa had previously announced that the United States had refused to allow Maduro aircraft traveling to China to enter its airspace (over Puerto Rico). True, the visit will not be canceled: an alternative route will be developed for the flight.
During the official meeting with the South African counterpart Mayte Nkoana-Mashabane, the Minister said: "We received a message from the American authorities that our aircraft is not allowed to fly in their airspace." He added: “We condemn this act of aggression by North American imperialism against the Bolivarian Republic. No one has the right to refuse to provide an air corridor to an airplane of a president flying on an international visit. There was no reason for that. ”
Maduro noted that the provision of visas to the entire Venezuelan delegation "is a duty" of the United States and promised in response to the "Washington aggression" to take "tough diplomatic measures."
As transmits correspondent RIA Novosti Oleg Vyazmitinov, Bolivian President Evo Morales called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to withdraw their US ambassadors and refuse to participate in the UN General Assembly in protest against the US decision to close the airspace for the aircraft of the Venezuelan President. This was reported by the Bolivian agency "ABI".
“As a member of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), we ask <...> to convene a presidential summit in order to seriously consider the issue of US arrogance,” said Comrade Morales, adding that at this meeting Bolivia “will support immediate recall of US ambassadors. "
Morales further stated that he would call on the governments of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) to refuse to participate in a meeting at the UN General Assembly in protest against the “insult” Maduro.
“We will be preparing an international lawsuit so that Obama and his government will be tried for crimes against humanity. This will be the best tool to protect the rights of states, ”Morales said.
If earlier, we add from ourselves, the United States was fascinated by the creation of no-fly zones, but now, it seems, they have opened the season of the game called “Flightless Presidents”. That is mocked at Evo Morales, now now over Maduro ... They show, you know, who is the boss on the planet.
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Peaceful military
... And more incidents with Venezuelans:
- a ban on the flight of the aircraft of the President of Venezuela;
- refusal to issue visas to the Venezuelan delegation.
This is the obvious crap offended teenager, stupid from the influx of hormones.
And also this teenager stunned by the costs of transitional age from resentment threatens to hurt Russia with bank assets.
But not funny.
- a ban on the flight of the aircraft of the President of Venezuela;
- refusal to issue visas to the Venezuelan delegation.
This is the obvious crap offended teenager, stupid from the influx of hormones.
And also this teenager stunned by the costs of transitional age from resentment threatens to hurt Russia with bank assets.
But not funny.
wax
America works hard on self-isolation. Swollen on dollars before losing pulse.
Engagement from the bearded
A new character appeared in the media: a girl named Elizabeth O'Bagy, 26 years old, Ph.D., a respected and authoritative expert on Syria. Despite her youth, Elizabeth is well versed in the Syrian conflict, knows for sure that the war was unleashed by Assad, and not at all by hired elements and Al-Qaeda. As an expert, O'Beigi is so good that both John, Kerry and McCain both refer to her opinion. And not somewhere they link, but directly in the US Senate.
But what a bad luck: the other day it turned out that young Elizabeth was not only not an expert on Syria (she had never been there before), but also not a doctor. Not only ... But - everything in order.
Channel "RT", referring to The Huffington Post, notes that, having appeared on American TV, E. O'Beigi presented herself as an expert on Syria. Her credibility jumped as soon as McCain and Kerry began to refer to her work during a congressional discussion on the possibility of military intervention in Syria.
The trouble is that statements in the United States alone are not enough. It is known that Joe Biden recently discovered Neanderthals in the USA, but we urge to assess the situation objectively: a reasonable person is still found in the States.
While Mr. Kerry was telling the Congress about O'Beyghi’s experience, journalist Janine Giovanni suggested that the young researcher pretty much exaggerated her Syrian experience:
“Everyone who works in Syria as correspondents or researchers are incredibly cautious people. We try to protect each other. Many were shocked when the 26-year-old Ph.D., the so-called expert on Syria, who, as it turned out, had never been to Syria and about whom no one had ever heard, appeared on CNN and other channels. ”
Channel CNN reports that O'Beigi worked at the Institute of Military Studies as a senior analyst for a year. And earlier she worked here for several months as an intern.
The 30 of August in the Wall Street Journal published a review of O'Beigha, the same one that Kerry subsequently referred to and John McCain. According to the material, “extremists” and “moderates” in Syria exercise control over various areas of the country, and checkpoints are often set up only to differentiate influence. In addition, there are areas in Syria that are moderately controlled by moderate rebels. About this O'Beigi herself told CNN in an interview. Both Kerry and McCain agreed with the conclusions of the “expert,” and McCain even called her review “important.”
But here's the thing.
At first, the Wall Street Journal recognized O'Beygi only as a “senior analyst” from the institute, but later added an explanation that it belongs to the “Syrian Emergency Task Force” (“Syrian Emergency Group”) - a non-profit organization serving for a free democratic Syria and based in Washington.
O'Beigi herself tweeted that she never tried to hide her ties with the opposition and rebel commanders. September 7 Elizabeth wrote: "I am not trying to deceive America in this."
As for education, O'Beigi received a Master of Arts degree from Arabic Studies at Georgetown University in May 2013. O'Beigi now claims that she completed her Ph.D. thesis in late August.
CNN's editorial also notes that O'Beigi has appeared on several TV channels, including Fox, BBC, CNN and PBS. After exposing the self-proclaimed doctor, they no longer allow CNN.
And the channel Fox renounced the "expert" in Syria. Here they indicate that O'Beigi is an analyst who is not just loyal to the Syrian opposition, but also once sponsored for a group of extremist militants, on whose website anti-American pictures can be found - for example, with a burning Capitol.
Daniel Greenfield ("Frontpage Mag") points out that the “Syrian Emergency Group”, with which O'Beigi is associated, is an Islamist organization that is pushing American intervention in Syria today. The girl selling the product under the name "Sunni Islamist rebel agenda," perfectly suited the "Group" - until her career collapsed overnight.
And now the “Group” needs someone else who would go to CNN and explain to the public that the majority of the rebels are such moderate freedom fighters.
Stephen Al ("Examiner") bluntly writes that the Syrian Emergency Group is in favor of al-Qaida.
In the Western media, you can also stumble upon the statement that, they say, two naive - one senator and the other state executive of the highest echelon - turned out to be simple, believing O'Beighi’s impostor. It is as ridiculous as, for example, to believe in the statement that the Earth is flat and stands on whales and a tortoise. Another thing is that young Elizabeth was at the right time in the right place. Do not let her lie with a doctoral degree, she would probably have played the role of a button that would trigger the flywheel of the war in Syria.
The trouble is that Kerry and McCain as “evidence” are quite enough statements of some young art expert like Liz O'Beigi ...
Comments from our readers:
Civil
Anyway, the United States will bomb Syria, do not even hesitate.
Crocodile
It is possible that it will be so ...
But today we have won time - this is still the main thing! Time in this matter plays on us.
At the moment, it is obvious that the States have lost unconditional influence in the world. Amer need to look for another "reason" for strikes on Syria. Further promotion of the chemical attack issue 21.08.2013 increasingly exposes the Yankes in an unfavorable light all over the world. Here is another major "specialist" pierced, so that the amers seem to have started to lose their head completely, since they didn’t even care to issue a diploma to a necessary person! So while you can be happy for our special services and diplomats - they have done amers to the fullest.
But today we have won time - this is still the main thing! Time in this matter plays on us.
At the moment, it is obvious that the States have lost unconditional influence in the world. Amer need to look for another "reason" for strikes on Syria. Further promotion of the chemical attack issue 21.08.2013 increasingly exposes the Yankes in an unfavorable light all over the world. Here is another major "specialist" pierced, so that the amers seem to have started to lose their head completely, since they didn’t even care to issue a diploma to a necessary person! So while you can be happy for our special services and diplomats - they have done amers to the fullest.
eplewke
I do not think that they will bomb now. There are a lot of contradictions, a fragmented coalition, and even Russia and China. Too much on the scales. American international expansion is a blow, and Obama's advisers understand this perfectly well, and on the other side there is a huge amount of Saudi and Qatari capital invested in the Syrian war, and a lot of different interests. I think the prestige of the United States is more important for themselves, they can easily throw countries, not for the first time. And the current state of affairs says that the bombardment of Syria will hurt the prestige of the United States, since our president tried ...
Tersky
If the first persons of the state give a lie for the truth, then what about ordinary citizens of a free country? And "free" in the literal sense - from everything. From the truth, from responsibility for the “revolutions” and acts of terrorism organized around the world (both in other countries and on one’s own territory), from conscience and philanthropy. So Elizabeth O'Beigi was from whom and from what to learn ...
Their name is legion
The number of fighters fighting in Syria against Bashar Assad is about 100 thousands. About half of them are radical Islamists. The information about this is given by The Telegraph, citing the report of IHS Jane’s research center, "Lenta.ru".
Around 10, thousands of people are members of the most radical factions of jihadists, the most influential of whom are the Front of Nusra and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
From 30 to 35, thousands of people are fighters who share the ideology of Islamic fundamentalism, but are focused on promoting his ideas within Syria rather than international struggle.
About 30 thousands belong to the moderate Islamist groups.
And only a relatively small part of the rebels (25-30 thousand) refers to the so-called secular opposition.
As noted by "RG" with reference to the RIA "News", Study author Charles Lister said:" In the illegal armed groups dominated by groups that at least share the ideas of the Islamists in this conflict. The idea that this conflict is driven by secular opposition groups is not justified. ”
Whatever one may say, we add on our own, but it turns out that bearded men are promoting the “secular” idea of the White House in Syria. One will inevitably think that the most important Islamists are sitting in the White House ... Those who entangled the NSA's web of surveillance and who set records for the number of prisoners languishing in jail probably have their own idea of democracy.
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Sandov
Well, amers have created a perfectly armed army of criminals. The task is done, like this, other people's hands drag chestnuts out of the fire.
Check
Apparently, Assad and the Syrians fell to clear the world of radical Islamists. They are there now, as I understand, an incredible concentration. I believe in the victory of Assad and his people. And may this nightmare end soon.
Hitler and pigs
На ресурсе Segodnya.ru a translation appeared Articles P. Roberts under the name “Violent screeching of pigs” (translator - Konstantin Dushenov).
“Putin’s September 11 article in The New York Times caused a harsh squeal of pigs. It was the very pigs you thought about — those with vested interests and benefits associated with the attack on Obama’s Nazi regime by Syria.
Among these shrieks, particularly prominent were human rights watch pigs from Human Rights Watch, whom the CIA appears to be funding from their back pockets. Curiously, is there anyone else among them who has not been bought off by Washington?
Note: the pigs criticize Putin for not allowing the Obama regime to bomb Syria and thus prevent massacres of innocent Syrians in the name of "human rights". Screaming pigs are genuinely outraged that Obama is forced to retreat. After all, they were so eager to extract the maximum benefits and profits from this mass slaughter. ”
Among these shrieks, particularly prominent were human rights watch pigs from Human Rights Watch, whom the CIA appears to be funding from their back pockets. Curiously, is there anyone else among them who has not been bought off by Washington?
Note: the pigs criticize Putin for not allowing the Obama regime to bomb Syria and thus prevent massacres of innocent Syrians in the name of "human rights". Screaming pigs are genuinely outraged that Obama is forced to retreat. After all, they were so eager to extract the maximum benefits and profits from this mass slaughter. ”
As the publicist notes, Putin's critics are too “sick in the head" to understand that this humane article made V. Putin a real leader of the free world, as well as a defender of international law. As for Obama, he was always the "leader" of the outcasts, "gathered in his irresponsible, lawless government, entangled in lies and war crimes."
Putin mildly criticized Obama for his speech delivered on September 10. In it, Obama, the author recalls, tried to justify Washington’s lawlessness with “American exclusivity.” Obama, the publicist writes, represents his criminal regime in the position of a moral censor, arguing that "the government policy of the United States is exactly what makes us exceptional."
“Exactly what Obama told the Americans, before Hitler spoke to the Germans. The Russians, who have borne the brunt of the war with the German military machine, know how dangerous it is to encourage people to consider themselves exceptional. Therefore, Putin reminded Obama that "God made us equal."
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ivshubarin
There are still sensible people and courageous - Paul Craig Roberts.
Rattenfanger
Paul Craig Roberts, one of the most influential figures of the Reagan administration, the father of “Reygonomics”, criticizes the US administration and expresses words of support to Russia and its leader, the KGB colonel! Sur ...
Apparently, the case for them really smells of kerosene, since such a split among the American elite.
Apparently, the case for them really smells of kerosene, since such a split among the American elite.
Surprise Liberal Economy
Economically advanced figures from the US Senate set out to arrange an artificial financial crisis in Russia. The harsh four "sanctioners" of 13 September appealed to the US Treasury with a call to block the access of some large Russian banks to the American financial system. We are talking about VTB, VEB and Gazprombank. Senators believe that these banks do business with the bloody Syrian regime and even take money from the latter for the C-300 air defense system. And in VTB, the chemical tyrant and poisoner of his own people, Asad, keeps his personal savings for a rainy day.
“According to numerous reports, such banks as VTB, VEB and Gazprombank are, as usual, doing business with Syria, repeatedly undermining the sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Such activities, it was reported, include assisting Vnesheconombank in making payments for C-300 rocket systems, storing President Asad’s personal assets in VTB, payments from Gazprombank for oil, lead senators "Days. Ru" with reference to RIA "News".
A letter addressed to Jacob Lew was signed by Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal, Gene Shaheen and Republicans John Cornyn and Kelly Ayotte.
These people believe that thanks to the assistance of Russian banks, the Syrian authorities are purchasing weapons and waging civil war. In this regard, the letter says: "We believe that these institutions are involved in the ongoing brutal conflict in Syria and should be denied access to the American financial system."
The four developed a proposal: the US Treasury Department should freeze the assets of Russian banks in the United States, prohibit them from operating on American territory and impose restrictions on foreign travel of employees.
In short, a mixture of financial sanctions with the "Magnitsky list."
Dni.ru also indicates that VTB has already denied senators ’claims about Bashar al-Assad’s personal accounts. The press service of the bank said: “The statements of four US senators are the dissemination of completely unreliable information. In the VTB group there are no accounts of the leadership of Syria. We regard the words of the senators as a provocative attempt to mislead the US public. ”
Olga Gritsenko ("Sight") recalls that earlier in the media more than once wrote about the cooperation of Russian state banks with Damascus. For example, last year, the Financial Times reported: “While Western banks stopped their ties with Syria, Russian financial institutions - VTB, Vnesheconombank, and Gazprombank — work with it in the usual way.” And in May 2013 of the year in the Western press passed the information that Syria paid the cost of six C-300 complexes through VTB. Finally, quite recently, Reuters claimed that in recent months Damascus had transferred almost 1 billion to Moscow for four C-300 and 550 million for Moscow for 36 Yak-130 combat aircraft.
According to the head of the Center for Analysis of the World Trade in Arms, Igor Korotchenko, the American initiative is just another “relapse of the Cold War thinking”. According to him, the introduction of sanctions against Russia can be regarded as arbitrariness: “This will be an unfriendly decision, and we, in turn, will have the right to retaliate, for example, to prohibit senators from entering Russia. We must respond to such tricks. In addition, the listed banks are respected in the international community, and international banks and financiers will negatively react to the initiative of US senators. ”
It is strange, of course, to believe, let us add on our own that the American senators will be frightened by such a terrible measure as a ban on visiting Moscow. On the other hand, it is too early to speak of retaliatory measures: it is extremely unlikely that the petition, signed by just four senators, would later become valid.
Nevertheless, the new document should be attached to a thick bundle of American papers that has accumulated on the so-called Syrian issue and which serves a single case, jointly promoted by the Persian Gulf monarchies, official Washington and the US military-industrial circles behind Congressmen: remove from power in Damascus, Assad and put there on the throne of some petty vassal from the "opposition", loyal to the White House and the Saudis from Qatar to the last pimple.
The petition of senators signals not only Russia and Syria, but the entire world community: Washington will not back down on the idea of overthrowing Assad.
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GreatRussia
... It is enough to shut off the faucet near the pipeline to Europe, especially NATO member countries. And it’s not May, it’s not a month in the yard, but in the USA and geyro da Aleco it’s not the best economic situation.
But here's whatbegan to take by the balls threats began to come in, this is the most reason to move, and not only to the above-mentioned banks, and not only in Russia.
But here's what
Mart
You will not find understanding in the Ministry of Finance and the raw oligarchs. According to Comrade. Lenin, politics is the most concentrated expression of economics. And the overlap of the tap is a way not only to the budget deficit, but also to large penalties. And in general, the Europeans - they seem to be not Americans ...
Qatar, by the way, is just waiting for Russia to blunder with gas supplies. Another reason will be to accelerate the "democratization" of Syria.
Qatar, by the way, is just waiting for Russia to blunder with gas supplies. Another reason will be to accelerate the "democratization" of Syria.
vladsolo56
This is Russia's independent policy, laughter and only, and this is just a minor cause for disagreement, and if something serious happens, then America will bring down our economy in a matter of days. All normal economists and politicians in Russia have already spoken about this many times, but whoever listens to them, Uncle Sam has been in command of our government so far.
lewerlin53rus
It would be desirable to hope that such threats will force our government to force measures against untie our economy from green cut paper. And other states will seriously think about whether it is safe to invest in the US economy.
Russian sanatorium for Mr. McCain
In recent days, the famous Senator John McCain does not leave the strips of paper publications and looms on the screens of monitors.
As transmits "RT", the Republican senator stated that he would accept the invitation of President Putin to participate in the international Valdai Discussion Club, but he didn’t have time: “I would gladly accept the invitation if the schedule allowed me.” So the American politician wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin invited McCain to join the work of the Valdai Discussion Club: there he could fill in the gaps of his knowledge of the situation in modern Russia.
According to Pravda.ru, Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights, member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, commented on the McCain material: “Russians deserve better than Putin,” previously published on the same Pravde.ru.
“McCain is known for having for his part committed violations during election campaigns. Secondly, he sent a very strange letter in the last US presidential election to the Russian mission to the UN, where he asked for money for his election campaign. To which he received a completely justified answer that the Russian mission does not provide such financing. Perhaps it offended him too.
Further, if McCain is so interested in the development of the human rights situation, which prevents him from applying to the Russian Federation to ask for Russian citizenship, come here and fight for human rights directly in the country, without giving such very strange and non-specific recommendations. Getting McCain citizenship of the Russian Federation will give him the opportunity to be examined in the sanatorium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "
Further, if McCain is so interested in the development of the human rights situation, which prevents him from applying to the Russian Federation to ask for Russian citizenship, come here and fight for human rights directly in the country, without giving such very strange and non-specific recommendations. Getting McCain citizenship of the Russian Federation will give him the opportunity to be examined in the sanatorium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "
Alexander Brod called the McCain appeal the agitations of the Cold War era and stated that McCain was “late for years on 30-40”.
By the way, in his article (see resource Pravda.ru) Mr. McCain once again declared himself "pro-Russian."
“... It is not the first time when Russian citizens hear about me as their opponent. Since my goal today is to destroy the falsifications used by the rulers of Russia to preserve their power and justify corruption, let me start by correcting this lie. I am not anti-Russian. I am pro-Russian, more pro-Russian than the regime that controls you badly today. ”
As for the question of what “Pravda” the senator wanted to send the message to, the answer is here.
To this we must add that the American political theater, where the characters play themselves, is a very, very boring institution. Inevitably, you start to wonder at people who watch movies and TV shows. Why invent something when quite artistic heroes appear in reality? Just look at this acting series: D. McCain, H. Clinton and her husband Bill and her friend Monica, friend of the oppressed gay Obama, ideologist of the "overload" Michael McFaul, a couple of Vietnamese pacifists - Kerry and Hagel - and many others, against the background of which even the outstanding type of Zhirinovsky is fading ...
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Ascetic
Indeed, in order to get to the sanatorium of the Ministry of Defense without problems, without collecting countless certificates and waiting for the decision of the relevant department from the Serdyukovsk girls still sitting there (half a year), it is necessary to become McCain, then just white men in white coats will pick up under the white and free of charge sanatorium.
amp
McCain can appear in the Russian Federation only as a prisoner of war.
Visa can not be given to him.
Visa can not be given to him.
Docent1984
Friends, yes, it’s necessary to rejoice that there are such as McCain) Well, judge for yourself who we would discuss if we weren’t - the dull, lean faces of some senators - well, boredom ... But this is a storehouse of pathetic idiocy - it’s kind of talent) That would be full-time televised debates McCain - Zhirinovsky! What are the millions of views, what "Yutyub" ... It would be a masterpiece)
* "Russians, surrender, us - the horde!" - "And us - the army!" (KVN, "Burnt by the Sun")
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