Geopolitical mosaic: Latvians were made to repel the Russian-Belarusian threat, and Putin became a symbol of the fight against al-Qaeda in the West
The split opposition. - “A very constructive meeting.” - Russian deputies will study the Syrian issue in Syria. - Condemnation of the United States. - Old Obama songs. - "Path to the bomb." - Bloody Mukhtar. - Five hours in the life of a candidate of biological sciences. “Kenyatu will be sued anyway.” - Paris: gold and drugs. - Cash for Sarkozy. - “Washington Post”: Europe is ruled by the German “empress”. - Searching the offices of neo-Nazis in Greece, the police detained ... their own. - Silence of Warsaw. - Combatants Latvians. - Resistance of General Suvanaliev. - Georgian provocations. - Gas from Yanukovych. - Ukraine as part of the "monster". - News from the Ukrainian west. - The reconnaissance flight of the Chinese dragon. - Bo Xilai sat for life. - The direct route Maduro. “Putin has not yet earned the Peace Prize.” - The West takes off its hat to Captain Russia.
The split opposition. Several major opposition groups in Syria said they did not recognize the National Coalition of the Syrian opposition and the revolutionary forces, reports RIA News" with reference to France Press.
On Tuesday night, the total number of thirteen insurgent groups stated that they did not recognize opposition groups based in other countries, and NCRF among them.
“The national coalition and the proposed government of the newly elected Ahmad Tumekh does not represent us, and we do not recognize it,” the agency cites unnamed groupings.
"A very constructive meeting." The meeting of the US Secretary of State with the Russian Foreign Minister was held in a constructive manner. This was announced by the head of American diplomacy at its completion, reports specials. correspondent ITAR-TASS.
“A very constructive meeting took place,” said John Kerry.
The US Secretary of State and Comrade Lavrov discussed the Syrian issue. No details.
Russian deputies will study the Syrian issue in Syria. As reported by Tamara Shkel ("Russian newspaper"), The State Duma intends to send a group of deputies of the lower chamber to Damascus to meet with Syrian colleagues and study the Syrian issue on the spot. This was stated by State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.
He also recalled that the State Duma has been conducting international consultations on the Syrian issue since the very beginning of the sixth convocation. They are likely to continue at the upcoming session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
US conviction. Member of the British Parliament Sarah Wollaston condemned the US approach to the problem of chemical weapons Syria, having criticized the American intentions to begin military operations against this country, writes Mixednews.ru with reference to SANA.
Wollaston says: "For the United States, this would be the sending of an incredibly confused message that they are going to bomb Syria for using terrible weapons when they themselves sell Saudi Arabia’s terrible weapons."
The opposition to the US policy is one of the members of the House of Commons who voted against military action against Syria. She notes: “I look at the Middle East and I see how indignation boils over what they see as an imperialistic approach to their region and double standards.”
Old Obama songs. The US President during a speech at the UN General Assembly session stated that “there are two important issues with regard to foreign policy: this is the problem of Iran’s nuclear program and the settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict,” "Voice of Russia".
Barack Obama said: “I will entrust the issue of resolving the Iranian nuclear issue to Secretary of State John Kerry. And I believe that in the current situation it is necessary to try to solve this problem by diplomatic means. ”
As for Egypt, the US president said vaguely that American aid would depend on the promotion of Egypt to democracy.
As for Syria, everything is the same. "There is more than enough evidence that the Assad regime used this weapon (chemical) 21 of August," Obama said, calling on the UN Security Council to adopt a tough resolution on Syria: "There must be a tough Security Council resolution to confirm that the Assad regime complies with its obligations ".
Pressuring “hardness”, Obama stressed that the United States is ready to use military force to protect its interests in the Middle East and North Africa: “The United States is ready to use all elements of our capabilities, including military force, to ensure our key interests in the region.”
As for the recent dispute about the "exclusivity" of Americans, Obama continues to stand on his own: "Some may disagree, but I believe that America is exceptional." The president explained the exclusivity by saying that the US cares not only about its own interests, but also about the interests of all.
True, these interests of "all", we add from ourselves, on closer examination turn out to be ... US interests. Obama did not even try to hide it.
The president of the United States made it clear in his speech that America puts its own interests first, including in the Middle East and North Africa.
Obama, we note, urgently needs to change either the policy or the speechwriter. Theses, which without any stretch can be called double standards, are side by side in speeches and statements of the American president in the next paragraphs.
"Path to the bomb." Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli delegation to the UN to leave the hall during the speech of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani before the UN General Assembly, reports MIGnews.com.
Earlier, the US president made a speech on changing Iran’s rhetoric on the nuclear issue. Netanyahu spoke on this subject as follows: “I welcome President Obama’s statement that Iran’s words should be accompanied by appropriate actions that will be transparent and can be verified. And I look forward to discussing it with him in Washington next week. ”
“Iran believes that reassuring words will allow it to continue on its way to the bomb,” said the Israeli Prime Minister. He added: “Just as North Korea did earlier, Iran will try to lift the sanctions by offering external minor concessions, while retaining its ability to quickly create nuclear weapons when it suits them.”
“Israel would welcome a genuine diplomatic solution that will truly prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons. But we are not mistaken about those half measures that simply provide a smoke screen for Iran’s unceasing pursuit of nuclear weapons. And the world should not be mistaken about this, too, ”Mr Netanyahu said.
Calling on his diplomats to ignore the Iranian president’s speech, the prime minister said that the Iranian regime’s policy towards Israel with the new government has not changed.
Bloody Mukhtar. Uhuru Kenyat announced the completion of a stripping operation against the terrorists of the capital. The operation, which began after the militants seized the Westgate shopping center, lasted more than four days, Interfax.
24 September in the country was declared a three-day mourning for 67 victims of the terrorist attack. 62 people hospitalized. A total of at least 170 people suffered. According to Uhuru Kenyata, security forces arrested 11 attackers. Five terrorists were shot dead during the storming of the building.
The president also noted that all three floors of the fashionable mall had collapsed. It is possible that the number of victims and injured will increase. According to CNN, 65 people are missing.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, the British subject Samantha Lewtewate (White Widow) could have participated in the attack. She converted to Islam after marriage. Her husband, Jermaine Lindsay, was one of the suicide bombers who blew themselves up on the 7 London Underground on July 2005, killing an 26 man. Twenty-nine-year-old Lewthwaite has been on the run with four children for eight years.
On the "IN" about the tragedy in Nairobi, read the article "Muslims are allowed out".
A new review of Western newspapers from the Nairobi is dedicated to the atrocities "Foreign Press".
The bloody attack of the Somali group Al-Shabab in the center of Nairobi turned out to be a masterful blow to the asymmetric war that radical militants are waging against superior states, the French journalist Le Monde writes. The slaughter in the capital of Kenya recalled: despite the success of the military operation in Mali, there is an “arch of instability” from the Horn of Africa (in the east of the continent) to the coast of Nigeria (in the west).
Christoph Chateaute notes that the Westgate shopping center is a resting place for wealthy Kenyans and expats, and at the same time a symbol of a consumer society. The shopping center is an ideal target from the point of view of terrorists who achieve several goals at once: do maximum damage, achieve worldwide fame, sow horror, undermine tourism in Kenya and nuzzle Western powers and their African allies in security problems.
The links between the Islamists of various African countries and the growing number of criminal and terrorist groups make the region a source of instability, the author sums up.
“In the south of Somalia, 19 June after dark broke out a merciless civil strife. Competing groups, separated by personal, clan and ideological differences, opened fire from machine guns. The bullets flew, and the locals hid home, ”writes Simon Tisdall in The Guardian. At the same time, a few days earlier there was a split in Al-Shabab. “Her nationalist wing was utterly broken, and the so-called supporters of world jihad, led by the radical emir of the group Ahmed Abdi Godan (also sheikh Mukhtar Abu Zubeir), seized power,” the author says. To achieve fame, Godane needed a large-scale operation. As a result, the June skirmish led to an attack on Westgate, Tisdall believes.
In the first statement, as head of Al-Shabab, Godane swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden and even promised to strike the United States. In 2012, he joined Al-Shabab to Al-Qaida. This man claimed responsibility for the bombings in Kampala (Uganda) at the World Cup in 2010 (killed a person's 74).
The atrocities at Westgate may lead to a wider escalation of the conflict in the Horn of Africa, which the ruthless jihadist Godane will undoubtedly welcome, the author concludes.
Five hours in the life of a candidate of biological sciences. Candidate of Biological Sciences Elena Chelysheva hid for five hours in a terror center seized by terrorists in Kenya. She left the cafe in the shopping center "Westgate" a few minutes before the attack of terrorists, reports "RT" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Elena said: “There were claps. The guard shouted: "Lie down, shoot."
According to the woman, the bullets flew from all sides. Elena ran into the store with tinted windows. “Thanks to the owner for letting me in and locking the door. He saved us, ”says the Russian woman.
“We prayed hand in hand. Shooting did not stop. We thought it was robbery. The thought of a terrorist act came into my head last, ”says Elena.
The biologist assistant who remained on the street sent her an SMS: he recommended hiding because the attackers "shoot white people."
“After some time the police knocked on the door. We were taken outside one by one. I have never seen so many soldiers and armored personnel carriers. And I first saw the dead people. "
Having learned about the number of wounded, Elena decided to donate blood.
Kenyatu still sued. The International Criminal Court denied the President of Kenya a request to postpone the date of the commencement of his trial from 12 this November to January 2014, the correspondent reports. ITAR-TASS Maria Fedorova.
The refusal of the judges of the ICC was motivated by the “lack of grounds” for the postponement. And even without this, the beginning of the trial of the Kenyan President’s case was already postponed - from July 9 to November 12.
Mr. Kenyat is accused of crimes against humanity in connection with the bloodshed that followed the election of the 2007 of the year (about 1,5 thousand people died).
On similar charges at the ICC, 10 began a lawsuit in September on Kenya’s Vice President William Ruto and Joshua Sang, head of the Kenyan television and radio company.
Paris: gold and drugs. According to Alexander Samozhnev ("Russian newspaper"), at the airport named after de Gaulle, unknown persons stole 50 kilograms of gold bullion from a passenger plane. The market value of the stolen is 1,6 million euros. This writes the Swiss newspaper "Neue Zürcher Zeitung".
Gold was transported to Zurich. Representatives of the company specializing in the transportation of valuables, followed the plane of the company "Air France" on the airfield - until the departure. Gold disappeared only after the liner arrived at its destination in Switzerland. Experts have concluded that the attackers were accomplices at the airport.
As specified "Vesti", referring to “The Local”, unknown persons stole about 44 kilograms of gold. The cost of the stolen is estimated at one and a half million euros.
The kidnapping looks suspicious, considering history with a plane from Venezuela, which recently delivered to Paris more than a ton of cocaine worth about 200 million euros. This plane also belonged to "Air France", and the bags of drugs were not registered to any of the passengers. This gives reason to suspect that employees of the airline were involved in smuggling.
As for gold, the theft occurred on September 19, but the police reported the abduction only now.
Cash for Sarkozy. The Court of Appeal decided to continue the investigation in relation to Nicolas Sarkozy, who is suspected of illegally receiving funds. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
The court refused to satisfy the petition of the defense to invalidate one of the main evidence, reports the channel "France 24". The medical examination states that since September 2006, the owner of the perfume company “L'Oreal” Liliane Bettencourt has been suffering from dementia. It was from her Sarkozy in 2007, allegedly received the money.
According to Le Parisien, Bordeaux’s prosecutor found the investigators ’presumptive suggestion that the French presidential candidate took advantage of Betancourt’s poor health.
According to the investigation, recalls "tape", in 2007, Sarkozy received from Betancourt 150 thousands of euros in cash, which he used to finance his election campaign. According to the laws of France, candidates are prohibited from accepting donations worth more than 4,6 thousand euros. Sarkozy denies his guilt.
The Washington Post: Europe is ruled by the German empress. Ann Applebaum («The Washington Post»; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") in the article “Angela Merkel, Empress of Europe” tells the following about Angela Merkel: “She dislikes the media, is deprived of charisma, does not follow the figure, does not dress well”. And he continues: Merkel has “boring election campaigns, and private life is even more boring”.
At the same time, she was elected for the third time as chancellor and, therefore, the journalist concludes, and the leader of the whole of Europe. "Or, better to say, the empress of Europe, since Merkel in reality does not govern, but reigns."
What does it mean? The journalist explains: Merkel does not give orders, does not make demands, but sets some parameters and allows others to make their own choices.
For example, during the Greek crisis, Merkel did not publicly condemn the economic course of the Greek government, but it was on her instructions that the EU envoys insisted on “boring but important things” - saving measures.
Angela Merkel personifies what the Germans like: leadership without drama, the author believes. "Thanks to Merkel, Germany can be - in general, imperceptible to all - the dominant force in Europe."
Searching the neo-Nazi offices in Greece, the police detained ... their own. The offices of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party on the evening of September 24 were searched. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
An 45-year-old police officer was arrested and turned out to be the bodyguard of a party lawyer. In September, this man was removed from office because of suspicion of participation in neo-Nazi raids against migrant traders.
According to France Press, the searches were conducted as part of an investigation into the links between politicians with extreme right-wing views and law enforcement officials.
It is also reported that this month several law enforcement officers were suspended from their official duties after they found a weapon in the Golden Dawn office near the police station.
Lenta reminds that the popularity of Golden Dawn has increased in the face of increasing anti-migrant sentiment in Greece. In the elections last year, this ultra-right party was supported by about seven percent of voters, which provided it with 18 from 300 parliamentary seats.
The silence of Warsaw. For the second time this year, the Polish government rejected a request from the European Court of Human Rights about secret CIA prisons. Warsaw also stated that she would not answer the question about the detention of Abu Zubaydah, a native of Saudi Arabia, who is now in Guantanamo prison, reports "RT".
The Polish authorities believe that the provision of information can be considered as an intervention in a judicial investigation. The government also stated that Poland is the only European country that has launched an investigation into secret US prisons. True, human rights defenders are unhappy with the investigation: it lasts 5 years.
The European Court of Human Rights is now considering complaints filed by Abu Zubayda against Poland and Lithuania, as well as Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri - against Poland and Romania. Both reported that they appealed to the ECHR because Poland and Romania did not conduct a proper investigation into the circumstances of their detention and handed them over to the United States, and there they were mistreated.
Combat Latvians. The Latvian military and landowners - members of the Zemezardze voluntary paramilitary group ("Land Guard") - are on high alert. About this, as transmits "Lenta.ru", referring to DELFI, reported the newspaper "Latvijas Avize". According to the version distributed in the media, increased combat readiness in Latvia is associated with the Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad-2013. Latvia seems to feel threatened by them.
And on weekends, a rumor spread in social networks that “alarm was declared in the Latvian army”. However, this information in the armed forces denied.
As for the information spread by “Latvijas Avize”, the Minister of Defense of Latvia Artis Pabriks said: “Soldiers must always be ready. If a commander decided to check his personal composition at the weekend, this is not yet a reason for discontent or alarm. ”
Earlier, the same Pabriks expressed concern in connection with the Russian-Belarusian exercises. In his opinion, they are not held for defense purposes.
“Zapad-2013 exercises” do not include military actions on Russian territory, they are directed against neighboring countries. If such exercises are conducted, hypothetical possibilities are not excluded, ”he noted.
Finally, on September 24, the government of Latvia closedly reviewed the report of the Ministry of Defense “On the analysis of the military threat”.
Resistance of General Suvanaliev. As Kabai Karabekov writes (Kommersant), in Kyrgyzstan, opponents of President Almazbek Atambayev united in the opposition "Resistance Movement", which was headed by General Omurbek Suvanaliev. It is this person, the journalist points out, in June 2010 of the year stopped the interethnic massacre between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in Osh.
Oppositionists oppose the “usurpation of power” in the country by the Social Democratic Party, controlled by Mr. Atambayev. The movement demanded the dissolution of the ruling parliamentary coalition.
At the presentation of the movement, Omurbek Suvanaliev said: "Today, all power in the country is concentrated in the hands of one person - Almazbek Atambayev." The general believes that Atambayev managed to return presidential form of government in Kyrgyzstan: the faction of the Social Democratic Party held an amendment to the constitution in parliament, according to which the president determines foreign policy. Also, the office of the head of state controls the work of the courts, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the police. Finally, the oppositionists are dissatisfied with the fact that the government is headed by the former head of the presidential staff, Jantoro Satybaldiyev, and the parliament - by the SDPK member Asylbek Jeenbekov. And in the appendage: the state committee of national security, in the opinion of the opposition, forces fear in the republic. In response, the security services accused the leaders of the new opposition of having links with terrorist groups - however, no evidence was found.
Today, the leaders of the Resistance Movement declare that they consider their first priority task to unite all opposition forces. Oppositionists are going to destroy the ruling coalition in parliament and to achieve the election of a new prime minister.
Georgian provocations. The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Georgia of provocative actions in the area of the state border of South Ossetia. The position of Moscow was voiced by Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, speaking by telephone with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Philippe Lefort. According to a Russian official, the protests in connection with the strengthening of the state’s border "threaten regional stability," Vadim Zlobin notes.Utro.ru).
Comrade Karasin told Leforor that such a policy of Georgia is fraught with serious consequences. “The deliberate heightening of emotions, political speculations around this topic are unacceptable,” quotes the words of the Deputy Minister of RIA Novosti.
The demonstrations themselves are “tendentiously covered in the media,” Karasin said, asking Lefora to “keep the Tbilisi authorities from irresponsible steps.”
Gas from Yanukovych. Ukraine continues to work to diversify the supply of energy resources and seeks to achieve energy independence in the future, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych told reporters in New York, a correspondent reports. RIA News" Alena Meita.
“To build an economy on our own energy resources or on resources that we will buy in the market at prices that will satisfy us. The issue of energy independence is strategic for us, ”the press service quotes the president.
He noted that Ukraine continues to look for opportunities to increase its own gas production: "We are already producing a billion cubic meters of 21, and gradually this production will increase."
Ukraine as part of the "monster". On the eve of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, one of the honorary guests of the Yalta European Strategy Forum (YES), former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, shared with the newspaper Kommersant Ukraine their vision of Ukraine’s European perspectives. Blair gave an interview to correspondent Galina Korbe.
In particular, Blair noted that "certainly, the desire of the EU is to sign an agreement with Ukraine." As for the position of the British, the ex-premier said the following:
On a clear question that the European Union’s refusal to sign an association agreement might push Ukraine to join the Customs Union, Blair replied:
Regarding the trade war between Russia and Ukraine, the interviewee stated:
Another question from the correspondent sounded like this: “Opening the YES forum, President Viktor Yanukovych said that Ukraine is between two monsters — Russia and the European Union. Do you think so too? ”Blair replied:
News from the Ukrainian West. The deputies of the city council of Ternopil decided to ban the use of the Russian language in signboards, writes "Russian newspaper" with reference to the "Echo of Moscow".
Previously, such prohibitive measures were taken in Lviv. There, for the Russian-language sign of the cafe, they fined hryvnias on 1700.
"Lenta.ru" referring to UNIAN, reports that the deputy from the Communist Party, Alexander Zubchevsky, won the trial against deputy Irina Fahrion, representatives of the nationalist party Svoboda.
The case was considered in the Shevchenko district court of Lviv. According to the court decision, the defendant will have to pay thousands of hryvnias (about 22 thousand rubles) as compensation for moral damage and legal costs of 85. The plaintiff stated that the money spent would go to support Russian-language schools.
As recalled by "Ribbon", the conflict between the communist and the nationalist erupted at the beginning of 2013. Farion expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Zubchevsky, speaking at a meeting of the parliamentary committee, spoke Russian.
Zubchevsky filed a counterclaim demanding compensation for the insult. According to "ZIK", Fahrion called him "virodcom" and "isostyu" ("ictot" translated into Russian - "being", the note "Tapes.ru").
Reconnaissance flight of the Chinese dragon. Pavel Dulman ("Russian newspaper") told that the Chinese newspaper South China Morning Post published information about the acquisition of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (HRSS) by the state corporation from Ukraine one hundred thousand hectares of land, and plans to buy as many as three million hectares. True, Ukraine has denied the news about the purchase of land.
There is a protocol of intent concluded between the Ukrainian agro-holding KSG Agro and HRSP back in May. The document assumes the cooperation of two companies on 100 thousands of hectares of land in the Dnipropetrovsk region, leased by the Ukrainian holding.
“This is not about buying, or even about subletting, but about joint activities. We will grow corn in the land we rent and raise pigs. Our citizens will work on the land, selling products, in particular pork, first of all in Ukraine, and surplus in China. The company has no intention and right to sell land to foreigners, including the Chinese, ”said Sergey Kasyanov, the owner of KSG Agro, commenting on the news from China.
The government of Ukraine has denied its participation in the alleged transaction. “As far as I know, we are talking about investing in irrigation. But we are interested in any investments from any country, ”explained Mykola Prysyazhnyuk, the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine.
Curiously, the State Agency for Land Resources of Ukraine reported the presence of 3 millions of hectares of “unowned” land. We are talking about sites whose owners have not privatized their shares, and after 2016, they will become the property of the state. Are not these 3 million hectares meant by Chinese journalists, the journalist wonders. But even after the lifting of the moratorium, foreigners will not be able to acquire Ukrainian land: the Land Code assumes only sublease for them.
Foreign sources are already writing that China began to buy Ukraine. For example, an article by Lily Kuo ("Quartz") is called “China has just bought 5 percent of Ukraine” (see its translation into Mixednews.ru). Here, in particular, states that China has signed a contract for the agricultural cultivation of three million hectares of Ukrainian land for a period of 50 years. This means: Ukraine gives 5% of its total area, or 9% of agricultural land to China, which needs to feed its growing population.
A reportage of Daria Manina and Leonid Kovachich is devoted to the Chinese-Ukrainian theme ("Voice of Russia"). The material is entitled “Peking Duck: Ukraine denied rumors about China renting its land.”
Where did the duck come from?
Ukrainian media, correspondents say, refer to the Chinese edition of the “Huangqiu Shibao”. It refers to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post. But this one also sends curious people to some kind of press release from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Yes, only on the SPSK website there is no such information.
The number in 3 million hectares, as noted in the "KGS Agro", is due to the fact that the project to supply Chinese equipment is part of the plans of the Ukrainian government to restore the irrigation system. During the Soviet period, it covered just 3 million hectares.
Why did the Chinese media fall for the informational “duck”? Doctor of Economic Sciences Leonid Kistersky sees here an attempt to undermine the reputation of the Ukrainian delegation, which is now working in China.
Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk is in China. He said that Ukraine produces almost three times more agricultural products than it consumes, and China can become a good market for it. But the land leasing to Chinese farmers was not discussed.
This is probably the case when the desired is given for real. China leases abroad about 2 million hectares of farmland, which is not enough to meet the needs of an overpopulated country.
Bo Xilai sat for life. Valentin Makov ("Lenta.ru") writes about the sentence for Bo Xilai. A Chinese court sentenced to life imprisonment one of the most popular politicians in the country.
The Bo Xilia case became unprecedentedly open to China. The court even published quotes from the process in Sina Weibo. Bo Xilai was convicted on all counts, including corruption.
The submission notes that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is called one of the architects of the lawsuit, clearly considers Bo Xilai to be a dangerous adversary who can "rock the boat." A life sentence for Bo Xilai gives the latter the right to claim release only after 13 years. And by that far time a new generation of leaders will come to power.
Direct route Maduro. The Venezuelan President announced that he was returning from Beijing to Caracas, and not to New York, where he was going to take part in the general political discussion within the framework of the UN General Assembly, the correspondent reports. RIA News" Oleg Vyazmitinov.
“We are stopping and continuing our way to our beloved Bolivarian homeland,” Maduro wrote in a microblog on Twitter and added that on Wednesday in Venezuela he had an intensive day scheduled.
Last week, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry reported that the United States closed Puerto Rico’s airspace for the aircraft of the Venezuelan leader, who was supposed to fly to China. Maduro condemned this decision and, before flying to China, instructed the Foreign Minister to ensure the country's participation in the UNGA.
Peace Prize Putin has not yet earned it. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not know who nominated Vladimir Putin is not a peace prize, reports RIA News".
“I don’t know who put forward, and I don’t know whether this person has the necessary powers for this,” said Peskov in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. He added that Putin is not a supporter of receiving awards and prizes, but “satisfaction in achieving the results of his work.”
Peskov also said that if Putin’s prize is supposed to be awarded for his efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis peacefully, then we must first wait for tangible results: “If you mean Syrian affairs and its role in Syrian settlement, it’s premature to talk about it. Putin has done a lot, the whole Russian side has done a lot, has made tremendous efforts and has shown considerable diplomatic skill to save the region, and the whole world from the occurrence of another armed conflict with predictably negative consequences. But while it is impossible to make some victorious statements, you need to wait for this settlement to be more tangible. ”
West takes off his hat to Captain Russia. In the article "How Putin was turned into superman" ("Marianne", France; source of translation - "InoSMI") Joseph Mase-Scaron notes that if “yesterday the Kremlin tsar was sitting alone on the outskirts of the international community,” today he “became the main fighter for peace in Syria.” This is due to serious mistakes of Western diplomacy. 9 September, the author notes, the Russian leader turned the "clever combination", as a result of which "just a day" became a "key figure in the game."
The result: “... the terrible Putin, who had only recently embodied absolute evil, suddenly became shrewd and wise Vladimir. If you listen to some, then the coming Nobel Peace Prize may shine for him ... "
The author believes that Putin is very lucky. After all, Barack Obama made a number of miscalculations in the Middle East, including the “red line” on the use of chemical weapons. The president of the United States himself has driven himself into a trap.
There is another reason for Putin’s success: a return to the game of public opinion. Western governments, the journalist notes, cannot close their eyes to public opinion - unless they want to fail in the elections.
Putin was also lucky with the "Libyan adventure": his predecessor Medvedev, together with the Chinese, allowed the adoption of a resolution that created the possibility for military strikes. The operation ended with the death of Gaddafi. "Libyan scam" pushed into the Russian camp most of the developing countries: India, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria. Naturally, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Algeria, Iran, Vietnam, Ukraine, Belarus were immediately noted ... The author states that the geopolitical zone of influence of “Putin Russia” extends much wider than that which the USSR could once boast.
In the article "The Secret American Subculture of Putin's Fans" (National Journal, USA; source of translation - "InoSMI") Marin Kogan talks about Texas blogger Heine Young and about Putin’s other American fans.
Young once interviewed Putin. The latter answered him with a message on 8000 of words, where he wrote about the preservation of tigers, about Hemingway's favorite works, even about the frailty of human life. “People really liked it, at least those who wrote their comments in Outdoor Life,” Young later said. - And in this readership, the majority are inflexible and conservative Republicans. When they saw Putin hunting, they said, “And Obama would never do that.”
Three months ago, the group “Americans for Putin” appeared on Facebook. They included "citizens of America who admire the policy and leadership style of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin," believing that he is "better than the Republican establishment."
The political platform of the group includes a call for a “united national culture”, “a firm stand against Israeli imperialism”, and resistance to political correctness.
The author also notes that when Putin “allegedly caught” a pike on 20 kilograms this year, the notes on the public website of the right-wing Free Republic were overwhelmingly for him and against Obama:
Finally, someone said that Putin, together with Sarah Palin, would have made the United States a more moral country.
The split opposition. Several major opposition groups in Syria said they did not recognize the National Coalition of the Syrian opposition and the revolutionary forces, reports RIA News" with reference to France Press.
On Tuesday night, the total number of thirteen insurgent groups stated that they did not recognize opposition groups based in other countries, and NCRF among them.
“The national coalition and the proposed government of the newly elected Ahmad Tumekh does not represent us, and we do not recognize it,” the agency cites unnamed groupings.
"A very constructive meeting." The meeting of the US Secretary of State with the Russian Foreign Minister was held in a constructive manner. This was announced by the head of American diplomacy at its completion, reports specials. correspondent ITAR-TASS.
“A very constructive meeting took place,” said John Kerry.
The US Secretary of State and Comrade Lavrov discussed the Syrian issue. No details.
Russian deputies will study the Syrian issue in Syria. As reported by Tamara Shkel ("Russian newspaper"), The State Duma intends to send a group of deputies of the lower chamber to Damascus to meet with Syrian colleagues and study the Syrian issue on the spot. This was stated by State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.
He also recalled that the State Duma has been conducting international consultations on the Syrian issue since the very beginning of the sixth convocation. They are likely to continue at the upcoming session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
US conviction. Member of the British Parliament Sarah Wollaston condemned the US approach to the problem of chemical weapons Syria, having criticized the American intentions to begin military operations against this country, writes Mixednews.ru with reference to SANA.
Wollaston says: "For the United States, this would be the sending of an incredibly confused message that they are going to bomb Syria for using terrible weapons when they themselves sell Saudi Arabia’s terrible weapons."
The opposition to the US policy is one of the members of the House of Commons who voted against military action against Syria. She notes: “I look at the Middle East and I see how indignation boils over what they see as an imperialistic approach to their region and double standards.”
Old Obama songs. The US President during a speech at the UN General Assembly session stated that “there are two important issues with regard to foreign policy: this is the problem of Iran’s nuclear program and the settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict,” "Voice of Russia".
Barack Obama said: “I will entrust the issue of resolving the Iranian nuclear issue to Secretary of State John Kerry. And I believe that in the current situation it is necessary to try to solve this problem by diplomatic means. ”
As for Egypt, the US president said vaguely that American aid would depend on the promotion of Egypt to democracy.
As for Syria, everything is the same. "There is more than enough evidence that the Assad regime used this weapon (chemical) 21 of August," Obama said, calling on the UN Security Council to adopt a tough resolution on Syria: "There must be a tough Security Council resolution to confirm that the Assad regime complies with its obligations ".
Pressuring “hardness”, Obama stressed that the United States is ready to use military force to protect its interests in the Middle East and North Africa: “The United States is ready to use all elements of our capabilities, including military force, to ensure our key interests in the region.”
As for the recent dispute about the "exclusivity" of Americans, Obama continues to stand on his own: "Some may disagree, but I believe that America is exceptional." The president explained the exclusivity by saying that the US cares not only about its own interests, but also about the interests of all.
True, these interests of "all", we add from ourselves, on closer examination turn out to be ... US interests. Obama did not even try to hide it.
The president of the United States made it clear in his speech that America puts its own interests first, including in the Middle East and North Africa.
Obama, we note, urgently needs to change either the policy or the speechwriter. Theses, which without any stretch can be called double standards, are side by side in speeches and statements of the American president in the next paragraphs.
"Path to the bomb." Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli delegation to the UN to leave the hall during the speech of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani before the UN General Assembly, reports MIGnews.com.
Earlier, the US president made a speech on changing Iran’s rhetoric on the nuclear issue. Netanyahu spoke on this subject as follows: “I welcome President Obama’s statement that Iran’s words should be accompanied by appropriate actions that will be transparent and can be verified. And I look forward to discussing it with him in Washington next week. ”
“Iran believes that reassuring words will allow it to continue on its way to the bomb,” said the Israeli Prime Minister. He added: “Just as North Korea did earlier, Iran will try to lift the sanctions by offering external minor concessions, while retaining its ability to quickly create nuclear weapons when it suits them.”
“Israel would welcome a genuine diplomatic solution that will truly prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons. But we are not mistaken about those half measures that simply provide a smoke screen for Iran’s unceasing pursuit of nuclear weapons. And the world should not be mistaken about this, too, ”Mr Netanyahu said.
Calling on his diplomats to ignore the Iranian president’s speech, the prime minister said that the Iranian regime’s policy towards Israel with the new government has not changed.
Bloody Mukhtar. Uhuru Kenyat announced the completion of a stripping operation against the terrorists of the capital. The operation, which began after the militants seized the Westgate shopping center, lasted more than four days, Interfax.
24 September in the country was declared a three-day mourning for 67 victims of the terrorist attack. 62 people hospitalized. A total of at least 170 people suffered. According to Uhuru Kenyata, security forces arrested 11 attackers. Five terrorists were shot dead during the storming of the building.
The president also noted that all three floors of the fashionable mall had collapsed. It is possible that the number of victims and injured will increase. According to CNN, 65 people are missing.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, the British subject Samantha Lewtewate (White Widow) could have participated in the attack. She converted to Islam after marriage. Her husband, Jermaine Lindsay, was one of the suicide bombers who blew themselves up on the 7 London Underground on July 2005, killing an 26 man. Twenty-nine-year-old Lewthwaite has been on the run with four children for eight years.
On the "IN" about the tragedy in Nairobi, read the article "Muslims are allowed out".
A new review of Western newspapers from the Nairobi is dedicated to the atrocities "Foreign Press".
The bloody attack of the Somali group Al-Shabab in the center of Nairobi turned out to be a masterful blow to the asymmetric war that radical militants are waging against superior states, the French journalist Le Monde writes. The slaughter in the capital of Kenya recalled: despite the success of the military operation in Mali, there is an “arch of instability” from the Horn of Africa (in the east of the continent) to the coast of Nigeria (in the west).
Christoph Chateaute notes that the Westgate shopping center is a resting place for wealthy Kenyans and expats, and at the same time a symbol of a consumer society. The shopping center is an ideal target from the point of view of terrorists who achieve several goals at once: do maximum damage, achieve worldwide fame, sow horror, undermine tourism in Kenya and nuzzle Western powers and their African allies in security problems.
The links between the Islamists of various African countries and the growing number of criminal and terrorist groups make the region a source of instability, the author sums up.
“In the south of Somalia, 19 June after dark broke out a merciless civil strife. Competing groups, separated by personal, clan and ideological differences, opened fire from machine guns. The bullets flew, and the locals hid home, ”writes Simon Tisdall in The Guardian. At the same time, a few days earlier there was a split in Al-Shabab. “Her nationalist wing was utterly broken, and the so-called supporters of world jihad, led by the radical emir of the group Ahmed Abdi Godan (also sheikh Mukhtar Abu Zubeir), seized power,” the author says. To achieve fame, Godane needed a large-scale operation. As a result, the June skirmish led to an attack on Westgate, Tisdall believes.
In the first statement, as head of Al-Shabab, Godane swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden and even promised to strike the United States. In 2012, he joined Al-Shabab to Al-Qaida. This man claimed responsibility for the bombings in Kampala (Uganda) at the World Cup in 2010 (killed a person's 74).
The atrocities at Westgate may lead to a wider escalation of the conflict in the Horn of Africa, which the ruthless jihadist Godane will undoubtedly welcome, the author concludes.
Five hours in the life of a candidate of biological sciences. Candidate of Biological Sciences Elena Chelysheva hid for five hours in a terror center seized by terrorists in Kenya. She left the cafe in the shopping center "Westgate" a few minutes before the attack of terrorists, reports "RT" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Elena said: “There were claps. The guard shouted: "Lie down, shoot."
According to the woman, the bullets flew from all sides. Elena ran into the store with tinted windows. “Thanks to the owner for letting me in and locking the door. He saved us, ”says the Russian woman.
“We prayed hand in hand. Shooting did not stop. We thought it was robbery. The thought of a terrorist act came into my head last, ”says Elena.
The biologist assistant who remained on the street sent her an SMS: he recommended hiding because the attackers "shoot white people."
“After some time the police knocked on the door. We were taken outside one by one. I have never seen so many soldiers and armored personnel carriers. And I first saw the dead people. "
Having learned about the number of wounded, Elena decided to donate blood.
Kenyatu still sued. The International Criminal Court denied the President of Kenya a request to postpone the date of the commencement of his trial from 12 this November to January 2014, the correspondent reports. ITAR-TASS Maria Fedorova.
The refusal of the judges of the ICC was motivated by the “lack of grounds” for the postponement. And even without this, the beginning of the trial of the Kenyan President’s case was already postponed - from July 9 to November 12.
Mr. Kenyat is accused of crimes against humanity in connection with the bloodshed that followed the election of the 2007 of the year (about 1,5 thousand people died).
On similar charges at the ICC, 10 began a lawsuit in September on Kenya’s Vice President William Ruto and Joshua Sang, head of the Kenyan television and radio company.
Paris: gold and drugs. According to Alexander Samozhnev ("Russian newspaper"), at the airport named after de Gaulle, unknown persons stole 50 kilograms of gold bullion from a passenger plane. The market value of the stolen is 1,6 million euros. This writes the Swiss newspaper "Neue Zürcher Zeitung".
Gold was transported to Zurich. Representatives of the company specializing in the transportation of valuables, followed the plane of the company "Air France" on the airfield - until the departure. Gold disappeared only after the liner arrived at its destination in Switzerland. Experts have concluded that the attackers were accomplices at the airport.
As specified "Vesti", referring to “The Local”, unknown persons stole about 44 kilograms of gold. The cost of the stolen is estimated at one and a half million euros.
The kidnapping looks suspicious, considering history with a plane from Venezuela, which recently delivered to Paris more than a ton of cocaine worth about 200 million euros. This plane also belonged to "Air France", and the bags of drugs were not registered to any of the passengers. This gives reason to suspect that employees of the airline were involved in smuggling.
As for gold, the theft occurred on September 19, but the police reported the abduction only now.
Cash for Sarkozy. The Court of Appeal decided to continue the investigation in relation to Nicolas Sarkozy, who is suspected of illegally receiving funds. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
The court refused to satisfy the petition of the defense to invalidate one of the main evidence, reports the channel "France 24". The medical examination states that since September 2006, the owner of the perfume company “L'Oreal” Liliane Bettencourt has been suffering from dementia. It was from her Sarkozy in 2007, allegedly received the money.
According to Le Parisien, Bordeaux’s prosecutor found the investigators ’presumptive suggestion that the French presidential candidate took advantage of Betancourt’s poor health.
According to the investigation, recalls "tape", in 2007, Sarkozy received from Betancourt 150 thousands of euros in cash, which he used to finance his election campaign. According to the laws of France, candidates are prohibited from accepting donations worth more than 4,6 thousand euros. Sarkozy denies his guilt.
The Washington Post: Europe is ruled by the German empress. Ann Applebaum («The Washington Post»; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") in the article “Angela Merkel, Empress of Europe” tells the following about Angela Merkel: “She dislikes the media, is deprived of charisma, does not follow the figure, does not dress well”. And he continues: Merkel has “boring election campaigns, and private life is even more boring”.
At the same time, she was elected for the third time as chancellor and, therefore, the journalist concludes, and the leader of the whole of Europe. "Or, better to say, the empress of Europe, since Merkel in reality does not govern, but reigns."
What does it mean? The journalist explains: Merkel does not give orders, does not make demands, but sets some parameters and allows others to make their own choices.
For example, during the Greek crisis, Merkel did not publicly condemn the economic course of the Greek government, but it was on her instructions that the EU envoys insisted on “boring but important things” - saving measures.
Angela Merkel personifies what the Germans like: leadership without drama, the author believes. "Thanks to Merkel, Germany can be - in general, imperceptible to all - the dominant force in Europe."
Searching the neo-Nazi offices in Greece, the police detained ... their own. The offices of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party on the evening of September 24 were searched. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
An 45-year-old police officer was arrested and turned out to be the bodyguard of a party lawyer. In September, this man was removed from office because of suspicion of participation in neo-Nazi raids against migrant traders.
According to France Press, the searches were conducted as part of an investigation into the links between politicians with extreme right-wing views and law enforcement officials.
It is also reported that this month several law enforcement officers were suspended from their official duties after they found a weapon in the Golden Dawn office near the police station.
Lenta reminds that the popularity of Golden Dawn has increased in the face of increasing anti-migrant sentiment in Greece. In the elections last year, this ultra-right party was supported by about seven percent of voters, which provided it with 18 from 300 parliamentary seats.
The silence of Warsaw. For the second time this year, the Polish government rejected a request from the European Court of Human Rights about secret CIA prisons. Warsaw also stated that she would not answer the question about the detention of Abu Zubaydah, a native of Saudi Arabia, who is now in Guantanamo prison, reports "RT".
The Polish authorities believe that the provision of information can be considered as an intervention in a judicial investigation. The government also stated that Poland is the only European country that has launched an investigation into secret US prisons. True, human rights defenders are unhappy with the investigation: it lasts 5 years.
The European Court of Human Rights is now considering complaints filed by Abu Zubayda against Poland and Lithuania, as well as Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri - against Poland and Romania. Both reported that they appealed to the ECHR because Poland and Romania did not conduct a proper investigation into the circumstances of their detention and handed them over to the United States, and there they were mistreated.
Combat Latvians. The Latvian military and landowners - members of the Zemezardze voluntary paramilitary group ("Land Guard") - are on high alert. About this, as transmits "Lenta.ru", referring to DELFI, reported the newspaper "Latvijas Avize". According to the version distributed in the media, increased combat readiness in Latvia is associated with the Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad-2013. Latvia seems to feel threatened by them.
And on weekends, a rumor spread in social networks that “alarm was declared in the Latvian army”. However, this information in the armed forces denied.
As for the information spread by “Latvijas Avize”, the Minister of Defense of Latvia Artis Pabriks said: “Soldiers must always be ready. If a commander decided to check his personal composition at the weekend, this is not yet a reason for discontent or alarm. ”
Earlier, the same Pabriks expressed concern in connection with the Russian-Belarusian exercises. In his opinion, they are not held for defense purposes.
“Zapad-2013 exercises” do not include military actions on Russian territory, they are directed against neighboring countries. If such exercises are conducted, hypothetical possibilities are not excluded, ”he noted.
Finally, on September 24, the government of Latvia closedly reviewed the report of the Ministry of Defense “On the analysis of the military threat”.
Resistance of General Suvanaliev. As Kabai Karabekov writes (Kommersant), in Kyrgyzstan, opponents of President Almazbek Atambayev united in the opposition "Resistance Movement", which was headed by General Omurbek Suvanaliev. It is this person, the journalist points out, in June 2010 of the year stopped the interethnic massacre between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in Osh.
Oppositionists oppose the “usurpation of power” in the country by the Social Democratic Party, controlled by Mr. Atambayev. The movement demanded the dissolution of the ruling parliamentary coalition.
At the presentation of the movement, Omurbek Suvanaliev said: "Today, all power in the country is concentrated in the hands of one person - Almazbek Atambayev." The general believes that Atambayev managed to return presidential form of government in Kyrgyzstan: the faction of the Social Democratic Party held an amendment to the constitution in parliament, according to which the president determines foreign policy. Also, the office of the head of state controls the work of the courts, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the police. Finally, the oppositionists are dissatisfied with the fact that the government is headed by the former head of the presidential staff, Jantoro Satybaldiyev, and the parliament - by the SDPK member Asylbek Jeenbekov. And in the appendage: the state committee of national security, in the opinion of the opposition, forces fear in the republic. In response, the security services accused the leaders of the new opposition of having links with terrorist groups - however, no evidence was found.
Today, the leaders of the Resistance Movement declare that they consider their first priority task to unite all opposition forces. Oppositionists are going to destroy the ruling coalition in parliament and to achieve the election of a new prime minister.
Georgian provocations. The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Georgia of provocative actions in the area of the state border of South Ossetia. The position of Moscow was voiced by Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, speaking by telephone with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Philippe Lefort. According to a Russian official, the protests in connection with the strengthening of the state’s border "threaten regional stability," Vadim Zlobin notes.Utro.ru).
Comrade Karasin told Leforor that such a policy of Georgia is fraught with serious consequences. “The deliberate heightening of emotions, political speculations around this topic are unacceptable,” quotes the words of the Deputy Minister of RIA Novosti.
The demonstrations themselves are “tendentiously covered in the media,” Karasin said, asking Lefora to “keep the Tbilisi authorities from irresponsible steps.”
Gas from Yanukovych. Ukraine continues to work to diversify the supply of energy resources and seeks to achieve energy independence in the future, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych told reporters in New York, a correspondent reports. RIA News" Alena Meita.
“To build an economy on our own energy resources or on resources that we will buy in the market at prices that will satisfy us. The issue of energy independence is strategic for us, ”the press service quotes the president.
He noted that Ukraine continues to look for opportunities to increase its own gas production: "We are already producing a billion cubic meters of 21, and gradually this production will increase."
Ukraine as part of the "monster". On the eve of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, one of the honorary guests of the Yalta European Strategy Forum (YES), former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, shared with the newspaper Kommersant Ukraine their vision of Ukraine’s European perspectives. Blair gave an interview to correspondent Galina Korbe.
In particular, Blair noted that "certainly, the desire of the EU is to sign an agreement with Ukraine." As for the position of the British, the ex-premier said the following:
“... I understand the position of the president (Viktor Yanukovych. -“ Kommersant ”), I respect her, but the position of the British is no different from the opinion of the majority. At the same time, society wants this agreement, since Ukraine is potentially very important, it is in fact a part of us. I think the president will take this bold decision (in the case of Yulia Tymoshenko. - “Kommersant”). This question was from the very beginning. ”
On a clear question that the European Union’s refusal to sign an association agreement might push Ukraine to join the Customs Union, Blair replied:
"That's a very difficult question. People realize that Ukraine is developing as an open, independent country. I am optimistic. If I had to speak right now, I would say that, in my opinion, the agreement will be signed, but there are questions, therefore we need to find a solution. ”
Regarding the trade war between Russia and Ukraine, the interviewee stated:
“I do not comment on what Russia is saying or doing, because I do not know enough about it. Naturally, the EU will take measures for Ukraine to be with Europe, at the same time Russia has its own interest. She wants Ukraine to join the Customs Union. ”
Another question from the correspondent sounded like this: “Opening the YES forum, President Viktor Yanukovych said that Ukraine is between two monsters — Russia and the European Union. Do you think so too? ”Blair replied:
“Yeah, the European Union is very much like a monster (laughs). I understand all this, but one of the reasons why Europe is successful in the economic and public spheres is that it has values. These values are important for decision makers in the EU. But society also understands well that the President of Ukraine is in a difficult situation, and welcomes the display of courage in making this decision (in the case of Yulia Tymoshenko. - “Kommersant”).
If I were now in power, I would try to find a way out. I think it is possible. Most European leaders want this. There is no point in thinking that there can be no obstacles in the middle of the path, because there are obstacles. Therefore, the way to somehow look. Let's try and practice creativity. ”
If I were now in power, I would try to find a way out. I think it is possible. Most European leaders want this. There is no point in thinking that there can be no obstacles in the middle of the path, because there are obstacles. Therefore, the way to somehow look. Let's try and practice creativity. ”
News from the Ukrainian West. The deputies of the city council of Ternopil decided to ban the use of the Russian language in signboards, writes "Russian newspaper" with reference to the "Echo of Moscow".
Previously, such prohibitive measures were taken in Lviv. There, for the Russian-language sign of the cafe, they fined hryvnias on 1700.
"Lenta.ru" referring to UNIAN, reports that the deputy from the Communist Party, Alexander Zubchevsky, won the trial against deputy Irina Fahrion, representatives of the nationalist party Svoboda.
The case was considered in the Shevchenko district court of Lviv. According to the court decision, the defendant will have to pay thousands of hryvnias (about 22 thousand rubles) as compensation for moral damage and legal costs of 85. The plaintiff stated that the money spent would go to support Russian-language schools.
As recalled by "Ribbon", the conflict between the communist and the nationalist erupted at the beginning of 2013. Farion expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Zubchevsky, speaking at a meeting of the parliamentary committee, spoke Russian.
Zubchevsky filed a counterclaim demanding compensation for the insult. According to "ZIK", Fahrion called him "virodcom" and "isostyu" ("ictot" translated into Russian - "being", the note "Tapes.ru").
Reconnaissance flight of the Chinese dragon. Pavel Dulman ("Russian newspaper") told that the Chinese newspaper South China Morning Post published information about the acquisition of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (HRSS) by the state corporation from Ukraine one hundred thousand hectares of land, and plans to buy as many as three million hectares. True, Ukraine has denied the news about the purchase of land.
There is a protocol of intent concluded between the Ukrainian agro-holding KSG Agro and HRSP back in May. The document assumes the cooperation of two companies on 100 thousands of hectares of land in the Dnipropetrovsk region, leased by the Ukrainian holding.
“This is not about buying, or even about subletting, but about joint activities. We will grow corn in the land we rent and raise pigs. Our citizens will work on the land, selling products, in particular pork, first of all in Ukraine, and surplus in China. The company has no intention and right to sell land to foreigners, including the Chinese, ”said Sergey Kasyanov, the owner of KSG Agro, commenting on the news from China.
The government of Ukraine has denied its participation in the alleged transaction. “As far as I know, we are talking about investing in irrigation. But we are interested in any investments from any country, ”explained Mykola Prysyazhnyuk, the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine.
Curiously, the State Agency for Land Resources of Ukraine reported the presence of 3 millions of hectares of “unowned” land. We are talking about sites whose owners have not privatized their shares, and after 2016, they will become the property of the state. Are not these 3 million hectares meant by Chinese journalists, the journalist wonders. But even after the lifting of the moratorium, foreigners will not be able to acquire Ukrainian land: the Land Code assumes only sublease for them.
Foreign sources are already writing that China began to buy Ukraine. For example, an article by Lily Kuo ("Quartz") is called “China has just bought 5 percent of Ukraine” (see its translation into Mixednews.ru). Here, in particular, states that China has signed a contract for the agricultural cultivation of three million hectares of Ukrainian land for a period of 50 years. This means: Ukraine gives 5% of its total area, or 9% of agricultural land to China, which needs to feed its growing population.
A reportage of Daria Manina and Leonid Kovachich is devoted to the Chinese-Ukrainian theme ("Voice of Russia"). The material is entitled “Peking Duck: Ukraine denied rumors about China renting its land.”
“Peking duck,” the Kiev economists gave the name to what was going on. “There is no smoke without fire,” said the townsfolk. Responded to information posted on the Internet, and Chinese print media. There appeared loud headlines: Ukraine is the main producer of products for the PRC in the future.
“The mind is incomprehensible! We want the Chinese to give the greatest wealth of Ukraine! ”; “Stop the genocide against the Ukrainian land and people!”; “The shameful decision of KGS Agro, such reviews about the forthcoming transaction, which was not really planned at all, appeared in the Ukrainian blogosphere.”
“The mind is incomprehensible! We want the Chinese to give the greatest wealth of Ukraine! ”; “Stop the genocide against the Ukrainian land and people!”; “The shameful decision of KGS Agro, such reviews about the forthcoming transaction, which was not really planned at all, appeared in the Ukrainian blogosphere.”
Where did the duck come from?
Ukrainian media, correspondents say, refer to the Chinese edition of the “Huangqiu Shibao”. It refers to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post. But this one also sends curious people to some kind of press release from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Yes, only on the SPSK website there is no such information.
The number in 3 million hectares, as noted in the "KGS Agro", is due to the fact that the project to supply Chinese equipment is part of the plans of the Ukrainian government to restore the irrigation system. During the Soviet period, it covered just 3 million hectares.
Why did the Chinese media fall for the informational “duck”? Doctor of Economic Sciences Leonid Kistersky sees here an attempt to undermine the reputation of the Ukrainian delegation, which is now working in China.
Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk is in China. He said that Ukraine produces almost three times more agricultural products than it consumes, and China can become a good market for it. But the land leasing to Chinese farmers was not discussed.
This is probably the case when the desired is given for real. China leases abroad about 2 million hectares of farmland, which is not enough to meet the needs of an overpopulated country.
Bo Xilai sat for life. Valentin Makov ("Lenta.ru") writes about the sentence for Bo Xilai. A Chinese court sentenced to life imprisonment one of the most popular politicians in the country.
The Bo Xilia case became unprecedentedly open to China. The court even published quotes from the process in Sina Weibo. Bo Xilai was convicted on all counts, including corruption.
The submission notes that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is called one of the architects of the lawsuit, clearly considers Bo Xilai to be a dangerous adversary who can "rock the boat." A life sentence for Bo Xilai gives the latter the right to claim release only after 13 years. And by that far time a new generation of leaders will come to power.
Direct route Maduro. The Venezuelan President announced that he was returning from Beijing to Caracas, and not to New York, where he was going to take part in the general political discussion within the framework of the UN General Assembly, the correspondent reports. RIA News" Oleg Vyazmitinov.
“We are stopping and continuing our way to our beloved Bolivarian homeland,” Maduro wrote in a microblog on Twitter and added that on Wednesday in Venezuela he had an intensive day scheduled.
Last week, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry reported that the United States closed Puerto Rico’s airspace for the aircraft of the Venezuelan leader, who was supposed to fly to China. Maduro condemned this decision and, before flying to China, instructed the Foreign Minister to ensure the country's participation in the UNGA.
Peace Prize Putin has not yet earned it. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not know who nominated Vladimir Putin is not a peace prize, reports RIA News".
“I don’t know who put forward, and I don’t know whether this person has the necessary powers for this,” said Peskov in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. He added that Putin is not a supporter of receiving awards and prizes, but “satisfaction in achieving the results of his work.”
Peskov also said that if Putin’s prize is supposed to be awarded for his efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis peacefully, then we must first wait for tangible results: “If you mean Syrian affairs and its role in Syrian settlement, it’s premature to talk about it. Putin has done a lot, the whole Russian side has done a lot, has made tremendous efforts and has shown considerable diplomatic skill to save the region, and the whole world from the occurrence of another armed conflict with predictably negative consequences. But while it is impossible to make some victorious statements, you need to wait for this settlement to be more tangible. ”
West takes off his hat to Captain Russia. In the article "How Putin was turned into superman" ("Marianne", France; source of translation - "InoSMI") Joseph Mase-Scaron notes that if “yesterday the Kremlin tsar was sitting alone on the outskirts of the international community,” today he “became the main fighter for peace in Syria.” This is due to serious mistakes of Western diplomacy. 9 September, the author notes, the Russian leader turned the "clever combination", as a result of which "just a day" became a "key figure in the game."
"Former judoist and sambo champion Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin conducted at the diplomatic level the traditional technique for his fight: it’s about grabbing the opponent by the kimono cuff, pressing and tripping at that very moment when he is about to take a step, and drop it on the shoulder blades. The result of the match: USA and France - 0, Russia - ippon. From all this movement in memory remains only the speed of its implementation. "
The result: “... the terrible Putin, who had only recently embodied absolute evil, suddenly became shrewd and wise Vladimir. If you listen to some, then the coming Nobel Peace Prize may shine for him ... "
The author believes that Putin is very lucky. After all, Barack Obama made a number of miscalculations in the Middle East, including the “red line” on the use of chemical weapons. The president of the United States himself has driven himself into a trap.
There is another reason for Putin’s success: a return to the game of public opinion. Western governments, the journalist notes, cannot close their eyes to public opinion - unless they want to fail in the elections.
Putin was also lucky with the "Libyan adventure": his predecessor Medvedev, together with the Chinese, allowed the adoption of a resolution that created the possibility for military strikes. The operation ended with the death of Gaddafi. "Libyan scam" pushed into the Russian camp most of the developing countries: India, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria. Naturally, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Algeria, Iran, Vietnam, Ukraine, Belarus were immediately noted ... The author states that the geopolitical zone of influence of “Putin Russia” extends much wider than that which the USSR could once boast.
“So what do we have as a result? Bashar Asad reserves the place and mode. The most responsible rebel leaders feel betrayed. The unseemly role of Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia is on display for all to see. Putin, on the other hand, rakes up all the chips in a regional game, forces Syria to what Obama was unable to achieve from Israel, puts Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in an uncomfortable position and becomes a unifying force for all opponents of Islamist domination. Now the symbol of the fight against al-Qaeda is he, not the president of the United States. It remains only to make him a superhero Captain Russia ... "
In the article "The Secret American Subculture of Putin's Fans" (National Journal, USA; source of translation - "InoSMI") Marin Kogan talks about Texas blogger Heine Young and about Putin’s other American fans.
Young once interviewed Putin. The latter answered him with a message on 8000 of words, where he wrote about the preservation of tigers, about Hemingway's favorite works, even about the frailty of human life. “People really liked it, at least those who wrote their comments in Outdoor Life,” Young later said. - And in this readership, the majority are inflexible and conservative Republicans. When they saw Putin hunting, they said, “And Obama would never do that.”
Three months ago, the group “Americans for Putin” appeared on Facebook. They included "citizens of America who admire the policy and leadership style of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin," believing that he is "better than the Republican establishment."
The political platform of the group includes a call for a “united national culture”, “a firm stand against Israeli imperialism”, and resistance to political correctness.
The author also notes that when Putin “allegedly caught” a pike on 20 kilograms this year, the notes on the public website of the right-wing Free Republic were overwhelmingly for him and against Obama:
“I wonder what photo from your vacation will the Usurper show us? Maybe how he cuts his nails or hangs curtains? Yeah, man. I can't believe it, but I'm on Putin’s side. ”
"Our president is not fit for him."
"Better than our metrosexual president."
"Our president is not fit for him."
"Better than our metrosexual president."
Finally, someone said that Putin, together with Sarah Palin, would have made the United States a more moral country.
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