Geopolitical mosaic: US officials went back to work, and Russia grew not by Siberia, but by Ukraine
Statement of the Karabakh Liberation Organization. As writes Ilkin Muradov (haqqin.az), The KLO issued a statement condemning the attacks on Azerbaijanis living in Russia. The document was sent to the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan. The author of the material notes that the organization, led by Akif Nagi, is close to pro-government circles.
According to the applicants, if the fault of Orhan Zeynalov is proved, he should be punished. Otherwise, it is unacceptable to declare Zeynalov a criminal and on the basis of this, start a campaign against Azerbaijan and fuel anti-Azerbaijan sentiments in Russia. The document states:
As Ilkin Muradov notes, the statement says that the patience of the Azerbaijani people is not infinite.
KLO has put forward requirements to prevent interethnic clashes:
2) The Russian government should immediately stop this anti-Azerbaijani campaign, otherwise the Russian government will be responsible for all the adequate steps taken against the Russians in Azerbaijan.
3) The Russian government should compensate for the damage caused to the Azerbaijanis as a result of the unrest.
4) Law enforcement officers who used violence against Orhan Zeynalov should be punished.
5) In view of the fact that law enforcement agencies and, in particular, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia demonstrate a biased position regarding Orkhan Zeynalov, it must be extradited and tried in Azerbaijan.
As noted by "Lenta.ru", previously, discontent with the Zeynalov case (in a much softer form) was expressed by representatives of the Azerbaijani leadership.
The republic’s Foreign Ministry said that the presumption of innocence was violated in relation to Zeynalov in Russia, and the actions of the Russian law enforcement agencies were described as “inadequate” by the presidential administration of Azerbaijan. APA quoted administration spokesman Ali Hasanov:
In addition, Azerbaijan sent a note to Russia, demanding consular staff to ensure access to Zeynalov.
As for the Russian Foreign Ministry, then, according to Interfax, this department rejected accusations about the "anti-Azerbaijani campaign." “The statements of the Azerbaijani representative about inflating anti-Azerbaijani hysteria in Russia are far-fetched and have no grounds for themselves,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.
Common words and hard times. In Geneva, the next round of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program was completed. The parties got off with general words about a fruitful dialogue, and experts predicted hard times for the non-proliferation regime, Sergey Duz ("Voice of Russia").
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Zarif called the dialogue fruitful, as the countries nevertheless have advanced. Washington also demonstrates optimism: after all, Iran presented “a new proposal with a level of seriousness and pithiness that we have not seen before.” That is how White House spokesman Jay Carney put it.
Russia is much more restrained in its estimates. “The negotiations were difficult, sometimes tense, sometimes unpredictable,” said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. And he added: "One of the reasons is the extremely low level of mutual trust."
Sergey Duz cites the opinion of analysts:
In other words, everyone is like cowboys in westerns standing with Colts in their hands and waiting for someone who has nerves for the first time. It is clear that such a long wait will not last and will not end well. ”
Fifty thousand Syrians want to become citizens of Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia received an appeal from Syrian Christians from the area of Kalamoun (Damascus province), where famous Christian shrines are located. These people are asking for Russian citizenship, reports fontanka.ru.
No, the signatories are not going to move to Russia. The appeal explicitly states that the Christians of Kalamuna living in the settlements of Seydnaya, Maara Seydnaya, Maalyulya and Maaruna prefer “death to wanderings in refugee camps”. They are ready to defend their homeland and will not leave the land “on which Christ walked.” Further signed indicate:
The authors of the message clarify that they do not doubt the Syrian army and government. But they are "frightened by the conspiracy of the West and the hatred of fanatics ..."
The idea of John Kerry. US Secretary of State John Kerry believes that all Syrian chemical weapons should be stored in one place, and then removed from the country by ship for further destruction. He stated this in an interview with the National Public Radio, "RT".
“I hope that most of this material will be transported as quickly as possible to one place, to the ship, and then removed from the region,” he said. “And this is part of the agreement that we made.”
A series of terrorist attacks in Baghdad. At least 18 people died as a result of a series of terrorist attacks in Baghdad. According to the TV channel Al-Sumariya, at least 50 people were injured. In Baghdad, six mined cars were blown up, writes "Russian newspaper" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
It is reported that since the beginning of 2013, about 6 thousands of people died in the country.
The terrorist on the tractor. Last night, near 19.10, a Palestinian terrorist drove into the IDF base on a tractor, ramming a fence, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces reported. Writes MIGnews.com, the terrorist was shot after he did not respond to the warnings of the soldiers and crossed the territory of the base. The incident occurred at a base near Al-Ram.
It clarifies the Second Channel of Israel, the Palestinian demanded permission to enter. The tractor driver took advantage of the moment, rammed the entrance and started driving through the territory. The guard, pursuing the tractor, shouted that the driver stopped, but he continued to crash into parked cars on the territory.
The IDF officer, who ran out for shouts, fired a double shot, seriously wounding a Palestinian. The driver died on the spot.
Now the IDF is investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Lipstick, heart and other signs of attention. New review of Western newspapers from "Foreign Press" It is dedicated to the hot topic of Russian-Dutch relations.
The German newspaper Die Welt titled its comment as follows: “The attack on the diplomat is“ revenge on public diplomacy ”. Experienced Dutch diplomat Onno Elderenbosch began working in Moscow at the beginning of 2000, correspondent Julia Smirnova says.
On Tuesday evening, unknown persons disguised as electricians entered the apartment of this 60-year-old diplomat, beat him, shook him up with scotch tape and left, drawing a heart with the inscription “LGBT” on a mirror with lipstick. The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over the incident.
As Smirnova emphasizes, Russian-Dutch relations are tense: a Dutch gay activist has recently been expelled from Russia; members of the crew of the ship flying the Dutch flag charged with piracy; in the Hague, an incident occurred with a Russian diplomat Borodin.
According to the Russian side, the detention of Borodin is an act of revenge in Moscow, writes Smirnova. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, wrote on Twitter that he saw in the detention of a diplomat a “response to the Greenpeace case.”
The pro-Kremlin network edition, pravda.ru, described the attack on the Dutchman as "a revenge of the people's diplomacy for the attack on the Russian citizen."
The Wall Street Journal writes: "In Moscow, against the background of a political quarrel, a Dutch diplomat was beaten up."
“The incident occurred a week after the Netherlands apologized for the alleged beating of a Russian diplomat by the Dutch police in The Hague,” recalls the author of the material Lukas I. Alpert.
“Ironically, tensions arose when both countries celebrated the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia,” the correspondent notes. The day before yesterday, one of the Dutch parliamentarians even proposed to suspend activities - until Russia gives a guarantee of the safety of diplomats.
“Beaten diplomats and" bad "tulips": Russian-Dutch ties have deteriorated. " This is the title of The Christian Science Monitor. Journalist Fred Weir believes that the altercation between Russia and Holland is sharpening and goes beyond the diplomatic framework.
"People susceptible to suspicion may interpret the attack on Elderenbosch as revenge for the incident last week, when the Dutch police mistakenly arrested Russian diplomat Dmitry Borodin in The Hague after neighbors claimed that he was abusing children," the article says. .
The author finds another sure sign that the quarrel is about to escalate. The Russian ministry suddenly discovered that Dutch tulips were a biological threat. But the turnover of the market of Dutch flowers in Russia is about a billion dollars a year. At the same time, Russian officials may stop importing Dutch dairy products.
Hague answer. Netherlands Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans regrets the incident that took place yesterday in The Hague in a house run by the Russian Embassy. About this newspaper "Telegraaf" with reference to the statement of the Dutch diplomatic department, transmits RIA News".
According to media reports, one of the apartments of the house is supposed to have been hacked. According to the residents, the staff of the Russian embassy live in the house.
A statement by the Netherlands Foreign Ministry notes that the police, in cooperation with the Russian embassy, have launched an investigation. It is expected that his first results will be known today.
Sweden: ideas of offensive defense. Sweden can give up neutral status and go to the offensive tactics. Similar plans are discussed by local lawmakers in the Riksdag, Anna Fedyakina writes ("Russian newspaper").
We are talking about cyberspace.
The Swedes want to create a model of national security, where more attention would be paid to the protection of information, including personal data. But Swedish lawmakers know that the best defense is attack. The attempts of the kingdom to abandon neutrality seem logical in this sense.
Today, the Riksdag insists on increasing funding for programs to create equipment designed for cyber attacks on other states.
Such is the defense approach of the XXI century, we add from myself.
Golden sunset. The Greek Golden Dawn Party is setting for sunset. October 16 six deputies from the "Dawn" was deprived of immunity. The decision to deprive these members of the ultra-right party of parliamentary immunity was taken unanimously. The deputies of the “Golden Dawn” left the meeting hall before the vote, it reports "RT" with reference to the Associated Press.
The leadership of the far-right party is confident that political persecution is organized against it. “I am held criminally responsible for what I believe, and not for my actions,” said Panagiotis Iliopoulos, one of those who were deprived of his mandate.
"I wanted to show the tragedy of women and the horrors of war." The 26-year-old student of the Academy of Fine Arts, who created the sculpture of a Soviet soldier who rapes a pregnant polka, is fined for her illegal installation. This decision was made by the Prosecutor's Office of the Polish city of Gdansk, they report "Vesti" with reference to Interfax.
"In the concept of this sculpture, we did not see signs of incitement of hatred on racial or national grounds or desecration of a historical monument," said the prosecutor's office of Gdansk.
“Vesti” reminds us that the sculpture “Violence” appeared on the Alley of Honor in Gdansk on the night of October October. It was installed near the T-13 monument. The sculpture was dismantled by the authorities of Gdansk on the same day.
According to a number of Polish historians, women in Poland were subjected to violence by Soviet soldiers during the operation to liberate the country from the Nazi forces.
“I wanted to show the tragedy of women and the horrors of war,” said the author of the sculpture.
Alexander Alekseev, the Russian ambassador in Warsaw, said that he “was deeply indignant at the trick of a student who desecrated with his pseudo art the memory of 600 of thousands of Soviet soldiers who died in the struggle for freedom and independence of Poland”.
The humanitarian disaster in Britain: food in London will soon begin to distribute the Red Cross. The number of people seeking help from food banks in Britain has more than tripled, reports Mixednews.ru with reference to The Independent.
Trust Russell, the largest food bank in the country, said that in April-September 2012, it distributed food between the 113.264 applicants. And over the same period, 2013 Bank provided food to 355.985 in need.
A few days earlier, the Red Cross announced that it was planning to distribute food to those in need in Britain in the coming winter. Such an action will be held for the first time since the Second World War ...
The Russell Trust reports one more thing. People come to him with food: ask her to warm up. These people have no money to pay for electricity.
The Executive Chairman of Russell Trust, Chris Mold, said: “The level of food poverty in Britain is unacceptable. This is a scandal ... "
The British authorities continue to put pressure on the Guardian newspaper. The fact that the British parliamentarians will check "The Guardian" for leaks of classified information, writes Daniel Martin ("Daily Mail"; source abbr. translation - "Inopressa").
The British Prime Minister has supported calls for an investigation into “The Guardian” in order to find out whether the publication of classified materials has caused damage to the country's national security. According to Cameron, the relevant parliamentary committees should investigate leaks.
Three days ago, Keith Vaz announced that he would take over the internal affairs committee that he chairs. A backstage from the Conservative Party, Julian Smith received permission to hold parliamentary hearings for 22 in October on the publication of top-secret materials. “I look forward to the opportunity to state the reasons why I believe that The Guardian crossed the line between responsible journalism and the threat to national security and the lives of those who protect us,” the Daily Mail quoted the parliamentarian.
According to Prime Minister Cameron, “the simple fact is that the incident caused damage to national security, and the Guardian itself itself was largely recognized when, after the polite request of my national security adviser and secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers to destroy the files, it really destroyed them” .
“Thus, they know that what they are dealing with constitutes a threat to our security,” the prime minister concluded.
There is, however, a different opinion.
Business Minister Vince Cable was worried about the pressure on the newspaper. The latter, according to him, provided “a significant service to society”.
Insolvent Vilnius. Vilnius authorities, whose debts are hundreds of millions of euros, have decided to pawn the building of the city administration. Delfi.lt reports this. The decision was approved by the city council, notes "Lenta.ru".
The twenty-story administrative building will be mortgaged to Pohjola Bank Plc. It is planned to receive 58 million litas (about 17 million euros). The mayor of Vilnius, Arturas Zuokas, admitted that the decision was made due to the fact that the city authorities do not have enough money.
According to 15min.lt, Vilnius local government debts are 1,2 billion litas (about 350 million euros). The authorities owe everything: contractors, utilities, credit institutions.
In July, the Ministry of Finance provided the city with a short-term loan of 12 million LTL. This is the third loan since the beginning of this year. Banks do not give loans to the municipalities of Vilnius anymore ...
Russia did not grow in Siberia. During Soviet times, Ukraine pursued a policy of pumping oil and gas reserves from the bowels in the interests of Moscow. This was announced at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada by deputy Andrei Ilyenko from the Freedom party, reports Mikhail Ryabov ("New Region"). People’s Deputy stated:
And now, add on our own, the unfortunate Ukrainians have nothing left but shale gas. After his intense prey, the stories of those people who recall the good life under the Soviets will find a much wider audience.
Brazil wants to buy "armor" and "Needles". Brazilian authorities intend to sign a contract with Moscow for the purchase of air defense systems until the middle of 2014. Systems are needed to ensure the safety of participants and guests of the 2016 Summer Olympics of the year. We are talking about the purchase of anti-aircraft missile-cannon systems "Pantsir-S1" and man-portable air defense systems "Igla-S", reports "RT" with reference to the BBC.
In addition, the country plans to cooperate with Russia in the development of space technology and the fifth generation fighter. We are talking about cooperation in the fight against cyber threats.
To begin with, Russia intends to supply Brazil with up to 4 batteries of the Pantsir-С1 complexes. The contract value is several hundred million US dollars.
Comrade Ziap lived 102 of the year and is buried with honors. Vietnam bade farewell to General Vo Nguyen Ziap. A national hero was buried in a cemetery overlooking the sea in his native village of Anks, 13 reported October “Russian service“ BBC ”.
Tens of thousands of people commemorated the general in Hanoi and military garrisons in different parts of Vietnam, journalists say.
Comrade Vo Nguyen Ziap played a leading role in the victories of the forces of the Vietnamese Communists over France and the United States. The armed forces of North Vietnam under his command inflicted a crushing defeat on the French army under Dien Bien Phu in 1954. In 1968, the general commanded the Tet offensive against American forces in South Vietnam, which turned the tide of the war.
President Truong Tan Shang and other leaders of Vietnam took part in the funeral ceremony for General Zyap.
As the Vietnamese war veteran Fan Thanh Kong said, the people of the village of Anksa are proud that the general chose this place for his last refuge. “Our greatest happiness is being with him,” he said.
The coffin with the body of the general, covered with the Vietnamese flag, was exhibited in the National Hall of Funeral in Hanoi. On Sunday, soldiers in white uniforms solemnly removed the flag and carried the red coffin out of the hall. The coffin was covered with a new flag, placed in a glass sarcophagus and placed on a gun carriage. Tens of thousands of Hanoi residents lined up along the route of the funeral procession to the airport. From there, the coffin on the plane was taken to the province of Quang Bin.
As the BBC correspondent in Hanoi, Jonathan Head, informed, the elderly showed faded pictures of their meetings with the legendary general. According to Khed, many Vietnamese perceive Zyap as the second father of the nation - after Ho Chi Minh.
According to James Warren ("The Daily Beast"; source of translation - Mixednews.ru), General Ziap was one of the most talented generals who ever defeated America. But in the West, he did not receive due recognition. The journalist described the merits of the general and how he managed to bring down the arrogance with the United States.
He began to fight the legendary Foreign Legion and the regular French army, having at its disposal several thousand partly trained partisans. Having made a sensible decision, during the first four years of the war he adhered to tactics of sabotage and ambush attacks, throughout this time forming an impressive force of six regular units in the remote mountains of northern Vietnam. Patience and endurance were among the main talents of the Zyap commander.
The war with France turned into a stunning communist victory over fifteen thousand French troops in the remote fortress of Dien Bien Phu. <…> To the amazement of the French intelligence, Zyap's men brought 150 pieces of heavy artillery into the mountains, filling the valley with oxen and equipment. Large machine guns and captured American howitzers from Korea smashed the French base to pieces, while the People's Army infantry gradually pushed through the outer border of the enemy's fortification until further confrontation became useless. "
During the invasion of the Americans, nothing shaken Zyap's contagious confidence in the ability of his army and his people to force the aliens to come to their senses and leave Vietnam to the Vietnamese, the journalist said.
Yes, Zyap lost almost all significant battles with the Americans. But, as the American commander Creighton Abrams, who had fought against Zyapa, noted, the big battles in the program of the Vietnam War meant little. And from the very beginning Zyap was aware of this fact, and this gave him a huge advantage in planning a war. Zyap not so much defeated America on the battlefield, how many won an intellectual victory. Besides,
He was absolutely right, the journalist writes.
Odd and even. In Beijing, they decided to tighten the requirements for road traffic on days of increased air pollution. When a strong smog appears, private cars with license plates ending in even and odd numbers will alternate, the correspondent reports. ITAR-TASS Andrei Kirillov.
The relevant rules will be introduced in Beijing “in the near future,” according to the Urban Air Pollution Emergency Program. At the “red” level of pollution classes in schools will be canceled and kindergartens will be closed. In garages and parking lots 30% of state vehicles will remain.
If the proposed system is adopted, in addition more than 2 millions of citizens will be forced to use on “unclean” days urban public transport, which is partially converted to gas. On the line will leave additional buses, and the metro will run an hour longer.
The capital of China introduces a four-level warning system for hazardous air pollution. The “red” level will indicate an excessive amount of solid particles of impurities over a period of three days. Enterprises in this case will be instructed to cease production or reduce its intensity. Construction work, fireworks, outdoor cooking will be prohibited.
At present, the correspondent recalls, Beijing has an order in which private cars can be used for no more than four days per work week. The city has 5,37 million cars and trucks, buses and motorcycles.
News "Fukushima." A sharp increase in the level of radiation was recorded in the groundwater under the Fukushima-1 NPP. This is reported by the operator of the station "TEPKO", reports the correspondent. ITAR-TASS Yaroslav Makarov.
According to the energy company, the content of radioactive substances in water samples taken in a technical well on the station’s territory exceeded 400 thousand becquerels per liter (at the normal 150 becquerels). Strong beta radiation emanates from the fluid, which indicates that it contains strontium-90 and tritium.
The station management decided to remove the soil layer around the technical well.
In Canada, protesting against the production of shale gas. Yesterday, an attempt by the police of the Canadian province of New Brunswick to unblock drilling equipment belonging to the gas company "Southwest Energy" resulted in a fierce clash with environmentalists, reports a correspondent. ITAR-TASS Alexander Pakhomov.
Police spokeswoman Julie Rogers-Marsh said 40 protesters were arrested. The operation involved about 100 law enforcement officers. They used tear gas. According to eyewitnesses, shots were fired. Human rights activists threw stones and bottles with gasoline at policemen; five patrol cars were burned.
Several dozen Indians and environmental activists who joined them even on September 30 announced that they would not allow shale gas to be produced using the method of hydraulic fracturing in the tribal lands. However, the energy company went to court and secured an 3 of October ruling that obliges environmentalists to end the protest.
According to Rogers-Marsh, “the police, negotiating with the parties to the conflict, tried to find ways to resolve the situation peacefully,” but without success.
Mexico crumbles. A group of activists launched a campaign for the separation of the Mexican state of California, according to a community website on a social network.
"The group unites the people of Lower California who share the idea of achieving independence of the peninsula as the only way to ensure well-being and development," the statement said. RIA News" Dmitry Znamensky.
The reason for the activity of citizens was the initiative of the federal government of Mexico to increase the VAT rate from 11% to 16% in the border areas. And the state of Baja California just borders the USA.
At the same time, the state separation initiators propose to abandon the Mexican peso on their territory and accept their own monetary unit.
Killers will be tried again. Against four former employees of the security firm Blackwater, there have again been accusations of deliberately killing Iraqi civilians in 2007. This was announced by the federal grand jury in Washington, reports corr. ITAR-TASS Andrei Surzhansky.
Prosecutors at the US Department of Justice presented new evidence exposing the four defendants. The fifth charge was dropped, and the sixth pleaded guilty.
ITAR-TASS recalls that in September 2007, contract servicemen of the American company Blackwater escorted a convoy of the US Embassy and staged a massacre on Nisur Square in Baghdad - under the pretext of providing security. Killed 17 civilians, including children, 20 people were injured. Subsequently, “Blackwater” was re-registered as “Z-Services”, and from 2012, it became known as “Ekdemi”.
In 2009, charges from five Blackwater employees were dropped. A federal district court ruled that the US government violated the rights of the security firm’s representatives, using during the hearing the confessions made by them after the incident. This testimony was forbidden to use at the trial.
All secret left in Hong Kong. Edward Snowden said in an interview with the New York Times that he came to Russia without secret materials. Reported a correspondent. RIA News" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
Snowden said he handed over all secret documents to journalists he met in Hong Kong before flying to Moscow. He himself did not leave copies. He did not take the documents with him because it would be “not in the public interest.”
“Yes, and what would be the unique value of personally carrying one more copy of the materials?” - asked Snowden a rhetorical question.
The American bank Chase is ready for the collapse of the American economy. As Konstantin Kerubov writes ("Voice of Russia"), Chase Bank, a member of JP Morgan Chase, sent letters to its business clients informing them of the termination of international remittances and the reduction of the limit for withdrawing money from accounts. According to analysts, this decision, made at the end of the summer, the bank prepared for the collapse of the US economy and the dollar.
According to Infowars.com, in September-October, Chase sent letters to its clients relating to small and medium-sized businesses: “Starting from 17 November 2013, international money transfers will be prohibited from your legal entity account. In this case, you can continue to receive transfers from abroad and send them within the country. Also from November 17, we limit cash withdrawals from your account to $ 50 by the thousands during the reporting period. These changes will help us better cope with the risks associated with such operations. ”
“I was a loyal customer of Chase for 11 years, and my company received such a letter, and now I’m really angry and I’m going to look for a new bank,” said one customer.
Under the assumption of Mike Adams from Natural News, on November 17 in the USA it is planned to introduce measures to regulate the movement of capital - similar to those that were taken in the spring in Cyprus. Perhaps it is on this day that the collapse of the dollar will occur. And in the "Chase" found out about it.
Dr. Eike Hamer from the German newsletter Wirtschaft Aktuell, in an interview with the Voice of Russia, said that the new rules for accounts in Chase are a very disturbing signal for the global banking sector:
Hamer believes that the consequences for a small business that used the services of a bank can be catastrophic, because the limit of thousands of dollars in 50 is not enough for the normal functioning of the business. Chase Manhattan is the institution through which international transfers mainly take place. Thus, the analyst concludes, something happens to the bank. Hamer also said:
Country saved "ceiling". Barack Obama signed a bill providing for the resumption of financing of public institutions and raising the limit of public debt, transferred October 17 "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
The document was previously approved by both houses of Congress. In the Senate, where a compromise bill was drafted, an 81 man voted for him, and only 18 was against it. Then the document was approved by the House of Representatives: 285 votes “for” and 144 “against”.
The agreement provides for the resumption of government funding until January 15 and 2014 raises the national debt ceiling - up to February 7.
In an editorial "The New York Times" (source abbr. translation - "Inopressa") is noted:
The authors of the material add:
Moreover, Obama’s current victory does not mean that the policy of confrontation is over. The current resolution will end on January 15, and "Republicans have already vowed to use budget negotiations to continue their attacks on health care law."
Probably add on our own, Obama and the Democrats will have to confront Republican Conservatives not until January 2014 of the year, but until January of 2017, when the next president will be inaugurated. If the American people sit in the Oval Office of Hillary Clinton, we will hear interesting speeches addressed to Republicans in Congress. Unless, of course, to that far time, the yuan will not come to replace the dollar.
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