Geopolitical mosaic: the Ukrainian opposition wants the EU, while the United States, Japan and South Korea rally against China
Iranian atom: brief summary of the meeting in Geneva. - The secret becomes clear. - The silence of the Arabs. - Putin's statement. - Syrian rebels seized a large oil field. - Turkey and Egypt: found a scythe on a stone. - Will the European nations disappear? - Telephone Angela Merkel listened to everything: Americans, British, Chinese, North Koreans and Russian. - I. D. V. T. is responsible for the explosion. - Scotland may become independent in March 2016. - South Stream is welcome in Serbia. - Ukraine: the opposition will protest indefinitely. - Feeling of Europe. - About the gas contract. - Tymoshenko told about the main mistake of Yanukovych. - Invalid husbands, migrant workers. - Controversial air defense. - A spy from North Korea in South Korea was given five years. “A march of millions will be held in Thailand.” - The UN Tribunal ordered the Greenpeace members to release. - American game.
Iranian atom: brief summary of the meeting in Geneva. On Sunday night, Iran and the "six" in Geneva reached an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, reports Interfax.
Within six months, Iran will “freeze” its nuclear program and suspend the construction of the reactor in Arak. In response, the West will remove economic sanctions from Tehran.
The mentioned period will be devoted to the continuation of negotiations, the purpose of which will be to reach final agreements on the parameters that Iran will need for peaceful nuclear activities, primarily for the production of fuel for nuclear power plants.
Following the talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the agreement of the Six and Iran significantly expands the IAEA’s ability to control the nuclear program.
“This agreement means that we agree on the need to recognize Iran’s right to a peaceful atom, including the right to enrichment, with the understanding that the issues that are preserved to the Iranian nuclear program, and the program itself will be put under the strictest control of the IAEA. This is the ultimate goal, but it is already fixed in today's document, ”the minister told reporters.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, meanwhile, told Fox News that the agreement does not include a provision recognizing Tehran’s right to enrich uranium. According to the American diplomat, an agreement was reached on Iran’s refusal from the existing reserves of uranium enriched up to 20. Of the available 200 kg of such uranium in six months, "not a single kilogram will remain."
In turn, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that Iran’s right to a peaceful atom will enter into a future agreement with the “six.” The minister said he would seek to include Iran’s right to enrich uranium in this agreement, since this is its “sacred right”.
The Israeli Cabinet of Ministers considered the agreement reached in Geneva as negative. Speaking on Israel’s army radio, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said: “Israel does not see for itself the limitations associated with a signed bad, very bad agreement.”
An anonymous representative of the US administration told reporters in Washington that Barack Obama intends to talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and clarify the essence of the agreement.
Natalia Kovalenko ("Voice of Russia") cites expert opinions on the nuclear “deal”.
The expert on the problems of Central Asia and the Middle East Semen Bagdasarov emphasizes:
Orientalist from the Institute for Strategic Assessment and Analysis Sergey Demidenko believes:
The secret becomes explicit. As noted by MIGnews.comA public rapprochement between Iran and the United States was preceded by a series of private bilateral meetings between US and Iranian officials. This was recognized by an unnamed representative of the Obama administration.
A senior US official said that four US-Iranian secret meetings had been held since Rouhani’s inauguration in August. US officials informed Israeli colleagues about the main content of the conversations. The American chief negotiators were William Burns, US Undersecretary of State, and Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to US Vice President Joe Biden.
A former Iranian official confirmed the fact of secret negotiations and said that they were conducted with the sanction of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “All meetings with the Americans were held with the blessing of the leader. The first was the most difficult, especially when we had to convince our main authority about the positive results of such meetings, ”said a former high-ranking Iranian official. “The leader gave a green light, but viewed their result without optimism,” he said. “We took the risk, but we won.”
Communication channel through Oman proposed US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Answering the question whether secret meetings played an important role in achieving a nuclear agreement, a high-ranking US official answered: “Yes.”
The silence of the Arabs. While many representatives of the world community recognized the agreement of the IRI and the "six" as an important step, the majority of Arab states, especially the countries participating in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, remain silent, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Vasily Vavilin.
"Residents of the entire Middle East will not be able to sleep peacefully after reaching an agreement between Iran and the major powers," said Abdullah al-Askar, head of the international affairs committee of the Saudi Arabian Consultative Council.
Despite such a sharp reaction, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not officially indicate its position. Among the GCC countries, only the UAE and Bahrain made a statement.
A statement from the UAE government states: “The government hopes that this event will be a step towards achieving a permanent agreement that will ensure stability throughout the region and save it from the danger of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.”
Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, said: “With this agreement, we, Iran and other countries have got rid of the feeling of fear.”
Thus, those who spoke out, “got rid of the feeling of fear,” and those who chose to keep silence, “cannot sleep well”.
Putin's statement. The result of the meeting of Iran and the "six" in Geneva - "a win for all." This view was expressed by the President of the Russian Federation in a statement, the text of which was circulated by the Kremlin’s press service, reports ITAR-TASS.
“As a result of the negotiations on resolving the situation around the Iranian nuclear program, we managed to get closer to the denouement of one of the most complex nodes of world politics,” Vladimir Putin said.
“The Geneva agreement was reached thanks to the constructive approach shown by the leaders of the countries of the Six, Iran and representatives of the EU structures, as well as the hard work of the negotiation teams,” Putin continued. “This agreement is a balanced list of measures and will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the development of the international situation, especially in the Middle East region.”
“Russia,” the president noted further, “has always been in principle in favor of solving the Iranian nuclear problem through negotiation and diplomatic means. And it is important that the Geneva Action Plan is based precisely on this kind of ideas and approaches. ”
According to V. Putin, “the result of Geneva is a win for everyone, proving once again that within the framework of collective mutually respectful work, it is possible to find answers to contemporary international challenges and threats.”
Syrian rebels seized a large oil field. Syrian "oppositionists" beat off the largest oil field in the country from government forces. It is reported by the agency "Reuters" with reference to local human rights defenders, reports "Lenta.ru".
We are talking about the Al-Omar deposit in the east. Under the leadership of the militants of the Front of Nusrah, the rebels captured him early in the morning of November 23. Official confirmation of this information yet.
The seizure of the field means that the opposition managed to establish control over virtually all crude oil reserves in the country.
Meanwhile, there is information that the Syrian army receives a significant part of fuel for military equipment from Iran.
Turkey and Egypt: found a scythe on a stone. Responsibility for the deterioration of relations with Egypt lies with the Turkish government. This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Badr Abdel Ata, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Tarasov.
“Our department has repeatedly given a chance to the Turkish side to stop provocative statements,” local media quoted him as saying. - Ten days ago, the Ambassador of Turkey was told about Cairo’s unwillingness to tolerate further the similar behavior of official Ankara. But then we again heard the insulting remarks of the Turkish Prime Minister, and after our patience snapped, after weighing all the pros and cons, we made the appropriate decision. ”
ITAR-TASS indicates that on November 23, Cairo announced the Turkish ambassador to persona non grata and asked him to leave Egypt. The country's foreign ministry also stated that it was finally recalling its ambassador from Ankara and lowering the level of diplomatic relations to the temporary charge d'affaires.
Ankara responded by declaring the head of the Egyptian embassy persona non grata. It is noteworthy that the Egyptian ambassador was recalled for consultations on August 15, and never returned to his duties.
The correspondent recalls that relations between the two countries deteriorated after the deposition of the Egyptian military president Islamist Mursi. Over the past months, Ankara has repeatedly acted with harsh criticism of the new authorities in Cairo. Representatives of the Turkish leadership stated that “the removal of a democratically elected head of state” is against the law and will cause major damage to the country, its economy and democratic processes.
Official Cairo has repeatedly called on the leadership in Ankara to stop "interfering in the internal affairs of Egypt and respect the will of its people."
Will the European nations disappear? A conference was held in Leipzig: “For the future of the family. Will the extinction threaten European nations? ”The event was organized by the German magazine Compact, in partnership with the Russian Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, based in Paris. Michael Antonov tells about it ("Vesti").
“If German women give birth to one in three three-tenths of a child, as they have been doing for 40 years, then each next generation will be reduced by 30%. We are in a stage of progressive extinction. You can build this graph yourself. With such a trend in three or four generations, the Germans really liquidate themselves. Man is a social being, he lives in groups, the smallest of which is family. This connection of the child with those who gave birth to him was important in the Stone Age, but it is just as important in the nuclear age, ”says Tilo Sarrazin.
However, in the information age politicians are much more important in their liberal image, says Beatrice Bourges, one of the leaders of the movement against the legalization of same-sex marriages in France. “The French government, despite an incredible protest from the population, approved this controversial bill. At the same time, millions of people went outside. I believe that France is making a big mistake. France has lost its mind, we are being imposed an ideology that in the long run can be disastrous for Europe, ”she believes.
As the journalist notes, the French Interior Minister called Beatrice Bourges "the most dangerous woman in the country." Probably, he did so in order to please the aggressive minority, which, having successfully influenced politics and the media, is able to impersonate its strength for public opinion.
Alexander Sorkin ("Voice of Russia") cites the point of view of the political scientist, historian, chairman of the Paris branch of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation Natalia Narochnitskaya. In an interview with Golos Rossii, she spoke about the problems of protecting traditional families.
Narochnitskaya asks a question: is it really a democracy when a minority dishonors all that is dear to the majority? Narochnitskaya calls Russia “an example for defenders of traditional values” and indicates that she receives letters “with words of gratitude to Russia, to its leader, to her parliament for defending true democracy.”
The expert also says that attitudes toward Russia in the West are beginning to change. People stop believing in Russophobic newspapers and magazines: after all, the Russians are trying to persecute them for being in favor of the traditional family. As a result, the image of Russia in the eyes of the conservative majority, comrade Narochnitskaya says, is beginning to change. People in the West already understand that only the ultra-liberal elite hates Russia - and hates only because Russia is different.
So it is, add on my own. The only trouble is that the countries of the West are just ruled by ultra-liberal elites who are not at all going to listen to the opinion of the majority of the people. After all, a representative (democratic) government assumes that the government solves all questions with laws by simple voting in parliament, and then by the signature of the president. Just the majority of votes of parliamentarians and conducts a particular bill. Nobody has long believed that the deputies who broke through into legislative power and the people are one and the first represent the second, but the system of liberal democracy continues to function. This system successfully promotes entire “packages” of documents under gay laws - for example, in the same France, where gay men got the opportunity to marry and even adopt children. Before the elections, President Hollande promised his electorate to give freedom to the “blue” - and this is the only one of all his promises that he fully fulfilled. And you say: will the European peoples disappear ... Of course, they will disappear. But do those who paradoxically fight for this disappearance understand this?
Telephone Angela Merkel listened to everything: the Americans, British, Chinese, North Koreans and Russian. The phone of the German Chancellor was tapped not only by the US, but also by other special services, the magazine "Focus" reports, citing its own sources in the state security organs of Germany, reports "Lenta.ru".
According to the publication, the wiretapping was conducted, including from the territory of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. German intelligence services are aware of 120 Russian intelligence officers from the SVR, GRU and FSB, working in Germany under the guise of diplomats. Half of these classified people are recruiting informants in German departments.
However, not only Russians listened to Merkel's mobile phone. As the publication specified one of the sources, in addition to the United States and Russia, the United Kingdom, China and the DPRK were noted among the eavesdroppers.
The Americans and the British do not even hide this: they have already admitted that radio interception equipment has been installed on the roofs of their Berlin diplomatic missions.
German intelligence services warned politicians about the danger of creating a separate government quarter in Berlin even before they moved from Bonn, where the capital of Germany was located until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Counterintelligence pointed out that even special equipment was useless to foreign spies: everything necessary for interception at such distances is sold freely.
Truly: no personal life, add on my own. It is hard to imagine that a politician of such magnitude as Merkel should not think about possible wiretapping. The chancellor probably had to weigh every word, wondering: “What will Putin think? And Cameron? No, this is no good: Obama may not understand ... And how will Beijing react? ”And so on. It is difficult to build international relations when you want to trade for yuan with China and not to go to Syria, and the United States is considered a “partner” who is supposed to be trusted.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the popularity of the National Front Marine Le Pen is growing in Europe. In fact, Europe can come not only to abandon the EU, but even to a kind of iron curtain: the French will erect their own, the Germans their own, and international trade will acquire a strong tinge of suspicion, or even open distrust. The economy of European countries will gradually become relatively closed and even autarkic - like the Soviet one. Thus, the Europeans will eventually be able to get rid of the influence of China - this world flea market. The Germans have not forgotten how to do TVs and washing machines. Further, I would like to predict the disintegration of NATO: this organization already has no money for many programs.
I. D. V. T. is responsible for the explosion. "The Islamic Movement of East Turkestan" claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Beijing on Tiananmen Square on October 28, which killed five people, reports "Reuters" referring to the network resources of the Islamists, reports "Lenta.ru".
Militants have called the attack "an act of jihad." According to the leader of the movement, Abdullah Mansur, the Islamists will continue to conduct terrorist activities against the Chinese government.
Earlier that the terrorist attack could be I. D. V. T., said the Chinese authorities, calling the terrorist group recognized in China as “backstage customer”.
In March 2016, Scotland can become independent. Scotland’s independence from the UK will be proclaimed 24 March 2016 of the year - in the event that the majority of the Scots will vote for the office in a referendum in 2014 year. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to BBC News.
The date of independence was included in the "White Book" - a document of the Scottish government, which sets out the principles for building an independent Scottish state. The book also states that the first elections to the independent Scottish Parliament can take place in May 2016.
24 March is celebrated on the British Isles as Union Crown Day. In 1603, this day Scotland and England were united into a dynastic union.
"Tape" reminds that a referendum on the withdrawal of Scotland from the UK will be held 18 September 2014 year.
Serbia welcomes South Stream. Construction of the South Stream gas pipeline begins in Serbia. The length of the route in Serbia with a branch to Croatia will be more than 400 kilometers, reports Ilya Filippov ("Vesti").
“It’s pointless to cast doubt on the need of South Stream. We conducted sociological polls: more than 70% of the population of Serbia belong to the “South Stream” positively, consider it necessary. But critics are mainly engaged in politicians who want to show their loyalty to Brussels and Washington, ”said George Vukadinovich, professor, chief editor of the New Political Thought web portal.
“South Stream will in any case reduce the cost of gas, even if it will be supplied at the same price. But for consumers it will be cheaper simply because now Serbia is paying Hungary for gas transit, and with South Stream we will automatically get rid of this, ”said Elica Putnikovich, editor-in-chief of the BalkanMagazin portal.
South Stream is two hundred million euros per year, two thousand new jobs, and two billion euro investments.
South Stream in Serbia is engaged in a joint project company (Gazprom has 51%, and state-owned Srbijagas 49%).
Ukraine: the opposition will protest indefinitely. Yesterday, mass actions of supporters and opponents of European integration took place in Ukraine. In Kiev, nearly two dozen speeches were announced. And the Ukrainian opposition in general announced an indefinite rally in support of the signing of an association agreement with the European Union, reports Interfax.
The first deputy leader of the Batkivshchyna party, MP Oleksandr Turchynov, said that the action demanding to sign an association agreement with the EU would be indefinite. The leader of the Third Ukrainian Republic movement, Yuriy Lutsenko, in an interview with 5 Channel, said: "We dig in here, on the European Square (in Kiev - Interfax), and we will block the government."
The participants of the action “For European Ukraine” adopted a resolution. They demand the resignation of the Azarov government for betraying national interests.
Opposition also demanded an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada on November 27 to pass the necessary European integration laws. If she is unable to do so, she calls for the dissolution of the parliament and the appointment of special elections. Three parliamentary factions filed an appeal to parliament.
Finally, the protesters demanded in the resolution that the president cancel the order of the cabinet of ministers to suspend preparations for signing the association agreement, stop political repression, release former Prime Minister Tymoshenko and sign an agreement with the EU at the Vilnius summit. In the event of Yanukovych’s refusal to “fulfill his constitutional duties,” participants in the meeting will seek the resignation of the head of state and urge the West to impose sanctions on Viktor Yanukovich and “representatives of his corrupt regime.
In turn, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said that the EU’s doors for Ukraine remain open.
Feeling of Europe. The authorities of the Ukrainian town of Rawa-Russkaya, located two kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border, refused to obey Kiev and appealed to the European Union for association at the city level. Mayor Irina Vereshchuk explained that she was guided by the European Charter of Local Government, reported "Vesti".
“We kind of like God himself ordered, because we are located two kilometers from the border with the European Union. We feel culturally and historically as part of Europe. We appealed to the European Parliament with a request to conclude an association with Rava-Russian as an administrative-territorial unit that has the right to do so, ”said Irina Vereshchuk.
"Lenta.ru" citing Gazeta.ua, reports that the mayor of the city, Irina Vereshchuk, said: city residents disagree, do not support, do not recognize and will not obey the “anti-Ukrainian government decision” to stop preparations for association with the EU. The mayor explained her decision by saying that mentally, spiritually, culturally and historically Ukraine is part of Europe, and therefore sees itself only in the “civilized world” and not in “imperial slavery”.
A day earlier, Lenta reminds, the city council of Lvov declared the central authorities of Ukraine illegitimate, accusing Viktor Yanukovich and Mykola Azarov of ignoring the will of the people for their own material gain. “Lviv has always been, is and will be a European city. We, the deputies of the city council, declare that the geopolitical reverse is unacceptable. Ukraine is a European country. We will never become a raw material colony of Russia, ”said Lviv deputies.
About the gas contract. Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said that Russia had promised to revise the gas contract with Kiev from 2009, reports ITAR-TASS.
“Now there is a promise to revise gas contracts, by and large,” said Azarov, giving an interview to a local television channel.
The prime minister at the same time refuted the statements of the leader of “Batkivshchyna” Arseniy Yatsenyuk that Russia, in exchange for refusing to sign an association agreement with the EU, allocated Ukrainian authorities 20 billion dollars.
"For us, the main compensator is the preservation of the trade and economic regime with Russia, which was," Azarov noted further.
Tymoshenko spoke about the main mistake of Yanukovich. Yulia Tymoshenko called on President Yanukovych to convene an extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council and decide to sign the association with the EU. The appeal of the opposition leader to the head of state was read by her defender Sergey Vlasenko, reports "Lenta.ru".
“I give the word that if at a meeting of the NSDC it is decided to sign the agreement, I will appeal to European leaders on the same day to sign it without fulfilling a number of criteria, including those concerning my release,” the message “Comments” is quoted.
In her appeal, Tymoshenko stated that, “by killing the agreement,” Yanukovych “makes the main mistake in his life,” and recommended the head of state “under no circumstances be alone with Russia.”
Tymoshenko also urged Ukrainians to go out on the square with protests against the suspension of European integration. She called the corresponding decision of the government “Ukrainian State Emergency Committee”.
It is interesting to add from myself, and who in this case plays the role of Yeltsin? And it is also interesting: does Tymoshenko understand what Yeltsin led Russia to? Does the Ukrainian people want to go for the local Yeltsin?
Unfaithful husbands, migrant workers. In the article “Tajik women are asked to return unfaithful husbands to them” (“The Independent”, Great Britain; the source of translation is "InoSMI") Alec Lun says that the women of Tajikistan are asking the Russian authorities to deport their unfaithful husbands.
A group of women appealed simultaneously to the Tajik authorities and the Federal Migration Service of Russia. Women are asked to bring their husbands, brothers and sons back home. Once, all these men went to Russia in search of work, and then stopped communicating and sending money to their families, as promised.
Mohra Kholova said that her husband Olim has not been in touch with her for several years. “I learned that he was married there. He no longer sends money to his children. Let him be deported! Maybe it will force him to return home to his children, ”she told reporters of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
The Migration Service of Tajikistan each month receives approximately 15 requests from women who want to bring their men home. Of course, this agency has no right to force them to return.
According to estimates by the journalist, the number of labor migrants working in Russia ranges from 11 to 15 million people. The overwhelming majority of them come from the former Soviet republics of the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
Alexey Avganov from the labor union of migrant workers explained to the Independent what a “divorce by telephone” means. According to him, in some interpretations of Islam, a husband can pronounce the Arabic word “talak” three times (even by telephone), and his marriage is annulled.
Disputable air defense. Beijing’s decision to expand the air defense zone in the water area, which its neighbors have also defended, caused anger in Seoul and Tokyo. The Chinese criticized Washington. Nevertheless, China is threatening to use “defensive” actions against violators of its air border, writes Andrei Rezchikov ("Sight").
The United States, Japan and South Korea condemned the expansion of the Chinese air defense zone in the East China Sea. The main dissatisfaction is caused by the fact that the zone includes the space above the Senkaku Islands and the Iodo submarine rock controlled by South Korea in the area of Jeju Island: the South Korean and Chinese special economic zones converge there.
The Ministry of Defense of China announced the creation of the Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea the day before. Beijing now requires that all aircraft entering the air defense zone provide in advance their identifying information and route information. In case of refusal, the Chinese side reserves the right to apply measures of a “defensive” nature.
In Seoul, expressed concern about the threat of a dispute. "The air defense zone is partially superimposed on the Korean air defense identification zone in the area west of Jeju Island ... This is an area 20 wide and 115 km long, which is one and a half times the territory of Jeju Island," said an unnamed military source.
Washington is concerned due to the escalation of "the situation, which leads to increased tensions in the region and affects the interests of the United States and our allies." "We informed China of our serious concerns and coordinate with our partners and allies in the region," said Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the US National Security Council.
Speak and Secretary of State. John Kerry declared that the White House was “deeply concerned” with China’s plans, and called his decision “an attempt to change the status quo in the region”.
Well, let me add, Beijing has long been trying to change this very status quo. No wonder for several years now Obama has been directing the American strategic doctrine to the APR.
The topic has been developed.
As transmits ITAR-TASS with reference to ARMS-TASS, the United States reaffirmed its allied commitments to ensure the security of Japan in connection with the PRC’s decision to create an identification air defense zone in the East China Sea.
“The United States reaffirms its commitment to its long-term policy, according to which Article 5 of the Treaty on Mutual Cooperation and Security Guarantees with Japan extends to the Senkaku Islands,” said US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in a statement released by the Pentagon press service.
Calling the creation of this zone “an attempt to change the status quo in the region,” Mr. Hagel noted that China’s “unilateral actions” increase the risk of conflict as a result of “misunderstanding and wrong conclusions” about the intentions of the other side.
As ITAR-TASS reminds, the US administration has repeatedly stated that it opposes "any unilateral or coercive actions" that could interfere with the Japanese administration of the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu). Washington recognizes the sovereignty of the Japanese side over this territory and believes that the controversial issue falls under the Treaty on Mutual Cooperation and Security Guarantees between the USA and Japan of 1960. According to this document, any attack on the islands will be regarded by the United States as a threat to its own national security.
The Chinese, of course, also spoke. The Chinese government has called on the United States to refrain from supporting Japan regarding the Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea. This was announced by a representative of the Ministry of Defense of China, Yan Yujun, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexey Selishchev.
"In recent years, we have noted an increase in the activity of Japanese military aircraft in the East China Sea," he noted.
Yang Yujun stressed that "Japan has no right to make irresponsible statements regarding the Identification Zone," and "The United States should not indulge Japan in sending adventurous signals."
Thus, let us add from ourselves, it seems, the time has come in history when China set out to put in place its geopolitical rivals.
A spy from the DPRK in South Korea was given five years. The Supreme Court of South Korea sentenced a North Korean woman to five years' imprisonment, posing as a refugee from the DPRK for the purpose of conducting espionage activities in South Korea, Renhap agency reported. This tells correspondent RIA "Novosti" Daria Krutov.
An 47-year-old woman by the name of Lee, before coming to South Korea in 2011, collected information about South Korean intelligence officers in China. “The court agrees with the conviction of the lower court because Li was engaged in espionage in Shenyang, Qingdao and Beijing in violation of the law on national security,” Judge Ko Yen Han stated.
During the interrogation, Li confessed that she was forced to cooperate with North Korean intelligence: the DPRK authorities threatened her family.
In Thailand, will be "March of Millions." The Thai opposition is gathering supporters from all over the country to Bangkok for the “March of a Million Demonstrators”. According to the police, more than 200 thousand people are currently at the gathering place - the Monument of Democracy. correspondent RIA "News" Eugene Belenky.
In what direction the march will move, the leaders of the demonstration, including its main leader — the former deputy prime minister, Suthep Thyaksuban, an MP from the opposition Democratic Party — have not announced. It is only known that the demonstrators will pass 12 columns along the streets of Bangkok from the gathering point, where the rally has been going on for more than a week. The purpose of the demonstration is the overthrow of the government (peacefully).
Police say the demonstrators are going to block the parliament buildings and the Government House, as well as most of the government offices in the city center.
Speaking at a weekend rally, Thaksguban spoke of the demonstrators' plans to turn off electricity and water in all state institutions and called on civil servants to "join the demonstrators or sweat for the benefit of the illegal government in non-air-conditioned and water-supply rooms."
Thyaksuban considers the government "illegal" because last week the Thai Constitutional Court declared the amendments to the constitution made by the government to the discussion of parliament illegal. The ruling party has an absolute majority in parliament, which decided the outcome of the vote. The opposition filed a lawsuit about the illegality of the amendments to the constitutional court, and they were declared illegal - because of violations of the voting procedure.
“Since the decision of the parliament is illegal, it means that all the deputies of the ruling party violated the law, and therefore their government is illegal,” said Thyaksuban on Saturday from the rally at the Monument of Democracy.
The UN tribunal ordered the Greenpeace members to release. The UN Tribunal for the Law of the Sea took the side of the Netherlands and called on Russia to release the Arctic Sunrise ship and crew members. However, Russia ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea with reservations, and now Moscow can consider that the verdict of the court does not concern it, Alexey Yeltsov writes ("Sight").
On Friday, there were reports that the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg supported the claim of the Kingdom of the Netherlands against Russia and decided that the Arctic Sunrise vessel, as well as all members of its crew and passengers should be immediately released. The Tribunal also ruled that the Netherlands’s claims on Russia “were substantiated and based on established facts.” The decision was announced by the chairman of the tribunal - Japanese Shunji Yanai.
Russia signed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and ratified it in 1997, but with reservations. Moscow refused to accept the convention’s procedures for settling disputes regarding the exercise of sovereign rights and jurisdiction, leading to binding decisions for the parties.
In this case, the MTMP for Russia is not a decree, since the “Arctic Sunrise” case falls into the category of disputes mentioned. After all, the crew is suspected of violating Russian legislation on the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf.
The author of the material reminds that shortly after the news that the Greenpeace case reaches the tribunal, President Vladimir Putin said that the priority for the actions of the Russian authorities should be the national legislation of the Russian Federation, but international agreements contrary to its Constitution should not be signed in principle.
Russian Foreign Ministry issued a message. It says that Moscow “will certainly study the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and formulate its attitude towards it”.
American game. American police took up the investigation of crimes related to the "game of knockout." As a rule, black teenagers and their Arab peers are addicted to deadly fun, but white Americans are victims. The goal of the “game” is to knock down a passerby with one strike "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
On the Internet posted many videos. Their plots are: an unsuspecting person passes by a group of dark-skinned young people, then suddenly he gets hit and falls.
"Knockout" was the cause of death of not less than three people. 46-year-old homeless Ralph Santiago broke his neck in September. The moment of the attack was recorded by outdoor surveillance cameras. Two weeks later, several black teenagers were detained.
Such attacks were recorded in the states of New York, Missouri, New Jersey, Illinois and in the capital of the United States.
According to the police, in New York only at least eight such cases have recently occurred. Most of the attacks took place in Brooklyn. There, victims were usually representatives of the Jewish community.
Now, New York Police spokesman Brendan Ryan said: “The police seriously took on the participants of this monstrous“ game. ”
“Vesti” reminds that in the USA there is a legal qualification of crimes based on racial, religious or ethnic hatred, which is recognized as an aggravating circumstance. As a result, in sentencing, criminals are sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, up to life imprisonment.
Iranian atom: brief summary of the meeting in Geneva. On Sunday night, Iran and the "six" in Geneva reached an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, reports Interfax.
Within six months, Iran will “freeze” its nuclear program and suspend the construction of the reactor in Arak. In response, the West will remove economic sanctions from Tehran.
The mentioned period will be devoted to the continuation of negotiations, the purpose of which will be to reach final agreements on the parameters that Iran will need for peaceful nuclear activities, primarily for the production of fuel for nuclear power plants.
Following the talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the agreement of the Six and Iran significantly expands the IAEA’s ability to control the nuclear program.
“This agreement means that we agree on the need to recognize Iran’s right to a peaceful atom, including the right to enrichment, with the understanding that the issues that are preserved to the Iranian nuclear program, and the program itself will be put under the strictest control of the IAEA. This is the ultimate goal, but it is already fixed in today's document, ”the minister told reporters.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, meanwhile, told Fox News that the agreement does not include a provision recognizing Tehran’s right to enrich uranium. According to the American diplomat, an agreement was reached on Iran’s refusal from the existing reserves of uranium enriched up to 20. Of the available 200 kg of such uranium in six months, "not a single kilogram will remain."
In turn, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that Iran’s right to a peaceful atom will enter into a future agreement with the “six.” The minister said he would seek to include Iran’s right to enrich uranium in this agreement, since this is its “sacred right”.
The Israeli Cabinet of Ministers considered the agreement reached in Geneva as negative. Speaking on Israel’s army radio, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said: “Israel does not see for itself the limitations associated with a signed bad, very bad agreement.”
An anonymous representative of the US administration told reporters in Washington that Barack Obama intends to talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and clarify the essence of the agreement.
Natalia Kovalenko ("Voice of Russia") cites expert opinions on the nuclear “deal”.
The expert on the problems of Central Asia and the Middle East Semen Bagdasarov emphasizes:
“It’s not for nothing that the term 6 has been defined for months, during which the world community and, first of all, the states of the“ six ”must make sure that Iran is really ready to fulfill the obligations that it has assumed. The fact is that within Iran there is a strong opposition to any such negotiated solutions. This is the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the security forces as a whole. This is the first. Secondly, we must admit directly that during these 6 months Israel and Saudi Arabia will do everything possible to cast doubt on Iran’s sincerity in fulfilling its obligations. Because these states are not interested in bringing the West closer to Iran. ”
Orientalist from the Institute for Strategic Assessment and Analysis Sergey Demidenko believes:
“Iran really needs to get out of international sanctions in order to improve the economic situation in the country, to attract additional investments. Actually, the main goal of the new Iranian President Rouhani is to stabilize the economy. Therefore, Tehran made concessions. Not the last role was played by the deterioration of relations between the United States and its allies in the Persian Gulf. It seems to me that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have become too insolent. And Washington, in principle, makes it clear to its “sworn allies” that it may well reconsider priorities and reorient its policy towards contacts with the state, which is a regional opponent of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. That is, there is a political and economic aspect. ”
The secret becomes explicit. As noted by MIGnews.comA public rapprochement between Iran and the United States was preceded by a series of private bilateral meetings between US and Iranian officials. This was recognized by an unnamed representative of the Obama administration.
A senior US official said that four US-Iranian secret meetings had been held since Rouhani’s inauguration in August. US officials informed Israeli colleagues about the main content of the conversations. The American chief negotiators were William Burns, US Undersecretary of State, and Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to US Vice President Joe Biden.
A former Iranian official confirmed the fact of secret negotiations and said that they were conducted with the sanction of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “All meetings with the Americans were held with the blessing of the leader. The first was the most difficult, especially when we had to convince our main authority about the positive results of such meetings, ”said a former high-ranking Iranian official. “The leader gave a green light, but viewed their result without optimism,” he said. “We took the risk, but we won.”
Communication channel through Oman proposed US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Answering the question whether secret meetings played an important role in achieving a nuclear agreement, a high-ranking US official answered: “Yes.”
The silence of the Arabs. While many representatives of the world community recognized the agreement of the IRI and the "six" as an important step, the majority of Arab states, especially the countries participating in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, remain silent, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Vasily Vavilin.
"Residents of the entire Middle East will not be able to sleep peacefully after reaching an agreement between Iran and the major powers," said Abdullah al-Askar, head of the international affairs committee of the Saudi Arabian Consultative Council.
Despite such a sharp reaction, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not officially indicate its position. Among the GCC countries, only the UAE and Bahrain made a statement.
A statement from the UAE government states: “The government hopes that this event will be a step towards achieving a permanent agreement that will ensure stability throughout the region and save it from the danger of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.”
Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, said: “With this agreement, we, Iran and other countries have got rid of the feeling of fear.”
Thus, those who spoke out, “got rid of the feeling of fear,” and those who chose to keep silence, “cannot sleep well”.
Putin's statement. The result of the meeting of Iran and the "six" in Geneva - "a win for all." This view was expressed by the President of the Russian Federation in a statement, the text of which was circulated by the Kremlin’s press service, reports ITAR-TASS.
“As a result of the negotiations on resolving the situation around the Iranian nuclear program, we managed to get closer to the denouement of one of the most complex nodes of world politics,” Vladimir Putin said.
“The Geneva agreement was reached thanks to the constructive approach shown by the leaders of the countries of the Six, Iran and representatives of the EU structures, as well as the hard work of the negotiation teams,” Putin continued. “This agreement is a balanced list of measures and will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the development of the international situation, especially in the Middle East region.”
“Russia,” the president noted further, “has always been in principle in favor of solving the Iranian nuclear problem through negotiation and diplomatic means. And it is important that the Geneva Action Plan is based precisely on this kind of ideas and approaches. ”
According to V. Putin, “the result of Geneva is a win for everyone, proving once again that within the framework of collective mutually respectful work, it is possible to find answers to contemporary international challenges and threats.”
Syrian rebels seized a large oil field. Syrian "oppositionists" beat off the largest oil field in the country from government forces. It is reported by the agency "Reuters" with reference to local human rights defenders, reports "Lenta.ru".
We are talking about the Al-Omar deposit in the east. Under the leadership of the militants of the Front of Nusrah, the rebels captured him early in the morning of November 23. Official confirmation of this information yet.
The seizure of the field means that the opposition managed to establish control over virtually all crude oil reserves in the country.
Meanwhile, there is information that the Syrian army receives a significant part of fuel for military equipment from Iran.
Turkey and Egypt: found a scythe on a stone. Responsibility for the deterioration of relations with Egypt lies with the Turkish government. This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Badr Abdel Ata, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Tarasov.
“Our department has repeatedly given a chance to the Turkish side to stop provocative statements,” local media quoted him as saying. - Ten days ago, the Ambassador of Turkey was told about Cairo’s unwillingness to tolerate further the similar behavior of official Ankara. But then we again heard the insulting remarks of the Turkish Prime Minister, and after our patience snapped, after weighing all the pros and cons, we made the appropriate decision. ”
ITAR-TASS indicates that on November 23, Cairo announced the Turkish ambassador to persona non grata and asked him to leave Egypt. The country's foreign ministry also stated that it was finally recalling its ambassador from Ankara and lowering the level of diplomatic relations to the temporary charge d'affaires.
Ankara responded by declaring the head of the Egyptian embassy persona non grata. It is noteworthy that the Egyptian ambassador was recalled for consultations on August 15, and never returned to his duties.
The correspondent recalls that relations between the two countries deteriorated after the deposition of the Egyptian military president Islamist Mursi. Over the past months, Ankara has repeatedly acted with harsh criticism of the new authorities in Cairo. Representatives of the Turkish leadership stated that “the removal of a democratically elected head of state” is against the law and will cause major damage to the country, its economy and democratic processes.
Official Cairo has repeatedly called on the leadership in Ankara to stop "interfering in the internal affairs of Egypt and respect the will of its people."
Will the European nations disappear? A conference was held in Leipzig: “For the future of the family. Will the extinction threaten European nations? ”The event was organized by the German magazine Compact, in partnership with the Russian Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, based in Paris. Michael Antonov tells about it ("Vesti").
“The problem of the relationship between freedom and morality arose in full growth already at the entrances to a small hotel on the outskirts of Leipzig, where the German magazine Compact was going to hold a discussion on this topic.
The crowd with a megaphone and a rainbow symbol of same-sex love thought that there was nothing to talk about it - everything is in order, so that those who did not agree with it, had to filter through the cordons on foot, risking to get a jab in the back or a blow to the leg like this happened to the deputy Elena Mizulina.
“A man at the age of 65 in a burgundy jacket surreptitiously kicked me in the leg. I turned around, looked at him, did not begin to tell him anything, but let him know that I was sorry for him. He had such evil eyes, ”said Elena Mizulina, chairperson of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children.
The police managed to drive the crowd away from the entrance, but only after long fights, so that the beginning of the conference was accompanied by a siren and a knock at the walls. ”
The crowd with a megaphone and a rainbow symbol of same-sex love thought that there was nothing to talk about it - everything is in order, so that those who did not agree with it, had to filter through the cordons on foot, risking to get a jab in the back or a blow to the leg like this happened to the deputy Elena Mizulina.
“A man at the age of 65 in a burgundy jacket surreptitiously kicked me in the leg. I turned around, looked at him, did not begin to tell him anything, but let him know that I was sorry for him. He had such evil eyes, ”said Elena Mizulina, chairperson of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children.
The police managed to drive the crowd away from the entrance, but only after long fights, so that the beginning of the conference was accompanied by a siren and a knock at the walls. ”
“If German women give birth to one in three three-tenths of a child, as they have been doing for 40 years, then each next generation will be reduced by 30%. We are in a stage of progressive extinction. You can build this graph yourself. With such a trend in three or four generations, the Germans really liquidate themselves. Man is a social being, he lives in groups, the smallest of which is family. This connection of the child with those who gave birth to him was important in the Stone Age, but it is just as important in the nuclear age, ”says Tilo Sarrazin.
However, in the information age politicians are much more important in their liberal image, says Beatrice Bourges, one of the leaders of the movement against the legalization of same-sex marriages in France. “The French government, despite an incredible protest from the population, approved this controversial bill. At the same time, millions of people went outside. I believe that France is making a big mistake. France has lost its mind, we are being imposed an ideology that in the long run can be disastrous for Europe, ”she believes.
As the journalist notes, the French Interior Minister called Beatrice Bourges "the most dangerous woman in the country." Probably, he did so in order to please the aggressive minority, which, having successfully influenced politics and the media, is able to impersonate its strength for public opinion.
Alexander Sorkin ("Voice of Russia") cites the point of view of the political scientist, historian, chairman of the Paris branch of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation Natalia Narochnitskaya. In an interview with Golos Rossii, she spoke about the problems of protecting traditional families.
"... In France, before our eyes, unprecedented in scale, peaceful, beautiful demonstrations, quite tolerant, insulting nobody, were held - in defense of family and traditional values, against equalizing the legal status of homosexual couples and real families, especially against the right to adopt by such non-traditional unions children
Nevertheless, the state completely ignored it, the press simply lied, completely disregarding these demonstrations, I saw it. For all history my observations of the political struggle in France, since 60's, was nothing like this.
In Germany, we also see an increase in protest, but aggression from political homosexuality is growing. My colleague John Lokland and I came up with such a term for postmodern ideology, according to which a person must be freed from any order of things, be it religious, democratic, traditional, national, and now even biological. That is, any impulses of the personality - physiological or mental - should be implemented without any restrictions.
Thus, a person becomes a slave to his flesh and pride. For a Christian, this is completely obvious. But the most important thing is different. None of the defenders of traditional values call for limiting the rights of minorities. On the contrary, everyone remembers the time when unconventional orientation was prohibited and was considered a sexual crime, and they say that it was terrible, that we should give freedom to those who choose their own way. ”
Nevertheless, the state completely ignored it, the press simply lied, completely disregarding these demonstrations, I saw it. For all history my observations of the political struggle in France, since 60's, was nothing like this.
In Germany, we also see an increase in protest, but aggression from political homosexuality is growing. My colleague John Lokland and I came up with such a term for postmodern ideology, according to which a person must be freed from any order of things, be it religious, democratic, traditional, national, and now even biological. That is, any impulses of the personality - physiological or mental - should be implemented without any restrictions.
Thus, a person becomes a slave to his flesh and pride. For a Christian, this is completely obvious. But the most important thing is different. None of the defenders of traditional values call for limiting the rights of minorities. On the contrary, everyone remembers the time when unconventional orientation was prohibited and was considered a sexual crime, and they say that it was terrible, that we should give freedom to those who choose their own way. ”
Narochnitskaya asks a question: is it really a democracy when a minority dishonors all that is dear to the majority? Narochnitskaya calls Russia “an example for defenders of traditional values” and indicates that she receives letters “with words of gratitude to Russia, to its leader, to her parliament for defending true democracy.”
The expert also says that attitudes toward Russia in the West are beginning to change. People stop believing in Russophobic newspapers and magazines: after all, the Russians are trying to persecute them for being in favor of the traditional family. As a result, the image of Russia in the eyes of the conservative majority, comrade Narochnitskaya says, is beginning to change. People in the West already understand that only the ultra-liberal elite hates Russia - and hates only because Russia is different.
So it is, add on my own. The only trouble is that the countries of the West are just ruled by ultra-liberal elites who are not at all going to listen to the opinion of the majority of the people. After all, a representative (democratic) government assumes that the government solves all questions with laws by simple voting in parliament, and then by the signature of the president. Just the majority of votes of parliamentarians and conducts a particular bill. Nobody has long believed that the deputies who broke through into legislative power and the people are one and the first represent the second, but the system of liberal democracy continues to function. This system successfully promotes entire “packages” of documents under gay laws - for example, in the same France, where gay men got the opportunity to marry and even adopt children. Before the elections, President Hollande promised his electorate to give freedom to the “blue” - and this is the only one of all his promises that he fully fulfilled. And you say: will the European peoples disappear ... Of course, they will disappear. But do those who paradoxically fight for this disappearance understand this?
Telephone Angela Merkel listened to everything: the Americans, British, Chinese, North Koreans and Russian. The phone of the German Chancellor was tapped not only by the US, but also by other special services, the magazine "Focus" reports, citing its own sources in the state security organs of Germany, reports "Lenta.ru".
According to the publication, the wiretapping was conducted, including from the territory of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. German intelligence services are aware of 120 Russian intelligence officers from the SVR, GRU and FSB, working in Germany under the guise of diplomats. Half of these classified people are recruiting informants in German departments.
However, not only Russians listened to Merkel's mobile phone. As the publication specified one of the sources, in addition to the United States and Russia, the United Kingdom, China and the DPRK were noted among the eavesdroppers.
The Americans and the British do not even hide this: they have already admitted that radio interception equipment has been installed on the roofs of their Berlin diplomatic missions.
German intelligence services warned politicians about the danger of creating a separate government quarter in Berlin even before they moved from Bonn, where the capital of Germany was located until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Counterintelligence pointed out that even special equipment was useless to foreign spies: everything necessary for interception at such distances is sold freely.
Truly: no personal life, add on my own. It is hard to imagine that a politician of such magnitude as Merkel should not think about possible wiretapping. The chancellor probably had to weigh every word, wondering: “What will Putin think? And Cameron? No, this is no good: Obama may not understand ... And how will Beijing react? ”And so on. It is difficult to build international relations when you want to trade for yuan with China and not to go to Syria, and the United States is considered a “partner” who is supposed to be trusted.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the popularity of the National Front Marine Le Pen is growing in Europe. In fact, Europe can come not only to abandon the EU, but even to a kind of iron curtain: the French will erect their own, the Germans their own, and international trade will acquire a strong tinge of suspicion, or even open distrust. The economy of European countries will gradually become relatively closed and even autarkic - like the Soviet one. Thus, the Europeans will eventually be able to get rid of the influence of China - this world flea market. The Germans have not forgotten how to do TVs and washing machines. Further, I would like to predict the disintegration of NATO: this organization already has no money for many programs.
I. D. V. T. is responsible for the explosion. "The Islamic Movement of East Turkestan" claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Beijing on Tiananmen Square on October 28, which killed five people, reports "Reuters" referring to the network resources of the Islamists, reports "Lenta.ru".
Militants have called the attack "an act of jihad." According to the leader of the movement, Abdullah Mansur, the Islamists will continue to conduct terrorist activities against the Chinese government.
Earlier that the terrorist attack could be I. D. V. T., said the Chinese authorities, calling the terrorist group recognized in China as “backstage customer”.
In March 2016, Scotland can become independent. Scotland’s independence from the UK will be proclaimed 24 March 2016 of the year - in the event that the majority of the Scots will vote for the office in a referendum in 2014 year. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to BBC News.
The date of independence was included in the "White Book" - a document of the Scottish government, which sets out the principles for building an independent Scottish state. The book also states that the first elections to the independent Scottish Parliament can take place in May 2016.
24 March is celebrated on the British Isles as Union Crown Day. In 1603, this day Scotland and England were united into a dynastic union.
"Tape" reminds that a referendum on the withdrawal of Scotland from the UK will be held 18 September 2014 year.
Serbia welcomes South Stream. Construction of the South Stream gas pipeline begins in Serbia. The length of the route in Serbia with a branch to Croatia will be more than 400 kilometers, reports Ilya Filippov ("Vesti").
“Under the searchlight light in 70 kilometers from Belgrade, between the two Serbian villages of Kovil and Shaykaš, under the flags of Gazprom and Serbiagas, workers solemnly brewed a symbolic seam on the pipes, one of which should come from Bulgaria, the other to go to Hungary. The first welding of the “South Stream” in Serbia is broadcast live.
South Stream eliminates transit risks forever and guarantees stable gas supplies to consumers in Serbia and Europe. Serbia becomes the center of transit, storage and distribution of gas in Europe, ”said Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Board of Gazprom.
South Stream eliminates transit risks forever and guarantees stable gas supplies to consumers in Serbia and Europe. Serbia becomes the center of transit, storage and distribution of gas in Europe, ”said Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Board of Gazprom.
“It’s pointless to cast doubt on the need of South Stream. We conducted sociological polls: more than 70% of the population of Serbia belong to the “South Stream” positively, consider it necessary. But critics are mainly engaged in politicians who want to show their loyalty to Brussels and Washington, ”said George Vukadinovich, professor, chief editor of the New Political Thought web portal.
“South Stream will in any case reduce the cost of gas, even if it will be supplied at the same price. But for consumers it will be cheaper simply because now Serbia is paying Hungary for gas transit, and with South Stream we will automatically get rid of this, ”said Elica Putnikovich, editor-in-chief of the BalkanMagazin portal.
South Stream is two hundred million euros per year, two thousand new jobs, and two billion euro investments.
South Stream in Serbia is engaged in a joint project company (Gazprom has 51%, and state-owned Srbijagas 49%).
Ukraine: the opposition will protest indefinitely. Yesterday, mass actions of supporters and opponents of European integration took place in Ukraine. In Kiev, nearly two dozen speeches were announced. And the Ukrainian opposition in general announced an indefinite rally in support of the signing of an association agreement with the European Union, reports Interfax.
The first deputy leader of the Batkivshchyna party, MP Oleksandr Turchynov, said that the action demanding to sign an association agreement with the EU would be indefinite. The leader of the Third Ukrainian Republic movement, Yuriy Lutsenko, in an interview with 5 Channel, said: "We dig in here, on the European Square (in Kiev - Interfax), and we will block the government."
The participants of the action “For European Ukraine” adopted a resolution. They demand the resignation of the Azarov government for betraying national interests.
Opposition also demanded an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada on November 27 to pass the necessary European integration laws. If she is unable to do so, she calls for the dissolution of the parliament and the appointment of special elections. Three parliamentary factions filed an appeal to parliament.
Finally, the protesters demanded in the resolution that the president cancel the order of the cabinet of ministers to suspend preparations for signing the association agreement, stop political repression, release former Prime Minister Tymoshenko and sign an agreement with the EU at the Vilnius summit. In the event of Yanukovych’s refusal to “fulfill his constitutional duties,” participants in the meeting will seek the resignation of the head of state and urge the West to impose sanctions on Viktor Yanukovich and “representatives of his corrupt regime.
In turn, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said that the EU’s doors for Ukraine remain open.
Feeling of Europe. The authorities of the Ukrainian town of Rawa-Russkaya, located two kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border, refused to obey Kiev and appealed to the European Union for association at the city level. Mayor Irina Vereshchuk explained that she was guided by the European Charter of Local Government, reported "Vesti".
“We kind of like God himself ordered, because we are located two kilometers from the border with the European Union. We feel culturally and historically as part of Europe. We appealed to the European Parliament with a request to conclude an association with Rava-Russian as an administrative-territorial unit that has the right to do so, ”said Irina Vereshchuk.
"Lenta.ru" citing Gazeta.ua, reports that the mayor of the city, Irina Vereshchuk, said: city residents disagree, do not support, do not recognize and will not obey the “anti-Ukrainian government decision” to stop preparations for association with the EU. The mayor explained her decision by saying that mentally, spiritually, culturally and historically Ukraine is part of Europe, and therefore sees itself only in the “civilized world” and not in “imperial slavery”.
A day earlier, Lenta reminds, the city council of Lvov declared the central authorities of Ukraine illegitimate, accusing Viktor Yanukovich and Mykola Azarov of ignoring the will of the people for their own material gain. “Lviv has always been, is and will be a European city. We, the deputies of the city council, declare that the geopolitical reverse is unacceptable. Ukraine is a European country. We will never become a raw material colony of Russia, ”said Lviv deputies.
About the gas contract. Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said that Russia had promised to revise the gas contract with Kiev from 2009, reports ITAR-TASS.
“Now there is a promise to revise gas contracts, by and large,” said Azarov, giving an interview to a local television channel.
The prime minister at the same time refuted the statements of the leader of “Batkivshchyna” Arseniy Yatsenyuk that Russia, in exchange for refusing to sign an association agreement with the EU, allocated Ukrainian authorities 20 billion dollars.
"For us, the main compensator is the preservation of the trade and economic regime with Russia, which was," Azarov noted further.
Tymoshenko spoke about the main mistake of Yanukovich. Yulia Tymoshenko called on President Yanukovych to convene an extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council and decide to sign the association with the EU. The appeal of the opposition leader to the head of state was read by her defender Sergey Vlasenko, reports "Lenta.ru".
“I give the word that if at a meeting of the NSDC it is decided to sign the agreement, I will appeal to European leaders on the same day to sign it without fulfilling a number of criteria, including those concerning my release,” the message “Comments” is quoted.
In her appeal, Tymoshenko stated that, “by killing the agreement,” Yanukovych “makes the main mistake in his life,” and recommended the head of state “under no circumstances be alone with Russia.”
Tymoshenko also urged Ukrainians to go out on the square with protests against the suspension of European integration. She called the corresponding decision of the government “Ukrainian State Emergency Committee”.
It is interesting to add from myself, and who in this case plays the role of Yeltsin? And it is also interesting: does Tymoshenko understand what Yeltsin led Russia to? Does the Ukrainian people want to go for the local Yeltsin?
Unfaithful husbands, migrant workers. In the article “Tajik women are asked to return unfaithful husbands to them” (“The Independent”, Great Britain; the source of translation is "InoSMI") Alec Lun says that the women of Tajikistan are asking the Russian authorities to deport their unfaithful husbands.
A group of women appealed simultaneously to the Tajik authorities and the Federal Migration Service of Russia. Women are asked to bring their husbands, brothers and sons back home. Once, all these men went to Russia in search of work, and then stopped communicating and sending money to their families, as promised.
Mohra Kholova said that her husband Olim has not been in touch with her for several years. “I learned that he was married there. He no longer sends money to his children. Let him be deported! Maybe it will force him to return home to his children, ”she told reporters of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
The Migration Service of Tajikistan each month receives approximately 15 requests from women who want to bring their men home. Of course, this agency has no right to force them to return.
According to estimates by the journalist, the number of labor migrants working in Russia ranges from 11 to 15 million people. The overwhelming majority of them come from the former Soviet republics of the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
Alexey Avganov from the labor union of migrant workers explained to the Independent what a “divorce by telephone” means. According to him, in some interpretations of Islam, a husband can pronounce the Arabic word “talak” three times (even by telephone), and his marriage is annulled.
Disputable air defense. Beijing’s decision to expand the air defense zone in the water area, which its neighbors have also defended, caused anger in Seoul and Tokyo. The Chinese criticized Washington. Nevertheless, China is threatening to use “defensive” actions against violators of its air border, writes Andrei Rezchikov ("Sight").
The United States, Japan and South Korea condemned the expansion of the Chinese air defense zone in the East China Sea. The main dissatisfaction is caused by the fact that the zone includes the space above the Senkaku Islands and the Iodo submarine rock controlled by South Korea in the area of Jeju Island: the South Korean and Chinese special economic zones converge there.
The Ministry of Defense of China announced the creation of the Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea the day before. Beijing now requires that all aircraft entering the air defense zone provide in advance their identifying information and route information. In case of refusal, the Chinese side reserves the right to apply measures of a “defensive” nature.
In Seoul, expressed concern about the threat of a dispute. "The air defense zone is partially superimposed on the Korean air defense identification zone in the area west of Jeju Island ... This is an area 20 wide and 115 km long, which is one and a half times the territory of Jeju Island," said an unnamed military source.
Washington is concerned due to the escalation of "the situation, which leads to increased tensions in the region and affects the interests of the United States and our allies." "We informed China of our serious concerns and coordinate with our partners and allies in the region," said Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the US National Security Council.
Speak and Secretary of State. John Kerry declared that the White House was “deeply concerned” with China’s plans, and called his decision “an attempt to change the status quo in the region”.
Well, let me add, Beijing has long been trying to change this very status quo. No wonder for several years now Obama has been directing the American strategic doctrine to the APR.
The topic has been developed.
As transmits ITAR-TASS with reference to ARMS-TASS, the United States reaffirmed its allied commitments to ensure the security of Japan in connection with the PRC’s decision to create an identification air defense zone in the East China Sea.
“The United States reaffirms its commitment to its long-term policy, according to which Article 5 of the Treaty on Mutual Cooperation and Security Guarantees with Japan extends to the Senkaku Islands,” said US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in a statement released by the Pentagon press service.
Calling the creation of this zone “an attempt to change the status quo in the region,” Mr. Hagel noted that China’s “unilateral actions” increase the risk of conflict as a result of “misunderstanding and wrong conclusions” about the intentions of the other side.
As ITAR-TASS reminds, the US administration has repeatedly stated that it opposes "any unilateral or coercive actions" that could interfere with the Japanese administration of the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu). Washington recognizes the sovereignty of the Japanese side over this territory and believes that the controversial issue falls under the Treaty on Mutual Cooperation and Security Guarantees between the USA and Japan of 1960. According to this document, any attack on the islands will be regarded by the United States as a threat to its own national security.
The Chinese, of course, also spoke. The Chinese government has called on the United States to refrain from supporting Japan regarding the Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea. This was announced by a representative of the Ministry of Defense of China, Yan Yujun, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexey Selishchev.
"In recent years, we have noted an increase in the activity of Japanese military aircraft in the East China Sea," he noted.
Yang Yujun stressed that "Japan has no right to make irresponsible statements regarding the Identification Zone," and "The United States should not indulge Japan in sending adventurous signals."
Thus, let us add from ourselves, it seems, the time has come in history when China set out to put in place its geopolitical rivals.
A spy from the DPRK in South Korea was given five years. The Supreme Court of South Korea sentenced a North Korean woman to five years' imprisonment, posing as a refugee from the DPRK for the purpose of conducting espionage activities in South Korea, Renhap agency reported. This tells correspondent RIA "Novosti" Daria Krutov.
An 47-year-old woman by the name of Lee, before coming to South Korea in 2011, collected information about South Korean intelligence officers in China. “The court agrees with the conviction of the lower court because Li was engaged in espionage in Shenyang, Qingdao and Beijing in violation of the law on national security,” Judge Ko Yen Han stated.
During the interrogation, Li confessed that she was forced to cooperate with North Korean intelligence: the DPRK authorities threatened her family.
In Thailand, will be "March of Millions." The Thai opposition is gathering supporters from all over the country to Bangkok for the “March of a Million Demonstrators”. According to the police, more than 200 thousand people are currently at the gathering place - the Monument of Democracy. correspondent RIA "News" Eugene Belenky.
In what direction the march will move, the leaders of the demonstration, including its main leader — the former deputy prime minister, Suthep Thyaksuban, an MP from the opposition Democratic Party — have not announced. It is only known that the demonstrators will pass 12 columns along the streets of Bangkok from the gathering point, where the rally has been going on for more than a week. The purpose of the demonstration is the overthrow of the government (peacefully).
Police say the demonstrators are going to block the parliament buildings and the Government House, as well as most of the government offices in the city center.
Speaking at a weekend rally, Thaksguban spoke of the demonstrators' plans to turn off electricity and water in all state institutions and called on civil servants to "join the demonstrators or sweat for the benefit of the illegal government in non-air-conditioned and water-supply rooms."
Thyaksuban considers the government "illegal" because last week the Thai Constitutional Court declared the amendments to the constitution made by the government to the discussion of parliament illegal. The ruling party has an absolute majority in parliament, which decided the outcome of the vote. The opposition filed a lawsuit about the illegality of the amendments to the constitutional court, and they were declared illegal - because of violations of the voting procedure.
“Since the decision of the parliament is illegal, it means that all the deputies of the ruling party violated the law, and therefore their government is illegal,” said Thyaksuban on Saturday from the rally at the Monument of Democracy.
The UN tribunal ordered the Greenpeace members to release. The UN Tribunal for the Law of the Sea took the side of the Netherlands and called on Russia to release the Arctic Sunrise ship and crew members. However, Russia ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea with reservations, and now Moscow can consider that the verdict of the court does not concern it, Alexey Yeltsov writes ("Sight").
On Friday, there were reports that the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg supported the claim of the Kingdom of the Netherlands against Russia and decided that the Arctic Sunrise vessel, as well as all members of its crew and passengers should be immediately released. The Tribunal also ruled that the Netherlands’s claims on Russia “were substantiated and based on established facts.” The decision was announced by the chairman of the tribunal - Japanese Shunji Yanai.
Russia signed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and ratified it in 1997, but with reservations. Moscow refused to accept the convention’s procedures for settling disputes regarding the exercise of sovereign rights and jurisdiction, leading to binding decisions for the parties.
In this case, the MTMP for Russia is not a decree, since the “Arctic Sunrise” case falls into the category of disputes mentioned. After all, the crew is suspected of violating Russian legislation on the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf.
The author of the material reminds that shortly after the news that the Greenpeace case reaches the tribunal, President Vladimir Putin said that the priority for the actions of the Russian authorities should be the national legislation of the Russian Federation, but international agreements contrary to its Constitution should not be signed in principle.
Russian Foreign Ministry issued a message. It says that Moscow “will certainly study the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and formulate its attitude towards it”.
American game. American police took up the investigation of crimes related to the "game of knockout." As a rule, black teenagers and their Arab peers are addicted to deadly fun, but white Americans are victims. The goal of the “game” is to knock down a passerby with one strike "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
On the Internet posted many videos. Their plots are: an unsuspecting person passes by a group of dark-skinned young people, then suddenly he gets hit and falls.
"Knockout" was the cause of death of not less than three people. 46-year-old homeless Ralph Santiago broke his neck in September. The moment of the attack was recorded by outdoor surveillance cameras. Two weeks later, several black teenagers were detained.
Such attacks were recorded in the states of New York, Missouri, New Jersey, Illinois and in the capital of the United States.
According to the police, in New York only at least eight such cases have recently occurred. Most of the attacks took place in Brooklyn. There, victims were usually representatives of the Jewish community.
Now, New York Police spokesman Brendan Ryan said: “The police seriously took on the participants of this monstrous“ game. ”
“Vesti” reminds that in the USA there is a legal qualification of crimes based on racial, religious or ethnic hatred, which is recognized as an aggravating circumstance. As a result, in sentencing, criminals are sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, up to life imprisonment.
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