Geopolitical mosaic: Zhirinovsky reminded Yanukovych about Swan Lake, and Bulgaria will build a wall on the border with Turkey
Planet, blood washed. - Disposal of the Syrian chemical weapons. - Nuclear construction in Iran. - Sixty days to the constitution. - Thailand: calm before the storm? - Thirty kilometers of barbed wire. - In France, started the national "Tax Revolution." - The people of Croatia do not want same-sex marriage. - Thoughts of resignation. - The EU, Ukraine and "specific individuals." - Collision at the monument to Lenin. - On the barricades. - Wrestlers against euromaidan? - Zhirinovsky about the ballet and the Emergency Committee. - Chest protest. - What prevents to win new Ukrainian Orange? - Ukrainian rumors about the Russian "Vityaz". - Ukraine and Russia: "road map". - NATO of Russia is not a partner, but an enemy. - Putin in an empty pool. - The split in Putin's circle. - Japan and the United States will talk about China. - The US Senate is worried about the American militants who are building Sharia in Syria.
Planet, blood washed. The number of Chechen militants fighting in Syria, experts estimate in the interval from two hundred to a thousand people. Mostly they are fighting in the north of the country. Judging by the videos published by terrorists on the World Wide Web, they are brutal and resolute. Recently, such impressions were confirmed by the Italian journalist Domenico Cuirico, who met with people from the North Caucasus in Syria, "Arguments of the Week".
Militants from the Chechen Republic and other regions of the Caucasus have formed a division in the city of Aleppo called “Al-Muhajirin” (“Emigrants”).
These "thugs" thugs who had previously gained experience in hostilities in Russia were met by D. Quirico, a correspondent for the newspaper "La Stampa".
The “Audience” took place in the quarter of Salah al-Din of the city of Aleppo. According to the testimony of a journalist, the majority of Chechens are dressed in black, in the fashion of the Afghan Taliban. Their commander studied in a Soviet school and now "quotes" Lenin. Here is how he described his goals: "In school, the Communists taught me a single phrase from Lenin:" This will be our world, which will expire with the last drop of blood. " The journalist translated for his readers: in order to achieve our goals, we will fill everyone with blood.
This Islamist told the Italian about his role as a sweeper. In front of the journalist, he cut the throat of a wounded Syrian soldier who was captured.
“Now you know what war is: constant violence. Kill, punish, force, clean. Such is life, ”said the fighter.
Disposal of Syrian chemical weapons. The United States began preparations for the disposal of Syrian chemical weapons aboard one of the ships. This was stated in a written statement by the representative of the National Security Council of the White House, Caitlin Hayden, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Kirsanov.
As stated in the statement, "the United States has proposed and is currently equipping the American ship with the technology of a hydrolysis system for field deployment in order to support the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)."
“The United States is committed to supporting the efforts of the international community to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons in the safest, most rational and effective way,” Hayden said, further stressing that the US administration “is confident that we will be able to keep up with the elimination schedule (arsenals of CAP chemical warfare agents) developed by the OPCW.
Additional details are given by Maria Balyabina ("Voice of Russia").
It is planned to destroy about 1300 tons of toxic substances. On the American ship neutralize only the most dangerous chemicals - about five hundred tons. Recycling and disposal of seven million liters of waste, which in this case are formed, will be taken by private companies.
Sigrid Kaag, a representative of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, told about the operation:
The OPCW emphasizes that chemical weapons will be neutralized outside the Syrian waters.
In Russia, the technology of destruction of chemical warfare agents using hydrolysis has been used for a long time, says Elena Suponina, expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs:
The remaining 800 tons of less hazardous chemicals are neutralized in other countries. More than thirty commercial companies have declared their desire to participate in the destruction of chemical weapons.
Nuclear construction in Iran. The Iranian President announced the imminent start of construction of a second nuclear power plant in the south-western province of Bushehr. His words leads MIGnews.com with reference to "Tasnim".
“The first nuclear power plant is in operation in the province of Bushehr, the construction of the second nuclear power plant will start soon; The development of new nuclear power plants in the country begins in earnest, which means there will be nuclear reactors in most parts of the province of Bushehr, ”said Hasan Rouhani.
Sixty days to the constitution. The Egyptian Constitutional Commission met the 60 days that the military had previously taken to work on the harmonization of the country's main law, reports "Voice of Russia" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“Full consensus has been reached in all respects. Not a single controversial article remained, ”said the head of the commission Amr Musa at a press conference.
The Council of the Fifty includes representatives of major political parties, civil society, secular opposition, religious communities, trade union organizations, student associations, and women's movements.
According to the new constitution of Egypt, the upper house of parliament will be abolished in the country. The question of the need to eliminate shura, the meaning of the existence of which the public questioned, has been openly discussed since the 2011 revolution of the year.
According to Amr Musa, the new constitution will ban the formation of political parties. This rule was spelled out in the law on political parties, but was grossly violated during the creation of the Islamist Party of Freedom and Justice, which was the political cell of the Muslim Brotherhood, now banned, as well as the Salafi party An-Nur.
Moussa said that the 45 articles of the new fundamental law of the country are devoted to workers and peasants.
As transmits "Lenta.ru" With reference to France-Presse, the Egyptian Constitution Development Commission approved the draft new constitution on December 1.
“Reuters” indicates that only five of the articles discussed were 247. The issue of adopting a new constitution will be decided by referendum, which will be held at the end of 2013 or at the beginning of 2014.
It is noted that the draft contains articles that caused discontent in Egyptian society. For example, one of the articles states that a citizen may be brought before a military court if he is accused of attacking military personnel or military bases. There is a high likelihood of this article being used against demonstrators.
Thailand: calm before the storm? The operation to free the ministries seized by opposition demonstrators, which was announced yesterday by the government, did not take place on Monday night. Writes about it correspondent RIA "News" Eugene Belenky.
It was quiet at night in Bangkok. No shots, no homemade explosive blasts, no whistles (symbols of disobedience). By order of the leadership, late at night and early in the morning, the demonstrators left most of the occupied territories and returned to the main protest sites - to the government complex on the outskirts of the Thai capital, the territory of the Ministry of Finance and the national budget bureau. A small "camp" the protesters broke near the outer perimeter of the security of the Government House.
Thirty kilometers of barbed wire. The Bulgarian government decided to install a three-meter-high barbed wire fence along the border with Turkey, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to "RTS".
The construction of a three-meter barrier designed to prevent illegal immigration should be completed in February. The wall will be installed only on the 30-kilometer stretch of the 274-kilometer border, which passes through wooded and hilly terrain.
As “Lenta” reminds, in the past on the Bulgarian borders there were walls of barbed wire. Their goal was to prevent the citizens of socialist Bulgaria from fleeing to the West. Those fences were demolished in 2004 year.
In France, started the national "Tax Revolution." Mass popular protest against the tax policy of the French government was held in Paris. The march, which passed through the streets of the city and ended with a rally near the walls of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, was organized jointly by the Left Front and the Communist Party, writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan Batyrev.
The main demand of the protesters to the government and the president is to alleviate the unbearable tax burden and not to increase the VAT rates planned for next year. The main slogan of the demonstration is “Tax Revolution”.
The leader of the Left Front, Jean-Luc Melenchon, who finished fourth in the last presidential election, said:
“We see the morning of the year 1788,” the politician added.
According to the organizers, at least 100 thousand people participated in the march. As comrade Melanshon promised, the French left will be preparing for even more massive actions.
The people of Croatia do not want same-sex marriage. In Croatia, a referendum on the constitutional definition of the concept of marriage 65,75% of voters voted against same-sex marriages. In support of such unions, only 33,89% of the participants of the will expression spoke. Today 99,51% of votes is counted correspondent ITAR-TASS Maria Fedorova.
Almost 3,8 million people had the right to vote in the referendum. The turnout was only 38%.
President Ivo Josipovic, who called on compatriots to "show tolerance," expressed disappointment with the outcome of the referendum.
After a nationwide survey, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic announced that the government would submit a marriage partnership law for the next two weeks. He will give certain rights to homosexual couples, as promised by the Social Democratic Party of the head of government during the election campaign.
Thus, we add from ourselves, obviously: the people want one, the government wants another. And the last will be by hook or by crook to achieve this very “other”.
Resignations. Estonia’s Minister of Culture, Rein Lang, is going to make a resignation statement in parliament today. "Vesti" with reference to Interfax.
Previously, he spoke of his intention, speaking on national television. According to Lang, he wants to leave the post due to the fact that he is not trusted by creative people. This is true: many prominent cultural figures and creative unions have demanded the resignation of the minister.
The scandal around the head of the Estonian Ministry of Culture broke out after the failure of the Reform Party in the municipal elections of October 20. Opponents of Lang believe that after that he headed for intensifying propaganda in the media (of course, in favor of the “reformists”). Writer Kaur Kender was appointed to the post of Acting Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Sirp, who fired four leading members of the magazine. After that, some journalists voluntarily left the publication.
In addition to propaganda, Rein Lang is known for other reforms. Before becoming Minister of Culture, he headed the Ministry of Justice. There, too, was not without scandals.
In the 2007 year, Vesti remind, he celebrated his anniversary in a restaurant decorated with Nazi symbols. A performance was staged, representing Hitler's monologue before suicide. Outraged public figures demanded the resignation of Lang.
EU, Ukraine and “specific individuals”. The EU can introduce targeted sanctions against "specific individuals guilty of using force in Kiev." About it ITAR-TASS correspondent Denis Dubrovin said a diplomatic source in the mission of a European country in Brussels.
“The situation in Ukraine is tense and exciting,” the diplomat said. - EU countries watch the events with alarm. The authorities should not allow excessive use of force against citizens who express their position on the streets of the capital. ”
“The European Union takes a neutral position, but believes that those responsible for the excessive use of force should be punished. If the country's leadership does not do this, the European Union has its own means, including the possibility of imposing a ban on entry to European states, ”he said, adding that“ at this stage the project of sanctions against Ukraine does not yet exist. ”
When asked how the EU is going to identify “specific individuals guilty of excessive use of force,” the diplomat replied that “it’s too early to talk about it.”
Collision at the monument to Lenin. Participants in street protests in Kiev on the evening of December 1 began to demolish a monument to Lenin, installed on Bessarabskaya Square. This was reported on the live TV channel "Gromadske TV", transmits "Lenta.ru".
The video recorded clashes taking place at the foot of the monument between the fighters "Berkut" and people with closed faces and flares. The monument was inscribed with slogans “Glory to Ukraine!” And “Shame!” In Ukrainian, the correspondent of Lenta reports from the scene. According to him, the police pushed the attackers away from the monument, detaining two people.
On the barricades. Participants in the protest on Independence set duty around the perimeter of the barricades, fearing an assault on the part of law enforcement officers, reports correspondent RIA News.
Most of the people gathered at the barricade, blocking Institutskaya Street, leading to the presidential administration. The building of the presidential administration is several police buses with law enforcement officers.
In the morning, Vitali Klitschko spoke at the rally. He thanked the participants for their patience.
Wrestlers against euromaidan? In Dnepropetrovsk, yesterday evening, dozens of people were beaten on their way to Euromaidan in Kiev, writes Alina Maximova (Utro.ru).
About fifty young athletic people beat about two hundred people at the Sicheslav railway station, “taking advantage of the fact that people stood in separate groups and had no experience of forceful confrontation,” the Freedom Party website said. The police detained not the alleged initiators of the attack, but the victims, who were taken to the Kirovsky district police station. No details yet.
As reported UNN, the attack on the participants of the Euromaidan occurred at the bus station. The deputy of the Babushkinsky district council, Nikolay Khomenko, said that there were three attackers and explained: “They hit us in the face, head, and kicked us. They are professional athletes - wrestlers. ”
According to the city administration of Kiev, the number of affected protesters has grown to 165 people, 109 of them were hospitalized.
Zhirinovsky about ballet and the Emergency Committee. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky on the TV channel "Rain" presented his vision of the situation in Kiev. Reports about this resource Newsru.com.
According to V. Zhirinovsky, Viktor Yanukovych probably already had a plan: “This could have been expected, since ten years ago there was an“ orange revolution ”... Now, I think, he is in a certain place so that he cannot be put in a dangerous position there” . According to the Russian politician, the Ukrainian authorities "can launch a state of emergency plan - the Emergency Committee can earn by morning."
Zhirinovsky explained: “I think that on December 2 in Kiev, all programs of the central channels will also begin with the music of the Swan Lake ballet, and special units that are subordinate to the president will try to isolate all those who are protesting today in all squares of the city of Kiev, to reveal all foreign agents ".
Zhirinovsky developed his idea: “Arrests are quite possible, it is quite possible that there may be victims in resisting, bribing, blackmail on both sides, the West will continue to finance, blackmail, to complete it: remove the government, remove the president, create a new government , to hold elections in an accelerated mode in February-March and sign the necessary papers with Brussels. Therefore, two options are now, whose money is stronger — Russia won for money, because only we can now help Ukraine if it does not sign an association agreement with the European Union, but will look more at Moscow than at Brussels. And militarily, in terms of the State Emergency Committee, we have great experience, so I think that here Yanukovych and his special services can use our rich experience, and tomorrow morning will begin blocking all the protesters, arrests, the introduction of troops, a state of emergency, prohibitions. ”
Chest protest. The issue of Ukraine and the EU was very excited by “Femen”. The girls in the literal sense of the words rushed to pave the way to the "kingdom of freedom" busts, passes "Reedus".
In Kiev-Pechersk Lavra photographers removed the girl in makeup, depicting the face of the angel of death. No one, except for journalists, did not see her there.
In Lithuania (Vilnius), the exposed activist Yana Zhdanova was fined in 500 Litas.
In France, feminists staged a public urination at the Ukrainian Embassy in Paris. However, few people noticed the portraits of Yanukovych under the feet of peeing women: the people decided that immigrant women had no money for going to the pay toilet.
What prevents the new Ukrainian Orange from winning? In the article “Ukraine: fragmentation of the political opposition” (“The Financial Times”, UK; source of translation - "InoSMI") Roman Olearchuk and Neil Buckley indicate that the current Kiev demonstrations are fundamentally different from the 2004 riots of the year: in those days, about a million people gathered in the city center, and today the most numerous demonstration last Sunday numbered 100 thousand people.
“Many people came to the square with high hopes, but it is not yet clear what to do next,” said Galina Oliinyuk, an employee of one of the Kiev museums. - It feels an acute shortage of leaders and organization. Politicians were forced out by local activists and students, but, from my point of view, they now need to lead the people forward. ”
The authors of the article remind that the leaders of the European countries reproached Russia with pressure on Mr. Yanukovich. “Russia's actions with respect to the Eastern Partnership states are incompatible with how international relations should function on our continent in the 21 century,” said European Council President Herman van Rompuy.
But Yanukovych argues that Brussels could not take “decisive steps” to adopt a “program of financial and economic assistance” that would help Kiev cope with a shortage of cash and with possible trade reprisals from Russia.
According to journalists, in Kiev, the success of the protests is hampered by the fragmentation of the political opposition. In addition, in its ranks there is no one who would have enjoyed Yushchenko’s popularity and Tymoshenko’s charisma (the leaders of the Orange Revolution).
“There are two points of view,” one of the protest organizers said anonymously. “Either we should separate for the time being in order to reconvene later on more numerous demonstrations, or we must follow a radical scenario - stay on the streets, continue to put pressure on Mr. Yanukovich, call for early presidential and parliamentary elections, block the entrances to government buildings or - purely theoretically - even overthrow the regime ... If we have at least 300 thousands of people, we are, as some believe, able to accomplish this. ”
Valentin Strasser, a 50-year-old programmer who participates in the protests, believes that Ukrainian youth take time to organize themselves before the presidential election. “Our president is a gangster, so it is obvious that his ruling regime will not step down from power in a democratic way,” he said. “We need a revolution to overthrow this regime.”
Ukrainian rumors about the Russian "Vityaz". The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine denied the information about the arrival in Kiev of the Russian special forces "Vityaz", reports ITAR-TASS.
“This information is no more than rumors. It is absolutely untrue, ”the Interior Ministry said.
On Sunday, the OPORA civilian network reported that three buses with Russian special forces Vityaz were located in Boryspil.
Ukraine and Russia: a roadmap. Kiev and Moscow will hold negotiations within two weeks, during which the issue of gas prices will be raised. About this, as transmits Newsru.com With reference to Interfax, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on the TV channel Inter.
"We have literally in the next two weeks to conduct substantive negotiations with the Russian Federation on the programs that we have discussed more than once, to develop those indicators, those standards that will allow us to make the budget for the 2014 of the year," Azarov said, answering the question will be the price of gas in the budget-2014.
It became known earlier that President Yanukovych will soon visit Moscow, where he will discuss a roadmap of cooperation with the President of the Russian Federation.
NATO Russia is not a partner, but an enemy. Survey results show that many Russians still believe in the existence of an external threat and have a negative attitude towards NATO, writes Vladimir Izotov from Veliky Novgorod (the source of the publication is "Deutsche Welle").
Among residents of Veliky Novgorod, Staraya Russa and several villages of the Novgorod region a sociological survey was conducted. As its results showed, the majority of respondents believe: NATO threatens Russia's security.
1400 participants were asked to answer the questions: “Does Russia have enemies?”, “Do you agree with the statement that NATO is Russia's partner?”, “From which sources do you get information about NATO?” And others. Also, respondents were asked to indicate the areas in which cooperation between Russia and the North Atlantic alliance may be most fruitful.
It turned out that two thirds of respondents do not believe that NATO is Russia's partner. Positively, only one out of seven of the survey participants is cooperating with the Alliance. At the same time, about 90% of respondents approve of cooperation between Russia and NATO in the fight against international terrorism and against piracy, and more than 70% support cooperation in the destruction of obsolete weapons.
Among the external threats to Russia, the people of Novgorod noted international terrorism, the US and the economic crisis. NATO in this list takes only 13-place, passing forward China, the Middle East and drug traffic.
At the November 29 seminar at Novgorod State University, participants discussed the results of surveys regularly conducted by the Levada Center in the 45 regions of Russia.
Levada Center expert Tatyana Vorozheykina notes that 78% of Russians are convinced that Russia has external enemies. The largest number of supporters of the external threat (85 percent) was noted in Moscow. Russians name the main enemies of the country the USA, the Chechen insurgents, NATO and political forces of the West.
According to Tatyana Vorozheykina, a large role in the formation of a negative attitude towards the West as a whole and towards NATO in particular is played by the TV channels controlled by the Russian authorities. According to her, with Putin’s return to the Kremlin, the tendency to blame for all troubles is the West, which supposedly inspires the activities of the opposition and tries to disintegrate Russia morally. For many Russians, NATO is the most complete incarnation of the West. Hence the negative attitude towards the Alliance.
Putin in an empty pool. In the article “Vladimir Putin’s all enemies of Russia are external” (“The Financial Times”, Great Britain; the source of translation is "InoSMI") Journalist Ben Judah spoke about the real and imaginary enemies of Russia.
Russian border guards are also corrupt. They are the ones who “let in huge flows of drugs inside the country”. In the “Siberian colonies,” the author found “whole barracks” where residents use a “single needle” - just like “inhabitants of dirty underground passages leading to crowded railway stations in Moscow”.
The author reports that if you drive through the industrial cities of the Urals, to the "dying Siberian villages," you can be sure that the disaster "swept the whole country." Here drugs are “sold openly in broad daylight. There are many homeless teenage drug addicts everywhere. ”
As for Putin’s war with “imaginary enemies,” it only “aggravates the situation,” the author writes. The alliance between the Russian president and the Orthodox Church led to the elimination of sex education in schools, the ban on propaganda of homosexuality made it illegal to discuss homosexual relationships with adolescents, and laws against non-governmental organizations dealt a crushing blow to those charitable foundations that tried to fight the spread of HIV.
The journalist calls the ruling elite living in Moscow a plutocracy, which has no connections with ordinary people. The majority of the opposition, according to the author, consists of "hipsters, intellectuals and influential activists." And all these people do not show "any interest in the hardships of the poor population of the country." And here is the result:
And what does Putin do? And nothing. He does not even use the Internet. And in general, he does not know anything about the problems of the Russian people. This conclusion can be drawn from the final paragraphs of the article.
Not Putin, but directly some recluse of the XXI century, we add from ourselves, from austerity for the first time, who chose to give up the “world wide web” and underground isolation in the pool and on the court. It should also be noted that the author of the article is sure: unfortunate comrade Putin was isolated from society by “henchmen” - happy billionaires rejoicing in presidential ignorance.
The split in Putin's circle. Western media comment on the decision of the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case against Anatoly Serdyukov on the article “Negligence”. "Inopressa" made a small review on this topic.
The Wall Street Journal writes that the scale of the charges against the long-time Putin protégé turned out to be much smaller than investigators called a year ago.
"Pro-Kremlin politicians hailed news as a sign that the government keeps its promises to fight corruption at a high level. Critics have called the charges an attempt by Russian investigators to save face against the background of growing public speculation that the investigation has stalled, ”writes Alan Cullison.
The charges do indicate a latent split in the usually close Putin circle, notes The New York Times journalist Andrew Kramer.
Russian media claim that Serdyukov was removed from his post as defense minister after a personal spat with his father-in-law, Viktor Zubkov, a close ally of Putin.
Japan and the United States will talk about China. As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexey Zavrachayev, Vice President Joseph Biden arrives in Japan for a three-day visit for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. One of the main agenda items is the creation by the PRC of an identification air defense zone in the East China Sea.
"We intend to discuss in detail the actions of China and develop a general plan of action in this situation," the Japanese prime minister said on the eve of the visit of the US Vice President. Their talks are scheduled for tomorrow.
On the issue of the Chinese air defense zone, the parties plan to adopt a joint declaration, in which the conditions for cancellation or revision by China of their decision will be indicated.
Tokyo is waiting for the US Vice-President to confirm the inviolability of cooperation with Japan in the field of maritime security and interaction with the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The US Senate is worried about the American militants building Sharia in Syria. The heads of US security services are concerned about the problem of American citizens who are fighting on the side of the militants in Syria. Experienced and ready to attack the radicals, the Americans will return to their homeland and will threaten the security of the country, reports USA Today.
“We know that American citizens, like those of Europe and Canada, are going to fight in Syria, Yemen or Somalia. The threat that these people bear when they return home is real, ”quotes Senator Thomas Karper as told at a hearing on the National Security Committee channel. "RT".
That's right, real, add on my own. We should also remember the senators that the warriors of the Al-Qaeda branches, who are building Sharia law in Syria, promised after Damascus to take on Washington. However, Mr. McCain, whose election campaign was paid for by people from the military-industrial complex, did not hesitate to take pictures with the bearded men at one time, finding them supporters of the democratization of Syria. Subsequently it turned out. that in the picture - the bandits and kidnappers. Such a democrat as McCain, it will be difficult to convince Thomas Carper ...
Planet, blood washed. The number of Chechen militants fighting in Syria, experts estimate in the interval from two hundred to a thousand people. Mostly they are fighting in the north of the country. Judging by the videos published by terrorists on the World Wide Web, they are brutal and resolute. Recently, such impressions were confirmed by the Italian journalist Domenico Cuirico, who met with people from the North Caucasus in Syria, "Arguments of the Week".
Militants from the Chechen Republic and other regions of the Caucasus have formed a division in the city of Aleppo called “Al-Muhajirin” (“Emigrants”).
These "thugs" thugs who had previously gained experience in hostilities in Russia were met by D. Quirico, a correspondent for the newspaper "La Stampa".
The “Audience” took place in the quarter of Salah al-Din of the city of Aleppo. According to the testimony of a journalist, the majority of Chechens are dressed in black, in the fashion of the Afghan Taliban. Their commander studied in a Soviet school and now "quotes" Lenin. Here is how he described his goals: "In school, the Communists taught me a single phrase from Lenin:" This will be our world, which will expire with the last drop of blood. " The journalist translated for his readers: in order to achieve our goals, we will fill everyone with blood.
This Islamist told the Italian about his role as a sweeper. In front of the journalist, he cut the throat of a wounded Syrian soldier who was captured.
“Now you know what war is: constant violence. Kill, punish, force, clean. Such is life, ”said the fighter.
Disposal of Syrian chemical weapons. The United States began preparations for the disposal of Syrian chemical weapons aboard one of the ships. This was stated in a written statement by the representative of the National Security Council of the White House, Caitlin Hayden, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Kirsanov.
As stated in the statement, "the United States has proposed and is currently equipping the American ship with the technology of a hydrolysis system for field deployment in order to support the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)."
“The United States is committed to supporting the efforts of the international community to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons in the safest, most rational and effective way,” Hayden said, further stressing that the US administration “is confident that we will be able to keep up with the elimination schedule (arsenals of CAP chemical warfare agents) developed by the OPCW.
“As US officials explained earlier, for the disposal of Syrian chemical weapons it is planned to use American vehicles with a horizontal method of loading and unloading Cape Ray. This ship belongs to the US Department of Transportation and enters into its reserve from 46 ships intended for the transfer, if necessary, of cargo in the interests of the American armed forces. The length of this vessel is 197,5 m, the crew is 29 people, the port of registry is Portsmouth (Virginia).
The Pentagon-developed field deployment hydrolysis system, which is mounted on a ship, was last tested only in the summer of this year. 10 days are required for its deployment at any point, after which you can begin the destruction of chemical weapons with the help of this equipment. The system is operated by 15 people. For its work, only consumables in the form of water, reagents and fuel are needed. ”
The Pentagon-developed field deployment hydrolysis system, which is mounted on a ship, was last tested only in the summer of this year. 10 days are required for its deployment at any point, after which you can begin the destruction of chemical weapons with the help of this equipment. The system is operated by 15 people. For its work, only consumables in the form of water, reagents and fuel are needed. ”
Additional details are given by Maria Balyabina ("Voice of Russia").
It is planned to destroy about 1300 tons of toxic substances. On the American ship neutralize only the most dangerous chemicals - about five hundred tons. Recycling and disposal of seven million liters of waste, which in this case are formed, will be taken by private companies.
Sigrid Kaag, a representative of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, told about the operation:
“The chemicals will be delivered to the port of Latakia (Syria), packed and sealed. Then on several ships they will be forwarded to a ship provided by the United States. ”
The OPCW emphasizes that chemical weapons will be neutralized outside the Syrian waters.
In Russia, the technology of destruction of chemical warfare agents using hydrolysis has been used for a long time, says Elena Suponina, expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs:
“The risks are great and this is a very expensive procedure. But it is safer than to destroy chemical weapons on the territory of Syria itself, because there is a civil war, and the authorities cannot ensure the safety of specialists. ”
The remaining 800 tons of less hazardous chemicals are neutralized in other countries. More than thirty commercial companies have declared their desire to participate in the destruction of chemical weapons.
Nuclear construction in Iran. The Iranian President announced the imminent start of construction of a second nuclear power plant in the south-western province of Bushehr. His words leads MIGnews.com with reference to "Tasnim".
“The first nuclear power plant is in operation in the province of Bushehr, the construction of the second nuclear power plant will start soon; The development of new nuclear power plants in the country begins in earnest, which means there will be nuclear reactors in most parts of the province of Bushehr, ”said Hasan Rouhani.
Sixty days to the constitution. The Egyptian Constitutional Commission met the 60 days that the military had previously taken to work on the harmonization of the country's main law, reports "Voice of Russia" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“Full consensus has been reached in all respects. Not a single controversial article remained, ”said the head of the commission Amr Musa at a press conference.
The Council of the Fifty includes representatives of major political parties, civil society, secular opposition, religious communities, trade union organizations, student associations, and women's movements.
According to the new constitution of Egypt, the upper house of parliament will be abolished in the country. The question of the need to eliminate shura, the meaning of the existence of which the public questioned, has been openly discussed since the 2011 revolution of the year.
According to Amr Musa, the new constitution will ban the formation of political parties. This rule was spelled out in the law on political parties, but was grossly violated during the creation of the Islamist Party of Freedom and Justice, which was the political cell of the Muslim Brotherhood, now banned, as well as the Salafi party An-Nur.
Moussa said that the 45 articles of the new fundamental law of the country are devoted to workers and peasants.
As transmits "Lenta.ru" With reference to France-Presse, the Egyptian Constitution Development Commission approved the draft new constitution on December 1.
“Reuters” indicates that only five of the articles discussed were 247. The issue of adopting a new constitution will be decided by referendum, which will be held at the end of 2013 or at the beginning of 2014.
It is noted that the draft contains articles that caused discontent in Egyptian society. For example, one of the articles states that a citizen may be brought before a military court if he is accused of attacking military personnel or military bases. There is a high likelihood of this article being used against demonstrators.
Thailand: calm before the storm? The operation to free the ministries seized by opposition demonstrators, which was announced yesterday by the government, did not take place on Monday night. Writes about it correspondent RIA "News" Eugene Belenky.
It was quiet at night in Bangkok. No shots, no homemade explosive blasts, no whistles (symbols of disobedience). By order of the leadership, late at night and early in the morning, the demonstrators left most of the occupied territories and returned to the main protest sites - to the government complex on the outskirts of the Thai capital, the territory of the Ministry of Finance and the national budget bureau. A small "camp" the protesters broke near the outer perimeter of the security of the Government House.
“On Sunday, the main actions of the opposition were the attack on the Government House and the seizure of the editorial offices of national TV channels. The assault on the Government House was stopped at the very last moment, when the demonstrators overcame the last, sixth, security perimeter - concrete barricades with barbed wire. The assault stopped at the moment when the leader of the protest, Tagsuban, began a televised address to the nation.
The TV message was shown after reaching an agreement with the main editors of the TV channels in exchange for lifting the blockade of the TV premises. On Monday, all three journalistic associations in Thailand protested over the seizure of editorial boards.
As reported by the Third National Channel of Thailand, anti-government demonstrators resumed storming the Government House on Monday morning.
The TV message was shown after reaching an agreement with the main editors of the TV channels in exchange for lifting the blockade of the TV premises. On Monday, all three journalistic associations in Thailand protested over the seizure of editorial boards.
As reported by the Third National Channel of Thailand, anti-government demonstrators resumed storming the Government House on Monday morning.
Thirty kilometers of barbed wire. The Bulgarian government decided to install a three-meter-high barbed wire fence along the border with Turkey, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to "RTS".
The construction of a three-meter barrier designed to prevent illegal immigration should be completed in February. The wall will be installed only on the 30-kilometer stretch of the 274-kilometer border, which passes through wooded and hilly terrain.
As “Lenta” reminds, in the past on the Bulgarian borders there were walls of barbed wire. Their goal was to prevent the citizens of socialist Bulgaria from fleeing to the West. Those fences were demolished in 2004 year.
In France, started the national "Tax Revolution." Mass popular protest against the tax policy of the French government was held in Paris. The march, which passed through the streets of the city and ended with a rally near the walls of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, was organized jointly by the Left Front and the Communist Party, writes correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan Batyrev.
The main demand of the protesters to the government and the president is to alleviate the unbearable tax burden and not to increase the VAT rates planned for next year. The main slogan of the demonstration is “Tax Revolution”.
The leader of the Left Front, Jean-Luc Melenchon, who finished fourth in the last presidential election, said:
“The main enemy is not migrants, not bureaucrats and not rebellious workers. We were not mistaken about which way to direct our anger! We have one enemy - this is French and world capital, which endlessly uses its position and harms everyone. ”
“We see the morning of the year 1788,” the politician added.
According to the organizers, at least 100 thousand people participated in the march. As comrade Melanshon promised, the French left will be preparing for even more massive actions.
The people of Croatia do not want same-sex marriage. In Croatia, a referendum on the constitutional definition of the concept of marriage 65,75% of voters voted against same-sex marriages. In support of such unions, only 33,89% of the participants of the will expression spoke. Today 99,51% of votes is counted correspondent ITAR-TASS Maria Fedorova.
Almost 3,8 million people had the right to vote in the referendum. The turnout was only 38%.
President Ivo Josipovic, who called on compatriots to "show tolerance," expressed disappointment with the outcome of the referendum.
After a nationwide survey, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic announced that the government would submit a marriage partnership law for the next two weeks. He will give certain rights to homosexual couples, as promised by the Social Democratic Party of the head of government during the election campaign.
Thus, we add from ourselves, obviously: the people want one, the government wants another. And the last will be by hook or by crook to achieve this very “other”.
Resignations. Estonia’s Minister of Culture, Rein Lang, is going to make a resignation statement in parliament today. "Vesti" with reference to Interfax.
Previously, he spoke of his intention, speaking on national television. According to Lang, he wants to leave the post due to the fact that he is not trusted by creative people. This is true: many prominent cultural figures and creative unions have demanded the resignation of the minister.
The scandal around the head of the Estonian Ministry of Culture broke out after the failure of the Reform Party in the municipal elections of October 20. Opponents of Lang believe that after that he headed for intensifying propaganda in the media (of course, in favor of the “reformists”). Writer Kaur Kender was appointed to the post of Acting Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Sirp, who fired four leading members of the magazine. After that, some journalists voluntarily left the publication.
In addition to propaganda, Rein Lang is known for other reforms. Before becoming Minister of Culture, he headed the Ministry of Justice. There, too, was not without scandals.
In the 2007 year, Vesti remind, he celebrated his anniversary in a restaurant decorated with Nazi symbols. A performance was staged, representing Hitler's monologue before suicide. Outraged public figures demanded the resignation of Lang.
EU, Ukraine and “specific individuals”. The EU can introduce targeted sanctions against "specific individuals guilty of using force in Kiev." About it ITAR-TASS correspondent Denis Dubrovin said a diplomatic source in the mission of a European country in Brussels.
“The situation in Ukraine is tense and exciting,” the diplomat said. - EU countries watch the events with alarm. The authorities should not allow excessive use of force against citizens who express their position on the streets of the capital. ”
“The European Union takes a neutral position, but believes that those responsible for the excessive use of force should be punished. If the country's leadership does not do this, the European Union has its own means, including the possibility of imposing a ban on entry to European states, ”he said, adding that“ at this stage the project of sanctions against Ukraine does not yet exist. ”
When asked how the EU is going to identify “specific individuals guilty of excessive use of force,” the diplomat replied that “it’s too early to talk about it.”
Collision at the monument to Lenin. Participants in street protests in Kiev on the evening of December 1 began to demolish a monument to Lenin, installed on Bessarabskaya Square. This was reported on the live TV channel "Gromadske TV", transmits "Lenta.ru".
The video recorded clashes taking place at the foot of the monument between the fighters "Berkut" and people with closed faces and flares. The monument was inscribed with slogans “Glory to Ukraine!” And “Shame!” In Ukrainian, the correspondent of Lenta reports from the scene. According to him, the police pushed the attackers away from the monument, detaining two people.
On the barricades. Participants in the protest on Independence set duty around the perimeter of the barricades, fearing an assault on the part of law enforcement officers, reports correspondent RIA News.
Most of the people gathered at the barricade, blocking Institutskaya Street, leading to the presidential administration. The building of the presidential administration is several police buses with law enforcement officers.
In the morning, Vitali Klitschko spoke at the rally. He thanked the participants for their patience.
Wrestlers against euromaidan? In Dnepropetrovsk, yesterday evening, dozens of people were beaten on their way to Euromaidan in Kiev, writes Alina Maximova (Utro.ru).
About fifty young athletic people beat about two hundred people at the Sicheslav railway station, “taking advantage of the fact that people stood in separate groups and had no experience of forceful confrontation,” the Freedom Party website said. The police detained not the alleged initiators of the attack, but the victims, who were taken to the Kirovsky district police station. No details yet.
As reported UNN, the attack on the participants of the Euromaidan occurred at the bus station. The deputy of the Babushkinsky district council, Nikolay Khomenko, said that there were three attackers and explained: “They hit us in the face, head, and kicked us. They are professional athletes - wrestlers. ”
According to the city administration of Kiev, the number of affected protesters has grown to 165 people, 109 of them were hospitalized.
Zhirinovsky about ballet and the Emergency Committee. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky on the TV channel "Rain" presented his vision of the situation in Kiev. Reports about this resource Newsru.com.
According to V. Zhirinovsky, Viktor Yanukovych probably already had a plan: “This could have been expected, since ten years ago there was an“ orange revolution ”... Now, I think, he is in a certain place so that he cannot be put in a dangerous position there” . According to the Russian politician, the Ukrainian authorities "can launch a state of emergency plan - the Emergency Committee can earn by morning."
Zhirinovsky explained: “I think that on December 2 in Kiev, all programs of the central channels will also begin with the music of the Swan Lake ballet, and special units that are subordinate to the president will try to isolate all those who are protesting today in all squares of the city of Kiev, to reveal all foreign agents ".
Zhirinovsky developed his idea: “Arrests are quite possible, it is quite possible that there may be victims in resisting, bribing, blackmail on both sides, the West will continue to finance, blackmail, to complete it: remove the government, remove the president, create a new government , to hold elections in an accelerated mode in February-March and sign the necessary papers with Brussels. Therefore, two options are now, whose money is stronger — Russia won for money, because only we can now help Ukraine if it does not sign an association agreement with the European Union, but will look more at Moscow than at Brussels. And militarily, in terms of the State Emergency Committee, we have great experience, so I think that here Yanukovych and his special services can use our rich experience, and tomorrow morning will begin blocking all the protesters, arrests, the introduction of troops, a state of emergency, prohibitions. ”
Chest protest. The issue of Ukraine and the EU was very excited by “Femen”. The girls in the literal sense of the words rushed to pave the way to the "kingdom of freedom" busts, passes "Reedus".
In Kiev-Pechersk Lavra photographers removed the girl in makeup, depicting the face of the angel of death. No one, except for journalists, did not see her there.
In Lithuania (Vilnius), the exposed activist Yana Zhdanova was fined in 500 Litas.
In France, feminists staged a public urination at the Ukrainian Embassy in Paris. However, few people noticed the portraits of Yanukovych under the feet of peeing women: the people decided that immigrant women had no money for going to the pay toilet.
What prevents the new Ukrainian Orange from winning? In the article “Ukraine: fragmentation of the political opposition” (“The Financial Times”, UK; source of translation - "InoSMI") Roman Olearchuk and Neil Buckley indicate that the current Kiev demonstrations are fundamentally different from the 2004 riots of the year: in those days, about a million people gathered in the city center, and today the most numerous demonstration last Sunday numbered 100 thousand people.
“Many people came to the square with high hopes, but it is not yet clear what to do next,” said Galina Oliinyuk, an employee of one of the Kiev museums. - It feels an acute shortage of leaders and organization. Politicians were forced out by local activists and students, but, from my point of view, they now need to lead the people forward. ”
The authors of the article remind that the leaders of the European countries reproached Russia with pressure on Mr. Yanukovich. “Russia's actions with respect to the Eastern Partnership states are incompatible with how international relations should function on our continent in the 21 century,” said European Council President Herman van Rompuy.
But Yanukovych argues that Brussels could not take “decisive steps” to adopt a “program of financial and economic assistance” that would help Kiev cope with a shortage of cash and with possible trade reprisals from Russia.
According to journalists, in Kiev, the success of the protests is hampered by the fragmentation of the political opposition. In addition, in its ranks there is no one who would have enjoyed Yushchenko’s popularity and Tymoshenko’s charisma (the leaders of the Orange Revolution).
“There are two points of view,” one of the protest organizers said anonymously. “Either we should separate for the time being in order to reconvene later on more numerous demonstrations, or we must follow a radical scenario - stay on the streets, continue to put pressure on Mr. Yanukovich, call for early presidential and parliamentary elections, block the entrances to government buildings or - purely theoretically - even overthrow the regime ... If we have at least 300 thousands of people, we are, as some believe, able to accomplish this. ”
Valentin Strasser, a 50-year-old programmer who participates in the protests, believes that Ukrainian youth take time to organize themselves before the presidential election. “Our president is a gangster, so it is obvious that his ruling regime will not step down from power in a democratic way,” he said. “We need a revolution to overthrow this regime.”
Ukrainian rumors about the Russian "Vityaz". The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine denied the information about the arrival in Kiev of the Russian special forces "Vityaz", reports ITAR-TASS.
“This information is no more than rumors. It is absolutely untrue, ”the Interior Ministry said.
On Sunday, the OPORA civilian network reported that three buses with Russian special forces Vityaz were located in Boryspil.
Ukraine and Russia: a roadmap. Kiev and Moscow will hold negotiations within two weeks, during which the issue of gas prices will be raised. About this, as transmits Newsru.com With reference to Interfax, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on the TV channel Inter.
"We have literally in the next two weeks to conduct substantive negotiations with the Russian Federation on the programs that we have discussed more than once, to develop those indicators, those standards that will allow us to make the budget for the 2014 of the year," Azarov said, answering the question will be the price of gas in the budget-2014.
It became known earlier that President Yanukovych will soon visit Moscow, where he will discuss a roadmap of cooperation with the President of the Russian Federation.
NATO Russia is not a partner, but an enemy. Survey results show that many Russians still believe in the existence of an external threat and have a negative attitude towards NATO, writes Vladimir Izotov from Veliky Novgorod (the source of the publication is "Deutsche Welle").
Among residents of Veliky Novgorod, Staraya Russa and several villages of the Novgorod region a sociological survey was conducted. As its results showed, the majority of respondents believe: NATO threatens Russia's security.
1400 participants were asked to answer the questions: “Does Russia have enemies?”, “Do you agree with the statement that NATO is Russia's partner?”, “From which sources do you get information about NATO?” And others. Also, respondents were asked to indicate the areas in which cooperation between Russia and the North Atlantic alliance may be most fruitful.
It turned out that two thirds of respondents do not believe that NATO is Russia's partner. Positively, only one out of seven of the survey participants is cooperating with the Alliance. At the same time, about 90% of respondents approve of cooperation between Russia and NATO in the fight against international terrorism and against piracy, and more than 70% support cooperation in the destruction of obsolete weapons.
Among the external threats to Russia, the people of Novgorod noted international terrorism, the US and the economic crisis. NATO in this list takes only 13-place, passing forward China, the Middle East and drug traffic.
At the November 29 seminar at Novgorod State University, participants discussed the results of surveys regularly conducted by the Levada Center in the 45 regions of Russia.
Levada Center expert Tatyana Vorozheykina notes that 78% of Russians are convinced that Russia has external enemies. The largest number of supporters of the external threat (85 percent) was noted in Moscow. Russians name the main enemies of the country the USA, the Chechen insurgents, NATO and political forces of the West.
According to Tatyana Vorozheykina, a large role in the formation of a negative attitude towards the West as a whole and towards NATO in particular is played by the TV channels controlled by the Russian authorities. According to her, with Putin’s return to the Kremlin, the tendency to blame for all troubles is the West, which supposedly inspires the activities of the opposition and tries to disintegrate Russia morally. For many Russians, NATO is the most complete incarnation of the West. Hence the negative attitude towards the Alliance.
“The director of the German Marshall Foundation Constanze Stelzenmüller (Constanze Stelzenmüller) also took part in the seminar. She cited some foreign policy assessments of Westerners. According to her, the activities of NATO positively evaluate 58 percent of EU citizens and 56 percent of US citizens. As for sympathy for Russia, in the United States from 2011 to 2013 this year has decreased from 48 percent to 43. In Germany, the level of sympathy for Russia fell even more - from 48 to 32 percent. ”
Putin in an empty pool. In the article “Vladimir Putin’s all enemies of Russia are external” (“The Financial Times”, Great Britain; the source of translation is "InoSMI") Journalist Ben Judah spoke about the real and imaginary enemies of Russia.
“Vladimir Putin is convinced that Russia is surrounded by enemies from all sides: mysterious foreign agents work through non-governmental organizations, sexual perverts intend to destroy the Christian moral foundations of the nation, and green pirates sabotage its oil wells in the Arctic.
The war against these enemies may be quite real, but they themselves are just a figment of the imagination. Fighting them is just a tragic red herring. Because the real enemies of Russia continue to gain strength, become more resilient and deadly.
Russia was seized by an almighty and grotesquely corrupt bureaucracy. And the police and prison guards became the most criminalized institutions. On the streets of cities for kickbacks in cash, the police turn a blind eye to the increase in sales of heroin, and in prisons the guards sell it themselves. ”
The war against these enemies may be quite real, but they themselves are just a figment of the imagination. Fighting them is just a tragic red herring. Because the real enemies of Russia continue to gain strength, become more resilient and deadly.
Russia was seized by an almighty and grotesquely corrupt bureaucracy. And the police and prison guards became the most criminalized institutions. On the streets of cities for kickbacks in cash, the police turn a blind eye to the increase in sales of heroin, and in prisons the guards sell it themselves. ”
Russian border guards are also corrupt. They are the ones who “let in huge flows of drugs inside the country”. In the “Siberian colonies,” the author found “whole barracks” where residents use a “single needle” - just like “inhabitants of dirty underground passages leading to crowded railway stations in Moscow”.
“Mr. Putin was unable to defend Russia. The nation hit the demonic wheel, and the heroin makes it spin faster and faster. The number of people sitting on the needle in Russia has now exceeded 1,6 million people. When Vladimir Putin first entered the Kremlin in 2000, the number of HIV carriers was less than 100 thousand people. Today, there are more than 1,2 million of such people, and, by some estimates, at present, 5% of Russian youth are HIV-infected. ”
The author reports that if you drive through the industrial cities of the Urals, to the "dying Siberian villages," you can be sure that the disaster "swept the whole country." Here drugs are “sold openly in broad daylight. There are many homeless teenage drug addicts everywhere. ”
“The country needs a strong leader who will fight with its real enemies. She needs a leader who will put warning signs along all her roads. She does not need a leader who denies the existence of problems. ”
As for Putin’s war with “imaginary enemies,” it only “aggravates the situation,” the author writes. The alliance between the Russian president and the Orthodox Church led to the elimination of sex education in schools, the ban on propaganda of homosexuality made it illegal to discuss homosexual relationships with adolescents, and laws against non-governmental organizations dealt a crushing blow to those charitable foundations that tried to fight the spread of HIV.
“Russia needs a leader able to break the vicious circle of corruption, heroin addiction and the HIV epidemic. She needs a leader who can stop the criminalization of structures designed to protect the law - no matter what threat they pose to his power. She needs a democratic leader whose Praetorian guards will conduct ruthless cleansing of the police, not the opposition. ”
The journalist calls the ruling elite living in Moscow a plutocracy, which has no connections with ordinary people. The majority of the opposition, according to the author, consists of "hipsters, intellectuals and influential activists." And all these people do not show "any interest in the hardships of the poor population of the country." And here is the result:
“The lower strata of society feel fear and indignation. From concrete high rises that remained from Soviet times that surround Moscow, to the mining colonies of the Arctic, people despise the hipsters and oligarchs who make up the Moscow establishment, considering them heartless and indifferent.
This void is filled by racists. Heroin suppliers prefer to sell their goods through poor migrants from Central Asia. As a result, the working class blames the latter for distributing drugs and diseases. Racist speeches in Moscow are only the tip of the iceberg. Everywhere there are groups of activists who pursue and crack down on migrants. In addition, dozens of racist speeches have recently been held in many regions of the country. ”
This void is filled by racists. Heroin suppliers prefer to sell their goods through poor migrants from Central Asia. As a result, the working class blames the latter for distributing drugs and diseases. Racist speeches in Moscow are only the tip of the iceberg. Everywhere there are groups of activists who pursue and crack down on migrants. In addition, dozens of racist speeches have recently been held in many regions of the country. ”
And what does Putin do? And nothing. He does not even use the Internet. And in general, he does not know anything about the problems of the Russian people. This conclusion can be drawn from the final paragraphs of the article.
“Mr. Putin claims that he does not use the Internet. Even in the circle of his closest assistants, it does not occur to anyone to mention the unpleasant truth in conversation. Mr. Putin leads a secluded life: in the mornings he swims in empty Olympic-size pools under his palaces, and in the evenings he plays hockey with his bodyguards.
Isolated from society and refusing to admit the existence of real problems, the president apparently does not suspect an epidemic of heroin addiction and the extent of the criminalization of his bureaucracy. And his henchmen gladly keep him in the dark. Because it allows them to continue to steal billions from the Russian budget with impunity. ”
Isolated from society and refusing to admit the existence of real problems, the president apparently does not suspect an epidemic of heroin addiction and the extent of the criminalization of his bureaucracy. And his henchmen gladly keep him in the dark. Because it allows them to continue to steal billions from the Russian budget with impunity. ”
Not Putin, but directly some recluse of the XXI century, we add from ourselves, from austerity for the first time, who chose to give up the “world wide web” and underground isolation in the pool and on the court. It should also be noted that the author of the article is sure: unfortunate comrade Putin was isolated from society by “henchmen” - happy billionaires rejoicing in presidential ignorance.
The split in Putin's circle. Western media comment on the decision of the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case against Anatoly Serdyukov on the article “Negligence”. "Inopressa" made a small review on this topic.
The Wall Street Journal writes that the scale of the charges against the long-time Putin protégé turned out to be much smaller than investigators called a year ago.
"Pro-Kremlin politicians hailed news as a sign that the government keeps its promises to fight corruption at a high level. Critics have called the charges an attempt by Russian investigators to save face against the background of growing public speculation that the investigation has stalled, ”writes Alan Cullison.
The charges do indicate a latent split in the usually close Putin circle, notes The New York Times journalist Andrew Kramer.
Russian media claim that Serdyukov was removed from his post as defense minister after a personal spat with his father-in-law, Viktor Zubkov, a close ally of Putin.
Japan and the United States will talk about China. As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexey Zavrachayev, Vice President Joseph Biden arrives in Japan for a three-day visit for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. One of the main agenda items is the creation by the PRC of an identification air defense zone in the East China Sea.
"We intend to discuss in detail the actions of China and develop a general plan of action in this situation," the Japanese prime minister said on the eve of the visit of the US Vice President. Their talks are scheduled for tomorrow.
On the issue of the Chinese air defense zone, the parties plan to adopt a joint declaration, in which the conditions for cancellation or revision by China of their decision will be indicated.
Tokyo is waiting for the US Vice-President to confirm the inviolability of cooperation with Japan in the field of maritime security and interaction with the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The US Senate is worried about the American militants building Sharia in Syria. The heads of US security services are concerned about the problem of American citizens who are fighting on the side of the militants in Syria. Experienced and ready to attack the radicals, the Americans will return to their homeland and will threaten the security of the country, reports USA Today.
“We know that American citizens, like those of Europe and Canada, are going to fight in Syria, Yemen or Somalia. The threat that these people bear when they return home is real, ”quotes Senator Thomas Karper as told at a hearing on the National Security Committee channel. "RT".
That's right, real, add on my own. We should also remember the senators that the warriors of the Al-Qaeda branches, who are building Sharia law in Syria, promised after Damascus to take on Washington. However, Mr. McCain, whose election campaign was paid for by people from the military-industrial complex, did not hesitate to take pictures with the bearded men at one time, finding them supporters of the democratization of Syria. Subsequently it turned out. that in the picture - the bandits and kidnappers. Such a democrat as McCain, it will be difficult to convince Thomas Carper ...
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