Geopolitical mosaic: Syrian opposition can unite with Assad to fight against al-Qaeda, and in Kiev appeared "revolutionary commandant"
Return to Libya. - The successes of the Syrian army. - Common front against al-Qaida? - Twelve per thousand. - Calculations of Ibrahim Miro. - The fact that there is no air on the moon is Assad's fault. - The Arab world will turn its back on the United States and turn to Russia. - The operation of the Turkish special forces. - Inspection of the IAEA. - Kabul and Tehran: friendship and cooperation. - Bangkok's rebel. - South Korea has expanded its air defense zone. - Counter-revolutionary Chan Song Thaek. - Plans for lunch and dinner. - French military operation begins in the CAR. - Sweden spied against Russia for America. - 48 hours. - Poland criticized the mistakes of the Ukrainian opposition. - Government traitors. - A “revolutionary commandant” appeared in Kiev. - The deputies who tumbled down the monument. - Little Oscar. - Barack Obama iPhone is contraindicated. - Forty-nine poor Russians: continuation of the plot. - Under the sign of Putin.
Return to Libya. The plane, with Russian diplomats evacuated from Libya in early October, landed at Tripoli airport yesterday, reports Newsru.com with reference to ITAR-TASS. Nine embassy staff will temporarily live in a local hotel.
The Russian embassy in Tripoli was evacuated after the attack that took place on October 2. The reason for the attack was the killing of October 1 by a Russian citizen Ekaterina Ustyuzhaninova of a Libyan officer. The attackers managed to break through to the territory of the embassy, but they were later ousted by local army units. As a result of the attack, none of the Russians was hurt.
The return of the Russian embassy will allow negotiations to resume on the fate of two Russians, Alexander Shadrov and Vladimir Dolgov, sentenced by a Libyan court to imprisonment on charges of "complicity with the Gadhafi regime and attempted murder by restoring military equipment." According to the head of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russians can be returned if an agreement is signed between the countries on the transfer of convicted persons to serve their sentences in their homeland.
Successes Syrian army. The Syrian army regained control over the Damascus-Homs highway, which will allow starting the export of chemical stocks soon. weapons to the Mediterranean port of Latakia, the service said News Al-Watan. Talks about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Zelenin.
The militants were driven out of the cities of Kara and Deir-Attiyah, then the anti-terrorist operation began in Nabak. According to the testimony of one of the commanders of the Syrian army, the fighting went for every house and street. Eyewitnesses say that the militants used civilians in the city as “human shields”.
The regular army was opposed by Islamists and mercenaries from the terrorist groups Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Dzhebhat an-Nusra.
We wish Comrade Assad success in the final expulsion from the country of extremist evil spirits!
Common front against al Qaeda? On the possible unification of the opposition forces with the government army in Syria writes Kim Sengupta ("The Independent"; the source of translation - Mixednews.ru).
The commander of the Syrian Free Army, Salim Idris, warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham grouping was "very dangerous for the future of Syria."
Speaking about Istanbul, Idris said that he and his associates refused the prerequisite that Bashar Asad should give up power before meeting in Geneva. Instead, they will be satisfied if his departure occurs “at the end of the negotiation process,” when Idris joins forces with the remnants of the regime in order to launch an offensive against the Islamists.
At the same time, Idris lamented the fact that his people had to fight on two fronts: over the past six months they have fought with al-Qaeda in 24 places, withstanding the blows aviation and Assad artillery.
The so-called moderate opposition now criticizes the West for inciting the people to revolt against the government, but later did not help the insurgent people. In the meantime, ISIS and Dzhebhat an Nusra increased their numbers thanks to money and weapons from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Twelve per thousand. A group of Syrian rebels, the Free Kalamuna Brigade, claimed responsibility for the abduction of Orthodox nuns and offered to exchange them for a thousand female prisoners. This is with reference to the Arab press reports the Lebanese newspaper "The Daily Star", reports "Lenta.ru".
The group promises to release the 12 nuns only if the authorities fulfill a number of conditions. The main demand of the rebels is the release of thousands of Syrian women currently in prison. The conditions for the release of the nuns, according to the representative of the rebels, transferred to the Vatican.
The Free Calamun Brigades clarified that the abduction of nuns was supported by the An-Nusra Front group.
Calculations Ibrahim Miro. The so-called Minister of Finance and Economy of the Syrian opposition Ibrahim Miro argues that the current conflict has cost the president of Syria no less than 25 billion dollars. Talking with the Anadolu agency correspondent, Miro said that “in 2011, the Assad regime spent 7 billion dollars from the reserves of the Central Bank of Syria, 9 billion dollars - in 2012, and about 9 billion dollars - in 2013 year”.
Miro estimated that leads MIGnews.comAssad has a few more billion dollars in reserve. And this means that economic sanctions will not stop the war.
Miro also said that Assad’s foreign aid packages total $ 50 billion. Where does the money come from? From "unknown sources".
Miro believes that the foreign assistance that Assad accepts gives him the opportunity to finance the army and the public sector, despite the protracted conflict.
In addition to financial support, Assad received direct military supplies from regional allies, primarily Iran and Hezbollah.
Finally, foreign Shiites are going to fight from Iraq and Lebanon to Syria. The weapons and funding of these militias come mainly from Iran, notes Miro.
According to the “minister”, Russia also provides support to the Syrian government: it sells weapons to Assad.
The fact that there is no air on the moon is Assad's fault. The United States recognizes the presence of terrorist groups in Syria, but the responsibility for their appearance is laid on Bashar al-Assad. This was stated to reporters by State Department spokeswoman Mari Harf, reports correspondent RIA "News" Peter Martynychev.
“This is because of the situation created by the regime itself. The brutal suppression of peaceful protests has just created the conditions for the prosperity of Al-Qaida-related groups in Syria, for the actions of terrorists, ”Harf said.
As for the White House, he does not recognize terrorist groups, considers them as a threat and does not want to have affairs with them. “We do not recognize the terrorist groups adjacent to the opposition, and we urge the opposition not to work with them. We are also talking about the terrorist threat with the countries of the region. Within the framework of a political decision, our responsibility is to put different groups at the negotiating table, but we are not dealing with those that we consider to be terrorist, ”said a representative of the US State Department.
The State Department, we add, continues the old democratic song that Hillary Clinton sucked in. Asad must go - and the point. He exterminates his own people, he applied chemical weapons and crossed the "red line", he does not want to yield to the "opposition" and so on. Now it turned out that Assad is guilty of the fact that Islamist militants are fighting against him. Marie Harf forgot to say that it is because of Assad that the sun shines a little in winter and heats badly, there is no air on the Moon, and there is no democracy on Jupiter.
The Arab world will turn its back on the United States and turn to Russia. The volatility of the US policy in the Middle East may lead to the fact that key countries in the region are reorienting towards closer rapprochement with Russia, First Deputy Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa told the Telegraph newspaper, RIA News".
The administration of Barack Obama, who is pursuing a “changeable and reactionary” foreign policy in the region, may, according to the first deputy prime minister, soon lose influence among Arab countries. US relations with many countries in the Middle East became complicated after the “six” international negotiators signed an agreement on nuclear program with Iran. Condemnation in the region caused the behavior of the West in the crisis around the Syrian chemical weapons, the initiative to resolve which eventually came from Moscow.
“The Russians proved that they are reliable friends. As a result, some states in the region are already thinking of developing more multilateral relations, and not rely only on Washington. America seems to be suffering from schizophrenia when dealing with the Arab world, ”al-Khalifa said.
RIA Novosti recalls that Bahrain was among the Gulf countries that condemned Washington’s calls for the removal of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. According to al-Khalifa, this was another example of the unpredictable White House policies in the Arab East.
The operation of the Turkish special forces. The militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party yesterday captured four Turkish soldiers. Special Forces Gendarmerie conducts an operation with air support to search and rescue prisoners, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Kirill Zharov with reference to local tv.
The military returned by car to the unit after passing the test for the right to drive vehicles, when militants cut their way in the province of Diyarbakır. The PKK members looked at the documents of the servicemen and then took them away in an unknown direction.
Prime Minister R. T. Erdogan said that the rally in Diyarbakir was "undertaken by those who want to harm the process" of a Kurdish settlement.
Thus, we note that the Kurdish issue is again becoming acute in Turkey.
Inspection of the IAEA. Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency 8 December arrived at the heavy water plant in Arak. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
Their goal is a factory inspection. The visit of inspectors to Arak was the first since August 2011 of the year.
Kabul and Tehran: friendship and cooperation. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani agreed on Sunday to prepare and sign an agreement on long-term friendship and cooperation between the two countries, reports MIGnews.com.
“The document will provide for long-term cooperation in the areas of politics, security, economy and culture, as well as in the field of peace and security in the region,” said Amal Faisi, spokesman for Karzai.
According to him, the agreement will be prepared and signed in the near future.
Bangkok rebellion. Opposition leaders in Thailand have said that the dissolution of parliament announced by the Prime Minister and the preparation of new general elections are not a victory for the opposition. This was announced today the Ninth National TV Channel of Thailand, reports correspondent RIA "News" Eugene Belenky.
“The dissolution of parliament is not our goal and not our victory. We continue to protest, we continue to march through the streets of Bangkok. Our goal for today is to seize the Government House, ”said the supreme leader of the protest Sutep Taksuban from the podium of a mass opposition rally in the morning.
Earlier today, the country's prime minister, Yinglak Chinavat, announced the dissolution of parliament and the resignation of the government, which, before the elections, that is, within 60 days, will play a temporary role.
However, the opposition demands that Chinavat abandoned the role of "interim" head of government, opening the way for the appointment of interim prime minister as king of Thailand, as stipulated by the constitution for crisis situations.
South Korea has expanded its air defense zone. South Korea announced the expansion of its air defense zone. It is reported by the agency "Renhap" with reference to the Korean Ministry of Defense, reports "Lenta.ru".
The new zone will take effect from December 15 and will cover the islands of Marado, Hondo and Iodo, south of the Korean Peninsula. Some of these islands are controlled by China. The authorities of the neighboring countries of Korea have already “expressed understanding” in connection with the expansion of the zone. In the US, they said that the new rules established by Seoul are legal.
Counter-revolutionary Chan Song Thaek. The DPRK has officially confirmed reports of the resignation of Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee, head of the organizational department of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers ’Party of 67-year-old Chan Song Thaek, uncle Kim Jong-un. As the CTC reported today, an extended meeting of the Politburo of the TPK Central Committee, chaired by Kim Jong-un, was held in Pyongyang. Told about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Yuri Sidorov.
The agenda included the issue of “Chang Anti-Party Anti-Party and Counter-Revolutionary Activities”. At the meeting, it was noted that he and his supporters "deliberately distorted and did not comply with party decisions, did not obey the orders of the Supreme Commander of the Korean Peoples Army." Such actions, testifying to the rejection of the principles of class struggle, "caused serious damage to the national economy and the cause of improving the well-being of the people."
As noted by the correspondent. ITAR-TASS, at the meeting, it was emphasized that the deputy head of the State Defense Committee and his group “upset the state system of financial management, having committed such a crime as a sale at low prices of national resources”. It turned out that Uncle Kim Jong-un is a corrupt official: the “ideologically weak” Chan Son Taek, who was badly influenced by the capitalist way of life, “was subject to corruption and led an immoral and dissolute way of life”. In particular, this person "used drugs and spent money in casinos in foreign countries where he was undergoing treatment."
The Politburo of the TPK Central Committee decided to release Chan Song-taka from all posts, to exclude him from the party and to deprive him of all awards.
Sic transit gloria mundi, add on my own.
Plans for lunch and dinner. Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok expressed disappointment at the need to go to the funeral of Nelson Mandela, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Associated Press.
Rusnok talked on this subject expressed with the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic Vlastimil Pitsekom. True, this conversation took place during a meeting of the Czech parliament. Upon learning that he was to go to the farewell ceremony with Mandela instead of the president (Miloš Zeman did not recover from a knee injury), Rusnok swore. Calling Pizek’s then “dude,” the Prime Minister announced that he was terrified and complained that he had other plans: lunch and dinner.
The included microphones are a tradition.
The conversation of Rusnok with Pitsek was not only heard, but also recorded on video. The recording appeared on the Internet and was shown on Czech public television.
The young woman had to apologize. In a statement to the Associated Press, a high-ranking official admitted that he was wrong to use such expressions in connection with Mandela’s death. The prime minister explained that it would be difficult for him to find time for unplanned events in a busy December schedule.
As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexey Kartsev, at the funeral of Mandela in South Africa, Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Kohout will fly. This was reported by the representative of the Czech Foreign Ministry Jan Grohova.
"Minister Jan Kohout will fly to South Africa on Monday, so that on Tuesday to be at the funeral ceremony," - she explained. Grokhova added that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will go to South Africa not by a government plane, but will use the services of one of the airlines offering regular flights to South Africa.
The topic of the Czech premiere’s slip quickly went around the world media and entered the news tops.
Anna Baldina ("Vesti") supplemented the topic of the day with an excursion into history major blunders at microphones. She began with a full quote from the newest Czech dialogue:
Then the journalist recalled how Barack Obama got into such a situation.
The US President in April 2011 met with the Emir of Qatar and praised Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa for supporting democracy - for example, the change of power in Libya. However, behind the scenes, Mr. Obama made the opposite assessment:
And here is a fragment of the dialogue that took place in November 2011 of the year at the G-20 summit in Cannes. Obama and Sarkozy exchanged unflattering opinions about the Israeli Prime Minister. Started Sarkozy (Obama owns the second replica):
To this it is necessary to add: tell the politician one truth, the world would be completely different.
The French military operation begins in the CAR. The French military operation in the Central African Republic will begin today. The contingent’s goal is to disarm militant groups operating in the territory of this African state, transfer "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“The period of impunity is over, we are entering the phase in which the weapons are being laid,” said French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. “Weapons must lay down everything, otherwise we will resort to force.”
The number of French military personnel in the CAR was brought to 1600 people yesterday Sunday. “Tuesday night there was a 600 man, and now 1600. These forces will remain in the Central African Republic for as long as necessary. The operation will be quick and efficient, we will act hand in hand with the Africans to defeat the armed gangs, ensure stability and allow free and democratic elections to be held in the country, ”said French President Francois Hollande.
Sweden spied against Russia for America. Swedish intelligence monitored not only high-ranking Russian officials, exchanging data with US intelligence agencies, but also engaged in industrial espionage against a number of Russian energy companies. This was reported by TV channel Sveriges Television, reports "RT".
The Swedish Defense Radiocommunication Service (FRA) transmitted information about the Russian energy sector to Washington. Based on the documents promulgated by Snowden, the authors of the report said that the FRA provided the American side with a "unique selection of materials on priority Russian topics."
Objects of espionage were other industries besides energy. “Thanks to Sweden for continuing intelligence work on Russia, while remaining our key partner in collecting intelligence on this country, including its leadership, energy, cybersecurity and counterintelligence,” the document says.
Commenting on the situation, journalist Glenn Greenwald, to whom Snowden handed over secret materials, said in an interview with SVT that “intelligence services from Sweden and the United States cooperate willingly in matters that are of benefit to both countries.” Comrade Greenwald stressed how hypocritical in this regard are the statements of the West about industrial espionage from China.
48 hours. Yesterday, the Ukrainian opposition demanded that Viktor Yanukovych dismiss the government of Mykola Azarov during 48 hours. Such requirements, as reported by Ukrainskaya Pravda, were put forward by the deputy from Batkivshchyna, Sergey Pashinsky, walking at the head of the column from Maidan Nezalezhnosti to the building of the presidential administration, reports "Lenta.ru".
There was also a demand for the release of political prisoners, as well as the arrest of Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko. In case of non-compliance with the demands, the opposition threatened to block the residence of Yanukovych in Mezhyhiria.
Poland criticized the mistakes of the Ukrainian opposition. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called the opposition’s demand for the resignation of Viktor Yanukovich a political mistake. He stated this today on local television, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Irina Polina.
“The demand of the Ukrainian opposition for the resignation of Viktor Yanukovich is a political mistake,” said Sikorski, explaining his position by saying that “the president is a person who can decide to create a coalition government or also sign an association agreement.”
According to him, a “Ukrainian solution” should be found in Kiev for “Ukrainian political problems”. “Namely: how to carry out such reforms in order to run funds from the International Monetary Fund, to protect the country from bankruptcy,” he explained.
Such a “Ukrainian solution,” we would add, would be very similar to the Russian 90’s decisions. about loans from the very International Monetary Fund. The money was also sent, as everyone remembers, to the “reforms”. The results were speed privatization, hyperinflation, rampant corruption, the creation of oligarchic capitalism, and the country's total dependence on Western advisers: the IMF lends to the state only for programs to transform the economy, giving the green light to the local "Chicago boys." Their Gaidar and Chubais are found everywhere.
Government traitors. The Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal case in connection with attempts to seize power in the country under the article “Action aimed at overthrowing the constitutional order”. This article provides ten years of imprisonment as a punishment, transmit "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Criminal proceedings of the leaders of the Batkivshchyna Party, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Oleksandr Turchynov. These two called for the "popular assembly" to seize power in the country by force.
In Kiev, a "revolutionary commandant" appeared. The protesters in Kiev yesterday elected the “revolutionary commandant” of the capital, Nikolai Katerinchuk, a member of parliament from the Batkivshchyna party. He himself proposed his candidacy, and the “people's assembly” unanimously supported the proposal, ITAR-TASS.
“We need a revolutionary commandant of the city of Kiev. I am ready to take on this responsibility, ”said Katerinchuk. According to him, “the revolution wins only when it wins in the capital and from this day we must control every street, every yard, every corner” in Kiev.
He added: “We must establish complete control over the city of Kiev. We must put roadblocks at all entrances to Kiev. We must control the movement of the armed forces and the police. They should ask you (Kyivans) for permission about whether they can go somewhere or not, ”said the deputy.
Katerinchuk promised to “throw away Popov (the head of the Moscow state administration) from the office because he is not fulfilling his duties.”
And one more news from Kiev: a monument to Lenin was demolished in the capital of Ukraine.
The deputies who tumbled down the monument. Kiev police opened a criminal case under Article 294 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (riots) for the demolition of the monument to Lenin in the center of Kiev in the evening of December 8. This article of the code provides for punishment of up to eight years in prison. It is reported by UNIAN with reference to the department of public relations of the Kiev GUMVD, reports "Lenta.ru".
Responsibility for the demolition of the monument took the party "Freedom". According to the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of "Freedom" Igor Miroshnichenko, the monument was tumbled down by deputies from the party "in full". About this correspondent writes "Comments." According to the politician, about three hundred people participated in the action.
MP from “Freedom” Yuriy Sirotyuk declared the demolition of the monument a symbol of the end of “Soviet occupation”, the beginning of “decolonization of Ukraine”, “farewell to the totalitarian past” and “restoration of historical justice”.
Militiamen declared that the monument was knocked down by people in masks.
According to the ITAR-TASS, Kiev police conducted the first arrests on the fact of the demolition of the monument to Lenin on Shevchenko Boulevard. This was reported today by the press service of the party "UDAR" with reference to the deputy of the Ukrainian parliament, a member of the party Valery Karpuntsov.
“They detain those who simply stood by and expressed a negative attitude towards the Stalin-Lenin regime,” said the parliamentarian.
The monument stood in Kiev with 1946 year.
Little Oscar. A Ukrainian journalist yesterday participated in the live broadcast of the Russia 24 TV channel from Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev. About the incident writes online edition "Ukrainian Truth", reports "Lenta.ru".
Barack Obama iPhone is contraindicated. Samuel Gibbs ("The Guardian"; source of shortened translation - "Inopressa") told that the US president cannot get an iPhone “for security reasons”.
Obama can not use the iPhone, because his security advisers believe that this device is not well protected.
“Obama became the first president in American history to use e-mail. In 2009, he joined the fight against the National Security Agency to allow him to use BlackBerry. He obviously won in this struggle, but his circle of communication by phone is limited to only ten people, ”the author notes.
Forty-nine poor Russians: continuation of the plot. Russian diplomats and their family members accused in the United States of 1,5 million dollar medical insurance fraud will return to their homeland soon, writes RIA News" with reference to Kommersant.
“Most of the accused have already left the United States, and only eleven of them are in the country: five work at the Russian permanent mission to the UN, one at the Russian embassy in Washington, the rest are spouses of diplomats. <…> In the near future they will also return to their homeland, ”the publication says.
Under the sign of Putin. “... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin can look back with great satisfaction on the outgoing year,” writes Die Presse correspondent Burckhard Bischoff (a shortened source of translation - "Inopressa"). “After all, only this domineering politician did not undertake anything, he succeeded in everything: at the last minute he prevented the West from staging an air raid on his Syrian protégé Assad; Ukraine, with a more or less painful economic pressure, drove from the European camp back to Russia. And then Edward Snowden flashed into his nest - the very American truth-keeper, who by his revelations ... inflicted transatlantic relations more damage than all Soviet and Russian special services and diplomats aimed at disintegrating NATO ... All new revelations about the activities of the NSA are remarkably distracting attention from thoughts about what kind of petrified special service state Russia has become under Putin himself. ”
After the conclusion of a coalition agreement, the strengthening of the SPD in Germany will also play into Putin’s hands: if the leader of this party, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, becomes the foreign minister again, "then here in the Kremlin the time for unbridled vodka fun will finally come."
The journalist knows about Putin’s future victory. She is “ready: what joyous tararam will begin in the Western media, if he really pardons oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Nanda Hope Tolokonnikov and Maria Alekhin in prison from 2003 for a couple of months before their deadlines expire! Even before the start of the Winter Games in Sochi, of course. ”
How can the West behave with Putin? Bischof answered this question:
Oh, add on my own, that's how it turned. The gambler and fan of bearded men in Syria, McCain is now publicly enlisted in the category of not only Russophobes, but also fools. However, by stupidity and Russophobia, McCain is far superior to his colleague in the Republican Party, Mitt Romney - the one that unsuccessfully ran for the US presidency, having armed with the thesis on the geopolitical enemy №1. Romney’s stupidity was excessive even for America.
Return to Libya. The plane, with Russian diplomats evacuated from Libya in early October, landed at Tripoli airport yesterday, reports Newsru.com with reference to ITAR-TASS. Nine embassy staff will temporarily live in a local hotel.
The Russian embassy in Tripoli was evacuated after the attack that took place on October 2. The reason for the attack was the killing of October 1 by a Russian citizen Ekaterina Ustyuzhaninova of a Libyan officer. The attackers managed to break through to the territory of the embassy, but they were later ousted by local army units. As a result of the attack, none of the Russians was hurt.
The return of the Russian embassy will allow negotiations to resume on the fate of two Russians, Alexander Shadrov and Vladimir Dolgov, sentenced by a Libyan court to imprisonment on charges of "complicity with the Gadhafi regime and attempted murder by restoring military equipment." According to the head of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russians can be returned if an agreement is signed between the countries on the transfer of convicted persons to serve their sentences in their homeland.
Successes Syrian army. The Syrian army regained control over the Damascus-Homs highway, which will allow starting the export of chemical stocks soon. weapons to the Mediterranean port of Latakia, the service said News Al-Watan. Talks about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Zelenin.
The militants were driven out of the cities of Kara and Deir-Attiyah, then the anti-terrorist operation began in Nabak. According to the testimony of one of the commanders of the Syrian army, the fighting went for every house and street. Eyewitnesses say that the militants used civilians in the city as “human shields”.
The regular army was opposed by Islamists and mercenaries from the terrorist groups Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Dzhebhat an-Nusra.
We wish Comrade Assad success in the final expulsion from the country of extremist evil spirits!
Common front against al Qaeda? On the possible unification of the opposition forces with the government army in Syria writes Kim Sengupta ("The Independent"; the source of translation - Mixednews.ru).
The commander of the Syrian Free Army, Salim Idris, warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham grouping was "very dangerous for the future of Syria."
Speaking about Istanbul, Idris said that he and his associates refused the prerequisite that Bashar Asad should give up power before meeting in Geneva. Instead, they will be satisfied if his departure occurs “at the end of the negotiation process,” when Idris joins forces with the remnants of the regime in order to launch an offensive against the Islamists.
At the same time, Idris lamented the fact that his people had to fight on two fronts: over the past six months they have fought with al-Qaeda in 24 places, withstanding the blows aviation and Assad artillery.
The so-called moderate opposition now criticizes the West for inciting the people to revolt against the government, but later did not help the insurgent people. In the meantime, ISIS and Dzhebhat an Nusra increased their numbers thanks to money and weapons from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Twelve per thousand. A group of Syrian rebels, the Free Kalamuna Brigade, claimed responsibility for the abduction of Orthodox nuns and offered to exchange them for a thousand female prisoners. This is with reference to the Arab press reports the Lebanese newspaper "The Daily Star", reports "Lenta.ru".
The group promises to release the 12 nuns only if the authorities fulfill a number of conditions. The main demand of the rebels is the release of thousands of Syrian women currently in prison. The conditions for the release of the nuns, according to the representative of the rebels, transferred to the Vatican.
The Free Calamun Brigades clarified that the abduction of nuns was supported by the An-Nusra Front group.
Calculations Ibrahim Miro. The so-called Minister of Finance and Economy of the Syrian opposition Ibrahim Miro argues that the current conflict has cost the president of Syria no less than 25 billion dollars. Talking with the Anadolu agency correspondent, Miro said that “in 2011, the Assad regime spent 7 billion dollars from the reserves of the Central Bank of Syria, 9 billion dollars - in 2012, and about 9 billion dollars - in 2013 year”.
Miro estimated that leads MIGnews.comAssad has a few more billion dollars in reserve. And this means that economic sanctions will not stop the war.
Miro also said that Assad’s foreign aid packages total $ 50 billion. Where does the money come from? From "unknown sources".
Miro believes that the foreign assistance that Assad accepts gives him the opportunity to finance the army and the public sector, despite the protracted conflict.
In addition to financial support, Assad received direct military supplies from regional allies, primarily Iran and Hezbollah.
Finally, foreign Shiites are going to fight from Iraq and Lebanon to Syria. The weapons and funding of these militias come mainly from Iran, notes Miro.
According to the “minister”, Russia also provides support to the Syrian government: it sells weapons to Assad.
The fact that there is no air on the moon is Assad's fault. The United States recognizes the presence of terrorist groups in Syria, but the responsibility for their appearance is laid on Bashar al-Assad. This was stated to reporters by State Department spokeswoman Mari Harf, reports correspondent RIA "News" Peter Martynychev.
“This is because of the situation created by the regime itself. The brutal suppression of peaceful protests has just created the conditions for the prosperity of Al-Qaida-related groups in Syria, for the actions of terrorists, ”Harf said.
As for the White House, he does not recognize terrorist groups, considers them as a threat and does not want to have affairs with them. “We do not recognize the terrorist groups adjacent to the opposition, and we urge the opposition not to work with them. We are also talking about the terrorist threat with the countries of the region. Within the framework of a political decision, our responsibility is to put different groups at the negotiating table, but we are not dealing with those that we consider to be terrorist, ”said a representative of the US State Department.
The State Department, we add, continues the old democratic song that Hillary Clinton sucked in. Asad must go - and the point. He exterminates his own people, he applied chemical weapons and crossed the "red line", he does not want to yield to the "opposition" and so on. Now it turned out that Assad is guilty of the fact that Islamist militants are fighting against him. Marie Harf forgot to say that it is because of Assad that the sun shines a little in winter and heats badly, there is no air on the Moon, and there is no democracy on Jupiter.
The Arab world will turn its back on the United States and turn to Russia. The volatility of the US policy in the Middle East may lead to the fact that key countries in the region are reorienting towards closer rapprochement with Russia, First Deputy Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa told the Telegraph newspaper, RIA News".
The administration of Barack Obama, who is pursuing a “changeable and reactionary” foreign policy in the region, may, according to the first deputy prime minister, soon lose influence among Arab countries. US relations with many countries in the Middle East became complicated after the “six” international negotiators signed an agreement on nuclear program with Iran. Condemnation in the region caused the behavior of the West in the crisis around the Syrian chemical weapons, the initiative to resolve which eventually came from Moscow.
“The Russians proved that they are reliable friends. As a result, some states in the region are already thinking of developing more multilateral relations, and not rely only on Washington. America seems to be suffering from schizophrenia when dealing with the Arab world, ”al-Khalifa said.
RIA Novosti recalls that Bahrain was among the Gulf countries that condemned Washington’s calls for the removal of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. According to al-Khalifa, this was another example of the unpredictable White House policies in the Arab East.
The operation of the Turkish special forces. The militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party yesterday captured four Turkish soldiers. Special Forces Gendarmerie conducts an operation with air support to search and rescue prisoners, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Kirill Zharov with reference to local tv.
The military returned by car to the unit after passing the test for the right to drive vehicles, when militants cut their way in the province of Diyarbakır. The PKK members looked at the documents of the servicemen and then took them away in an unknown direction.
Prime Minister R. T. Erdogan said that the rally in Diyarbakir was "undertaken by those who want to harm the process" of a Kurdish settlement.
Thus, we note that the Kurdish issue is again becoming acute in Turkey.
Inspection of the IAEA. Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency 8 December arrived at the heavy water plant in Arak. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
Their goal is a factory inspection. The visit of inspectors to Arak was the first since August 2011 of the year.
Kabul and Tehran: friendship and cooperation. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani agreed on Sunday to prepare and sign an agreement on long-term friendship and cooperation between the two countries, reports MIGnews.com.
“The document will provide for long-term cooperation in the areas of politics, security, economy and culture, as well as in the field of peace and security in the region,” said Amal Faisi, spokesman for Karzai.
According to him, the agreement will be prepared and signed in the near future.
Bangkok rebellion. Opposition leaders in Thailand have said that the dissolution of parliament announced by the Prime Minister and the preparation of new general elections are not a victory for the opposition. This was announced today the Ninth National TV Channel of Thailand, reports correspondent RIA "News" Eugene Belenky.
“The dissolution of parliament is not our goal and not our victory. We continue to protest, we continue to march through the streets of Bangkok. Our goal for today is to seize the Government House, ”said the supreme leader of the protest Sutep Taksuban from the podium of a mass opposition rally in the morning.
Earlier today, the country's prime minister, Yinglak Chinavat, announced the dissolution of parliament and the resignation of the government, which, before the elections, that is, within 60 days, will play a temporary role.
However, the opposition demands that Chinavat abandoned the role of "interim" head of government, opening the way for the appointment of interim prime minister as king of Thailand, as stipulated by the constitution for crisis situations.
South Korea has expanded its air defense zone. South Korea announced the expansion of its air defense zone. It is reported by the agency "Renhap" with reference to the Korean Ministry of Defense, reports "Lenta.ru".
The new zone will take effect from December 15 and will cover the islands of Marado, Hondo and Iodo, south of the Korean Peninsula. Some of these islands are controlled by China. The authorities of the neighboring countries of Korea have already “expressed understanding” in connection with the expansion of the zone. In the US, they said that the new rules established by Seoul are legal.
Counter-revolutionary Chan Song Thaek. The DPRK has officially confirmed reports of the resignation of Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee, head of the organizational department of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers ’Party of 67-year-old Chan Song Thaek, uncle Kim Jong-un. As the CTC reported today, an extended meeting of the Politburo of the TPK Central Committee, chaired by Kim Jong-un, was held in Pyongyang. Told about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Yuri Sidorov.
The agenda included the issue of “Chang Anti-Party Anti-Party and Counter-Revolutionary Activities”. At the meeting, it was noted that he and his supporters "deliberately distorted and did not comply with party decisions, did not obey the orders of the Supreme Commander of the Korean Peoples Army." Such actions, testifying to the rejection of the principles of class struggle, "caused serious damage to the national economy and the cause of improving the well-being of the people."
As noted by the correspondent. ITAR-TASS, at the meeting, it was emphasized that the deputy head of the State Defense Committee and his group “upset the state system of financial management, having committed such a crime as a sale at low prices of national resources”. It turned out that Uncle Kim Jong-un is a corrupt official: the “ideologically weak” Chan Son Taek, who was badly influenced by the capitalist way of life, “was subject to corruption and led an immoral and dissolute way of life”. In particular, this person "used drugs and spent money in casinos in foreign countries where he was undergoing treatment."
The Politburo of the TPK Central Committee decided to release Chan Song-taka from all posts, to exclude him from the party and to deprive him of all awards.
Sic transit gloria mundi, add on my own.
Plans for lunch and dinner. Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok expressed disappointment at the need to go to the funeral of Nelson Mandela, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Associated Press.
Rusnok talked on this subject expressed with the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic Vlastimil Pitsekom. True, this conversation took place during a meeting of the Czech parliament. Upon learning that he was to go to the farewell ceremony with Mandela instead of the president (Miloš Zeman did not recover from a knee injury), Rusnok swore. Calling Pizek’s then “dude,” the Prime Minister announced that he was terrified and complained that he had other plans: lunch and dinner.
The included microphones are a tradition.
The conversation of Rusnok with Pitsek was not only heard, but also recorded on video. The recording appeared on the Internet and was shown on Czech public television.
The young woman had to apologize. In a statement to the Associated Press, a high-ranking official admitted that he was wrong to use such expressions in connection with Mandela’s death. The prime minister explained that it would be difficult for him to find time for unplanned events in a busy December schedule.
As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexey Kartsev, at the funeral of Mandela in South Africa, Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Kohout will fly. This was reported by the representative of the Czech Foreign Ministry Jan Grohova.
"Minister Jan Kohout will fly to South Africa on Monday, so that on Tuesday to be at the funeral ceremony," - she explained. Grokhova added that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will go to South Africa not by a government plane, but will use the services of one of the airlines offering regular flights to South Africa.
The topic of the Czech premiere’s slip quickly went around the world media and entered the news tops.
Anna Baldina ("Vesti") supplemented the topic of the day with an excursion into history major blunders at microphones. She began with a full quote from the newest Czech dialogue:
“Damn, now Mandela is dead.”
- And who will go there?
- I hope the president. Damn, it pisses me off that I have to go.
“Usually a funeral takes place in about ten days.”
- It will be the fourteenth, on Saturday. I still have dinner and an official reception. And now I am afraid that I will have to go there. I absolutely do not want. Nineteenth I still have Brussels. Plus, it's so far away.
- And who will go there?
- I hope the president. Damn, it pisses me off that I have to go.
“Usually a funeral takes place in about ten days.”
- It will be the fourteenth, on Saturday. I still have dinner and an official reception. And now I am afraid that I will have to go there. I absolutely do not want. Nineteenth I still have Brussels. Plus, it's so far away.
Then the journalist recalled how Barack Obama got into such a situation.
The US President in April 2011 met with the Emir of Qatar and praised Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa for supporting democracy - for example, the change of power in Libya. However, behind the scenes, Mr. Obama made the opposite assessment:
“Very powerful guy. Hot supporter of democracy, promotes it in the Middle East. Reforms, reforms, reforms - you see all this on Al-Jazeera. But he himself does not carry out special reforms. There are no big steps to democracy in Qatar. Partly because there is an average income per person - 145 thousand dollars a year. This largely extinguishes the conflict. ”
And here is a fragment of the dialogue that took place in November 2011 of the year at the G-20 summit in Cannes. Obama and Sarkozy exchanged unflattering opinions about the Israeli Prime Minister. Started Sarkozy (Obama owns the second replica):
“I can't stand Netanyahu, he's a liar.”
- He got you, but I have to deal with him more often.
- He got you, but I have to deal with him more often.
To this it is necessary to add: tell the politician one truth, the world would be completely different.
The French military operation begins in the CAR. The French military operation in the Central African Republic will begin today. The contingent’s goal is to disarm militant groups operating in the territory of this African state, transfer "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“The period of impunity is over, we are entering the phase in which the weapons are being laid,” said French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. “Weapons must lay down everything, otherwise we will resort to force.”
The number of French military personnel in the CAR was brought to 1600 people yesterday Sunday. “Tuesday night there was a 600 man, and now 1600. These forces will remain in the Central African Republic for as long as necessary. The operation will be quick and efficient, we will act hand in hand with the Africans to defeat the armed gangs, ensure stability and allow free and democratic elections to be held in the country, ”said French President Francois Hollande.
Sweden spied against Russia for America. Swedish intelligence monitored not only high-ranking Russian officials, exchanging data with US intelligence agencies, but also engaged in industrial espionage against a number of Russian energy companies. This was reported by TV channel Sveriges Television, reports "RT".
The Swedish Defense Radiocommunication Service (FRA) transmitted information about the Russian energy sector to Washington. Based on the documents promulgated by Snowden, the authors of the report said that the FRA provided the American side with a "unique selection of materials on priority Russian topics."
Objects of espionage were other industries besides energy. “Thanks to Sweden for continuing intelligence work on Russia, while remaining our key partner in collecting intelligence on this country, including its leadership, energy, cybersecurity and counterintelligence,” the document says.
Commenting on the situation, journalist Glenn Greenwald, to whom Snowden handed over secret materials, said in an interview with SVT that “intelligence services from Sweden and the United States cooperate willingly in matters that are of benefit to both countries.” Comrade Greenwald stressed how hypocritical in this regard are the statements of the West about industrial espionage from China.
48 hours. Yesterday, the Ukrainian opposition demanded that Viktor Yanukovych dismiss the government of Mykola Azarov during 48 hours. Such requirements, as reported by Ukrainskaya Pravda, were put forward by the deputy from Batkivshchyna, Sergey Pashinsky, walking at the head of the column from Maidan Nezalezhnosti to the building of the presidential administration, reports "Lenta.ru".
There was also a demand for the release of political prisoners, as well as the arrest of Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko. In case of non-compliance with the demands, the opposition threatened to block the residence of Yanukovych in Mezhyhiria.
Poland criticized the mistakes of the Ukrainian opposition. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called the opposition’s demand for the resignation of Viktor Yanukovich a political mistake. He stated this today on local television, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Irina Polina.
“The demand of the Ukrainian opposition for the resignation of Viktor Yanukovich is a political mistake,” said Sikorski, explaining his position by saying that “the president is a person who can decide to create a coalition government or also sign an association agreement.”
According to him, a “Ukrainian solution” should be found in Kiev for “Ukrainian political problems”. “Namely: how to carry out such reforms in order to run funds from the International Monetary Fund, to protect the country from bankruptcy,” he explained.
Such a “Ukrainian solution,” we would add, would be very similar to the Russian 90’s decisions. about loans from the very International Monetary Fund. The money was also sent, as everyone remembers, to the “reforms”. The results were speed privatization, hyperinflation, rampant corruption, the creation of oligarchic capitalism, and the country's total dependence on Western advisers: the IMF lends to the state only for programs to transform the economy, giving the green light to the local "Chicago boys." Their Gaidar and Chubais are found everywhere.
Government traitors. The Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal case in connection with attempts to seize power in the country under the article “Action aimed at overthrowing the constitutional order”. This article provides ten years of imprisonment as a punishment, transmit "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
Criminal proceedings of the leaders of the Batkivshchyna Party, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Oleksandr Turchynov. These two called for the "popular assembly" to seize power in the country by force.
In Kiev, a "revolutionary commandant" appeared. The protesters in Kiev yesterday elected the “revolutionary commandant” of the capital, Nikolai Katerinchuk, a member of parliament from the Batkivshchyna party. He himself proposed his candidacy, and the “people's assembly” unanimously supported the proposal, ITAR-TASS.
“We need a revolutionary commandant of the city of Kiev. I am ready to take on this responsibility, ”said Katerinchuk. According to him, “the revolution wins only when it wins in the capital and from this day we must control every street, every yard, every corner” in Kiev.
He added: “We must establish complete control over the city of Kiev. We must put roadblocks at all entrances to Kiev. We must control the movement of the armed forces and the police. They should ask you (Kyivans) for permission about whether they can go somewhere or not, ”said the deputy.
Katerinchuk promised to “throw away Popov (the head of the Moscow state administration) from the office because he is not fulfilling his duties.”
And one more news from Kiev: a monument to Lenin was demolished in the capital of Ukraine.
The deputies who tumbled down the monument. Kiev police opened a criminal case under Article 294 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (riots) for the demolition of the monument to Lenin in the center of Kiev in the evening of December 8. This article of the code provides for punishment of up to eight years in prison. It is reported by UNIAN with reference to the department of public relations of the Kiev GUMVD, reports "Lenta.ru".
Responsibility for the demolition of the monument took the party "Freedom". According to the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of "Freedom" Igor Miroshnichenko, the monument was tumbled down by deputies from the party "in full". About this correspondent writes "Comments." According to the politician, about three hundred people participated in the action.
MP from “Freedom” Yuriy Sirotyuk declared the demolition of the monument a symbol of the end of “Soviet occupation”, the beginning of “decolonization of Ukraine”, “farewell to the totalitarian past” and “restoration of historical justice”.
Militiamen declared that the monument was knocked down by people in masks.
According to the ITAR-TASS, Kiev police conducted the first arrests on the fact of the demolition of the monument to Lenin on Shevchenko Boulevard. This was reported today by the press service of the party "UDAR" with reference to the deputy of the Ukrainian parliament, a member of the party Valery Karpuntsov.
“They detain those who simply stood by and expressed a negative attitude towards the Stalin-Lenin regime,” said the parliamentarian.
The monument stood in Kiev with 1946 year.
Little Oscar. A Ukrainian journalist yesterday participated in the live broadcast of the Russia 24 TV channel from Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev. About the incident writes online edition "Ukrainian Truth", reports "Lenta.ru".
“Vitaly Sedyuk turned to the Russian correspondent Artem Kohl to hand him a small Oscar statuette for Russia 24 and a VGTRK employee Dmitry Kiselev. According to Sediuk, they received the award “for nonsense and lies on the air.” "We love the Russians, but after you light up ..." - said Sedyuk, but did not have time to finish the thought, since Kol pushed him out of the frame.
The Russian correspondent then noted that it was “quite difficult for him to work on the air,” he took the statuette from Sediuk and thanked him. After that, Kol told viewers that the “Maydanovtsy” staged “a kind of censorship” and demanded that only positive information be passed on about them. ”
The Russian correspondent then noted that it was “quite difficult for him to work on the air,” he took the statuette from Sediuk and thanked him. After that, Kol told viewers that the “Maydanovtsy” staged “a kind of censorship” and demanded that only positive information be passed on about them. ”
Barack Obama iPhone is contraindicated. Samuel Gibbs ("The Guardian"; source of shortened translation - "Inopressa") told that the US president cannot get an iPhone “for security reasons”.
Obama can not use the iPhone, because his security advisers believe that this device is not well protected.
“Obama became the first president in American history to use e-mail. In 2009, he joined the fight against the National Security Agency to allow him to use BlackBerry. He obviously won in this struggle, but his circle of communication by phone is limited to only ten people, ”the author notes.
Forty-nine poor Russians: continuation of the plot. Russian diplomats and their family members accused in the United States of 1,5 million dollar medical insurance fraud will return to their homeland soon, writes RIA News" with reference to Kommersant.
“Most of the accused have already left the United States, and only eleven of them are in the country: five work at the Russian permanent mission to the UN, one at the Russian embassy in Washington, the rest are spouses of diplomats. <…> In the near future they will also return to their homeland, ”the publication says.
“The main accusation against Russian diplomats is that they submitted false certificates and significantly underestimated their income. So, for example, an employee of the Consulate General in New York, Vitaly Sagura, sent documents to social services that his annual income is only $ 29. <...> According to the data of the investigation, the diplomat received 5,16 thousand dollars a month. As a result, he received US $ 37 in aid. ”
Under the sign of Putin. “... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin can look back with great satisfaction on the outgoing year,” writes Die Presse correspondent Burckhard Bischoff (a shortened source of translation - "Inopressa"). “After all, only this domineering politician did not undertake anything, he succeeded in everything: at the last minute he prevented the West from staging an air raid on his Syrian protégé Assad; Ukraine, with a more or less painful economic pressure, drove from the European camp back to Russia. And then Edward Snowden flashed into his nest - the very American truth-keeper, who by his revelations ... inflicted transatlantic relations more damage than all Soviet and Russian special services and diplomats aimed at disintegrating NATO ... All new revelations about the activities of the NSA are remarkably distracting attention from thoughts about what kind of petrified special service state Russia has become under Putin himself. ”
After the conclusion of a coalition agreement, the strengthening of the SPD in Germany will also play into Putin’s hands: if the leader of this party, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, becomes the foreign minister again, "then here in the Kremlin the time for unbridled vodka fun will finally come."
The journalist knows about Putin’s future victory. She is “ready: what joyous tararam will begin in the Western media, if he really pardons oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Nanda Hope Tolokonnikov and Maria Alekhin in prison from 2003 for a couple of months before their deadlines expire! Even before the start of the Winter Games in Sochi, of course. ”
How can the West behave with Putin? Bischof answered this question:
“How to handle this Russia, which has clearly become imbued with self-confidence? In any case, we can definitely say that nothing good will come of it if we are now crouching under this Russian policy from a position of strength. Putin respects only those who respond to him in the same rude tone that he likes to use. Angela Merkel understood this. It always decisively raises important issues in terms of a democratic set of values in talks with Putin - resolutely, but without the stupidity and Russophobia that are constantly found in the statements of Russian senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham addressed to Russia. ”
Oh, add on my own, that's how it turned. The gambler and fan of bearded men in Syria, McCain is now publicly enlisted in the category of not only Russophobes, but also fools. However, by stupidity and Russophobia, McCain is far superior to his colleague in the Republican Party, Mitt Romney - the one that unsuccessfully ran for the US presidency, having armed with the thesis on the geopolitical enemy №1. Romney’s stupidity was excessive even for America.
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