Geopolitical mosaic: the EU has ceased to understand Ukraine, the United States withdrew from it, and Jose Mujica will sell flowers in 2015, and will adopt forty children
Execution of 90 hostages. - Kerry thought. - Bullet sniper. - Israel and the United States consulted on Iran. - Tel Aviv and Riyadh: friendship against Tehran and Washington? - Egypt and Russia: a new friendship? - The Yemeni elects of the people banned American UAVs. - About laughter, money and social good. - Sweden: neo-Nazis against anti-fascists. - Wish success. - Azarov against the European Union. - Course to Brussels. - The European Union has ceased to understand Ukraine. - Washington is tired of revolutions. - The Germans discovered Iskander in their side. - Western media comment on Putin’s message. - Sergey Lavrov and forty-nine diplomats. - First, first, first. - Fields with chrysanthemums. - Children are flowers of life. - Attempt to massacre in the United States. - The NSA thought about the amnesty for Snowden.
Execution of 90 hostages. Syrian troops are engaged in street fighting in the city of Adra. The military command refused to use artillery, given that the militants use civilians as "human shields". Army special forces have already managed to snatch from the hands of the militants dozens of families of Alawite, Druze and Christian, reports Al-Ahd TV channel. However, terrorists executed over 90 prisoners, including women and children, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Zelenin.
It is also reported that extremists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Dzhebhat al-Nusra groups blocked roads leading to the Kurdish areas of Syria. Militants besieged Afrin, Ain al-Arab and Kuban. The blockade was about a million people.
On Saturday, gangs of jihadists attempted to seize army checkpoints in the west of the provincial center of Deir-ez-Zor on the Euphrates, located 50 km from the Iraqi border, and a military base in Ayyash, but were rebuffed.
Kerry thought. The United States will resume deliveries of non-lethal military equipment to Syrian opposition units. This was stated by the Secretary of State in an interview with the ABC television company, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
When asked about when deliveries could resume, John Kerry replied: "I think very soon."
Earlier, the United States suspended the delivery of non-lethal military assistance to opposition units in northern Syria through the territory of Turkey, a correspondent reminds. ITAR-TASS. This decision was made following the seizure by militants of the Islamic Front of the headquarters and warehouses of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, located in the Bab al-Hawa area on the border with Turkey. After that, Turkey closed the checkpoint on its side of the border.
Bullet sniper. On the night of today, the Israeli command confirmed that the Lebanese military had shot and killed an Israeli soldier on the border of two states. Reports about it RIA News" with reference to the Associated Press.
Earlier, the Lebanese media spread information that the Lebanese army opened fire on a group of Israeli soldiers who were intending to cross the border near Nakoura. Israel also claimed the Lebanese sniper attacked a civilian car.
The press service of the Israel Defense Forces claims that weapons opened the Lebanese soldier. “An Israeli soldier was killed this evening while driving a car along the border with Lebanon,” said army spokesman Peter Lerner. He denied the Lebanese media reports that the incident occurred when the Israelis tried to cross the border. Lerner also called the shooting at the Rosh Ha-Nikra crossing "an outrageous violation of Israeli sovereignty."
Internet resource "Wye-no" notes that the Lebanese sniper, most likely, acted on his own initiative, firing six to seven bullets at the Israeli car.
Israel and the United States consulted on Iran. The White House reported that the Israeli delegation, led by Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Yossi Cohen, held consultations on Iran in the United States. He writes about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
The meeting was attended by Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Susan Rice, her deputy Tony Blinken, representatives of the State Department and the Ministry of Finance. The subject of discussion was the efforts of the “six” mediators aimed at achieving a “lasting and comprehensive settlement” of the Iranian nuclear issue.
Tel Aviv and Riyadh: friendship against Tehran and Washington? Relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States have escalated. Now the new foreign partner of Riyadh called Tel Aviv. Former enemies united against Washington, which is moving closer to Tehran, writes Ksenia Melnikova ("Voice of Russia").
Passed information that Riyadh is ready to provide Tel Aviv military aerodromes and provide a range of services if Israel decides to strike on Iran. Political analyst Ali Hajizadeh says: "Israel is actually in the same position at the moment as Saudi Arabia, just their methods are different."
The alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia is all the more surprising because the kingdom is one of the few countries in the world where Israelis are officially forbidden to be. The Saudi state-owned airline doesn’t even sell tickets to Israel for its planes.
Egypt and Russia: a new friendship time? In an address to the nation, the provisional president of Egypt, Adly Mansur, appointed a referendum on a new constitution. The referendum will be held 14-15 in January, notes Sergey Pashkov ( "Vesti").
Husam Abbas, in 1964 year - engineer of the Aswan hydroelectric power station, professor, vice-president of the organization of veterans of the construction of the Aswan dam, - recalls:
Russian language courses are becoming popular in Egypt. “I love Russia for supporting Egypt and cooperating with it. Russian language is very difficult. But now he is one of the most sought after in Egypt. On the one hand, this is economic cooperation, on the other hand, tourism and jobs, ”says Mina Adet, a student at the courses.
The Yemenite elects of the people banned American UAVs. Yemeni parliamentarians voted against the use of US UAVs in their country’s territory, "Voice of Russia" with links to RIA "News, ITAR-TASS and Interfax.
The reason for the ban was an incident that occurred on Thursday in the province of El Beida. The UAV attacked not the terrorists, but the wedding procession. As a result, killed more than ten civilians. At the same time, the Yemeni authorities stated that the target of the attack was the al-Qaida militants and did not mention casualties among the civilian population.
It is noted that a parliamentary ban on the use of UAVs under the laws of Yemen is not binding and is considered only as a recommendation to the government. Yemen’s President may impose a veto on him.
About laughter, money and social good. British Prime Minister David Cameron tried to convince the head of the Danish government, Helen Thorning-Schmitt, not to destroy the photograph she took during her dirge for Nelson Mandela, reports ITAR-TASS correspondent Vitaly Makarchev.
BBC writes that Cameron "in a private conversation with Thorning-Schmitt expressed the opinion that this photograph, if put up for sale, can bring a significant amount." And the Prime Minister offers to transfer the received money to one of the charitable organizations.
The combined shot of smiling and merrily posing Torning-Schmitt, Cameron and Barack Obama caused public outrage. The picture was taken last Tuesday in the stands for the honored guests of the Soweto Stadium at the height of the memorial service for Mandela.
“The photo of the trinity blew up Twitter, when its numerous users called the behavior of the three leaders in a requiem inappropriate,” the Daily Mail newspaper said.
Earlier, the Danish prime minister made it clear to the entourage that she intended to destroy the photo.
Sweden: neo-Nazis against anti-fascists. Dozens of neo-Nazis attacked anti-fascist demonstrators in a suburb of Stockholm. Five people injured, 28 delayed, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Irina Dergacheva.
The rally was coordinated with the authorities and organized in protest against Nazi wall inscriptions. About 200 people took part in the rally, many came with children.
A demonstration was unexpectedly attacked by a group of 40 Nazis. These people began to throw bottles and stones at the participants of the peaceful procession. Two policemen were stabbed.
There are criminal cases of attempted murder and the use of violence against the police.
Wish success. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on the air of one of the political programs of the French TV channel "I-tele" wished "great success" to the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Reports about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Mikhail Timofeev.
Fabius also said that "the presence of the French president in Sochi is not provided for." According to the Foreign Minister, neither he nor Hollande will come to the opening ceremony of the 2014 Games.
Of course, add on my own what they do there! What do they, supporters of same-sex marriage, do in general in non-tolerant Russia?
But the Ukrainian government treats homosexual freedoms differently.
Azarov against the requirements of the European Union. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov refused to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. He said this on December 14 in Kiev at a rally in support of the Ukrainian authorities, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to Interfax.
According to him, Ukraine is not ready for this, and the church is against it. Legalization of same-sex marriage and the adoption of other laws that equalize gay rights, the prime minister explained, was one of the EU requirements for abolishing visas with the Schengen zone.
Azarov told about other reasons for refusing to sign the Euro-Association. “When we made the decision to stop the association, we thought about you. We understood that the signing would have made us bankrupt, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
The prime minister also said that Kiev needed to establish trade relations with Moscow. According to him, December 16 countries will sign a package of agreements that "will give work to our enterprises."
However, we note, the next day, December 15, Azarov ... confirmed the course towards European integration.
Course to Brussels. The Government of Ukraine has decided on the choice of a course for European integration. This was announced on Sunday evening, Mykola Azarov on the program "Details of the Week" on the TV channel "Inter", reports "Lenta.ru".
“For us, the doors to the European Union are open and the doors to the Customs Union are open, it’s very good that we have a choice,” said Mr. Azarov.
He explained that the Ukrainian authorities have chosen a course for European integration and “do not hide this” from their partners.
The Prime Minister called information about Ukraine’s possible preparation for joining the CU as “speculations”, which could prevent the signing of important documents with Russia.
In turn, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Arbuzov, who represents Ukraine in a dialogue with Brussels, announced on the evening of December 15 on the TV channel TCH that negotiations with the EU are continuing. At the same time, the official refuted the information about the new suspension of work on the association agreement, which was earlier announced by his European colleague Stefan Fule.
On the course for European integration, Yanukovych also spoke.
Ukraine will continue its course on European integration, the Ukrainian president said at a meeting yesterday with US Senator John McCain and Chairman of the Subcommittee for Europe on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chris Murphy, writes ITAR-TASS.
According to the press service of the head of state, the sides discussed “a wide range of issues of Ukraine’s foreign policy,” and “the president once again stressed the invariance of the European integration course of Ukraine, as well as loyalty to the country's national interests.”
RIA News" With reference to the website of the President of Ukraine reports that Murphy and McCain spoke on Sunday at the "meeting" on Independence Square in Kiev, where they told the people about US support for Ukraine’s European aspirations.
The European Union has ceased to understand Ukraine. Due to the contradictory statements of the Ukrainian leaders, Brussels cannot make a real impression of Kiev’s true intentions regarding the future association agreement with the EU. This was stated to the National Radio by the Foreign Minister of Lithuania’s Presidency of the EU Council of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, who reported on Ukraine. correspondent ITAR-TASS Vladimir Ivanov.
Linkyavichyus noted: “The statements of President Viktor Yanukovych that this agreement is contrary to the national interests of the country and preparing it should be held accountable cause bewilderment.” He added: “It’s hard to understand what the Ukrainian authorities want, we expect them to clarify.”
We add, from the EU, we still have the strength to wait for “explanations” from Ukraine, and the US has already turned away from Kiev. Apparently, the cookies are over.
Washington is tired of revolution. Nicholas Gvozdyov - foreign policy commentator, professor at the US Naval College, specializing in national security issues. In the World Politics Review (translation source - "InoSMI") he published an article under the loud title "Ukraine is no longer on the list of US priorities."
According to the analyst, Washington has an ideal geopolitical scenario, according to which Viktor Yanukovych will listen to the US demands not to use force against Euromaidan participants, will allow early elections, as a result of which pro-Western parties will come to power, Russia will fraternly refrain from imposing retaliatory economic sanctions and from the dream of the Eurasian Union, well, and the European Union will pay for the banquet: it will take all the costs for itself. As a result, the United States and Russia will not spoil relations. And in general, this alignment will correspond to the parameters of Obama's new doctrine, which implies "low-cost interventions to promote American values ... without threatening the security interests of the United States."
True, the world is not perfect.
Putin is clearly beginning to put pressure on Kiev economically. Mykola Azarov has already counted everything: Ukraine will cost a pretty penny to enter the European orbit: the country will need financial assistance in the amount of 28 billion dollars in order to “create conditions for minimizing the losses of the Ukrainian economy”. And this is only the lower limit of the damage that Ukraine will incur from full-scale Russian sanctions.
However, the European Union does not have too much free cash. The size of the US reserve funds, the expert notes, does not allow the White House to help Ukraine.
In addition, the American problem lies in the fact that the United States has interests all over the world, and not in Eastern Europe alone. The Obama administration is balancing between maintaining its presence in the Middle East and laying a turn towards the APR, the fate of the republics of the former USSR, the analyst notes, has moved from the area of priorities to the sphere of preferences.
The Germans discovered the Iskanders at their side. Russia has deployed Iskander-M tactical missile systems in the Kaliningrad region. About this writes "Bild" with reference to unnamed sources in law enforcement. There is no official confirmation of this information. "Lenta.ru".
The German edition claims that “two-digit number” of missile systems located in Kaliningrad, as well as along the border with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, is recorded on satellite images.
The Iskander complexes can be equipped with nuclear warheads and can reach Berlin.
Western media comment on Putin’s message. Western media quoted and commented on the statements of the message of V. Putin to the Federal Assembly. About this - in the new review "Foreign Press".
Vladimir Putin portrayed Russia as the last bastion that opposes countries trying to destroy traditional values, writes The Independent.
“Today, many countries are revising moral and ethical standards, erasing national traditions and differences of nations and cultures,” said the president, speaking in the gilded hall of the Kremlin in front of hundreds of officials, journalists and other public figures. “From society, they now demand not only sound recognition of everyone’s right to freedom of conscience, political views and private life, but also mandatory recognition of equal value, as it does not seem strange, good and evil, opposing concepts”.
External enemies merged with internal ones. “Developing the theme of“ Russia under siege ”, Putin put the blame on the“ immoral International ”, which includes“ uncontrolled, insolent people from some southern regions of Russia, and corrupt law enforcement officers who “roof” the ethnic mafia, and the so-called “Russians nationalists ", all sorts of separatists, ready to make any domestic tragedy a reason for vandalism and bloody buzy," - the newspaper quoted the presidential message.
Putin’s 70-minute talk was an attempt to retouch the image of Russia, spoiled by Western criticism of the “anti-Age” law, which provoked calls for a boycott of the winter Olympics in Sochi, the main brainchild of the Russian president. This is stated in the article by the Associated Press correspondents Natalia Vasilyeva and Vladimir Isachenkov, published in The Washington Times.
Putin focused on the protection of traditional family values, which are the basis of Russia's greatness and a stronghold of defense against "so-called tolerance, asexual and barren." He said that "the destruction of traditional values" from above "in other countries" is fundamentally anti-democratic, because it is being carried out on the basis of abstract, abstract ideas, against the will of the majority of the people. "
Putin chided the government for failing to stop the chronic outflow of capital from Russia and threatened sanctions for companies registering in offshore companies, The Financial Times correspondent Catherine Hille said.
Entrepreneurs in Russia have long been trying to protect assets from the state, which, as the recent past shows, is capable of expropriating them. At the beginning of the first presidential term, the journalist notes, Putin tried to lure investors back into the country by introducing a flat tax scale, but lost their confidence again when Khodorkovsky received a prison sentence and his company was sold off to competitors.
Sergey Lavrov and forty-nine diplomats. In the United States, they continue to study the circumstances of the scandal associated with health insurance, in which Russian diplomats are involved. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Russia-24 TV channel, commented on the situation. He writes about it Interfax.
The main American accusation to Russian diplomats is that they presented false certificates, significantly understating their income. The total damage caused by staff of the Russian diplomatic missions for nine years, the US prosecutor's office estimated at $ 1,5 million.
The Russian foreign minister believes that the United States could report violations much earlier. “If diplomats find themselves in violation of the norms of behavior and laws of the host country, why wait ten years?” He asked a reasonable question in an interview.
According to the minister, “they have been promoting this topic since 2004 of the year.” But "if they had told us in 2004 year that one employee wants to get what he is not supposed to, we probably would have figured out somehow with this employee."
“But they have accumulated almost fifty people, probably, so that it sounds louder. They waited ten years, ”he said.
As comrade Lavrov noted, Moscow is taking disciplinary measures against diplomats accused of illegally obtaining medical insurance and receiving funds to pay for childbirth.
Then the minister said: “We dealt with this. Firstly, the statement that all of them have no right to it, since they are foreigners, is wrong. In the US, there are laws that are passed in different states and that allow foreigners to use Medicaid funds. Secondly, the assertions that for the incomes that Russian diplomats received, they did not fall under the category of persons who are supposed to receive such payments through the Medicaid line do not fully correspond to the truth.
First, first, first. The former President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, who again received the presidential mandate from the people, confirmed her status as “first”: she was the first woman in the position of defense minister, the first president and the first in the number of votes received in the presidential elections after the restoration of democracy, reports RIA Novosti Oleg Vyazmitinov.
In the second round, more than 62,16% of voters voted for Bachelet. Her rival (yes, also a woman), candidate from the power of Evelyn Matthey, scored only 37,83%.
Such a victory can be considered historical: after all, Bachelet received the maximum support of voters in the presidential election after the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship and the return of democracy in 1990.
True, many note and extremely low turnout. According to the president of the country, 47% of voters participated in the voting.
Fields with chrysanthemums. In the Guardian (translation source - "InoSMI") Jonathan Watts published an article entitled "President of Uruguay, José Mujica: without a palace, without tuples, without luster."
The President has earned the approval of representatives of many countries for trying to live within their means and rejecting luxury. At the same time, Uruguay is considered the most liberal state in South America: it is pursuing a policy in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, abortion and cannabis. Therefore, praise to the president can be heard from all sides of the political spectrum.
The President is proud of his homeland: after all, it is considered the safest and least corrupt place in the region. He also calls Uruguay an “island of refugees in the world of the mad”.
The Government of Uruguay sets prices for essential goods, such as milk, and also provides computers and education for every child free of charge. Key energy and telecommunications industries in the country are nationalized.
As for marijuana, Mucha says that drug addicts should stop “using the services of clandestine dealers”.
According to the president, the ability of Uruguay to improve society is limited by the power of global capital. “I'm tired of how things are going. We live in an era when it is simply impossible to ignore the logic of the market. All modern politics is built on short-term pragmatism. We renounced religion and philosophy ... All that remains for us is the automation of the actions that the market dictates to us. ”
Muhika reluctantly admits that he must promote the idea of material expansion: “I am the president. I have to fight for the creation of new jobs and new investments, because the needs of people are growing. I try to increase the level of consumption, but at the same time reduce the level of inappropriate consumption ... I am against meaningless spending - money, resources, time. We must create things that can exist for a long time. This is an ideal, but we are unlikely to be able to translate it into reality, because we live in an age of accumulation. ” The journalist asked him what he saw as a solution to this contradiction, and the president acknowledged that he had no answers.
Nevertheless, he noted that the search for a solution should lie in the sphere of politics: “Today we can recycle almost everything. If we lived within our means - that is, if we were thrifty - then 7 of billions of people living on the planet could have everything they need. And global politics should develop in this direction. However, we think like nations and countries, not like a human species. ”
In 2010, add, correspondent "AIF" Georgy Zotov asked Ray Bradbury a question: “In 1950, you wrote a book that brought you worldwide fame - a collection of stories“ Martian Chronicles ”. It said: by the beginning of the second millennium there will be settlements on Mars, whole cities of earthmen. Why do you think this never happened? ”Bradbury answered:
Children are the flowers of life. After the completion of the presidential term, José Mujica plans to adopt 30-40 children from his neighborhood. This was said by Mujica himself in an interview with the El Observador Uruguayan edition, he reports correspondent RIA Novosti Oleg Vyazmitinov.
“I am thinking of adopting 30-40 children of the poor to live with me,” said Mujica. When asked when this will happen, he replied: "When I take off this costume, which I shakes."
Muchica’s presidential term ends on March 2015. Earlier in an interview with local media, he said that at the end of the presidency, he wanted to return to village life and sell flowers at the local fair.
Attempt to massacre in the US. The student, December 13, who opened fire at the Arapaho school in Colorado, was about to commit a massacre. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
Schoolboy bought a gun and ammunition legally. Within the state, the purchase of firearms is permitted upon reaching 18 years.
The NSA thought about the amnesty for Snowden. US intelligence agencies could think of an amnesty for Edward Snowden, says NSA spokesman Rick Leggett. This tells Ivan Tretyakov ("Voice of Russia").
In an interview with CBS, Leggett said: “My personal opinion is, yes, it makes sense to talk about it. In this case, I would need guarantees that the remaining data would be safe, and my requirements for these guarantees would be very high. This should not be just a promise on his part. ”
The channel notes that Snowden previously expressed his willingness to return to the United States, if he is amnestied.
According to the NSA, 1,5 left a million secret documents at the disposal of the fugitive, which he did not disclose. Leggett heads the group that assesses the damage from the revelations of the ex-intelligence officer.
However, NSA head Keith Alexander is confident that the amnesty is a bad idea: "It’s as if a person took 50 hostages, shot 10 and then said:" If you give me a full amnesty, I will release the rest of 40. To this, the NSA boss added: “We don’t need someone else to do the same, run off to Hong Kong and Moscow with other data, knowing that he can make a similar deal.”
You, add on your own, do not need to monitor the whole world, poke your nose into the internal affairs of different countries and carry out so-called counter-terrorist operations, as a result of which peaceful people perish. You yourself provoke the emergence of such public informants as Snowden or Manning. Love the near and far and do not turn national security into a profitable budget business.
Snowden’s comparison with the murderous terrorist, Mr. Alexander, is at least incorrect. Snowden did not kill anyone, but the American government - not necessarily the current one, but almost anyone - had their hands stained with blood.
Execution of 90 hostages. Syrian troops are engaged in street fighting in the city of Adra. The military command refused to use artillery, given that the militants use civilians as "human shields". Army special forces have already managed to snatch from the hands of the militants dozens of families of Alawite, Druze and Christian, reports Al-Ahd TV channel. However, terrorists executed over 90 prisoners, including women and children, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Zelenin.
It is also reported that extremists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Dzhebhat al-Nusra groups blocked roads leading to the Kurdish areas of Syria. Militants besieged Afrin, Ain al-Arab and Kuban. The blockade was about a million people.
On Saturday, gangs of jihadists attempted to seize army checkpoints in the west of the provincial center of Deir-ez-Zor on the Euphrates, located 50 km from the Iraqi border, and a military base in Ayyash, but were rebuffed.
Kerry thought. The United States will resume deliveries of non-lethal military equipment to Syrian opposition units. This was stated by the Secretary of State in an interview with the ABC television company, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
When asked about when deliveries could resume, John Kerry replied: "I think very soon."
Earlier, the United States suspended the delivery of non-lethal military assistance to opposition units in northern Syria through the territory of Turkey, a correspondent reminds. ITAR-TASS. This decision was made following the seizure by militants of the Islamic Front of the headquarters and warehouses of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, located in the Bab al-Hawa area on the border with Turkey. After that, Turkey closed the checkpoint on its side of the border.
Bullet sniper. On the night of today, the Israeli command confirmed that the Lebanese military had shot and killed an Israeli soldier on the border of two states. Reports about it RIA News" with reference to the Associated Press.
Earlier, the Lebanese media spread information that the Lebanese army opened fire on a group of Israeli soldiers who were intending to cross the border near Nakoura. Israel also claimed the Lebanese sniper attacked a civilian car.
The press service of the Israel Defense Forces claims that weapons opened the Lebanese soldier. “An Israeli soldier was killed this evening while driving a car along the border with Lebanon,” said army spokesman Peter Lerner. He denied the Lebanese media reports that the incident occurred when the Israelis tried to cross the border. Lerner also called the shooting at the Rosh Ha-Nikra crossing "an outrageous violation of Israeli sovereignty."
Internet resource "Wye-no" notes that the Lebanese sniper, most likely, acted on his own initiative, firing six to seven bullets at the Israeli car.
Israel and the United States consulted on Iran. The White House reported that the Israeli delegation, led by Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Yossi Cohen, held consultations on Iran in the United States. He writes about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
The meeting was attended by Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Susan Rice, her deputy Tony Blinken, representatives of the State Department and the Ministry of Finance. The subject of discussion was the efforts of the “six” mediators aimed at achieving a “lasting and comprehensive settlement” of the Iranian nuclear issue.
Tel Aviv and Riyadh: friendship against Tehran and Washington? Relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States have escalated. Now the new foreign partner of Riyadh called Tel Aviv. Former enemies united against Washington, which is moving closer to Tehran, writes Ksenia Melnikova ("Voice of Russia").
Passed information that Riyadh is ready to provide Tel Aviv military aerodromes and provide a range of services if Israel decides to strike on Iran. Political analyst Ali Hajizadeh says: "Israel is actually in the same position at the moment as Saudi Arabia, just their methods are different."
The alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia is all the more surprising because the kingdom is one of the few countries in the world where Israelis are officially forbidden to be. The Saudi state-owned airline doesn’t even sell tickets to Israel for its planes.
Egypt and Russia: a new friendship time? In an address to the nation, the provisional president of Egypt, Adly Mansur, appointed a referendum on a new constitution. The referendum will be held 14-15 in January, notes Sergey Pashkov ( "Vesti").
“The United States considers the removal from power of the Muslim Brotherhood as a military anti-democratic coup. In fact, Americans are pushing Egypt to chaos, ”said Sana al Asyuti, director general of the National Association for the Rights of Women.
To keep subsidies for drugs, gas and gas, to keep the Egyptian pound and, most importantly, to control the prices of flat bread for the poor — without this, the power in the country cannot be maintained. And the mission of people's diplomacy is sent to Moscow - to talk about the supply of Russian wheat, about the export of Egyptian vegetables, about cultural exchange and political support. ”
To keep subsidies for drugs, gas and gas, to keep the Egyptian pound and, most importantly, to control the prices of flat bread for the poor — without this, the power in the country cannot be maintained. And the mission of people's diplomacy is sent to Moscow - to talk about the supply of Russian wheat, about the export of Egyptian vegetables, about cultural exchange and political support. ”
Husam Abbas, in 1964 year - engineer of the Aswan hydroelectric power station, professor, vice-president of the organization of veterans of the construction of the Aswan dam, - recalls:
“I remember the time of the great friendship between Egypt and Russia. Then, in 1964, as a student of the university’s engineering department, I arrived in Aswan and saw with my own eyes a grand building - a high-rise dam, built with the help and participation of Soviet specialists. I was friends with many of them. There was a whole Soviet district in Aswan. ”
Russian language courses are becoming popular in Egypt. “I love Russia for supporting Egypt and cooperating with it. Russian language is very difficult. But now he is one of the most sought after in Egypt. On the one hand, this is economic cooperation, on the other hand, tourism and jobs, ”says Mina Adet, a student at the courses.
The Yemenite elects of the people banned American UAVs. Yemeni parliamentarians voted against the use of US UAVs in their country’s territory, "Voice of Russia" with links to RIA "News, ITAR-TASS and Interfax.
The reason for the ban was an incident that occurred on Thursday in the province of El Beida. The UAV attacked not the terrorists, but the wedding procession. As a result, killed more than ten civilians. At the same time, the Yemeni authorities stated that the target of the attack was the al-Qaida militants and did not mention casualties among the civilian population.
It is noted that a parliamentary ban on the use of UAVs under the laws of Yemen is not binding and is considered only as a recommendation to the government. Yemen’s President may impose a veto on him.
About laughter, money and social good. British Prime Minister David Cameron tried to convince the head of the Danish government, Helen Thorning-Schmitt, not to destroy the photograph she took during her dirge for Nelson Mandela, reports ITAR-TASS correspondent Vitaly Makarchev.
BBC writes that Cameron "in a private conversation with Thorning-Schmitt expressed the opinion that this photograph, if put up for sale, can bring a significant amount." And the Prime Minister offers to transfer the received money to one of the charitable organizations.
The combined shot of smiling and merrily posing Torning-Schmitt, Cameron and Barack Obama caused public outrage. The picture was taken last Tuesday in the stands for the honored guests of the Soweto Stadium at the height of the memorial service for Mandela.
“The photo of the trinity blew up Twitter, when its numerous users called the behavior of the three leaders in a requiem inappropriate,” the Daily Mail newspaper said.
Earlier, the Danish prime minister made it clear to the entourage that she intended to destroy the photo.
Sweden: neo-Nazis against anti-fascists. Dozens of neo-Nazis attacked anti-fascist demonstrators in a suburb of Stockholm. Five people injured, 28 delayed, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Irina Dergacheva.
The rally was coordinated with the authorities and organized in protest against Nazi wall inscriptions. About 200 people took part in the rally, many came with children.
A demonstration was unexpectedly attacked by a group of 40 Nazis. These people began to throw bottles and stones at the participants of the peaceful procession. Two policemen were stabbed.
There are criminal cases of attempted murder and the use of violence against the police.
Wish success. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on the air of one of the political programs of the French TV channel "I-tele" wished "great success" to the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Reports about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Mikhail Timofeev.
Fabius also said that "the presence of the French president in Sochi is not provided for." According to the Foreign Minister, neither he nor Hollande will come to the opening ceremony of the 2014 Games.
Of course, add on my own what they do there! What do they, supporters of same-sex marriage, do in general in non-tolerant Russia?
But the Ukrainian government treats homosexual freedoms differently.
Azarov against the requirements of the European Union. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov refused to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. He said this on December 14 in Kiev at a rally in support of the Ukrainian authorities, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to Interfax.
According to him, Ukraine is not ready for this, and the church is against it. Legalization of same-sex marriage and the adoption of other laws that equalize gay rights, the prime minister explained, was one of the EU requirements for abolishing visas with the Schengen zone.
Azarov told about other reasons for refusing to sign the Euro-Association. “When we made the decision to stop the association, we thought about you. We understood that the signing would have made us bankrupt, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
The prime minister also said that Kiev needed to establish trade relations with Moscow. According to him, December 16 countries will sign a package of agreements that "will give work to our enterprises."
However, we note, the next day, December 15, Azarov ... confirmed the course towards European integration.
Course to Brussels. The Government of Ukraine has decided on the choice of a course for European integration. This was announced on Sunday evening, Mykola Azarov on the program "Details of the Week" on the TV channel "Inter", reports "Lenta.ru".
“For us, the doors to the European Union are open and the doors to the Customs Union are open, it’s very good that we have a choice,” said Mr. Azarov.
He explained that the Ukrainian authorities have chosen a course for European integration and “do not hide this” from their partners.
The Prime Minister called information about Ukraine’s possible preparation for joining the CU as “speculations”, which could prevent the signing of important documents with Russia.
In turn, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Arbuzov, who represents Ukraine in a dialogue with Brussels, announced on the evening of December 15 on the TV channel TCH that negotiations with the EU are continuing. At the same time, the official refuted the information about the new suspension of work on the association agreement, which was earlier announced by his European colleague Stefan Fule.
On the course for European integration, Yanukovych also spoke.
Ukraine will continue its course on European integration, the Ukrainian president said at a meeting yesterday with US Senator John McCain and Chairman of the Subcommittee for Europe on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chris Murphy, writes ITAR-TASS.
According to the press service of the head of state, the sides discussed “a wide range of issues of Ukraine’s foreign policy,” and “the president once again stressed the invariance of the European integration course of Ukraine, as well as loyalty to the country's national interests.”
RIA News" With reference to the website of the President of Ukraine reports that Murphy and McCain spoke on Sunday at the "meeting" on Independence Square in Kiev, where they told the people about US support for Ukraine’s European aspirations.
The European Union has ceased to understand Ukraine. Due to the contradictory statements of the Ukrainian leaders, Brussels cannot make a real impression of Kiev’s true intentions regarding the future association agreement with the EU. This was stated to the National Radio by the Foreign Minister of Lithuania’s Presidency of the EU Council of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, who reported on Ukraine. correspondent ITAR-TASS Vladimir Ivanov.
Linkyavichyus noted: “The statements of President Viktor Yanukovych that this agreement is contrary to the national interests of the country and preparing it should be held accountable cause bewilderment.” He added: “It’s hard to understand what the Ukrainian authorities want, we expect them to clarify.”
We add, from the EU, we still have the strength to wait for “explanations” from Ukraine, and the US has already turned away from Kiev. Apparently, the cookies are over.
Washington is tired of revolution. Nicholas Gvozdyov - foreign policy commentator, professor at the US Naval College, specializing in national security issues. In the World Politics Review (translation source - "InoSMI") he published an article under the loud title "Ukraine is no longer on the list of US priorities."
“The combined efforts aimed at portraying the protests in Ukraine as a turning point that allowed the Euro-Atlantic community to oppose the insurgent Russia did not cause a significant response from American society in general and from the Obama administration in particular. Obviously, Washington is not too interested in responding to Russia's “stakes” in the struggle for Ukraine, despite the gloomy prophecies that reluctance to do so will put the security of the entire Western world at risk.
This is partly explained by the “fatigue from revolutions”, which developed after a decade of observation of how promises of popular uprisings to initiate a new era of freedom, democracy and pro-American governments do not result in anything. In addition, one of the variations of the “rules of the china shop” also operates here, which Colin Powell once said, and which says that if the US encourages revolutionary changes, they must bear some responsibility for their consequences. ”
This is partly explained by the “fatigue from revolutions”, which developed after a decade of observation of how promises of popular uprisings to initiate a new era of freedom, democracy and pro-American governments do not result in anything. In addition, one of the variations of the “rules of the china shop” also operates here, which Colin Powell once said, and which says that if the US encourages revolutionary changes, they must bear some responsibility for their consequences. ”
According to the analyst, Washington has an ideal geopolitical scenario, according to which Viktor Yanukovych will listen to the US demands not to use force against Euromaidan participants, will allow early elections, as a result of which pro-Western parties will come to power, Russia will fraternly refrain from imposing retaliatory economic sanctions and from the dream of the Eurasian Union, well, and the European Union will pay for the banquet: it will take all the costs for itself. As a result, the United States and Russia will not spoil relations. And in general, this alignment will correspond to the parameters of Obama's new doctrine, which implies "low-cost interventions to promote American values ... without threatening the security interests of the United States."
True, the world is not perfect.
Putin is clearly beginning to put pressure on Kiev economically. Mykola Azarov has already counted everything: Ukraine will cost a pretty penny to enter the European orbit: the country will need financial assistance in the amount of 28 billion dollars in order to “create conditions for minimizing the losses of the Ukrainian economy”. And this is only the lower limit of the damage that Ukraine will incur from full-scale Russian sanctions.
However, the European Union does not have too much free cash. The size of the US reserve funds, the expert notes, does not allow the White House to help Ukraine.
“A decade ago, after the Orange Revolution, the United States, which was then in a much more favorable economic situation, refused to offer Ukraine a large-scale financial assistance program that could strengthen the positions of the pro-Western government, leveling the consequences of the gap with Russia. If the George W. Bush administration was not ready for such actions in good times, it is not surprising that his successor is also not particularly enthusiastic about starting a conflict with Moscow for Ukraine’s loyalty during a time when the US economic recovery is still in doubt. ”
In addition, the American problem lies in the fact that the United States has interests all over the world, and not in Eastern Europe alone. The Obama administration is balancing between maintaining its presence in the Middle East and laying a turn towards the APR, the fate of the republics of the former USSR, the analyst notes, has moved from the area of priorities to the sphere of preferences.
“... If Ukraine, Georgia or any other former republic can be pulled into Western orbit without significant costs or problems, this is good, but as soon as they get an impressive price tag that threatens to deprive the US of funds for more important initiatives, their enthusiasm will quickly coming to naught. The conclusion reached by both Washington and Brussels is that, even if Russia succeeds in uniting other states of the region into a closer economic and political union, the Eurasian Union led by Moscow, this is an education - although a significant number of Ukrainians are unlikely he will be happy to accept him, - yet he will not constitute a significant threat to the priority interests of the Euro-Atlantic world. ”
The Germans discovered the Iskanders at their side. Russia has deployed Iskander-M tactical missile systems in the Kaliningrad region. About this writes "Bild" with reference to unnamed sources in law enforcement. There is no official confirmation of this information. "Lenta.ru".
The German edition claims that “two-digit number” of missile systems located in Kaliningrad, as well as along the border with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, is recorded on satellite images.
The Iskander complexes can be equipped with nuclear warheads and can reach Berlin.
Western media comment on Putin’s message. Western media quoted and commented on the statements of the message of V. Putin to the Federal Assembly. About this - in the new review "Foreign Press".
Vladimir Putin portrayed Russia as the last bastion that opposes countries trying to destroy traditional values, writes The Independent.
“Today, many countries are revising moral and ethical standards, erasing national traditions and differences of nations and cultures,” said the president, speaking in the gilded hall of the Kremlin in front of hundreds of officials, journalists and other public figures. “From society, they now demand not only sound recognition of everyone’s right to freedom of conscience, political views and private life, but also mandatory recognition of equal value, as it does not seem strange, good and evil, opposing concepts”.
External enemies merged with internal ones. “Developing the theme of“ Russia under siege ”, Putin put the blame on the“ immoral International ”, which includes“ uncontrolled, insolent people from some southern regions of Russia, and corrupt law enforcement officers who “roof” the ethnic mafia, and the so-called “Russians nationalists ", all sorts of separatists, ready to make any domestic tragedy a reason for vandalism and bloody buzy," - the newspaper quoted the presidential message.
Putin’s 70-minute talk was an attempt to retouch the image of Russia, spoiled by Western criticism of the “anti-Age” law, which provoked calls for a boycott of the winter Olympics in Sochi, the main brainchild of the Russian president. This is stated in the article by the Associated Press correspondents Natalia Vasilyeva and Vladimir Isachenkov, published in The Washington Times.
Putin focused on the protection of traditional family values, which are the basis of Russia's greatness and a stronghold of defense against "so-called tolerance, asexual and barren." He said that "the destruction of traditional values" from above "in other countries" is fundamentally anti-democratic, because it is being carried out on the basis of abstract, abstract ideas, against the will of the majority of the people. "
Putin chided the government for failing to stop the chronic outflow of capital from Russia and threatened sanctions for companies registering in offshore companies, The Financial Times correspondent Catherine Hille said.
Entrepreneurs in Russia have long been trying to protect assets from the state, which, as the recent past shows, is capable of expropriating them. At the beginning of the first presidential term, the journalist notes, Putin tried to lure investors back into the country by introducing a flat tax scale, but lost their confidence again when Khodorkovsky received a prison sentence and his company was sold off to competitors.
Sergey Lavrov and forty-nine diplomats. In the United States, they continue to study the circumstances of the scandal associated with health insurance, in which Russian diplomats are involved. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Russia-24 TV channel, commented on the situation. He writes about it Interfax.
The main American accusation to Russian diplomats is that they presented false certificates, significantly understating their income. The total damage caused by staff of the Russian diplomatic missions for nine years, the US prosecutor's office estimated at $ 1,5 million.
The Russian foreign minister believes that the United States could report violations much earlier. “If diplomats find themselves in violation of the norms of behavior and laws of the host country, why wait ten years?” He asked a reasonable question in an interview.
According to the minister, “they have been promoting this topic since 2004 of the year.” But "if they had told us in 2004 year that one employee wants to get what he is not supposed to, we probably would have figured out somehow with this employee."
“But they have accumulated almost fifty people, probably, so that it sounds louder. They waited ten years, ”he said.
As comrade Lavrov noted, Moscow is taking disciplinary measures against diplomats accused of illegally obtaining medical insurance and receiving funds to pay for childbirth.
Then the minister said: “We dealt with this. Firstly, the statement that all of them have no right to it, since they are foreigners, is wrong. In the US, there are laws that are passed in different states and that allow foreigners to use Medicaid funds. Secondly, the assertions that for the incomes that Russian diplomats received, they did not fall under the category of persons who are supposed to receive such payments through the Medicaid line do not fully correspond to the truth.
First, first, first. The former President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, who again received the presidential mandate from the people, confirmed her status as “first”: she was the first woman in the position of defense minister, the first president and the first in the number of votes received in the presidential elections after the restoration of democracy, reports RIA Novosti Oleg Vyazmitinov.
In the second round, more than 62,16% of voters voted for Bachelet. Her rival (yes, also a woman), candidate from the power of Evelyn Matthey, scored only 37,83%.
Such a victory can be considered historical: after all, Bachelet received the maximum support of voters in the presidential election after the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship and the return of democracy in 1990.
True, many note and extremely low turnout. According to the president of the country, 47% of voters participated in the voting.
Fields with chrysanthemums. In the Guardian (translation source - "InoSMI") Jonathan Watts published an article entitled "President of Uruguay, José Mujica: without a palace, without tuples, without luster."
“If anyone can boast that he sets a personal example of austerity in the era of austerity, then this is undoubtedly José Mujica, President of Uruguay, who abandoned the state palace in favor of the farmhouse, donates most of his income to social projects , flies economy class and drives an old Volkswagen Beetle.
The former member of the guerrilla movement obviously causes discontent among those who consider him “the poorest president in the world”, but the 78-year-old leader, who would have preferred other people to start a more moderate lifestyle, worked in the political sphere for a long time , to be aware of the stupidity of trying to become a model of behavior for someone.
“If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me,” said Mujica during an interview he gave in his cozy little house located in the middle of chrysanthemum fields near Montevideo.
The former member of the guerrilla movement obviously causes discontent among those who consider him “the poorest president in the world”, but the 78-year-old leader, who would have preferred other people to start a more moderate lifestyle, worked in the political sphere for a long time , to be aware of the stupidity of trying to become a model of behavior for someone.
“If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me,” said Mujica during an interview he gave in his cozy little house located in the middle of chrysanthemum fields near Montevideo.
The President has earned the approval of representatives of many countries for trying to live within their means and rejecting luxury. At the same time, Uruguay is considered the most liberal state in South America: it is pursuing a policy in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, abortion and cannabis. Therefore, praise to the president can be heard from all sides of the political spectrum.
“When I was approaching the house where the president and his wife live, I noticed that only two guards sitting in a car parked on the road leading to the house and a lame dog named Manuela provided security.
I was surprised that Mucha gives the impression of a completely inelegant person. This farmer with bushy eyebrows, worn clothes and old shoes, who came down from the porch of his modest house, reminded me of the elderly Bilbo Baggins, leaning out of his hole to scold an obsessive guest. ”
I was surprised that Mucha gives the impression of a completely inelegant person. This farmer with bushy eyebrows, worn clothes and old shoes, who came down from the porch of his modest house, reminded me of the elderly Bilbo Baggins, leaning out of his hole to scold an obsessive guest. ”
The President is proud of his homeland: after all, it is considered the safest and least corrupt place in the region. He also calls Uruguay an “island of refugees in the world of the mad”.
The Government of Uruguay sets prices for essential goods, such as milk, and also provides computers and education for every child free of charge. Key energy and telecommunications industries in the country are nationalized.
As for marijuana, Mucha says that drug addicts should stop “using the services of clandestine dealers”.
According to the president, the ability of Uruguay to improve society is limited by the power of global capital. “I'm tired of how things are going. We live in an era when it is simply impossible to ignore the logic of the market. All modern politics is built on short-term pragmatism. We renounced religion and philosophy ... All that remains for us is the automation of the actions that the market dictates to us. ”
Muhika reluctantly admits that he must promote the idea of material expansion: “I am the president. I have to fight for the creation of new jobs and new investments, because the needs of people are growing. I try to increase the level of consumption, but at the same time reduce the level of inappropriate consumption ... I am against meaningless spending - money, resources, time. We must create things that can exist for a long time. This is an ideal, but we are unlikely to be able to translate it into reality, because we live in an age of accumulation. ” The journalist asked him what he saw as a solution to this contradiction, and the president acknowledged that he had no answers.
Nevertheless, he noted that the search for a solution should lie in the sphere of politics: “Today we can recycle almost everything. If we lived within our means - that is, if we were thrifty - then 7 of billions of people living on the planet could have everything they need. And global politics should develop in this direction. However, we think like nations and countries, not like a human species. ”
In 2010, add, correspondent "AIF" Georgy Zotov asked Ray Bradbury a question: “In 1950, you wrote a book that brought you worldwide fame - a collection of stories“ Martian Chronicles ”. It said: by the beginning of the second millennium there will be settlements on Mars, whole cities of earthmen. Why do you think this never happened? ”Bradbury answered:
“People often ask me about this, and I like to dream over the answers. That they were different! Today’s answer: because people are idiots. They did a lot of stupid things: they invented costumes for dogs, the position of an advertising manager, and things like an iPhone, without getting anything in return but a sour aftertaste. But if we developed science, mastered the moon, Mars, Venus ... Who knows what the world would be then? Humanity was given the opportunity to surf the cosmos, but it wants to engage in consumption - drink beer and watch TV shows ... "
Children are the flowers of life. After the completion of the presidential term, José Mujica plans to adopt 30-40 children from his neighborhood. This was said by Mujica himself in an interview with the El Observador Uruguayan edition, he reports correspondent RIA Novosti Oleg Vyazmitinov.
“I am thinking of adopting 30-40 children of the poor to live with me,” said Mujica. When asked when this will happen, he replied: "When I take off this costume, which I shakes."
Muchica’s presidential term ends on March 2015. Earlier in an interview with local media, he said that at the end of the presidency, he wanted to return to village life and sell flowers at the local fair.
Attempt to massacre in the US. The student, December 13, who opened fire at the Arapaho school in Colorado, was about to commit a massacre. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
Schoolboy bought a gun and ammunition legally. Within the state, the purchase of firearms is permitted upon reaching 18 years.
“18-year-old Karl Halverson Pearson carried with him a large number of cartridges and three incendiary bottles, and was also armed with a machete. According to investigators, the student was going to use all the cartridges and "harm a large number of people." This was announced by the sheriff of Grayson Robinson County.
According to law enforcement, Pearson could act in retaliation for disciplinary action imposed on him last month by school librarian Tracy Murphy for inappropriate statements in the discussion club, reports Reuters. Eyewitnesses to the incident reported that the student during the attack shouted the name of the librarian.
According to official figures, the attack lasted just under one and a half minutes. A schoolboy shot point-blank at an 17-year-old schoolgirl named Claire Davis and injured another student, then blew up a petrol bomb inside the school library room and shot himself. The injured schoolgirl was taken to a hospital in critical condition with a head wound. During the investigation, the police concluded that Pearson and Davis were not closely acquainted. “I think she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time,” the sheriff said.
According to law enforcement, Pearson could act in retaliation for disciplinary action imposed on him last month by school librarian Tracy Murphy for inappropriate statements in the discussion club, reports Reuters. Eyewitnesses to the incident reported that the student during the attack shouted the name of the librarian.
According to official figures, the attack lasted just under one and a half minutes. A schoolboy shot point-blank at an 17-year-old schoolgirl named Claire Davis and injured another student, then blew up a petrol bomb inside the school library room and shot himself. The injured schoolgirl was taken to a hospital in critical condition with a head wound. During the investigation, the police concluded that Pearson and Davis were not closely acquainted. “I think she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time,” the sheriff said.
The NSA thought about the amnesty for Snowden. US intelligence agencies could think of an amnesty for Edward Snowden, says NSA spokesman Rick Leggett. This tells Ivan Tretyakov ("Voice of Russia").
In an interview with CBS, Leggett said: “My personal opinion is, yes, it makes sense to talk about it. In this case, I would need guarantees that the remaining data would be safe, and my requirements for these guarantees would be very high. This should not be just a promise on his part. ”
The channel notes that Snowden previously expressed his willingness to return to the United States, if he is amnestied.
According to the NSA, 1,5 left a million secret documents at the disposal of the fugitive, which he did not disclose. Leggett heads the group that assesses the damage from the revelations of the ex-intelligence officer.
However, NSA head Keith Alexander is confident that the amnesty is a bad idea: "It’s as if a person took 50 hostages, shot 10 and then said:" If you give me a full amnesty, I will release the rest of 40. To this, the NSA boss added: “We don’t need someone else to do the same, run off to Hong Kong and Moscow with other data, knowing that he can make a similar deal.”
You, add on your own, do not need to monitor the whole world, poke your nose into the internal affairs of different countries and carry out so-called counter-terrorist operations, as a result of which peaceful people perish. You yourself provoke the emergence of such public informants as Snowden or Manning. Love the near and far and do not turn national security into a profitable budget business.
Snowden’s comparison with the murderous terrorist, Mr. Alexander, is at least incorrect. Snowden did not kill anyone, but the American government - not necessarily the current one, but almost anyone - had their hands stained with blood.
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