Results of the week. “I would not live my life differently if I had such an opportunity”
“I wish all of us happiness and healthy children”
Growing up in 1980, the future writer from Atlanta, Don Gammill, thought: "The only good communist is a dead communist." Years have passed. The boy grew up and learned to distinguish subtleties and nuances, and would not have used “cheers” to use expressions like “dead communist”. Nevertheless, you can’t call this author’s supporter of the USSR with all the desire. However, about the late M. Kalashnikov - "legendary" - he responded with great reverence, and his brainchild (AK-47) called it "famous."
In the article “Eulogy Kalashnikov” ("The Truth About Guns") The author called the “final product” of the designer “quite revolutionary”. Mikhail Kalashnikov the writer considers a true Marxist, "believer" in the Politburo. The main idea of the designer, according to the author, is the defense of the motherland. True, the writer immediately notes that AK-47 has done much more than just defended Mother Russia. Yes, AK of various types over the years have killed a huge number of innocent people, and this, of course, is tragic, notes Don Gammill. But this weapon also defended, preserved, and liberated innumerable lives.
Kalashnikov was asked if he regretted not living in the West — he would have been able to monetize his success there. The designer explained that the USSR did not think about patenting inventions, but worked for the good of socialist society, for the good of the people. And about this Kalashnikov, in his words, "never regretted."
According to the American writer, M. Kalashnikov is a sincere, unrepentant communist. But regardless of his beliefs, the author writes, "I definitely cannot rejoice at his death." About such a person should respond exclusively with respect.
In an article by S.J. Chivers ("New York Times") it is recalled that at first American experts underestimated the Kalashnikov assault rifle, finding it insufficiently accurate and poorly made. His striking power did not impress the Americans either.
However, in Vietnam, AK was waiting for real success. In 1960, a new American M-16 rifle had serious problems with corrosion, it stuck in the jungle, but the Kalashnikov assault rifles used by the Viet Cong guerrillas and the soldiers of North Vietnam worked almost perfectly!
Today, according to various sources, the world has manufactured from 70 to 100 million Kalashnikov assault rifles; This number is not comparable with any other machine. Even the United States has become an active buyer of the AK, arming them with anti-Soviet militants in Afghanistan in the 1980s and the Afghan and Iraqi forces in recent years.
In recent years, General Kalashnikov urged his interviewers not to portray his life as poor, noting that he has a spacious apartment, a good car, and a comfortable cottage by the lake near the factory where he worked for many decades. The reward was the work itself. He was devoted to the country. He was sometimes told that in the West he would have been a multimillionaire long ago, and he replied: "There are other values as well."
M. Kalashnikov did not approve of those who, in his opinion, hastened to destroy the Soviet Union and who were unable to control the political and economic chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviets. In the memoirs and interviews, he sharply criticized Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, notes the New York Times.
Until the very end, he was loyal to socialist ideals and leaders, despite the fact that the land and the house of his family were seized during collectivization. When he was a child, his family was deported to Siberian wilderness, the correspondent reminds. His father died during the first Siberian winter, and one of his brothers, being a prisoner, worked for seven years on Belomorkanal. Nevertheless, General Kalashnikov spoke of his great respect for Lenin and Stalin and added: "I did not know him (Stalin) personally and regret it."
В Washington Post With reference to the Associated Press, they also wrote about Kalashnikov.
The brainchild of the designer newspaper calls reliable and easy to use. It is also reminded that AK surpasses M-16 in sandy or wet conditions. There are also the words of M. T. Kalashnikov himself that during the Vietnam War, American soldiers preferred to throw away their M-16 and use trophy AK-47. The designer said this in July at 2007 at the ceremony marking the 60 anniversary of his machine gun.
The Kalashnikov assault rifle even got into the coat of arms of Mozambique.
In the 2007 year, the Washington Post notes, President Vladimir Putin praised the designer, saying: "The Kalashnikov assault rifle is a symbol of the creative genius of our people."
At the end of 1980, Kalashnikov worked as chief designer at Izhmash. He also traveled the world helping Russia to negotiate new arms deals, he wrote books about his life, about weapons, books addressed to young people.
“After the collapse of the great and mighty Soviet Union, so much shit was imposed on us, especially the younger generation,” he said. “I wrote six books to help them find their way in life.”
He was also proud, reminds the American edition, the fact that in his native village Kurya in Altai his bronze bust was installed. According to the designer, the newlyweds bring flowers to the bust and whisper: "Uncle Misha."
“I wish all of us happiness and healthy children,” he said.
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“Sweet singing, inno you will hear. Minor demon crumbles "
Mrs. Albats tried to “feel” the separatist sentiments of the former prisoner, former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Albats, being the editor-in-chief of The New Times, took an interview from the former, according to all opposition-minded citizens, “main” carer of the country. Took, obviously, hoping that Khodorkovsky would condemn the Russian authorities, announce that “in its present form” it is necessary to do away with Russia, about the need to “go to the Kremlin” or something like that.
With his answers about the fact that he is firmly on the idea of the integrity of Russia, and that he is a nationalist, Khodorkovsky definitely shocked all those who in recent years used to pray to him as an icon of the opposition and as the main “political prisoner” of the Russian Federation. And his thoughts aloud about the North Caucasus (“this is our land, we conquered it”) and that MBH was even ready to make war for this land, caused hypersensitivity to the face of all Russia and allergic rash on his face ...
Indeed, if our correctional system corrects it this way, then it can be given the State Prize, and directly to the staff of the colony, in which Mikhail Khodorkovsky was recently serving a term, are extraordinary titles and the Order of Merit.
Well, if Khodorkovsky is so skillfully playing to the public, then it’s time for all the same employees to present the Stanislavsky's "I Believe!"
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Who is the best? ..
At the end of the year, VTsIOM, according to the tradition that has developed in recent years, publishes a rating of “people of the year”. The rating is based on sociological polls of Russians in different regions of the country with the percentage of error 3,4. Topics of sociological research concern various fields of activity: from art to politics. And if we consider the political division of the poll conducted by VTsIOM, then it took the first place on its results ... no, no sensation is to be expected here - Vladimir Putin.
So, President Vladimir Putin, according to VTsIOM, has once again been named politician of the year in Russia. Is there a reason to challenge this result? Well, to tell the truth, hunters will always be able to dispute any result ... But, by and large, there is practically nothing to dispute here, because the title of “politician of the year” itself is given to a politician who hardly causes public indifference. Vladimir Putin is one of those. Some frankly hate him, others are loyal, others are almost deified - that is, Putin’s work causes a public reaction (both positive and negative). If it is guided by just such logic, then Putin, undoubtedly, is not for nothing called by the polled politicians of the year.
Another question - did he have "competitors"? Well, if we talk about those persons who do not cause indifference, so that, perhaps, Serdyukov ... Why? It is difficult to find in our country a more or less informed person who would be indifferent to this person today. His name by the number of mentions per year in the press - exactly among the leaders. But now Serdyukov has been a non-politician for more than a year now, otherwise he would have been able to try for the title ... And now there would have been a question whose tandem, Putin-Medvedev or Serdyukov-Vasilyev, is ahead in terms of indifference to himself the parties of the Russians ...
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Rockets and champagne
Russia has launched a new generation of mine-based missile complexes on duty, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the government.
“You know that we recently lowered another submarine — the nuclear cruiser — and now we are starting to put on duty a new-generation silo-based missile system,” the head of state said.
After what has been said, Prime Minister Medvedev asked the president whether the staging on combat duty of the new complex, indicated by him, would not interfere with drinking champagne in connection with the upcoming holiday.
“On the contrary, it is an incentive. This is a good reason, ”Putin replied.
Apparently, all the time while Vladimir Putin told those present about the course of re-equipping the Russian army with the launching of new missile systems on combat duty, the Prime Minister thought: how could the champagne in pails be heated. And, really, well, what it really is - the ministers gathered to skip a glass of “shampusik” in another glass, and the president here, you know, with his “own” missiles and submarines, forces him ... After all, an unprepared member of the cabinet of ministers may also have indigestion - but, it seems, they still reached the sparkling ...
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What should we build UES
Recently, a meeting of the EEEC, the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, was held in Moscow. The meeting was attended by the leaders of three states - the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus. The main task that Putin, Nazarbayev and Lukashenko set themselves before the start of the meeting was to prepare and approve documents providing a legal basis for the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union.
The Eurasian Economic Union promises to appear on this world 1 January 2015. Time is not so much. But if the leaders of the three states really intend to begin a full-fledged (yet economic) integration, then this time is more than enough. With political will and justified goals, the achievement of these same goals by joint efforts should not create big problems.
I would like to see in the new union and Ukraine. But now it is better to do without raising this topic, because the “weary Maidan” are clearly waiting for another reason to pry towards Russia, once again prigladiv badly battered EU banners in the December wind.
That is why informational calm at a meeting of the WEC in terms of agreements with the Ukrainian delegation looks quite significant. According to us, even if only in sign language, even in the regime of acrobatics, they agree on full cooperation in the framework of the future EEC - the main thing is that the result be positive for fraternal (truly fraternal) countries and peoples. The main thing is to work, and informational bombs are not needed at all. If so, then any acute "maydanut" can be cured ...
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The Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry decided to satisfy the requirement of the deputy group headed by Verkhovna Rada’s faction “Party of Regions” Oleg Tsaryov. The requirement concerned the prohibition of entry into the territory of Ukraine 36 to citizens of foreign countries. All these citizens are suspected of having held special consultations for representatives of the Ukrainian opposition aimed at destabilizing the situation in the country.
Particularly noteworthy is the fact that from 36 persons who have been banned from entering the Ukraine by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 30 are citizens of Georgia ... And one of them is a sin not to know. This is the former president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, whom political activity, it seems, continues to be actively swallowed, albeit already outside the Georgian state.
History looks confusing. Initially, information about the ban was presented by MP Tsarev himself, and, according to information agencies, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Then it turned out that there was no official notification. As a result, it turned out like this: in words - a ban, on paper - everything is as before. In general, everything here is in Ukrainian (in the sense of the latest political vacillation) ...
Of course, it would be much better if the Ukrainian authorities did not close the door for Mikhail Nikolozich to the country ... They would give back to Euromaidan, and there people in civilian clothes would expect it ... If they can't make their people in civilian clothes, then in the form of “Humanitarian” aid Russia could help with its own personnel. Moreover, all this could be organized as a "joyful meeting" of friend Michael with further transmission to the "glass of tea." Well, instead of a “glass”: a bag over your head is a “little Bobby” with a deaf toning - Borispol - Domodedovo - well, hello, Misha ...
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Form and content
The Russian army began to massively disguise itself in a new field uniform, refined taking into account all the wishes of soldiers and officers, plus the recommendations of Minister Sergei Shoigu.
The basic all-season kit of the form, consisting of 19 items, takes into account the specifics of service in various types and types of troops, climatic zones, and periods of use.
The presentation of the new field form has already taken place. Reviews, as, however, and usually on such presentations, were close to enthusiastic. However, the testimonials of those who sew the uniform, or those who represent it, are not at all the same as the testimonials of the servicemen themselves - people for whom this uniform will become, if one may say so, native. I would like to hope that the new military uniform was really created taking into account all the comments that were expressed on the so-called projects "from Yudashkin" (although Yudashkin himself claimed that his projects Serdyukov and company had the most blatant perversion; by the way, he claimed as Anatoly Eduardovich from a ministerial post "asked").
In the near future we can expect feedback on the new form of military units - as they say, from the first person. Although here, of course, it is also necessary to separate the wheat from the chaff, for there will always be the disgruntled. So even selected sables on the collars of jackets on eiderdown to put gold stars (spikes) on epaulets - it's still chilly, uncomfortable, baggy ...
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State Duma deputy from the Communist Party faction Yuri Sinechshchikov, a member of the Duma Committee on Criminal Law, proposes to amend the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, according to which property of the relatives of persons who have committed corruption crimes will be confiscated if property) acquired through funds received illegally.
Confiscation of property from relatives of embezzlers is, of course, necessary. Why, only deputy Sinelshchikov himself believes in the effectiveness of such a measure (at the level of a new article in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Perhaps Yuri Petrovich is not aware of the fact that lately in our country not a single precedent of confiscation of property was recorded, even among those who were directly convicted under “corruption” articles (Article 290 “Taking a Bribe”, Article 204 “ Commercial bribery, for example). Although the possibility of confiscation under these articles is spelled out in the 15.1 chapter of the general part of the Criminal Code. Moreover, we have to apply this confiscation, especially if we take into account, often for a corrupt official and an article, it turns out, it is not easy to pick up - that, you know, negligence, then “tapness”, then “roughness” unconditional innocence - what kind of confiscation is there ...
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All is well, beautiful marquise
Timur Turlov (Slon.ru) told the general public that everything is fine in the USA. Everywhere there is great: in the innovation sector, in politics, in the economy, in the affairs of the Fed, and even consumers feel great (apparently, after the recent “Black Friday” - those who survived in supermarkets are baldeyut). And Obama ... No, it’s better to quote one passage from a material signed by Mr. Turlov.
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Just one step away from the war? .. And who, like Netanyahu, drew the “red lines”, deliberately threatening Damascus with war? Do not Obama? Isn't he one of the screenwriters of the chemical series in Syria? What is the wisdom of someone who has come to a foreign country with Tomahawks, and then, having received a diplomatic repulse from a real wise man, Comrade Lavrov, capitulated, while continuing to mumble that Asad did use chemical weapons? The latter certainly does not look like wisdom, but it looks more like outright nonsense, with which the main American covered up its geopolitical defeat.
It would be wise to be the one who would not finance the opposition militants, supplying them with “non-lethal” funds, supporting them with powerful propaganda and promising weapons in the near future. And so Obama sees every day in the mirror an unworthy state husband, but a cheap puppet, to which the strings are pulled from the hands of the wheelwinds of the military-industrial complex, which, by the way, are also being charged by Congress - which, apparently, must also be called wise since it was he who finally decided not to invade Syria.
Now about Obama's confrontation with Congress. Finished "without blood"? Well, of course! The American government was “turned off” for sixteen days. And at the end of the "Shatdaun" in the United States considered the damage from it.
According to Standard & Poor's, the 16-day crisis cost the American economy $ 24 billion. With this money, it was possible to carry out about 9 flights to Mars "Curiosity" or build five Large Hadron Colliders. Anyone who loves to talk about the innovation sector and its successes will be impressed by the $ 20 billion - the price of all Twitter shares. There will be another 4 billion left to wash the purchase all over America. And seven and a half years and three days to get drunk.
Obama's wisdom here is only that he did not yield to the blackmailers, the Republicans. But in the end? .. It turned out absurd political game called "Dumb and Dumber."
Continuing the theme of Congress and Obama, we note that the next “wisdom” of the president was voiced by him on December 20 just before the congressmen. In essence, B.H. pulled a fifth ace from his sleeve. Frankly bluffing (and, apparently, proud of his “wise” previous victory over blackmailers from Congress), Mr. Obama said that from now on he refuses to negotiate with Congress on raising the national debt ceiling. This topic was the lead at his last press conference on the results of the year.
From Obama's words, the congressmen, who were surprised by the surprise of their eyes, learned that they had no connection with the president, and that the United States Congress was to blame for their accumulation. And the main fault, apparently, lies with the congressmen-Republicans. If morality is extended, so to speak, it will become clear: Obama hinted that it was the Republican Party that had accumulated debts, while the Democrats at that time drank tea. And so that the hint was properly understood even by those who are “dumber than stupid,” B. Kh. Noted that “the Republicans have enough sense not to start everything from the beginning.”
Obama, who is opposed to Congress, can be compared to another Democrat, Bill Clinton. The Republicans, too, did not give rest to Tom. There are even comparable nuances ... Everyone remembers because of what (more precisely, because of whom) B. Clinton almost fell into impeachment. And then there were rumors that Obama had flirted with the prime minister of Denmark and even took a picture with her on an iPhone - instead of taking a picture with his wife. However, Obama's divorce is scheduled, according to verified rumors, in 2017-th year: the presidency will end, and official love will end. Nevertheless, the pictures on the iPhone "wisdom" is also difficult to call. Yes, dear fellow readers?
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Deviyani Khobragade - Deputy Head of the Consulate General of India in New York. 12 December, she escorted her daughter to school when the way was blocked by vigilant American police who did not care who was in front of them: a diplomat, a cook from McDonald's, a parking cleaner or some other seeker of the American dream. Vice consul arrested. New York cops can easily arrest anyone. Meet them Cameron or Hollande - well, they can. Why is there Hollande: Barack Obama himself is afraid of the New York cops.
The Indian beauty Khobragad was chained into handcuffs, searched and brought to the station, where they said that she had deceived a person, namely a nanny: she issued a visa and promised to pay generously - four and a half thousand dollars a month, but then offended the servant with money. The diplomatic papers of the law enforcement officers are not interested.
Next was the camera. The media have colorfully painted the neighbors of the diploma: drug addicts, prostitutes and other pleasant company, which the staff of consulates usually do not indulge with their presence. It is possible that many of the detainees were soon released, while others were not so scared about the time that Khobragade threatened, namely, fifteen years.
Hindus still managed to pull Khobragade out of jail - they pledged a quarter of a million American greens.
In New Delhi, they decided to explain to the Americans that they did not do well. Indian Foreign Ministry summoned US ambassador Nancy Powell to the carpet and conveyed a protest.
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid demanded to stop the case against the diplomat. Other members of the Indian Cabinet wished the Indian side to be apologized.
Then the Indian government demanded that the American diplomats return special identification cards confirming the diplomatic status of the person and employees also to extend the visa. In the program "News of the Week" showed how Indian bulldozers clean concrete fencing installed around the US Embassy in New Delhi.
It is reported that Khobragad was subjected to a humiliating intimate inspection. If this is true, then the question arises: why? What were you looking for in secluded places? Nanny money? ..
Ordinary Indians also protested against the diplomatic humiliation of their homeland. Anti-American protests swept India. Star-striped flags were burned. On December 20, protesters smashed the pizzeria of the Dominos Pizza restaurant chain in the Mumbai suburb and called on citizens to block American-made goods.
Well, and in the State Department believe that the actions of the police in relation to Khobragade did not go beyond the standard procedures. And really: in the same way, they undress and search drug addicts, prostitutes, thieves, fraudsters and those suspected of terrorism.
Meanwhile, delegates from the US Congress arrived in New Delhi. But in vain they spent budget money (though not for the first time). It turned out that the Indians have pride. No one wanted to talk to the messengers.
Then John Kerry himself called to India. But he, as they say, “lowered the level”: he only got through to Shivshankar Menon, adviser to the Prime Minister of India on national security. The US Secretary of State "expressed regret" because of the incident with Deviyani Khobragade and was quick to call the US-India relationship "close" and even "vital."
I picked up some words ... Indeed, any trifle in a police cell can turn out to be “vital”, and there’s nothing to say about “close” relations.
And Obama? Where is the apology?
Without waiting for them, the Indians are angry. And they went to the extreme steps.
India has banned on its territory to supply duty free alcohol to American diplomatic institutions. Simply put, American diplomats who are famous for their love for the feverish in large quantities and cheaper will have to lead a relatively sober lifestyle. And they are not used to it ...
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For the people, but without the people
Under the heading "National Security" newspapers Washington Post December 24 published an interview that correspondent Burton Gellman took in Moscow from Edward Snowden. The meeting of a journalist and a former secret service officer took place on the street, and the conversation went on in a secret place that Snowden chose and showed to the reporter himself.
“For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission has already been accomplished,” said Snowden. - I already won. Everything that I tried to do with the help of journalists was implemented. Remember: I did not want to change society. I wanted society to decide whether it should change itself. ”
Edward explained to the reporter that his task was to show the public how to manage it. Meanwhile, he admitted that he did not have confidence in whether people shared his views. But he believed that one should still “try something and not do nothing”.
In his own words, Snowden, he was driven by the desire to put the NSA in front of criticism. It is necessary for this department - perhaps its activities have never been criticized.
In the summer of 2013, intelligence agencies and national security services viewed Snowden as a reckless saboteur. At the Aspen Security Forum in July, a four-star general angrily said: “We did not have a second 9 / 11”. This man said about Snowden as the oath-breaker, using a turn of speech that should evoke a sense of betrayal in people. NSA Director Keith Alexander and National Intelligence Director James R. Clapper, like many others, then repeated this wording.
However, in an interview with The Post, Snowden said that the standard 312 form is classified as a non-disclosure agreement and is a civil law contract. He signed it, but there is something higher: the Constitution. And Keith Alexander, and James Klapper are not true to her. People, noted Snowden, who accuse me of disloyalty, pursue an erroneous goal.
“I’m not trying to go against the NSA, I’m working to improve the NSA,” he said. - I'm still working for the NSA - right now. And they are the only ones who do not understand this. ”
“Someone should be first,” added Snowden.
Edward now leads a secluded and ascetic lifestyle. He eats instant noodles and chips. He has guests who give him books. These books are accumulating, Snowden does not read them. The Internet is an endless library and window to the world.
“It was always very difficult to get me out of the house,” said Edward. “I have some needs ...”
The former director of the NSA and the CIA, Michael Hayden, predicted that Snowden would wither away in Moscow and follow like other "defectors". Snowden shrugged in response. He does not drink at all. Never tried it. In addition, he did not choose asylum in Moscow as the final "destination". He simply had no choice ...
It is unlikely that Obama, directing the activities of the NSA and other major intelligence agencies as the president of the state, will agree to some amnesty for Snowden. Therefore, the road to the United States Edward booked. Edik, learn Russian intensively. You live in Russia.
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Among potential US presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie hold the lead. This is evidenced by the results of a survey of CNN and ORC, reports RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
True, neither he nor she has yet announced their intention to run for president in 2016.
According to a 950 poll of registered voters in the United States, in a pair of Christie - Clinton, the Republican governor can get 48% of votes, and the former secretary of state - 46%.
Mr. Christie is leading among non-party voters and among men, and Mrs. Clinton is significantly ahead of Christie among female voters.
The survey was conducted on December 16-19; its statistical error is 3 percentage points.
Add a paragraph from you. The Americans who are sick of Hillary, probably, no longer remember her main slogan, which she almost daily exploited, being secretary of state: “Assad must leave.” The memory of the electorate is short - even shorter than the mind of the experts. Today, many Western experts suddenly agreed that Assad is preferable to Al-Qaida. In any 2016 year, whatever one may say, but in the Middle East there will be many unresolved issues, and in the election debate presidential candidates will have to talk on this topic. In principle, using the recipes of the “Ministry of Truth” from Orwell’s book, Hillary can say: “Al-Qaida” should leave. I always said that. ”
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Representatives of the human rights group "Kids' Right to Read" said that American schools introduced censorship of books. Reports about it "RT" with reference to The Guardian.
Among the books that attempted to remove the "champions of morality" from school libraries were works written by representatives of various national and social groups.
Often the book "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison falls into the list of "forbidden literature". She tells of the plight of a black young man in America in the middle of the 20th century. In order not to become a victim of racism, the main character is forced to wander and hide his abilities.
In some schools, the book “Flowers of Purple Fields” by Alishia Walker was banned. It tells about the fate of a raped Negro girl. And Steven Spielberg made a film based on this book.
Keepers of libraries are hiding from children and books on the fate of American Indians.
It comes to the point that in other cases even books devoted to the fight against fascism are banned. From the library of a school in Michigan, the publication of the diaries of Anne Frank, who died at the hands of the Nazis in March 1945, disappeared. Voluntary censors believe her diaries contain “too much pornography.”
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Bacon and eggs
In the largest British retail chain "Marks and Spencer" (600 stores in the UK alone), there was a scandal due to the notorious tolerance. It turns out that the Muslim cashiers, for religious reasons, decided to no longer serve customers whose carts are filled with pork and bottles of alcohol. It’s hard to imagine an Englishman without a bottle and eggs and bacon, and therefore the decision of the management of the M&S network, which allowed them to completely ignore the pig-eaters and the whiskey, shocked the British people. This very people announced via the Internet that they would collect signatures and boycott the trading network, thereby depriving it of profits.
The press notes that the aforementioned M&S cashiers were dressed in “traditional Islamic clothes”. The denial of service was given in the form of advice to wait for another cashier who does not need to comply with Sharia law.
Initially, the management of M&S explained to the general public via the Internet and the press that the retail network takes into account the wishes of the workers: after all, there should be no discrimination. Shocked buyers fell into a stupor: that is, what is it? .. The company does not want to discriminate against cashiers, so now it will discriminate against buyers? .. There were calls on the Internet for a massive boycott of the network and the collection of signatures quickly began.
The management of the chain's stores, not wanting to lose profit, remembered from a fit of tolerance.
A new statement was made, according to which the instructions of “some managers” of the network were misinterpreted by the working staff, and no discrimination of buyers in the stores is provided. Anyone can buy pork, whiskey and champagne in any quantities.
As for the employees, their management promised to put them behind the counter with groceries and textiles.
Earlier, in early December, a group of London-based Islamists led by Sheikh Andzim Khudari, the head of the Al-Mudzhakhurun grouping (banned in the UK), held a share One of the most popular tourist areas in the British capital is Brick Lane.
Islamists demanded to ban the sale of alcohol to the owners of many shops and restaurants located here. Those who violate Sharia law, the protesters promised to punish them with forty blows of whips.
In institutions selling alcohol, letters were left with the requirements. Khudari pushed his speech. According to him, fellow believers cannot live among infidels and see “evil” around them. Then the sheikh promised that “this is just the beginning,” notes the Voice of Russia correspondent Yevgeny Zimin.
The British objected rather sluggishly: several members of the “English League of Defense” defiantly drank beer on the street. And this - the former owners of half the world? ..
Nikita Sorokin ("Voice of Russia") recalls that back in February, 2011, David Cameron, in a speech at the annual Munich Security Conference, spoke about the threats of multiculturalism. Earlier, the failure of multiculturalism was publicly recognized by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy. British and European society as a whole realized that multiculturalism transcends the boundaries of reason.
Radical Islamists are indeed advancing on the way of life of the native Europeans. A few years ago, the Islamic community in Britain demanded to cut Piglet out of a fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh, and also to withdraw from the sale of toy pigs: their appearance should not offend the "eyes of Muslim children."
On the streets of London you can find “Sharia patrols” - a group of Muslims who protect the principles of religious morality from Londoners and tourists. "You are in the territory of Islam." This means: you can not drink beer, it is forbidden to wear mini-skirts and shorts.
In France, in October 2012, Islamists, on pain of death, ousted the owners of wine and meat shops from the market in Nîmes. In Belgium, Muslim extremists promised to "kick out" the Belgians outside the kingdom. In Spain, the tolerant leadership of the Real Madrid football club removed a cross from its emblem, which symbolized the patronage of the king from 1920 of the year.
Many experts are sure: the number of immigrants in Europe will grow, and they assimilate the Europeans, and not the Europeans - them.
If we still remember, note how strenuously the authorities of other countries - like the same France - promote same-sex marriages and generally seem to serve the gay community, it becomes clear that Patrick Buchanan’s words about the decline of European civilization somewhere around the end of the 21st century the gloomy forecast of a pessimist futurologist, but the opinion of an ordinary realist.
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A young Lviv family called his newborn son Euromaidan, writes MIGnews.com with reference to "TSN".
The name of the child was given by the father, Yevgeny Tihun. This person spends a lot of time at rallies.
The boy's mother, Maria, does not see anything wrong with the unusual name. She believes that in this way the family has contributed to the history of Ukraine.
Historical streets may appear in Ukraine soon.
According to "Lenta.ru" with reference to “Firtka”, in Ivano-Frankivsk, Proektnaya Street was proposed to be renamed to European - certainly, in honor of the campaign for European integration. With such initiative the mayor Victor Anushkevichus has acted.
“We are now in the time of Euromaidan and the struggle of the Ukrainian society for European integration, and in this context it would be very appropriate to call it (the street) that way,” he said.
M-yes-aa-aa ... Fans of historical names are highly recommended to familiarize yourself with the extensive Soviet list, which includes progressive names of their own - from Dazdrapperma and Tractor to VHUTEMAS and VHUTEIN. Once again, you are convinced that history teaches nothing, but only walks in a circle. As for the child, he will probably be diminutively called Danya, and later he will rewrite his name on Daniel in his passport.
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Soldier
* M. Kalashnikov: “Of course, like every person, there is something to regret ... But one thing I can say: I would not live my life differently if I had such an opportunity”
Growing up in 1980, the future writer from Atlanta, Don Gammill, thought: "The only good communist is a dead communist." Years have passed. The boy grew up and learned to distinguish subtleties and nuances, and would not have used “cheers” to use expressions like “dead communist”. Nevertheless, you can’t call this author’s supporter of the USSR with all the desire. However, about the late M. Kalashnikov - "legendary" - he responded with great reverence, and his brainchild (AK-47) called it "famous."
In the article “Eulogy Kalashnikov” ("The Truth About Guns") The author called the “final product” of the designer “quite revolutionary”. Mikhail Kalashnikov the writer considers a true Marxist, "believer" in the Politburo. The main idea of the designer, according to the author, is the defense of the motherland. True, the writer immediately notes that AK-47 has done much more than just defended Mother Russia. Yes, AK of various types over the years have killed a huge number of innocent people, and this, of course, is tragic, notes Don Gammill. But this weapon also defended, preserved, and liberated innumerable lives.
Kalashnikov was asked if he regretted not living in the West — he would have been able to monetize his success there. The designer explained that the USSR did not think about patenting inventions, but worked for the good of socialist society, for the good of the people. And about this Kalashnikov, in his words, "never regretted."
According to the American writer, M. Kalashnikov is a sincere, unrepentant communist. But regardless of his beliefs, the author writes, "I definitely cannot rejoice at his death." About such a person should respond exclusively with respect.
In an article by S.J. Chivers ("New York Times") it is recalled that at first American experts underestimated the Kalashnikov assault rifle, finding it insufficiently accurate and poorly made. His striking power did not impress the Americans either.
However, in Vietnam, AK was waiting for real success. In 1960, a new American M-16 rifle had serious problems with corrosion, it stuck in the jungle, but the Kalashnikov assault rifles used by the Viet Cong guerrillas and the soldiers of North Vietnam worked almost perfectly!
Today, according to various sources, the world has manufactured from 70 to 100 million Kalashnikov assault rifles; This number is not comparable with any other machine. Even the United States has become an active buyer of the AK, arming them with anti-Soviet militants in Afghanistan in the 1980s and the Afghan and Iraqi forces in recent years.
In recent years, General Kalashnikov urged his interviewers not to portray his life as poor, noting that he has a spacious apartment, a good car, and a comfortable cottage by the lake near the factory where he worked for many decades. The reward was the work itself. He was devoted to the country. He was sometimes told that in the West he would have been a multimillionaire long ago, and he replied: "There are other values as well."
M. Kalashnikov did not approve of those who, in his opinion, hastened to destroy the Soviet Union and who were unable to control the political and economic chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviets. In the memoirs and interviews, he sharply criticized Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, notes the New York Times.
Until the very end, he was loyal to socialist ideals and leaders, despite the fact that the land and the house of his family were seized during collectivization. When he was a child, his family was deported to Siberian wilderness, the correspondent reminds. His father died during the first Siberian winter, and one of his brothers, being a prisoner, worked for seven years on Belomorkanal. Nevertheless, General Kalashnikov spoke of his great respect for Lenin and Stalin and added: "I did not know him (Stalin) personally and regret it."
В Washington Post With reference to the Associated Press, they also wrote about Kalashnikov.
The brainchild of the designer newspaper calls reliable and easy to use. It is also reminded that AK surpasses M-16 in sandy or wet conditions. There are also the words of M. T. Kalashnikov himself that during the Vietnam War, American soldiers preferred to throw away their M-16 and use trophy AK-47. The designer said this in July at 2007 at the ceremony marking the 60 anniversary of his machine gun.
The Kalashnikov assault rifle even got into the coat of arms of Mozambique.
In the 2007 year, the Washington Post notes, President Vladimir Putin praised the designer, saying: "The Kalashnikov assault rifle is a symbol of the creative genius of our people."
At the end of 1980, Kalashnikov worked as chief designer at Izhmash. He also traveled the world helping Russia to negotiate new arms deals, he wrote books about his life, about weapons, books addressed to young people.
“After the collapse of the great and mighty Soviet Union, so much shit was imposed on us, especially the younger generation,” he said. “I wrote six books to help them find their way in life.”
He was also proud, reminds the American edition, the fact that in his native village Kurya in Altai his bronze bust was installed. According to the designer, the newlyweds bring flowers to the bust and whisper: "Uncle Misha."
“I wish all of us happiness and healthy children,” he said.
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smel
Great Russian people. Eternal memory to him. And the respect of the enemies - more proof of that.
GSH-18
General Kalashnikov is a truly legendary person, not only in the Russian Federation, but throughout the world. A true patriot and a brilliant designer. The bright memory, let the earth rest in peace. For such outstanding people, the whole world should judge Russia.
erased
Kalashnikov - Russian, Soviet designer and a real patriot of the motherland! Such as he, in small things are not exchanged and always serve the same idea, without wagging its tail to either the government or the money.
Eternal glory and eternal memory to Mikhail Timofeevich!
Eternal glory and eternal memory to Mikhail Timofeevich!
Maxsh
“He was also proud, reminds the American edition, that in his native village of Kurya in Altai his bronze bust was installed. According to the designer, the newlyweds bring flowers to the bust and whisper: "Uncle Misha."
I was on a tear from this almost struck.
Here it is, the highest award for a person who has devoted his life to work for the good of the Motherland, and not when cars with AK-47 stickers travel around the streets, and an avalanche of such verbal diarrhea escapes from the windows of these cars, from which the ears fold into a tube . So much good in the eyes of this great designer and man, it’s hard to believe that someone like this can be associated with it. Earth you down and eternal glory, Mikhail Timofeevich! I am sure that you are now in the best of worlds!
I was on a tear from this almost struck.
Here it is, the highest award for a person who has devoted his life to work for the good of the Motherland, and not when cars with AK-47 stickers travel around the streets, and an avalanche of such verbal diarrhea escapes from the windows of these cars, from which the ears fold into a tube . So much good in the eyes of this great designer and man, it’s hard to believe that someone like this can be associated with it. Earth you down and eternal glory, Mikhail Timofeevich! I am sure that you are now in the best of worlds!
“Sweet singing, inno you will hear. Minor demon crumbles "
Mrs. Albats tried to “feel” the separatist sentiments of the former prisoner, former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Albats, being the editor-in-chief of The New Times, took an interview from the former, according to all opposition-minded citizens, “main” carer of the country. Took, obviously, hoping that Khodorkovsky would condemn the Russian authorities, announce that “in its present form” it is necessary to do away with Russia, about the need to “go to the Kremlin” or something like that.
With his answers about the fact that he is firmly on the idea of the integrity of Russia, and that he is a nationalist, Khodorkovsky definitely shocked all those who in recent years used to pray to him as an icon of the opposition and as the main “political prisoner” of the Russian Federation. And his thoughts aloud about the North Caucasus (“this is our land, we conquered it”) and that MBH was even ready to make war for this land, caused hypersensitivity to the face of all Russia and allergic rash on his face ...
Indeed, if our correctional system corrects it this way, then it can be given the State Prize, and directly to the staff of the colony, in which Mikhail Khodorkovsky was recently serving a term, are extraordinary titles and the Order of Merit.
Well, if Khodorkovsky is so skillfully playing to the public, then it’s time for all the same employees to present the Stanislavsky's "I Believe!"
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Stiletto
Look, you have been in trouble for ten years for a reason - I understood something ...
Vasyan1971
They are to us - Ulyanov, and we are to them Khodorkovsky. From our table to your table. Alaverdi!
Mitek
Uncle Hodor is smart ... He underestimated GDP at the time, of course. But what he says now is true (from my point of view). Who knows what will happen next ... Under Stalin, many sat, and then showed themselves perfectly in control and in war. And Hodor has washed the hamster's ineffective, corrupt opposition.
Ddmm09
No matter what Khodorkovsky says today, it is important what he will do tomorrow. Judging by deeds, words are only words.
Who is the best? ..
At the end of the year, VTsIOM, according to the tradition that has developed in recent years, publishes a rating of “people of the year”. The rating is based on sociological polls of Russians in different regions of the country with the percentage of error 3,4. Topics of sociological research concern various fields of activity: from art to politics. And if we consider the political division of the poll conducted by VTsIOM, then it took the first place on its results ... no, no sensation is to be expected here - Vladimir Putin.
So, President Vladimir Putin, according to VTsIOM, has once again been named politician of the year in Russia. Is there a reason to challenge this result? Well, to tell the truth, hunters will always be able to dispute any result ... But, by and large, there is practically nothing to dispute here, because the title of “politician of the year” itself is given to a politician who hardly causes public indifference. Vladimir Putin is one of those. Some frankly hate him, others are loyal, others are almost deified - that is, Putin’s work causes a public reaction (both positive and negative). If it is guided by just such logic, then Putin, undoubtedly, is not for nothing called by the polled politicians of the year.
Another question - did he have "competitors"? Well, if we talk about those persons who do not cause indifference, so that, perhaps, Serdyukov ... Why? It is difficult to find in our country a more or less informed person who would be indifferent to this person today. His name by the number of mentions per year in the press - exactly among the leaders. But now Serdyukov has been a non-politician for more than a year now, otherwise he would have been able to try for the title ... And now there would have been a question whose tandem, Putin-Medvedev or Serdyukov-Vasilyev, is ahead in terms of indifference to himself the parties of the Russians ...
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Standard Oil
Probably sitting a couple of people in the office and compose ratings, how much to give something, how much something.
Sergei 163
In vain in the Russian rating there is no president of Belarus, he would have gained more than all together!
Rockets and champagne
Russia has launched a new generation of mine-based missile complexes on duty, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the government.
“You know that we recently lowered another submarine — the nuclear cruiser — and now we are starting to put on duty a new-generation silo-based missile system,” the head of state said.
After what has been said, Prime Minister Medvedev asked the president whether the staging on combat duty of the new complex, indicated by him, would not interfere with drinking champagne in connection with the upcoming holiday.
“On the contrary, it is an incentive. This is a good reason, ”Putin replied.
Apparently, all the time while Vladimir Putin told those present about the course of re-equipping the Russian army with the launching of new missile systems on combat duty, the Prime Minister thought: how could the champagne in pails be heated. And, really, well, what it really is - the ministers gathered to skip a glass of “shampusik” in another glass, and the president here, you know, with his “own” missiles and submarines, forces him ... After all, an unprepared member of the cabinet of ministers may also have indigestion - but, it seems, they still reached the sparkling ...
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Andrey Yuryevich
After that, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev asked the president if the launching of a new rocket complex on combat duty would prevent him from drinking a glass of champagne in connection with the upcoming New Year. As always, in his repertoire! Comedian...
Alexander Romanov
And why not drink for such a thing, or your name Medvedev touched. I think if there was a surname of Shamans there, you would not have written it.
Avanhard
But while there stands the name Medvedev ...
Ed65b
Why bite on trifles, they said to drink - you need to drink.
What should we build UES
Recently, a meeting of the EEEC, the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, was held in Moscow. The meeting was attended by the leaders of three states - the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus. The main task that Putin, Nazarbayev and Lukashenko set themselves before the start of the meeting was to prepare and approve documents providing a legal basis for the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union.
The Eurasian Economic Union promises to appear on this world 1 January 2015. Time is not so much. But if the leaders of the three states really intend to begin a full-fledged (yet economic) integration, then this time is more than enough. With political will and justified goals, the achievement of these same goals by joint efforts should not create big problems.
I would like to see in the new union and Ukraine. But now it is better to do without raising this topic, because the “weary Maidan” are clearly waiting for another reason to pry towards Russia, once again prigladiv badly battered EU banners in the December wind.
That is why informational calm at a meeting of the WEC in terms of agreements with the Ukrainian delegation looks quite significant. According to us, even if only in sign language, even in the regime of acrobatics, they agree on full cooperation in the framework of the future EEC - the main thing is that the result be positive for fraternal (truly fraternal) countries and peoples. The main thing is to work, and informational bombs are not needed at all. If so, then any acute "maydanut" can be cured ...
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Orel
The main thing here is not to rush into integration processes. Do not put the cart before the horse. Everything should go gradually and without sudden movements, so as not to generate excessive tension. Russia needs to give more questions to Kazakhstan and Belarus, and to conduct an equal dialogue. This union should not be for Russia or around Russia, it should be equal and common for our peoples, only then it will be respected and treated not as a dictate of Russia, but as an equal partnership. It is even possible to place the capital of the organization of the future not in Russia, but let's say in Kazakhstan. The military management infrastructure (if such) will be located, for example, in Belarus, and the economic center in Russia as the largest economy. Well, it is, for example. But concentrating everything in Russia will be wrong, so we will scare away many, and we must be more careful with Central Asia. Maybe we don’t need Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in the CU, all the same, the GDP is insignificant for them, and the population is Islamized, and its level of development is very different from the countries in the CU, no matter how much we step on the European rake with Islamism ... Central Asia and so, in fact, we will not go anywhere from us, except that in China, well, if China wants to feed them, then please. It is even more profitable for us - all the same, they will strive to work for us to go, there are no extra jobs in China ...
Nicholas C.
It may be good that Ukraine for now does not sign anything. And then a noisy Ukrainian farce: "we join these documents, we do not sign these, but we wrap up herring in general" - the CIS has buried. Let constructively-minded leaders develop principles and laws for a single economic space. And Ukraine will join ...
Bosk
One gets the feeling that the “guys” themselves are slowing down, I certainly understand that “braking is also a movement,” but I want this process to somehow go faster ... It is possible that I would take the form of a confederation, I want at least some results. ..
Misha Kievsky
The Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry decided to satisfy the requirement of the deputy group headed by Verkhovna Rada’s faction “Party of Regions” Oleg Tsaryov. The requirement concerned the prohibition of entry into the territory of Ukraine 36 to citizens of foreign countries. All these citizens are suspected of having held special consultations for representatives of the Ukrainian opposition aimed at destabilizing the situation in the country.
Particularly noteworthy is the fact that from 36 persons who have been banned from entering the Ukraine by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 30 are citizens of Georgia ... And one of them is a sin not to know. This is the former president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, whom political activity, it seems, continues to be actively swallowed, albeit already outside the Georgian state.
History looks confusing. Initially, information about the ban was presented by MP Tsarev himself, and, according to information agencies, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Then it turned out that there was no official notification. As a result, it turned out like this: in words - a ban, on paper - everything is as before. In general, everything here is in Ukrainian (in the sense of the latest political vacillation) ...
Of course, it would be much better if the Ukrainian authorities did not close the door for Mikhail Nikolozich to the country ... They would give back to Euromaidan, and there people in civilian clothes would expect it ... If they can't make their people in civilian clothes, then in the form of “Humanitarian” aid Russia could help with its own personnel. Moreover, all this could be organized as a "joyful meeting" of friend Michael with further transmission to the "glass of tea." Well, instead of a “glass”: a bag over your head is a “little Bobby” with a deaf toning - Borispol - Domodedovo - well, hello, Misha ...
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A.Yary
This toad should be stuck and brought to Tskhinval!
Give or prosecute (in my opinion, the Republic of South Ossetia did not sign abstinence from the death penalty), or give to the people, which will also be fair!
Give or prosecute (in my opinion, the Republic of South Ossetia did not sign abstinence from the death penalty), or give to the people, which will also be fair!
Sapper
I thought that he would leave the post of the President of Georgia, and about him I wouldn’t hear more. ЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЕЕЕ I pulled up a tie. Let him go to his America and there chew his students' ties. Like Gorbachev, one field of berries.
Conepatus
How weak everything is. Why not declared persona and non grata McCain? Are they, like come for a walk? ... only the people are stirred up, and the power is silent. One of our deputies would try to come to the USA and agitate the masses against their government, they would simply put him in there and spit on the International Rules, and we would only forbid the Georgians from entering. If only the turnips were stuffed, on the track, so to speak.
Form and content
The Russian army began to massively disguise itself in a new field uniform, refined taking into account all the wishes of soldiers and officers, plus the recommendations of Minister Sergei Shoigu.
The basic all-season kit of the form, consisting of 19 items, takes into account the specifics of service in various types and types of troops, climatic zones, and periods of use.
The presentation of the new field form has already taken place. Reviews, as, however, and usually on such presentations, were close to enthusiastic. However, the testimonials of those who sew the uniform, or those who represent it, are not at all the same as the testimonials of the servicemen themselves - people for whom this uniform will become, if one may say so, native. I would like to hope that the new military uniform was really created taking into account all the comments that were expressed on the so-called projects "from Yudashkin" (although Yudashkin himself claimed that his projects Serdyukov and company had the most blatant perversion; by the way, he claimed as Anatoly Eduardovich from a ministerial post "asked").
In the near future we can expect feedback on the new form of military units - as they say, from the first person. Although here, of course, it is also necessary to separate the wheat from the chaff, for there will always be the disgruntled. So even selected sables on the collars of jackets on eiderdown to put gold stars (spikes) on epaulets - it's still chilly, uncomfortable, baggy ...
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Atk44849
But I recommend to leave the boots and sheepskin.
Ingvar 72
Every year the form more and more reminds NATO. And Velcro with zippers is certainly more convenient than buttons, but inferior in reliability. For me, the best field uniform is Hebash Afghani of the first years of release.
PANZER
NATO, by the way, has a good shape, and the fact that ours is like it is most likely a global trend.
29 officer
The refusal of footcloths is, of course, nonsense! Reliable footcloth there is nothing! The main thing is to reel them correctly! When our part was redeveloped into “berets”, we had to quickly give up socks - get off, tear, quickly become damp. And the tailor rewound on the dry side and ladies, let him dry on the other side. Still in the boots or boots Motai footcloths!
Capitalist property raiders
State Duma deputy from the Communist Party faction Yuri Sinechshchikov, a member of the Duma Committee on Criminal Law, proposes to amend the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, according to which property of the relatives of persons who have committed corruption crimes will be confiscated if property) acquired through funds received illegally.
Confiscation of property from relatives of embezzlers is, of course, necessary. Why, only deputy Sinelshchikov himself believes in the effectiveness of such a measure (at the level of a new article in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Perhaps Yuri Petrovich is not aware of the fact that lately in our country not a single precedent of confiscation of property was recorded, even among those who were directly convicted under “corruption” articles (Article 290 “Taking a Bribe”, Article 204 “ Commercial bribery, for example). Although the possibility of confiscation under these articles is spelled out in the 15.1 chapter of the general part of the Criminal Code. Moreover, we have to apply this confiscation, especially if we take into account, often for a corrupt official and an article, it turns out, it is not easy to pick up - that, you know, negligence, then “tapness”, then “roughness” unconditional innocence - what kind of confiscation is there ...
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A.Yary
Confiscation should not be "want-not want" at the request of the judge, it should be mandatory in the case of the application of the article. And it’s also time to go to the correct timeline, not "from" and "to", so many years and that's it! And in the criminal law to completely eliminate the "convention" in the timing! These measures are the first step to the termination of the practice, "everything depends on the judge"!
Very old
Uhhh ....
A fresh tradition. And the Swiss dungeons, and offshore, and the underground, chests, cellars, caches ...
This is only a draft law, i.e. Signal: Well, let's quickly hide everything. Yes, until this law takes power ... We all went through it. It's time to PLUMBING.
A fresh tradition. And the Swiss dungeons, and offshore, and the underground, chests, cellars, caches ...
This is only a draft law, i.e. Signal: Well, let's quickly hide everything. Yes, until this law takes power ... We all went through it. It's time to PLUMBING.
kind
It is time for embezzlers and bribe takers to build a city beyond the Arctic Circle. And so that they built themselves from the material at hand, they will survive - they are lucky, but no, no one will cry. You can also call this event - the last "hero", and broadcast on TV. Ratings will be crazy!
All is well, beautiful marquise
Timur Turlov (Slon.ru) told the general public that everything is fine in the USA. Everywhere there is great: in the innovation sector, in politics, in the economy, in the affairs of the Fed, and even consumers feel great (apparently, after the recent “Black Friday” - those who survived in supermarkets are baldeyut). And Obama ... No, it’s better to quote one passage from a material signed by Mr. Turlov.
The browser writes:
“At least twice this year, we have witnessed the unprecedented political wisdom of the American president. Barack Obama at the beginning of autumn was just one step away from the war in Syria, but he did not make this step. The long confrontation with the Congress over the national debt ceiling also ended "without blood": the president managed to reach a compromise even with some advantage for his political position. "
Just one step away from the war? .. And who, like Netanyahu, drew the “red lines”, deliberately threatening Damascus with war? Do not Obama? Isn't he one of the screenwriters of the chemical series in Syria? What is the wisdom of someone who has come to a foreign country with Tomahawks, and then, having received a diplomatic repulse from a real wise man, Comrade Lavrov, capitulated, while continuing to mumble that Asad did use chemical weapons? The latter certainly does not look like wisdom, but it looks more like outright nonsense, with which the main American covered up its geopolitical defeat.
It would be wise to be the one who would not finance the opposition militants, supplying them with “non-lethal” funds, supporting them with powerful propaganda and promising weapons in the near future. And so Obama sees every day in the mirror an unworthy state husband, but a cheap puppet, to which the strings are pulled from the hands of the wheelwinds of the military-industrial complex, which, by the way, are also being charged by Congress - which, apparently, must also be called wise since it was he who finally decided not to invade Syria.
Now about Obama's confrontation with Congress. Finished "without blood"? Well, of course! The American government was “turned off” for sixteen days. And at the end of the "Shatdaun" in the United States considered the damage from it.
According to Standard & Poor's, the 16-day crisis cost the American economy $ 24 billion. With this money, it was possible to carry out about 9 flights to Mars "Curiosity" or build five Large Hadron Colliders. Anyone who loves to talk about the innovation sector and its successes will be impressed by the $ 20 billion - the price of all Twitter shares. There will be another 4 billion left to wash the purchase all over America. And seven and a half years and three days to get drunk.
Obama's wisdom here is only that he did not yield to the blackmailers, the Republicans. But in the end? .. It turned out absurd political game called "Dumb and Dumber."
Continuing the theme of Congress and Obama, we note that the next “wisdom” of the president was voiced by him on December 20 just before the congressmen. In essence, B.H. pulled a fifth ace from his sleeve. Frankly bluffing (and, apparently, proud of his “wise” previous victory over blackmailers from Congress), Mr. Obama said that from now on he refuses to negotiate with Congress on raising the national debt ceiling. This topic was the lead at his last press conference on the results of the year.
From Obama's words, the congressmen, who were surprised by the surprise of their eyes, learned that they had no connection with the president, and that the United States Congress was to blame for their accumulation. And the main fault, apparently, lies with the congressmen-Republicans. If morality is extended, so to speak, it will become clear: Obama hinted that it was the Republican Party that had accumulated debts, while the Democrats at that time drank tea. And so that the hint was properly understood even by those who are “dumber than stupid,” B. Kh. Noted that “the Republicans have enough sense not to start everything from the beginning.”
Obama, who is opposed to Congress, can be compared to another Democrat, Bill Clinton. The Republicans, too, did not give rest to Tom. There are even comparable nuances ... Everyone remembers because of what (more precisely, because of whom) B. Clinton almost fell into impeachment. And then there were rumors that Obama had flirted with the prime minister of Denmark and even took a picture with her on an iPhone - instead of taking a picture with his wife. However, Obama's divorce is scheduled, according to verified rumors, in 2017-th year: the presidency will end, and official love will end. Nevertheless, the pictures on the iPhone "wisdom" is also difficult to call. Yes, dear fellow readers?
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Predator-74
Maybe this year is not for nothing that the 13 is, maybe this is the beginning of the end for the USA !!!
makarov
Why wonder about Obama's puppet? By and large, almost all the preziki of the United States were the "talking cover" of the military-industrial complex and US bankers.
Camera with prostitutes
Deviyani Khobragade - Deputy Head of the Consulate General of India in New York. 12 December, she escorted her daughter to school when the way was blocked by vigilant American police who did not care who was in front of them: a diplomat, a cook from McDonald's, a parking cleaner or some other seeker of the American dream. Vice consul arrested. New York cops can easily arrest anyone. Meet them Cameron or Hollande - well, they can. Why is there Hollande: Barack Obama himself is afraid of the New York cops.
The Indian beauty Khobragad was chained into handcuffs, searched and brought to the station, where they said that she had deceived a person, namely a nanny: she issued a visa and promised to pay generously - four and a half thousand dollars a month, but then offended the servant with money. The diplomatic papers of the law enforcement officers are not interested.
Next was the camera. The media have colorfully painted the neighbors of the diploma: drug addicts, prostitutes and other pleasant company, which the staff of consulates usually do not indulge with their presence. It is possible that many of the detainees were soon released, while others were not so scared about the time that Khobragade threatened, namely, fifteen years.
Hindus still managed to pull Khobragade out of jail - they pledged a quarter of a million American greens.
In New Delhi, they decided to explain to the Americans that they did not do well. Indian Foreign Ministry summoned US ambassador Nancy Powell to the carpet and conveyed a protest.
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid demanded to stop the case against the diplomat. Other members of the Indian Cabinet wished the Indian side to be apologized.
Then the Indian government demanded that the American diplomats return special identification cards confirming the diplomatic status of the person and employees also to extend the visa. In the program "News of the Week" showed how Indian bulldozers clean concrete fencing installed around the US Embassy in New Delhi.
It is reported that Khobragad was subjected to a humiliating intimate inspection. If this is true, then the question arises: why? What were you looking for in secluded places? Nanny money? ..
Ordinary Indians also protested against the diplomatic humiliation of their homeland. Anti-American protests swept India. Star-striped flags were burned. On December 20, protesters smashed the pizzeria of the Dominos Pizza restaurant chain in the Mumbai suburb and called on citizens to block American-made goods.
Well, and in the State Department believe that the actions of the police in relation to Khobragade did not go beyond the standard procedures. And really: in the same way, they undress and search drug addicts, prostitutes, thieves, fraudsters and those suspected of terrorism.
Meanwhile, delegates from the US Congress arrived in New Delhi. But in vain they spent budget money (though not for the first time). It turned out that the Indians have pride. No one wanted to talk to the messengers.
Then John Kerry himself called to India. But he, as they say, “lowered the level”: he only got through to Shivshankar Menon, adviser to the Prime Minister of India on national security. The US Secretary of State "expressed regret" because of the incident with Deviyani Khobragade and was quick to call the US-India relationship "close" and even "vital."
I picked up some words ... Indeed, any trifle in a police cell can turn out to be “vital”, and there’s nothing to say about “close” relations.
And Obama? Where is the apology?
Without waiting for them, the Indians are angry. And they went to the extreme steps.
India has banned on its territory to supply duty free alcohol to American diplomatic institutions. Simply put, American diplomats who are famous for their love for the feverish in large quantities and cheaper will have to lead a relatively sober lifestyle. And they are not used to it ...
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Guun
Oversight. At this rate, the powers that are gaining strength will not be closely associated with the United States. And try to arrest the same diplomat from the US for 15 years - the stench will rise to the whole West!
abrakadabre
Also money paid. And in a proper way, they should have called the ambassador, publicly arrested him, deprived all the personnel and the territory of the embassy from extraterritoriality. Conduct inspection with predilection of all premises of the embassy. And declare the immediate, unconditional release of the detainee, the issuance of zealous policemen in exchange for the embassy staff with special flight delivery to the territory of India.
After resolving the problem, notify the United States of the revision of the procedure for issuing visas for US diplomats with the introduction of the term of a visa for no more than a month and a regular mark of stay at the place of registration. At the same time, refer to the fact that the sanctions were imposed for a period of ... well, for example, for 5 years and solely for violating the USA of the dip conventions. status.
After resolving the problem, notify the United States of the revision of the procedure for issuing visas for US diplomats with the introduction of the term of a visa for no more than a month and a regular mark of stay at the place of registration. At the same time, refer to the fact that the sanctions were imposed for a period of ... well, for example, for 5 years and solely for violating the USA of the dip conventions. status.
Felix200970
A little cool and fraught with consequences, but it would be very intelligible. And if, in the event of attempts to bump up, Russia would stand up against China, and even a couple of countries, the striped ones would scratch the turnip, and at the same time they would slap their zeal for their zeal.
abrakadabre
Exactly. All the same, they would not have started to fight the USA with India.
Such arrogance creates impunity. And such impunity is treated only by similar methods. And nothing else. No protests and notes this is not treated. The ambalious scumbag has never been brought up by the squeaky protests of the victim. But very much in the right direction perceives reciprocal scuffle.
If at the same time shouting everywhere in the world about imposing sanctions to restore the authority of international law, then China, and many more, will approve. Even if without loud statements.
Such arrogance creates impunity. And such impunity is treated only by similar methods. And nothing else. No protests and notes this is not treated. The ambalious scumbag has never been brought up by the squeaky protests of the victim. But very much in the right direction perceives reciprocal scuffle.
If at the same time shouting everywhere in the world about imposing sanctions to restore the authority of international law, then China, and many more, will approve. Even if without loud statements.
Vasek
In India, the law passed: 10 years for homosexuality.
So, there is no need to look for a reason for a long time, half of the American dip. Mission can be planted on this article just for the "way of life"!
So, there is no need to look for a reason for a long time, half of the American dip. Mission can be planted on this article just for the "way of life"!
For the people, but without the people
Under the heading "National Security" newspapers Washington Post December 24 published an interview that correspondent Burton Gellman took in Moscow from Edward Snowden. The meeting of a journalist and a former secret service officer took place on the street, and the conversation went on in a secret place that Snowden chose and showed to the reporter himself.
“For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission has already been accomplished,” said Snowden. - I already won. Everything that I tried to do with the help of journalists was implemented. Remember: I did not want to change society. I wanted society to decide whether it should change itself. ”
Edward explained to the reporter that his task was to show the public how to manage it. Meanwhile, he admitted that he did not have confidence in whether people shared his views. But he believed that one should still “try something and not do nothing”.
In his own words, Snowden, he was driven by the desire to put the NSA in front of criticism. It is necessary for this department - perhaps its activities have never been criticized.
In the summer of 2013, intelligence agencies and national security services viewed Snowden as a reckless saboteur. At the Aspen Security Forum in July, a four-star general angrily said: “We did not have a second 9 / 11”. This man said about Snowden as the oath-breaker, using a turn of speech that should evoke a sense of betrayal in people. NSA Director Keith Alexander and National Intelligence Director James R. Clapper, like many others, then repeated this wording.
However, in an interview with The Post, Snowden said that the standard 312 form is classified as a non-disclosure agreement and is a civil law contract. He signed it, but there is something higher: the Constitution. And Keith Alexander, and James Klapper are not true to her. People, noted Snowden, who accuse me of disloyalty, pursue an erroneous goal.
“I’m not trying to go against the NSA, I’m working to improve the NSA,” he said. - I'm still working for the NSA - right now. And they are the only ones who do not understand this. ”
“Someone should be first,” added Snowden.
Edward now leads a secluded and ascetic lifestyle. He eats instant noodles and chips. He has guests who give him books. These books are accumulating, Snowden does not read them. The Internet is an endless library and window to the world.
“It was always very difficult to get me out of the house,” said Edward. “I have some needs ...”
The former director of the NSA and the CIA, Michael Hayden, predicted that Snowden would wither away in Moscow and follow like other "defectors". Snowden shrugged in response. He does not drink at all. Never tried it. In addition, he did not choose asylum in Moscow as the final "destination". He simply had no choice ...
It is unlikely that Obama, directing the activities of the NSA and other major intelligence agencies as the president of the state, will agree to some amnesty for Snowden. Therefore, the road to the United States Edward booked. Edik, learn Russian intensively. You live in Russia.
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ObnaPur
Edik, learn to cook soup! On the beach packages you will not last long.
leks
And what has changed after his exposure? The CIA and the NSA both watched and will continue to monitor and listen, the security services have always been above the law and they wanted to spit on ordinary citizens, especially in the United States - the most democratic country in the world. Well, did people know that they were bugged, and what would they do? Go to the forest to live? Yes, hell there. Just think: well, to hell with them, let them listen. Nothing has changed and will not change, even a hundred of the same as he will tell the truth about the special services.
Kiliny
After Snowden's revelations, a lot of things changed, and most importantly, the USA lost its “face”, after that even their eternal allies refused to support the US bombing of Syria. Snowden plus, USA - minus.
Clinton vs Christie
Among potential US presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie hold the lead. This is evidenced by the results of a survey of CNN and ORC, reports RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
True, neither he nor she has yet announced their intention to run for president in 2016.
According to a 950 poll of registered voters in the United States, in a pair of Christie - Clinton, the Republican governor can get 48% of votes, and the former secretary of state - 46%.
Mr. Christie is leading among non-party voters and among men, and Mrs. Clinton is significantly ahead of Christie among female voters.
The survey was conducted on December 16-19; its statistical error is 3 percentage points.
Add a paragraph from you. The Americans who are sick of Hillary, probably, no longer remember her main slogan, which she almost daily exploited, being secretary of state: “Assad must leave.” The memory of the electorate is short - even shorter than the mind of the experts. Today, many Western experts suddenly agreed that Assad is preferable to Al-Qaida. In any 2016 year, whatever one may say, but in the Middle East there will be many unresolved issues, and in the election debate presidential candidates will have to talk on this topic. In principle, using the recipes of the “Ministry of Truth” from Orwell’s book, Hillary can say: “Al-Qaida” should leave. I always said that. ”
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Cat
And the aphorism fits her best:
Three ages in the life of a woman:
1. Nervous father.
2. Annoying her husband (poor Billy).
3. Furious son-in-law (banker Mark Mezvinsky).
Three ages in the life of a woman:
1. Nervous father.
2. Annoying her husband (poor Billy).
3. Furious son-in-law (banker Mark Mezvinsky).
Negros banned
Representatives of the human rights group "Kids' Right to Read" said that American schools introduced censorship of books. Reports about it "RT" with reference to The Guardian.
Among the books that attempted to remove the "champions of morality" from school libraries were works written by representatives of various national and social groups.
Often the book "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison falls into the list of "forbidden literature". She tells of the plight of a black young man in America in the middle of the 20th century. In order not to become a victim of racism, the main character is forced to wander and hide his abilities.
In some schools, the book “Flowers of Purple Fields” by Alishia Walker was banned. It tells about the fate of a raped Negro girl. And Steven Spielberg made a film based on this book.
Keepers of libraries are hiding from children and books on the fate of American Indians.
It comes to the point that in other cases even books devoted to the fight against fascism are banned. From the library of a school in Michigan, the publication of the diaries of Anne Frank, who died at the hands of the Nazis in March 1945, disappeared. Voluntary censors believe her diaries contain “too much pornography.”
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Very old
In their fire, in the cleansing fire:
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin";
- Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn";
- James F. Cooper - a scoundrel of such: five volumes about the Indians ...
Dr. Josef Ge - well, a real baby!
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin";
- Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn";
- James F. Cooper - a scoundrel of such: five volumes about the Indians ...
Dr. Josef Ge - well, a real baby!
aleks77
I heard somewhere, if they start burning books, they will soon start burning people.
slovak007
No need to go far for examples. In fascist Germany, it was so.
Bacon and eggs
In the largest British retail chain "Marks and Spencer" (600 stores in the UK alone), there was a scandal due to the notorious tolerance. It turns out that the Muslim cashiers, for religious reasons, decided to no longer serve customers whose carts are filled with pork and bottles of alcohol. It’s hard to imagine an Englishman without a bottle and eggs and bacon, and therefore the decision of the management of the M&S network, which allowed them to completely ignore the pig-eaters and the whiskey, shocked the British people. This very people announced via the Internet that they would collect signatures and boycott the trading network, thereby depriving it of profits.
The press notes that the aforementioned M&S cashiers were dressed in “traditional Islamic clothes”. The denial of service was given in the form of advice to wait for another cashier who does not need to comply with Sharia law.
Initially, the management of M&S explained to the general public via the Internet and the press that the retail network takes into account the wishes of the workers: after all, there should be no discrimination. Shocked buyers fell into a stupor: that is, what is it? .. The company does not want to discriminate against cashiers, so now it will discriminate against buyers? .. There were calls on the Internet for a massive boycott of the network and the collection of signatures quickly began.
The management of the chain's stores, not wanting to lose profit, remembered from a fit of tolerance.
A new statement was made, according to which the instructions of “some managers” of the network were misinterpreted by the working staff, and no discrimination of buyers in the stores is provided. Anyone can buy pork, whiskey and champagne in any quantities.
As for the employees, their management promised to put them behind the counter with groceries and textiles.
Earlier, in early December, a group of London-based Islamists led by Sheikh Andzim Khudari, the head of the Al-Mudzhakhurun grouping (banned in the UK), held a share One of the most popular tourist areas in the British capital is Brick Lane.
Islamists demanded to ban the sale of alcohol to the owners of many shops and restaurants located here. Those who violate Sharia law, the protesters promised to punish them with forty blows of whips.
In institutions selling alcohol, letters were left with the requirements. Khudari pushed his speech. According to him, fellow believers cannot live among infidels and see “evil” around them. Then the sheikh promised that “this is just the beginning,” notes the Voice of Russia correspondent Yevgeny Zimin.
The British objected rather sluggishly: several members of the “English League of Defense” defiantly drank beer on the street. And this - the former owners of half the world? ..
Nikita Sorokin ("Voice of Russia") recalls that back in February, 2011, David Cameron, in a speech at the annual Munich Security Conference, spoke about the threats of multiculturalism. Earlier, the failure of multiculturalism was publicly recognized by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy. British and European society as a whole realized that multiculturalism transcends the boundaries of reason.
Radical Islamists are indeed advancing on the way of life of the native Europeans. A few years ago, the Islamic community in Britain demanded to cut Piglet out of a fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh, and also to withdraw from the sale of toy pigs: their appearance should not offend the "eyes of Muslim children."
On the streets of London you can find “Sharia patrols” - a group of Muslims who protect the principles of religious morality from Londoners and tourists. "You are in the territory of Islam." This means: you can not drink beer, it is forbidden to wear mini-skirts and shorts.
In France, in October 2012, Islamists, on pain of death, ousted the owners of wine and meat shops from the market in Nîmes. In Belgium, Muslim extremists promised to "kick out" the Belgians outside the kingdom. In Spain, the tolerant leadership of the Real Madrid football club removed a cross from its emblem, which symbolized the patronage of the king from 1920 of the year.
Many experts are sure: the number of immigrants in Europe will grow, and they assimilate the Europeans, and not the Europeans - them.
If we still remember, note how strenuously the authorities of other countries - like the same France - promote same-sex marriages and generally seem to serve the gay community, it becomes clear that Patrick Buchanan’s words about the decline of European civilization somewhere around the end of the 21st century the gloomy forecast of a pessimist futurologist, but the opinion of an ordinary realist.
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Canep
I would not be surprised if M&S goes bankrupt, I don’t know what the managers think, most likely they decided to save money and hired some Arabs for half the price, and now these Arabs decided to establish Sharia law in a separate chain of stores.
How to ruin? It is very simple: all local residents can file a lawsuit against the store for the fact that it is impossible to buy goods in the store, and this is a violation of a public contract enshrined in the form of a license for this type of activity. And all the British demand non-pecuniary damage. After hundreds of claims the network will be bent.
How to ruin? It is very simple: all local residents can file a lawsuit against the store for the fact that it is impossible to buy goods in the store, and this is a violation of a public contract enshrined in the form of a license for this type of activity. And all the British demand non-pecuniary damage. After hundreds of claims the network will be bent.
And Us Rat
Hope it goes broke. Who does not understand through the brain, will understand through jo ... y.
Mhpv
Come on, M&S, but in Moscow and the Moscow region, Pyaterochka, Dixie, Magnolia and so on are not going broke. It is becoming more and more difficult to make a purchase, as they hardly understand you in Russian. How long can you say that there should be a strict taboo on migrants in grocery stores, because everyone knows that no one goes through a medical examination, but they buy medical books, and these workers came here with what infections? And even for the sake of ordinary contempt, they can simply serve with dirty hands, they say, eat, you will die faster, and we will take your places and houses.
Orel
Dismiss such workers under the article and let them roll back to their “rich and prosperous” countries. With their charter, they don’t agree to a strange monastery, or you can get a kick ...
Alexander Romanov
What do you think about yourself! This is not tolerant and not democratic. It is necessary to respect the traditions of those whom we gave shelter. Immediately close all pig and alcohol factories, you can not offend the faithful. Allah Akbar will soon sound on Christmas Day in London.
Evromaydan Evgenievich
A young Lviv family called his newborn son Euromaidan, writes MIGnews.com with reference to "TSN".
The name of the child was given by the father, Yevgeny Tihun. This person spends a lot of time at rallies.
The boy's mother, Maria, does not see anything wrong with the unusual name. She believes that in this way the family has contributed to the history of Ukraine.
Historical streets may appear in Ukraine soon.
According to "Lenta.ru" with reference to “Firtka”, in Ivano-Frankivsk, Proektnaya Street was proposed to be renamed to European - certainly, in honor of the campaign for European integration. With such initiative the mayor Victor Anushkevichus has acted.
“We are now in the time of Euromaidan and the struggle of the Ukrainian society for European integration, and in this context it would be very appropriate to call it (the street) that way,” he said.
M-yes-aa-aa ... Fans of historical names are highly recommended to familiarize yourself with the extensive Soviet list, which includes progressive names of their own - from Dazdrapperma and Tractor to VHUTEMAS and VHUTEIN. Once again, you are convinced that history teaches nothing, but only walks in a circle. As for the child, he will probably be diminutively called Danya, and later he will rewrite his name on Daniel in his passport.
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polly
... It is terrible to even imagine how they would name their next poor child, having become stronger in their insanity ...
Denis
If a girl is born, then, probably, of the type Euromand ...
Bronis
The child will grow up and take revenge on his parents for teasing and humiliating him all his childhood ...
major071
... What's so fluid? They would have called DAZDRAVHUVES (long live the entry of Ukraine into the EU), it would have sounded much cooler.
Soldier
It happens worse. In 1993, in one of the Moscow registry offices, some "creative parents" registered a baby with the name EBELDOS !!! (Yeltsin, White House, Freedom).
* M. Kalashnikov: “Of course, like every person, there is something to regret ... But one thing I can say: I would not live my life differently if I had such an opportunity”
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