Geopolitical mosaic: Russia will lose the war with Ukraine, Ambassador McFaul spoke about his failures, and the Lord disliked America
The problem with al-Qaeda. - "drunk with power." - 30000 fukushimtsev. - Expropriation of expropriators. - Tickets went up. - European countries corroded corruption. - CCC against the German government. - Humor without limit. - British party gangster. - Rainbow flag over Scotland. - Hollande went against gays? - An inexhaustible source of income. - Full-fledged Latvians. - Baroness blundered with logistics. - Toilet on the pedestal. - In search of traitors. - Rebecca Harms revealed the main Ukrainian terrorists. - Russia will lose the war with Ukraine. - Initiative of the Crimean Parliament. - The workers of "Rain" tighten their belts. - In the American press, the image of a Kremlin agent in the White House is being exploited again. - Obama tapping the phones of congressmen? - Mr. McFaul, we will miss you. - The US Congress hit the poor and farmers. - The investigation promises to drag on. - The Lord disliked America.
The problem with al-Qaeda. The Al-Qaida grouping on the Arabian Peninsula "(Yemen) represents the most serious external threat to the United States, said the director of the US National Intelligence Agency James Klapper at a hearing in the intelligence committee of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Kashtanov.
The named group, in his opinion, has the capacity to organize powerful terrorist attacks: "... We consider Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," based in Yemen, as the most serious external threat to us.
However, let us add, there is an expert opinion on al-Qaida in general. Retired French intelligence officer Alain Shue said that almost nothing remained of Al-Qaida. The Atlantico publication interviewed an expert (translation source from French - "InoSMI").
Alain Shue told:
But the information about what are the remnants of al-Qaeda:
Where does so much talk about al-Qaeda come from?
The aggression under the al-Qaeda flag is, the expert believes, that it is in the interests of the Wahhabi oil monarchies - Saudi Arabia and Qatar. They are the rulers of Islamist violence, hiding behind the dilapidated Al-Qaeda screen.
"Drunk with power." Islamic preacher Fetulla Gulen, a former associate of Erdogan, sued the latter, according to "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
Gülen demanded 100 thousands of Turkish Liras in compensation for non-pecuniary damage and damage to his reputation by Erdogan’s claims, which the plaintiff found slanderous. The preacher was stung by Erdogan’s words that Gulen had created in Turkey a parallel system of government consisting of courts, police and prosecutors, in which his supporters work. The prime minister insisted that this structure is an “empire of fear,” with which he, Erdogan, will fight tirelessly. Moreover, Gulen, with the help of supporters, allegedly planned to seize state power.
The organization Hizmet, founded by a preacher, said that Erdogan was “intoxicated with power” and could not adequately assess the situation.
Xnumx Fukushimtsev. The Japanese government plans to conduct an extensive 30 medical examination of thousands of people who have participated in emergency work at the Fukushima-1 NPP over the past three years. This was reported in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Yaroslav Makarov.
Experts expect to get an accurate assessment of how the health of people was affected by the accident at the nuclear power plant. A survey of all emergency responders is scheduled for the end of 2015.
The correspondent reminds that to date, 19 thousands of Fukushima-1 employees have undergone detailed medical examinations. It was found that at least 1973 liquidators were exposed to radiation in the amount of more than 100 millisievert, which significantly increases the likelihood of cancer.
Expropriation of expropriators. Venezuelan President threatened to expropriate violators of the law on fair prices. Speaking at a rally in honor of the 22 anniversary of the military coup attempted by Hugo Chávez, he gave recalcitrant businessmen time before February 10. To this day, they must comply with the requirements of the legislative act, correspondent ITAR-TASS Sergey Sereda.
“If on Monday we find that someone is violating the law on fair prices, I will take the most radical measures,” said Comrade Maduro. “If we need to expropriate, we will expropriate to protect the economy of the country and our people.” The president promised to do everything in his power to "support production and ensure national prosperity."
Tickets went up. In the Argentine city of Cordoba riots occurred due to an increase in fares for public transport. Police detained 13 people, five law enforcement officers were injured, local media reported. He writes about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Fominykh.
Local authorities have announced an almost 30 percent increase in bus fare. Riots broke out. They were provoked by a group of demonstrators of leftist organizations: these people threw stones and incendiary bottles at police officers, crashed cars and shop windows. Later, protesters gathered near the police station and tried to rescue the detained comrades. Guards of the order, as indicated, "applied special means."
As the correspondent reminds, the protest occurred against the background of incessant inflation in the country, reaching about 30% per year. The week before last, the currency of the peso depreciated by almost 13% for two days.
European countries corroded corruption. "Inopressa" published a shortened translation of the article by Thomas Meier “Corruption thrives in crisis EU countries”, published in the Austrian newspaper “Der Standard”.
According to the Eurostat study on the corruption situation in the 28 countries of the European Union (this is the first such study), Europeans are unhappy with the current state of affairs.
76% of European citizens believe that corruption is widespread in Europe.
Moreover, more than 50% are confident that over the past three years it has increased significantly.
85% of Europeans claim that they themselves have witnessed corruption over the past year.
In European institutions, the problem is recognized. According to the European Commissioner for Domestic Policy Cecilia Malmström, corruption costs the European economy annually 120 billion euros.
According to the study, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Bulgaria became the “leaders” of the corruption rating. 99% of the inhabitants of Greece, for example, confirmed that corruption is a common thing. In Italy, the figure was 97%.
Corruption is widespread in the financing of political parties, urban planning, health care and road construction, Malmström said.
Well, add on my own, not surprising. Those areas in which state and regional authorities are involved are corrupt. The state struggle against corruption is ineffective precisely because the state is the main source of corruption. It would be naive to assume that the authorities will fight with themselves.
CCC against the German government. One of the largest hacker associations in the world, the Chaos Computer Club, sued the German federal government for supporting surveillance of its own citizens, which was conducted by the NSA and the CIA of the United States. This was told by Konstantin Kerubov ("Voice of Russia").
In a press release posted on the website of the hacker organization, it is noted that the CCC is fully confident: the secret services of Germany and other countries violated the German criminal law. “By filing a lawsuit, we expect the German federal prosecutor to initiate an investigation against the federal government,” the CCC website says.
Hackers write that the lawsuit was directed against Angela Merkel, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, special services of Germany, as well as the United Kingdom and the United States.
CCC demands that the defendants be brought to justice in paragraphs 99 (espionage), 201 (breach of privacy) and 258 (obstruction of justice) of the German Penal Code.
The pair with the CCC was initiated by the International League for the Protection of Human Rights.
As a witness, the CCC is asked to invite Edward Snowden.
Humor without limit. The German satirical magazine “Titanic” put a collage on the cover, ridiculing race car driver Michael Schumacher. Journalists compared the athlete with his 64-year-old colleague, report "Vesti" with reference to the "Mirror".
The Titanic number came out with a cover on which a photo of an 45-year-old athlete was placed next to the portrait of German motor sport veteran Nika Lauda, whose face was burned badly as a result of the 1976 accident. The inscription under the photo: "The first photo after the disaster: that's how bad Schumi looks now." The comic article says that Schumacher, who almost died in the hospital, is now impossible to distinguish from Lauda.
The public did not appreciate the joke, and Lauda made a statement: “It’s hard for me to imagine a person who decided to publish this pile of garbage”.
It is difficult to imagine, add to this, to what extent European humor has degenerated. Well, and if to argue from the commercial point of view, then journalists and editors of the edition are not able even to feel the audience of their own edition. Yes, you can understand some cynicism, yes, you can understand black humor, yes, you can balance "on the edge." But trying to make society laugh by what it grieves is the stupidity of the very last, highest level. There is nowhere to go stupid.
British party gangster. A spokesman for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Mujib ur-Rehman Bhutto was the former leader of the Pakistani gang. This became known after an investigation conducted by the BBC, writes "Lenta.ru".
As it turned out, in 2004, Bhutto organized the abduction of the son of a wealthy Pakistani businessman in Karachi. The criminals are not joking. The boy was threatened with torture, and his father was promised to send the head of the child, unless he transferred the money. The organizer of the abduction flew to Manchester, where he received a ransom in the amount of 56 thousands of pounds sterling.
As a result of a joint operation by Pakistani and British law enforcement agencies, the Bhutto gang was detained. The main gangster was taken on the territory of Great Britain. This person managed to achieve refugee status: otherwise, in the case of extradition to Pakistan, a noose awaited him.
In 2005, a British court sentenced the kidnapper to seven years in prison.
Bhutto joined the UKIP shortly after his release from prison in 2011. He began to speak regularly in the media on behalf of the organization. Interestingly, Bhutto spoke in favor of restricting migration to the UK.
UKIP stated that Bhutto left the party in December 2013 of the year.
Rainbow flag over Scotland. The law on the legalization of same-sex marriage today passed the Scottish Parliament. The first same-sex weddings there can take place in October 2014, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Denis Voroshilov with reference to the BBC.
“The law was passed by parliament 105 with“ yes ”votes, 18 parliamentarians voted against. The decision was welcomed by the Scottish government, but the two largest churches in Scotland protested the law, ”the British broadcaster reports.
Now the same-sex marriage law is in force in England and Wales. There, homosexuals will begin to "marry" from March 29. The only part of Britain where gay marriage is not recognized by law is Northern Ireland. And there is no question of gay marriage on the agenda of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly for 2014.
Hollande went against gays? Francois Hollande lost the support of one of the main groups of his electorate - sexual minorities. The President did not fulfill his election promise: amendments to the law on the family, expanding the rights of same-sex couples, will not be made. This was told Anastasia Popova ("Vesti").
The movement against same-sex marriages "Manifestations for all" is now celebrating victory. It was many thousands of processions in Paris and Lyon that forced Hollande to back down. The government postponed until next year consideration of the sensational law on the family.
The amendments relate to allowing same-sex couples to use the services of surrogate motherhood and allow them to resort to artificial insemination. Now some socialists support Hollande, while others party members criticize him. The Minister of Justice, the author of the law on the legalization of same-sex marriage, says that sooner or later the text will be adopted.
The LGBT community requires explanations from Hollande.
Now the already low rating of Hollande will drop even lower. Previously, the majority of French society turned away from him, now a minority - homosexuals will turn their backs.
An inexhaustible source of income. Actress Julie Gaye defends the right to privacy - she filed another lawsuit against the tabloid journalists "Closer". This time, Holland’s girlfriend’s anger was aroused by photos published on January 17. Julie Gaye is sealed behind the wheel of her car. And according to French law, the car is considered a “personal space”, the invasion of which is criminalized without consent. French prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into the tabloid, note "Vesti" with reference to Interfax.
In the event of the court’s acknowledgment of the journalists' fault, “Closer” will have to pay thousands of euros to the actress 45 in compensation for moral harm. The photographer will not be good either: he has a year of imprisonment.
Full-fledged Latvians. A picket was held near the building of the Latvian government demanding to keep studying in schools of national minorities in Russian. Several hundred people of different ages came to the rally in Riga, reports Newsru.com.
The reason for the action, organized by the "Union of Russian Latvia", was the recent statement by the Prime Minister of the Baltic Republic Laimdota Straujuma, which she made on LNT. She said that “sooner or later all public schools will be only in Latvian.”
According to one of the clauses of the coalition agreement, which 22 of January was signed by representatives of the ruling parties in the Latvian Sejm, from 1 September 2018, all Latvian schools will be translated into the state language of instruction.
According to the representative of the Russian Union in Latvia, Miroslav Mitrofanov, education in schools of national minorities exclusively in the Latvian language will inevitably affect the performance of children. As a result, applicants will be more difficult to enroll in universities and, as a result, "the motivation to go somewhere will increase."
To the picketers came the Minister of Education and Science of Latvia Ina Druviete. She said that a working group would be formed to resolve the issue of transferring schools to the Latvian language and added: “Children are not taken away. On the contrary, they are given the opportunity to live fully in the Latvian state. ”
Baroness blundered with logistics. It became known why Russian journalists did not allow 29 January in Kiev to the media briefing on the Ukrainian situation, which was held by the EU foreign affairs and security policy representative Catherine Ashton. Assistants Ashton explained the failure by "difficulties in terms of logistics and security," "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
According to the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Alexander Lukashevich, the explanation of the reasons for such a decision of the EU “can hardly be considered satisfactory.”
Toilet on pedestal. In Kiev, near the Bessarabskaya Square, a “golden toilet” was installed on a pedestal, where a monument to Lenin was demolished by radical demonstrators, reports "Reedus" with reference to the "Press of Ukraine".
From the Kiev City State Administration 30, people walked onto Shevchenko Boulevard and put a toilet painted with gold paint on a pedestal on which a monument to Lenin used to stand.
According to the organizers of the rally, the “golden toilet” symbolizes corruption, in which Ukrainian officials and deputies are mired.
In search of traitors. The Ukrainian opposition will try to lure the fighters of the internal troops to their side, promising them "fabulous benefits." This statement was made by the commander of the Interior Troops of the Interior Ministry, Lieutenant General Stanislav Shulyak, reports "Lenta.ru".
Agitators will promise bonuses in 10-20 annual salaries to those who “go over to the so-called revolutionaries” and change the oath. “Before you start a conversation with them, think about where they were before, why the opposition deputies never considered in the Verkhovna Rada the question of raising the allowances of servicemen and blocked any attempts to consider such bills,” said Shuliak, adding that he believes the ability of the military "to distinguish truth from insidious deception."
Rebecca Harms revealed the main Ukrainian terrorists. Several high-ranking Ukrainian officials have Austrian citizenship. Such information as transmits "Lenta.ru" With reference to Radio Liberty, the deputy of the European Parliament, co-chair of the Green Group and the European Free Alliance, Rebecca Harms, distributed.
According to her, this is the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Arbuzov and the head of the presidential administration Andrei Klyuev. “Arbuzov, Klyuev and Azarov, the people responsible for violence and terror in Ukraine, have Austrian passports and are free to visit the EU,” said Harms. “We learned about this from our Austrian colleagues.”
The deputy urged the EU leadership to introduce visa sanctions against representatives of the Ukrainian leadership, responsible for the use of force against participants of protest actions.
As the correspondent RIA "Novosti" Viktor Avdeenko, the acting head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Leonid Kozhara called on foreign politicians to refrain from hasty statements, which are based on unverified information. He stated this in connection with the information released by Rebecca Harms that Klyuev, Azarov and Arbuzov have Austrian passports.
"I urge all foreign politicians to avoid hasty statements, carefully check the information before making it public," the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry quoted Kozhara.
The requirement is true, we add from ourselves, but no one will listen to him. Indeed, in this case, ninety percent of “analytics” and a good half “will disappear in the world”News". Well, politicians will lose many opportunities for manipulating the consciousness of the electorate.
Russia will lose the war with Ukraine. “Now that Russian leaders, diplomats, and commentators are thinking about dividing Ukraine, we must first ask what this will mean in reality,” writes historian Timothy Snyder of Yale University in The International New York Times. Short translation of the article is made "Inopressoy".
If the current crisis ends with the disintegration of Ukraine as a state, it will be a disaster for everyone, including Russia. “The risk is that in the conditions of chaos and in the absence of a decisive position of the West, Russia may follow the logic of its current obligations and make an extremely dangerous conclusion,” the author states.
According to Snyder, the reason for the current crisis in Ukraine is “Russia's foreign policy” (on the eve of the signing of an agreement with the EU, “Putin quickly intervened by offering Yanukovych money and low gas prices”).
The author then goes on to the scenarios: “If Russia intervenes again, the next stage could be an internal coup, in which pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians will come to power, possibly retaining Yanukovich as the nominal leader.” But then the resistance of the people will only increase.
"If Russian puppets fall, Putin will have to choose between armed intervention and" loss of face. " True, according to Snyder, Russia is unlikely to win the war, and in this case "underground resistance will continue."
What output sees the historian?
He advises the EU and the leadership of Ukraine to urgently agree on, including early elections. "Let the Ukrainians themselves choose between Europe and Eurasia."
And if you do nothing?
If the EU is idle, and in Ukraine there will be a coup with Russian support, Russia will face a defeat in the war, and the EU will face a political crisis.
“If European diplomats can agree on a settlement, Russian diplomats and experts will argue that Ukrainian democracy is exclusively Western intervention in foreign affairs. But the majority of Russians, if not all, will experience secret relief, ”says the historian.
As we see, he was ashamed to present arguments in favor of why Russia "is unlikely to win the war." The author, too, seems to know about the “resistance of the people” only from Western media, which rarely write about the growing Kiev fascism, but often about American cookies.
Initiative of the Crimean Parliament. The Crimean parliament is going to appeal to Russia for help and protection. With such an initiative, as reported by the site "Krym.Kommentarii", made the deputy Sergey Tsekov (the party "Russian unity"). This tells "Lenta.ru".
“We are simply obliged to turn to the Russian Federation, taking into account the fact that Crimea is Russian autonomy, Russian by nationality, by culture and language. It is clear that this is a multinational territory in which representatives of different nationalities live in peace and harmony, but, nevertheless, only the Russian Federation can be our advocate, ”he said.
A deputy from the Party of Regions, Vladimir Klychnikov, stressed that the appeal should be addressed to the President and the Legislative Assembly of the Russian Federation, whom the Crimean leadership will ask "to act as a guarantor of the inviolability of the autonomy status, as well as the inviolability of the rights and freedoms of our citizens."
The workers of "Rain" tighten their belts. The Dozhd TV channel, excluded from the packages of the main satellite and cable television operators in Russia after the survey on the blockade of Leningrad, will continue broadcasting. About this at yesterday's press conference, Natalia Sindeeva, CEO of “Rain”, told. According to her, which leads Interfax“Rain” will have to “tighten the belts even though they are already tightly tightened already”.
The channel is ready to provide its signal to TV operators for free in order to save advertising revenue. “An hour ago, we announced, in fact, a public offer to all Russian cable operators and we offer to take any of our content for 2014 for free and sell to subscribers at a price that they themselves consider necessary,” said Alexander Vinokurov, an investor in the TV channel.
Sindeeva said that the future shutdown of the “Rain” broadcast by the satellite operator “Tricolor” would leave the channel without means of subsistence. “In general, in principle, a little bit more - and we need to close this business, but we will not do this,” she said.
According to her, the channel is looking for opportunities to broadcast in other media: “We have become very active in spreading us in other media: in Smart TV, we are negotiating with all the boxers - Apple TV and Dune.
Last Sunday, in the “Amateurs” program coming out on “Rain”, reminds of “Interfax”, viewers were asked to answer whether Leningrad had to be surrendered in order to save hundreds of thousands of lives. The Prosecutor General’s Office began checking “Dozhd” at the request of State Duma deputies and the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
The image of a Kremlin agent in the White House is being exploited again in the American press. “There is a time-tested saying:“ Deceive me once - shame on you, deceive the second - shame on me, ”writes former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Director of the Center for Security Policy Frank Gaffney, Jr. in the column for The Washington Times (a source - "Inopressa").
First, the USSR, then Russia deceived the United States literally on every agreement on arms control, and this is no longer a shame, but evidence of systematic sabotage by the American authorities. So says the author.
At last, US Undersecretary of State Rose Gottemoeller warned NATO of the new threat posed by Russia in the form of the P-500 land-based cruise missile, capable of overcoming 2600 km and hitting US allies and American bases not only in Europe but also in Asia. “Of course, such threats were allegedly eliminated when the bilateral Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Short-Range Missiles (CIAS) was signed in 1987,” the author recalls. “The stated objective of the agreement was the elimination of the arsenals of a whole class of nuclear and non-nuclear ballistic and cruise missiles available to Washington and Moscow with a range of actions from 500 to 5500 km.” In this regard, the tests of the P-500, according to some data, started by Russia in the 2008 year are an overt violation of the INF.
According to the expert, Putin is well aware that it is worth the Americans to sign some kind of arms control treaty, and they will comply not only with its letter, but also with its spirit. “Perhaps the most blatant example of this is the zeal with which the United States is fulfilling a treaty that they have not even ratified, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). We are not conducting any nuclear tests, while Russia that has acceded to the treaty continues to conduct low-power tests. ”
Further, Gaffney talks about the stupidity of the American rulers: “While world attention is focused on the holding of the Russian Winter Olympics by Russia, it will be useful for us to reflect on a sport in which the Kremlin has long been unaware of equal, namely, violation and all sorts of machinations with solemn international commitments to gain an advantage over opponents who were so stupid that they believed Moscow and unilaterally consistently fulfilled the terms of the contract. You can blame Putin for being so vicious in his victory. We only blame ourselves for tolerating and encouraging this. ”
So overthrow the main saboteur - Obama, add from yourself. Total and business. Act in accordance with the Declaration of Independence: “We consider the self-evident truths: that all people are created equal and endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable rights, which include the right to life, to liberty, and to the pursuit of happiness; that in order to ensure these rights, people create governments whose fair authority is based on the consent of the governed; that if any state system violates these rights, then the people have the right to change it or abolish and establish a new system based on such principles and organizing management in such forms that should best ensure the security and well-being of the people. ... when a long series of abuses and violence that invariably pursue the same goal reveals a desire to subordinate people to absolute despotism, then the right and duty of the people is to overthrow such a government and create new guarantees for their future security ... ”
Obama tapping the phones of congressmen? The US authorities are likely to collect data on calls from the office telephone numbers of US senators. This was confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Justice of the United States, James Cole, at the hearing of the legal committee of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Kashtanov.
“Without going into details, we are most likely doing this,” the deputy minister answered somewhat vaguely to a question from one of the congressmen.
Peter Svayr, a member of the Presidential Commission for the Revision of Intelligence Collection Technologies, assured those present that for the subsequent analysis of the obtained data, a proper court ruling and objective suspicions of involvement of at least one of the participants in a telephone conversation in terrorist activities are required.
Well, what about McCain, add on his own, - he even took pictures with bearded men on the Syrian border! .. Kim Jong Un won a native uncle shot for connections with prostitutes and addiction to casinos. And John McCain, right at the Senate meetings, plays poker on an iPhone. Don't be so spineless, Mr. Obama! Taste this phrase: “Welcome to Guantanamo, former Senator McCain!”
Mr. McFaul, we will miss you. “Michael McFaul is leaving his post” - Andrea Droush’s note appeared in “Politico” under this name (the source of the translation is "InoSMI").
Michael McFaul said he was going to leave the post of Russian ambassador at the end of February, after the Olympics. Mr. McFaul wrote about his departure on the blog on Tuesday morning. He explained the decision to leave Russia by the need to spend more time with his family.
“I really love my work and will miss it. I really like to represent my country as a diplomat, ”wrote McFaul.
The article notes that ambassador’s wife Donna and two sons returned home to California last summer so that his eldest son could finish school there. "She and his wife decided that after seven months on opposite sides of the planet, it was time for the family to reunite," the statement of the American embassy said.
Deputy Presidential National Security Advisor to the US National Security Council Ben Rhodes said that President Obama is grateful to McFaul for his work. Examples included achievements such as negotiations on strategic offensive arms, Iran, and the provision of troops in Afghanistan.
As transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry KirsanovThe US government has rejected the suggestion that Michael McFaul is finishing his job in Russia because of his dissatisfaction with him in Washington. “Absolutely not,” said Jen Psaki, head of the US State Department’s press service, at a regular press briefing for journalists.
According to her, the US administration believes that McFaul did "incredible work" in Russia. “The US Secretary of State is extremely grateful to McFaul for his service. We are doing a lot of work with Russia, and he (McFaul. - Approx. Ed.) Is an invaluable civil servant and diplomat, ”said Psaki.
However, McFaul himself identified his ambassadorial failures.
As the RIA News"Michael McFaul considers his main “failure” in the embassy position to be the fact that three years ago Russia and the United States failed to show leadership on the issue of the conflict in Syria.
“I can only speak for myself, I’m not sure that all my colleagues in Washington would agree with this, but I would note two things. First, the fact that we, Russia and the United States, failed to demonstrate leadership in the Syrian issue three years ago: not three weeks or three months ago, but at that time. Our two countries have a special responsibility, and therefore I consider this a true failure in terms of diplomacy, ”said McFaul in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper.
His second “failure” McFaul believes that “it was not possible to destroy the myth, as if the United States only wanted to make a revolution in Russia and destabilize it”.
“This is absolute nonsense! But, despite the fact that for two years I spoke about this in all interviews and at all meetings, these prejudices could not be completely eradicated, ”the diplomat said.
Why, the trouble is, let us add that Russian people are used to judging not by words, but by deeds. And American affairs are much at odds with American words. In words, the United States advocates peace, disarmament and democracy, but in fact supports bearded Islamists in Syria, indulging Saudi Arabia, in Europe they are building European missile defense. The lessons of Iraq and Libya did not benefit the White House. Suspicious attitudes toward the United States are not “prejudices,” Mr. McFaul. And this is not only the Russian attitude: your state, Michael, is losing confidence throughout the world. Go back home and tell America about it.
By the way. We will miss you, Mr. McFaul. Your lectures were so informative!
The US Congress hit the poor and farmers. The US Congress renamed and cut the “food stamp” program, eliminated direct payments to American farmers. These provisions are contained in a new bill passed by the US Congress on February 4. The White House announced in advance that Barack Obama will sign this law, note "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
The Food Stamp Program is a tool to support the poor. Now it will be called "Supplemental Nutrition Program". Allocations are reduced by about 800 million dollars a year, i.e., each of 85 thousands of needy families will receive about 90 dollars a month less than before.
The US government paid subsidies to American farmers for a total of approximately 4,5 billions of dollars a year, regardless of whether they made the products or not. Now direct payments are abolished. Other privileges, including support for agricultural prices and protection against foreign competition, have been retained.
The investigation promises to drag on. In the US Senate, hearings have been scheduled for fraud of tens of millions of dollars in the ranks of recruiters who recruited people into the army at the height of the Afghan and Iraq wars. "Lenta.ru" with reference to USA Today.
Investigation of fraud involved law enforcement agencies and internal control units of the army and the US National Guard.
All in all, the fraudsters extracted “tens of millions” of dollars from the US budget. The exact amount is not called. In the Senate, what happened was called the largest theft in stories the country's armed forces.
Investigators are checking the activities of 1200 recruiters, two thousand of their assistants. 200 people are already under investigation. The workload of investigators is so great that they promise to complete the work no earlier than 2016.
The Lord disliked America. On the Internet, a lot of videos made by different people in different American states (Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan, Kentucky, etc.) have appeared. On each of them, someone goes out of the house into the yard where there is snow, carries some snow into the house and sets it on fire. This tells "MixStuff".
This snow does not melt. Some claim that they tried to melt the snow, but at the same time there was a smell of burnt plastic from it.
Well, what, we ask, is there surprising? In 2012, World Wildlife Fund experts clearly explained that the main polluter of the planet's ecosystem is the United States. The report made a comparison: if the rest of the world used the resources of the planet on the same scale and with the same appetites as the USA, then to maintain the eco-balance humanity would need five more planets.
The problem with al-Qaeda. The Al-Qaida grouping on the Arabian Peninsula "(Yemen) represents the most serious external threat to the United States, said the director of the US National Intelligence Agency James Klapper at a hearing in the intelligence committee of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Kashtanov.
The named group, in his opinion, has the capacity to organize powerful terrorist attacks: "... We consider Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," based in Yemen, as the most serious external threat to us.
However, let us add, there is an expert opinion on al-Qaida in general. Retired French intelligence officer Alain Shue said that almost nothing remained of Al-Qaida. The Atlantico publication interviewed an expert (translation source from French - "InoSMI").
Alain Shue told:
“... More than ten years ago, the Bush administration launched the world“ war on terror ”, the tendency towards simplification and the desire for fame of some pseudo-experts, inherent in many of the largest Western media, have distorted the notion of Al Qaeda.
After the September 11 attacks, America wanted to present Al Qaeda that struck it as the last absolute and unchanging enemy. As a result, international media began to record any act of political violence by Muslims at the expense of this legendary organization. As a result, it became clear to any Islamist activist that if he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to stand under the flag of this organization. The governments of all Muslim countries, in turn, realized that it was enough for them to stick the Al Qaeda label to the opposition in order to calmly arrange reprisals against it or even get Western help in this.
Therefore, today we constantly write off to Al-Qaida any manifestations of violence of the Muslim world and Muslim communities, although usually everything is very far from the model, strategy and structure of this organization. ”
After the September 11 attacks, America wanted to present Al Qaeda that struck it as the last absolute and unchanging enemy. As a result, international media began to record any act of political violence by Muslims at the expense of this legendary organization. As a result, it became clear to any Islamist activist that if he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to stand under the flag of this organization. The governments of all Muslim countries, in turn, realized that it was enough for them to stick the Al Qaeda label to the opposition in order to calmly arrange reprisals against it or even get Western help in this.
Therefore, today we constantly write off to Al-Qaida any manifestations of violence of the Muslim world and Muslim communities, although usually everything is very far from the model, strategy and structure of this organization. ”
But the information about what are the remnants of al-Qaeda:
“Al-Qaeda” by Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, who counted 11 events of September 2001 of the year and many other terrorist attacks, was destroyed in the operational plan in 2002, and then finally dispersed during the Western offensive in Afghanistan. Its main ideological and operational leaders, including bin Laden, were doomed to isolation and underground, and the Pakistanis later “sold” them to the Americans in exchange for absolution and generous gifts.
From this organization, which fought with the West in order to force it to stop supporting the ungodly and illegitimate Muslim regimes, to date, only a few scattered and isolated activists are left. This is an indisputable fact, although some of them are actively engaged in propaganda, such as the founder of the magazine Inspire, Anwar al-Awlaki: his publication took one of the first places in the Internet constellation of Salafi propaganda.
Of course, Ayman al-Zavahiri, the real Egyptian “Muslim brother”, ideologue and head of the organization, is still at large. Now he does not have any means for active actions, financial resources and effective communication channels. He ensures his political survival by issuing draft directives and offering the label of his legendary organization to those who want to try it on themselves. He has become something like Max Havelaar of radical Islamism. He is a symbolic figure, not an actor. ”
From this organization, which fought with the West in order to force it to stop supporting the ungodly and illegitimate Muslim regimes, to date, only a few scattered and isolated activists are left. This is an indisputable fact, although some of them are actively engaged in propaganda, such as the founder of the magazine Inspire, Anwar al-Awlaki: his publication took one of the first places in the Internet constellation of Salafi propaganda.
Of course, Ayman al-Zavahiri, the real Egyptian “Muslim brother”, ideologue and head of the organization, is still at large. Now he does not have any means for active actions, financial resources and effective communication channels. He ensures his political survival by issuing draft directives and offering the label of his legendary organization to those who want to try it on themselves. He has become something like Max Havelaar of radical Islamism. He is a symbolic figure, not an actor. ”
Where does so much talk about al-Qaeda come from?
The aggression under the al-Qaeda flag is, the expert believes, that it is in the interests of the Wahhabi oil monarchies - Saudi Arabia and Qatar. They are the rulers of Islamist violence, hiding behind the dilapidated Al-Qaeda screen.
"Drunk with power." Islamic preacher Fetulla Gulen, a former associate of Erdogan, sued the latter, according to "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse.
Gülen demanded 100 thousands of Turkish Liras in compensation for non-pecuniary damage and damage to his reputation by Erdogan’s claims, which the plaintiff found slanderous. The preacher was stung by Erdogan’s words that Gulen had created in Turkey a parallel system of government consisting of courts, police and prosecutors, in which his supporters work. The prime minister insisted that this structure is an “empire of fear,” with which he, Erdogan, will fight tirelessly. Moreover, Gulen, with the help of supporters, allegedly planned to seize state power.
The organization Hizmet, founded by a preacher, said that Erdogan was “intoxicated with power” and could not adequately assess the situation.
Xnumx Fukushimtsev. The Japanese government plans to conduct an extensive 30 medical examination of thousands of people who have participated in emergency work at the Fukushima-1 NPP over the past three years. This was reported in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Yaroslav Makarov.
Experts expect to get an accurate assessment of how the health of people was affected by the accident at the nuclear power plant. A survey of all emergency responders is scheduled for the end of 2015.
The correspondent reminds that to date, 19 thousands of Fukushima-1 employees have undergone detailed medical examinations. It was found that at least 1973 liquidators were exposed to radiation in the amount of more than 100 millisievert, which significantly increases the likelihood of cancer.
Expropriation of expropriators. Venezuelan President threatened to expropriate violators of the law on fair prices. Speaking at a rally in honor of the 22 anniversary of the military coup attempted by Hugo Chávez, he gave recalcitrant businessmen time before February 10. To this day, they must comply with the requirements of the legislative act, correspondent ITAR-TASS Sergey Sereda.
“If on Monday we find that someone is violating the law on fair prices, I will take the most radical measures,” said Comrade Maduro. “If we need to expropriate, we will expropriate to protect the economy of the country and our people.” The president promised to do everything in his power to "support production and ensure national prosperity."
Tickets went up. In the Argentine city of Cordoba riots occurred due to an increase in fares for public transport. Police detained 13 people, five law enforcement officers were injured, local media reported. He writes about it correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Fominykh.
Local authorities have announced an almost 30 percent increase in bus fare. Riots broke out. They were provoked by a group of demonstrators of leftist organizations: these people threw stones and incendiary bottles at police officers, crashed cars and shop windows. Later, protesters gathered near the police station and tried to rescue the detained comrades. Guards of the order, as indicated, "applied special means."
As the correspondent reminds, the protest occurred against the background of incessant inflation in the country, reaching about 30% per year. The week before last, the currency of the peso depreciated by almost 13% for two days.
European countries corroded corruption. "Inopressa" published a shortened translation of the article by Thomas Meier “Corruption thrives in crisis EU countries”, published in the Austrian newspaper “Der Standard”.
According to the Eurostat study on the corruption situation in the 28 countries of the European Union (this is the first such study), Europeans are unhappy with the current state of affairs.
76% of European citizens believe that corruption is widespread in Europe.
Moreover, more than 50% are confident that over the past three years it has increased significantly.
85% of Europeans claim that they themselves have witnessed corruption over the past year.
In European institutions, the problem is recognized. According to the European Commissioner for Domestic Policy Cecilia Malmström, corruption costs the European economy annually 120 billion euros.
According to the study, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Bulgaria became the “leaders” of the corruption rating. 99% of the inhabitants of Greece, for example, confirmed that corruption is a common thing. In Italy, the figure was 97%.
Corruption is widespread in the financing of political parties, urban planning, health care and road construction, Malmström said.
Well, add on my own, not surprising. Those areas in which state and regional authorities are involved are corrupt. The state struggle against corruption is ineffective precisely because the state is the main source of corruption. It would be naive to assume that the authorities will fight with themselves.
CCC against the German government. One of the largest hacker associations in the world, the Chaos Computer Club, sued the German federal government for supporting surveillance of its own citizens, which was conducted by the NSA and the CIA of the United States. This was told by Konstantin Kerubov ("Voice of Russia").
In a press release posted on the website of the hacker organization, it is noted that the CCC is fully confident: the secret services of Germany and other countries violated the German criminal law. “By filing a lawsuit, we expect the German federal prosecutor to initiate an investigation against the federal government,” the CCC website says.
Hackers write that the lawsuit was directed against Angela Merkel, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, special services of Germany, as well as the United Kingdom and the United States.
CCC demands that the defendants be brought to justice in paragraphs 99 (espionage), 201 (breach of privacy) and 258 (obstruction of justice) of the German Penal Code.
The pair with the CCC was initiated by the International League for the Protection of Human Rights.
As a witness, the CCC is asked to invite Edward Snowden.
Humor without limit. The German satirical magazine “Titanic” put a collage on the cover, ridiculing race car driver Michael Schumacher. Journalists compared the athlete with his 64-year-old colleague, report "Vesti" with reference to the "Mirror".
The Titanic number came out with a cover on which a photo of an 45-year-old athlete was placed next to the portrait of German motor sport veteran Nika Lauda, whose face was burned badly as a result of the 1976 accident. The inscription under the photo: "The first photo after the disaster: that's how bad Schumi looks now." The comic article says that Schumacher, who almost died in the hospital, is now impossible to distinguish from Lauda.
The public did not appreciate the joke, and Lauda made a statement: “It’s hard for me to imagine a person who decided to publish this pile of garbage”.
It is difficult to imagine, add to this, to what extent European humor has degenerated. Well, and if to argue from the commercial point of view, then journalists and editors of the edition are not able even to feel the audience of their own edition. Yes, you can understand some cynicism, yes, you can understand black humor, yes, you can balance "on the edge." But trying to make society laugh by what it grieves is the stupidity of the very last, highest level. There is nowhere to go stupid.
British party gangster. A spokesman for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Mujib ur-Rehman Bhutto was the former leader of the Pakistani gang. This became known after an investigation conducted by the BBC, writes "Lenta.ru".
As it turned out, in 2004, Bhutto organized the abduction of the son of a wealthy Pakistani businessman in Karachi. The criminals are not joking. The boy was threatened with torture, and his father was promised to send the head of the child, unless he transferred the money. The organizer of the abduction flew to Manchester, where he received a ransom in the amount of 56 thousands of pounds sterling.
As a result of a joint operation by Pakistani and British law enforcement agencies, the Bhutto gang was detained. The main gangster was taken on the territory of Great Britain. This person managed to achieve refugee status: otherwise, in the case of extradition to Pakistan, a noose awaited him.
In 2005, a British court sentenced the kidnapper to seven years in prison.
Bhutto joined the UKIP shortly after his release from prison in 2011. He began to speak regularly in the media on behalf of the organization. Interestingly, Bhutto spoke in favor of restricting migration to the UK.
UKIP stated that Bhutto left the party in December 2013 of the year.
Rainbow flag over Scotland. The law on the legalization of same-sex marriage today passed the Scottish Parliament. The first same-sex weddings there can take place in October 2014, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Denis Voroshilov with reference to the BBC.
“The law was passed by parliament 105 with“ yes ”votes, 18 parliamentarians voted against. The decision was welcomed by the Scottish government, but the two largest churches in Scotland protested the law, ”the British broadcaster reports.
Now the same-sex marriage law is in force in England and Wales. There, homosexuals will begin to "marry" from March 29. The only part of Britain where gay marriage is not recognized by law is Northern Ireland. And there is no question of gay marriage on the agenda of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly for 2014.
Hollande went against gays? Francois Hollande lost the support of one of the main groups of his electorate - sexual minorities. The President did not fulfill his election promise: amendments to the law on the family, expanding the rights of same-sex couples, will not be made. This was told Anastasia Popova ("Vesti").
The movement against same-sex marriages "Manifestations for all" is now celebrating victory. It was many thousands of processions in Paris and Lyon that forced Hollande to back down. The government postponed until next year consideration of the sensational law on the family.
The amendments relate to allowing same-sex couples to use the services of surrogate motherhood and allow them to resort to artificial insemination. Now some socialists support Hollande, while others party members criticize him. The Minister of Justice, the author of the law on the legalization of same-sex marriage, says that sooner or later the text will be adopted.
The LGBT community requires explanations from Hollande.
Now the already low rating of Hollande will drop even lower. Previously, the majority of French society turned away from him, now a minority - homosexuals will turn their backs.
An inexhaustible source of income. Actress Julie Gaye defends the right to privacy - she filed another lawsuit against the tabloid journalists "Closer". This time, Holland’s girlfriend’s anger was aroused by photos published on January 17. Julie Gaye is sealed behind the wheel of her car. And according to French law, the car is considered a “personal space”, the invasion of which is criminalized without consent. French prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into the tabloid, note "Vesti" with reference to Interfax.
In the event of the court’s acknowledgment of the journalists' fault, “Closer” will have to pay thousands of euros to the actress 45 in compensation for moral harm. The photographer will not be good either: he has a year of imprisonment.
Full-fledged Latvians. A picket was held near the building of the Latvian government demanding to keep studying in schools of national minorities in Russian. Several hundred people of different ages came to the rally in Riga, reports Newsru.com.
The reason for the action, organized by the "Union of Russian Latvia", was the recent statement by the Prime Minister of the Baltic Republic Laimdota Straujuma, which she made on LNT. She said that “sooner or later all public schools will be only in Latvian.”
According to one of the clauses of the coalition agreement, which 22 of January was signed by representatives of the ruling parties in the Latvian Sejm, from 1 September 2018, all Latvian schools will be translated into the state language of instruction.
According to the representative of the Russian Union in Latvia, Miroslav Mitrofanov, education in schools of national minorities exclusively in the Latvian language will inevitably affect the performance of children. As a result, applicants will be more difficult to enroll in universities and, as a result, "the motivation to go somewhere will increase."
To the picketers came the Minister of Education and Science of Latvia Ina Druviete. She said that a working group would be formed to resolve the issue of transferring schools to the Latvian language and added: “Children are not taken away. On the contrary, they are given the opportunity to live fully in the Latvian state. ”
Baroness blundered with logistics. It became known why Russian journalists did not allow 29 January in Kiev to the media briefing on the Ukrainian situation, which was held by the EU foreign affairs and security policy representative Catherine Ashton. Assistants Ashton explained the failure by "difficulties in terms of logistics and security," "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
According to the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Alexander Lukashevich, the explanation of the reasons for such a decision of the EU “can hardly be considered satisfactory.”
Toilet on pedestal. In Kiev, near the Bessarabskaya Square, a “golden toilet” was installed on a pedestal, where a monument to Lenin was demolished by radical demonstrators, reports "Reedus" with reference to the "Press of Ukraine".
From the Kiev City State Administration 30, people walked onto Shevchenko Boulevard and put a toilet painted with gold paint on a pedestal on which a monument to Lenin used to stand.
According to the organizers of the rally, the “golden toilet” symbolizes corruption, in which Ukrainian officials and deputies are mired.
In search of traitors. The Ukrainian opposition will try to lure the fighters of the internal troops to their side, promising them "fabulous benefits." This statement was made by the commander of the Interior Troops of the Interior Ministry, Lieutenant General Stanislav Shulyak, reports "Lenta.ru".
Agitators will promise bonuses in 10-20 annual salaries to those who “go over to the so-called revolutionaries” and change the oath. “Before you start a conversation with them, think about where they were before, why the opposition deputies never considered in the Verkhovna Rada the question of raising the allowances of servicemen and blocked any attempts to consider such bills,” said Shuliak, adding that he believes the ability of the military "to distinguish truth from insidious deception."
Rebecca Harms revealed the main Ukrainian terrorists. Several high-ranking Ukrainian officials have Austrian citizenship. Such information as transmits "Lenta.ru" With reference to Radio Liberty, the deputy of the European Parliament, co-chair of the Green Group and the European Free Alliance, Rebecca Harms, distributed.
According to her, this is the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Arbuzov and the head of the presidential administration Andrei Klyuev. “Arbuzov, Klyuev and Azarov, the people responsible for violence and terror in Ukraine, have Austrian passports and are free to visit the EU,” said Harms. “We learned about this from our Austrian colleagues.”
The deputy urged the EU leadership to introduce visa sanctions against representatives of the Ukrainian leadership, responsible for the use of force against participants of protest actions.
As the correspondent RIA "Novosti" Viktor Avdeenko, the acting head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Leonid Kozhara called on foreign politicians to refrain from hasty statements, which are based on unverified information. He stated this in connection with the information released by Rebecca Harms that Klyuev, Azarov and Arbuzov have Austrian passports.
"I urge all foreign politicians to avoid hasty statements, carefully check the information before making it public," the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry quoted Kozhara.
The requirement is true, we add from ourselves, but no one will listen to him. Indeed, in this case, ninety percent of “analytics” and a good half “will disappear in the world”News". Well, politicians will lose many opportunities for manipulating the consciousness of the electorate.
Russia will lose the war with Ukraine. “Now that Russian leaders, diplomats, and commentators are thinking about dividing Ukraine, we must first ask what this will mean in reality,” writes historian Timothy Snyder of Yale University in The International New York Times. Short translation of the article is made "Inopressoy".
If the current crisis ends with the disintegration of Ukraine as a state, it will be a disaster for everyone, including Russia. “The risk is that in the conditions of chaos and in the absence of a decisive position of the West, Russia may follow the logic of its current obligations and make an extremely dangerous conclusion,” the author states.
According to Snyder, the reason for the current crisis in Ukraine is “Russia's foreign policy” (on the eve of the signing of an agreement with the EU, “Putin quickly intervened by offering Yanukovych money and low gas prices”).
The author then goes on to the scenarios: “If Russia intervenes again, the next stage could be an internal coup, in which pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians will come to power, possibly retaining Yanukovich as the nominal leader.” But then the resistance of the people will only increase.
"If Russian puppets fall, Putin will have to choose between armed intervention and" loss of face. " True, according to Snyder, Russia is unlikely to win the war, and in this case "underground resistance will continue."
What output sees the historian?
He advises the EU and the leadership of Ukraine to urgently agree on, including early elections. "Let the Ukrainians themselves choose between Europe and Eurasia."
And if you do nothing?
If the EU is idle, and in Ukraine there will be a coup with Russian support, Russia will face a defeat in the war, and the EU will face a political crisis.
“If European diplomats can agree on a settlement, Russian diplomats and experts will argue that Ukrainian democracy is exclusively Western intervention in foreign affairs. But the majority of Russians, if not all, will experience secret relief, ”says the historian.
As we see, he was ashamed to present arguments in favor of why Russia "is unlikely to win the war." The author, too, seems to know about the “resistance of the people” only from Western media, which rarely write about the growing Kiev fascism, but often about American cookies.
Initiative of the Crimean Parliament. The Crimean parliament is going to appeal to Russia for help and protection. With such an initiative, as reported by the site "Krym.Kommentarii", made the deputy Sergey Tsekov (the party "Russian unity"). This tells "Lenta.ru".
“We are simply obliged to turn to the Russian Federation, taking into account the fact that Crimea is Russian autonomy, Russian by nationality, by culture and language. It is clear that this is a multinational territory in which representatives of different nationalities live in peace and harmony, but, nevertheless, only the Russian Federation can be our advocate, ”he said.
A deputy from the Party of Regions, Vladimir Klychnikov, stressed that the appeal should be addressed to the President and the Legislative Assembly of the Russian Federation, whom the Crimean leadership will ask "to act as a guarantor of the inviolability of the autonomy status, as well as the inviolability of the rights and freedoms of our citizens."
The workers of "Rain" tighten their belts. The Dozhd TV channel, excluded from the packages of the main satellite and cable television operators in Russia after the survey on the blockade of Leningrad, will continue broadcasting. About this at yesterday's press conference, Natalia Sindeeva, CEO of “Rain”, told. According to her, which leads Interfax“Rain” will have to “tighten the belts even though they are already tightly tightened already”.
The channel is ready to provide its signal to TV operators for free in order to save advertising revenue. “An hour ago, we announced, in fact, a public offer to all Russian cable operators and we offer to take any of our content for 2014 for free and sell to subscribers at a price that they themselves consider necessary,” said Alexander Vinokurov, an investor in the TV channel.
Sindeeva said that the future shutdown of the “Rain” broadcast by the satellite operator “Tricolor” would leave the channel without means of subsistence. “In general, in principle, a little bit more - and we need to close this business, but we will not do this,” she said.
According to her, the channel is looking for opportunities to broadcast in other media: “We have become very active in spreading us in other media: in Smart TV, we are negotiating with all the boxers - Apple TV and Dune.
Last Sunday, in the “Amateurs” program coming out on “Rain”, reminds of “Interfax”, viewers were asked to answer whether Leningrad had to be surrendered in order to save hundreds of thousands of lives. The Prosecutor General’s Office began checking “Dozhd” at the request of State Duma deputies and the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
The image of a Kremlin agent in the White House is being exploited again in the American press. “There is a time-tested saying:“ Deceive me once - shame on you, deceive the second - shame on me, ”writes former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Director of the Center for Security Policy Frank Gaffney, Jr. in the column for The Washington Times (a source - "Inopressa").
First, the USSR, then Russia deceived the United States literally on every agreement on arms control, and this is no longer a shame, but evidence of systematic sabotage by the American authorities. So says the author.
At last, US Undersecretary of State Rose Gottemoeller warned NATO of the new threat posed by Russia in the form of the P-500 land-based cruise missile, capable of overcoming 2600 km and hitting US allies and American bases not only in Europe but also in Asia. “Of course, such threats were allegedly eliminated when the bilateral Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Short-Range Missiles (CIAS) was signed in 1987,” the author recalls. “The stated objective of the agreement was the elimination of the arsenals of a whole class of nuclear and non-nuclear ballistic and cruise missiles available to Washington and Moscow with a range of actions from 500 to 5500 km.” In this regard, the tests of the P-500, according to some data, started by Russia in the 2008 year are an overt violation of the INF.
According to the expert, Putin is well aware that it is worth the Americans to sign some kind of arms control treaty, and they will comply not only with its letter, but also with its spirit. “Perhaps the most blatant example of this is the zeal with which the United States is fulfilling a treaty that they have not even ratified, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). We are not conducting any nuclear tests, while Russia that has acceded to the treaty continues to conduct low-power tests. ”
Further, Gaffney talks about the stupidity of the American rulers: “While world attention is focused on the holding of the Russian Winter Olympics by Russia, it will be useful for us to reflect on a sport in which the Kremlin has long been unaware of equal, namely, violation and all sorts of machinations with solemn international commitments to gain an advantage over opponents who were so stupid that they believed Moscow and unilaterally consistently fulfilled the terms of the contract. You can blame Putin for being so vicious in his victory. We only blame ourselves for tolerating and encouraging this. ”
So overthrow the main saboteur - Obama, add from yourself. Total and business. Act in accordance with the Declaration of Independence: “We consider the self-evident truths: that all people are created equal and endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable rights, which include the right to life, to liberty, and to the pursuit of happiness; that in order to ensure these rights, people create governments whose fair authority is based on the consent of the governed; that if any state system violates these rights, then the people have the right to change it or abolish and establish a new system based on such principles and organizing management in such forms that should best ensure the security and well-being of the people. ... when a long series of abuses and violence that invariably pursue the same goal reveals a desire to subordinate people to absolute despotism, then the right and duty of the people is to overthrow such a government and create new guarantees for their future security ... ”
Obama tapping the phones of congressmen? The US authorities are likely to collect data on calls from the office telephone numbers of US senators. This was confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Justice of the United States, James Cole, at the hearing of the legal committee of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Kashtanov.
“Without going into details, we are most likely doing this,” the deputy minister answered somewhat vaguely to a question from one of the congressmen.
Peter Svayr, a member of the Presidential Commission for the Revision of Intelligence Collection Technologies, assured those present that for the subsequent analysis of the obtained data, a proper court ruling and objective suspicions of involvement of at least one of the participants in a telephone conversation in terrorist activities are required.
Well, what about McCain, add on his own, - he even took pictures with bearded men on the Syrian border! .. Kim Jong Un won a native uncle shot for connections with prostitutes and addiction to casinos. And John McCain, right at the Senate meetings, plays poker on an iPhone. Don't be so spineless, Mr. Obama! Taste this phrase: “Welcome to Guantanamo, former Senator McCain!”
Mr. McFaul, we will miss you. “Michael McFaul is leaving his post” - Andrea Droush’s note appeared in “Politico” under this name (the source of the translation is "InoSMI").
Michael McFaul said he was going to leave the post of Russian ambassador at the end of February, after the Olympics. Mr. McFaul wrote about his departure on the blog on Tuesday morning. He explained the decision to leave Russia by the need to spend more time with his family.
“I really love my work and will miss it. I really like to represent my country as a diplomat, ”wrote McFaul.
The article notes that ambassador’s wife Donna and two sons returned home to California last summer so that his eldest son could finish school there. "She and his wife decided that after seven months on opposite sides of the planet, it was time for the family to reunite," the statement of the American embassy said.
Deputy Presidential National Security Advisor to the US National Security Council Ben Rhodes said that President Obama is grateful to McFaul for his work. Examples included achievements such as negotiations on strategic offensive arms, Iran, and the provision of troops in Afghanistan.
As transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry KirsanovThe US government has rejected the suggestion that Michael McFaul is finishing his job in Russia because of his dissatisfaction with him in Washington. “Absolutely not,” said Jen Psaki, head of the US State Department’s press service, at a regular press briefing for journalists.
According to her, the US administration believes that McFaul did "incredible work" in Russia. “The US Secretary of State is extremely grateful to McFaul for his service. We are doing a lot of work with Russia, and he (McFaul. - Approx. Ed.) Is an invaluable civil servant and diplomat, ”said Psaki.
However, McFaul himself identified his ambassadorial failures.
As the RIA News"Michael McFaul considers his main “failure” in the embassy position to be the fact that three years ago Russia and the United States failed to show leadership on the issue of the conflict in Syria.
“I can only speak for myself, I’m not sure that all my colleagues in Washington would agree with this, but I would note two things. First, the fact that we, Russia and the United States, failed to demonstrate leadership in the Syrian issue three years ago: not three weeks or three months ago, but at that time. Our two countries have a special responsibility, and therefore I consider this a true failure in terms of diplomacy, ”said McFaul in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper.
His second “failure” McFaul believes that “it was not possible to destroy the myth, as if the United States only wanted to make a revolution in Russia and destabilize it”.
“This is absolute nonsense! But, despite the fact that for two years I spoke about this in all interviews and at all meetings, these prejudices could not be completely eradicated, ”the diplomat said.
Why, the trouble is, let us add that Russian people are used to judging not by words, but by deeds. And American affairs are much at odds with American words. In words, the United States advocates peace, disarmament and democracy, but in fact supports bearded Islamists in Syria, indulging Saudi Arabia, in Europe they are building European missile defense. The lessons of Iraq and Libya did not benefit the White House. Suspicious attitudes toward the United States are not “prejudices,” Mr. McFaul. And this is not only the Russian attitude: your state, Michael, is losing confidence throughout the world. Go back home and tell America about it.
By the way. We will miss you, Mr. McFaul. Your lectures were so informative!
The US Congress hit the poor and farmers. The US Congress renamed and cut the “food stamp” program, eliminated direct payments to American farmers. These provisions are contained in a new bill passed by the US Congress on February 4. The White House announced in advance that Barack Obama will sign this law, note "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
The Food Stamp Program is a tool to support the poor. Now it will be called "Supplemental Nutrition Program". Allocations are reduced by about 800 million dollars a year, i.e., each of 85 thousands of needy families will receive about 90 dollars a month less than before.
The US government paid subsidies to American farmers for a total of approximately 4,5 billions of dollars a year, regardless of whether they made the products or not. Now direct payments are abolished. Other privileges, including support for agricultural prices and protection against foreign competition, have been retained.
The investigation promises to drag on. In the US Senate, hearings have been scheduled for fraud of tens of millions of dollars in the ranks of recruiters who recruited people into the army at the height of the Afghan and Iraq wars. "Lenta.ru" with reference to USA Today.
Investigation of fraud involved law enforcement agencies and internal control units of the army and the US National Guard.
“Frauds were built around a bonus payout program for attracting additional recruits to the army, introduced against the background of a shortage of people in 2005. Under the terms of this program, any soldier who led his friend into the army could expect to receive a reward of about a thousand dollars.
The system was completely open to abuse, which the recruiters used. They began to record all arriving volunteers as "attracted" by themselves or their accomplices from among the military personnel. One of the recruiters using this scheme “earned” 275 thousand dollars, another four received more than one hundred thousand dollars. ”
The system was completely open to abuse, which the recruiters used. They began to record all arriving volunteers as "attracted" by themselves or their accomplices from among the military personnel. One of the recruiters using this scheme “earned” 275 thousand dollars, another four received more than one hundred thousand dollars. ”
All in all, the fraudsters extracted “tens of millions” of dollars from the US budget. The exact amount is not called. In the Senate, what happened was called the largest theft in stories the country's armed forces.
Investigators are checking the activities of 1200 recruiters, two thousand of their assistants. 200 people are already under investigation. The workload of investigators is so great that they promise to complete the work no earlier than 2016.
The Lord disliked America. On the Internet, a lot of videos made by different people in different American states (Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan, Kentucky, etc.) have appeared. On each of them, someone goes out of the house into the yard where there is snow, carries some snow into the house and sets it on fire. This tells "MixStuff".
This snow does not melt. Some claim that they tried to melt the snow, but at the same time there was a smell of burnt plastic from it.
Well, what, we ask, is there surprising? In 2012, World Wildlife Fund experts clearly explained that the main polluter of the planet's ecosystem is the United States. The report made a comparison: if the rest of the world used the resources of the planet on the same scale and with the same appetites as the USA, then to maintain the eco-balance humanity would need five more planets.
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