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Rostec has confirmed that former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov works as the general director of the Federal Research Test Center for Mechanical Engineering.
“With 1 in November 2013, Anatoly Serdyukov works as the general director of the Federal Research Testing Center for Mechanical Engineering. FIITS M is on the balance sheet of the Federal Property Management Agency and is part of one of Rostec's holdings, RT-Auto,” the corporation said.
The opposition in the State Duma believes that the appointment of former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as head of the Federal Research Test Center for Mechanical Engineering is incorrect with respect to citizens and will lead to a deterioration of the situation in the industry, but the EP believes that Serdyukov’s experience may be needed in his new job.
And it’s true that this “experienced business manager”, as the former minister called United State Duma deputy Vladimir Gutenev, was without work ... Of course, it was just such a person that Rostec lacked: there was probably no one attach "in a large scale" ... Vacancy for some time was unclaimed, and then someone in his, naturally, bright head flashed a brilliant idea: let us appoint Anatoly Serdyukov as CEO - an unemployed man, his family (and not only family) need to be fed, and in fact people in the rank are figured Comrade witnesses to appoint directors under our laws are not even prohibited at all ...
A spokesman for the country's president, Dmitry Peskov, immediately stated: “This agreement did not require coordination” - they say, they took Anatoly Serdyukov to work at the state corporation without even knowing the Kremlin ... And Peskov also noted that there were no formal obstacles for the appointment of Serdyukov there was no ... So of course not - who would doubt ...
But seriously, the appointment of Serdyukov as general director of a federal company is what? It is state-owned companies! What's this?! To say that this is a mockery - to say nothing. This, excuse me, outrage ... Outrage is not even so much over the citizens of Russia (we are gray people, our opinion is not taken into account “there”), but above the law and conscience. Abuse of representatives of authorities over themselves. This, excuse me, is generally the rape of the state legal system in a particularly perverted form. What else can you say ... Curtain.
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Moscow and Belgrade draw to each other
Moscow and Belgrade have signed an agreement on military cooperation. For this step, as noted by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the parties have been preparing 15 years. Sergei Shoigu not only noted the importance of military-technical cooperation between the two countries, but also spoke about some further plans. Now the military of the two states will exchange experience, information and conduct joint exercises. In the Serbian Chamber, the Russian minister was met by his Serbian colleague Nebojsa Rodic.
Following the talks, the parties concluded an agreement on military cooperation. Three more documents are under preparation and can be signed soon.
Historically, such an agreement should have appeared between our states sooner or later. True, it is not entirely clear how far the agreements on military cooperation with Russia fit into the plans of present-day Serbia, whose leadership seems to have finally set its sights on the path of comprehensive integration with the EU. Did some of the most sensible politicians of Serbia wake up and realize that the European Union needed Serbia only for one thing - for contention, and now it has been spent material, which means the EU has moved on to promises of a “fast” paradise life ...
It now remains to wait for lamentations from Kosovo. Pristina, after all, military cooperation between Serbia and Russia is like a sickle on ... barley.
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Socialist Vietnam and capitalist Korea
A large-scale overseas tour of the Russian president takes place this week. The first point of the route was designated Vietnam, where on Tuesday Vladimir Putin arrived to meet with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Shang.
The official visit of the Russian leader to Hanoi was timed to the opening of the Days of Russian Culture in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (this is the full name of Vietnam, making everyone understand that today not only states remain on the world map, but also very successfully develop states with a socialist management model).
After visiting Vietnam, Vladimir Putin went to the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Here the Russian president met with President Park Geun-hye.
Perhaps the main news of the East Asian tour of Vladimir Putin can be considered an agreement on the participation of Russian specialists in the work of the military-technical base in Cam Ranh (Vietnam). It was in Kamrani before 2002 that the military base of the Russian Navy was located, which was disbanded in that year. Now there is every chance not only for a full-fledged economic rapprochement between Russia and Vietnam (as early as next year an agreement will be prepared governing Vietnam’s entry into the common economic space with the Customs Union), but also high-quality military-technical cooperation with Russia's full return to Cam Ranh. Well, if the Russian base reappears in this Vietnamese port, then how much our Western “partners” will be happy about this fact! .. In another case, they would have thought about creating a no-fly zone, but here is Vietnam ... such zones over the sky of Vietnam at one time were “effective”, can tell colleagues, for example, John McCain ...
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"You do not take care of yourself, Yuri Venediktovich! You care about the people"
The outgoing week in Russia was rich in economic events. Several important points at once are worth highlighting especially how to single out and react to these economic moments from the business community, government agencies and a number of media.
One news is connected with the fact that the State Duma (or rather the deputy from the LDPR faction Mikhail Degtyaryov) once again preoccupied with the fate of the dollar in Russia, calling for the cancellation of the dollar turnover and custody of the American currency.
Another news is Dmitry Medvedev's proposal to take a prepayment for housing and utilities services from Russians.
So, the deputy Degtyaryov, not for the first time, by the way, calls upon him to refuse handling and storing dollars. Well, calls - this is, like, good. But it only calls something strange ... He says that at first the Russian people must express their distrust of the dollar - if he (the people) have gray-green papers, then you need to urgently run into exchange offices and convert them into rubles. And only then, when the people will be finally freed from the dollars, the state will enter into business and the state will go to exchange “its own” dollars for rubles. Why did the liberal democrat decide in his bill to dwell on just such a sequence — he didn’t explain ... Well, he didn’t, he didn’t, we’ll guess it ourselves ...
But a much more enchanting proposal came from the head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev. Dmitry Anatolyevich decided to attend to the fate of citizens even more and put forward the idea that we should pay for utilities not after they were provided, but a month in advance ... That is, if now, for example, we pay for the November utilities services to 10 December, then we will pay until November 10. Well, this is the same as if a person, having entered the store, immediately went to the checkout counter - to pay for the goods that he is only going to buy ...
In this regard, I do not even want to think about whether full-scale housing and communal services will be provided if companies start receiving money from the public in advance. Many companies will surely be tempted to under-serve, save, under-allow ...
One gets the impression that Prime Minister Medvedev took the path of complete political "BDSM". No, well, in fact - that no decision, then the reason to once again talk about mistrust to the government. Or is there a competition for the title of the best "political bredogenerator" ...
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"Soldier, eat carrots, onions and horseradish - you will be like Sophia Loren"
By December 1, the remaining 835 canteens will be finally transferred to military personnel units of the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the organization of catering for personnel with elements of the “buffet”. This will allow the soldier, based on preferences, to make an independent choice from cooked dishes.
Moreover, the assortment of dishes will be increased: catering provides for the preparation of two first courses, three cold snacks and salad bar ingredients, as well as meat (fish) dishes and side dishes, five types of juices or drinks (fruit drinks).
As the saying goes: “I lived this way so much ...” One can only be glad for the modern fighter. No, well, in fact, if even 15-20 years ago there was found such a “Nostradamus”, which would have predicted that from 2013, in the army, conscripts would be treated with five types of juices, three kinds of snacks and other gastronomic delights, then such “Nostradamus” "Would have been cast with pearl barley or legendary soldier" bigus "...
The main thing is that after such innovations with salads and bars in the army, these bars are also not legalized ... And another important detail is that all the calories received by the fighters are effectively spent on drill, fire, physical and other types of training, and not turn into "Shape number six" - a layer of subcutaneous fat seals ...
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"Pots" goes to India
On November 16, the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier was handed over to the Indian side. Vikramaditya immediately becomes the flagship of the Indian military fleet. This aircraft carrier is a deep modernization of the Soviet aircraft carrier cruiser Admiral Gorshkov.
The execution of the contract was long.
An Indian delegation headed by Defense Minister Arakkarambil Anthony arrived in Severodvinsk to receive the ship. The signatures on the transfer document were put on: from the Indian side, Suraj Berri (aircraft carrier commander), from the Russian side - Rosoboronexport deputy head Igor Sevastyanov. The Indian flag soared over the warship ...
The upgraded aircraft carrier received an updated navigation equipment, a special springboard for take-off Mig-29K, a modern deck, control systems. In India, the arrival of an aircraft carrier is expected at the end of January next year - after a long hike.
Business is business, but after all something that hurts the soul still remains ...
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Poland lit ...
11 November, Poland celebrated Independence Day with the fact that the nationalist youth attacked our diplomatic mission. Participants of the “March of Independence”, and about 50 thousand people took part in it, threw the Russian embassy with flares, burned down the police booth, outraged the Russian flag. Clashes with the police began. According to authorities, 19 people were injured, of whom 14 had to be hospitalized.
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded an official apology from the Polish authorities and compensation for the damage caused by the "excesses".
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski expressed his apologies to Russia in a somewhat peculiar form:
From the words of the Polish president, it follows that Russia is indirectly to blame for what happened, since, according to Komorowski, there is also an “interested center” in Russia, which blackens Poland, turning it into a Russophobic country. They say that you water yourself there, from which our Polish nationalists have nerves and loosen, and if their nerves are loosened, they pull them on flag-burning and the roar in the style of “beat the Russians - save Polska”.
Well, such Polish nervous breakdowns in turn turn into fertile soil for responses. One of these reactions was demonstrated already by the Russian national bolsheviks, speaking with posters: “Russia - from Warsaw to Port Arthur” and recalling the 1612. The most violent "expanders of Russian borders" were detained ...
Here and "we are on friendly terms houses" ...
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Syrian letter
В your blog El Murid published a letter from a Syrian. We give it completely:
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According to Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia in Jordan is building up an army of thousands of people in 50, with the help of Pakistani instructors, transmitting Mixednews.ru with reference to the Voltaire network.
It is also noteworthy that the article in “Foreign Policy” appeared after John Kerry’s trip to Riyadh in order to restore good relations between the countries.
And one more news about Riyadh. The media confirm the information that Saudi Arabia has decided to give up its place in the UN Security Council.
As transmits RIA News"Saudi Arabia yesterday in writing notified UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its decision to refuse a seat on the Security Council.
According to the letter, Saudi Arabia "is not able to take a seat on the Security Council, where she was elected on October 17." The document was signed by the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, Abdullah Moallimi. The text also states that his country is still ready to cooperate with the UN "for the benefit of peace and development in the world."
UN Representative Martin Nesyrki confirmed to reporters that Ban Ki-moon received a letter from Saudi Arabia.
As RIA “Novosti” reminds, Saudi Arabia refused membership in the UN Security Council for the 2014-2015 years. She motivated this decision, including the Council’s inability to cope with problems in the Middle East.
We will add on our own refusal of a place in the Security Council and building up the army under the supervision of the Pakistanis — logical links of one chain. As for the statements of readiness to cooperate with the UN "for the benefit of peace and development in the world", this is the real Saudi black humor. “The blessing of the world” is the world Sharia under the control of the Wahhabis, and the “development” is the carpet bombing humanitarian of Damascus, about which some peacekeepers dream and have lost peace and night.
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Cost of democracy
The inability of the so-called Libyan authorities, who replaced the “Gaddafi regime”, to manage not only the country, but at least individual regions, led to chaos and the actual split of the state’s territory. Areas of Libya are controlled by militant groups, which Western journalists prefer to refer to as “rebels”. These people, the current government still persuades to go to the public service (that is, the army). But who will serve the government, which has neither authority, nor political experience, nor serious repressive machinery? "Rebels" prefer to defend their own interests with their own forces. As for the locals, who are suffering as a result of constant attacks and exchanges of fire between the factions, they believe that Libya has become Somalia.
On November 7, militants from Misurata, the city where former opponents of Muammar Gaddafi were concentrated, invaded Tripoli. The attack immediately consolidated those groups that control Tripoli. At the head of those who repulsed the aliens was the Suk al-Jumaa group. On both sides - several dead, wounded. There are information about several dozen affected civilians.
Militants from Misrata broke into Tripoli in jeeps. Machine guns and machine guns are far from all that they and their opponents were armed with. In the course were launched grenade launchers, mortars and even anti-aircraft guns. Aliens from Misrata, as the media writes, came to avenge their commander.
The words of one resident of Tripoli leads the channel "Euronews":
The fighting in Tripoli is only one side of the very “democratization” that befell Libya with the murder of Colonel Gaddafi.
Recently it became known that representatives of one of the rebel movements in eastern Libya took control of several oil ports and even announced the creation of their own oil company. He writes about it RIA News" with reference to Reuters.
Last Friday, a rebel group seized the port of Tobruk in the east - the very one through which the National Oil Corporation supplies oil to Europe. A number of other oil ports were also captured.
According to one of the leaders of the rebels, the movement in the seized ports stopped the shipment of "black gold" to state tankers. The rebels said they would set up their own oil company with headquarters in Tobruk.
If the militia continue to block the operation of oil facilities, Libya could face a budget crisis. This was stated by the Prime Minister of the North African state, Ali Zeidan, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Pervin Mamed-zade.
“The country's budget is based on revenues from oil revenues,” the head of government recalled. “But next month or in a month, there may be problems with the execution of expenditure items.”
Zeidan said that the authorities gave the strikers 7-10 days to stop blocking the fields and seaports.
Paradoxically, the coming to Libya of the so-called democracy, which, as many believe, the NATO states introduced there for the sake of oil, reduced the production of "black gold" in the country by about 90%. Moreover, oil is often controlled by the very rebels, and now the “militiamen” who fought against Gaddafi in 2011. If earlier these people were unhappy with the redistribution of national wealth, then today they are ready to weapons in the hands of these riches "grab". And the fragile state power is hardly able to scare them. Rather, they may scare the government ...
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The enclosure of the XXI century
In mid-October, the Turkish construction battalion began the construction of a barrier wall on the border with Syria in the Nusaybina region (Mardin province). The stated goal of the construction of a two-meter-high barrier is to stop the movement of Kurdish militants and armed Islamists from Syrian territory to and fro. If we recall that the mentioned province of Mardin is inhabited mainly by Kurds, it becomes clear: first of all, Ankara closes the road to the country for Syrian Kurds, who, under Assad, received a blank check to create their own armed detachments and fight against the Syrian terrorist organization now two and a half years.
In early November, the media reported on a mass rally in Nusaybin. The protest was attended by several thousand people. The demonstrators compared the wall being erected to the once-existing Berlin Wall. The police dispersed the protesters with water cannons, plastic bullets and tear gas — just as they dispersed demonstrations before. Democracy in action!
The press got information that Turkish Foreign Minister M. Güler denied the very fact of building a barrier wall in the province, but later said that the wall is being built and its purpose is to ensure the security of the border. This is another example of democracy in action: first say no, then yes. Negation is followed by negation of negation. Somewhere here, between “no” and “yes”, the real border between the people and the government passes. That border, which is something worse than barriers and barbed wire.
Syrian Kurds gave a peculiar response to the construction of border barriers. They announced the creation of a transitional government in Syria.
Syrian Kurds living in the northeast, 11 November announced the creation of an independent transitional government. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France Press.
The declaration signed by the Kurds following the results of the negotiations in the Syrian city of Kamyshly implies the division of the Kurdish territories into three areas. At the talks, it was decided to begin preparations for local and general elections.
The decision to create a transitional government was made after the successes of the Kurdish militia: over the past few weeks, the Kurds conquered significant territories from the Islamists.
Thus, the construction of the Turkish "Berlin" wall is clearly tied to the growth of the Kurdish movement and the successes that Kurdish militia achieved in the fight against Islamist mercenaries who are fighting either for Sharia in Syria or for ordinary money. For understandable reasons, the Erdogan government fears that the Syrian Kurds may one day unite with the Turkish.
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Freedom in Lithuanian
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service interrogated several journalists regarding a leak of information from the State Security Department. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to "DELFI".
On November 7, the chief editor of the BNS news agency, Jurate Damulite, and her deputy, Jurate Skite, were taken to the main service building in Vilnius. Earlier, the head of BNS, Yurga Eyvaite, was questioned. From the premises occupied by the agency, the investigators carried out several computers.
According to Interfax, during the pre-trial investigation, the judge ordered the editor of BNS to disclose an information source.
In a press release, the agency stresses that such measures impede journalistic work and are “disproportionate and unjustified.” BNS noted that the right of a journalist to keep a source of information secret is one of the guarantees of freedom of the media.
The chairman of the Lithuanian Journalists Union, Dainius Radzevicius, stated that the responsibility for the leakage of information should not be taken by journalists, but by the officers of the security agencies who allowed it: “I hear that they are being withdrawn (for interrogations. - Note. Lenta) negatively. First of all, those people who are responsible for the safety of information should be arrested. ”
As recalled by "Tape", the reason for the proceedings was the material released by "BNS" 31 October. With reference to the state security department of the republic, it was reported that Russia was preparing information provocations against the first persons of Lithuania, in particular, Dali Grybauskaite. It was alleged that the Russian side will soon distribute information discrediting the head of state: it will publish fraudulent documents allegedly found in the State Archives of the Russian Federation regarding the Grybauskaite biography.
Later, Grybauskaite herself stated that she had been informed of the impending attack. And she commented: “One of the main reasons, obviously, is our successful presidency of the Council of the European Union and, perhaps, Lithuania’s striving for energy independence.”
Undoubtedly, add on my own. Soon, the United States will begin to sell shale gas and shale oil to Vilnius at bargain prices, and an independent Lithuania will show Moscow a fig. However, do not say "gop" until you jump.
As for the documents, let us ask ourselves the question: why are the first person of the state so worried about some fakes? And not even the fake itself, but only hints at them?
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Deputy of the Lithuanian Seimas Petras Gražulis, known for his negative attitude towards homosexuals, made a gift to the local gay league, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to Delfi.lt. In the league, the gift was not happy.
The fact is that the parliamentarian presented jeans to gays ... with a zipper in the back. He said: “These are advanced jeans - zipper in front and behind. I just improved their clothes. ” And he added: “It's a shame how a man makes love to a man. They disgrace, but the EU somehow believes that they are heroes, the most modern layer of society. ”
It is noted that comrade Grazulis personally brought improved jeans to the office of the Lithuanian Gay League.
In the league the deputy’s gift was called disgusting. Homosexuals called on the authorities to condemn the act of the parliamentarian.
Well, let us add from myself, neither can it be denied to Comrade Grazhulis in courage or originality. As for the disgusting, the members (and asses) of the league would be better off keeping silent. You understand, they brought free designer pants to the Europe-2013 autumn collection, and they rushed to the government offices to whimper ...
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Not a black square, but a red line
The vocabulary of current politicians is firmly rooted in the expression "red line". Experts warn: if such expressions are not supported by actions, it hurts reputation. The reportage of the correspondent is devoted to the linguistic topic. "RT" Floors Slier.
US President Barack Obama claims that he did not establish the notorious “red line” for Syria. He declares: "It made the world community."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of the “red line” of Iran.
Now there are fears that if the American president can be forced to abandon plans for Syria, then he will do the same with Iran.
Dr. Boaz Ganor, Director General of the Institute for International Counterterrorism Policy, says:
Ex-Ambassador of Israel to Egypt Yitzhak Lebanon shared his opinion with “RT”: “From the outside, Obama may seem to doubt or change his position depending on the development of the situation in the world.”
A representative of the Institute of Communications Tal Samuel Azran said:
Politicians who operate with aggressive expressions in the international arena, we add from ourselves, we must remember the saying: "The word is not a sparrow, it will fly out - you will not catch it." Let us remind them of another useful proverb: “Measure seven times, cut once”. Before you say anything, gentlemen politicians would think about it well. Otherwise, they may cross their political career with red lines. Mr. Obama, for example, with his record-low rating risks going down in history as the worst president of the United States.
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In the US Secret Service inflames a new scandal caused by inappropriate staff behavior, reports Newsru.com with reference to The Washington Post.
As a result of an internal investigation into the dubious behavior of two high-ranking Secret Service officers, disciplinary measures were taken against both of them.
These two worked in senior positions in the department, providing security for the President of the United States. Ignacio Zamora and Timothy Barraklow were dismissed from their posts following the results of a service check, and Barraklow was also transferred to work in another department, ITAR-TASS reported.
In May of this year, Zamora, in the White House Hotel “Hay-Adams”, met a lady in a bar, and then spent time with her in her room. There he defused the service pistol, afterwards forgetting one cartridge. For patron Zamora tried to return to the familiar, but for some reason she did not let him.
Zamora went the other way: presented a certificate of service hotel management and demanded to provide him access to the room. The hotel staff took action: reported on the behavior of Zamora White House.
In the course of the proceedings in the official mobile phone Zamora revealed messages of a sexual nature of one of the subordinates. The author of similar messages addressed to the same woman was Barraklou.
And all the fuss - because of one cartridge, add on my own. Although, of course, the Secret Service may hide the truth. Mr. Zamora could have forgotten in the room of the girlfriend “Javelin”.
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A notable article by John Feffer entitled “A World Without the USA” recently appeared on the Inter Press Service news agency website. Among other things, the material speaks of the inevitable, albeit slow, decline of that world gendarme and world financier who is trying to “steer” the whole planet. There is also a duality of attitude towards the United States, for example, China and some Latin American countries: at the same time they do not want American hegemony, but at the same time they are heavily dependent on Washington for trade. The author has paid attention to such an important aspect as the US presence in the regions: where it is shrinking, the era of prosperity begins.
John Feffer is co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Political Studies in Washington. The Narrative of a World Without America Scientist precedes a brief retelling of the content of 2007's best-selling book “A World Without Us”, written by journalist Alan Vaisman.
The book describes the planet, recovering from the disappearance of people. Skyscrapers fall apart, bridges fall into rivers, but dense forests rise and buffaloes roam everywhere. Ironically, Feffer calls this process an optimistic vision of the future. But optimists are buffalo or dolphin. No more ranchers or fishermen with their nets. The author also refers cockroaches to optimists: after all, dichlorvos is also no more.
Man, this future does not apply. In fact, Weisman warns people who naively assume that they will always exist - regardless of the threats. And there are enough threats: nuclear weapons, climate change, pandemics ...
From the fantastic bestseller Weisman, the author of the article turns to the reality of the 21st century. It comes to geopolitics. What would a world be like without the United States?
Americans profit from economic and military hegemony. This profit is expressed in the form of GDP per capita, a strong dollar, and even dependence on English as the main means of communication in the world. Americans take it all for granted. But here non-Americans feel differently. Non-Americans, the author ironically puts in place those buffaloes, dolphins and cockroaches in a world free of people. Anyone who lives outside the United States could well applaud the end of the American superpower.
The analyst notes that in the midst of the recent political crisis in Washington, the Chinese news agency Xinhua issued an article in which the "perplexed world" proposed to start considering the possibility of building a "de-Americanized world." However, as some American commentators pointed out, this provocative article does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Chinese government: after all, Beijing depends on the US economy, whether it is American consumers or Wall Street liquidity. Beijing depends on the fact that Washington is more or less holding back the ambitions of its key allies in the Asia-Pacific region.
The same can be said about the countries of Latin America, which have long condemned American imperialism. Like China, the author notes, Latin America is largely dependent on trade with the United States.
Most analysts who speak of the decline of the hegemon (from Paul Kennedy to Farid Zakaria), agree on this duality of attitude toward the United States. However, the United States will gradually come into relative decline, for which there is no viable alternative.
The analyst recalls: The United States supports many dictators in the interests of stability. So what? The United States produced significant instability in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Here are other examples. The United States reduced its military involvement in Latin America - and the region began to flourish. The United States reduced its military presence in South Korea — and there was no “anarchy” on the peninsula. Finally, the US has closed down many Cold War bases in Europe, but Europe remains calm.
The author's conclusion: just as people need to change their relationship with nature, the United States must reconfigure its relationship with the world. In both cases, the worst scenarios will lead to the victory of the cockroaches.
Wonderful words, add on my own. True, the White House is clearly not ready to give up the role of a hegemon in the world, despite the past and the imminent government shutdown that may occur in January or February of 2014, when Republicans in Congress will again deal with President Obama.
If, however, we introduce into geopolitics the so-called moral component, then here Washington does not intend to abandon the declared “exclusivity” that the highest officials of the state have been promoting in recent weeks, from Barack Obama to John Kerry.
As a result, the United States is likely to try with all its might to preserve the old world order that they liked so much since the collapse of the USSR. As for the financial crisis, the petrodollar superpower has one proven method: raising the national debt ceiling.
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Rostec has confirmed that former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov works as the general director of the Federal Research Test Center for Mechanical Engineering.
“With 1 in November 2013, Anatoly Serdyukov works as the general director of the Federal Research Testing Center for Mechanical Engineering. FIITS M is on the balance sheet of the Federal Property Management Agency and is part of one of Rostec's holdings, RT-Auto,” the corporation said.
The opposition in the State Duma believes that the appointment of former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as head of the Federal Research Test Center for Mechanical Engineering is incorrect with respect to citizens and will lead to a deterioration of the situation in the industry, but the EP believes that Serdyukov’s experience may be needed in his new job.
And it’s true that this “experienced business manager”, as the former minister called United State Duma deputy Vladimir Gutenev, was without work ... Of course, it was just such a person that Rostec lacked: there was probably no one attach "in a large scale" ... Vacancy for some time was unclaimed, and then someone in his, naturally, bright head flashed a brilliant idea: let us appoint Anatoly Serdyukov as CEO - an unemployed man, his family (and not only family) need to be fed, and in fact people in the rank are figured Comrade witnesses to appoint directors under our laws are not even prohibited at all ...
A spokesman for the country's president, Dmitry Peskov, immediately stated: “This agreement did not require coordination” - they say, they took Anatoly Serdyukov to work at the state corporation without even knowing the Kremlin ... And Peskov also noted that there were no formal obstacles for the appointment of Serdyukov there was no ... So of course not - who would doubt ...
But seriously, the appointment of Serdyukov as general director of a federal company is what? It is state-owned companies! What's this?! To say that this is a mockery - to say nothing. This, excuse me, outrage ... Outrage is not even so much over the citizens of Russia (we are gray people, our opinion is not taken into account “there”), but above the law and conscience. Abuse of representatives of authorities over themselves. This, excuse me, is generally the rape of the state legal system in a particularly perverted form. What else can you say ... Curtain.
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In light of this newsmaybe those who spoke of the party of crooks and thieves are not so wrong.
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I sit and think - wipe or not ... Wiping - why? Not to wipe is disgusting ... Today, personally, I, and probably many others, spat into my soul. To the innermost ... Where there was something else ... About justice, honor, dignity ... I understand that I’m probably angry, but I’m going to stay on this question ...
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It seems that only a sniper will save the country from Serdyukov ...
Moscow and Belgrade draw to each other
Moscow and Belgrade have signed an agreement on military cooperation. For this step, as noted by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the parties have been preparing 15 years. Sergei Shoigu not only noted the importance of military-technical cooperation between the two countries, but also spoke about some further plans. Now the military of the two states will exchange experience, information and conduct joint exercises. In the Serbian Chamber, the Russian minister was met by his Serbian colleague Nebojsa Rodic.
Following the talks, the parties concluded an agreement on military cooperation. Three more documents are under preparation and can be signed soon.
Historically, such an agreement should have appeared between our states sooner or later. True, it is not entirely clear how far the agreements on military cooperation with Russia fit into the plans of present-day Serbia, whose leadership seems to have finally set its sights on the path of comprehensive integration with the EU. Did some of the most sensible politicians of Serbia wake up and realize that the European Union needed Serbia only for one thing - for contention, and now it has been spent material, which means the EU has moved on to promises of a “fast” paradise life ...
It now remains to wait for lamentations from Kosovo. Pristina, after all, military cooperation between Serbia and Russia is like a sickle on ... barley.
Comments from our readers:
Sasha.28blaga:
Base to Serbia.
Itr:
... the base is not needed there, and you can drink blood to their neighbors with such visits, let them sit and think.
Old very:
SERBIA - Srbia, the only country in Europe that did not go to war with Russia. Since the time of the Most Serene Prince Grigory Potemkin, the Serbs served in the Russian Army and fought worthily for Russia. It's time to forget the past insults, it's time to continue the century-long friendship. Both sisters will become stronger!
Peaceful military:
Serbia, through the efforts of the rulers, is breaking into the EU and NATO, so, of course, we must do something, somehow try to influence.
Major071:
The situation in Serbia, like in Ukraine. The people are drawn to Russia, and the current leadership falls under the west.
Socialist Vietnam and capitalist Korea
A large-scale overseas tour of the Russian president takes place this week. The first point of the route was designated Vietnam, where on Tuesday Vladimir Putin arrived to meet with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Shang.
The official visit of the Russian leader to Hanoi was timed to the opening of the Days of Russian Culture in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (this is the full name of Vietnam, making everyone understand that today not only states remain on the world map, but also very successfully develop states with a socialist management model).
After visiting Vietnam, Vladimir Putin went to the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Here the Russian president met with President Park Geun-hye.
Perhaps the main news of the East Asian tour of Vladimir Putin can be considered an agreement on the participation of Russian specialists in the work of the military-technical base in Cam Ranh (Vietnam). It was in Kamrani before 2002 that the military base of the Russian Navy was located, which was disbanded in that year. Now there is every chance not only for a full-fledged economic rapprochement between Russia and Vietnam (as early as next year an agreement will be prepared governing Vietnam’s entry into the common economic space with the Customs Union), but also high-quality military-technical cooperation with Russia's full return to Cam Ranh. Well, if the Russian base reappears in this Vietnamese port, then how much our Western “partners” will be happy about this fact! .. In another case, they would have thought about creating a no-fly zone, but here is Vietnam ... such zones over the sky of Vietnam at one time were “effective”, can tell colleagues, for example, John McCain ...
Comments from our readers:
Makarov:
From these actions of Putin, the authority of the Russian Federation naturally grows. This is all a balanced systematic approach to politics, and it is bearing fruit.
Sergey72:
Good day, forum users! Well, that came true ... I remember a couple of months ago I wrote about the return of Russia to Cam Ranh ... and was ridiculed, but now it's nice to know that I was right!
Stasi:
Russia has returned to Vietnam, and will make up for the loss of the 90's over the period. Now it is not just about opening a base in Cam Ranh, but about the accession of Vietnam to the CU. I am sure that over time, South Korea will join the CU, the Koreans are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the Americans as allies. We will wait for news about the resumption of cooperation with Cuba and the opening of the base in Lourdes.
"You do not take care of yourself, Yuri Venediktovich! You care about the people"
The outgoing week in Russia was rich in economic events. Several important points at once are worth highlighting especially how to single out and react to these economic moments from the business community, government agencies and a number of media.
One news is connected with the fact that the State Duma (or rather the deputy from the LDPR faction Mikhail Degtyaryov) once again preoccupied with the fate of the dollar in Russia, calling for the cancellation of the dollar turnover and custody of the American currency.
Another news is Dmitry Medvedev's proposal to take a prepayment for housing and utilities services from Russians.
So, the deputy Degtyaryov, not for the first time, by the way, calls upon him to refuse handling and storing dollars. Well, calls - this is, like, good. But it only calls something strange ... He says that at first the Russian people must express their distrust of the dollar - if he (the people) have gray-green papers, then you need to urgently run into exchange offices and convert them into rubles. And only then, when the people will be finally freed from the dollars, the state will enter into business and the state will go to exchange “its own” dollars for rubles. Why did the liberal democrat decide in his bill to dwell on just such a sequence — he didn’t explain ... Well, he didn’t, he didn’t, we’ll guess it ourselves ...
But a much more enchanting proposal came from the head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev. Dmitry Anatolyevich decided to attend to the fate of citizens even more and put forward the idea that we should pay for utilities not after they were provided, but a month in advance ... That is, if now, for example, we pay for the November utilities services to 10 December, then we will pay until November 10. Well, this is the same as if a person, having entered the store, immediately went to the checkout counter - to pay for the goods that he is only going to buy ...
In this regard, I do not even want to think about whether full-scale housing and communal services will be provided if companies start receiving money from the public in advance. Many companies will surely be tempted to under-serve, save, under-allow ...
One gets the impression that Prime Minister Medvedev took the path of complete political "BDSM". No, well, in fact - that no decision, then the reason to once again talk about mistrust to the government. Or is there a competition for the title of the best "political bredogenerator" ...
Comments from our readers:
Sancho:
Eh! Daaaaa! Guys are still flowers before the start of something even more bad.
Created by the Ministry of Housing! In general, I am still in shock ... According to the statements of "this" minister, now we will pay extra. fees for overhaul housing! I understand that everything that used to be in the funds has already been stolen, and it is necessary to replenish the funds. Then DAME announced that it would be necessary to pay for housing until the 10-s of the month, i.e. forward! Not getting another service, .... is it like?
I put everything in a pile, and all the statements of individual liberastov (minors), sit and think! Where else to put money, who to give, donate?
Created by the Ministry of Housing! In general, I am still in shock ... According to the statements of "this" minister, now we will pay extra. fees for overhaul housing! I understand that everything that used to be in the funds has already been stolen, and it is necessary to replenish the funds. Then DAME announced that it would be necessary to pay for housing until the 10-s of the month, i.e. forward! Not getting another service, .... is it like?
I put everything in a pile, and all the statements of individual liberastov (minors), sit and think! Where else to put money, who to give, donate?
Asgard:
The draft law proposed by the Samara deputy (very YOUNG))) says to criminalize the society, that is, they will come to you - will search and you - you will find dollars - in prison, punishments, will understand ... it means the DRAFT LAW) )))))
And not the creation of conditions for the refusal of the economy and society from dollar dependence and the transfer of funds to the REAL ECONOMY, after all, rubles (NOW)) is a derivative of the dollar .....
Medvedev offered to pay for housing and communal services - to the population, ADVANCES ...
That is, the old women must come to the "Fast Money" to take a loan under 178% and pay for the services of "thieves", and then with a small pension to give money to the merchants, which will automatically make payments for apartments CERTAIN EVEN FOR THE EMPLOYERS.
And not the creation of conditions for the refusal of the economy and society from dollar dependence and the transfer of funds to the REAL ECONOMY, after all, rubles (NOW)) is a derivative of the dollar .....
Medvedev offered to pay for housing and communal services - to the population, ADVANCES ...
That is, the old women must come to the "Fast Money" to take a loan under 178% and pay for the services of "thieves", and then with a small pension to give money to the merchants, which will automatically make payments for apartments CERTAIN EVEN FOR THE EMPLOYERS.
"Soldier, eat carrots, onions and horseradish - you will be like Sophia Loren"
By December 1, the remaining 835 canteens will be finally transferred to military personnel units of the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the organization of catering for personnel with elements of the “buffet”. This will allow the soldier, based on preferences, to make an independent choice from cooked dishes.
Moreover, the assortment of dishes will be increased: catering provides for the preparation of two first courses, three cold snacks and salad bar ingredients, as well as meat (fish) dishes and side dishes, five types of juices or drinks (fruit drinks).
As the saying goes: “I lived this way so much ...” One can only be glad for the modern fighter. No, well, in fact, if even 15-20 years ago there was found such a “Nostradamus”, which would have predicted that from 2013, in the army, conscripts would be treated with five types of juices, three kinds of snacks and other gastronomic delights, then such “Nostradamus” "Would have been cast with pearl barley or legendary soldier" bigus "...
The main thing is that after such innovations with salads and bars in the army, these bars are also not legalized ... And another important detail is that all the calories received by the fighters are effectively spent on drill, fire, physical and other types of training, and not turn into "Shape number six" - a layer of subcutaneous fat seals ...
Comments from our readers:
Lyapis:
Here much depends on the size of the part. I remember in the schoolbook (in which there were about one and a half thousand l / s) they also fed very mediocre (and, by the way, had to watch history with the arrival of the big bosses). Later I went on a business trip to one small part (fewer than a hundred soldiers), so they were fed like at home! Anyway, there was always a choice of 2-3 options for each dish. So, also kind of like a mini buffet.
Alez:
Three cold appetizers and salad bar ingredients ???? I did not understand something, the snack goes to the alcohol. Where is the wine list?
Tersky:
If only not the Swedish "family" ...
"Pots" goes to India
On November 16, the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier was handed over to the Indian side. Vikramaditya immediately becomes the flagship of the Indian military fleet. This aircraft carrier is a deep modernization of the Soviet aircraft carrier cruiser Admiral Gorshkov.
The execution of the contract was long.
An Indian delegation headed by Defense Minister Arakkarambil Anthony arrived in Severodvinsk to receive the ship. The signatures on the transfer document were put on: from the Indian side, Suraj Berri (aircraft carrier commander), from the Russian side - Rosoboronexport deputy head Igor Sevastyanov. The Indian flag soared over the warship ...
The upgraded aircraft carrier received an updated navigation equipment, a special springboard for take-off Mig-29K, a modern deck, control systems. In India, the arrival of an aircraft carrier is expected at the end of January next year - after a long hike.
Business is business, but after all something that hurts the soul still remains ...
Comments from our readers:
Igor36:
Of course, it is time to close this contract, it is also necessary to upgrade our ships.
Mihan:
Well, seven feet under the keel! Although he will fly under the Indian flag, and his soul is Russian!
Avg:
The most important thing is that the day after tomorrow, it will not be returned to the factory workers for repairing the boilers.
Poland lit ...
11 November, Poland celebrated Independence Day with the fact that the nationalist youth attacked our diplomatic mission. Participants of the “March of Independence”, and about 50 thousand people took part in it, threw the Russian embassy with flares, burned down the police booth, outraged the Russian flag. Clashes with the police began. According to authorities, 19 people were injured, of whom 14 had to be hospitalized.
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded an official apology from the Polish authorities and compensation for the damage caused by the "excesses".
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski expressed his apologies to Russia in a somewhat peculiar form:
On behalf of the Polish state, it is necessary to apologize, while recognizing that the image of Poland has already been seriously damaged. Of course, there are many interested centers in Russia and elsewhere to use this to create the impression that Poland is a Russophobic country.
From the words of the Polish president, it follows that Russia is indirectly to blame for what happened, since, according to Komorowski, there is also an “interested center” in Russia, which blackens Poland, turning it into a Russophobic country. They say that you water yourself there, from which our Polish nationalists have nerves and loosen, and if their nerves are loosened, they pull them on flag-burning and the roar in the style of “beat the Russians - save Polska”.
Well, such Polish nervous breakdowns in turn turn into fertile soil for responses. One of these reactions was demonstrated already by the Russian national bolsheviks, speaking with posters: “Russia - from Warsaw to Port Arthur” and recalling the 1612. The most violent "expanders of Russian borders" were detained ...
Here and "we are on friendly terms houses" ...
Comments from our readers:
Smile:
In my opinion, the problem of Poland was that it had territorial claims to all its neighbors without exception. The problem is that its main goal was to seize and enslave half (in the 20 century, they still suppressed appetites) of Russia, and this excluded even the idea of cooperating with us, albeit with a view to self-preservation. And finally, the problem is that Polska Juber Alles thundered too loudly in their empty little heads. In fact, the psychology of the Polish leadership was not very different from the psychology of the leaders of the 3 Reich, and the aspirations and methods were the same. But their characteristic arrogance so clouded their minds that they managed to lift the tail on Hitler, who was considered an ally of them.
But the most important problem: "God did not give horns to the bodily cow."
But the most important problem: "God did not give horns to the bodily cow."
Vladsolo56:
I still think that the majority of Poles treat Russia calmly, if not indifferently. They have their own problems. But there are a certain number without brains, which are customers (Russophobia as a diagnosis). Unscrupulous politicians use their goals to do this. You would think that in Russia there are none.
Zub46:
It was not just that our ancestors, when they heard the first lines of the Polish anthem "Польe Polska did not disappear", added: "But I’ve already given a scent!"
Syrian letter
В your blog El Murid published a letter from a Syrian. We give it completely:
“In connection with the blockade of Syria and the sanctions against its economy by the West, the United States and most Arab countries, our country is in a difficult position.
Our state has signed contracts for the supply of fruits and vegetables to Russia, and these contracts involve the exchange of goods, that is, Russia will pay for its fruit with its own goods - milk formulas, medicines and other important goods necessary for the survival of the population of the whole state.
In November, deliveries of citrus fruits to Russia should start, which we have a lot of.
Therefore, I want to appeal to everyone: buying tangerines, oranges, please take Syrian ones.
Please support the Syrian people, children, farmers.
Buying Syrian fruits, you do not support any side of the conflict, but only give hope to the Syrian people for the future, which they are trying to take away from them.
I appeal to you again. Syrian fruits are no worse than Turkish, Spanish, and maybe better, so when buying, please ask only them.
Further goods such as olives and olive oil will also be received.
And the last. Please spread this information so that a maximum of people can find out about it. Thanks in advance for your help.
P.S. This year Syria has a record citrus harvest. The 400-500 thousand tons will be exported. ”
Our state has signed contracts for the supply of fruits and vegetables to Russia, and these contracts involve the exchange of goods, that is, Russia will pay for its fruit with its own goods - milk formulas, medicines and other important goods necessary for the survival of the population of the whole state.
In November, deliveries of citrus fruits to Russia should start, which we have a lot of.
Therefore, I want to appeal to everyone: buying tangerines, oranges, please take Syrian ones.
Please support the Syrian people, children, farmers.
Buying Syrian fruits, you do not support any side of the conflict, but only give hope to the Syrian people for the future, which they are trying to take away from them.
I appeal to you again. Syrian fruits are no worse than Turkish, Spanish, and maybe better, so when buying, please ask only them.
Further goods such as olives and olive oil will also be received.
And the last. Please spread this information so that a maximum of people can find out about it. Thanks in advance for your help.
P.S. This year Syria has a record citrus harvest. The 400-500 thousand tons will be exported. ”
Comments from our readers:
Stiletto
Syrian fruit. Make a note. As soon as they appear with us, we will support Syria with a ruble with our daughter. If only this money went to its destination ...
Sakmagon
... and carefully look at them before buying ... more, our “sales”, after having been prosecuted for such a company, will begin to sculpt the label “Made in Syria” even for lard and pine nuts.
Dove of peace
According to Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia in Jordan is building up an army of thousands of people in 50, with the help of Pakistani instructors, transmitting Mixednews.ru with reference to the Voltaire network.
It is also noteworthy that the article in “Foreign Policy” appeared after John Kerry’s trip to Riyadh in order to restore good relations between the countries.
And one more news about Riyadh. The media confirm the information that Saudi Arabia has decided to give up its place in the UN Security Council.
As transmits RIA News"Saudi Arabia yesterday in writing notified UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its decision to refuse a seat on the Security Council.
According to the letter, Saudi Arabia "is not able to take a seat on the Security Council, where she was elected on October 17." The document was signed by the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, Abdullah Moallimi. The text also states that his country is still ready to cooperate with the UN "for the benefit of peace and development in the world."
UN Representative Martin Nesyrki confirmed to reporters that Ban Ki-moon received a letter from Saudi Arabia.
As RIA “Novosti” reminds, Saudi Arabia refused membership in the UN Security Council for the 2014-2015 years. She motivated this decision, including the Council’s inability to cope with problems in the Middle East.
We will add on our own refusal of a place in the Security Council and building up the army under the supervision of the Pakistanis — logical links of one chain. As for the statements of readiness to cooperate with the UN "for the benefit of peace and development in the world", this is the real Saudi black humor. “The blessing of the world” is the world Sharia under the control of the Wahhabis, and the “development” is the carpet bombing humanitarian of Damascus, about which some peacekeepers dream and have lost peace and night.
Comments from our readers:
svp67
A serious factor. I would like to know the called "contingent", and it is very similar to the Arab Foreign Legion, by the way, also previously located in Jordan ...
Corsair
Apparently, this is ZHZHZH for a reason, since the impressive cruising group of the Russian Navy of the Russian Federation has been put forward into the Mediterranean.
Cost of democracy
The inability of the so-called Libyan authorities, who replaced the “Gaddafi regime”, to manage not only the country, but at least individual regions, led to chaos and the actual split of the state’s territory. Areas of Libya are controlled by militant groups, which Western journalists prefer to refer to as “rebels”. These people, the current government still persuades to go to the public service (that is, the army). But who will serve the government, which has neither authority, nor political experience, nor serious repressive machinery? "Rebels" prefer to defend their own interests with their own forces. As for the locals, who are suffering as a result of constant attacks and exchanges of fire between the factions, they believe that Libya has become Somalia.
On November 7, militants from Misurata, the city where former opponents of Muammar Gaddafi were concentrated, invaded Tripoli. The attack immediately consolidated those groups that control Tripoli. At the head of those who repulsed the aliens was the Suk al-Jumaa group. On both sides - several dead, wounded. There are information about several dozen affected civilians.
Militants from Misrata broke into Tripoli in jeeps. Machine guns and machine guns are far from all that they and their opponents were armed with. In the course were launched grenade launchers, mortars and even anti-aircraft guns. Aliens from Misrata, as the media writes, came to avenge their commander.
The words of one resident of Tripoli leads the channel "Euronews":
“Unfortunately, the army cannot protect us, ordinary people. Our houses, apartments are under constant shelling, there is nowhere to be saved ... This is no longer Libya, this is Somalia ... You see, it is starting again, and we are forced to live in such a situation and fear for our lives. ”
The fighting in Tripoli is only one side of the very “democratization” that befell Libya with the murder of Colonel Gaddafi.
Recently it became known that representatives of one of the rebel movements in eastern Libya took control of several oil ports and even announced the creation of their own oil company. He writes about it RIA News" with reference to Reuters.
Last Friday, a rebel group seized the port of Tobruk in the east - the very one through which the National Oil Corporation supplies oil to Europe. A number of other oil ports were also captured.
According to one of the leaders of the rebels, the movement in the seized ports stopped the shipment of "black gold" to state tankers. The rebels said they would set up their own oil company with headquarters in Tobruk.
If the militia continue to block the operation of oil facilities, Libya could face a budget crisis. This was stated by the Prime Minister of the North African state, Ali Zeidan, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Pervin Mamed-zade.
“The country's budget is based on revenues from oil revenues,” the head of government recalled. “But next month or in a month, there may be problems with the execution of expenditure items.”
Zeidan said that the authorities gave the strikers 7-10 days to stop blocking the fields and seaports.
Paradoxically, the coming to Libya of the so-called democracy, which, as many believe, the NATO states introduced there for the sake of oil, reduced the production of "black gold" in the country by about 90%. Moreover, oil is often controlled by the very rebels, and now the “militiamen” who fought against Gaddafi in 2011. If earlier these people were unhappy with the redistribution of national wealth, then today they are ready to weapons in the hands of these riches "grab". And the fragile state power is hardly able to scare them. Rather, they may scare the government ...
Comments from our readers:
Strashila
The situation in Libya ... no power ??? And what a fright she will be? Those who came to power on the bayonets of mercenaries and a foreign army will not be respected by those living in the country. It is simply a confirmation that the Libyan army under the leadership of Gaddafi reflected external aggression, and did not fight the type with its own people. The same events occur in Syria.
makarov
I can not call the slain Gaddafi the perfect ruler, but with him the SOCIAL SPHERE was at its best. And it is precisely in this industry that the MANY states can and should have equal to it. And the people of LIVIA needed to fight against the foes, not for Gaddafi, but for their social security and stability. And if they did not understand it then, then they reap the fruits of their indifference.
MIKHAN
Gaddafi will remember for a long time, like the Iraqis of Saddam. Deceived the people, bombed looted and forgotten. Throwing on the rebound every gangster and scum ...
The enclosure of the XXI century
In mid-October, the Turkish construction battalion began the construction of a barrier wall on the border with Syria in the Nusaybina region (Mardin province). The stated goal of the construction of a two-meter-high barrier is to stop the movement of Kurdish militants and armed Islamists from Syrian territory to and fro. If we recall that the mentioned province of Mardin is inhabited mainly by Kurds, it becomes clear: first of all, Ankara closes the road to the country for Syrian Kurds, who, under Assad, received a blank check to create their own armed detachments and fight against the Syrian terrorist organization now two and a half years.
In early November, the media reported on a mass rally in Nusaybin. The protest was attended by several thousand people. The demonstrators compared the wall being erected to the once-existing Berlin Wall. The police dispersed the protesters with water cannons, plastic bullets and tear gas — just as they dispersed demonstrations before. Democracy in action!
The press got information that Turkish Foreign Minister M. Güler denied the very fact of building a barrier wall in the province, but later said that the wall is being built and its purpose is to ensure the security of the border. This is another example of democracy in action: first say no, then yes. Negation is followed by negation of negation. Somewhere here, between “no” and “yes”, the real border between the people and the government passes. That border, which is something worse than barriers and barbed wire.
Syrian Kurds gave a peculiar response to the construction of border barriers. They announced the creation of a transitional government in Syria.
Syrian Kurds living in the northeast, 11 November announced the creation of an independent transitional government. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to France Press.
The declaration signed by the Kurds following the results of the negotiations in the Syrian city of Kamyshly implies the division of the Kurdish territories into three areas. At the talks, it was decided to begin preparations for local and general elections.
The decision to create a transitional government was made after the successes of the Kurdish militia: over the past few weeks, the Kurds conquered significant territories from the Islamists.
Thus, the construction of the Turkish "Berlin" wall is clearly tied to the growth of the Kurdish movement and the successes that Kurdish militia achieved in the fight against Islamist mercenaries who are fighting either for Sharia in Syria or for ordinary money. For understandable reasons, the Erdogan government fears that the Syrian Kurds may one day unite with the Turkish.
Comments from our readers:
makarov
It is rather a political t. “Cry out”, since history shows that not a single wall over the centuries has really saved any state.
Alexey M
Here and Turkey under the distribution hit. For a long time they are fighting with the Kurds, but the “fox” has crept up all the same imperceptibly.
Freedom in Lithuanian
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service interrogated several journalists regarding a leak of information from the State Security Department. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to "DELFI".
On November 7, the chief editor of the BNS news agency, Jurate Damulite, and her deputy, Jurate Skite, were taken to the main service building in Vilnius. Earlier, the head of BNS, Yurga Eyvaite, was questioned. From the premises occupied by the agency, the investigators carried out several computers.
According to Interfax, during the pre-trial investigation, the judge ordered the editor of BNS to disclose an information source.
In a press release, the agency stresses that such measures impede journalistic work and are “disproportionate and unjustified.” BNS noted that the right of a journalist to keep a source of information secret is one of the guarantees of freedom of the media.
The chairman of the Lithuanian Journalists Union, Dainius Radzevicius, stated that the responsibility for the leakage of information should not be taken by journalists, but by the officers of the security agencies who allowed it: “I hear that they are being withdrawn (for interrogations. - Note. Lenta) negatively. First of all, those people who are responsible for the safety of information should be arrested. ”
As recalled by "Tape", the reason for the proceedings was the material released by "BNS" 31 October. With reference to the state security department of the republic, it was reported that Russia was preparing information provocations against the first persons of Lithuania, in particular, Dali Grybauskaite. It was alleged that the Russian side will soon distribute information discrediting the head of state: it will publish fraudulent documents allegedly found in the State Archives of the Russian Federation regarding the Grybauskaite biography.
Later, Grybauskaite herself stated that she had been informed of the impending attack. And she commented: “One of the main reasons, obviously, is our successful presidency of the Council of the European Union and, perhaps, Lithuania’s striving for energy independence.”
Undoubtedly, add on my own. Soon, the United States will begin to sell shale gas and shale oil to Vilnius at bargain prices, and an independent Lithuania will show Moscow a fig. However, do not say "gop" until you jump.
As for the documents, let us ask ourselves the question: why are the first person of the state so worried about some fakes? And not even the fake itself, but only hints at them?
Comments from our readers:
Karlsonn
... the Europeans have destroyed the industry, there is no work for the youth (as for the young), respectively, the Balts go to work in large quantities at the fish factories in England, well, or wash the toilets in Portugal and try to cling to the demographic crisis there.
smile
... And my parents live in Klaipeda. :))) ... Lithuanian population decline by one third ... from less than three million people over 600 thousands of guest workers ... And they work with various nannies and vegetable gatherers ... a plumber and a builder are the ultimate dream.
Total corruption. The authorities do not recognize this, but the newspapers are just furious, and the people see it. Without a bribe you will not do anything, at all levels. Judges take bribes directly at the reception - we have not had this since the mid-nineties.
Medicine has sunk to the level of the Stone Age, bribes such that our doctors never dreamed of. Repair teeth go to Belarus: there is not enough money to treat them ... Lyapota, in general ...
Total corruption. The authorities do not recognize this, but the newspapers are just furious, and the people see it. Without a bribe you will not do anything, at all levels. Judges take bribes directly at the reception - we have not had this since the mid-nineties.
Medicine has sunk to the level of the Stone Age, bribes such that our doctors never dreamed of. Repair teeth go to Belarus: there is not enough money to treat them ... Lyapota, in general ...
Deputy fashion designer
Deputy of the Lithuanian Seimas Petras Gražulis, known for his negative attitude towards homosexuals, made a gift to the local gay league, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to Delfi.lt. In the league, the gift was not happy.
The fact is that the parliamentarian presented jeans to gays ... with a zipper in the back. He said: “These are advanced jeans - zipper in front and behind. I just improved their clothes. ” And he added: “It's a shame how a man makes love to a man. They disgrace, but the EU somehow believes that they are heroes, the most modern layer of society. ”
It is noted that comrade Grazulis personally brought improved jeans to the office of the Lithuanian Gay League.
In the league the deputy’s gift was called disgusting. Homosexuals called on the authorities to condemn the act of the parliamentarian.
Well, let us add from myself, neither can it be denied to Comrade Grazhulis in courage or originality. As for the disgusting, the members (and asses) of the league would be better off keeping silent. You understand, they brought free designer pants to the Europe-2013 autumn collection, and they rushed to the government offices to whimper ...
Comments from our readers:
Stiletto
The deputy of the Lithuanian Seimas Petras Grazhulis - a normal man, did not know that in Lithuania there are still such.
Not a black square, but a red line
The vocabulary of current politicians is firmly rooted in the expression "red line". Experts warn: if such expressions are not supported by actions, it hurts reputation. The reportage of the correspondent is devoted to the linguistic topic. "RT" Floors Slier.
US President Barack Obama claims that he did not establish the notorious “red line” for Syria. He declares: "It made the world community."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of the “red line” of Iran.
Now there are fears that if the American president can be forced to abandon plans for Syria, then he will do the same with Iran.
Dr. Boaz Ganor, Director General of the Institute for International Counterterrorism Policy, says:
“When the head of the world's largest power establishes a“ red line ”and then publicly rejects his words or is forced to discard them by the will of his people or the senate, this is a very disturbing sign. And this is a serious blow to the reputation of the United States, which play a deterrent role both in the Middle East and around the world. ”
Ex-Ambassador of Israel to Egypt Yitzhak Lebanon shared his opinion with “RT”: “From the outside, Obama may seem to doubt or change his position depending on the development of the situation in the world.”
A representative of the Institute of Communications Tal Samuel Azran said:
“We have seen some politicians use the term“ red line ”. It's dangerous to do that. You drive yourself into frames. As soon as the politician uses it, he immediately undertakes to hold this “red line”. It is clear that various kinds of manipulations are applied in politics. ”
Politicians who operate with aggressive expressions in the international arena, we add from ourselves, we must remember the saying: "The word is not a sparrow, it will fly out - you will not catch it." Let us remind them of another useful proverb: “Measure seven times, cut once”. Before you say anything, gentlemen politicians would think about it well. Otherwise, they may cross their political career with red lines. Mr. Obama, for example, with his record-low rating risks going down in history as the worst president of the United States.
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Max otto
The man said the word, the man took the word, what are you after this man? Therefore, Obama and do not respect, is not responsible for his words.
HollyGremlin
“The United States, which plays a deterrent role,” quite right. They restrain economic growth, conflict resolution, and arms reduction. And they still have a lot of red ribbons, if anything, you can break the flag.
Last cartridge
In the US Secret Service inflames a new scandal caused by inappropriate staff behavior, reports Newsru.com with reference to The Washington Post.
As a result of an internal investigation into the dubious behavior of two high-ranking Secret Service officers, disciplinary measures were taken against both of them.
These two worked in senior positions in the department, providing security for the President of the United States. Ignacio Zamora and Timothy Barraklow were dismissed from their posts following the results of a service check, and Barraklow was also transferred to work in another department, ITAR-TASS reported.
In May of this year, Zamora, in the White House Hotel “Hay-Adams”, met a lady in a bar, and then spent time with her in her room. There he defused the service pistol, afterwards forgetting one cartridge. For patron Zamora tried to return to the familiar, but for some reason she did not let him.
Zamora went the other way: presented a certificate of service hotel management and demanded to provide him access to the room. The hotel staff took action: reported on the behavior of Zamora White House.
In the course of the proceedings in the official mobile phone Zamora revealed messages of a sexual nature of one of the subordinates. The author of similar messages addressed to the same woman was Barraklou.
And all the fuss - because of one cartridge, add on my own. Although, of course, the Secret Service may hide the truth. Mr. Zamora could have forgotten in the room of the girlfriend “Javelin”.
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Vadivak
“... met a lady in a bar, and then spent time with her in her room. There he discharged the service gun ... "
Well, that is not the lady.
Well, that is not the lady.
Stiletto
Poor discharged, that's not let.
Beautiful far to America cruelly
A notable article by John Feffer entitled “A World Without the USA” recently appeared on the Inter Press Service news agency website. Among other things, the material speaks of the inevitable, albeit slow, decline of that world gendarme and world financier who is trying to “steer” the whole planet. There is also a duality of attitude towards the United States, for example, China and some Latin American countries: at the same time they do not want American hegemony, but at the same time they are heavily dependent on Washington for trade. The author has paid attention to such an important aspect as the US presence in the regions: where it is shrinking, the era of prosperity begins.
John Feffer is co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Political Studies in Washington. The Narrative of a World Without America Scientist precedes a brief retelling of the content of 2007's best-selling book “A World Without Us”, written by journalist Alan Vaisman.
The book describes the planet, recovering from the disappearance of people. Skyscrapers fall apart, bridges fall into rivers, but dense forests rise and buffaloes roam everywhere. Ironically, Feffer calls this process an optimistic vision of the future. But optimists are buffalo or dolphin. No more ranchers or fishermen with their nets. The author also refers cockroaches to optimists: after all, dichlorvos is also no more.
Man, this future does not apply. In fact, Weisman warns people who naively assume that they will always exist - regardless of the threats. And there are enough threats: nuclear weapons, climate change, pandemics ...
From the fantastic bestseller Weisman, the author of the article turns to the reality of the 21st century. It comes to geopolitics. What would a world be like without the United States?
Americans profit from economic and military hegemony. This profit is expressed in the form of GDP per capita, a strong dollar, and even dependence on English as the main means of communication in the world. Americans take it all for granted. But here non-Americans feel differently. Non-Americans, the author ironically puts in place those buffaloes, dolphins and cockroaches in a world free of people. Anyone who lives outside the United States could well applaud the end of the American superpower.
The analyst notes that in the midst of the recent political crisis in Washington, the Chinese news agency Xinhua issued an article in which the "perplexed world" proposed to start considering the possibility of building a "de-Americanized world." However, as some American commentators pointed out, this provocative article does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Chinese government: after all, Beijing depends on the US economy, whether it is American consumers or Wall Street liquidity. Beijing depends on the fact that Washington is more or less holding back the ambitions of its key allies in the Asia-Pacific region.
The same can be said about the countries of Latin America, which have long condemned American imperialism. Like China, the author notes, Latin America is largely dependent on trade with the United States.
Most analysts who speak of the decline of the hegemon (from Paul Kennedy to Farid Zakaria), agree on this duality of attitude toward the United States. However, the United States will gradually come into relative decline, for which there is no viable alternative.
The analyst recalls: The United States supports many dictators in the interests of stability. So what? The United States produced significant instability in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Here are other examples. The United States reduced its military involvement in Latin America - and the region began to flourish. The United States reduced its military presence in South Korea — and there was no “anarchy” on the peninsula. Finally, the US has closed down many Cold War bases in Europe, but Europe remains calm.
The author's conclusion: just as people need to change their relationship with nature, the United States must reconfigure its relationship with the world. In both cases, the worst scenarios will lead to the victory of the cockroaches.
Wonderful words, add on my own. True, the White House is clearly not ready to give up the role of a hegemon in the world, despite the past and the imminent government shutdown that may occur in January or February of 2014, when Republicans in Congress will again deal with President Obama.
If, however, we introduce into geopolitics the so-called moral component, then here Washington does not intend to abandon the declared “exclusivity” that the highest officials of the state have been promoting in recent weeks, from Barack Obama to John Kerry.
As a result, the United States is likely to try with all its might to preserve the old world order that they liked so much since the collapse of the USSR. As for the financial crisis, the petrodollar superpower has one proven method: raising the national debt ceiling.
Comments from our readers:
Polovec
America is a self-sufficient country (like Russia). Even if the dollar crashes, it must be understood that no one will die of hunger. It is just that speculative financiers will cause chaos around the world, which will be localized for a short time, and the construction of new financial and economic relations will begin, based not on speculation and air trade, but on production. Products first. And the world from the fact that the States get into a hole and take care of their affairs inside the country, will only win and breathe easy. What the US is afraid of - more than hunger!
Stiletto
"The petrodollar superpower has one proven method: raising the national debt ceiling."
However, one day this ... magic wand will fail, and then ...
However, one day this ... magic wand will fail, and then ...
avant-garde
... for sure suddenly the clouds will dance, and Obama will play the violin ...
* "A thief should be in prison!" - the phrase from the movie "The meeting place can not be changed"
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