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Military cyborg biker presented to Putin

Published on Jan 20, 2015 Russia's military is busy building autonomous tanks, unmanned vehicles and other weapons one won't be ashamed of in the 21st century. Vladimir Putin visited a Research Institute outside Moscow and was shown a combat robot. Here's what he saw.



4/5 Фото пресс-службы Президента РоссииВо время посещения Центрального научно-исследовательского института точного машиностроения Президенту продемонстрировали боевого робота.20 января 2015 года

...проект новой госпрограммы должен учитывать положения новой Военной доктрины России, утверждённой 25 декабря прошлого года, в которой уточнены военные угрозы безопасности нашей страны. Приоритеты в разработке, производстве и поставках в войска новейшего оружия и техники должны быть определены в соответствии с этим важнейшим документом стратегического планирования. 

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"I have just spoken with the national defense and security council secretary. Ukrainian military intelligence confirm the fact military personnel and equipment have been transferred from Russia to Ukraine," the prime minister is quoted as saying.

He continued: "Tanks, GRAD multiple rocket systems, BUK and SMERCH systems, radio electronic intelligence systems are not sold at local Donetsk street markets. Only the Russian army and Defense Ministry have them."

The prime minister's spokeswoman, Olga Lappo, confirmed to CNN the quotes attributed to Yatsenyuk are accurate.

Russian officials could not be immediately reached for a response.

The report came a day after protesters gathered at Kiev's Independence Square to march for peace,

Yatsenyuk and Ukraine's President were among those who attended the rally, which had as its slogan, "I am Volnovakha," in memory of the 13 passengers who died near the city of Volnovakha after their bus was hit by artillery fire on January 13.

"We will remember every Ukrainian hero who gave (life) for the sake of independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine," President Petro Poroshenko said. "We will not give up a single meter of our land."

Meanwhile, fighting in the east continued.

Government forces and pro-Russia rebels have been battling for control of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions since April, after Russia annexed Ukraine's southeastern Crimea region the previous month.

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Letter From America: A Welcome Chorus of Discordant Disagreement by By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 12:53 PM

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After the tragedy of the Paris attacks united the West in defense of free speech, a predictable, and laudible, cacophany of opinions has ensued.

The Guardian view on Ukraine sanctions | Editorial by Editorial

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 12:53 PM

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The fighting and dying in Ukraine goes on but diplomacy is at a standstill. Sanctions must remain until Putin chooses peace

Donetsk airport, its runways cratered by shelling, its buildings battered and its control tower decapitated, is a modern ruin that has long ceased to function. To lose lives over it seems senseless. Yet such is its symbolism for both sides that the fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatists there goes on unabated, with the Ukrainians now claiming to have recaptured ground they had earlier lost. Meanwhile, diplomacy has all but stalled. As the shells and missiles flew on Monday in eastern Ukraine, Europe’s foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, determined that there were no grounds for any relaxation of sanctions.

The strategic plan developed by the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, for a graduated reduction in sanctions in return for Russian concessions and cooperation in Ukraine and elsewhere has been set aside, as most people expected it would be, until the situation changes in a fundamental way.

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WorldViews: Why do these Kazakh villagers keep falling asleep? by Karoun Demirjian

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 1:17 PM

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MOSCOW — How do you explain it when a whole town can’t seem to stop dozing off?For years, that’s what’s been happening without explanation in Kalachi, a village in north-central Kazakhstan that’s affectionately referred to as “Sleepy Hollow” — and lately it’s only been getting progressively worse.Read full article >>

Watching Obama speech? Check out tone, theatrics, loudmouths by By NANCY BENAC

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 1:16 PM

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and his aides have been trickling out his State of the Union proposals on taxes, education, Internet access and more for weeks. What's left to watch for during Tuesday night's speech? Plenty. The event is as much about the theatrics and accoutrements of the evening as about the meat of the president's proposals....

No DNA match of charred remains for most missing Mexico students: lab

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 1:16 PM

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An Austrian lab has been unable to match incinerated remains found in a dump with the DNA of dozens of trainee teachers Mexico's government says were abducted and massacred in southwest Mexico, the attorney general's office said on Tuesday.

  

Pro-Russian Rebels, Ukraine Battle for Donetsk Airport

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 1:15 PM

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Intense fighting between government and pro-Russian separatist forces continued Monday in eastern Ukraine.

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Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 1:14 PM

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EU Has No Plans for Easing Russia Sanctions by Milana M

Tuesday January 20th, 2015 at 1:14 PM

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EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said today that the EU has no plans to review the bloc’s sanctions against Russia at a regular meeting of foreign ministers. Speaking ahead of the meeting where Russia is expected to be a major topic, she was at pains to dispel any notion that the bloc is relaxing its position. Mogherini said: “The point under discussion isn’t our support for Ukraine. That stays strong and firm. It is not a discussion on sanctions.”