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Russia Has Threatened Nuclear Attack, Says Ukraine Defence Minister
Newsweek Kiev has received threats of nuclear retaliation from Russia through unofficial channels if it continues to fight pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, Valeriy Heletey, announced on his Facebook page on Monday. Ukraine talks begin; Russia seeks 'peaceful settlement'USA TODAY Ukraine accuses Russia of "undisguised aggression" as rebels advanceReuters Putin's Ukraine Ambitions Put Russia Out in the ColdWall Street Journal Sky News-The Guardian-Washington Post all 10,941 news articles » |
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Петр Порошенко в ходе визита в США поднимет вопрос о признании ДНР и ЛНР террористическими организациями
Коммерсантъ Петр Порошенко в ходе визита в США поднимет вопрос о признании Донецкой и Луганской «народных республик» (ДНР и ЛНР) террористическими организациями, об этом сообщается на сайте президента Украины. «Глава государства намерен во время визита в США поднять вопрос ... На встрече в Минске сепаратисты потребовали признания Киевом особого статуса "народных республик"NEWSru.com Порошенко поднимет вопрос признания ДНР и ЛНР терророрганизациямиРИА Новости Порошенко попросит в США признать ЛНР и ДНР террористическими организациямиГазета.Ru BFM.Ru -Интерфакс -Полит.ру Все похожие статьи: 313 » |
East Ukrainian Rebels Lower Demands in Minsk Peace Talksby The Associated Press
Pro-Russian rebels softened their demand for full independence Monday, saying they would respect Ukraine's sovereignty in exchange for autonomy - a shift that reflects Moscow's desire to strike a deal at a new round of peace talks.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday oversaw the start of construction on a giant pipeline that is due to ship $400 billion worth of Russian gas to China in the three decades after flows begin in 2019.
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Choking Russia's Banks Would Be the Ultimate Sanction
Businessweek The European Union is poised to hit Russia with a fresh round of sanctions, amid mounting evidence of direct Russian military intervention in southeastern Ukraine. EU leaders said on Aug. 31 after a weekend summit meeting in Brussels that they'll ... David Cameron Pushes For “SWIFT Action” Against Russia, Merkel Opposes ItForex Magnates all 11 news articles » |
In three easy steps, the EU could weather the coming winter without importing a single molecule of Russian energy
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Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission
The Guardian The federal space agency released a statement saying the landing apparatus of the Photon-M satellite had returned to earth as planned, falling into Russia's Orenburg region at 1.18pm Moscow time, and that the entire herpetological crew had perished at ... Space Sex Geckos Dead on Reentry, Russia RevealsMashable all 31 news articles » |
Зеркало. Американская пресса о России - “Ньюйоркер” об антиамеркианизм - “Ньюсуик” о Путине Юбилей “Уолл-стрит Джорнел” Гость АЧ - сотрудник газеты Дэвид Саттер Марианна Мур - в стихах и жизни Беседа с Владимиром Гандельсманом
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СМИ: Кэмерон пригрозил нанести непоправимый ущерб российской экономике
РИА Новости Глава британского парламента Дэвид Кэмерон в преддверии саммита НАТО в Уэльсе заявил, что западные санкции нанесут непоправимый ущерб экономике России. Премьер-министр Великобритании Дэвид Кэмерон, Архивное фото. © РИА Новости. Сергей Гунеев | Купить ... Британский премьер Дэвид Кэмерон пообещал, что санкции Запада нанесут непоправимый ущерб экономике РоссииРадиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Дэвид Кэмерон: отношение к России изменится из-за украинского кризисаНТВ.ru Кэмерон назвал действия РФ на Украине неприемлемымиРБК Аргументы и факты -BFM.Ru -Газета.Ru Все похожие статьи: 144 » |
The Italian newspaper "Le Repubblica" printed an article on September 1 that reported Russian President Vladimir Putin told outgoing European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, "If I want, I could take Kyiv in two weeks."
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Пресс-служба МИД России опубликовала официальный комментарий российского внешнеполитического ведомства в связи с высказыванием министра обороны Украины Валерия Гелетея о том, что российские власти, введя войска на украинскую территорию, начали войну.
Авторы комментария считают, что степень компетентности Гелетея является предметом исследования специалистов не в военной области, и называют "шокирующим" призыв украинского министра готовиться к очередным десяткам тысяч жертв в военных действиях, называемым им «Великой отечественной войной». По мнению российских дипломатов, тем самым Гелетей втягивает украинский народ в продолжение кровопролитного гражданского противостояния, "прикрывая свое желание усидеть в занимаемом кресле любой ценой".
1 сентября министр обороны Украины Валерий Гелетей написал на своей странице в Facebook: «Наши Вооруженные Силы уверенно теснили банды российских наемников, уничтожали диверсантов и спецназовцев. Именно поэтому Кремль вынужден был перейти к полномасштабному вторжению своих регулярных войск на территорию Донбасса. Сегодня мы уже имеем дело с дивизиями и полками». По словам Гелетея, такой войны Европа не видела со времен Второй мировой, потери будут исчисляться не сотнями, а тысячами, даже десятками тысяч.
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Roman Catholics and much of the world have been closely watching for evidence that Pope Francis has the wherewithal to buck the resistance to reform from the Vatican’s powerful bureaucracy.
An encouraging sign emerged last week with the announcement that the Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic had been stripped of diplomatic immunity and could be tried there for his alleged soliciting of underage boys for sexual acts. The announcement reversed a devious and secret stratagem engineered by unidentified Vatican officials last year to recall the ambassador, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, before Dominican authorities could bring criminal charges of child abuse against him.
The Vatican’s use of immunity to shield the prelate from criminal prosecution outside the Vatican set off a furor, particularly in light of Pope Francis’s promise that in the pedophilia scandal “there are no privileges” for priests or prelates. That diplomatic immunity was suddenly reversed after an article in The Times by Laurie Goodstein detailing numerous cases of the archbishop’s alleged preying on impoverished Dominican shoeshine boys and others who said they were paid for sex. There are suggestions Pope Francis might have had a hand in the reversal; he previously stressed to a colleague that the Wesolowski case felt like “a dagger” in his heart.
The Vatican denied it had attempted a cover-up in recalling the archbishop, pointing out that he was later defrocked after church officials concluded he was indeed guilty of abusing children. Defrocking is hardly adequate punishment for criminal acts, however, and the Vatican maintains the former archbishop might still face criminal charges under its own laws. There are understandable concerns that this could be used to shield him from full justice in the places where he allegedly abused children. However it ends, the case will be followed as an indicator of Pope Francis’s commitment to true church reform.
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Ukraine is shifting the focus of its military operation from rooting out pro-Russian rebels in the east to defending against a broader incursion by Moscow, following major setbacks for Kiev's forces in fighting in recent days, a top official said Monday.
The announcement by Defense Minister Valery Heletey that Ukraine is drastically changing tactics came as another round of talks between Kiev, Moscow and the separatists in the...
- Ron Harper, 62, was deputy property manager at the Royal Household
- It is alleged he accepted tens of thousands in exchange for favouring firms
- Two of these firms later received prestigious Royal Warrants
- Harper was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen
Published: 15:53 GMT, 1 September 2014 | Updated: 19:19 GMT, 1 September 2014
A top Buckingham Palace official appeared court today accused of receiving more than £100,000 in bribes in return for awarding contracts for work at royal palaces.
Ron Harper, 62, was deputy property manager at the Royal Household from 1994 until his suspension in 2012.
It is alleged that between 2006 and 2011, company directors bribed Harper in return for him awarding them large contracts for work at the palaces.
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Ron Harper, the Queen's former deputy property manager, arrives at Southwark Crown Court where he faces charges for receiving payments to award contracts for work at Royal Palaces
The maintenance work at Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace and Kensington Palace, was funded by the Civil List, now called the Sovereign Grant, and came straight out of taxpayer's pockets.
Harper, who was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen in 2004, appeared at Southwark Crown Court with eight other men and one woman, who are yet to enter pleas.
Harper, from Sudbury, Suffolk, is charged with four counts of conspiracy to give and receive corrupt payments.
Steven Thompson, 60, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, and Bernard Gackowski, 61, of Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, former directors of Melton Power Services, are both charged with one count of conspiracy to give and receive corrupt payments and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud by abuse of position.
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The Queen's former deputy property manager has been charged with taking more than £100,000 in kickbacks to award contracts ultimately funded by taxpayers
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Ronald Harper, 61, is said to have handed out huge contracts for mechanical and electrical work at Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace and Kensington Palace, pictured
Glyn Orridge, 65, of Melton Mowbray, a director of GO Power, and Matthew Neath, 34, of Melton Mowbray, a director of Borrough Property Services, are both charged with one count of conspiracy to commit fraud by abuse of position.
David Woodhams, 46, of Stanmer Village, Brighton, a former director of DWEC, Aseai Zlaoui, 39, of Witham, Essex, and Christopher Murphy, 54, of Witham, Essex, directors of BSI Nordale, and Harry Howard, 80, of Chadderton, a director of Atlantic 2000, are all charged with one count of conspiracy to give and receive corrupt payments.
Alan Rollinson, 65, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, a relative of Harper's, is charged with one count of converting or transferring criminal property.
They are all due to next appear at Southwark Crown Court on November 28, for a plea and case management hearing.
A Member of the Royal Victorian Order is given by the Queen to people who have served her or the Monarchy in a personal way.
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Ukraine, Russia Crisis Talks End Without Result in Minsk
Wall Street Journal Russia called on Kiev to agree to an immediate and unconditional cease-fire in talks on Monday. Fighting has continued in eastern Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine's leaders refuse to negotiate in good faith. (Photo: Getty Images). Europe drafts emergency energy plan with eye on Russia gas shut-downReuters Ukrainian Troops Abandon Luhansk Airport; Crisis Talks To Resume In Four DaysRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Pro-Russian rebels would respect Ukraine's sovereignty in exchange for autonomyToronto Star The Australian -euronews -Reuters Africa all 10,583 news articles » |
Witch-Hunting Russia's Cultural Elite – Againby By Ivan Nechepurenko
With Russia's political opposition either sidelined or splintered over Russian policy in Ukraine, dissenting cultural figures have become the new focus of pro-Kremlin witch hunts.
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Russia Warns Ukraine Troops To Pull Back
Sky News Ukrainian forces must pull back from areas of eastern Ukraine where they can harm civilian targets, Russia's foreign minister has warned. Sergei Lavrov spoke amid reports of fierce fighting for Luhansk airport between Ukrainian troops and Russian tanks ... Ukraine crisis: NATO to create 'high-readiness force,' secretary-general saysCNN NATO preparing high-readiness force to counter RussiaCBS News NATO plans high-readiness force to counter RussiaU-T San Diego all 109 news articles » |
Nato to create high-readiness force to counter Russian threatby Ewen MacAskill in Brussels
Spearhead force will be made up of around 4,000 troops with capacity to 'travel light but strike hard', according to Nato
Nato is to create a 4,000-strong "spearhead" high-readiness force that can be deployed rapidly in eastern Europe and the Baltic states to help protect member nations against potential Russian aggression, according to Nato officials.
Leaders from the 28 Nato countries are expected to approve the plan at the alliance's summit in Wales when the Ukraine crisis tops the agenda on Friday.
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Russia's 'Secret War' in Ukraine Technically Legalby By Alexey Eremenko
The secrecy shrouding a group of Russian paratroopers allegedly deployed to Ukraine has caused an outcry among the liberal media and immeasurable worry to troops' relatives.
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Киев освободил около 30 военных, попавших в плен под Иловайском
Коммерсантъ Около 30 украинских военнослужащих под Иловайском в Донецкой области удалось освободить из плена, сообщил руководитель центра обмена пленных, генерал-полковник запаса Владимир Рубан. «По военным, конкретно по Иловайску, работает Министерство обороны, Служба ... Деморализованные и разбитые: батальон "Донбасс" сдается в пленВести.Ru Около 30 военных освобождены из плена – генерал РубанКорреспондент.net Ополченцы освободили около 30 плененных под Иловайском силовиковВзгляд РИА Новости Украина -Газета.Ru -PRgazeta.ru - новостной мультимедийный портал Все похожие статьи: 115 » |
'Russian tank battalion' helps rebels make gains in east Ukraine, Kiev claims by Shaun Walker in Mariupol
Ukraine says Moscow is providing direct military support to rebels as army and volunteer battalions report heavy casualties
Pro-Russia rebels are making decisive gains against Ukrainian forces in the east of the country, a turning of tides on the battlefield that Kiev says is due to Moscow providing direct military support.
The Ukrainians suffered fresh losses on Monday, abandoning the airport in the key city of Luhansk after it came under attack by what Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko claimed was "a Russian tank battalion".
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Kazakhstan is latest Russian neighbour to feel Putin's chilly nationalist rhetoric by Ian Traynor, Europe editor
As Obama reassures Baltic states of Nato's protection, Kazakhs wonder if they will follow Ukraine, Chechnya and Georgia
Barack Obama leaves Washington on Tuesday for the small Baltic state of Estonia on Russia's north-western border to reassure the vulnerable country that it is safe within Nato from Vladimir Putin's clutches.
En route to Wales for a Nato summit that Putin, in Ukraine, has transformed into the most important such gathering since the end of the cold war, Obama will reiterate the alliance's '"all-for-one and one-for-all" defence pledges of Nato's article five commitments, seeking to assuage Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Romanian fears of revisionist Kremlin regional ambitions.
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Ukraine president Petro Poroschenko accused Moscow of conducting “direct and undisguised aggression” in the latest in a series of military reversals
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СНБО: Киев может изменить формат проводимой на востоке страны силовой операции
Коммерсантъ Официальный представитель Совета национальной безопасности и обороны Украины Андрей Лысенко заявил, что формат проводимой киевскими силовиками спецоперации на востоке Украины будет изменен. «Решение об изменении этого формата еще не принято, и я думаю, что в ... СНБО: Киев изменит формат проводимой в Донбассе силовой операцииРИА Новости Порошенко собрал силовиков на совещаниеВести.Ru Украина изменит формат силовой операции в ДонбассеГазета.Ru Интерфакс - Украина Все похожие статьи: 25 » |
Nato is to form a 4,000-strong spearhead force designed to go into action in 48 hours in response to Russian intervention in Ukraine. Stockpiles of military equipment will be stored at bases in Eastern Europe for the troops to use when they go into operation.
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A senior BBC journalist has doorstepped Russian President, Vladimir Putin, asking him whether he “regrets the killings in Ukraine”.
NATO to Create a Rapid-Response Force for Eastern Europe, Officials Sayby By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and STEVEN ERLANGER
Lars von Trier, the terribly talented Danish provocateur, is quite a character. The filmmaker behind awe-inspiring films like Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, and Melancholia—to name a few—had, three years back, taken a vow of public silence after he was ripped to shreds in the press, and even questioned by Danish police, for remarks he made at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. There, von Trier, in a failed attempt at stand-up comedy, said, “I understand Hitler, but I think he did some wrong things, yes absolutely, but I can see him sitting in his bunker… I think I understand the man. He’s not what you would call a good guy, but I understand much about him and I sympathize with him.” Later, he declared jokingly, “I am a Nazi.”
The Cannes Film Festival declared him “persona non grata,” effectively banning von Trier from the Côte d'Azur fest, and von Trier later issued a statement saying he wasn’t anti-Semitic or a Nazi. Later, he said he’d “decided from this day forth to refrain from all public statements and interviews.”
The Cannes Film Festival declared him “persona non grata,” effectively banning von Trier from the Côte d'Azur fest, and von Trier later issued a statement saying he wasn’t anti-Semitic or a Nazi. Later, he said he’d “decided from this day forth to refrain from all public statements and interviews.”
On Monday afternoon at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, von Trier (sort of) broke his silence. The occasion was a press conference where his collaborators—star Stellan Skarsgard, story supervisors Jenle Hallund and Vinca Wiedemann, and longtime producer Louise Vesth—discussed the uncut, five-and-a-half hour version of Nymphomaniac.
"Have I learned anything about women? No. I know everything about women."
Nymphomaniac, which was released in two parts (or “volumes”) stateside, is a psychosexual odyssey centering on Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-described nymphomaniac who’s discovered beaten to within an inch of her life by Seligman (Skarsgard). He takes her in, and Joe tells him her story, flashing back to her sexual awakening, dozens of sexual conquests—three-ways, BDSM, you name it—and the one man, Jerome (Shia LaBeouf), who won her heart.
It wasn’t like most press conferences. You see, von Trier still won’t speak directly to the press. So, his frequent star and good pal Skarsgard was given three “lifelines”—or questions he could kick over to von Trier, who was broadcast in via iPad. Skarsgard would then phone von Trier up, the two would chat in Danish, and Skarsgard would regurgitate the filmmaker’s answers.
But first, Skarsgard discussed how he came onboard Nymphomaniac. “[Von Trier] called me a year before we started and said, ‘Stellan, my next film will be a porno film and I’d like you to play the male lead… but you will not get to fuck. But you will show your dick at the end, and it will be very floppy.’ Who can resist that invitation?”
The Swedish actor also addressed claims that von Trier was a misogynist because of the pains he inflicts on his female characters on film. According to Skarsgard, these critics are missing the point. “Some reviews have not quite understood it and think that Lars is a misogynist and that he doesn’t like women, but he’s a director that writes the best roles for women in the world, and he really likes them. I can vouch for that. There have been some misunderstandings.”
Now, for Mr. von Trier. The first question kicked over to him was what it’s like to work with Skarsgard, to which Skarsgard relayed, “Lars says it’s not really working together. Throughout the years, he’s been breaking me down, and he says that I function very well now.”
The second “lifeline” was what von Trier had learned about female sexuality by makingNymphomaniac. Skarsgard cheekily said, “I know a little bit about female sexuality, but it’s still a mystery. On the other hand, my own sexuality is a mystery.” Then, he phoned his buddy von Trier, who just repeatedly sighed for about twenty seconds—Skarsgard apologized on behalf of von Trier—before the following message was passed on: “He says, ‘Have I learned anything about women? No. I know everything about women.”
The third and final “lifeline” asked whether von Trier related to his female protagonists as well as his male ones. “Everything that is masochistic in the film is me,” said von Trier (via Skarsgard). “The women, to a certain extent, is some of [von Trier], but every time something masochistic is shown, it’s [von Trier].”
After the whole “lifeline” shtick was up, von Trier disappeared from iPad view, and Skarsgard was asked about the filmmaker’s reputation for being “difficult” to work with—an assertion that he swiftly denied.
“It all comes from the difficulties of working with Bjork on Dancer in the Dark,” said Skarsgard. “But that was two control freaks, and you should never have two control freaks on a film set. They both wanted to make their film, and that doesn’t work. But other than that, he’s the sweetest, loveliest man to work with.”
Things wrapped up with a vague—albeit intriguing—announcement by Louise Vesth, von Trier’s producer.
“I’m happy to announce that the next Lars von Trier project will be a TV series in the English language,” she said. “He has a really, really good idea which I cannot tell more about right now. He wants a huge cast, and from what I heard, it will be something you’ve never seen before, and you definitely will never see again.”
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Участники совещания у премьер-министра Украины Арсения Яценюка пришли к выводу, что стране необходимо «с нуля» строить стратегическую военную, а также тактическую и внешнюю разведку, сообщил советник министра внутренних дел Арсена Авакова Антон Геращенко. «Только что закончилось совещание премьер- министра Арсения Яценюка и министра внутренних дел Арсена Авакова с командирами добровольческих батальонов, вышедшими из окружения под Иловайском с оружием в руках - батальоном «Миротворец» - Андреем Тетеруком, «Днепр-1» - Юрием Березой и раненным в боях за Иловайск комбатом «Донбасса» - Семеном Семенченко», - написал Геращенко в Facebook. По его словам, выводов было сделано несколько. Во-первых, «бойцы хотят верить, что генералы, которые принимают решения наступать, думают о том, где будут резервы и как отступать в случае возникновения угрозы окружения». Во-вторых, по словам Геращенко, «нам нужно строить стратегическую военную и внешнюю разведку с нуля». «Не должно быть так, что русские войска начали наступать утром 24 августа, а наши командиры узнавали о наступлении русских из постов Юрия Бутусова в Фейсбук», - пояснил он. Также, по словам Геращенко, и тактическую разведку Украине нужно строить с нуля, чтобы не было такого, что «беспилотники русских летают над нашими бойцами днем и ночью, корректирую точную наводку артиллерии и «Градов», а наши артиллеристы слепы». В-четвертых, Геращенко призвал все общество объединиться вокруг президента Украины Петра Порошенко, главы Верховной Рады Александра Турчинова и премьер-министра Арсения Яценюка. Советник Авакова дал понять, что опубликовал в Facebook не все, но добавил: «Скажу одно - все командиры готовы доукомплектовывать и довооружать свои батальоны и снова идти в бой». Добавим, что ранее в понедельник министр обороны Украины Валерий Гелетей также написал в Facebook большой пост о положении дел у украинских силовиков. По его словам, «Россия проиграла гибридную войну Украине», после чего якобы приняла решение «перейти к полномасштабному вторжению своих регулярных войск на территорию Донбасса» и даже «по неофициальным каналам угрожала применить тактическое ядерное оружие». Напомним, с 24 августа силы ополчения Новороссии нанесли удар по киевским формированиям, находившимся к югу и к юго-востоку от Донецка. Несколько украинских группировок общей численностью до 7 тыс. человек попали в окружение, южный фронт практически рухнул, и ополченцы вышли к побережью Азовского моря. Киевские власти объясняли разгром украинской армии «масштабным российским вторжением». 28 августа Порошенко объявил на весь мир, что в пределы Украины вступила российская армия, при этом руководство Украины не разорвало с РФ дипломатических отношений и не объявило войну. Убедительных доказательств присутствия российских воинских частей в зоне конфликта, о котором еще с весны заявляют в Киеве, до сих пор не представлено. Газета ВЗГЛЯД перечисляла признаки, по которым легко можно определить присутствие войск другого государства, но ни один из них в Новороссии не наблюдается.
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