Former MI6 chief warns over Russian threat | » BBC News - Sir John Sawers, ex-MI6 chief, warns of Russia 'danger' 28/02/15 10:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks: "This crisis at the moment - it's focused on Ukraine but Ukraine is a symptom. It's not the real problem. The real problem is how we live with a Russia which feels very exposed. Putin's actions are ones of a leader who believes his own security is at stake..."

Sir John described Russia as always having been an "issue of concern" for security services.

"Europe and Russia are not converging with one another so we're going to have to find a new way to coexist with Russia," he said.

"This crisis at the moment - it's focused on Ukraine but Ukraine is a symptom. It's not the real problem.

"The real problem is how we live with a Russia which feels very exposed. Putin's actions are ones of a leader who believes his own security is at stake.

"And here we've got nuclear bombers approaching the Cornish coast."

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Former MI6 chief warns over Russian threatby Chris Johnston and agencies

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:27 AM

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John Sawers says defence spending needs to increase to counter Vladimir Putin’s actions and Europe needs to find a new way to coexist with Russia

Russia has become a greater threat to Britain and defence spending needed to increase to counter Vladimir Putin’s actions, the former MI6 chief has warned.

Sir John Sawers, who stepped down in 2014 after five years of running the Secret Intelligence Service, said the threat posed by Moscow was “not necessarily directly to the UK but to countries around its periphery”.

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Анатолий Чубайс: "Нам всем надо остановиться"by Радио Свобода

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:27 AM

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Ukrainian President Condemns Murder of Russian Opposition Leader by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:26 AM

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has condemned the killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in Moscow Friday after urging people to protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the war in Ukraine. Poroshenko on Saturday called Nemtsov a "bridge" between Ukraine and Russia. Just hours before he was gunned down, Nemtsov appeared on Russia's Ekho Moskvy radio urging Moscow residents to come out for Sunday's opposition rally against Putin. France's President Francois Hollande also expressed anger at the killing of Nemtsov. He called the shooting a "hateful murder" and described Nemtsov as a "defender of democracy." Nemtsov, a major critic of Mr. Putin and a former deputy prime minister, was shot dead late Friday in central Moscow. Russia's interior minister said Nemtsov was shot four times from a passing car as he walked across a bridge over the Moscow River right next to the Kremlin. A spokesman for Putin said the murder bore the hallmarks of a contract killing and described it as a "provocation." He said the Kremlin will oversee the investigation. U.S. President Barack Obama condemned the "brutal" murder and called on Russia to carry out a prompt and impartial investigation. "I admired Nemtsov's courageous dedication to the struggle against corruption in Russia," the president wrote. "Nemtsov was a tireless advocate for his country, seeking for his fellow-Russian citizens the rights to which all people are entitled." Russian police say Nemtsov was walking with a woman visiting him from Ukraine when he was shot. The woman was not hurt. After police removed his body, weeping mourners placed flowers and lit candles on the spot where he was gunned down.   Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul told VOA's Russian service that Nemtsov's killing is a tragic loss for all those hoping for a strong, prosperous and democratic Russia. McFaul said Russian nationalists who accused Nemtsov of being a traitor and an American agent are "playing with fire." Reacting to the death, Denis Yudin, an activist with opposition movement Solidarity said: "This is a new spiral in Russia's descending into a fascist state. In our opinion, the mastermind of the crime is obvious. It is a political murder of one of the brightest opposition politicians." Fellow Russian opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov told reporters "That a leader of the opposition could be shot beside the walls of the Kremlin is beyond imagination. There can be only one version: that he [ Nemtsov ] was shot for telling the truth." Nemtsov had one final strong comment against President Putin, calling the war in Ukraine a "mad, aggressive, and deadly policy." "The country needs political reform," Nemtsov said. "When power is concentrated in the hands of one person and this person rules forever, this will lead to an absolute catastrophe." VOA Moscow correspondent Daniel Schearf said Sunday's march will likely become much bigger than planned and says the opposition will probably accuse the Kremlin of being involved in Nemtsov's murder. Nemtsov was a deputy prime minister in the 1990s and many Russian observers predicted he would succeed then-President Boris Yeltsin. After President Yeltsin chose Vladimir Putin as his successor and Mr. Putin's subsequent election in 2000, Nemtsov became one of Russia's sharpest and most outspoken Putin critics, especially since last year's uprising in Ukraine. In September, Nemtsov told VOA that Putin wants revenge for Ukraine's overthrow of its pro-Russian president. He said Putin fears that what happened in Ukraine could happen in Russia and sees a pro-European Ukraine as a threat to his own power.

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Putin critic, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow - Washington Post

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:26 AM

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Putin critic, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow Washington Post MOSCOW — Boris Nemtsov, a towering figure in Russian post-Soviet politics and a biting critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down steps from the Kremlin early Saturday, authorities said. The drive-by shooting had the potential to open a ... Russia Protesters Call for Kremlin Vigil to Mourn NemtsovBloomberg Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot deadBBC News World Reacts to Killing of Boris Nemtsov in RussiaWall Street Journal Daily Beast all 1,286 news articles »

Analysts Blame Nemtsov's Death on Russia's 'Legitimized Hate'by By Ivan Nechepurenko

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:25 AM

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Boris Nemtsov's death outside the Kremlin on Friday night reveals the deep sense of alienation between various political forces in Russia and shows how political divisions in the country can in a moment turn violent.

Russian Authorities Say Fellow Opposition Members May Have Killed Boris Nemtsov by By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:25 AM

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A Saturday statement said the police would examine several theories about the opposition leader’s fatal shooting, including the possibility that he had been a “sacrificial victim.”

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Boris Nemtsov: Final interview given by Putin critic just hours before his murder - in full by Telegraph Staff

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:24 AM

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Boris Nemtsov, who was murdered last night outside the Kremlin, had given an interview to radio station Ekho Moskvyat 8.07pm on Friday - less than four hours before he was killed

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Boris Nemtsov murder: Putin now governs mostly through terror and propaganda by Ben Judah

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:24 AM

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Any plot against Boris Nemtsov would have been known by the Kremlin. Putin either killed him or tolerated his death

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If Moscow TV Said Putin was a Criminal, Russians Would Soon Agree, Panfilov Says by paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:24 AM

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            Staunton, February 28 – Government-controlled television is such a dominant player in Russian life that if the TV didn’t show Putin for two weeks and in the third said he is a criminal who had unleashed war, the Russian people would say “yes, we are against Putin,” according to Oleg Panfilov, a specialist in information policy.

 

            In an extensive interview with Kyiv’s “Den’” newspaper, Panfilov, who organized Georgia’s counter-propaganda effort in 2008, discussed how this situation came to be and what its consequences are for the future not only of Russia but also of the countries around it (day.kiev.ua/ru/article/obshchestvo/v-rossii-varvary).

 

            Boris Yeltsin had used some of the possibilities of information war in the 1990s, but the full exploitation of this arm came only with the rise of Vladimir Putin who within two years “was able to completely form a common television space like in the USSR, “one with a single view on reality.”

 

            To be sure, Panfilov continued, Putin left some “little windows” like Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd in the electronic media and “Novaya gazeta” and occasionally “Kommersant” in the print media, but only a miniscule percentage of Russians use them. The overwhelming majority rely on television alone. And Putin understands that perfectly, the expert said.

 

            Because of the dominance of television in Russia, Panfilov argued, “in Russia there is no such thing as sociological opinion. Poll results from there are not to be trusted: four of the five major polling agencies work for the government, and there is no freedom of information so people rarely have the chance to hear competing versions of reality.

 

            “Ninety percent of Russians receive their information from television,” he said. “So that if the information policy on television were to change, if for two weeks, TV didn’t show Putin and in the third said that he is a criminal who has unleashed several wars, the people would say, yes, we are against Putin.”

 

            The situation in Ukraine is entirely different, he continued.  There and especially among the young in Kyiv, people rely far less on television. In Russia, TV remains dominant not only because of “Soviet tradition” but because it is free and hard-pressed Russians are not inclined to spend money on alternatives.

 

            Speaking more generally, Panfilov said, “Russia is an artificial country, which was created as a result of wars of conquest.”  The same is true of what people call the Russian nation. It grew at a pace that was possible only by reclassifying others as Russians and their lands as Russia.  

 

            Thus, he argued, “the ethnonym ‘Russky’ is not a noun as is ‘Ukrainian,’ ‘Armenian,’ and ‘Georgian’ but rather an adjective.”

 

            Being an artificial country and nation is not necessarily a bad thing, he said. “There is in the world another artificial country – the United States – but it has a [national] idea, that of freedom and democracy. Russia does not have anything like that” but rather remains the product of “forcible mental assimilation.” 

 

            Consequently, “the salvation of Russia is in its collapse.” Not only the non-Russians within its borders must acquire freedom and independence but also many who are now called Russians but who are in fact different, such as the Siberians and the people of the Urals, must as well.  How this will happen is difficult to predict.

 

            Given the nature of this artificial country with its artificial nation, “it is completely useless to argue with them about something. This is a community of people who will never recognize anything,” Panfilov said. Instead, they steal from others and then claim it as their own. As such they are barbarians, something they regularly accuse others of being.

 

            Turning to the Ukrainian situation, Panfilov said that “in Ukraine there is a very poor state information policy. It should not look like Russian propaganda,” but it must take into account the situation in the country now. In Georgia, Russian propaganda failed because Tbilisi blocked Russian television and because many Georgians don’t speak Russian.

 

            Ukraine is different: there are many Russian speakers, and they are affected by Russian television. As a result, many are uncertain about what is going on because they hear Moscow’s version of reality and then only later hear the facts of the case. Kyiv must do more to get its message out given that Ukraine has been invaded and needs to be united, Panfilov said.

 

            Ukraine has fewer problems getting its message out abroad than many in Kyiv think. The reason such people think believe Ukraine is suffering there is that they get their information from Moscow sources and thus are inclined to think that people in the West are entirely on the side of Russia. That is simply not true. Most in the West back Ukraine as time will show.

 

            But both domestically and internationally, Ukraine does face one serious challenge that Georgie did not: the rise of Internet trolls and other web operations. Vladislav Surkov understand this and are using it to build on the experience they gained in the information war against Georgia in 2008.

 

            How long the information war will go on “depends on various factors, including the level of the stupidity of the population,” Panfilov concluded. But in the forms it is taking now, it is “possible only on the post-Soviet space and only from Russia against its neighbors.” Russia’s efforts wouldn’t work anywhere else, at least not for long, given alternative sources of news.

 

            But the impact of information war can sometimes be “very long” because “if weapons can kill only physically,” the expert said, propaganda and disinformation can “morally harm all at once several generations.”

 

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Дороги к свободе. Крым год спустя - 28 февраля, 2015by Виталий Портников

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:23 AM

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Как изменилась за этот год ситуация в Крыму и вокруг полуострова? Что происходит с крымскими татарами и не забыли ли о них в Киеве? В эфире Радио Свобода - совместный проект программы "Дороги к свободе" и программы украинской службы Радио Свобода "Крым.Реалии". Виталий Портников и ведущий программы "Крым. Реалии" Александр Янковский беседуют с главой аппарата уполномоченного президента Украины по делам крымскотатарского народа Арсеном Жумадиловым.



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Минобороны Украины вернет вооружение в рекордные сроки при невыполнении минских соглашений - Газета.Ru

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:23 AM

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К.Соколов: «Убийство Немцова - элемент плана внешних сил по дестабилизации России» - KM.RU

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An aggressive owl is waging a campaign of terror against a small Dutch town

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:21 AM

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Boris Nemtsov, Russian Politician Who Battled Putin, Dead At 55 by webdesk@voanews.com (Carl Schreck, RFE/RL)

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:21 AM

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Boris Nemtsov, a fiery critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a former first deputy prime minister once seen as a possible successor to former President Boris Yeltsin, has been killed in Moscow. He was 55. Nemtsov was shot dead on the street near the Kremlin from a passing car, the Russian Interior Ministry said. A dynamic and debonair politician who spoke nearly flawless English, Nemtsov was an ardent proponent of liberal economic reforms and rose to national prominence as the popular governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region in the 1990s. Once dubbed the “golden boy” of Russian politics in the media, Nemtsov was later named first deputy prime minister by Yeltsin, a move that many interpreted as the Russian leader’s bid to groom his heir to the Kremlin.  After Yeltsin handed over power to Putin, who was elected president in 2000, Nemtsov became a vocal critic of the new Russian leader as the Kremlin moved to stifle critical media outlets and launched a campaign against wealthy Yeltsin-era oligarchs who refused to toe the government’s line. Nemtsov served as a deputy in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, during Putin’s first term. He lost his seat in 2003 parliamentary elections in which the pro-Kremlin party United Russia seized an overwhelming majority.  In the ensuing years, he led an array of liberal-minded opposition movements and parties, and authored reports accusing Putin’s government of massive corruption. In 2013, Nemtsov released a report alleging that officials and businessmen had stolen up to $30 billion in funds earmarked to finance the 2014 Winter Olympics in his hometown, Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi. "It is obvious that Putin's friends are running the preparations for the Olympic Games," Nemtsov told RFE/RL at the time. "It is also obvious that one is reluctant to put his own friends behind bars. However, we cannot look at all this passively because the scale [of their activities] will only grow bigger. The embezzlement they are presiding over is not just some kind of children's game but a real threat to Russia's national security."  Meteoric rise  Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was born in Sochi on October 9, 1959. He went on to study physics and earn his doctorate in 1985 at a university in the Volga River city of Gorky, now called Nizhny Novgorod, 250 miles east of Moscow.  In Gorky, Nemtsov first embraced political activism campaigning against the construction of a nuclear power plant in the region. In a 2013 interview with Ekho Moskvy, he said he was inspired by his mother, a pediatrician who was concerned about the safety of nuclear power. “Mama started collecting signatures, and I was getting scared that they would put her in jail, arrest her. So of course I was standing next to her to make sure no one touched her,” he said. In 1990, at the age of 30, Nemtsov won a seat in the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic and later moved to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.  When a group of hardliners in the Communist Party and KGB launched a coup attempt against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991, Nemtsov hunkered down with Yeltsin at the Russian parliament building and stood next to the tank where Yeltsin made his famous speech to street protesters.  "I understood at that time that these were very important days for my country. And really it was the death of communism. We understood that very clearly. But we were romantic,” Nemtsov said in a 2011 interview with RFE/RL.  Months after the failed coup, Nemtsov was named governor of Nizhny Novgorod by Yeltsin and was later reelected. During his governorship, Nemtsov collaborated with other politicians to introduce privatization and market reforms aimed at reviving the industrial region’s economy.  By 1994, Yeltsin was already hinting that Nemtsov could one day run the country. "He has grown so much that you can already tip him for president," Yeltsin said of Nemtsov during a trip to Nizhny Novgorod that year.  Nemtsov’s meteoric rise continued, and at the age of 37, Yeltsin named him first deputy prime minister in 1997. He joked at the time that his appointment was "like putting me in front of a firing squad," though he had already demonstrated a tendency not to back down from a fight. During a televised debate two years earlier, nationalist firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky had tossed a glass of orange juice in his face and Nemtsov tossed juice back at him. Nemtsov’s stint in the federal government proved short-lived, however, as Russia lurched toward a default in August 1998. He was demoted to deputy prime minister in April of that year and submitted his resignation days after the default, which Yeltsin accepted. 'Reality looks much more serious'  Nemtsov went on to co-found the Union of Right Forces (SPS) political party in 1999, together with other former members of Yeltsin’s team. The party was inextricably linked to privatizations and reforms of the 1990s that many Russians reviled after suffering through multiple economic crises in the decade. He was elected that year to the State Duma on the SPS ticket, serving as deputy speaker in the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament. Four years later, however, the party failed to gain any seats in the Duma elections dominated by United Russia, prompting Nemtsov to embark on a career in “non-systemic” opposition politics. Nemtsov became a leader of opposition protests against Putin and his government and was arrested repeatedly by Russian riot police during demonstrations over the past decade.  Pro-Kremlin groups and media demonized him as a puppet of Western governments who was seeking to return the country to the economic and social chaos of the 1990s. In 2009, Nemtsov ran for mayor of Sochi but lost overwhelmingly to the Kremlin’s candidate in an election opposition activists claimed was marred by widespread fraud and manipulation. At one point during the campaign, an assailant threw ammonia in Nemtsov’s face. He later said he believed the attack was carried out by pro-Kremlin activists due to his criticism of the planned Winter Olympics in Sochi.  Nemtsov had initially offered guarded praise for Putin after Yeltsin appointed the former KGB officer to the post of prime minister in 1999, calling him a “very acceptable figure” for Russia’s liberals and a “capable, experienced, and intelligent person.” But he told Ekho Moskvy in 2013 that he had never supported Putin, noting that his mother told him to “never trust” a KGB man. He said Putin’s first four years in office – including the arrest of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and authorities’ response to the 2004 terrorist attack on Beslan’s School No. 1 – turned him against the Russian president for good. Speaking to RFE/RL in 2011, Nemtsov said he, Yeltsin, and the former president’s team were “naive” to believe ending communism would mean “a great life in a few months."  “We believed that we would just dismiss communism and we'd be lucky,” he said. But unfortunately reality looks much more serious and much more complicated than we believed at the time."  With reporting by Reuters, AFP, BBC, Ekho Moskvy, The Moscow Times, The Wall Street Journal and Polit.ru

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‘Instead of a Maidan, the Donbass Has Come to Moscow,’ Martynov Says by Paul Goble

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:21 AM

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Staunton, February 28 – The murder of Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin means that “instead of a Maidan,” against which Vladimir Putin has organized, “the Donbass has come” to Russia, a development that means “the little house of cards” that the Kremlin leader had been building has come crashing down, Kirill Martynov says.

In an article in today’sNovaya Gazeta, the commentator argues that “the murder has become the most significant act of political terror in the modern history of Russia” because “now it is fated to become the symbol of that country which we have been building for the last 15 years.”

It is clear, Martynov says, that Nemtsov’s murder is “the continuation of that policy of hatred which has become the de facto standard in government mass media of Russia over the last year. ‘The fifth column’ and ‘national traitors’ must be punished, they have told us. And now this ‘punishment’ has occurred.”

“Regardless of who was the executioner, this blood is on the hands of all who wanted such ‘punishment,’ and who by their words and deeds brought it closer,” the Novaya Gazeta commentator says.

A few hours before Nemtsov was killed, NTV reported that it was looking into the way in which the March 1 protest represented an effort by him and others to “prepare a Russian Maidan…Only instead of a ‘Maidan,’ the Donbass came to Moscow,” in the form of bullets in his back, “the last political argument in the Russian Federation.”

Over the last 15 years since Putin came to power, Martynov writes, “opposition figures have been attacked in the Internet” and on the streets and at their press conferences. Now, a line has been crossed, and they can be killed as well. And the Kremlin has created the conditions for this to happen.

In recent months, the commentator continues, “the state willingly and openly has shared its monopoly on physical force by closing its eyes to the actions of organizations like the ‘Anti-Maidan,’” and thus showing that “the government does not intend to guarantee the security of citizens with ‘incorrect’ political views.”

Until now, “there had been a quite severe prohibition against the murder of political opponents in Putin’s Russia,” Martynov says. But as of last night, those “prohibitions have fallen away,” and that represents “a point of no return and of the radical destabilization of the domestic situation in Russia.”

It is “impossible” just now to predict what the consequences of this will be. It is possible that the regime will use this murder as the occasion for a further crackdown against any independent action in society. There is a long tradition in Russia for doing exactly that, Martynov points out.

But it is also possible that there will be a new rise of opposition activity. After all, the Novaya Gazetacommentator says, “we recognize at last just how high the stakes are.”

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Nemtsov Feared Putin Would Kill Him and Now the Kremlin Leader Has by Paul Goble

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:20 AM

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Staunton, February 28 – Almost three weeks ago, Boris Nemtsov said that he feared that Vladimir Putin would kill him for his opposition activities, and last night, the Kremlin leader did, either by direct order which some are convinced is the most likely or by creating the barbarous climate in Russia which has made such crimes more possible as others do.

On February 10, Nemtsov told Sobesednik that he had long feared that action but until that point had shared his fears only with his mother. Unfortunately, in recent weeks, the situation has deteriorated to the point, he suggested, that he “finally decided to talk about all this in public.”

His mother, Nemtsov said at the time, “is categorically against what is taking place in Ukraine and considers that this is a catastrophe and a complete nightmare. But Putin agitates her more than Ukraine. Every time when I call her, she says: ‘When are you going to stop cursing Putin? He will kill you!’”

She was at that point “really afraid,” Nemtsov said, that Putin would kill him in the near future because of his statements and actions. “And this, I repeat, was no joke: she is an intelligent person. She very much fears this.”

Nemtsov said then that he didn’t fear this possibility as much as his mother “but all the same … If I feared it very much then I would hardly be able to head an opposition party or be involved in what I am involved with.” And in response to his interviewer’s hope that “good sense will triumph and Putin will not kill you,” Nemtsov said he hoped so too.

Now, however, Nemtsov is dead, gunned down within sight of the Kremlin, and many are sure that Putin bears direct or indirect responsibility for this latest crime. Igor Eidman notes that “now many are writing that Putin didn’t give the order … but is guilty because he released the genie of hatred out of the bottle and created an atmosphere of chauvinist hysteria.”

But the Moscow commentator says that he is “certain that it was precisely Putin who in one form or another personally gave the order to kill Nemtsov.” The Kremlin leader like the bandit he is could not bear Nemtsov’s characterization of him as “the great dictator” and his constant criticism of what Putin has done at home and abroad.

From Putin’s perspective, Eidman says, Nemtsov had thereby undermined Putin’s authority, something the Kremlin leader cannot tolerate. But there is a more immediate and practical reason why Putin killed him: Nemtsov was preparing a report on “Putin and the War” about the crimes of the Kremlin in Ukraine. Putin couldn’t allow that to appear.

Few people especially inside Russia are prepared to be that blunt. After all, in the current environment, they could become the next victims. Instead, and Nemtsov’s fellow opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky is typical of this, they prefer to speak about “political responsibility” rather thanaccusing Putin of this crime.

Unfortunately, that reluctance, the natural response to the increasingly vicious nature of the Putin regime, plays right into the hands of how the Kremlin is dealing with this situation. On the one hand, it is putting out a variety of “versions” of the murder, confident that the media in its quest for “balance” and “responsibility,” will report them.

That will allow Putin to avoid responsibility by muddying the waters, the same thing he has done with his crimes in the past, and almost inevitably mean that Western leaders instead of viewing this political murder as yet another reason to oppose Putin’s actions will avoid doing so, possibly in the continued name of not causing the Kremlin leader to “lose face.”

And on the other hand, the Putin regime is doing what it can to prevent the murder of Nemtsov from sparking the kind of political protest Russian regimes historically have found difficult to cope with. The opposition wants to transform a protest march scheduled for tomorrow into a memorial march:Putin’s agents in the Moscow city government have already said no. [Update: The opposition was granted a permit to hold a funeral procession March 1 The Intrerpreter].

The author of these lines had the privilege of meeting Boris Nemtsov. He was a truly great man, the kind of leader Russia needs to escape its past and become a better place. Now that he has been gunned down by those committed to taking Russia back to that past, we must honor his memory in the first instance by not allowing his murderers to evade responsibility.

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Russia, Ukraine and the Narcissism of Small Differencesby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:20 AM

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Staunton, February 28 – Many people in Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere have wondered why two nations so closely linked by history and culture should have descended into such a vicious war, but they shouldn’t be surprised, Boris Grozovsky says, because peoples close to each other more likely to get involved in wars and to suffer more greatly from them.

On Forbes.ru, the deputy commentary editor of Moscow’s “Vedomosti” newspaper, says that such conflicts may be especially likely if “a culturally close people tried to change political institutions” in ways that threaten the political elite of the other (forbes.ru/mneniya-column/istoriya/281417-bratousobitsa-pochemu-rodstvennye-narody-voyuyut-drug-s-drugom).

Grozovsky draws his conclusions from recent studies of conflicts around the world. He notes that Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg, two US-based scholars have concluded that closely related peoples are more likely to fight than any others under ceteris paribus conditions (anderson.ucla.edu/faculty_pages/romain.wacziarg/downloads/war.pdf).

The two offer a variety of explanations, including the fact that similar peoples often have a similar view of the world and thus any changes by one is felt with particular force by the other and even as a threat to its own order, especially if that one is not a democracy but rather a dictatorship.

Cultural closeness often follows such genetic commonalities, other scholars have suggested. Harvard’s Akos Lada, for example, has shown on the basis of a study of wars over the past two centuries that a common cultural past often makes conflicts and war more likely (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2452776).

Grozovsky

says that Lada’s conclusions are especially suggestive for the war between Russia and Ukraine because they were drawn before that war broke out and because Lada offers a variety of suggestions about wars in general that clearly appear to have specific application to the current one.

“War harms borrowings in a double sense,” Lada says. On the one hand, “it physically destroys those who could become a model for emulation.” And on the other, “identity is a tricky thing: one cannot at the same time see in another persona an enemy and a model.” Instead, the situation is one of “either-or.”

Consequently, “an authoritarian leader,” Grozovsky summarizes, by attacking someone who could be an institutional model, “simply ‘deactivates’ that identity which could respond by the borrowing of his successes.”And history shows that “a dictator with a good army will not wait while ‘a fraternal people’ succeeds” in living a life different than his own.

Moreover, Lada writes, engaging in wars with such an enemy can reward the dictator at home: It can provide him with the justification for a crackdown against his own people in the name of national unity.

The possibility of wars in general and wars of this kind in particular can be reduced by the spread of democracy and trade, and the linkage between these factors has been the subject of intense study and debate. (See, for example,the work of Seitz, Tarasov and Zakharenko atpapers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2495986.)

Both democracy and trade promote social well-being and those factor both directly and because they reduce tensions lead to a decline in military spending reinforce one another, the three found.Wars have just the reverse impact by increasing military spending and harming growth.

As Grozovsky puts it, “the gods of war and of economics definitely are not friends.” He cites the work of Stephane Auray et al, “Wars as Large Depreciation Shocks” in support of that contention. Their study is available at http://www.hec.unil.ch/documents/seminars/deep/992.pdf.

Finally, the Moscow commentator notes one other misfortune of such wars. Authoritarian rulers frequently develop repressive means that they extend from the front into their own countries, a phenomenon that has been studied by Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall (independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=1012).

Given all this, is there a way out of the war in Ukraine? Grozovsky asks.He is clearly not optimistic.He cites the work of Santiago Caicedo who has considered what conditions open the ways for successful peace agreements and what factors do not (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2557109).

According to the Chicago scholar, peace accords are more likely “when the leaders of the conflicting sides are forced to be concerned about the well-being of people … [when] the economic advantages of peaceful life are obviously greater than the losses from war [and when] the player which controls the small part of the territory is completely disarmed.”

“These factors, especially considering the role of Russia in the Ukrainian events,”the Moscow editor says, “make the prospects for the development of both countries not too encouraging.”

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James Clapper and Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide threats.FEBRUARY 26, 2015 Worldwide Threats James Clapper and Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide threats.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015 Worldwide Threats James Clapper and Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide threats.

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Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are the top nation-state cyber threats, the intelligence assessment found. Traditionally, China had been first on that list, but Russia was listed first this year for the first time.Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are the top nation-state cyber threats, the intelligence assessment found. Traditionally, China had been first on that list, but Russia was listed first this year for the first time.  ... "Homegrown violent extremists con...

Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are the top nation-state cyber threats, the intelligence assessment found. Traditionally, China had been first on that list, but Russia was listed first this year for the first time.

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BBC News - Sir John Sawers, ex-MI6 chief, warns of Russia 'danger'

Saturday February 28th, 2015 at 10:09 AM

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28 February 2015 Last updated at 01:35 ET

Sir John Sawers spoke to Today's Mishal Hussein

Russia has become a danger to Britain and the country must be prepared to take steps to defend itself and its allies, the former head of MI6 says.

Sir John Sawers, who recently retired after five years as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Russia poses a "state to state threat".

Sir John said dealing with such threats would require more defence spending.

But he called on issues with Russia to be addressed by "increased dialogue".

He said he was disappointed how, after the end of the Cold War, Russia's and Europe's paths had failed to converge.

Russia's threat was "not necessarily directly to the UK but to countries around its periphery".

"[Russia] keep on reminding us that they have nuclear weapons," he said.

"The one level in which Russia and America are equals is at the nuclear level.

"Now we don't want to have a repeat of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 where we got to the brink of nuclear war.

"We need to be able to address this through increased dialogue."

'Multi-polar world'

His comments come after a year of fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian separatists.

"We shouldn't kid ourselves that Russia is on a path to democracy because it isn't," Sir John said.

"One of the aspects of the modern world is that we live in a much more dangerous world these days.

"The stability that we had during the Cold War, or the predominance of the West that we had in the decade or two after the Cold War - that is now changing.

"It's a much sort of flatter world, a much more multi-polar world and there are real dangers associated with that."

Ukrainian armed forces have been battling against pro-Russian separatists

Sir John described Russia as always having been an "issue of concern" for security services.

"Europe and Russia are not converging with one another so we're going to have to find a new way to coexist with Russia," he said.

"This crisis at the moment - it's focused on Ukraine but Ukraine is a symptom. It's not the real problem.

"The real problem is how we live with a Russia which feels very exposed. Putin's actions are ones of a leader who believes his own security is at stake.

"And here we've got nuclear bombers approaching the Cornish coast."

Jihadist threat

Sir John said the UK needed to prepare to take defensive measures for itself and the nation's allies, which include the Baltic states and central Europe.

"We've got to have the capability to deal with things like the hybrid warfare that we've seen Russia deploy, first in Crimea and then in the Donbass region, we've got to have the ability to deal with cyberwarfare.

"What's really important is that we're able to fulfil all of our defence commitments and I think that that's going to require a reversal in the trend in defence spending.

"We're going to have to spend more on our defence and our security because the threats are greater."

In a wide-ranging interview, Sir John also discussed the threat from jihadists.

Mohammed Emwazi is pictured in a school photograph taken in 2004/05

His comments come after Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British man in his mid-20s and from west London, was identified as "Jihadi John", an individual pictured in the videos of several beheadings of Western hostages.

Sir John said there were two answers to the question of why people became radicalised.

The first is that Muslims "are less well integrated" into UK society "and there are a number of social and economic factors that are related to that".

Secondly, he said, the Islamic religion "as a whole is not well geared to reviving and modernising itself so that it meets the values and the norms of a 21st Century society".

"So there's a big political challenge which can only really be taken up by leaders in the Islamic world... it can't be imposed by the West."

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27/02/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Американская разведка предсказала продолжительность боев в Донбассе Mail.Ru Американская разведка предсказала, что боевые действия на востоке Украины будут продолжаться на протяжен...

» Europe's gas power play against Russia coming to a head - CNNMoney
27/02/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNNMoney Europe's gas power play against Russia coming to a head CNNMoney Within the next few weeks, the European Union will release the findings of its antitrust investigation, accor...

» Кто взрывает Одессу?
27/02/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Кто взрывает Одессу? В Одессе произошла цепочка терактов. Все они направлены против активных сторонников Майдана. В программе... From: Радио Свобода Views: 4210 102 0 0 ratings Ti...

» Трое жителей Нью-Йорка из Узбекситана и Казахстана обвиняются в поддержке террористам ИГИЛ
27/02/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Трое жителей Нью-Йорка из Узбекситана и Казахстана обвиняются в поддержке террористам ИГИЛ Власти считают, что трое выходцев из стран Центральной Азии планировали оказать помощь б...

» UNESCO says IS museum attack "appalling" - YouTube
27/02/15 16:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Feb 27, 2015 The United Nations body that protects world heritage sites says a recent Islamic State attack on an Iraqi antiquities museum was "appalling" and designed to threaten regional stabili...

» Deep mistrust threatens Ukraine's shaky ceasefire
27/02/15 16:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Rebel soldiers have one thing in common with rank-and-file Ukrainians: an almost complete lack of faith in their enemy's willingness to fulfil the Min...

» Russia Under Putin and Beyond – Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s Speech at Chatham House
27/02/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. The following is the text of a lecture by Mikhail Khodorkovsky as prepared for delivery at Chatham House on February 26, 2015. Ladies and Gentlemen, Good evening, How nice i...

» Глава МИД ФРГ оценил сроки разрешения кризиса на Украине в десятки лет - РБК
27/02/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Глава МИД ФРГ оценил сроки разрешения кризиса на Украине в десятки лет РБК Министр иностранных дел Германии Франк-Вальтер Штайнмайер считает, что полное примирение в восточной ...

» Russia is bent on 'creeping annexation' of its neighbors - Business Insider
27/02/15 15:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Australia Russia is bent on 'creeping annexation' of its neighbors Business Insider BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia is moving ahead with the "creeping annexation&quo...

» Conflict In Ukraine Needs a New Helsinki Final Act
27/02/15 15:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, February 24 – The conflict in Ukraine is not one conflict but three: it is a conflict between the eastern and western portions of Ukraine, it is a conflict between...

» Friction Increasing Between White House, Israel
27/02/15 15:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The war of words is escalating over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to accept an invitation to speak to the U.S. Congress next week. National security adviser Susan R...

» Russia's Threat to Cut Off Ukraine's Gas Supply Is Mostly Bluster
27/02/15 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The rhetoric is as melodramatic as ever, but this time around Russia's threat to cut off Ukraine's natural gas is mostly hot air.

» В Испании прошли облавы на участников боевых действий в Донбассе - РБК
27/02/15 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК В Испании прошли облавы на участников боевых действий в Донбассе РБК В Испании задержаны восемь подданных королевства, которые, по версии следствия, участвовали в боевых действ...

» Лавров: США не удалось сколотить глобальную антироссийскую коалицию - Российская Газета
27/02/15 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Лавров: США не удалось сколотить глобальную антироссийскую коалицию Российская Газета Несмотря на беспрецедентную масштабную кампанию, Вашингтону не удалось сколо...

» Gazprom Confirms Ukraine Pays $15 Million, Enough For One Day
27/02/15 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Russian state-controlled energy company Gazprom says it has received a $15-million advance payment for gas from Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz, sufficient funds to...

» Poroshenko: Heavy Weapons to Return to Front Lines if Truce Breached
27/02/15 15:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his military is ready to return its heavy weapons to the front lines in eastern Ukraine, noting that Russian-backed rebels are still violating a ...

» Vladimir Putin announces official holiday to mark Crimea operation
27/02/15 15:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Russia has made the day it launched an operation to annex Crimea from Ukraine an official holiday

» From the Archive: Russian Penis Doctor Restores Man's 'Member'
27/02/15 15:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The coffinmaker was hard at work when the accident happened. His circular saw suddenly got caught up in his trousers, and the man and the five bits of himself he'd just cut of...

» Песков не исключил возможности сокращения зарплаты Путина - Взгляд
27/02/15 15:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Песков не исключил возможности сокращения зарплаты Путина Взгляд Пресс-секретарь президента России Дмитрий Песков не исключает возможности сокращения зарплаты Владимира...

» Putin is Not a Superman and the Russian Military is Not All Powerful
27/02/15 15:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, February 27 – Despite Vladimir Putin’s bombast and his apparent success in co...

» Зачем Лондону военные инструкторы на Украине - Российская Газета
27/02/15 15:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Зачем Лондону военные инструкторы на Украине Российская Газета В Москве считают, что Великобритания, заявляя об отправке на Украину 75 военных инструкторов, готов...

» Moscow Man Wakes Up to Find His Testicles Stolen
27/02/15 15:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A man in Moscow had the shock of his life when he awoke from an amorous encounter to discover that his testicles had been surgically removed.

» Should the West be worried about Russia's gas threats?
27/02/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Vladimir Putin and several Russian officials have hinted in the last few days that gas supplies to Europe might be at risk. But should we be worried?

» В России назвали условие прекращение кризиса на Донбассе - Подробности
27/02/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета РБК В России назвали условие прекращение кризиса на Донбассе Подробности Официальный Киев в целях урегулирования кризиса на Донбассе должен пойти на существенную ...

» Почти 100 тыс. жителей Закарпатья Украины уже получили гражданство Венгрии - ИА REGNUM
27/02/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Правда.Ру Почти 100 тыс. жителей Закарпатья Украины уже получили гражданство Венгрии ИА REGNUM На сегодняшний день около 94 тысяч жителей Закарпатской области Украины получили граж...

» The divine purposes of America and Russia - The Economist (blog)
27/02/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Economist (blog) The divine purposes of America and Russia The Economist (blog) AMERICA and Russia don't agree on many things these days, but on both sides of the old (and re-emer...

» Many Of Iraqi Objects Smashed By IS Are Copies, British Experts Say
27/02/15 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Many, if not the majority, of the objects destroyed by Islamic State (IS) militants in a Mosul museum this week were modern plaster-cast reproductions of pieces held in o...

» Ukraine crisis: Top Chinese diplomat backs Putin, says West should 'abandon zero-sum mentality'
27/02/15 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. China has voiced its support for Russia over its handling of the Ukraine crisis, with prominent diplomat Qu Xing calling on the West to "abandon its zero-sum mentality".

» Russia's FSB Includes Islamic State On 'Unified List' Of Terror Groups
27/02/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has included the Islamic State (IS) group to a unified list of terrorist organizations.

» Moscow Preparing Revolts in Major Ukrainian Cities, Poroshenko Ally Says
27/02/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, February 27 Staunton, February 24 – Having been slowed by Ukrainian resistance and hope to use the Minsk Accords to avoid new sanctions, Moscow is planning to spar...

» Spain arrests eight nationals for fighting with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine
27/02/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. ‘Their activities compromise Spain’s peace or independence’ Operation said to be first in Europe against foreign fighters in Ukraine Police have arrested eight Spanish men who return...

» Cameron Defends British Security Services Over ‘Jihadi John’
27/02/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Prime Minister David Cameron spoke after disclosures that a man who posed in ISIS videos of the murder of Western hostages was known to British intelligence.

» OSCE Says Ukraine At 'Crossroads' Of War And Peace
27/02/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An OSCE official has warned against "further escalation of the conflict" in eastern Ukraine despite encouraging signs of a cease-fire taking hold between government troop...

» Putin Will Likely Attack a NATO Country Next, Portnikov Says
27/02/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, February 27 – Because Vladimir Putin seeks both recognition as the leader of a superpower and a new Yalta at which he and Western leaders will partition the ...

» Семь человек стали жертвами стрелка в американском штате Миссури - Интерфакс
27/02/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская правда Семь человек стали жертвами стрелка в американском штате Миссури Интерфакс Москва. 27 февраля. INTERFAX.RU - В округе Техас штата Миссури 36-летний мужчина зас...

» Congress Clears Way For Stopgap Homeland Security Measure
27/02/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. House of Representatives has cleared the way for passage of a short-term funding bill to keep the Department of Homeland Security open. Lawmakers on Friday voted 240 to 183 to cl...

» Маккейн: «Путину некуда торопиться»
27/02/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Маккейн: «Путину некуда тороп...

» Яценюк предсказал затяжную войну в Донбассе и заподозрил РФ в попытке уничтожить Украину - Росбалт.RU
27/02/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская Правда в Украине Яценюк предсказал затяжную войну в Донбассе и заподозрил РФ в попытке уничтожить Украину Росбалт.RU КИЕВ, 27 февраля. Премьер-министр Украины Арсений...

» Russia to Draw Half Its Reserve Fund to Support Budget - Wall Street Journal
27/02/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Russia to Draw Half Its $50 Billion From Reserve Fund to Support Budget Wall Street Journal MOSCOW— Russia sharply raised the amount it plans to draw wants to draw...

» Spain holds suspected pro-Russia fighters
27/02/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Men posted social media images of themselves in paramilitary uniforms

» France, Britain Dismiss Calls to Renew Relations With Syria's Assad
27/02/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. France and Britain dismissed on Friday any suggestion of restoring relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying this likely would end all hope of a political transition and pus...

» Alexander Litvinenko inquiry: five more things we’ve learned
27/02/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Three weeks into the inquiry to investigate the roles of Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun in the death of the Russian spy, and the plot keeps thickening Continue reading...

» «Призраки коммунизма» в Нью-Йорке
27/02/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. «Призраки коммунизма» в Нью-Й...

» Russian Diplomat Slams 'Destructive' U.S. Stance
27/02/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official has accused the United States of taking a "destructive" stance in bilateral relations.

» Fugitive Ex-Kremlin Banker Loses Appeal To Hide Income
27/02/15 15:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. In June, London's High Court issued a worldwide asset freeze for some $2 billion in the assets of Sergei Pugachyov -- once dubbed "the cashier to the Kremlin" -- followin...

» 'Jihadi John’ Unmasking Raises Questions for British Security Services
27/02/15 15:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The identity of the masked man who has appeared in several Islamic State videos showing the beheading of foreign hostages has been widely reported as Kuwaiti-born Briton Mohammed Emwazi. ...

» Russia Complains About Lithuania's Arms Supplies To Ukraine
27/02/15 15:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Russian Embassy in Vilnius said on February 27 that the complaint was sent in a letter from the Russian Foreign Ministry to the Lithuanian Embassy in Moscow, accusing...

» Estonia party linked to Putin heads polls
27/02/15 15:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Ethnic Russians give Edgar Savisaar slim lead before Sunday’s vote

» 2,375,1292,375,1292015-02-27Предсказание Глеба Якунина - YouTube
27/02/15 14:39 from Mike Nova - Google+
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» Suspect may have gone on Missouri killing spree after finding mother dead, coroner says : News
27/02/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Search Results - stltoday.com. TYRONE, Mo. • An urgent 911 call from a young girl who ran to a neighbor's home for help Thursday night led police to ultimately discover eight dead people across four ...

» Police: Gunman killed seven and then himself at multiple crime scenes in rural Missouri
27/02/15 13:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A gunman killed seven people in multiple homes in the southern Missouri town of Tyrone before turning a gun on himself, authorities said Friday. A ninth person — an elderly woman — was found dead ...

» Missouri man charged in triple shooting near KU campus
27/02/15 13:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – A 22-year-old Grain Valley, Missouri, man is charged in a shooting near the University of Kansas campus that injured three people. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Caleb K. Chris...

» 7 killed in Missouri shootings, police say
27/02/15 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights "This is a horrific tragedy," Missouri governor says A 36-year-old man is thought to have killed seven people and injured another in four homes in Tyrone, Missouri The man has been found dead...

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27/02/15 13:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results 7 killed in Missouri shootings, police say CNN - 2 hours ago Share Shared on Google+. (CNN) Someone was shooting a gun, a girl who'd just fled a home told police Thursday night. It was the firs...

» Missouri state auditor, a candidate for governor, dies in apparent suicide: police
27/02/15 13:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Kevin Murphy Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:55pm EST (Reuters) - Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican candidate for governor, died on Thursday in an apparent suicide at his home in suburban St. Louis, pol...

» Missouri gubernatorial candidate dead from 'apparent suicide' after alleging anti-Semitic 'whisper campaign'
27/02/15 13:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Week. RIP Missouri gubernatorial candidate dead from 'apparent suicide' after alleging anti-Semitic 'whisper campaign' 9:58 a.m. ET 0 0   On Thursday, minutes after setting up a meeting with repor...

» Missouri Republican dead after apparent suicide
27/02/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Washington (CNN) A leading Republican candidate for Missouri's governor's office died in an apparent suicide on Thursday morning. ​Thomas Schweich, the 54-year-old state auditor who'd just won a second ...

» Предсказание Глеба Якунина - YouTube
27/02/15 13:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Dec 25, 2014 Глеб Якунин, советский и росси&#...

» My Name Is Lazarus [Live] - YouTube
27/02/15 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Oct 25, 2012 Music video by Bill & Gloria Gaither performing My Name Is Lazarus (feat. Greater Vision) [Live]. (P) (C) 2012 Spring House Music Group. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reprodu...

» Raising of Lazarus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
27/02/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. The Raising of Lazarus, by Duccio , 1310–11 The Raising of Lazarus or the Resurrection of Lazarus is a miracle of Jesus , in which Jesus brings Lazarus back to life f...

» lazarus - Google Search
27/02/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Lazarus of Bethany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Lazarus _of_Bethany Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days...

» the lazarus effect meaning - Google Search
27/02/15 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news The 'Reanimation Horror' Influences of the New Movie The Lazarus Effect Wired ‎ - 5 hours ago The Lazarus Effect —the creepy Olivia Wilde vehicle hitting theaters this weekend—is...

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27/02/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . O F F I C I A L | U R I A H H E E P | H O M E P A G E | www. uriah - heep .com/ Cached Similar Uriah Heep Loading... Official Classic Uriah Heep Homepage. ... ENTER THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE WWW. URIAH - HEEP .COM...

» Uriah Heep - Wizard - YouTube
27/02/15 11:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Uploaded on Feb 2, 2007 Amazing BAnd.... Enjoy It!!! Music "The Wizard" by Uriah Heep ( Google Play • AmazonMP3 • eMusic • iTunes ) Artist Uriah Heep Category Music License Standard YouTube ...

» 9 dead, including gunman, at multiple scenes in Missouri, police say
27/02/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing 9 people dead in multiple shootings in southern Missouri Nine people are dead in an apparent mass-murder suicide at separate locations around the southern Missouri town of Tyrone, police said earl...

» 8 shot dead at multiple crime scenes in rural Missouri
27/02/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . 1445 22 Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about 8 shot dead at multiple crime scenes in rural Missouri The bodies of 8 people were found shot to death early Friday...

» 8 dead in door-to-door shootings in rural Missouri
27/02/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, and Brandie Piper, KSDK-TV, St. Louis 12:02 p.m. EST February 27, 2015 Police tape surrounds one of the crime scenes in Tyrone, located in south-central Missouri. (Photo: Jeff McNeil...

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» Vladimir Putin's invisible empire
27/02/15 06:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. By quietly building up a web of influence across Europe, the Russian President has changed the game - and Nato is running to catch up, writes Fraser N...

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» Boehner running out of options as DHS shutdown looms - CNN
26/02/15 23:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Boehner running out of options as DHS shutdown looms CNN Washington (CNN) House Speaker John Boehner has been here before -- wedged between his hard-right flank and the ...

» Argentine judge says no evidence government tried to derail bombing probe
26/02/15 23:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - There is no evidence that President Cristina Fernandez tried to whitewash Iran's purported involvement in a deadly 1994 bombing, an Argentine judge told Reuter...

» U.S. Intelligence Says Threats Persist From Russia, Terrorists
26/02/15 23:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The top U.S. intelligence official told a Senate panel that Russian-backed separatists likely would continue their advance through Ukraine this spring and that he favors providing arms...

» Loretta Lynch's nomination for attorney general approved despite HSBC scandal
26/02/15 23:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Nomination passes first hurdle in the face of opposition from some Republicans concerned over Lynch’s decision not to prosecute bank for money laundering Barack Obama’s pick f...

» Hoyer calls McCarthy a 'coward' - The Hill (blog)
26/02/15 23:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Hoyer calls McCarthy a 'coward' The Hill (blog) As tensions grew just a day before funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md....

» American atheist blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
26/02/15 23:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Avijit Roy, whose Mukto-Mona (Free-mind) blog championed liberal secular writing in the Muslim-majority nation, attacked along with his wife in Dhaka A prominent American blog...

» Rebels Accuse Saudis of Inciting Unrest to Divide Yemen
26/02/15 23:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The leader of the Houthi rebel group accused Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s powerful neighbor, of financing armed opponents and trying to divide the country.

» US: IS Losing Ground, Remains 'Formidable'
26/02/15 23:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Top U.S. intelligence officials warn the Islamic State remains a “formidable and brutal threat” even as coalition airstrikes and fighting on the ground begin to erode its strength. But th...

» Brooklyn Men's Alleged Plot to Join ISIS Foiled by Online Posts
26/02/15 23:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The alleged aspirations of two Brooklyn men to join Islamic State began to take shape, and unravel, when one threatened President Obama on an online message board, drawing the attentio...

» 2,369,3962,369,396Judge Dismisses Kirchner Coverup Allegations | » Amnesty International
26/02/15 21:53 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,369,396 2,369,396 Judge Dismisses Kirchner Coverup Allegations | » Amnesty International Report Chronicles 'Catastrophic' Year 25/02/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks Judge Dismisses Kirchner Coverup Allegations Thursday Febru...

» Judge Dismisses Kirchner Coverup Allegations
26/02/15 19:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A federal judge on Thursday dismissed allegations that Argentine President Cristina Kirchner had plotted with Iran to cover up its alleged role in a 1994 terrorist attack here, saying ...

» China Now Has More Submarines than the U.S.
26/02/15 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. China now has more submarines than the U.S., though the vessels are inferior to the U.S. fleet. Vice Admiral Joseph Mulloy, deputy chief of naval operations for capabilities and resources, said the v...

» Rebels in Donetsk restore former Ukrainian armoury
26/02/15 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Rebels in Donetsk restore former Ukrainian armoury Dozens of pro-Russian rebels are restoring Ukrainian tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other heavy weapons in a factory i...

» Argentine judge throws out cover-up charge against President Fernandez
26/02/15 19:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. 'The evidence gathered far from meets the minimal standard,' said a statement from the judiciary branch's CIJ information service. read more

» Letter From Europe: Germans at the Crux of Crises, but Reluctantly
26/02/15 19:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Europe's indispensable nation, at the center of crises over Ukraine and Greece and often uncomfortable with leadership, has had a rocky month.

» The Insidious Strangeness of Life for European Jews - TIME
26/02/15 19:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. TIME The Insidious Strangeness of Life for European Jews TIME “Is it Jewish?” my mother, who was visiting from Germany, asked me last fall as we walked past a school on Manhattan's Upp...

» Swedish office implants microchips in employees' hands
26/02/15 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Swedish office implants microchips in employees' hands A high-tech office complex in Sweden is offering workers the opportunity to have a microchip implanted under the skin of their hands. ...

» Putin’s Approval Rating Rises to 86% Despite Slumping Economy
26/02/15 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Russian President Vladimir Putin saw his approval ratings tick up to 86% even as the economy reels from Western sanctions and falling oil prices. Levada Center, a Moscow-based pollster, released a po...

» Kerry to Meet With Iranian Negotiators, Russia's Lavrov
26/02/15 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Iranian nuclear negotiators in Montreux, Switzerland, next week, a State Department spokeswoman said Thursday. During his trip, Kerry als...

» Kerry To Meet Russia, Iran FMs Next Week
26/02/15 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his Russian and Iranian counterparts in Switzerland on March 2.

» Saudi Arabian Convicted in 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings Trial
26/02/15 19:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A federal jury has found Khaled al-Fawwaz guilty of participating in a conspiracy by al Qaeda that led to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa.

» Like Mohammed Emwazi, I was radicalised. So I know how extremists exploit grievances
26/02/15 19:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Racism and violent Islamism feed each other in a vicious circle: we must counter the narrative of victimhood The unveiling of Mohammed Emwazi as the man behind the “Jihadi Joh...

» David Cameron orders new inquiry into treatment of Lee Rigby murderer
26/02/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Security services watchdog will investigate alleged MI6 complicity into treatment of Michael Adebolajo while he was detained in Kenya The prime minister has ordered a new inqu...

» House GOP weighs new approach on Homeland Security
26/02/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5:41 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sounding a likely retreat, House Republicans weighed short-term funding Thursday to prevent a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security w...

» Netanyahu, Herzog vow to solve housing crisis after election - Jerusalem Post Israel News
26/02/15 19:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Jerusalem Post Israel News Netanyahu, Herzog vow to solve housing crisis after election Jerusalem Post Israel News Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his challenger, Zionist Un...

» The Easy Oil Is Gone, So Where Do We Look Now?
26/02/15 19:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In 2008, Canadian economist Jeff Rubin stunned the oil market with a bold prediction: With the world economy growing at 5 percent a year, oil demand would grow with it, outpacing supply, thus lifting...

» Al Qaeda suspect convicted in US embassy bombings - USA TODAY
26/02/15 19:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Al Qaeda suspect convicted in US embassy bombings USA TODAY Al Qaeda suspect Khaled al-Fawwaz was convicted on all counts in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. emb...

» US Convicts Bin Laden Aide Over Africa Attacks
26/02/15 19:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Terror suspects Khalid al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdul Bary are seen in this courtroom sketch during a court appearance in Manhattan Federal Cour...

» Harassment of Jews Across World Hits 7-Year High
26/02/15 19:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The number of countries where Jews faced harassment rose to a seven-year high in 2013 , according to new study on persecution of religious groups around the world. The Pew Research Center found that ...

» Global Art Community Condemns ISIS Destruction of Artifacts at Mosul Museum
26/02/15 19:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A new video purporting to show militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) destroying ancient artifacts at a museum in the Iraqi city of Mosul has sent waves through the global ...

» Azerbaijan is transforming into a mini-Russia - Quartz
26/02/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Quartz Azerbaijan is transforming into a mini- Russia Quartz The West's renewed difficulties with Russia have once again highlighted the importance of cutting resource-dependency on a...

» Russian TV presenter says woman spiked his drink to castrate him
26/02/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. A Russian television presenter has told how he was approached by an attractive blonde woman in a Moscow bar, had a drink with her, and woke up to find...

» Глава военной разведки США: чтобы поставить оружие Киеву, нужно время - РИА Новости
26/02/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Украина Глава военной разведки США: чтобы поставить оружие Киеву, нужно время РИА Новости Глава Разведывательного управления Минобороны США генерал-лейтенант Винсент Ст...

» Украина стремится расширить сотрудничество с США
26/02/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Украина стремится расширить &...

» Ukrainian military pulls back heavy weaponry from eastern front
26/02/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Withdrawl of artillery and creation of buffer zone is second step after ceasefire in 12-point agreement agreed in truce talks Kiev’s forces have begun pulling back heavy weapons from...

» Nuke Deal Could Help Saudi Arabia, Iran Mend Fences
26/02/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. After years of mutual mistrust and jockeying for regional power, Saudi Arabia and Iran may be on their way to mending fences, analysts say. Mutual concerns over the emergence of the so-ca...

» New Pentagon Chief Goes on International Offensive
26/02/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. His nomination was barely confirmed, but within hours new U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter was jetting off to Afghanistan and Kuwait. He met with U.S. troops, top officials in the ...

» US Intelligence Chief Says He Backs Arming Ukraine
26/02/15 18:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday that supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Moscow-backed separatists would provoke a "negative reaction" from Russia's president, but th...

» No, Obama, Russia's Economy Isn't 'in Tatters' - Bloomberg View
26/02/15 18:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Bloomberg View No, Obama, Russia's Economy Isn't 'in Tatters' Bloomberg View Bashing the Russian economy has lately become a popular pastime. In his state of the nation address last m...

» Khodorkovsky Says Putin 'Naked King' Facing Economic Ruin
26/02/15 18:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "naked king" whose economy will weaken so much that rival clans will battle each ...

» Saakashvili, Nuland Discuss Ukraine Crisis In Washington
26/02/15 18:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A U.S. State Department official says former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met with Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Washington this week to discu...

» Law Puts US Capital at Heart of Legalized Marijuana Debate
26/02/15 18:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The debate over the legalization of marijuana in the United States is now centering on the nation’s capital — both in the halls of Congress and on the streets surrounding it. District of ...

» British Intelligence Services Had Early Encounter With Man Identified as ISIS Fighter
26/02/15 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The man, identified as Mohammed Emwazi, came to the attention of the authorities in 2009, when they thought he was going to fight with Al Shabab.

» Russia accused of sheltering ‘master cybercriminal’ wanted by US
26/02/15 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from EU-RussiaCentre. Russia has been accused of harbouring a master cyber hacker who emptied American bank accounts of more than $100 million in one of the most sophisticated online frauds ever detected. The K...

» В войска Центрального военного округа поступит более 40 беспилотных летательных аппаратов
26/02/15 18:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS. Комплексами «Орлан-10», «Леер-3» и «Тахион-3» будут оснащены подразделения БЛА, сформированные в прошлом году в Самарской, Кемеровской областях и Алтайском крае.

» Russian Paratroopers in Drills on Border with Estonia, Latvia
26/02/15 18:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Up to 2,000 Russian soldiers took part in drills in the country's west on Wednesday as Moscow conducted an inspection of its paratrooper units in the latest show of strength likely to ...

» India, Israel To Build Missile Defense System
26/02/15 18:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. India and Israel have agreed to jointly develop a medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) system for the Indian Army to replace Russian-made air defense systems, said a source in t...

» US, Russian Troops Show off Hardware Just Miles Apart
26/02/15 18:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. US and Russian troops parade on opposite sides of Estonia border             

» Hispanics Will Occupy 75% of New Jobs Starting in 2020
26/02/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Study: Hispanic Foreigners Will Occupy 75% of New American Jobs Starting in 2020. by Warner Todd Huston 24 Feb 2015 946 A new study  finds that Hispanic foreigners, both legal and il...

» Poll: Only 47 Percent Think Obama Loves America
26/02/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Poll: Only 47 Percent Think Obama Loves America. AP Photo-/Evan Vucci. by Rich Tucker 25 Feb 2015 1555 A new poll shows that a substantial number of Americans doubt President Barack Obama love...

» Coptic Christians Hold Orange-Jumpsuit Protest at White House
26/02/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Coptic Christians Hold Orange-Jumpsuit Protest at White House. YouTube via NBC News by John Hayward 25 Feb 2015 1048 A group of Coptic Christians who emigrated from Egypt to the United States ...

» 3 Ways a Young Conservative Can Survive in the Age of Obama
26/02/15 18:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: 3 Ways a Young Conservative Can Survive in the Age of Obama. The infamous stimulus, which was meant to improve job prospects, wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars on grants asking...

» Texas DPS Warns Spring Breakers to Avoid Travel to Mexico
26/02/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Texas DPS Warns Spring Breakers to Avoid Travel to Mexico. Texas’ top law enforcement agency is warning thousands of college and high school students to avoid going to Mexico during...

» Gutierrez Reveals WH Considering Implementing Exec Amnesty in 24 States That Didn't Join Lawsuit
26/02/15 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Gutierrez Reveals WH Considering Implementing Exec Amnesty in 24 States That Didn’t Join Lawsuit. On Wednesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) revealed that the White House is considering implemen...

» Britain Suffers 'Brain Drain' as Brightest Leave and Are Replaced by Low-Skilled Migrants
26/02/15 18:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Britain Suffers ‘Brain Drain’ as Brightest Leave and Are Replaced by Low-Skilled Migrants. They are attracted abroad by higher wages and better quality of life, while in their place the UK has...

» ISIS Abducts 220 Christian Civilians, Burns Two Churches in Syria
26/02/15 18:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: ISIS Abducts 220 Christian Civilians, Burns Two Churches in Syria. In their latest terror campaign, ISIS militants in Syria have rounded up 220 Christian civilians in the past three days, acco...

» 'There's Going to Be a President Rodriguez Someday'
26/02/15 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Obama to Amnesty Beneficiaries: ‘There’s Going to Be a President Rodriguez Someday’. “Over the long term, this is going to get solved, because at some point there’s going to be a P...

» 2015-02-26James Clapper and Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart testified
26/02/15 17:41 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-02-26 James Clapper and Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide threats. FEBRUARY 26, 2015 Worldwide Threats James Clapper and Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart testifi...

» FCC Approves 'Net Neutrality' Plan to Control Internet Access
26/02/15 17:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: FCC Approves ‘Net Neutrality’ Plan to Control Internet Access. The plan, which puts the Internet in the same regulatory camp as the telephone and bans business practices that are “unjust...

» FBI Director: ISIS Tentacles Reach into All 50 U.S. States
26/02/15 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: FBI Director: ISIS Tentacles Reach into All 50 U.S. States. FBI Director James Comey told the National Association of Attorneys General that ISIS is a “chaotic spider web” that avi...

» Clapper: 2014 Most Lethal Year for Global Terrorism on Record
26/02/15 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Clapper: 2014 Most Lethal Year for Global Terrorism on Record. by Pam Key 26 Feb 2015 34 Thursday at Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide threats, Director of National Intellig...

» The Peninsula Qatar - US intel chief sees spring attack on Ukraine port
26/02/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Washington--Pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine will likely wait until the spring to attack the port of Mariupol, US intelligence chief James Clapper predicted Thursday, adding such a move did not seem immi...

» senate armed services committee hearing cspan - Google Search
26/02/15 15:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Regional Nuclear Dynamics | Video | C-SPAN.org ▶ www. c-span .org/video/?98212-1/regional-nuclear... 9 hours ago This video was obtained from the Congressional Committee's website and may be encoded at ...

» Intel chief says 2014 deadliest year for terror ever recorded, in counter to upbeat Kerry
26/02/15 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing What ISIS really wants: An in-depth examination The top U.S. intelligence official on Thursday gave a drastically different assessment than Secretary of State John Kerry of the terror threat -- de...

» senate armed services committee hearing clapper - Google Search
26/02/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Town Hall Intel chief says 2014 deadliest year for terror ever recorded, in ... Fox News - 37 minutes ago Share Shared on Google+. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper , testifying on Capitol Hill,...

» US: China Is Expanding Its South China Sea Outposts
26/02/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its "aggressive" effort to exert sovereignty, the U.S. intelligence...

» Cyber Threats Expanding, New US Intelligence Assessment Says - NYTimes.com
26/02/15 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story Take the quiz Submit Now sight-seeing dining out spa treatments interesting seminars free-time to myself an airport the gym live music concerts ...

» James Clapper: Libya a 'magnet' for...
26/02/15 15:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from clapper - Google News. James Clapper : Libya a 'magnet' for terrorism Washington Times  - ‎39 minutes ago‎ James Clapper , the Director of National Intelligence, speaks at the Internationa...

» Russia tops list of nation-state cyber threats against U.S.
26/02/15 14:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Director of National Intelligence James Clapper speaks during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill February 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images The U.S...

» Cyber threats expanding, new US intelligence assessment says
26/02/15 14:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 1:09 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has elevated its appraisal of the cyber threat from Russia, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday, as he delivered the annual assessment b...

» Argentine Judge Rejects Criminal Case Against President
26/02/15 14:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had been accused by the prosecutor Alberto Nisman of conspiring to shield Iranian officials from responsibility for the bombing of a Jewish center i...

» Ukraine Says It Will Pull Back Heavy Weapons
26/02/15 14:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Ukraine’s army said it would begin pulling back heavy weapons from the front lines of the conflict in its east, the second step of a peace plan agreed to with Russia and pro-Moscow mil...

» Here's why the UK is sending troops to Ukraine after the ceasefire
26/02/15 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. London — A scathing report from the House of Lords accused Britain and other EU members  of 'sleep-walking into the current crisis.' read more

» Loretta Lynch wins Senate panel vote to be attorney general - Los Angeles Times
26/02/15 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Los Angeles Times Loretta Lynch wins Senate panel vote to be attorney general Los Angeles Times The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Loretta Lync...

» obama - Google Search
26/02/15 14:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ukraine - Google News. Search Results The roots of why Obama and Netanyahu dislike each other so much Washington Post - 1 hour ago Share Shared on Google+. In July of 2008, candidate Barack Obama arrived i...

» Obama Defends Immigration Plan
26/02/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama raised the political pressure on the opposition over immigration Wednesday, telling members of Miami's Latino community that Republicans were to blame for stalling ...

» The roots of why Obama and Netanyahu dislike each other so much
26/02/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In July of 2008, candidate Barack Obama arrived in Israel for what many expected to be a politically perilous trip. As he shuttled from Ramallah to the Israel city of Sderot, he at times appeared anxious to s...

» Putin aide predicts relations 'renaissance' ... if Russian 'national interests' respected
26/02/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . (CNN) Much has changed since Russia and the United States were important partners, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov -- right-hand man to President Vladimir Putin -- told CNN's Christiane Amanpour ...

» West Ignoring Unpleasant Truths About Putin | Opinion
26/02/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . At the beginning of the Ukraine crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told U.S. President Barack Obama that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "in another world." After mont...

» British and US military put on show of strength 300 yards from Russian border
26/02/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Nato soldiers and armour took part in a military parade in Estonia It took place in the city of Narva, a few hundred yards away from Russia  100 British, Dutch, Spanish, Latvian an...

» Europe Isn't Really Worried About Putin
26/02/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Bloomberg View. For all the alarmist rhetoric about Russian barbarians at the gate, NATO countries are reluctant to put their money where their mouth is. Only the countries closest to Russia's borders...

» Breedlove: Russia's reaction to arming Ukraine impossible to predict
26/02/15 14:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NATO’s military chief on Wednesday said there's no way to be sure how Russia will react if the U.S. supplies lethal arms to Ukraine’s military. “Clearly we don’t know what [Russian Pre...

» NATO Chief: Obama’s Plan Isn’t Stopping Russia - The Daily Beast
26/02/15 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Chris Wattie/Reuters NATO’s top commander bluntly told the Pentagon on Wednesday that the allied effort to slow Russia’s advance in Ukraine isn’t working. He delivered that message as the Ob...

» Ukraine to Buy ‘Defensive’ Weapons in U.A.E., President Says
26/02/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ukraine said it would buy what it called defensive weapons from the United Arab Emirates, bypassing the West’s reluctance to provide arms to help Kiev’s forces against Russia-backed rebels. Presid...

» Putin’s Secret Ukraine Plan ‘Leaked’ - The Daily Beast
26/02/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters MOSCOW — Two weeks ago the editors of Novaya Gazeta , a newspaper famous in Russia for its investigative journalism, received an email from a Kremlin insider with a Word documen...

» Ukraine Says It Will Pull Artillery From Separatist Territory
26/02/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Though the cease-fire appeared in tatters, the government reaffirmed its support for a deal that could provide a road map to ending the conflict.

» ISIS Executioner Was Radicalized by Harassment of Security Agencies, Claims Organization
26/02/15 14:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) executioner who is believed to have killed several Western hostages in Syria was harassed by British security forces and prevented from moving to hi...

» Argentina judge dismisses bombing cover-up case against president
26/02/15 14:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was accused of shielding Iran from prosecution over 1994 bombing in case originally brought by deceased prosecutor An Argentinian judge has dism...

» Senate panel OK's Obama attorney general pick
26/02/15 14:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 1:09 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Loretta Lynch won approval from a key Senate committee Thursday to serve as the nation's next attorney general, as divided Republicans clashed over her...

» 2,369,3972,369,3972015-02-26#Iraq
26/02/15 13:35 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,369,397 2,369,397 2015-02-26 #Iraq #ISIS #Syria The names: This is who ISIS has recruited from the West The names: This is who ISIS has recruited from the West Thursday February 26 th , 2015  at  10:36 AM CNN.Com - World 1 Share More t...

» For Brooklyn Men, Plans to Aid ISIS Were Recorded Online and in Private
26/02/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Like countless 19-year-olds, Akhror Saidakhmetov lived much of his life online. But it was some of the darkest corners of the Internet that most compelled him, according to the authorities. On websites sympat...

» First Human Head Transplant Could Happen Within Two Years
26/02/15 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A surgeon says the first human head transplant could take place within the next two years. Sergio Canavero, a doctor in Turin, Italy, has drawn up the plans for the radical surgery and hopes to begin...

» Yoga guru accused of sex assault, rape
26/02/15 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. To his legions of fans, Bikram Choudhury has an almost other-world quality. The yoga guru inspires as he promises to heal body and mind.

» Jerusalem seminary defaced with anti-Christian slurs
26/02/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A day after flames scorched a West Bank mosque, a Jerusalem seminary belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church was torched and defaced Thursday -- an act police suspect is the work of radical...

» Ukraine begins withdrawing artillery from front line
26/02/15 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. The move was Kyiv's most direct step to acknowledge that the ceasefire was finally holding. read more

» EU, U.S. Call On Russia To Release Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko
26/02/15 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The European Union and the United States have issued fresh calls on Russia to release hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko.

» US-led coalition launches air strikes against Isis
26/02/15 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Community demanded weapons and military action after Isis militants took 220 Assyrian Christians captive The US-led coalition has launched air strikes against Islamic State (I...

» Trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to begin next ... - New York Daily News
26/02/15 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Daily News Trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to begin next ... New York Daily News FILE PHOTO RELEASED APRIL 19, 2013 BY THE FBI AP Opening stat...

» Kids With Guns. What Could Go Wrong?
26/02/15 11:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A recent event at a St. Petersburg kindergarten that allowed students as young as 5 years old to hold automatic rifles and grenade launchers has set off a firestorm of cr...

» Air Strikes Target Islamic State In Syria Where Christians Abducted
26/02/15 11:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Syrian activists say air strikes have targeted Islamic State (IS) positions in northeastern Syria where the extremist group abducted more than 200 Assyrian Christians thi...

» Video Shows Militants Destroying Iraqi Antiquities
26/02/15 11:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has released a video showing militants destroying ancient artifacts in northern Iraq.

» IBM Pumps $4 Billion into 'Strategic Imperatives' - Wall Street Journal
26/02/15 11:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Wall Street Journal IBM Pumps $4 Billion into 'Strategic Imperatives' Wall Street Journal International Business Machines Corp. is in the same bind as many of its corporate-tech ...

» Ignoring defence is a mistake, Mr Cameron
26/02/15 11:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Closing down debate on such a vital issue will cost the Tories votes, not attract them, writes Con Coughlin

» Ex-Police Chief Detained In Turkey Over Journalist's 2007 Murder
26/02/15 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A former Turkish police intelligence chief has been detained as part of an investigation into negligence by officials in the 2007 murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hra...

» Islamic State Fighters Destroy Iraq Antiquities
26/02/15 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Islamic State militants in northern Iraq have destroyed a collection of statues and sculptures dating back thousands of years, according to a video published online in the name of the rad...

» Петербург Свободы: "Время назад". Беседа с Григорием Явлинским - 26 февраля, 2015
26/02/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. None

» Ukraine to start withdrawing heavy weapons from frontline
26/02/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Move was required under ceasefire deal, and defence ministry says it reserves right to revise plan in event of attack by rebel forces Ukraine’s military has said it will start pullin...

» NATO Chief Tells Russia To Get Arms Out Of Ukraine
26/02/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia should withdraw some 1,000 items of military equipment that it has in eastern Ukraine.

» Reuters AfPak bureau chief Maria Golovnina found dead in Islamabad : Neighbours, News
26/02/15 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Maria Golovnina, Islamabad-based bureau chief of Reuters for Pakistan and Afghanistan, was found dead in her office-cum-residence in the capital's F-8 sector, police sources said on Monday. Golovnina had repo...

» Reuters Bureau chief found dead
26/02/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ISLAMABAD - Reuters' Bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Maria Golovnina, was found dead here on Monday. Her sudden death though sparked a debate about the cause of death, local police said that her bo...

» 10 things you should know about Reuters bureau chief Maria Golovnina – The Express Tribune
26/02/15 11:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from [Untitled]. PHOTO: REUTERS Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief for Reuters, Maria Golovnina, was found dead at her office located in Sector F-8 in Islamabad on Monday. In a statement, Reuters called Golo...

» The names: This is who ISIS has recruited from the West
26/02/15 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. More than 20,000 foreigners have flocked to fight for ISIS, the radical Sunni group that controls portions of Iraq and Syria.

» DC legalizes pot: Last-minute push by GOP reps to blunt legalization goes up in ... - Fox News
26/02/15 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Washington Post U.S. News & World Report DC legalizes pot: Last-minute push by GOP reps to blunt legalization goes up in ... Fox News House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaff...

» 'Gestapo' tactics at US police 'black site' ring alarm from Chicago to Washington
26/02/15 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Shocked politicians and rights groups call for inquiries into Homan Square Rahm Emanuel faces questions as top supporters examine ‘outrageous’ abuse The US Department of Justi...

» Insight: West's offer to rebuild Ukraine faces reality check
26/02/15 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Western powers are preparing what they say may be their most potent weapon against Moscow's interference in Ukraine - a multi billion dollar aid package...

» ISIS holds 262 Christians hostages in Syria
26/02/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. ISIS has seized even more Assyrian Christian hostages after taking over nearly a dozen Assyrian villages in northeastern Syria in the past few days, an activist said Thursday.

» Two Egyptian policemen held after lawyer's death in custody
26/02/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Egyptian policemen accused of killing a lawyer in custody were detained on Thursday on the orders of an Egyptian prosecutor, judicial sources said, a rare action ...

» Argentinian MPs back spy agency changes after prosecutor's death
26/02/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. President says new state security body will be more accountable but opponents say legislation does little more than change agency’s name Argentinian MPs have passed a bill to ...

» Reuters journalist Maria Golovnina died of asphyxiation: autopsy
26/02/15 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An official autopsy report on the death of Reuters journalist Maria Golovnina has concluded that she died of asphyxiation, the cause of which "at this stage canno...

» Don’t Take the Bait: The U.S. Should Not Send Troops to Fight ISIS
26/02/15 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In December 2001, when the war on terrorism was only weeks old, victory appeared at hand with the fall of Kandahar, the southern Afghanistan city Osama bin Laden had called home. Now that the questio...

» One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Åsne Seierstad – review
26/02/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Family dysfunction, sexual failure, grotesque narcissism, sad delusions and dreams of martyrdom – the chilling portrait of a killer If the lone wolf suicide bomber, the killer...

» Why China is Making Life Miserable For Big U.S. Tech
26/02/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. On Sunday night, Citizenfour, a film about Edward Snowden holed up in a Hong Kong hotel room revealing the global spying programs run by the U.S. National Security Agency, won the Oscar for best docu...

» New Yorkers charged with conspiring to support Isis - video
26/02/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Three men have been charged with conspiring to support Islamic State (Isis), including two who planned to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of the radical group, says Ne...

» EU Invites Russia, Ukraine to Gas Supply Meeting
26/02/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The European Union has invited the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers to a meeting in Brussels on Monday to try to resolve the conflict over gas supplies, according to two EU offic...

» Russia's Gazprom says can exempt rebel-held areas from Ukraine gas contract
26/02/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin-controlled Gazprom said on Thursday it would exempt gas supplies to rebel-held regions from its main contract with Ukrainian Naftogaz, days before Kiev uses ...

» Why Bashar Assad Won’t Fight ISIS
26/02/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad has long had a pragmatic approach to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), says a Syrian businessman with close ties to the government. Even ...

» U.S. Military Plan For Looming ISIS Offensive Takes Shape
26/02/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Every U.S. military official says degrading and defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria isn’t a job that can be done by the Pentagon alone. But it also cannot be done without the Pentag...

» Why Iran Believes ISIS is a U.S. Creation
26/02/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Iran has taken a lead role in defending the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and strengthening the Baghdad government in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). But...

» 'Jihadi John' Militant Suspect Identified
26/02/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Reports say the masked man with a British accent who has featured in several Islamic State beheading videos has been identified.

» Serbian player threatened at gunpoint after missing penalty
26/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. • Armed hooligans burst into Novi Pazar dressing-room • Zarko Udovicic has gun held to his head by fans A player with the Serbian top-flight club Novi Pazar has been threatene...

» Isis destroys thousands of books and manuscripts in Mosul libraries
26/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Shocked staff fear further damage and ‘cultural cleansing’ under the militants’ rule Reports this week that Mosul’s central library has been ransacked by Isis and 100,000 book...

» Russia Could Cut off Gas to Ukraine by 'End of Week' - ABC News
26/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Moscow Times Russia Could Cut off Gas to Ukraine by 'End of Week' ABC News Russia could cut off supplies to neighboring Ukraine by the end of the week if it does not get further pa...

» DC legalizes pot in capital, despite threats from Congress - Toledo Blade
26/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Toledo Blade DC legalizes pot in capital, despite threats from Congress Toledo Blade Posters encouraging people to vote yes on D.C. Ballot Initiative 71 to legalize small amounts...

» Drug smuggling tunnel discovered in Arizona
26/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Drug smuggling tunnel discovered in Arizona US authorities have discovered a sophisticated tunnel, equipped with lights and ventilation, leading from southern Arizona into Mexico. Report by...

» South Korea Strikes Down Adultery Law
26/02/15 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. An estimated 53,000 South Koreans have been indicted under the law since the authorities began keeping count in 1985.