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Neptune man accused of plotting to join ISIS

Thursday March 19th, 2015 at 11:24 AM

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Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh(Photo: COURTESY FACEBOOK)

NEPTUNE – Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, the Neptune man accused of attempting to join the terrorist group ISIS, long harbored ill feelings toward the United States and planned on "defending the Islamic State," according to the federal indictment made public Tuesday.

"Born and raised in the United States, Pugh allegedly turned his back on his country and attempted to travel to Syria in order to join a terrorist organization," said Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in announcing the indictment.

Pugh, 47, was charged in U.S. District Court in New York with attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group ISIS, also known as ISIL, and obstruction of justice. He faces a maximum of 35 years in prison. Pugh will plead not guilty his attorney Michael Schneider told CNN.

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh (Photo: From his LinkedIn profile)

He was arrested in Asbury Park on Jan. 16 by federal authorities, and has been in custody in New York ever since. He last lived in Neptune in 2008 and had a number of addresses in Asbury Park dating back to 1993.

In a letter to his wife, and on Facebook posts, Pugh conveyed loyalty to the jihadi cause and anger toward Israel and President Obama, according to documents made public by the government.

"I am a Mujahid," Pugh said in a Jan. 5 letter to his wife, identified only as "Misha." A mujahid is one who struggles for the sake of Allah and Islam.

"I am sword against the oppressor and a shield for the oppressed," he continued. "There are only two possible outcomes for me: Victory or Martyr."

The letter, included with the indictment, was revealed in a full scan of Pugh's laptop, which was confiscated when Pugh arrived in New York from Cairo on Jan. 15. Along with the letter, according to the officials, were nearly 200 ISIS propaganda videos that show prisoners being captured and executed one by one, along with a chart featuring border crossing points between Turkey and Syria.

The chart showed specific crossings and indicated whether they were manned by Turkish officials, and which areas were controlled by ISIS.

Pugh's arrest in Asbury Park came the day after he arrived in New York, authorities said. Why Pugh was in Asbury Park was not specified by authorities.

Asbury Park Police Chief Anthony Salerno said federal officials did not inform him that Pugh was arrested in the city. Salerno said his department only received a courtesy call from the FBI around Jan. 16 saying their officers would be in Asbury Park looking for a subject.

"What they were looking for and what the actual situation was, we were not advised," Salerno said.

Salerno said there was also no indication that the community was in danger.

"I'm certain if there was a threat or a potential threat to the citizens of Asbury Park that they (federal authorities) would have let us know," he said.

Neptune Police Lt. Michael McGhee said the Neptune police are not involved with the federal investigation. The only interaction Neptune police have had with Pugh is a July 2006 arrest for a failure to appear warrant from March 2000, McGhee said. The summons was likely motor-vehicle related, McGhee said.

Tairod Pugh wedding photo (Photo: Pugh’s Facebook)

McGhee said Pugh's involvement with terrorism, as alleged in the indictment, is a concern for the police and community members.

"There is obviously always concern," McGhee said. "And we are vigilant to that. And that's where we implore our citizens that if they see something, say something."

Feds: Vet had terror ties

According to the indictment, Pugh has attracted government attention for more than a decade. He served in the Air Force from 1986 to 1990, working as an avionics instrument system specialist. After leaving New Jersey — his ties to the area are dated to 1993 — Pugh moved to San Antonio, Texas. In or around 1998, the government alleges, Pugh converted to Islam and grew far more radical in his beliefs.

By 2001, Pugh was working for American Airlines — one of the airlines targeted by terrorists in the 9/11 attacks. According to the indictment, the FBI was tipped off that Pugh sympathized with Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader behind the attacks. His views allegedly included statements justifying the 1998 terrorist bomb attacks on U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Nairobi were justified.

"Pugh, an American citizen and former member of our military, allegedly abandoned his allegiance to the United States and sought to provide material support to ISIL," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin. "Identifying and bringing to justice individuals who provide or attempt to provide material support to terrorists is a key priority of the National Security Division."

In 2002, an associate of Pugh's told the FBI that he had shown interest in going to Chechnya to "fight jihad," according to the government. From October 2009 to March 2010, Pugh was employed as an Army contractor for DynCorp in Iraq, working in avionics. According to the government, Pugh had been living overseas since 2013.

Pugh was detained by Turkish authorities Jan. 10 at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. According to the indictment, Pugh claimed that he was a pilot with the U.S. Special Forces and was coming to Turkey on vacation from Egypt.

When Pugh refused to allow customs agents to search his laptop, he was denied entry into the country and sent back to Cairo. Upon arriving back in Egypt, he was detained pending deportation back to the United States.

While in custody, Pugh told agents that he was unable to find work and was simply traveling to Turkey to look for a job. Pugh had a number of electronic devices in his possession, including multiple cell phones, five USB flash drives, his laptop, and an Apple iPod. The government said he fit a profile of what terrorists are known to carry.

Upon investigation, according to the government, the laptop was discovered to have been water-damaged, the iPod's data was wiped clean and most of the flash drives has been tampered with or destroyed. A search of one of his cell phones turned up pictures of an airplane bathroom, overhead compartments, airline seats, and a machine gun.

When asked about the picture of the gun, Pugh allegedly told the authorities that he simply "liked the picture."

"The U.S. doesn't like Black Muslims"

Pugh had recently married a woman — listed as only "Misha" — while in Egypt. According to the indictment, he told Misha a number of times that he had planned to travel to Palestine and "join jihad." His Facebook pages express a number of anti-Israeli sentiments.

In his letter to Misha, he wrote of them having a home in "Al-sham" — which is what Syria was once known as — or, if he became a "martyr," they would be given much more.

"If I am made a martyr, we will have a mansion of indescribable beauty on a magnificent plot of land," Pugh wrote. "The land under a whip is worth more than the world and all it contains."

While waiting to be deported to the U.S., he told Egyptian officials to send him anywhere in the Middle East, but not back to this country.

Tairod Pugh and his wife on a Nile cruise (Photo: Pugh’s Facebook)

"The U.S. does not like Black Muslims," he said. Pugh was sent back to New York from Cairo on Jan. 15. Pugh allegedly told agents that he thought he was deported from Turkey and Egypt because they assumed he was associated with ISIS.

According to the indictment, Pugh offered that he should have shaved his beard and put on pants as to avoid suspicion. After returning to Asbury Park, he was arrested the following day. He remains in custody in New York.

Federal authorities said a search of Pugh's laptop computer, found among other things, the following:

• Recent Internet searches for "borders controlled by Islamic state;"

• Recent Internet searches for "who controls kobani," "kobani border crossing," and "jarablus border crossing," all references to Syrian cities under ISIL's control near the Turkish border;

• A chart of crossing points between Turkey and Syria indicating the areas on the Syrian side of the border controlled by ISIL and other groups; and

• Internet searches for "Flames of War," an ISIL propaganda video, as well as downloaded videos, including one showing ISIL members executing prisoners.

Agents also seized and later obtained warrants to search two backpacks that Pugh had when he was overseas. Agents recovered from the backpacks, among other things: two compasses, a solar-powered flashlight, a solar-powered power source, shards of broken USB thumb drives, a fatigue jacket, and camping clothes, according to court filings.

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh (left) (Photo: Pugh’s Facebook)

Pugh's Facebook timeline is filled with photos of Palestinians, including children, injured or killed during Israel's 2014 bombing of Gaza. Israel had launched a military campaign in Gaza in July 2014, with Israeli leaders saying the aim was to halt rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas. The campaign ended in late August after Egypt brokered a truce between Hamas and Israel.

Another Facebook post refers to Israel as a terrorist country; others depict President Barack Obama as being controlled by Israel.

Pugh also shared a cartoon of a young boy who is missing an arm being held by a man in a black mask. "There are (cq) no land called Israel," the cartoon caption reads. "Pray for Gaza."

According to a July 27 Facebook post, Pugh harbored strong anti-Israel statements. From Pugh's Facebook page:

"I had a thought and it goes like this.

We had just finished the fasting of Ramadan. During that time the Shatans were locked up. All the evil done by man during this time was from the evil within ourselves. All the evil done by the Jews came from within themselves. On the day of Judgement full responsibility of the starving, torture, jailing and killing of innocent Muslims will rest upon there shoulders.

Allah must really hate them to give them the rope to hang themselves. They have collectively starved, tortured and killed a thousand innocent people. They had wounded thousands of people. They have destroyed the homes of thousands Muslims all during the month of Ramadan.

Dear Israelis you will burn in hell soooo long, soooo very long that those whom you have hurt will have forgotten you.

Take the time and try to imagine that. You will burn in a black flame for millions and millions and trillions of years. You will be forgotten and guess what? You will have no hope of getting out. You have deprived the Palestinians of water, your thirst will never be satisfied, you have deprived them of food, you will forever be hungry, you have deprived them of life Allah will deprive you the comfort of death. 'I feel better already'"

Attorney General Eric Holder announced a strategy Monday aimed at attempting to disrupt American extremists from joining terrorist groups, including those drawn to conflicts in Syria and Iraq. VPC

Lynch, who is awaiting a Senate vote on her nomination to be the next U.S. attorney general, credited the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), which comprises a large number of federal, state, and local agencies from the region. Lynch also thanked the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, as well as the Asbury Park and Neptune police departments.

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Europe - The mysterious fates met by Putin critics - France 24

Thursday March 19th, 2015 at 11:16 AM

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The murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov on Friday has once again highlighted the grim fates that have befallen several of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics, from radiation poisoning to imprisonment.

A day after tens of thousands of people marched in Moscow to honour Nemtsov’s memory, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the more high-profile cases of Putin opponents who have met with cruel – and sometimes bizarre – ends.

Boris Nemtsov: Nemtsov was a leader of the Republican Party of Russia/People's Freedom Party, a liberal opposition group. He rose to prominence in 1997 after he was named deputy premier by Russia’s first post-Soviet president, Boris Yeltsin, and was once seen as a possible Yeltsin heir. But that honour went to Putin in 2000, with Nemtsov serving as a deputy MP in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, during Putin’s first term.

As Putin tightened his grip, however, Nemtsov became a prominent anti-corruption activist and a vocal critic of Putin’s government. In February 2008, he co-authored a report entitled "What 10 Years of Putin Have Brought" that detailed how many of Putin’s friends and supporters had become billionaires under his rule while the majority of Russians suffered under growing social inequality and a failing pension system. Similar reports followed in subsequent years criticising Putin’s policies.

In a 2011 interview, Nemtsov called critics of Putin’s government “patriots”.

“I love Russia and want the best for her, so for me criticising Putin is a very patriotic activity because these people are leading Russia to ruin,” Nemtsov said in an interview republished Saturday on theMeduza news site. “Everybody who supports them, in fact, supports a regime that is destroying the country, and so they are the ones who hate Russia. And those who criticise this regime, those who fight against it, they are the patriots.”

Opposition activist Ilya Yashin told Ekho Moskvy radio that he last spoke with Nemtsov two days before his death. Yashin said Nemtsov was working on a report that alleges that the Russian “volunteers” who are fighting in eastern Ukraine are acting on direct orders from the Kremlin. Moscow denies providing material aid to the separatists.

In an interview with Russia's Sobesednik news website on February 10, Nemtsov expressed his enmity for Putin and offered a sombre prediction.

"I'm afraid Putin will kill me. I believe that he was the one who unleashed the war in the Ukraine. I couldn't dislike him more," he said.

Friends and supporters said he had received several anonymous death threats.

"Boris was worried. He said he was under threat but never wanted additional security. [He said] if they want to kill [me], they will kill [me],” Yashin said.

Nemtsov, 55, died late on February 27 after being shot in the back four times while crossing a bridge that leads to Moscow's Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin. A Ukrainian woman with him was unhurt and is now a key witness in the inquiry into his death.

Putin condemned the murder and said it could have been a contract killing. The Russian president will assume “personal responsibility" for the investigation into Nemtsov’s death, according to Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Hours before he was killed, Nemtsov spoke on the radio to urge his fellow Russians to join him at a March 1 “anti-crisis” rally to protest against the war in Ukraine and Putin's rule.

In the wake of his death the opposition rally was re-dedicated as a march to honour Nemtsov’s memory.

Alexei Navalny: One of Putin's most prominent critics is Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption blogger and activist and the leader of the Progress Party. One of the leaders of the 2011-2012 anti-Putin protests in Moscow, the Wall Street Journal has called him “The Man Vladimir Putin fears Most”. In September 2013, he ran for the mayor of Moscow and came in second with 27% of the vote, losing to Putin appointee and incumbent Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

On the day Boris Nemtsov was killed a Moscow court upheld a 15-day jail sentence for Navalny, who is currently incarcerated. The ruling upheld a February 19 district court verdict that found him guilty of breaking the law by handing out flyers on the subway for the unauthorised March 1 “anti-crisis” opposition rally planned in Moscow. He is due to be released on March 6.

"We need to put pressure on the government to prevent political and economic crisis," Navalny told reporters, as police escorted him from the courthouse following his initial sentencing. "We all must take part in the anti-crisis march."

Navalny, 38, has been arrested and tried several times, notably in 2012 when federal authorities accused him of embezzling a state-run timber firm. He was convicted in July 2013 and sentenced to five years in a labour colony – a move that prompted thousands to protest at the Kremlin – but was released from prison a day later and placed under a travel ban until the effective date of the verdict. In October, a regional court replaced the prison term with a suspended sentence.

In February 2014 both Navalny and his brother faced charges for allegedly overcharging the Russian subsidiary of French cosmetics firm Yves Rocher and another firm and defrauding them of 51 million rubles ($1.5 million). Navalny was placed under house arrest and restricted from communicating with anyone but family.

In December, a Russian court handed Navalny a suspended prison term of 3.5 years while his brother Oleg was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, where he remains.

European Union spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said in a statement that the charges had not been substantiated and the verdict "appeared to be politically motivated".

Oleg Navalny has never been active in the Russian opposition. Navalny and his supporters have said Oleg’s prison sentence appears to be aimed at punishing Navalny himself.

Mikheil Khodorkovsky: The 2003 arrest of Mikheil Khodorkovsky, once Russian’s richest man and head of the now-defunct Yukos oil giant, came at a time when the Kremlin was looking to curtail the power of billionaire oligarchs while consolidating control over Russia’s lucrative energy industry.

Khodorkovsky was seized at gunpoint after Russian commandos stormed a Yukos chartered plane on the tarmac. He was ostensibly detained as a witness but within hours he was charged with fraud and tax evasion. Khodorkovsky was convicted in May 2005 and sentenced to serve a nine-year term at the Krasnokamensk penal colony.

Khodorkovsky was arrested just months ahead of a December 2003 parliamentary election and the March 2004 presidential election, his website notes, “thereby eliminating him from active engagement in the political arena”.

Some observers say Khodorkovsky’s real crime was breaking a tacit agreement that Russia’s emerging super-rich would restrict their activities to making money and stay out of politics. He famously angered the Kremlin by funding several opposition parties, including the Communists and the liberal Yabloko party, both fierce critics of the Putin leadership.

In March 2009 Khodorkovsky – and his Yukos partner and fellow accused, Platon Lebedev – went on trial again on new charges of embezzling oil assets worth more than $20 billion between 1998 and 2003 and laundering an additional $20 billion, in part through Yukos subsidiaries.

“The timing of the new charges, announced in February 2007, ensured that Khodorkovsky was behind bars during the December 2007 parliamentary election and the March 2008 presidential election,” his website said of the second trial.

Both men were convicted in 2010. Following a failed appeal in May of the following year, their imprisonment was extended to 2016.

Upon receiving a pardon on “humanitarian” grounds from Putin and released at the end of 2013, Khodorkovsky, 51, left Russia and has since lived in Switzerland.

In a February 28 online statement on Boris Nemtsov’s death, Khodorkovsky wrote: “They’ve murdered Boris. A hundred metres from the Kremlin. Right in the heart of a city inundated with thousands of policemen and special services personnel… Today, we all mourn.”

Alexander Litvinenko: Things took a strange turn back to the Cold War era in November 2006 with the death of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, a specialist in counter-terrorism and organised crime. Litvinenko died in a London hospital on November 23, some three weeks after meeting with Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun at the luxury Millennium Hotel and drinking tea poisoned with polonium-210.

CCTV footage presented at a British inquest showed that, shortly before meeting Litvinenko, Lugovoi and Kovtun visited the hotel men’s room, where significant levels of radiation were later found. Contamination was also found in the Millennium Hotel room that Kovtun shared with another man.Traces were later found on Lugovoi and Kovtun’s seats after their British Airways flight back to Moscow.

In a letter dictated on his deathbed, Litvinenko accused Putin of ordering his murder. The Kremlin denies the claims.

Russia has also denied British requests to extradite Lugovoi and Kovtun.

Litvinenko’s troubles started after a December 1998 press conference in which Litvinenko and four other FSB officers went public with allegations that the Russian intelligence agency had links to the mafia, was plagued by widespread corruption and had ordered a hit on Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky. Litvinenko was arrested soon after. He faced charges in three subsequent criminal trials.

Acquitted in November 1999, he was re-arrested on charges that were subsequently dismissed in 2000. Later that year, he and his family were granted asylum in the United Kingdom, where he worked as a journalist and consultant for the British intelligence services.

During his time in London Litvinenko co-wrote a book financed by Berezovsky entitled “Blowing Up Russia: The Return of the KGB”, in which he accused the FSB of launching a false flag operation blaming Chechen terrorists for the 1999 apartment bombings in Russia that killed 293 people. The bombings were used as justification for the launch of the second Chechen war and helped propel then prime minister Putin to the presidency the following year.

Litvinenko, 44, had also accused Putin of ordering the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (see below).

A new public inquiry into his death began on January 27.

Anna Politkovskaya: A journalist for Russia’s Novaya Gazeta, an independent newspaper known for its critical coverage of the Kremlin, Politkovskaya, 48, was best known for her reporting from Chechnya. A fierce opponent of the second Chechen war and of Putin, she received numerous awards for her work. Her 2004 book, "Putin’s Russia", further documented her allegations of corruption in the military and judiciary as well as the crackdown on civil liberties under Putin.

Politkovskaya was shot dead on October 7, 2006, in the lift of her apartment block. Her death garnered immediate international attention.

Five men were sentenced in June 2014 for her murder but it remains unclear who ordered the killing.

Four of the convicted men were Chechens from the same family. Rustam Makhmudov received a life sentence for firing the shots that killed Politkovskaya while his uncle, Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, was jailed for life for planning her murder. Two of Makhmudov’s brothers and a fifth accused, a former police officer, were handed sentences of between 12 and 20 years.

The judge in the case, Pavel Melyokhin, called her murder a contract killing, saying $150,000 was paid to the accused by “a person unknown”.

Politkovskaya was one of 56 journalists killed in Russia since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Six of them were journalists from Novaya Gazeta.

Boris Berezovsky: Billionaire Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky was a one-time mentor of Putin’s but fierce disputes between the two men arose after the latter first ascended to the presidency in 2000.

Berezovsky was questioned in October 2000 in connection with a corruption and fraud investigation into the Aeroflot airline, which he headed in the 1990s. Berezovsky said at the time that the inquiry was politically motivated.

Soon after his testimony he applied for political asylum in the UK, which was granted in 2003.

A Russian court sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison in November 2007 after he was found guilty of embezzling nearly 215 million roubles from Aeroflot. Berezovsky called the prosecution a "farce".

A regional court again convicted Berezovsky in absentia in 2009, this time for his alleged involvement in embezzling 140 million roubles from an auto dealership empire between 1994 and1995.

Berezovsky, 67, was found hanging from a shower rail by a black cashmere scarf at his Surrey mansion in March 2013.

Reportedly suffering from depression and facing financial troubles, it was thought that Berezovsky likely committed suicide. Police found no evidence of foul play but the coroner recorded an open verdict on his death, citing conflicting expert testimony about the way Berezovsky was found hangingand saying he could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he either took his own life or was killed.

Sergei Magnitsky: Sergei Magnitsky was an auditor at the Moscow offices of the London-based firm Hermitage Capital Management when he allegedly discovered evidence of a $230 million fraud perpetrated by Russian interior ministry and tax officials. The officials were thought to be using documents stolen in a raid on the offices of Hermitage Capital, which was one of the largest private equity firms active in Russia at the time.

After reporting his discovery to the Russian authorities, Magnitsky himself was detained in 2008 on suspicion of aiding tax evasion. Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder, meanwhile, had his visa for Russia revoked and was deported.

Magnitsky died in detention in November 2009 at the age of 37, of acute heart failure and toxic shockcaused by untreated pancreatitis.

An investigation by Russia's presidential council for human rights found that he had been severely beaten while in custody, an allegation also made by his family.

Russia's then president Dmitry Medvedev ordered an investigation into the Magnitsky case. Several prison officials, including the deputy head of the federal prison administration, were subsequently fired over his death.

But Russian prosecutors decided to try Magnitsky post-humously for tax evasion in a case dismissed as a "circus" by his family and by Browder, who was tried in absentia. In July 2013, a Russian court found both Magnitsky and Browder guilty, sentencing Browder to nine years in prison and banning him from doing business in Russia for three years.

Browder, who is now a British citizen and based in London, successfully lobbied the US government in 2012 to adopt the "Magnitsky list", which imposes a travel ban on the Russian officials involved in the alleged fraud and prevents them from keeping assets in the United States.

Moscow retaliated by banning American couples from adopting Russian children.
 

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, The New York Times, BBC, RFE/RL, REUTERS, The Guardian and AP)

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 ВЗГЛЯД / Кадырова наградили именным оружием

Thursday March 19th, 2015 at 11:12 AM

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Директор Федеральной службы исполнения наказаний России Геннадий Корниенко наградил главу Чеченской республики Рамзана Кадырова именным оружием, сообщает пресс-служба правительства республики.

Кадыров, в свою очередь, поблагодарил Корниенко за большой вклад, внесенный им в укрепление уголовно-исполнительной системы на территории республики, передает «Грозный-информ».

«Благодаря четко поставленной работе органов исполнения наказаний в регионе налажено тесное взаимодействие правительства республики, духовенства с УФСИН по Чеченской республике. Особый акцент делается на трудоустройство и обучение заключенных, улучшение условий их содержания, на их духовное развитие» - сказал Кадыров.

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«Мы знаем, что в Чеченской республике большое значение придается реабилитации заключенных. Для этого руководство региона создало все необходимые условия. Очень важно, чтобы заключенные не чувствовали себя врагами. Они нужны нашему обществу», - сказал директор ФСИН России.

Кадыров наградил медалями «За заслуги перед Чеченской республикой» Корниенко и начальника УФСИН по республике Анзора Ирисханова. Он также вручил орден Кадырова генерал-майору Али Ирисханову, возглавлявшему УФСИН по ЧР с 2000 по 2012 годы.

В конце встречи Корниенко также вручил именное оружие председателю правительства Чечни Абубакару Эдельгериеву и начальнику УГИБДД МВД по республике Шамхану Денилханову.

Директор ФСИН России наградил серебряными медалями «За вклад в развитие уголовно-исполнительной системы РФ» первого заместителя главы правительства Чечни Ису Тумхаджиева и министра промышленности и энергетики республики Галаса Таймасханова.

Напомним также, 9 марта президент России Владимир Путин наградил Кадырова орденом Почета за активную общественную деятельность и многолетнюю добросовестную работу.

21 января глава Следственного комитета Александр Бастрыкин наградил Кадырова медалью «Доблесть и отвага».

29 декабря 2004 года Рамзан Кадыров был награжден орденом Героя России за мужество, проявленное при исполнении служебного долга.

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Рамзан Кадыров в Грозном награжден именным оружием

Thursday March 19th, 2015 at 11:10 AM

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Глава Чечнив в награду от директора Федеральной службы исполнения наказаний (ФСИН) России Геннадия Корниенко получил именное оружие. Оно было вручено Рамзану Кадырову во время рабочего визита руководителя ФСИН РФ в город Грозный.

Чеченский глава поблагодарил Корниенко за большой вклад, сделанный им в укрепление уголовно-исполнительной системы на территории республики. Геннадий Корниенко в свою очередь выразил чеченскому лидеру благодарность за содействие в работе УФСИН по ЧР. Рамзан Кадыров вручил медали «За заслуги перед Чеченской Республикой» начальнику УФСИН по ЧР Анзорау Ирисханову и Геннадию Корниенко. Глава Чечни также наградил орденом Кадырова генерал-майора Али Ирисханова, который возглавлял УФСИН по ЧР с 2000 по 2012 годы.

В завершение встречи Корниенко также вручил именное оружие Абубакару Эдельгериеву, председателю правительства ЧР и Шамхану Денилханову, начальнику УГИБДД МВД по ЧР.

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Кадыров в "орденах": путинскую марионетку снова наградили

Thursday March 19th, 2015 at 11:09 AM

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Глава Чеченской республики Рамзан Кадыров получил от директора Федеральной службы исполнения наказаний России Геннадия Корниенко в награду именное оружие.

Как сообщает пресс-служба главы и правительства Чеченской республики, награждение состоялось в Грозном.

Заметим, Кадыров известен своими резкими высказывания против Украины.

Во время исчезновения Владимира Путина было много разговоров о том, что он в Чечне, разбирается с местным руководством.

Один из основных подозреваемых в убийстве оппозиционера Бориса Немцова, Заур Дадаев, является чеченцем по национальности. Кадыров уверяет. что он не виноват и является патриотом своей земли.

Напомним, 9 марта президент России Владимир Путин наградил "орденом Почета" главу Чечни Рамзана Кадырова.

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Chechen’s Ties to Putin Are Questioned Amid Nemtsov Murder Case by DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

Thursday March 19th, 2015 at 10:15 AM

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Critics warn that President Vladimir V. Putin’s bargain to gain stability in Chechnya has unleashed an unpredictable despot in the region’s leader, Ramzan A. Kadyrov.

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Is The Yakuza Behind Caroline Kennedy Death Threats? - The Daily Beast

Wednesday March 18th, 2015 at 9:51 PM

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating telephoned death threats against U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy. The individual or individuals who made the calls are facing charges over “forcible obstruction of business” and “making threats.”

Authorities told The Daily Beast that the bulk of the calls were made to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo in February. They said the embassy had received similar calls targeting Alfred Magleby, the consul general based on the southern island of Okinawa, home to about half of the 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan.

The calls to the embassy were made last month by a man who spoke English, but with a possibly Japanese accent. The reports suggested that the threats might have been part of a scheme to blackmail Kennedy or the embassy.

A police officer on background said that among many suspects they were looking at several right-wing groups in Japan backed by the yakuza, Japan’s omnipresent mafia. One group high on the lists of suspects is Daikosha, the political arm of the Inagawa-kai, Japan’s third largest yakuza organization. According to the U.S. Treasury Departement, “under the leadership of Jiro Kiyota (the supreme leader) and Kazuya Uchibori (the chairman of the board), the Inagawa-kai has become increasingly aligned with the (Japan’s largest yakuza organization) the Yamaguchi-gumi.”

Ironically, Daikosha is considered loosely connected to the Abe administration, including Hakubun Shimomura, Japan’s Minister of Education, via its supporters and members. Mr. Shimomura is in trouble for accepting a number of dubious political donations via unofficial political support groups, one of them led by an associate of the Yamaguchi-gumi. Shimomura also allegedly received cash payment from the yakuza associate as well.

Daikosha has recently been protesting and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Abe and the repeal of the organized crime control ordinances. They have staged protests near the U.S. embassy several times.

According to several issues of the Daikosha 2012 publication, Taiko, the special advisor to the group is Kazuya Uchibori, the chairman of the Inagawa-kai, who was designated an enemy of the U.S. government by the Department of Treasury in January of 2013.

The yakuza are reputedly the world’s largest criminal organization with over 45,000 members, and are involved in transnational criminal activity, including weapons trafficking, prostitution, human trafficking, drug trafficking, fraud, and money laundering.

“When a yakuza group or extremists really targets an individual for death, they don’t send multiple warnings first. They just take action.”

On January 23, 2013 The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Jiro Kiyota, the top Inagawa-kai leader, as well as the Inagawa-kai’s second-in-command, Kazuo Uchibori, for acting for or on behalf of the Inagawa-kai.

The sanctions had some effect, according to reports by Bloomberg, “Uchibori, who is 60 or 61 years old, also had his AmEx card canceled, and American Express froze $42,575 associated with his account, including a bill payment of $41,702.”

One of the vice-chairman of Daikosha is also a former Inagawa-kai member who served time for murder. The Yamaguchi-gumi and The Inagawa-kai are connected by a pledge of brotherhood between Uchibori and a senior member of the Yamaguchi-gumi Kodokai, the ruling chapter of the Yamaguchi-gumi.

Police sources refused to reveal why this organization, Daikosha, has aroused particular interest in the Kennedy case, stating, “There are elements of the threats that only the criminal would know and this information will be used to weed out false confessions as the investigation proceeds.”

Daikosha is a registered political organization in Japan with a declared income of roughly $550,000 last year, from advertising revenue in its magazines and donations. Some advertisers appeared to be large hotels that are “Official Hotels Of Tokyo Disneyland"—although the hotels have denied paying money to the group. Since October 2011, paying money to the yakuza or its associates is a crime. 

According to police sources, Daikosha’s real estimated income is closer to $6 million a year, some of it coming from extortion, with at least a fifth of it being paid to the Inagawa-kai coffers. Because it is a registered political entity and the number of former yakuza in the organization is relatively low, it is not considered officially a yakuza group and escapes many of the sanctions of “designated violent groups” under Japanese law.  Internally, the Japanese police consider it a part of the Inagawa-kai itself. While ostensibly supporting a return to an Emperor based constitution and being extremely nationalist, a large number of its members are Korean-Japanese.

The Inagawa-kai offices are located across from the Ritz Carlton Tokyo and are a few minutes from the U.S. Embassy by car.

It is not the only “anti-social” group being looked at present in the Kennedy case.

The United States Department of State Diplomatic Security Service has special agents assigned to work with the police and protect Ambassador Kennedy but the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department leads all such investigations. U.S. law enforcement officials at the embassy are not allowed to carry firearms, the police say. According to some police sources, this is not the first time that threats have been made to the Ambassador. There was a flurry of them when Ambassador Kennedy tweeted her disapproval of the annual dolphin culling in Taiji.

These kinds of cases aren't unprecedented. In September of 2011, the Tokyo Police arrested a Yamaguchi-gumi-backed right-winger, age 46, for sending a bullet to the Russian embassy with a menacing note and threatening the ambassador and embassy staff. He was angry over Russian refusal to return the northern territories to Japan. However, Japan's right wing has traditionally shown some deference to the U.S.

Japanese police officers were somewhat skeptical of the threat level. “When a yakuza group or extremists really targets an individual for death, they don’t send multiple warnings first. They just take action.”

The threats against Kennedy were made days after Mark Lippert, the U.S. envoy to South Korea, was attacked and injured by a knife-wielding assailant. South Korean police said the attacker had targeted Lippert to protest joint military drills conducted by the U.S. and South Korea. 

Ambassador Kennedy is the 57-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, and took over the Tokyo post in 2013 after being nominated by President Barack Obama.

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Wednesday March 18th, 2015 at 8:24 PM

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Last week, New York police arrested three Brooklyn men, immigrants from post-Soviet states Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and charged them with aiding the Islamic State (ISIL). One of the men's online postings questioned whether it is "possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs while here [in the U.S.]... to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves."

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mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. As Binyamin Netanyahu sweeps to victory in Israel's general election, Middle East editor Ian Black reflects on how he re-election as prime minister is likely to affect th...

» Netanyahu sweeps to victory in Israeli election
18/03/15 13:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party won a clear and decisive victory in Israel’s...

» How the West should look beyond Vladimir Putin in its handling of Russia
18/03/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Big Question: There are millions of Russians who harbour hopes of a different future, one of progress and prosperity

» Never fear, Putin's here
18/03/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Telegraph View: The Russian president's decision to finally Putin an appearance laid rest to days of speculation about his mysterious absence

» Ukraine Rebels Say Fighting Rages Near Donetsk Despite Cease-Fire
18/03/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Heavy machine-gun and light artillery fire pounded a district of Donetsk, the biggest city of eastern Ukraine, on Monday and pro-Russian rebels said there has been no lull in ...

» Охрана президента Польши заклеила рот попытавшемуся задать вопрос - РИА Новости
18/03/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Postimees Охрана президента Польши заклеила рот попытавшемуся задать вопрос РИА Новости Представители службы безопасности Бронислава Коморовского жестко остановили мужчину, который...

» Russian Ruble Opens Stronger as Oil Prices Stabilize
18/03/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia's ruble traded stronger early on Tuesday, helped by a slight recovery in oil prices and forex sales that analysts attributed to exporters gearing up for the end-of-mont...

» Putin says Russia was willing to increase nuclear readiness over Crimea - CBC.ca
18/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CBC.ca Putin says Russia was willing to increase nuclear readiness over Crimea CBC.ca Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year's tensions o...

» Putin Puts Russia's Northern Fleet on 'Full Alert' in Response to NATO Drills - TIME
18/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Putin Puts Russia's Northern Fleet on 'Full Alert' in Response to NATO Drills TIME Russian President Vladimir Putin put the nation's northern fleet on full alert in the Arctic...

» В Киеве украинские военные начали массовую акцию протеста - Российская Газета
18/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета В Киеве украинские военные начали массовую акцию протеста Российская Газета Несколько сотен силовиков, участвовавших в боевых действиях на востоке Украины, вышли ...

» Russia's Vladimir Putin waves the nuclear option - CBC.ca
18/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CBC.ca Russia's Vladimir Putin waves the nuclear option CBC.ca Yet it is Vladimir Putin's Kremlin — first in Crimea (which the Russian leader now openly acknowledges going after), and...

» Russia Rules Out Returning Crimea to Ukraine
18/03/15 13:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia said Tuesday that it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine, despite warnings by the U.S. and European Union that they will not drop sanctions over the Black Sea peninsu...

» Kremlin: Crimea Will Not Return to Ukraine
18/03/15 13:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia said on Tuesday it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine, despite warnings by the United States and European Union that they will not drop sanctions over the Black Sea peninsula's ...

» How to Become Putin’s No. 1 Enemy
18/03/15 13:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - Institute of Modern Russia. For years Bill Browder has been campaigning against the corrupt Russian authorities who prosecuted and eventually caused the death of an innocent man—Browder’s lawyer, Se...

» BBC News - Cultural struggle to define Russia's identity
18/03/15 13:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. 17 March 2015 Last updated at 21:40 ET A scene from the Oscar-nominated Leviathan At the start of this year, BBC Radio Four devoted a whole day to a radio adaptation of Tolstoy's War and P...

» Cultural struggle to define Russia's identity - BBC News
18/03/15 13:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Cultural struggle to define Russia's identity BBC News On New Year's Day, listeners were invited to binge on it all day long, with only brief interruptions. Now filming has b...

» Envelope Laced with Poison Mailed to White House
18/03/15 13:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. Secret Service says a letter addressed to the White House has tested positive for cyanide, a deadly poison. The agency, which is charged with protecting the president and other h...

» EU, U.S. Condemn Russia, South Ossetia 'Treaty'
18/03/15 13:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Washington and Brussels have condemned a planned agreement between Russia and a Moscow-backed breakaway region of Georgia.

» Президент Молдавии: НАТО спасет нас от «секретных проектов Кремля» - ИА REGNUM
18/03/15 13:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ИА REGNUM Президент Молдавии: НАТО спасет нас от «секретных проектов Кремля» ИА REGNUM Намеченный на 17-18 марта визит в Гагаузию депутата Государственной думы РФ Ириной Родниной о...

» Pentagon Plans Hard Look at Missile Defense Programs
18/03/15 13:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. Defense Department has launched a major review of missile defense programs and capabilities, after military commanders called the current strategy "unsustainable" given tough bud...

» The Unknown Soldiers Of The Donbas - YouTube
18/03/15 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Mar 18, 2015 Hundreds of bodies are being buried in eastern Ukraine without being identified. On the separatist side, officials say they don't have the resources to cope with the sheer volume of ...

» Prince Charles, Camilla Have Full Itinerary for DC Visit
18/03/15 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Prince Charles and his wife will visit the home of the man who, more than anyone else, ensured that Americans would no longer be his subjects.   The visit Wednesday to George Washington's...

» Putin Signs Pact With Breakaway Georgian Region
18/03/15 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a pact with a Moscow-backed breakaway region of Georgia, despite condemnation by Tbilisi and the West. Georgia on March 18 des...

» Putin’s Personality, Agenda and Nuclear Weapons Make Him ‘Most Dangerous’ Leader in History, Piontkovsky Says
18/03/15 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 18 – Vladimir Putin’s personality and governing style, his domestic and...

» СБУ обнародовало видео с российскими срочниками в Донбассе - ЛІГА.net
18/03/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Gazeta.ua СБУ обнародовало видео с российскими срочниками в Донбассе ЛІГА.net Начальник следственного управления СБУ Василий Вовк обнародовал видео, снятое бойцами батальона Донбас...

» Russian Rights Center Fined Under 'Foreign Agent' Law
18/03/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Moscow court has fined a prominent Russian human rights advocacy group for refusal to register as a "foreign agent" under a law Kremlin critics say is putting a chill o...

» Putin’s Latest Crimea Spin Attempts New Narrative
18/03/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As Russia marks the one-year anniversary of Crimea’s annexation from neighboring Ukraine, the Kremlin is putting forth a new narrative in what analysts say appears to be a further attempt...

» Russia Cracking Down on Human Rights in Crimea, Amnesty Reports
18/03/15 13:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Wednesday that Crimean residents' rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly have all sharply suffered under Ru...

» A year after Crimean annexation, threat of conflict remains
18/03/15 13:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. MOSCOW — A fragile cease-fire in eastern Ukraine was coming under increased strain on Wednesday as pro-Russian rebels accused Kiev of viol...

» Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s Son Buys Modest Chelsea Pad for $3.76M
18/03/15 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Observer. Deborah and James Burrows. (Patrick McMullan) In New York’s current real estate climate, a television series set in a thriving, unpretentious neighborhood bar where folks from all walks mix...

» Связанные одной кровью | Пятая колонка | Статьи
18/03/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Каспаров.Ru. update: 17-03-2015 (10:38) Кого назначить убийцей Нем&...

» В рамках дела об убийстве Бориса Немцова назначено двадцать экспертиз | Власть | Новости
18/03/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Каспаров.Ru. Адвокат Вадим Прохоров, предста...

» One-Third Of Russian Diplomats Are Spies
18/03/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. S weden's intelligence service SAPO has accused Russia of conducting extensive espionage operations on Swedish territory. The chief analyst of SAPO's counterintelligence ...

» Russia Celebrates Crimea Takeover As Criticism Mounts
18/03/15 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia is defying Ukraine and the West with a week of ceremonies marking the anniversary of its annexation of Crimea, a move that ran counter the international law, drew ...

» How Did Netanyahu Pull Off Israeli Election Win?
18/03/15 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As the dust settles on a dramatic election, the immediate questions are how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to stage such a fierce comeback, why the opposition fell short and wh...

» jihad plane accident - Google Search
18/03/15 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results In the news United flight turns back after passenger tackles man headed for cockpit CNN ‎ - 3 hours ago A quick-thinking passenger on a United flight to Denver tackled a man who was ... T...

» United flight turns back after passenger tackles man headed for cockpit
18/03/15 10:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights Witness on plane says unruly passenger talked about someone trying to bring plane down Another passenger tells CNN man said plane was going too slow Airport spokeswoman: Passenger not arreste...

» The Daily Vertical: Between Kadyrov And The FSB
18/03/15 10:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter@PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical...

» US Ambassador Kennedy Allegedly Receives Death Threats
18/03/15 10:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Japanese police are investigating phone calls threatening to kill U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and another American envoy, authorities said Wednesday. Tokyo police are investigating c...

» East Ukrainian War Refugees Seek Solace in Crimea
17/03/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. As Sergei Gabuyev watched a Donetsk street fight devolve into a sea of AK-47 fire in front of the city's central bus station one evening, he knew it was time to leave.

» Russia Deploying Strategic Bombers To Crimea, Missiles To Kaliningrad
17/03/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's military has announced it was sending strategic bombers to the annexed Ukrainian territory of Crimea and will deploy advanced missiles to its exclave of Kalining...

» Цены на недвижимость: Нью-Йорк бьет рекорды
17/03/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Цены на недвижимость: Нью-Йорк...

» В Украине намерены завести уголовное дело на Путина | В мире | Новости
17/03/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Каспаров.Ru. "Господин Путин недавно уже пубl...

» Пистолет, из которого убили Немцова, дал Дадаеву "чеченец Русик" | Общество | Новости
17/03/15 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Каспаров.Ru. По словам Дадаева, тот же "Русик" н&...

» СБУ: Владислав Сурков руководил расстрелом демонстрантов во время Евромайдана | В мире | Новости
17/03/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Каспаров.Ru. Наливайченко также отметил, что...

» Владислав Сурков в роли «енакиевского мясника» / Slon.ru
17/03/15 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Главное на Slon.ru. Сначала руководитель украинс&...

» Компромат.Ru / Compromat.Ru: Владислав Сурков
17/03/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story .   Владислав Сурков - человек из наро...

» Without Sky
17/03/15 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Vladislav Surkov was born Aslambek Andarbekovich Dudayev in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic, and later changed his name to Surkov. He is a Russian businessman, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russi...

» Vladislav Surkov | Cut Your Teeth
17/03/15 14:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cut Your Teeth. In the middle of March, 2014, as Russia moved to annex Crimea and conflict erupted in the east of Ukraine, a short story was published. Titled ‘Without Sky’, the piece of d...

» Non-Linear War « LRB blog
17/03/15 14:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from LRB blog. Vladislav Surkov is back. Back inside the ever-shrinking sanctum around Putin; on the elite list of Russian officials hit with visa bans and asset freezes in the west. The enemies who were so rec...

» A glimpse inside the Kremlin puppetmaster’s mind
17/03/15 14:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Moscow’s ‘political technologists’ specialise in creating pure spectacle, says Peter Pomerantsev ©AFP Putin's strategic options have narrowed as the crisis in Ukraine has intensif...

» BBC News - The untold story of the Maidan massacre
17/03/15 13:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. A day of bloodshed on Kiev's main square, nearly a year ago, marked the end of a winter of protest against the government of president Viktor Yanukovych, who soon afterwards fled the count...

» Poroshenko says evidence shows Kremlin aide Surkov directed snipers in Kiev
17/03/15 13:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KIEV Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:01pm EST KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday police evidence showed that a top Kremlin aide, Vladislav Surkov, had directed "foreign sniper groups" wh...

» Is This the Mastermind Behind Russia’s Crimea Grab?
17/03/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin's 'gray cardinal,' is at the top of the U.S. sanctions list. Is he pulling Putin's strings? When, as a response to the Kremlin’s takeover of the Crimea, the White House iss...

» Советник Путина — Сурков с семьей сбежал в Китай (ФОТО)
17/03/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Сепаратист.нет. В след за активным обсуждением &#...

» Борис Немцов о Путине: Он ебнутый Владимир Путин - YouTube
17/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Mar 1, 2015 Российский оппозиционер Бори...

» С президентом Киргизии встречалось два разных Путина — царь то не настоящий! (ФОТО)
17/03/15 13:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Сепаратист.нет. Журналисты нашли доказательсm...

» 'Fake sheikh' gang members who posed as wealthy Arab brothers in bid to steal £1.5m from finance firm are jailed
17/03/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. By Helen Collis Published: 11:07 EST, 12 April 2012 | Updated: 11:07 EST, 12 April 2012 A gang of fraudsters who posed as ‘fake sheikhs’ in a bid to con a finance company ou...

» Blackwater Founder Forms Secret Army for Arab State
17/03/15 12:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Correction Appended ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital. Whisked through customs by a...

» 2,483,1132,483,1132015-03-17#Chechnya
17/03/15 12:31 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,483,113 2,483,113 2015-03-17 #Chechnya The Chechen Link to Russian Activist's Death - Stratfor: There are countless explanations for what is taking place. Putin's honoring Kadyrov just as the Chechen leader re-entered the FSB's sites i...

» The Chechen Link to Russian Activist's Death | Stratfor
17/03/15 10:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Chechen Link to Russian Activist's Death Analysis Print Text Size Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov during a meeting in April 2014. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP...

» 2,483,1072,483,1072015-03-16#Assad
17/03/15 04:24 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,483,107 2,483,107 2015-03-16 #Assad Kerry Suggests There Is a Place for Assad in Syria Talks - NYT | » Litvinenko murder suspect sent T-shirt with 'Polonium 210 - To Be Continued' to friend four years after killing 16/03/15 21:19 from ...

» Litvinenko murder suspect sent T-shirt with 'Polonium 210 - To Be Continued' to friend four years after killing
16/03/15 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. The "present" sent by Andrey Lugovoy to Boris Berezovsky also bore the words "Nuclear Death, Is Knocking Your Door", inquiry hears

» World Briefing: Egypt: Militants Claim Ambush
16/03/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Militants identifying themselves as the Sinai Province of the Islamic State said Monday that they had captured the engine of an American-made M60 tank from the Egyptian military in an ambush.

» N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred From the United Arab Emirates
16/03/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Andrew Ross, who teaches at the New York campus and specializes in labor issues, has been an open critic of the poor treatment of migrant laborers in that country.

» Obama to youths: Focus not on the pot - Columbus Dispatch
16/03/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Sacramento Bee Obama to youths: Focus not on the pot Columbus Dispatch The Dispatch public affairs team talks politics and tackles state and federal government issues in the Buck...

» Ukraine conflict: Vladimir Putin 'was ready for nuclear alert'
16/03/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Russian president says he was ready to put nuclear weapons on alert during tensions over crisis in Crimea and Ukraine Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to en...

» Kerry Suggests There Is a Place for Assad in Syria Talks
16/03/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Secretary of State John Kerry said that he still believed it was important to achieve a diplomatic solution for the conflict in Syria and that the negotiations should involve President Bash...

» Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea - Reuters
16/03/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea Reuters A pro-Russian rebel shows his t-shirt depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin at a checkpoint...

» Robert Durst: 'What did I do? Killed them all, of course'
16/03/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. US real estate heir makes what appears to be veiled confession in TV documentary screened hours after he was charged with murder Robert Durst, the wealthy heir to a New York r...

» The child sex abuse scandals engulfing Britain
16/03/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. LONDON — Years after revelations of an entertainer’s crimes, the UK grapples with an ugly, sprawling legacy of abuse and lies. read more

» Man charged in Ferguson cop shooting - Mail & Guardian Online
16/03/15 21:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Mail & Guardian Online Man charged in Ferguson cop shooting Mail & Guardian Online Police charged a young African-American man on Sunday in connection with the shooting in Fergus...

» Gay groups march at last in Boston St. Patrick's Day parade - KVVU Las Vegas
16/03/15 21:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Gay groups march at last in Boston St. Patrick's Day parade KVVU Las Vegas The gay military veterans service group OutVets and gay rights group Boston Pride joined the annual cel...

» From California gang to Mexican vigilante: the family man fighting the drug cartels in Mexico – video
16/03/15 21:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Antonio Guiterrez - AKA Lonely - grew up in the USA but agreed to leave to avoid heavy punishment for his gang violence. He joined the notorious 'Autodefensas' in Michoacan, W...

» IS Vatican attack threat looms over pope’s holy year announcement
16/03/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. ROME — The pope’s surprise announcement of a massive holy festival in December has forced Italian officals to re-evaluate rec...

» Moscow invites U.N. mediator to next Syria talks in early April: Ifax
16/03/15 20:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. МОSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow invited the U.N. envoy for Syria to a second round of meetings scheduled for the beginning of April between some Syrian opposition figures and the Damascus go...

» Cocaine dealers caught after buying so many blenders at Asda to mix the drug that staff got suspicious and tipped off police
16/03/15 20:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Gavin Etchell, 33, and Thomas Davies, 29, pictured, were found with £300,000 worth of the Class-A drug when police raided Etchell's home in Tonypandy, South Wales, last September.

» Venezuela's legislature gives Maduro decree power to fight 'US imperialism' - Fox News Latino
16/03/15 20:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Venezuela's legislature gives Maduro decree power to fight 'US imperialism' Fox News Latino CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – The Venezuelan parliament on Sunday approved a law giving Presiden...

» Kurdish Official: IS Used Chlorine in 3 Attacks
16/03/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Kurdish military official said on Monday he had evidence Islamic State militants have used chlorine as a chemical weapon against peshmerga forces three times in northern Iraq. General A...

» Global arms trade
16/03/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Global arms trade China has eased ahead of Germany and France to become the world's number three arms exporter after the United States and Russia, a Stockholm-based think-tank s...

» Russian Rights Official Not Allowed To See Nemtsov Killing Suspects
16/03/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The head of the Russian presidential human rights council says he has not been allowed to visit detained suspects in the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.

» Vladimir Putin reappears for first time after ten days of rumors
16/03/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Looking somewhat pale, Putin shook hands with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev at the start of a meeting at the sumptuous Konstantinov's Palace just outside Saint Petersburg.

» Venezuela launches military drill after claiming US 'is an imminent danger'
16/03/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Chanting 'socialist motherland' and branding the U.S. 'imperialist', 80,000 military staff and 20,000 civilians took the streets of the capital Caracas for anti-American protests over t...

» Men with no name: the return of the existential hero
16/03/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. From Sean Penn’s The Gunman to Michael Mann’s Blackhat, the thinking man’s action hero is back, and attempting to put the art back in Sartre It’s almost as if Jean-Paul Sartre...

» Iranian professor loses job due to 'feminine' voice
16/03/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Khajeh Nasir Toosi university dismisses Dr Qasem Exirifard on the grounds that his voice would lead to ridicule in classroom, he tells reformist newspaper A top physics profes...

» Ferguson flooded with record requests after Brown shooting - Salon
16/03/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Salon Ferguson flooded with record requests after Brown shooting Salon Ferguson flooded with record requests after Brown shooting EnlargeFILE - In this Aug. 18, 2014 file photo, ...

» U.N. Opens New Investigation Into Crash That Killed Dag Hammarskjold
16/03/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The cause of the plane crash in September 1961 that killed the former United Nations secretary general has never been established.

» Oil Prices Fall to Six-Year Intraday Low - Wall Street Journal
16/03/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Wall Street Journal Oil Prices Fall to Six-Year Intraday Low Wall Street Journal The benchmark U.S. oil price tumbled to its lowest point in six years during intraday trading on ...

» U.S. returns scores of smuggled artifacts to Iraq government
16/03/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 60 Iraqi cultural artifacts smuggled into the United States, including a limestone statue of an ancient king, were returned to the government of Iraq o...

» Vladimir Putin's friend Ksenia Sobchak flees Russia because of support for Boris Nemtsov
16/03/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Ksenia Sobchak (left) said she is leaving Russia for a while at a party on Friday. She has known Putin since childhood as her father was his political mentor but regularly opposes his p...

» Jihadi John's mock executions: Spanish journalist Javier Espinosa recounts how ... - Sydney Morning Herald
16/03/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Sydney Morning Herald Jihadi John's mock executions: Spanish journalist Javier Espinosa recounts how ... Sydney Morning Herald Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of behe...

» Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban to Be Held Soon
16/03/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A key Afghan minister insists that talks with the Taliban will happen very soon despite contradictory news reports and confusion on the issue. Without naming the group, Hekmat Khalil Karz...

» Houthi Rebels Release Yemeni Officials From House Arrest
16/03/15 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Houthi rebels released Yemen’s former prime minister and members of his cabinet after nearly two months, in a sign of some progress between the groups.

» Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko warns Minsk deal is 'hope not reality' - Irish Times
16/03/15 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Irish Times Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko warns Minsk deal is 'hope not reality' Irish Times As Russia celebrated the first anniversary of its Crimean annexation, Ukraine's pres...

» Glut of Oil Pushes U.S. Crude Prices to 6-Year Low
16/03/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries remains reluctant to prop up prices, saying that American production should eventually level off.

» The hymen remains an evolutionary mystery – and the focus of the oppression of women’s sexuality
16/03/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. This was going to be a light-hearted piece about the hymen, but it’s hard making jokes about the subjugation of the female body ‘Horse-riding makes you lose your virginity,” M...

» ISIS Allies Try to Cut off Libya’s Oil Revenue
16/03/15 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A series of attacks by militants linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Libya’s oilfields is threatening to further undermine chances of stability in a country gripped by a mul...

» Obama: States decriminalizing pot could pressure Congress to reschedule the ... - Washington Post (blog)
16/03/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Obama: States decriminalizing pot could pressure Congress to reschedule the ... Washington Post (blog) The passage of state laws decriminalizing the possession of small amounts o...

» Fighting Rages Near Donetsk Airport Despite Ukraine Ceasefire
16/03/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Heavy machine gun and light artillery fire pounded a district of Donetsk, the biggest city of eastern Ukraine on Monday and pro-Russian rebels said there had been no lull in the fighting ...

» Obama: care more about jobs, war and peace - less about weed - Reuters
16/03/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Obama: care more about jobs, war and peace - less about weed Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has a stern message for the younger generation about their po...

» Владимир Путин рассказал о спасении Виктора Януковича - Российская Газета
16/03/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Владимир Путин рассказал о спасении Виктора Януковича Российская Газета В фильме "Крым. Путь на Родину" на телеканале "Россия-1" показали подр...

» Станислав Стремидловский. Ватикан и Минск обменялись комплиментами - ИА REGNUM
16/03/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ИА REGNUM Станислав Стремидловский. Ватикан и Минск обменялись комплиментами ИА REGNUM Второе лицо в иерархии Ватикана, государственный секретарь Святого престола кардинал Пьетро П...

» Will Economic Crisis Spark More Border Changes in Russia?
16/03/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 15 – Budgetary shortfalls as a result of the current economic crisis ha...

» Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea - Yahoo News
16/03/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea Yahoo News ADDS THAT RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCIES REPORTED THAT THE MEETING WAS HELD AT AN EARLIER DATE In this image ...

» Vladimir Putin 'in bed with a bad cold watching Crimea documentary'
16/03/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Russian TV channel scotches rumours of a Kremlin coup with report Mr Putin is at rural retreat recovering from flu, while spokesman says president wil...

» Ukraine's president says truce not working, urges more Russia sanctions ... - Reuters
16/03/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Ukraine's president says truce not working, urges more Russia sanctions ... Reuters FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ukraine's president accused Russian -backed separatists in the east o...

» Генсек: НАТО наращивает военные расходы из-за России - BFM.Ru
16/03/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Gazeta.ua Генсек: НАТО наращивает военные расходы из-за России BFM.Ru НАТО увеличивает расходы на оборону. Генеральный секретарь НАТО Йенс Столтенберг рассчитывает, что все страны ...

» В Москве на 78 году жизни скончался писатель Валентин Распутин - Русская планета
16/03/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Русская планета В Москве на 78 году жизни скончался писатель Валентин Распутин Русская планета Он во многом был неистовым и непримиримым: и когда в 60-е журналистом ездил писать пр...

» Путин: Янукович во время переворота на Украине находился в Крыму - Mail.Ru
16/03/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Mail.Ru Путин: Янукович во время переворота на Украине находился в Крыму Mail.Ru Президент России Владимир Путин сказал в документальном фильме «Крым. Путь на Родину», что занимавш...

» EU's Tusk says sanctions on Russia must be maintained - Reuters
16/03/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters EU's Tusk says sanctions on Russia must be maintained Reuters ROME (Reuters) - Europe must maintain pressure on Russia with sanctions until the Kiev government has full contro...

» Ukraine president calls on allies to boycott 2018 World Cup in Russia - The Guardian
16/03/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Ukraine president calls on allies to boycott 2018 World Cup in Russia The Guardian Poroshenko told the German newspaper Bild he prefers to keep football and politics sepa...

» Сыщики сочли, что Немцова убили не по заказу, а из личной неприязни - Газета.Ru
16/03/15 20:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Следственный комитет по-новому вз&...

» Источник: фигурантам дела об убийстве Немцова скорректировано обвинение - Газета.Ru
16/03/15 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Фигурантам дела об убийстве полит&...

» Источник: определены роли обвиняемых в убийстве Немцова - Газета.Ru
16/03/15 20:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Правоохранительные органы опред ...

» Дональд Туск не приедет на Парад Победы 9 мая в Москве - Коммерсантъ
16/03/15 20:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН Дональд Туск не приедет на Парад Победы 9 мая в Москве Коммерсантъ Председатель Европейского совета Дональд Туск не планирует посетить Москву 9 мая для участия в торжествах п...

» EU Voices Concern at Military Build-up in Crimea
16/03/15 20:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The European Union said on Monday it would stick to its policy of not recognizing Russia's annexation of Crimea and voiced concern over what it said was a military build-up and deteriorat...

» Russia Celebrates Crimea Annexation Anniversary
16/03/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has kicked off weeklong Weeklong celebrations marking the anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea, while the European Union denounces a military buildup and a...

» New Date Set For Signing Of Russia-South Ossetia Treaty
16/03/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to sign a new Treaty on Union Relations and Integration with Georgia's breakaway Republic of South Ossetia on Ma...

» Putin makes first public appearance since March 5
16/03/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public appearance in more than 10 days on Monday, following intense speculation about his ...

» Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Moving Faster Than Anticipated
16/03/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The first two weeks of the Boston Marathon bombing trial focused on the injuries and deaths from the 2013 attack: Survivors recounted losing limbs and loved ones as federal prosecutors to...

» Russia's President Vladimir Putin Reappears in Public After 10-Day Absence - NBCNews.com
16/03/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. NBCNews.com Russia's President Vladimir Putin Reappears in Public After 10-Day Absence NBCNews.com The 62-year-old Russian leader was last seen in public on March 5. The Kremlin insis...

» Russia Conducts Massive Arctic Military Drills
16/03/15 20:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the Wes...

» Now That Putin's Back, What Was He Up To in Those 11 Days?
16/03/15 20:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Vladimir Putin may have made a comeback, but one question remains: What was he up to during those 11 days of absence from the public eye?

» Contributing Op-Ed Writer: The Greek Debt Crisis’ Great Divide
16/03/15 20:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Greece is trapped between creditors who don’t trust it and hard-line Syriza members who insist on rolling back earlier measures — even at the cost of exiting the eurozone.

» Евросоюз обеспокоен ситуацией в Крыму - Утро.Ru
16/03/15 20:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Зеркало недели Евросоюз обеспокоен ситуацией в Крыму Утро.Ru Евросоюз в заявлении в связи с годовщиной возвращения Крыма в состав России выразил обеспокоенность "наращиванием ...

» 'Appeasement' of Putin by EU leaders could cause rift with White House, warns EU president
16/03/15 20:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. EU must not compromise with Russia over Ukraine sanctions until Ukraine regains control of its border with Russia, says Donald Tusk

» 'It would be boring without gossip' – Putin makes first appearance in 11 days
16/03/15 20:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Russian president meets Kyrgyz head of state in St Petersburg after disappearing on 5 March amid speculation of ill-health, childbirth and palace coup “It would be boring without gos...

» EU Worried By Military Buildup, Human Rights Situation In Crimea
16/03/15 20:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The European Union has said it will stick to its policy of not recognizing Russia's annexation of Crimea and expressed concern over what it said was a military buildup in...

» Vladimir Putin Dismisses Rumors About His Absence
16/03/15 20:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The Russian president reappeared in public on Monday after a curious absence of more than 10 days, appearing healthy and commenting wryly that things “would be boring without rumors.”

» США и Россия лидируют в экспорте оружия - Комсомольская правда
16/03/15 20:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская правда США и Россия лидируют в экспорте оружия Комсомольская правда Стокгольмский международный институт исследования проблем мира СИПРИ опубликовал данные о поставка...

» Angara rocket key to Russia's launch future - EarthSky
16/03/15 20:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. EarthSky Angara rocket key to Russia's launch future EarthSky The announced intentions for Angara by the Russian space agency follow numerous stories of leadership changes, changes to...

» Tajik President Appoints Son To Head Anticorruption Agency
16/03/15 20:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has appointed his eldest son, Rustam Emomali, to head the Central Asian nation's anticorruption agency.

» Vladimir Putin orders entire Northern Fleet to mobilise in huge Russian military exercises
16/03/15 20:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Russia's entire Northern Fleet is on the move today as part of a show of force involving 40,000 troops, more than 41 warships, 15 submarines and 110 aircraft.

» Four Said Killed By Police In Violence Near Afghan-Turkmen Border
16/03/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A local leader in an ethnic Turkmen village near Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan says police killed at least four people and wounded at least seven others while di...

» Kremlin Promoting National Pride in Place of Individual Dignity, Moscow Commentator Says
16/03/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 16 – In scathing terms, Elizaveta Aleksandrova-Zorina denounces the way...

» UN Envoy Says Human Rights Deteriorated In Iran
16/03/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The UN rights investigator on Iran has hailed "some limited improvements" in the country since the 2013 election of President Hassan Rohani, but warned "the overall situa...

» NATO Says Supports Moldova's Independence
16/03/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. NATO has reaffirmed its support for for Moldova's independence and territorial integrity.

» Vladimir Putin appears in public following speculation about his health – video
16/03/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, is seen in public for the first time since 5 March, quashing rumours about his health. He met Kyrgyzstan's president, Almazbek Atambayev, smiling ...

» Russian Nationalist Calls for Partition of Belarus to Correct Soviet ‘Mistakes’
16/03/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 16 – A Russian nationalist with a long track record of hatred toward Be...

» Netanyahu Makes Last-ditch Vote Appeal at Settlement
16/03/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in opinion polls, used a strategic Jewish settlement he helped found as the backdrop on Monday for an election eve bid to win back righ...

» French Man Detained After Attempt To Smuggle Russian Wife
16/03/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Polish border guards have detained a French man for attempting to smuggle his Russian wife in a suitcase into Poland from Belarus.

» Putin Laughs Off Rumors of Ill Health
16/03/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. After days of unexplained absence, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin appeared with the president of Kyrgyzstan to discuss the integration of the Kyrgyz economy with Russia and its allies.

» Virus sceptic ordered to pay €100k to doctor who responded to challenge to 'prove measles is a virus'
16/03/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A virus-sceptic has been ordered to pay €100,000 in prize money to a doctor who accepted his challenge to "prove" that measles is a virus.

» Did Yemen’s Saleh Extort $60 Billion?
16/03/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Recent revelations by a United Nations panel that former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh allegedly took as much as $60 billion through corruption during his many years in power has lef...

» В случае невыполнения Минских соглашений санкции против РФ могут быть усилены в июне - Меркель - УНИАН
16/03/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН В случае невыполнения Минских соглашений санкции против РФ могут быть усилены в июне - Меркель УНИАН Канцлер Германии Ангела Меркель не исключает новых санкций Европейского С...

» Порошенко заявил, что альтернативы Минским договоренностям нет - УНИАН
16/03/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН Порошенко заявил, что альтернативы Минским договоренностям нет УНИАН Об этом он заявил во время совместной с федеральным канцлером Германии Ангелой Меркель пресс-конференции ...

» Putin Reappears After 10-day Absence, Looks Healthy
16/03/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. President Vladimir Putin resurfaced Monday, smiling and looking his normal self after a 10-day absence from public view that fueled a wave of rumors about his health.

» The Dogs That Haven’t Barked In Moscow
16/03/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, March 16 – Over the past ten days, most analysts and many Russians have been looking for signs as to what is taking place behind the scenes given the departure fro...

» Man, 27, acquitted of raping 13-year-old girl in Sweden because she looked 'well-developed'
16/03/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A man has been acquitted of raping a 13-year-old girl in Sweden because she looked “well-developed”.

» Sketch: The return of Vladimir Putin, international man of mystery
16/03/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Ten days after he was last seen in public, the President of Russia makes a sudden reappearance for the TV cameras - but doesn't explain his puzzling a...

» Israeli Poll Seen as Referendum on Netanyahu
16/03/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Israelis are preparing to go to the polls Tuesday to elect a new parliament. No party is expected to win more than one-fourth of the seats. As a result, the focus is on whether right-wing...

» Amid NATO exercises, Russia puts Northern Fleet on 'full alert' - CNN
16/03/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Reuters UK Amid NATO exercises, Russia puts Northern Fleet on 'full alert' CNN (CNN) As the U.S. and several Eastern European NATO countries conduct a series of military exerc...

» Litvinenko investigating Abramovich money-laundering claims, court told
16/03/15 19:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Police told Russian mafia investigation was likely to see Chelsea FC owner arrested in Spain for money laundering and buying land illegally In the year he was murdered, Alexander Lit...

» The Trolls Who Came In From The Cold
16/03/15 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Former employees of Russia's best-known "troll farm" reveal what the operation looks like from the inside.

» Germany's Angela Merkel Calls on EU to Maintain Sanctions Pressure on Russia - Wall Street Journal
16/03/15 19:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Germany's Angela Merkel Calls on EU to Maintain Sanctions Pressure on Russia Wall Street Journal German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday called on Europe to maintai...

» Putin's Rattling of the Nuclear Saber Makes it Clear: Ukraine is Non-Negotiable
16/03/15 19:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The revelation Sunday that Putin had been prepared to bring nuclear weapons into a state of alert makes one thing clear: Russia won't give up on Ukraine, even if faced with th...

» Moscow Has Promoted Ukraine’s ‘Dismemberment’ Since 2004, Kyiv Disinformation Specialist Says
16/03/15 19:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, March 16 – Many who look at Moscow’s propaganda efforts consider only their current state and fail to see the ways in which the Kremlin has cultivated certai...

» Russia’s civil society bloodied not buried
16/03/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Many determined to battle authoritarianism despite Kremlin’s iron blanket, writes John Lloyd

» Russia, Separatists Criticize Ukraine Bill On Autonomy
16/03/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have criticized a Ukrainian draft law granting the rebel-held areas special status.

» Americans Wonder: Is Islamic State Truly Islamic?
16/03/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. With militants in the Middle East attacking members of other faiths and destroying museum pieces deemed ‘un-Islamic,’ a heated debate is underway in America over the religious roots of th...

» Путин и Украина
16/03/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Путин и Украина Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/video/herbst-on-putin/268...

» Смогут ли договориться Путин и Порошенко?
16/03/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Смогут ли договориться Путин ...

» Frenchman packs Russian wife in suitcase to enter EU
16/03/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Poland's border guards detained the man but there was no need for his antics because his wife would have had no trouble entering the passport-free Sch...

» Ukraine unveils draft bills on rebel autonomy in line with Minsk ceasefire
16/03/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. The proposal to grant separatist areas in the east special status falls in line with the Minsk ceasefire deal from February

» Germany Warily Assumes Greater Global Role
16/03/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Germany has taken the lead in trying to solve the European financial crisis and to stop the war in Ukraine. But is Berlin ready to play a larger international role? VOA’s Jela de Francesc...

» Chechen mother kidnaps Dutch children and flees to Syria to join Isis
16/03/15 19:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A Chechen mother has taken her two young children to Syria to join Isis, Dutch prosecutors have said. 

» The Final Days of a Chechen Commander Fighting in Ukraine
16/03/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: The Final Days of a Chechen Commander Fighting in Ukraine. I N SEPTEMBER OF 2014, I found myself standing on a narrow, potholed street in Kiev, east of the Dnieper River, in an area known as t...

» Video: Vladimir Putin reappears in public for first time in 10 days
16/03/15 18:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vladimir Putin. But Reuters reported: "There was nothing in his appearance that indicated any obvious health problems." Mr Putin arrived two hours late for the meeting, which is taking place in the tsarist...

» Магомед Даудов ("Лорд") - Google Search
16/03/15 18:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Газета.Ru Флажки вокруг Кадырова Эхl...

» Новости - Рамзан Кадыров награжден крымским орденом «За верность долгу»
16/03/15 18:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Псаки обвинила Россию в репрессиях в Крыму - РИА Новости
16/03/15 17:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Псаки обвинила Россию в репрессиях в Крыму РИА Новости По утверждению официального представителя госдепартамента Джен Псаки, за прошедший год ситуация с соблюдением пра...

» Chechen Refugee Abducts Her Dutch Children To Join IS
16/03/15 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Chechen refugee has abducted two of her children, both Dutch citizens from Maastricht, and taken them to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) group, the Dutch newspaper...

» Putin Reappears In Public, Jokes About Health Rumors
16/03/15 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. R ussian President Vladimir Putin has appeared in public for the first time since March 5. Putin met with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev on March 16 at the Constantin...

» Кадыров: команда Путина правильно не реагировала на тявканье дворняжек - Политика, Россия
16/03/15 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Глава Чечни рассказал о своем отно...

» Ukrainian president makes first official visit to Berlin
16/03/15 17:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vestnik Kavkaza. 16 March 2015 - 9:45pm Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made his first official visit to Berlin today. Poroshenko urged his German allies to take a more resolute position in relations ...

» Chechen leader comments on rumours about Putin’s health | Vestnik Kavkaza
16/03/15 17:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vestnik Kavkaza. Chechen leader comments on rumours about Putin’s health 16 March 2015 - 7:54pm   Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on rumours about Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

» The Siloviki spook rumoured to have ousted Vladimir Putin in Kremlin coup
16/03/15 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from IBTimes.co.uk : Top News. For over 10 days the Russian President Vladimir Putin was out of the public eye, fuelling speculation about his health and a coup d'etat. Many thought Putin had ruffled too many u...

» As Kremlin's Nemtsov case unravels, eyes on Chechen connection (+video)
16/03/15 17:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Christian Science Monitor | World. Moscow — The Kremlin 's case against five Chechens accused of murdering liberal activist Boris Nemtsov for his "anti-Muslim" statements appears to be unraveling at ...

» Mounting speculation about health of Russian president
16/03/15 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Vladimir Putin may well be seriously ill, or worse. He hasn't appeared in public in a week, he just canceled a trip to Kazakhstan and a series of meetings in Moscow, and the hashtag (Putin Died) is trending l...

» Lawyer Claims Main Suspect in Nemtsov Killing Has Alibi | News
16/03/15 17:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Yevgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Nemtsov was gunned down on the night of Feb. 27 on Moscow's Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, steps from the Kremlin. Three more suspects in last month's assassination of oppo...

» Kadyrov, FSB at War After Nemtsov Death | Opinion
16/03/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Chechen connection to the assassination of Russia's opposition leader Boris Nemtsov is pushing Russia's spooks into political battles they would rather avoid. The FSB appears to&#...

» СМИ: Песков - во Франции, Сурков - в Гонконге, Путин - “помнит беседы с Распутиным”
16/03/15 17:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» ‘Things Would Be Boring Without Gossip’: Vladimir Putin Is Back!
16/03/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: ‘Things Would Be Boring Without Gossip’: Vladimir Putin Is Back!. Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t been seen in public since March 5, and depending on whom you ask, he’s eit...

» Where is Putin? | CEPA
16/03/15 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from [Untitled]. Prescient  or preposterous? Vladimir Putin’s absence from public life sparked a frenzy last week. Nobody agreed what was going on, but almost all commentators agreed that it was sign...

» Rumors circulate after Vladimir Putin goes a full week without a public appearance - Page 11 - NeoGAF
16/03/15 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» vladislav surkov immediately went to hong kong with his family - Google Search
16/03/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Rumors circulate after Vladimir Putin goes a full week without a ... <a href="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1009402&page" rel="nofollow">www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread...

» Владислав Сурков срочно выехал в Гонконг вместе с семьей - Google Search
16/03/15 16:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ближайший соратник Путина срочно &...

» Ukraine: Moscow Was Behind 2014...
16/03/15 16:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vladislav Surkov - Google News. Ukraine: Moscow Was Behind 2014 Deaths Of Protesters In Kiev WBUR  - ‎Feb 21, 2015‎ Poroshenko told a crowd gathered for the first anniversary of the clashe...

» BBC News - Ukraine accuses Russia over Maidan 2014 killings
16/03/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Europe. 20 February 2015 Last updated at 16:51 ET The streets of central Kiev were candlelit for the Maidan memorial ceremony Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accused Russia of direct in...

» Poroshenko blames Russian official for Maidan snipers | News | DW.DE
16/03/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . During commemoration ceremonies for the victims of the Maidan massacre, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday there was strong evidence that the shooting last year had been organized by Russian ...

» Идеолог Новороссии и правая рука Путина сбежал в Гонконг - СМИ | Политические новости Украины
16/03/15 15:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Украины. Как стало известно, на днях сове...

» Treasury Designates Brothers' Circle Members
16/03/15 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Action Further Targets Major Transnational Criminal Organization WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated five key members and associates of the Eurasian crime syndicate, the Br...