Станислав Белковский: " Я безусловно считаю, что Путин не давал задания устранить Немцова, это совершенно не в интересах Российского президента... Это не тактика Владимира Путина, он не убивает своих политических оппонентов... Путин не заинтересован в изоляции, он рассматривает изоляцию только как временную плату за принуждение Запада к любви... От Чечни до Новороссии – вот мой набор версий. Но это преступление не совершали силы, которые заинтересованы в дискредитации Путина. За убийством Немцова стоят силы, которые заинтересованы в том, чтобы закрепить новую военную реальность современной России." | Russian security services ready to help U.S. fight ISIS, says FSB chief | How Russia can sway the anti-ISIS fight | ISIS' Worst Nightmare: The U.S. and Russia Teaming Up on Terrorism | It’s Up to the United States to Solve Boris Nemtsov’s Murder - Bill Browder | ayatollah hashemi shahroudi - Google Search

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Президент России

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 2:23 PM

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Совещание с постоянными членами Совета Безопасности

6 марта 2015 года, 12:50 Москва, Кремль

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Владимир Путин провёл оперативное совещание с постоянными членами Совета Безопасности.

Президент России

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 2:21 PM

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Рабочая встреча с Министром обороны Сергеем Шойгу и Министром финансов Антоном Силуановым

6 марта 2015 года, 14:15 Москва, Кремль

Ключевые слова: Вооружённые Силы, государственные финансы

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Владимир Путин провёл рабочую встречу с Министром обороны Сергеем Шойгу и Министром финансов Антоном Силуановым. Обсуждалась оптимизация бюджетных расходов на содержание и модернизацию Вооружённых Сил, а также социальное обеспечение военнослужащих.

В.ПУТИН: Коллеги!

Знаю, что в Правительстве завершена большая работа по оптимизации бюджетных расходов. Хорошо известно, что одна из существенных статей расхода – это расходы на оборону, безопасность, на силовые ведомства в целом.

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"Путин сливаться не намерен"

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 2:02 PM

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Убийство Бориса Немцова вызвало в России живую общественную дискуссию как о якобы неминуемых изменениях в развитии страны, так и о перспективах деятельности внесистемной оппозиции, одним из ярких лидеров которой был покойный ныне сопредседатель партии РПР-ПАРНАС. Будет ли раскрыто это преступление? Каким образом на убийство едва ли не самого непримиримого своего оппонента отреагирует Кремль и лично Владимир Путин? Объединит ли кончина Немцова российскую оппозицию?

На эти вопросы Радио Свобода отвечает московский политолог Станислав Белковский. Беседа начинается с вопроса о динамике нового развития оппозиционного движения.

– Ну какая, скажите, оппозиция может быть в стране, в которой не существует института демократических выборов и свободного доступа к средствам массовой информации общенационального значения? В такой стране оппозиции просто не может быть! Я согласен, впрочем, и с тем, что лидеры оппозиции несут определенную ответственность за ослабление своих позиций, но в нынешних российских условиях говорить о том, что оппозиция вообще может существовать, было бы не совсем остроумно. Она не может сейчас существовать, настоящая оппозиция в России возникнет только в момент смены политического режима. Какая оппозиция могла быть, например, в Советском Союзе при Леониде Брежневе? Она могла быть в лице академика Сахарова, но мы же не будем критиковать Андрея Дмитриевича за то, что большинство населения в стране ничего о нем не знало! Оно и не могло о нем знать!

– В то же время некоторые ваши коллеги считают, что над могилой Бориса Немцова оставшиеся в живых оппозиционные лидеры смогут забыть свои разногласия и объединиться – в частности, для усиления партии РПР-ПАРНАС.

Станислав Белковский о Путине и Немцове

– У меня такой надежды нет ни на грош, потому что оппозиционные лидеры уже над какими только гробами не собирались объединяться, начиная с гроба Галины Старовойтовой. Нет, к сожалению, борьба личных амбиций оппозиционных лидеров, их попытка торговать собственным ресурсом с Кремлем не приведет к объединению. Сегодня я считаю единственными серьезными фигурами оппозиционного толка Алексея Навального и Михаила Ходорковского, на них и нужно ориентироваться. Это не значит, что они победят, это также не значит, что они не могут растратить свой ресурс, но если проводить замер состояния общества на сегодня, только эти люди могут что-то реально сделать в смысле удержания внимания к оппозиционной повестке дня. Потому что они реально хотят прийти к власти и не хотят продаться Кремлю.

– Ходорковский неоднократно заявлял, что это не является его целью.

– Он заявлял разное. По крайней мере, Ходорковский заявлял, что готов быть переходным президентом, а это, мягко говоря, не синонимично заявлению о том, что он не хочет прийти к власти. Как человек, который с Михаилом Борисовичем неоднократно общался, я считаю, что он хочет прийти к власти. Хотя я не являюсь представителем Ходорковского и прошу не трактовать мои слова как заявление, аутентично свидетельствующее о его намерениях.

– Убийство Бориса Немцова как-то сдвинуло с места политическую ситуацию в России?

– Оно укрепило окончательное представление о том, что в стране царит беспредел, что никакие конвенции постъельцинского периода уже не работают. И в этом смысле, при всем уважении к Борису Ефимовичу и его памяти, ничего качественного нового в понимание сегодняшних российских реалий преступление на Москворецком мосту не привносит. И ситуация яснее не стала. Стало только еще понятнее: может быть все что угодно.

– С этим преступлением, по вашему мнению, могут быть связаны спецслужбы и российское государство в целом?

Владимир Путин не убивает своих политических оппонентов

– Ну почему же нет? Убийство было организовано весьма профессионально. Это дорогостоящее убийство, его не могли совершить какие-то дилетанты и лохи. Я безусловно считаю, что Путин не давал задания устранить Немцова, это совершенно не в интересах российского президента. Однако в условиях политического беспредела возникает много силовых центров влияния, которые совершенно не обязаны координировать свои действия с высшим политическим руководством страны. Тут может быть и чеченский след, и новороссийский след: везде много оружия, везде много профессионалов, которые умеют убивать и любят убивать, вот кто-то и убил. С какими-то структурами в государстве эти люди вполне могут быть связаны, к сожалению.

– Почему это не Путин?

– Это не тактика Владимира Путина, он не убивает своих политических оппонентов. Он же не убил Ходорковского, например! Если Путин хочет расправиться с политическим оппонентом, то, как правило, использует правовой процесс, как это было с Ходорковским, как это происходит сейчас с Алексеем Навальным. И конечно, Путин понимает: убийство Немцова существенно уменьшает его шансы помириться с Западом, предстать в глазах западных лидеров легитимным переговорщиком по каким бы то ни было международным вопросам.

– Вы думаете, Путин заинтересован в том, чтобы помириться с Западом?

От Чечни до Новороссии – вот мой набор версий

– Да, конечно, заинтерересован, просто он хочет мириться на своих условиях. Он хочет быть Сталиным-2 в смысле международной политики: Путин хочет "Ялту-2", хочет возвращения ялтинско-потсдамского мира, где зафиксированы зоны влияния, и определенная зона влиянии закреплена за Россией, рассматриваемой в качестве переговорщика по ключевым вопросам мироздания. Но это принуждение Запада к любви, а не к ненависти. Путин не заинтересован в изоляции, он рассматривает изоляцию только как временную плату за принуждение Запада к любви. Сам этот процесс требует жертв.

– И, думаете, Путин на верном пути и знает, что делает?

Убийцу Немцова быстро найдут, вопрос только в том, будет ли это настоящий убийца или назначенный "терпила"

– В его понимании – безусловно. Он считает, что побеждает. И в такой ситуации убийство Немцова для него – это еще один малайзийский "Боинг". Вот Путин считал, что он почти уже победил минувшим летом, и тут рухнул малайзийский "Боинг". То же самое – убийство Немцова, это такой же эксцесс, который замедляет достижение цели, но не останавливает процесс.

– Означает ли это, что вы согласны с аналитиками, которые считают, что за убийством Немцова могли стоять политические силы, заинтересованные в дискредитации Путина?

– Нет, я так совершенно не считаю. От Чечни до Новороссии – вот мой набор версий. Но это преступление не совершали силы, которые заинтересованы в дискредитации Путина. За убийством Немцова стоят силы, которые заинтересованы в том, чтобы закрепить новую военную реальность современной России.

– Почему именно Немцов избран в качестве жертвы?

– Знаковых фигур в оппозиции на территории России всего две – это Навальный и Немцов. Навальный находился, к счастью для него, как это ни двусмысленно звучит, в тюрьме.

– Думаете, Путин заинтересован в том, чтобы покарать преступников? К его словам, сказанным в среду на коллегии МВД, следует относиться серьезно?

– Убийцу Немцова быстро найдут, вопрос только в том, будет ли это настоящий убийца или назначенный "терпила".

– Судя по тональности нашей беседы, вы считаете, что политическая ситуация в стране, по большому счету, даже не шелохнулась. То есть "после смерти Немцова мы проснулись в другой России" – этого нельзя сказать?

– Мы проснулись в другой стране после аннексии Крыма. Атмосфера беспредела, который царит в стране с того дня, постоянно продуцирует чрезвычайные события, и трагическая гибель Бориса Немцова – одно из таких событий. Но не переломное событие, а логичное звено в цепочке, порожденной аннексией Крыма и развязанной на Украине войной.

– Эта цепочка и дальше протянется?

– Конечно, смерть Немцова – не последнее звено. Логика войны необратима: пошел на войну – продолжай воевать. Из войны гораздо сложнее выйти, чем в нее войти. Я всем всегда говорю: Путин сливаться не намерен, не обольщайтесь. Он может тактически делать вид, что идет на уступки, что он понижает ставки, но это тактика, а не стратегия. Его стратегия – победить. Как сказал Путин Михаилу Касьянову в день его отставки с поста премьер-министра России: "Я вас пережму". Вот сегодня это "я вас пережму" он транслирует Западу, в первую очередь США, которых рассматривает как главного противника в глобальной схватке.

– На Западе это понимают?

– Судя по официальной реакции Барака Обамы – да, – сказал в интервью Радио Свобода московский политический эксперт Станислав Белковский.

Фрагмент итогового выпуска программы "Время Свободы"

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Until 2013, 10% of US electricity came from disassembled Russian nuclear warheads

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 1:49 PM

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Relations between the US and Russia are as bad as they've been since the end of the Cold War.

But until 2013, the two countries collaborated on a largely unknown diplomatic, political, and trade initiative that eliminated 500 tons of weapons-grade uranium while providing 7 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity in the US.

The Megatons to Megawatts program — which lasted from 1993 to 2013 — provided uranium that met half of the needs of US civilian nuclear power plants over the past 15 years, as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Dawn Stover noted in February 2014.

This means that for the most of the past decade and a half, 10% of all electricity in the US came from disassembled Russian nuclear warheads, according to Stover.

The program began after the US signed an agreement with Russia in 1993 to purchase high-enriched uranium from disassembled nuclear warheads.

The Russian bomb uranium was transferred to the US, where it was reprocessed into fuel for commercial nuclear reactors. In October of 2013, the US' undersecretary of state for arms control said that the program eliminated the equivalent of 20,000 warheads worth of weapons-grade uranium.  

The agreement was hatched in the heady early days of post-Cold War era, a time that saw a string of nonproliferation victories. In 1994, newly independent former Soviet republics of Ukraine and Kazakhstan gave up nuclear weapons left in their territory after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The empire's fall left Ukraine with the third-largest nuclear stockpile on earth. Under the so-called Budapest Memorandum, both countries gave up their weapons and joined the non-proliferation treaty in exchange for various security assurances from the US and the UK.

Elsewhere, the breakup of the Soviet Union helped create the conditions that pushed South Africa's apartheid government into an agreement with the African National Congress and convinced it to voluntarily dismantle its small stockpile of low-yield tactical nukes even before giving up power in 1994.

In just a couple of years, three countries eschewed their existing nuclear weapons stockpiles. And a fourth — a newly democratic Russia — was cooperating with a former enemy and providing a model for future disarmament efforts. 

Raheb Homavandi/REUTERSA security official stands in front of the Bushehr nuclear reactor, 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran, August 21, 2010.

But Megatons to Megawatts has lapsed and, as Stover notes, the last Russian shipment of uranium to the US under the program was in December 2013. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised doubts as to the enduring value of the Budapest Memorandum, along with its model of exchanging tangible weapons caches for vague or even meaningless future security promises.

A 2009 treaty between the US and Russia dramatically scaled back the world's total number of nuclear weapons, but the latest tensions cast doubt on whether the US will enter into another mutual disarmament agreement with Russia anytime soon. And Iran may be on the brink of having its once-illicit uranium enrichment and bomb-grade plutonium production programs legalized through an international treaty.

Even with this string of disarmament setbacks, Megatons to Megawatts could still be a landmark model for future non-proliferation efforts — a program that made the world a safer place while providing for a surprisingly large share of the US' hefty electricity needs.

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Perspectives on the Americas – A Never Ending Saga: US –Russia Relations

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 1:47 PM

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The  relations between the US and Russia, which in the post cold war could be defined as “Frenemies”, has with recent events lost the ‘fr’ in frenemy. This is especially true with the crisis in Ukraine, which has severely tested the fragile relationship of the two countries. Looking back at the G20 Summit in 2009, Presidents Medvedev and Obama had managed to strike a cordial bond, showing an initiative towards ‘resetting’ US-Russian relations. Regardless of that, when Putin, the anti-American autocrat, took over as President, he pledged to assert Russian supremacy on the international scene. And through his actions, he has shown with great consistency that he will be a thorn in Obama’s side. This game could prove not only to be dangerous but challenging in the international arena, especially with Russia’s veto power in the UN, and its devil-may-care attitude to use it.

With Putin’s ascendency to the Presidency, the US-Russia relations have been in a steady decline. The various crises have taken a toll on the relations that Obama and Medvedev had been trying to build. Russia has always been apprehensive of the US presence, especially with the US pivot towards Asia and its deepening partnership with India and its courtship of China, Russia’s fair weather friend. Also, the expansion of NATO membership to Ukraine and Georgia has always been a sour subject for the Russians, especially for an expansionist like Putin.

The reset in the relations that Obama and Medvedev had tried to work towards, with the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) treaty, was reversed under Putin. The Putin government has tried to counter the US at every stage possible. For instance, when debate in the UN came up over imposing sanctions over Syria, against the Assad regime, Russia used its veto power to vote against the sanctions. However, later it supported them, as the situation in Syria further deteriorated, and Assad crossed the ‘redline’ and used chemical weapons. Sanctions against North Korea being another instance, the asylum of Edward Snowden worsened the relations.

In February 2014, Russia sent troops into Ukraine violating the sovereignty of the country. As the crisis continues, the international community, including the US, has been very vocal about the Russian infringement. The US was initially cautious in dealing with the crisis, initially imposing sanctions on Russia multilaterally with the EU but by July, it had imposed sanctions unilaterally. In December 2014, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act 2014 was passed which deprived firms of Western financing while at the same time providing arms and military equipment to Ukraine. Through executive order under the Obama administration, another round of sanctions was imposed. The administration has taken steps like freezing assets, and through Executive Order, placing a ban on visas.

But are sanctions alone enough?  The arguments on the effectiveness of sanctions are varied. Some are of the opinion that the sanctions will have an effect on the economy as well as defense sectors, while the Obama administration is of the opinion that sanctions cannot be measured through the stock market. Nevertheless, the sanctions could deter Putin from further unwanted actions. In spite of the debate over the effectiveness of sanctions, the US has been apprehensive about sending troops into the region. However, the US has sent a small number of troops that have aided in medical training. President Obama is a fervent supporter of not stretching the US forces into Ukraine, which would bring them into direct conflict with the Russia–backed separatist. The President was apprehensive as this could thwart the peace process, and further, antagonise Putin. Though the peace talks held in Paris ended in tension, the silver lining over the horizon is that a cease fire is beginning to take shape, and so far, there have been no reported deaths. However, the US is still apprehensive about the situation, as it should be.

The latest crisis has been another example of Russia trying to reassert itself, within the region as well as outside, and Russia’s Asia Pivot is a perfect example. The Ukraine crisis has put pressure on the US, both internally from members of Congress and externally, to act. The US dragged its feet for a while before supplying weapons to Ukraine, as that has not always worked in its favour. The US is also apprehensive about antagonising Russia, which could affect not only the peace process but hopes for future engagement with Russia, including with the UN and NATO.

Although President Obama has reassured Putin that the US is not in competition for geopolitical status, actions are louder than words. Russia is increasingly becoming a thorn in Obama’s side. The world is no longer a bipolar, or even, a unipolar one, where supremacy is controlled by two countries or by one. This multi polar world, in which Russia is trying to re-establish its dominance in the surrounding regions, is creating a foreign policy crisis for the US, and its dealings with Russia. On the other hand, Obama is trying to limit US forces abroad; this, very well, might portray America as weak. The crisis has brought to light a number of concerns. The relations between the two countries look like a regression to the cold war or even worse. The crisis is another test to US foreign policy and power. This, together with Russia’s own pivot to counter balance, is going to create problems for the US in the region.

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Russian security services ready to help U.S. fight ISIS, says FSB chief

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 1:41 PM

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The director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov has expressed his willingness to cooperate with his American counterparts in their fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) radical militant group, following an international conference on combating extremism hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Feb. 17-19.

Russia and the United States "have repeatedly discussed issues of cooperation and came to the conclusion that they should not be politicized," said Bortnikov, commenting on the results of the conference. Bortnikov was the highest-ranking Russian official invited to the event.

"It is important to have an understanding of the need to work together, regardless of political problems," said Bortnikov, whose comments about Russia's readiness to participate in the elimination of the Islamic State radical group (ISIS), which has seized part of the territory of Syria and Iraq, were seized upon by media. "What is happening today is so serious that we need to unite," Bortnikov said.

However, experts note that the joint fight against terrorism today is in deep crisis. Cooperation between Russia and the U.S. is minimal, even though the leaderships of both countries are seriously concerned about the rapid growth of the influence of ISIS.

The danger ISIS poses to Russia 

At first glance it may seem that ISIS does not yet pose a direct threat to Russia. "For ISIS, it is more important to spread [its] influence to countries in the Middle East with an absent or unstable political regime," Leonid Isayev, an orientalist and a senior lecturer in the department of political science at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, told RBTH.

According to Isayev, last year's statements made by representatives of ISIS about their intention to seize Chechnya were nothing more than an attempt at PR.

However, ISIS still poses a threat to Russia, with thousands of jihadists from the former Soviet Union – Russia, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus – currently fighting in the ranks of the radical group.

"Muslims get involved with radical ideology, gain combat experience and then return home," Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Higher School of Economics' Complex and International Studies Center, told RTBH.

Obstacles to teamwork 

The problem is that for various reasons it is now difficult for both Moscow and Washington to agree even on the fight against a common threat.

The first reason is the different strategies being pursued by the two nations in respect to the Middle East: "American policy in the Middle East lacks a systematic approach. Having not destroyed al-Qaeda in Iraq, the U.S. switched to Libya, then, having quit what it started, intervened in the Syrian conflict," Isayev said.

At the same time, he says, the Americans are gambling on democratization and actively intervene in the internal affairs of states. The Russian counter-terrorism strategy, by contrast, is based on supporting the existing regimes, regardless of the situation with democracy and human rights in a particular country.

The second reason complicating joint efforts to liberate the Middle East from terrorists is Washington's reluctance to take Moscow as a partner.

"The logic of confrontation forces it to see any cooperation as something undesirable and to weigh carefully whether it is really vital," Suslov said.

"In addition, the parties have different assessments of the causes of the terrorist threat. Many people in Russia believe that the guilt for the emergence of ISIS largely lies with the United States, while the policy that the Americans are carrying out in Syria is a repetition of the experience of the 1980s, when America supported the Afghan mujahedeen in their fight against the Soviet Union."

The re-emerging trend to section the region into spheres of influence also undermines the joint fight against terrorism. "Competition makes it simply impossible to work together, playing into the hands of radical groups," Isayev said 

Sides understand the challenge

According to Suslov, Bortnikov's remarks about possible cooperation between the countries’ security services indicate that there is an understanding in Washington and Moscow that the current contradictions between them only benefit terrorists.

"This is the first sign that we are entering the phase of 'mature confrontation,' when disagreements on some issues (Ukraine) do not prevent the parties from engaging in dialogue on other issues, and even partially cooperate," said Suslov.

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Russian security services ready to help U.S. fight ISIS, says FSB chief

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 1:41 PM

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The director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov has expressed his willingness to cooperate with his American counterparts in their fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) radical militant group, following an international conference on combating extremism hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Feb. 17-19.

Russia and the United States "have repeatedly discussed issues of cooperation and came to the conclusion that they should not be politicized," said Bortnikov, commenting on the results of the conference. Bortnikov was the highest-ranking Russian official invited to the event.

"It is important to have an understanding of the need to work together, regardless of political problems," said Bortnikov, whose comments about Russia's readiness to participate in the elimination of the Islamic State radical group (ISIS), which has seized part of the territory of Syria and Iraq, were seized upon by media. "What is happening today is so serious that we need to unite," Bortnikov said.

However, experts note that the joint fight against terrorism today is in deep crisis. Cooperation between Russia and the U.S. is minimal, even though the leaderships of both countries are seriously concerned about the rapid growth of the influence of ISIS.

The danger ISIS poses to Russia 

At first glance it may seem that ISIS does not yet pose a direct threat to Russia. "For ISIS, it is more important to spread [its] influence to countries in the Middle East with an absent or unstable political regime," Leonid Isayev, an orientalist and a senior lecturer in the department of political science at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, told RBTH.

According to Isayev, last year's statements made by representatives of ISIS about their intention to seize Chechnya were nothing more than an attempt at PR.

However, ISIS still poses a threat to Russia, with thousands of jihadists from the former Soviet Union – Russia, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus – currently fighting in the ranks of the radical group.

"Muslims get involved with radical ideology, gain combat experience and then return home," Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Higher School of Economics' Complex and International Studies Center, told RTBH.

Obstacles to teamwork 

The problem is that for various reasons it is now difficult for both Moscow and Washington to agree even on the fight against a common threat.

The first reason is the different strategies being pursued by the two nations in respect to the Middle East: "American policy in the Middle East lacks a systematic approach. Having not destroyed al-Qaeda in Iraq, the U.S. switched to Libya, then, having quit what it started, intervened in the Syrian conflict," Isayev said.

At the same time, he says, the Americans are gambling on democratization and actively intervene in the internal affairs of states. The Russian counter-terrorism strategy, by contrast, is based on supporting the existing regimes, regardless of the situation with democracy and human rights in a particular country.

The second reason complicating joint efforts to liberate the Middle East from terrorists is Washington's reluctance to take Moscow as a partner.

"The logic of confrontation forces it to see any cooperation as something undesirable and to weigh carefully whether it is really vital," Suslov said.

"In addition, the parties have different assessments of the causes of the terrorist threat. Many people in Russia believe that the guilt for the emergence of ISIS largely lies with the United States, while the policy that the Americans are carrying out in Syria is a repetition of the experience of the 1980s, when America supported the Afghan mujahedeen in their fight against the Soviet Union."

The re-emerging trend to section the region into spheres of influence also undermines the joint fight against terrorism. "Competition makes it simply impossible to work together, playing into the hands of radical groups," Isayev said 

Sides understand the challenge

According to Suslov, Bortnikov's remarks about possible cooperation between the countries’ security services indicate that there is an understanding in Washington and Moscow that the current contradictions between them only benefit terrorists.

"This is the first sign that we are entering the phase of 'mature confrontation,' when disagreements on some issues (Ukraine) do not prevent the parties from engaging in dialogue on other issues, and even partially cooperate," said Suslov.

Read more: UN adopts Russian-drafted resolution on blocking funding for ISIS

How Russia can sway the anti-ISIS fight

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 1:37 PM

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Fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq is inevitable because there is only one conclusion: you chase them or they chase you. There is no border demarcation, and no one recognizes the authority of the other. Iraqi forces are taking the lead in the city of Tikrit, one of the two most important Iraqi cities seized by ISIS.

They are also progressing in most of Saladin province and will most probably free it from terrorist groups, but just for a short period, because there are Iranian forces and sectarian militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army. Photos and information arising from there depict sectarian crimes.

The liberation of Tikrit and every inch of Iraqi territory is a national duty that expresses the integrity of the state’s authority. The city and its suburbs will remain within the boundaries of the Iraqi state.

The war has become sectarian and ethnic, with militias backed by Iranian forces intimidating the inhabitants of the besieged regions

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However, if the aim is simply to control Tikrit and expel ISIS, with sectarian infighting and political alliances, it will be a temporary victory, and ISIS will return to the city with local support. The war has become sectarian and ethnic, with militias backed by Iranian forces intimidating the inhabitants of the besieged regions.

Most of the military activities on the ground are aided by the West. The United States provides precious intelligence information, observing the movements of terrorists and monitoring the status of the territories under their control.

It looks like a Shiite-Sunni war that has nothing to do with the state or the liberation of lands from ISIS. Will Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, who is supreme commander of the armed forces, be able to stop the sectarian war after the liberation of these areas? Unfortunately Sunnis are angry with him, though they were happy with his election because he promised to work on reconciliation. They now believe that he is weak.

Resemblance to Syria

They fear that the situation will get out of control. They will face the same fate as Syria, where clashes have turned into wars between Alawites and Sunnis, despite the denial of the regime in Damascus. It is now obvious, especially with the involvement of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. What is happening in Tikrit and Saladin province is similar to what is happening in Syria, with practically the same identities.

The Americans have to understand the nature of the fighting. They found themselves dragged back to Iraq because of ISIS provocations through heinous crimes and the threat to the Iraqi government during the last days of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s term. His administration administration sustained defeats, which enabled extremists to seize important sites and threaten the capital.

Although the Americans played an active role in the resignation of Maliki, and later acknowledged that his policies were behind the current disasters, they are now fighting in a trench similar to his camp, helping sectarian groups.
They might be able to free all Iraqi territory and eradicate ISIS and other rebels, but this war will be followed by a sectarian one similar to Syria’s. How will the United States benefit from supporting the Iraqi army without a political process that makes everyone a winner?

Western role

The Americans should realize that they have become part of the region’s repugnant sectarianism, fighting alongside Alawites in Syria and Shiites in Iraq, while negotiating with Shiite Iran on the nuclear issue. All three scenarios are against Sunnis, or at least this is how it seems. The Americans have put themselves in an unprecedented, terrible trap.

We hoped, and are still hoping, that the United States will participate in isolating Assad, the Syrian regime and its sectarianism, and support the moderate opposition that includes all religions and ethnic groups. We hoped that Washington would refrain from supporting the government in Baghdad unless it agreed to become representative of all Iraqis.

Widening the sectarian wars in the region will not serve the West. Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Al-Nusra, Hezbollah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and others are nothing but the outcome of such blind fighting. The West should help promote moderate civilian institutions against religious hardliners, not support the latter to achieve victories in wars against temporary opponents.

This article was first published in Asharq al-Awsat on March 6, 2015.

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Abdulrahman al-Rashed is the former General Manager of Al Arabiya News Channel. A veteran and internationally acclaimed journalist, he is a former editor-in-chief of the London-based leading Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, where he still regularly writes a political column. He has also served as the editor of Asharq al-Awsat’s sister publication, al-Majalla. Throughout his career, Rashed has interviewed several world leaders, with his articles garnering worldwide recognition, and he has successfully led Al Arabiya to the highly regarded, thriving and influential position it is in today.

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ISIS' Worst Nightmare: The U.S. and Russia Teaming Up on Terrorism

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 1:36 PM

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Can the United States, European Union and Russia cooperate against the burgeoning common threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, even as their diplomats cross swords over the most recent escalation of fighting in Ukraine? The short answer is yes, but the path to cooperation will not be easy. The hard truth is that even when relations were good, counterterrorism cooperation was never as robust as many had hoped after 9/11. This was because of a fundamental conceptual gap about the nature of the terrorist threat.

For the United States, the threat comes in the guise of foreign radicals, determined to undermine the institutions of American society. That is the lesson Washington drew from 9/11 as it formulated its response. Al Qaeda in fact might have had a more limited goal of driving the United States from the Middle East, but Washington depicted the threat as one against the West's fundamental democratic values. For Russia, the terrorist threat is inextricably linked to separatism. That was the lesson Moscow drew from Chechnya as it formulated its counterterrorist policies. There were quite a few radical Islamists among the Chechen fighters even in the 1990s, but Moscow primarily saw them as a group determined to carve off territory for an independent secular state, not necessarily to destroy Russian society as such.

In the 2000s, that disparity complicated counterterrorism discussions. The United States was interested in intelligence sharing on Al Qaeda; the Russians wanted information on exiled Chechens that they suspected of supporting violent separatism. Neither had much to offer the other, because their collections of priorities were focused on the main threat to their own countries, not on helping the other deal with its problem. Worse, from Moscow’s perspective, the West granted refuge to Chechens it considered terrorists.

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But the rise of the Islamic State might begin to close this conceptual gap. The leaders of the North Caucasus’ umbrella terrorist organization—Caucasus Emirate—may be divided over whether to back ISIS or Al Qaeda in their rivalry, but they are now more aligned with the vision of caliphate propagated by both of these terrorist organizations. At the same time, the formation of a terrorist protostate on the ruins of Syria and Iraq draws a link between terrorism and separatism that has been peripheral in American concerns. Unlike Al Qaeda, ISIS is not seeking a haven in an independent state or ungoverned territory, it is seizing land to form a state. It actively recruits foreign fighters, brings them to its state for training and then returns them home to wreak havoc. Of ISIS’ estimated 15,000 foreign fighters, 3,000 hail from the West and about 1,000 are Russian-speaking jihadists. Some have already trickled back to their homes in Europe and Russia to stage attacks. More are on the way. Others, such as Amedy Coulibaly, the Paris hostage-taker, and Rustam Asilderov, a leader of the Dagestani branch of the Caucasus Emirate, pledged allegiance to ISIS without traveling to the region.

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As a result, for perhaps the first time in the counterterrorist struggle, the United States, European Union and Russia share a common concrete enemy in the form of ISIS. None of them can afford to tolerate the existence of a terrorist quasistate, which is actively training its nationals and interested in acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Nor can the U.S., EU and Russian leaders sit and wait for ISIS to decide if it should escalate from executing citizens of Western and post-Soviet states to launching sustained terrorist campaigns against them.

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The United States, EU and Russia could begin to cooperate against ISIS by taking small, concrete, pragmatic steps, mirroring their cooperation in the initial phases of the U.S.-led campaign in Afghanistan. These steps could include sharing intelligence on ISIS and cooperating in joint special operations against key targets. Russia could also supply advisors, training programs and more arms to the Iraqi forces and Kurdistan forces, in coordination with the West.

To be sure, the recent escalation of deadly violence in eastern Ukraine will complicate any effort to work together on counterterrorism. Nevertheless, while the United States and EU will continue to resist what they see as Russia’s unacceptable conduct in the Ukraine crisis, the West should not lose sight of the contribution that Moscow could make in countering terrorism. The upcoming Summit on Countering Violent Extremism in Washington provides an opportunity to launch a high-level dialogue on Western-Russian counterterrorism cooperation. Such cooperation will not make the Ukraine crisis easier to resolve, but it could help degrade the deadly ISIS threat and retard the dangerous deterioration in Western-Russian relations.

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It’s Up to the United States to Solve Boris Nemtsov’s Murder - Bill Browder

Friday March 6th, 2015 at 12:18 AM

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Whatever the alternative theories about who killed Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on February 27, there is one thing for certain: Vladimir Putin had a clear motive.

There’s another thing for certain: Putin and his law enforcement agencies will do everything in their power to cover up the truth about this crime. I can back this up from my own personal experience with the Russian justice system.

I know how Russian law enforcement works in cases like this, and no matter how many “investigations” are promised, the Russian authorities will make sure the state’s role in this murder never sees the light of day.

When my lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, uncovered a high-level government corruption scheme in 2008 and testified against the officials involved, he was arrested by the same officials he testified against and thrown into pre-trial detention for 358 days. There, he was tortured in an attempt to get him to withdraw his testimony. When his health broke down from all the torture, he was denied medical attention. After months of agony, on November 16, 2009, his condition turned critical. It was only then that his jailers transferred him to a detention center with a hospital wing. But when he arrived, instead of putting him in the emergency room, he was put in an isolation cell where eight riot guards with rubber batons beat him until he died.

The Russian government cover-up started from the moment Sergei’s heart stopped beating. The official prison account stated that Sergei Magnitsky died on the resuscitation table in the hospital wing of the prison, after doctors tried to save his life at 9:50 p.m. And yet the civilian doctor called in to help Sergei that night testified that he found Sergei dead on the floor of an isolation cell at 9:15 p.m. He noted that his death had occurred at least 15 minutes before he arrived, meaning that Sergei was dead for an hour before the prison officials supposedly tried to save his life.

The morning after Sergei died, his mother and lawyers were told by the prison staff that he had died from pancreonecrosis, rupture of the abdominal membrane and toxic shock. Later that day, the Interior Ministry said he died from heart failure, with no signs of violence.

Sergei’s family twice requested an independent autopsy. Both requests were denied, because, the authorities told the family, “there was no reason to doubt the independence of the state pathologist.” Sergei was buried on November 20, 2009, without any independent third-party medical evaluation or autopsy. The bruises on his hands from the struggle he underwent in his final hours were still visible as he lay in the coffin.

The Russian government chose to ignore international demands to open a criminal investigation into Sergei’s torture and death. It also chose to ignore the findings of an independent prison watchdog, the Moscow Public Oversight Commission, which reported in December 2009 that Magnitsky was systematically tortured, and his right to life had been violated. The Russian Federal Security Service (the FSB) refused all requests from Magnitsky’s mother for access to records about her son, telling her that they didn’t concern her.

All of the state officials who were complicit both in Sergei’s unlawful arrest, detention and murder and in the financial crimes he uncovered have been exonerated. Some were even promoted and given state honors. Perhaps most shockingly, the Russian government decided to put Sergei on trial for the trumped up crimes they originally arrested him for three years after his death. It was the first ever trial against a dead man in Russian history.

The sadistic way Sergei Magnitsky was treated before and after his death shows exactly how far the Putin regime is willing to go in order to cover up the actions of its corrupt officials.

And Magnitsky is only one of a list that’s too long and growing longer—people who tried to speak out and confront the corruption eating away at the soul of Russia only to be killed for their efforts. People like journalist Anna Politkovskaya, regime critic Alexander Litvinenko and human rights advocate Stanislav Markelov.

A list that, as of last Friday, now also contains Boris Nemtsov.

If Putin himself is indeed complicit in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, one can only imagine the lengths he will go to cover up his own involvement.

Already, in fact, it seems that the cover-up has started. All of the CCTV cameras surrounding the crime scene were said to have been conveniently “under repair” at the time of the murder. When journalists challenged that assertion with photos of dozens of cameras on the walls of the Kremlin, the Russian authorities then said the cameras were all pointed in the wrong direction.

There’s some grainy footage from a nearby municipal camera, but, at the exact moment of the murder, a large snowplow blocks the camera’s view. There was no snow on the streets that night.

Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005. He is the author of Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice (Simon and Schuster), from which this article is adapted.

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The Jewish Press » » Desert Fantasy Or Dark Reality? Kuwaiti Paper Says Obama Threatened To Fire On Israeli Jets Attacking Iran

Thursday March 5th, 2015 at 11:25 PM

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Desert Fantasy Or Dark Reality? Kuwaiti Paper Says Obama Threatened To Fire On Israeli Jets Attacking Iran

The Israeli decision came, according to al-Jarida, in response to U.S. and Iran secret talks—behind Israel's back—over Iran’s nuclear program.

By: JBN / Jewish Business News

Published: March 1st, 2015

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Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported Saturday that President Barack Obama blocked an Israeli air force attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2014, Ma’an reported.

Al-Jarida quoted “well-placed” sources that said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had decided to carry out air strikes against Iran’s nuclear program after consultations with minister of defense Moshe Ya’alon, foreign minister Avigdor Liberman and the IDF brass.

The decision came, according to al-Jarida, in response to U.S. and Iran secret talks—behind Israel’s back—over Iran’s nuclear program.

According to the report, Netanyahu et al agreed after four nights of deliberations (not 1,000 nights, mind you) to assign IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz the preparation of an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The same sources said Gantz prepared the plan, for which Israeli fighter jets trained over several weeks, including test flights in Iran’s airspace, after breaking through its radar.

However, goes the Al-Jarida report, a certain Israeli minister “who has good ties with the U.S. administration,” revealed Netanyahu’s plans to Secretary of State John Kerry, and, as a result, Obama threatened to shoot down those pesky Israeli jets before they could reach their targets in Iran.

As a result, Netanyahu had to abort the operation and since then relations between Israel and the United States have been declining, concludes the report.

The rest is history.

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In Odessa, anxiety over Russia's next move - USA TODAY

Thursday March 5th, 2015 at 6:53 PM

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In Odessa, anxiety over Russia's next move USA TODAY Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have begun to withdraw heavy weapons from the front lines as part of a shaky cease-fire agreement that was supposed to start Feb. 15 in the eastern part of the country, where fierce battles have been ongoing ...

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1. Does Rafsanjani want to chair the Assembly of Experts?

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   Summary⎙ Print It's still unclear whether Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani ... but in my view, it is likely that Ayatollah Shahroudi will be appointed.
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   ... frontrunner is Iran's former President, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, ... on Shahroudi wanting to keep the job for himself, as well as Ayatollah ...

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   'Shahroudi might be elected as chairman of Assembly of Experts' ... judiciary chief AyatollahMahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi might be elected as ...

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Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thursday March 5th, 2015 at 6:47 PM

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Grand Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (Persian: محمود هاشمی شاهرودی‎, born 1 September 1948) is a moderate[1] Iranian politician and Shia Marja.[2][3][4] Hashemi Shahroudi was the leader of theSupreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which has caused objections to his serving as the Head of Iran's Judiciary from 1999 until 2009. He is currently a member of Iran's Guardian Council.[5]

Upon accepting his position as the Head of Iran’s Judiciary, Shahroudi proclaimed: "I have inherited an utter ruin from the previous judiciary.", referring to Mohammad Yazdi's 10 years in office.[6][7] He appointed Saeed Mortazavi, a well known fundamentalist and controversial figure, prosecutor general of Iran. Later when Mortazavi lead the onslaught of the judiciary against Khatami's reform movement, Shahroudi was prevented by regime hardliners from stopping Mortazavi's violent acts against dissidents or removing him from power.[8] In July 2011 Shahroudi was appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to head an arbitration body to resolve an ongoing dispute betweenMahmoud Ahmadinejad and the parliament.[9]

§Appointment as Chief Justice[edit]

§Prosecution of parliament members[edit]

In 2001, the judiciary prosecuted several reformist members of parliament for speeches and activities they had carried out in their capacity as MPs. The Iranian constitution grants immunity to members of parliament during their tenure, and the courts have no right to put MPs on trial for speeches given in parliament. The incident led to a major conflict between Iranian president Mohammad Khatami and Chief of Judiciary Hashemi Shahroudi. In a letter, Khatami protested the courts' prosecution of MPs, insisting the act contravened the political immunity which the Iranian Constitution has provided for the deputies. The notice prompted Hashemi Shahroudi to respond, calling Khatami's letter "a surprise." "Since judges, according to the Constitution and ordinary laws as well as the jurisprudential principles, are independent in their interpretation of the law and issuing verdicts, nobody -- not even the judiciary chief -- has the right to impose its interpretation of the law on judges," Shahroudi said in part of his letter to President Khatami.[10] Shahroudi denounced reformist MPs, stating they weakened parliament by defending "westernized" journalists and other liberals.[11] While the Iranian constitution does state in Art. 167 that judges need to adjudicate on the basis of Islamic sources in cases where no codified law exists, this was clearly not the case with regard to immunity of standing members of parliament. Shahroudi's commentary must be interpreted as being politically motivated, and is symptomatic of his failure to strengthen the rule of law during his tenure.

§Decriminalization Bill[edit]

The decriminalization bill (in Persian: تعيين مجازات‌های جايگزين) refers to a legal bill submitted by the Iranian Judiciary to the parliament. It aims at substituting imprisonment and execution by educational workshops and social penalties. The bill is considered one of the most important legal bills prepared by the Iranian judiciary during Shahroudi's tenure.

According to the bill, for all minor crimes, whose punishment is less than six months of imprisonment, imprisonment will be substituted with social penalties. This category of crimes include crimes related to traffic, environmental, medical, family, cultural and hunting offenses. The bill also demands that criminals undergo an educational or skill training course convened by the judiciary system.[12][13]

The bills also addresses the crimes conducted by minors in the three age categories 7-12, 12-15 and 15–18 years old. It is reminiscent to the Iranian criminal law of 1925. According to the bill, minors can no longer be executed. The bill is based on several years of continuous discussion with religious scholars at the seminaries.[14][15]

According to the bill, the crimes conducted by children of 7–12 years old is not punishable. For the age categories 12-15 and 15-18, imprisonment is replaced by mandatory training and education programs. For the age category of 15-18, execution is applied for crimes like murders if and only if the judge is confident that the criminals are mentally developed as adults and the crime is conducted intentionally and with a well-thought-out-plan. However, both teenagers and young adults (older than 18) with low mental development, cannot be sentenced to death.[16]

In 2009, the bill was approved by the judiciary commission of the Iranian parliament. The bill will be ratified after the approval of the parliament and the guardian council.

Shahroudi is most notable in the West for instituting Iran's 2002 moratorium on stoning as a form ofcapital punishment. The penalty remains on the books however, leaving open the possibility that the moratorium could again be overturned as it was in 2006 and 2007.[17][18][19][20]

§2009 Bill on Iran's Bar Association[edit]

In 2009, Shahroudi offered a bill to the Iranian parliament that targets the independence of Iran's Bar Association.[21][22] According to this bill, lawyers will be watched by the Iranian ministry of Intelligence and their credentials depend on the approval of the intelligence service.

§Restriction of media[edit]

In 2009, Shahroudi issued an order to restrict people's access to Iranian Satellite TV Channels and to prosecute staff of Satellite TV Channels whose opinion is not in line with that of the Islamic Republic.[23] People who support these channels and internet users who act not according to the line of the constitution, can be punished with up to five years of imprisonment.

§Current activities[edit]

In July 2011, Shahroudi was appointed by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to head an arbitration body to resolve an ongoing dispute between president Ahmadinejad and parliament. The five-member body Shahroudi heads is made up of "hard-liners known for their opposition to any reforms within the ruling system", according to the Associated Press news agency.[9] The appointment was seen as a move to sideline or weaken former President Hashemi Rafsanjani who heads theExpediency Council, a body set up to arbitrate disputes within the ruling system in the Islamic Republic.[9] Rafsanjani had alienated Khamenei and the Islamic establishment with "his tacit support" for opposition to the controversial June 2009 presidential elections results that re-elected president Ahmadinejad.[9]

§Criticism[edit]

Shahroudi has received criticism from a number of Iranian scholars and lawyers. Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, a well known Iranian scholar and expert on Islamic law, wrote a letter of criticism in August 2009.[24][25][26]

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Name	Hashemi Shahroudi, Mahmoud
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Date of birth	1 September 1948
Place of birth	Najaf, Iraq
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Ayatollah Khamenei – #AvidReader of novels and poetry?

Thursday March 5th, 2015 at 5:19 PM

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Supreme leader of Iran, Shia cleric – novel reader?

Yes, it turns out the Supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, enjoys kicking back with a good read, just like the rest of us.

Mr. Khamenei recently revealed his secret passion in a series of tweets on his very own Twitter account, @khamenei_ir, declaring himself an #AvidReader.

"I've read many novels and poems," the 75-year-old religious leader told his 100,000-plus Twitter followers.

Tough to imagine Iran's supreme leader relaxing with "Pride and Prejudice," or "Romeo and Juliet?"

That's because his favored literature is more ... revolutionary in nature.

In a series of tweets, Khamenei said his favorite authors include Soviet writers Mikhail Sholokhov and Alexei Tolstoy.

Sholokhov is the better known of the pair. He won the Nobel prize in 1965, for writing about the life of a Coassack village during Russian revolution in "And Quiet Flows the Don."

Alexei Tolstoy, who wrote "The Ordeal," a trilogy about the October Revolution, is lesser known.

"A distant relative of Leo Tolstoy, Alexei Tolstoy was a former nobleman who became a major Soviet artist," writes the UK's Guardian.

His literary choices are interesting given that Khamenei succeeded Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian Revolution, after Khomeini's death in 1989. Khameini is the most powerful figure in Iran, and is the ultimate authority on the country’s international and domestic policy.

Daniel Kalder, an author who has written a series of pieces about dictators and literature for the Guardian, called the authors “very interesting choices, especially the Alexei Tolstoy."

“Both Sholokhov and Tolstoy were very pro-regime writers, but Sholokhov was recognised internationally, and won the Nobel prize, so everyone knows him as a good writer. Alexei Tolstoy though is a very interesting figure. He was on the ‘wrong side’, anti-Bolshevik, became an émigré, and then he returned,” said Kalder. “He was so skilled at giving the regime what it wanted that he made it through Stalin’s repressions. He was able to adapt, and it looks like his text is too.”

Not everyone is pleased to find a fellow reader in Khamenei, however.

Cathy McCann of PEN International finds bitter irony in the Ayatollah's tweets.

That's because Khamenei is the ultimate authority in a country rife with censorship where writers are persecuted and more than 20 writers are currently held in Iranian jails, according to PEN International.

“In spite of pledges made by President Rouhani to protect and promote freedom of expression, the new administration has not made any significant improvements in this respect to date,” she said in response to Khamenei's tweets. Although some “cosmetic” gestures have been made, she continued, “dozens remain behind bars and arrests are continuing. Writers facing persecution continue to flee Iran in large numbers, and many report continued harassment by the authorities towards family members who remain in the country.

“In the light of this, Ayatollah Khamenei’s comments are an insult to all readers and writers in Iran.”

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Iranian Supreme Leader Hospitalized - Inside Israel - CBN News - Christian News 24-7

Thursday March 5th, 2015 at 5:15 PM

Jerusalem Dateline

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JERUSALEM, Israel -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 76, was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday, according to several unconfirmed media reports.

Doctors discovered the extent to which the cancer had spread during surgery last September, diagnosing it at stage 4 and saying he had up to 2 years to live.

According to some reports, his condition has not been announced publicly as his successor is sought.

Khamenei, who has served as Iran's supreme leader since 1989, has frequently referred to Israel as a malignant tumor that must be excised, a rabid dog that must be destroyed and other similar remarks.

Earlier this week Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a joint session of Congress, "Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei spews the oldest hatred, the oldest hatred of anti-Semitism with the newest technology. He tweets that Israel must be annihilated -- he tweets. You know, in Iran, there isn't exactly free Internet. But he tweets in English that Israel must be destroyed."

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mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:25 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the late 1980s, support for gay marriage was essentially unheard of in America. Just a quarter century later, it's now favored by clear majority of ...

» Motive Unknown in Attack on US South Korea Ambassador
05/03/15 15:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The motive behind an attack on U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is unknown, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. Lippert, 42, underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery a...

» WorldViews: A ‘foul spectacle,’ a ‘clown show’: How Iran reacted to Netanyahu’s speech
05/03/15 15:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on Tuesday, taking aim at Iran's nuclear program. The fallout fr...

» Mystery crater appears in Siberia
05/03/15 15:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Massive craters are appearing in one of the most remote places on earth. CNN's Lynda Kinkade reports on this deepening mystery.

» U.S. Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran
05/03/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — At a time when President Obama is under political pressure from congressional Republicans over negotiations to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, a startling paradox has emerged: Mr....

» News Analysis: U.S. Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran
05/03/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A Shiite cleric gave an eve-of-battle speech to Iraqi soldiers and Shiite fighters before an attack on Islamic State forces in Tikrit on Monday. Iran has helped the Iraqis hold the line aga...

» Strange Circumstances Surround Gold Heist on Interstate 95 - ABC News
05/03/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. ABC News Strange Circumstances Surround Gold Heist on Interstate 95 ABC News Details emerging from the theft of nearly $5 million in gold bars on an interstate highway indicate t...

» Chinese official at Iran nuclear talks sees hope of a deal - Daily Mail
05/03/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. euronews Chinese official at Iran nuclear talks sees hope of a deal Daily Mail MONTREUX, Switzerland, March 5 (Reuters) - China's representative at talks on Iran's nuclear progra...

» Kremlin Concerned About IS Links To North Caucasus Militants
05/03/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Kremlin official has indicated that Russia is concerned about links between militants in the North Caucasus and the Islamic State (IS) group, according to an interview ...

» 'Boris Nemtsov's murder scene three minutes after shooting' - dashcam video
05/03/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Footage shot from a dashcam obtained by Russian journalist Tonia Samsonova which purports to show the scene of Boris Nemtsov's murder in Moscow last Friday. The video is ...

» US ambassador slashed in face in South Korea attack
05/03/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. US ambassador slashed in face in South Korea attack The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was left bleeding heavily after being slashed in the face by an attacker during an event ...

» North Korea: US ambassador knife attack was 'expression of resistance' - The Guardian
05/03/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The Guardian North Korea: US ambassador knife attack was 'expression of resistance' The Guardian Mark Lippert after the attack by a political extremist. North Korea's official news age...

» The name's Bond, Jane Bond: MPs call for more female spies recruited from MUMSNET
05/03/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Television Programmes: 'SPOOKS' Jo Portman (MIRANDA RAISON). BBC ONE: Monday 9th October 2006 Rupert Penry-Jones and Peter Firth return to The Grid to manage the MI5 team, played by Raz...

» Russia Says Worried By IS 'Units' In CSTO Countries
05/03/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's Defense Ministry says it has seen an increase of activity by "Islamic State (IS) units" in countries belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CS...

» Ukraine's Kuchma Says West Too Soft On Russia Over Debaltseve
05/03/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has criticized the Western response to "crude violations" of a cease-fire by Russian-backed rebels who ignored the truce deal to ...

» Gay Syrians tell of fear of ISIS persecution
05/03/15 15:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The photographs released by ISIS in its stronghold of Raqqa are dated March 2015. The first ones show a large crowd, mostly men, but also among them a handful of women and children, all lo...

» Iran Foreign Minister: We Believe We Are 'Very Close' to Nuke Deal - NBCNews.com
05/03/15 15:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Iran Foreign Minister: We Believe We Are 'Very Close' to Nuke Deal NBCNews.com GENEVA — Iran has no intention of building a nuclear weapon, and the sooner the world recognizes th...

» Central Asians Reported Among Militants Killed In Afghanistan
05/03/15 15:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Afghan officials say Russian-speaking Central Asians were among dozens of militants killed in southern Afghanistan on March 4.

» Boston marathon bombing trial gets underway
05/03/15 15:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Boston marathon bombing trial gets underway The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got underway on Wednesday, with his defense team admitting he was one of the perpetrators of the Bosto...

» Ukraine Parliament Votes To Increase Army Personnel To 250,00
05/03/15 15:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Ukrainian parliament has voted in favor of a bill to boost the size of the military by one-third, to 250,000 soldiers.

» Russia starts war games in disputed areas
05/03/15 15:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Large-scale military exercises likely to irk neighbouring countries

» Russian Policeman Gets 15-Year Sentence For Spying For U.S.
05/03/15 15:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A court in Moscow has convicted a Russian police officer from Siberia on charges of spying for the United States and sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

» Ben Carson: Potential presidential candidate issues apology after saying ... - The Independent
05/03/15 15:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Independent Ben Carson: Potential presidential candidate issues apology after saying ... The Independent The Independent's US Digital Editor, based in New York. Previously in...

» US raises cyber protectionism fears
05/03/15 15:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. US tech companies feel shut out by China and Europe

» Italy's Renzi lays flowers on Moscow bridge where Nemtsov killed
05/03/15 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, in Moscow on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, laid flowers on the bridge where Russian opposition politician Bo...

» Obama Threatens War on Israel if it Attacks Iran
05/03/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. US President Barack Obama threatened to take military action against Israel not to let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strike Iran. Netanyahu...

» Ben Carson Apologizes For Saying Prison Makes People Gay - TIME
05/03/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME Ben Carson Apologizes For Saying Prison Makes People Gay TIME Conservatives Gather For Annual CPAC Convention Alex Wong—Getty Images Ben Carson addresses the 42nd annual Con...

» Look to Mumsnet for new recruits, British intelligence agencies told
05/03/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. UK parliamentary Parliamentary committee urges MI5, MI6 and GCHQ to advertise on women’s sites to roll back the ‘alpha male’ culture in the services British intelligence agenc...

» Russia starts large-scale military exercises in disputed territories
05/03/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Regions. At a news conference in Moscow unrelated to the exercises, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said NATO activities on Russia's borders far exceeded anything the Russian m...

» Officials to Ukraine Peace Deal to Discuss Next Steps
05/03/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Senior Russian, Ukrainian, German and French officials will meet in Berlin on Friday to discuss eastern Ukraine and the next steps needed toward implementing a peace accord struck three w...

» John Kerry, in Saudi Arabia, Reassures Gulf States on Iran Nuclear Talks
05/03/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Secretary of State John Kerry walked alongside Saud al-Faisal, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, center, before a meeting with King Salman on Thursday.

» Netanyahu's Iran speech gains tacit support in Saudi Arabia - U-T San Diego
05/03/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. U-T San Diego Netanyahu's Iran speech gains tacit support in Saudi Arabia U-T San Diego U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Foreign Min...

» Gay marriage case to reach Supreme Court April 28 - USA TODAY
05/03/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Gay marriage case to reach Supreme Court April 28 USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's next date with history is April 28. The court announced Thursday that 2 1/...

» Report: Human Rights in Annexed Crimea Deteriorating
05/03/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOAvideo. Report: Human Rights in Annexed Crimea Deteriorating A new report by Freedom House and the Atlantic Council of the United States says the human rights situation in Crimea has deteriora...

» Russian Defense Ministry: IS Poses Threat To Tajikistan
05/03/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. In comments that are sure to exacerbate ever-growing fears of militancy in Central Asia, Russia's deputy defense minister has warned that militants from the Islamic State...

» Three Reasons Why U.S. Shale Isn’t Going Anywhere
05/03/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Have you ever noticed that during extreme economic cycles, when trends are roaring on the upside, or conversely crashing back down to earth, there often appears an air of extremism in news headlines?...

» Exclusive: Scribbled note shows Nemtsov on trail of Russian deaths in Ukraine
05/03/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - It may have been the last note Boris Nemtsov ever wrote, a hurried scrawl in blue pen on a plain white sheet of A4 paper.

» Delta plane skids off runway in landing at LaGuardia - USA TODAY
05/03/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Delta plane skids off runway in landing at LaGuardia USA TODAY A Delta flight from Atlanta with 125 passengers aboard skidded off the runway upon landing at New Y...

» Another Major Winter Storm Hits Northeast US
05/03/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A winter storm reaching from Texas to New England closed schools, canceled more than 3,400 flights and stranded hundreds of drivers overnight in Kentucky, where as much as 21.5 inches (55...

» U.S. diplomats have been attacked, killed in past
05/03/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is the latest American diplomat to come under attack, but he is not the first.

» Family of Alberto Nisman say Argentina prosecutor's death was homicide
05/03/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Nisman, whose mysterious death in January triggered a political earthquake in Argentina, was found shot dead on 19 January An independent forensic report has shown that Albert...

» Forensic tests show Argentine prosecutor was murdered: family
05/03/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Independent forensic tests show the Argentine state prosecutor found dead days after he accused President Cristina Fernandez of plotting to cover up Iran's all...

» Attacker of Mark Lippert, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, Said to Be ‘a Fringe Element’
05/03/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Kim Ki-jong on a stretcher on Thursday in Seoul. Mr. Kim said he attacked the American ambassador to South Korea, Mark W. Lippert, with a knife to protest joint military exercises between t...

» Trafalgar Square taken over by horse's skeleton - YouTube
05/03/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Mar 5, 2015 London mayor Boris Johnson unveils skeletal horse sculpture by German-American artist Hans Haacke on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. Report by Gabriella Darlington.

» Banksy paints graffiti on remains of Gaza home
05/03/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Feb 26, 2015 Guerilla artist Banksy has revealed new works of art in war-battered Gaza. Report by Sarah Kerr. Category News & Politics License Standard YouTube License

» Plane skids off runway at LGA - YouTube
05/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Mar 5, 2015 A Delta plane skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport, according to the New York Fire Department. Category News & Politics License Standard YouTube License

» Navy Admiral James Lyons Jr. Calls Out Infiltration Of Islam
05/03/15 13:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Western Journalism. With the Republican Party in control of both congressional chambers, retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Lyons Jr. recently expressed his hope that lawmakers will work to stem the tide of M...

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» Admiral Lyons on Obama’s Strategy: ‘It’s Anti-American ... Pro-Islamic, It’s Pro-Iranian, and Pro-Muslim Brotherhood!’
05/03/15 07:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Admiral James “Ace” Lyons, Jr. (Ret.), the former commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, said that President Barack Obama does have a strategy for dealing with Islamic radicals in the Middl...

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» Nemtsov Received Threats Over Stance on Charlie Hebdo Attack / Sputnik International
04/03/15 23:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russia (updated 19:10 01.03.2015) 1895 0 0 MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, killed in Moscow late Friday, had received threats related to his stance on the Charli...

» Boris Nemtsov's Murder: Don't Jump to Conclusions
04/03/15 22:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Of the many questions raised by the murder of Boris Y. Nemtsov, the fifty-five-year-old opposition figure who served in the 1990s as Nizhniy Novgorod province’s governor and then as Boris Yeltsin’...

» BBC News - Who killed Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov?
04/03/15 22:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Europe. 3 March 2015 Last updated at 12:28 ET By Patrick Jackson BBC News A poster of the late Boris Nemtsov at a rally in St Petersburg on Sunday In the absence of any arrest or claim of respon...

» Russian investigators probing several possible motives — RT News
04/03/15 22:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RT - News. Published time: February 28, 2015 10:30 Edited time: February 28, 2015 17:40 People lay flowers at a murder scene of politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Moscow's Moskvoretsky bridge i...

» Charlie Hebdo and Boris Nemtsov - Google Search
04/03/15 22:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Nemtsov murder: Russian investigators probing several ... rt.com/news/236459- nemtsov -assassination-provocation-probe/ Cached RT Loading... 5 days ago - The assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov i...

» Report: US has Cut Off Intelligence Cooperation With Israel - JP Updates
04/03/15 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from JP Updates. One of the strongest bonds that connect Israel and the US together is via the intelligence community. The two countries have always worked closely together in this area. According to a rep...

» Assassination in Moscow - The Washington Post
04/03/15 22:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Assassination in Moscow Theories abound over who is responsible for the death of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov . Mr. Nemtsov a towering figure in Russian post-Soviet politics and a biting critic of Preside...

» New Intelligence Cooperation Between Moscow and Tehran
04/03/15 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. Given the difficult, indeed parlous, relationship between many Western states and both Russia and Iran, any collaboration between Moscow and Tehran is an important factor for Western capi...

» Iranian and Russian Intelligence Services cooperation - Google Search
04/03/15 22:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . New Intelligence Cooperation Between Moscow and Tehran ... 20committee.com/.../new- intelligence - cooperation -between-moscow-and... Cached Oct 24, 2014 - Given the power and long reach of the intelligence s...

» Iran says it foiled July holy city bomb plot, detained 130
04/03/15 22:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Times of Israel. Iran said Tuesday it had seized explosives destined for an attack on one of its holy cities and that more than 130 members of militant extremist groups had been arrested. Get The Times...

» A fake Iranian “defector” assassinated Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman
04/03/15 21:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A special investigation conducted by debka file ’s intelligence, Iranian and counter-terror sources has discovered that the Argentine-Jewish prosecutor Natalio Alerto Nisman, 51, was murdered on Jan. 18...

» Mahmoud Alavi - Google Search
04/03/15 21:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi Press TV - Feb 14, 2015 Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi told reporters at a press conference on Saturday that the terrorist group was dismantled during ...

» alavi foundation - Google Search
04/03/15 21:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Alavi Foundation www. alavifoundation .org/ Cached Similar Welcome to the Alavi Foundation website! The Alavi Foundation is a private not- for-profit organization devoted to the promotion and support of I...

» What's known about Iran-linked Alavi Foundation?
04/03/15 21:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Christian Science Monitor | USA. The New York -based Alavi Foundation is a high-profile organization that claims to be a non profit devoted to promoting Islam and the Persian language, and has even reporte...

» Seizing Iran’s Slice of Fifth Avenue
04/03/15 21:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Submit Your Listing For years, tenants have worked uneasily inside the Manhattan skyscraper formerly known as the Piaget Building, as federal prosecutors tried to wrest the prime real estate from Iranian-rela...

» Alavi Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
04/03/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. The Alavi Foundation is a public not-for-profit organization based in the United States. History [ edit ] The Alavi Foundation is the successor organization to the Pahlavi ...

» Mahmoud Alavi | Radio Zamaneh: Independent Media, Debate and E-learning for Iran
04/03/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mahmoud Alavi. Mahmoud Alavi Iran says it won’t get involved in Iraqi affairs Sat, 06/28/2014 - 12:56 Iran’s Minister of Intelligence says his country is not indifferent to issues regarding Ira...

» Mahmoud Alavi - Trend.Az
04/03/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Mahmoud Alavi Ground paved for more space progress in Iran 5 February 2015, 13:46 (GMT+04:00) Iran’s Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi has said Iran’s success in launching another satellit...

» Iran’s Minister of Intelligence Invites Activists in Exile Back, With a Caveat
04/03/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Iran Pulse: Must-Reads from Iran Today. Share At a press conference yesterday, Iran’s minister of intelligence said that some individuals who left Iran after the 2009 election protests should not hav...

» Ali Younesi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
04/03/15 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Ali Younesi (born 1 January 1951) is an Iranian politician, who served in different positions. § Education [ edit ] Younesi is a graduate of the Haqqani school in Qom ...

» Rouhani’s New Spymaster After 100 Days
04/03/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Rouhani’s New Spymaster After 100 Days Mahmoud Alavi Ali Alfoneh 4th November 2013 - FDD Policy Brief Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has famously promised “moderation” in Iran since being ...

» Hassan Rouhani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
04/03/15 20:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. "Rouhani" redirects here. For other persons with this surname, see Rouhani (surname) . "Rohani" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Rohani, Iran . Hassan Rouhani (...

» Mahmoud Alavi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
04/03/15 20:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Mahmoud Alavi (محمود علوی in Persian ; born 1954) is an Iranian cleric, politician and the minister of intelligence in...

» Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
04/03/15 20:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i ( Persian : غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ا ...

» Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
04/03/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( Persian : محمود احمدی‌نژاد ‎, Mahmūd Ahmadinezh&#...

» Iranian presidential election, 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
04/03/15 19:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic ...

» who is current iranian military intelligence chief? - Google Search
04/03/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Former Israeli intelligence chief breaks his silence on Iran <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/.../ari-shavit-s-countdown-former-israeli-" rel="nofollow">www.haaretz.com/.../ari-shavit-s-countdown-former-...

» Reformist Strategist: Saeed Hajjarian - Tehran Bureau | FRONTLINE
04/03/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from FRONTLINE - Programs | PBS. Photo: Saeed Hajjarian and Mohsen Mirdamadi (looking up), secretary-general of the Islamic Iran Participation front. Both are in jail. By MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles | 8 July...

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04/03/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . FBI — Three Brooklyn Residents Charged with Attempt and ... <a href="http://www.fbi.gov" rel="nofollow">www.fbi.gov</a> › ... › Press Releases › 2015 Cached Federal Bureau ...

» Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
04/03/15 18:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Heavy.com. (Getty) Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, is the Uzbekistan citizen and Brooklyn resident accused of collaborating with Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30. According to authorities,...

» Kazakh Teen Charged In U.S. With Aiding IS Has Murky Past
04/03/15 18:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he background of a Kazakh teenager arrested in the United States on suspicion of assisting the Islamic State (IS) group is shrouded in mystery, an investigation by RFE/...

» Iran's Role In Iraq's Fight Against Islamic State
04/03/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he Iraqi government has launched an offensive against Islamic State militants (IS) in the northern city of Tikrit, but Iran appears to be leading the charge. The Islami...

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» Jailed Reformist 'Cried During The Whole Meeting'
04/03/15 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. x Saeed Hajjarian (file photo) T he wife of prominent reformist figure and journalist Saeed Hajjarian, who was arrested during the postelection crackdown, has said after ...

» Prominent Reformist: Iran’s recovery from Ahmadinejad may take 20 years
04/03/15 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Iran Pulse: Must-Reads from Iran Today. Share Saeed Hajjarian, who is often referred to as the main theoretician of the Reformist movement in Iran, spoke to the Iranian Students’ News Agency about a ...

» Iran: Free Disabled Reformist | Human Rights Watch
04/03/15 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Human Rights Watch News Releases. (New York) - A prominent reformist's poor health has deteriorated further in detention from harsh treatment, including interrogation under the sun in very high temperature...

» Saeed Hajjarian | Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing - eBooks
04/03/15 17:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Saeed Hajjarian Saeed Hajjarian ( Persian : سعید حجاریان ‎, born 1954) is an Iranian intellectual, prominent journalist, [ 1 ] pro-democ...

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04/03/15 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Saeed Hajjarian | World Heritage Encyclopedia self.gutenberg.org/articles/ saeed _ hajjarian Cached Jump to Quotes - Quotes . "Reforms are dead, long live the reforms!" "The main supporters of fighting agains...

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04/03/15 17:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Saeed Hajjarian ( Persian : سعید حجاریان ‎, born 1954) is an Iranian intellectual, prominent journal...

» saeed hajjarian - Google Search
04/03/15 17:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Saeed Hajjarian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Saeed _ Hajjarian Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... Saeed Hajjarian (Persian: سعید حجا ...

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mikenova shared this story . Ministry of Intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Ministry _of_ Intelligence Cached Wikipedia Loading... Islamic Republic Of Iran Intelligence Ministry ... Former SAVAK staff ...

» Heydar Moslehi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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» Iran Spy Network 30,000 Strong
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mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security BY: Bill Gertz Iran’s intelligence service includes 30,000 people who are engaged in covert and clandestine activities that range ...

» Iran offers rare glimpse into secret intelligence service - Middle East - Israel News
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mikenova shared this story from Middle East. Iran drew back the veil — if slightly — over its intelligence services on Wednesday, with its top nuclear security official crediting them for helping protect the Islamic Republic'...

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mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Parallel Intelligence Agency is an intelligence agency within the Islamic Republic of Iran with strong ties to Islamic Revolutionary G...

» Iran Intelligence Community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Iran Intelligence Community refers to 16 separate active intelligence agencies in Iran . To conduct activities, Council for Intelligence Coordination ( Persian : ش ...

» Ministry of Intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( Persian : وِزارَتِ اِطّلا...

» SAVAK - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. SAVAK ( Persian : ساواک, short for سازمان اطلاعات و ا...

» Category:Iranian intelligence agencies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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» Iran intelligence Services - Google Search
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mikenova shared this story from Ура.Ru - Российское информационное агентство. Следственная бригада по  ...

» Осмаев, Адам Асланбекович — Википедия
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mikenova shared this story from Википедия - Свежие правки [ru]. Адам Асламбекович Осмаев (ро&...

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» В убийстве Немцова подозревают мужа и жену — БРЯНСК.RU
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» Transcript of Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
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mikenova shared this story . As provided by CQ Roll Call. (APPLAUSE) Thank you... (APPLAUSE) ... Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Minority — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Mi...

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» Russian opposition leaders allege Kremlin links to Nemtsov slaying
04/03/15 09:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Poroshenko: Nemtsov planned to reveal Russian links to Ukraine conflict (1:37) Ukraine mourns the death of a prominent Russian opposition figure, who Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says had evidence of ...

» WorldViews: Echoes of Stalin in the murder of a Putin foe in Moscow
04/03/15 09:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. On Dec. 1, 1934, a lone gunman walked into the offices of Sergei Kirov, the top figure of the Communist Party in Leningrad (n...

» Russian security service chief says several suspects in Nemtsov case: agencies
04/03/15 09:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - The director of Russia's Federal Security Service said on Wednesday that an investigation into the murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov had identified several s...

» Deadly Blast Rocks Coal Mine in East Ukraine
04/03/15 09:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Relatives of miners at the entrance of the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk, Ukraine, where a blast killed several people and left dozens more trapped. Several miners were killed in the explosion, ...

» ISIS barbarians throw 'gay' man off building in another sickening day in Raqqa
04/03/15 09:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Stomach-churning photographs show a large bloodthirsty crowd gathered at the foot of a multi-storey building in the group's de facto capital Raqqa to watch the murder of the young victim.

» U.S. and Iran continue with Iran nuclear talks despite Israeli objections
04/03/15 09:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MONTREUX, Switzerland — American and Iranian negotiators Wednesday began their third day of talks aimed at curtailing Iran’s ...

» Palestinian leadership gathers to review ties with Israel
04/03/15 09:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders began a two-day meeting on Wednesday at which they could decide to suspend security coordination with Israel, a move that would have...

» Snowden Seeks to Return Home to U.S., His Lawyer Says
04/03/15 09:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The lawyer said he was working with a team of Americans and Germans on legal issues that would allow for the former intelligence contractor’s return.

» Fugitive ex-NSA contractor Snowden seeks to come home: lawyer - Reuters
04/03/15 09:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Fugitive ex-NSA contractor Snowden seeks to come home: lawyer Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy agency...

» Putin wants Russia spared from ‘brazen’ crimes like Nemtsov murder — RT News
04/03/15 09:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RT - News. Published time: March 04, 2015 10:05 Edited time: March 04, 2015 12:26 Reuters/Neil Hall Russian President Vladimir Putin described the assassination of Boris Nemtsov as “brazen.” He...

» Putin Tells Police To Avert 'Shame' Of Political Killings
04/03/15 09:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. P resident Vladimir Putin said that Russia must rid itself of "shame and tragedies" like opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's slaying, and told police they must solve po...

» FSB Chief Says There Are Suspects In Nemtsov Slaying, No Specifics
04/03/15 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on March 4 that there are suspects in the slaying of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, but he gave no specifi...

» BBC News - Viewpoint: Why I loved Nemtsov
04/03/15 09:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. 3 March 2015 Last updated at 20:23 ET Despite the crowds who turned out to mourn Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on Sunday, it's 20 years since Russians have voted for liberal politicians in any n...

» Putin Makes First Public Comments on Nemtsov Killing
04/03/15 09:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Russian President Vladimir Putin told senior police officials they should “finally rid Russia of shame and tragedy” such as the killing of opposition activist Nemtsov.

» Tajik Activist Sentenced To More Than 17 Years In Jail
04/03/15 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A court in Dushanbe has sent a Tajik man to 17 and a half years in jail for insulting the president, calling for extremist actions and being a member of the banned opposi...

» Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice - CNN
04/03/15 09:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice CNN Washington (CNN) Ben Carson says homosexuality is a choice because many people "go into prison straight -- and when they c...

» Kadyrov Vows to Help Chechens Fighting With IS Return Home
04/03/15 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has vowed to help Chechens who are fighting alongside the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria and Iraq to return ...

» Mystery Drones Swarm Over Paris Skies Again
04/03/15 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Sightings of the unexplained drones are made near the River Seine, the Place de la Concorde and the Paris ring road.

» Azerbaijan Detains Six On Suspicion Of Terrorism
04/03/15 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Six men have been arrested in Azerbaijan on suspicion of planning terrorist acts in the country.

» Op-Ed Contributor: Romania’s Anti-Corruption Mania
04/03/15 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Populist clamor against graft has turned necessary reform into prosecutorial zealotry.

» Russia's Putin says doesn't want repetition of gas conflicts with Ukraine
04/03/15 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he didn't want gas conflicts with Ukraine similar to those in the past.

» Vote Nearing, Netanyahu Takes Up Familiar Cause: Iran’s Nuclear Quest
04/03/15 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Supporters say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is playing his strong card, but opponents say he is continuing a campaign that is over two decades old.

» Latvian Deputy: Ban From Nemtsov Funeral Solidifies EU View Of Moscow
04/03/15 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A European Parliament member from Latvia who was prevented from attending the funeral of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov says such actions by Moscow are illegal a...

» US Says Aim Is March 'Understanding' With Iran on Nukes - ABC News
04/03/15 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. ABC News US Says Aim Is March 'Understanding' With Iran on Nukes ABC News MONTREUX, Switzerland (AP) —. A senior U.S. official is tamping down expectations that negotiations with Iran ...

» Ex-marine who died battling Isis was a fearless warrior, say friends
04/03/15 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Fellow fighters have vowed to avenge the death of Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, from Barnsley, who was killed while taking on Islamic State (Isis) in Syria Friends and fellow f...

» Dozens Missing, Feared Dead After Ukraine Mine Explosion
04/03/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Dozens of miners are missing and feared dead after an explosion Wednesday at a coal mine in the rebel-held part of eastern Ukraine. Rebel authorities in the separatist stronghold of Donet...

» Russian Activist Thinks Kremlin Ordered Nemtsov's Death
04/03/15 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian anti-Kremlin activist Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that he thought fellow opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was killed by members of either the state security services or a "pro-gove...

» Vladimir Putin: Nemtsov's murder was shameful tragedy with political subtext
04/03/15 08:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Russian president’s comments suggest police will no longer pursue lead that Kremlin critic’s killing was linked to his personal life Russian President Vladimir Putin has said ...

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» Mourners Gather for Funeral of Slain Russian Opposition Leader
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mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Mourners gathered in Moscow to pay their final respects to one of the Kremlin's most vocal critics, Boris Nemtsov, the 55-year old opposition leader and former deputy prime minister who w...

» UK should begin decriminalising drugs, say Richard Branson and Nick Clegg
03/03/15 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Virgin founder and deputy prime minister argue that ‘war on drugs’ has failed and urge UK to follow Portuguese example Sir Richard Branson and Nick Clegg are urging the UK to ...

» Nothing New in Netanyahu Speech, Obama Says
03/03/15 20:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama was critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech Tuesday before the U.S. Congress, saying the Israeli leader offered no new alternatives on dealing with I...

» Obama Responds to Netanyahu's Speech to Congress | The New York Times
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mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. Obama Responds to Netanyahu's Speech to Congress | The New York Times President Obama said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel “didn't offer any viable alternati...

» Russian Activist Thinks Kremlin Ordered Nemtsov's Death - Voice of America
03/03/15 19:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Voice of America Russian Activist Thinks Kremlin Ordered Nemtsov's Death Voice of America Russian anti-Kremlin activist Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that he thought fellow opposition le...

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2,405,258 2,405,258 2015-03-03 #NETANYAHU #Iran #Israel Transcript of Netanyahu’s Remarks to Congress | Netanyahu Warns Against Iran Nuclear Deal in Speech to Congress | The New York Times | Former CIA Director Petraeus Pleads Guilty to ...

» Andrei Baklanov: “In Saudi Arabia Ahmat Kadyrov opened the gates of the whole Islamic world for Chechnya”
03/03/15 14:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vestnik Kavkaza. 11 February 2015 - 1:17pm Interviewed by the editor-in-chief of Vestnik Kavkaza, Maria Sidelnikova After the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia experts still cannot agree on the questi...

» Kadyrov Announces 'World-Class' Training Center for Special Forces | News
03/03/15 14:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti "The Chechen republic will become one of the top world centers for training special forces," the republic's leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced. Chechnya will soon host a state o...

» Netanyahu Warns Against Iran Nuclear Deal in Speech to Congress | The New York Times
03/03/15 13:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. Netanyahu Warns Against Iran Nuclear Deal in Speech to Congress | The New York Times In a speech before Congress on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel warne...

» Netanyahu: "Never my intention" US visit to be seen as political
03/03/15 13:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Netanyahu: "Never my intention" US visit to be seen as political Speaking before Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged his visit to the US h...

» Russians pay tribute to slain opposition leader Nemtsov
03/03/15 13:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Russians pay tribute to slain opposition leader Nemtsov Thousands of mourners on Tuesday filed past the coffin of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, bidding farewell...

» Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Says Russian Politics In 'New Stage'
03/03/15 13:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says Russian politics has entered a new phase after the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead near the Kr...

» Thousands of Russians mourn slain opposition leader Nemtsov at funeral (PHOTOS)
03/03/15 13:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. 'We never thought this could happen, but it did,' Gennady Gudkov, a prominent Kremlin opponent, said. read more

» Man On FBI's Most-Wanted Terror List Arrested
03/03/15 13:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A former taxi driver from Northern Virginia accused of providing support to al Qaeda and al Shabaab is held in Somalia.

» Iran Rebukes Obama Before Netanyahu Speech
03/03/15 13:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Iran brands the US President's remarks about a nuclear deal "illogical", as the Israeli premier prepares to address Congress.

» Iran: Netanyahu trying to disrupt nuclear talks
03/03/15 13:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. As much as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to convince U.S. politicians to be wary of a nuclear deal with Iran, he has two other big players he also wants to sway -- Irania...

» Thousands Honor Boris Nemtsov, Putin Critic Killed in Russia
03/03/15 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Diplomats, political allies and family members said their last goodbyes at the viewing and funeral of Boris Y. Nemtsov, who was fatally shot Friday in Moscow.

» Ukraine sharply raises rates to 30%
03/03/15 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Move aims to shore up the plunging currency and temper spiralling inflation

» Fugitive ex-US spy Snowden in talks on returning home: lawyer - Reuters
03/03/15 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Fugitive ex-US spy Snowden in talks on returning home: lawyer Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy agency...

» UN drugs body warns US states and Uruguay over cannabis legalisation
03/03/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. International Narcotics Control Board report says US and Uruguay are breaking drug treaties and warns of huge rise in abuse of ADHD treatment Ritalin The United Nations has re...

» Fugitive ex-US spy Snowden in talks on returning home: lawyer - Reuters Canada
03/03/15 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fugitive ex-US spy Snowden in talks on returning home: lawyer Reuters Canada MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy a...

» Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Plan Threatens World
03/03/15 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran's nuclear programme is a "grave threat not only to Israel but the world".

» New Video Shows 19 Tajiks Killed Fighting Alongside IS In Syria, Iraq
03/03/15 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A new video shared on the Internet shows the photographs of 19 men identified as ethnic Tajiks who are claimed to have died fighting alongside the militant group Islamic ...

» Netanyahu urging Congress to oppose deal with Iran
03/03/15 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Obama during a speech before Congress that has frayed relations b...

» Paris Drone: Al Jazeera Journalist Fined
03/03/15 13:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A journalist from the UK who was using a drone for a report on several mysterious sightings of the aircraft learns his punishment.

» Live Updates: Netanyahu Addresses Congress
03/03/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Live video and analysis from New York Times reporters and editors.

» DOJ: Ex-CIA chief admits mishandling classified information
03/03/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At Noon EST. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials, the Justice Department said Tuesday....

» Netanyahu Warns Congress Over Iran
03/03/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address to the U.S. Congress that Washington cannot allow Iran to continue developing a nuclear program.

» Former CIA Director Petraeus Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge
03/03/15 13:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Former CIA director and U.S. Army General David Petraeus has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information, the U.S. Justice ...

» Israeli PM Makes Case Against Iran's Nuclear Ambitions to Congress
03/03/15 13:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he felt a "profound obligation to speak" to U.S. Congress members Tuesday about an issue that could  threaten the survival of his country: I...

» Netanyahu: 'I Deeply Regret' Tensions Over Iran Speech to Congress | The New York Times
03/03/15 13:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. Netanyahu: 'I Deeply Regret' Netanyahu on Tensions Over Iran Speech to Congress | The New York Times Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Tuesdsay that he "dee...

» U.S. envoy to Yemen to work from Jeddah after embassy's closure
03/03/15 13:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Yemen will track Yemeni events from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia following last month's closure of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a senio...

» What would a nuclear deal with Iran look like?
03/03/15 13:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. CNN's Jim Sciutto explains the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.

» Kerry Seeks Assurances of Russian Non-Interference in Ukraine
03/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, that his country could face further consequences to what he called its “already strained economy” if Mo...

» Nemtsov's Partner Says Russia Held Her Against Her Will - New York Times
03/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Nemtsov's Partner Says Russia Held Her Against Her Will New York Times Though she was less than half his age, Anna Duritskaya, a Ukrainian model, was often with Boris N...

» Russia, Ukraine Reach Gas Deal
03/03/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement to ensure Russian gas supplies to Ukraine for the month of March, averting possible cuts that could have hit supplies to the ...

» Merkel Calls For More Ukraine Crisis Talks
03/03/15 13:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited senior officials from Ukraine, Russia and France for another round of talks on the Ukraine crisis on March 6 in Berlin.