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Russia issues nuclear threat over Crimea and Baltic States

The Knights Of The Oak Table 

And their glowing reflections (of both the table and the "knights"): Politburo is lost in deep thoughts, the scene looks like something in between of the wake at the long collective coffin and the airport runway with the shadow of the nuclear mushroom at its end...

The Elbe meeting of minds 


November 22, 2014

"Russian and American participants generally supported the cooperation of intelligence services in the US and Russia, but the Russian side considers it impossible to accurately assess the extent to which the current level of cooperation is adequate, because the band members no longer employed in active service. In addition, they cautioned against pushing intelligence agencies to enhance cooperation, as this can lead to unpleasant consequences, prompting those agencies refuse tips of the “Elbe”. The US also believes that cooperation should still deepen, noting that the contacts between the security services should be at least as direct and frequent, as the band members “Elbe”, which held eight meetings in two and a half years. According to one of the Russian participants that the level of cooperation in the field of intelligence between agencies responsible for security, is an indicator of the level of trust between the two countries."

Former intelligence residents never happens./Group “Elba”.

Or, in proper translation: There is no such thing as "former" intelligence officers.

"An increasing challenge for the West is the difficulty in determining whether Russia is highlighting nuclear force for the purposes of scaremongering and intimidation, leverage in negotiations, or whether there is a real threat of an attack... 

The picture is further confused by the reduction in military communication channels between Nato and Europe on the one side and Russia on the other, as relations have soured... 

Russia's threats of nuclear force show an escalation in, and at least rhetorical willingness, to extend the conflict beyond Ukraine. The Russian government and its press machine have also presented a new challenge in their alternative interpretation of facts to create a new narrative in justification of Russian policy. This makes meaningful negotiation and compromise very difficult, thus increasing the risk.

The threat of nuclear force is a useful tool in both deterrence and as a tactic to force the world to take note of Russia's position. Although the actual use of nuclear force is likely to be too extreme a measure for Russia to actually take, the break of trust between Europe and Russia, and the West's awareness of its own under-estimation of Russia's commitment to intervening in Ukraine, should mean the threat is taken seriously - but be seen within the context of Russia's negotiation position."

Russian nuclear threat: Could Vladimir Putin really push the red button?

"The Ukraine crisis has brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any point for a generation, according to an account of a secret meeting between Russian and American military and intelligence figures... 

The US party at the Elbe Group talks appears to have been surprised to discover that Russian security experts believe that the US is bent on destroying their country — and that Russia is both entitled and fully prepared to use nuclear force to defend itself. That point of view reflects both Mr Putin’s assessment of Russia’s vulnerability and the KGB background shared by him and his closest advisers, according to Kremlin insiders... 

The most trenchant Russian remarks on eastern Europe were delivered by the former military intelligence chief Valentin Korabelnikov, who remains a senior adviser to the defence ministry. Since the GRU masterminded the annexation of Crimea, he is likely to have been involved in the planning. He said that the biggest threat to Russia was US activity along its borders, according to notes taken by Kevin Ryan, a retired US brigadier-general who served as defence attaché in Moscow... 

Russia regards the US as an ailing superpower which is trying to create crisis situations to preserve its position of strategic superiority around the world. NATO expansion to the borders of Russia, including “NATO troop deployments in eastern Europe and the Balkans” could lead to unpredictable situations. “For nuclear powers, this is particularly dangerous...”

The report’s conclusions, written from a US perspective, emphasise Russia’s interest in trying to involve the US in legitimising the new status quo in Ukraine. The American conclusions play down the threat of nuclear attack, suggesting that the Russians “threaten nuclear war in an effort to shock the US back to the table”... 

President Obama has so far resisted a growing clamour in Washington to provide Kiev with lethal military aid to defend itself against the rebels."

The Times

Putin: try to take Crimea away and I will give you a nuclear war

Kremlin Denies Russia Gearing Up for Nuclear Showdown With West

Putin: try to take Crimea away and I will give you a nuclear war

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Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in the Kremlin last week. Source: AP

The Ukraine crisis has brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any point for a generation, according to an account of a secret meeting between Russian and American military and intelligence figures.

As President Putin celebrated the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea on March 18 with an appearance at a concert outside the Kremlin, a group of retired Russian generals sat down in Torgau, Germany, with a group of their American counterparts. The assembled Russians once ran the interior ministry, the military directorate in charge of nuclear weapons, the GRU (Russian military intelligence) and the FSB (the main successor agency to the KGB). The American individuals present had similar backgrounds in the military, CIA and Defence Intelligence Agency.

Behind closed doors, over two days, the Russians delivered a series of blunt warnings from Moscow that reveal just how precarious Europe’s security has become over the past year, and how broad the gulf between the Kremlin and the West now is.

The US party at the Elbe Group talks appears to have been surprised to discover that Russian security experts believe that the US is bent on destroying their country — and that Russia is both entitled and fully prepared to use nuclear force to defend itself. That point of view reflects both Mr Putin’s assessment of Russia’s vulnerability and the KGB background shared by him and his closest advisers, according to Kremlin insiders.

Swaggering nuclear rhetoric has increasingly permeated Russian life. In a recent documentary, Mr Putin said that when he gave the instruction to annex Crimea, he also ordered that Russia’s nuclear forces be placed on full alert.

He has referred to Russia’s nuclear might many times since the Ukraine crisis began, including in remarks to a group of schoolchildren in August, when he reminded them that “Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers”, and “it’s best not to mess with us”.

Notes of the Elbe Group meeting indicate some areas where the Kremlin is open to dialogue, namely on the “future nature and composition” of the contested territory in eastern Ukraine which, the generals say, Russia wants to see become “an autonomous entity in a confederated Ukraine”.

However, they also show the detailed thinking behind the nuclear bluster. Among the “key messages delivered by Russian participants” was a warning that any military move by the West on Crimea would trigger a Russian response, possibly involving nuclear force. “The United States should also understand it would also be at risk.”

The Russian delegation said that any NATO build-up in the Baltics would prompt an increase in Russia’s “nuclear posture”, according to notes drawn up by a US participant. The warning is baldly recounted: “Russia will use its nuclear weapons against NATO.”

When discussing possible Russian action in the Baltics, it reported: “Russian members mentioned a spectrum of responses from nuclear to non-military.”

The most trenchant Russian remarks on eastern Europe were delivered by the former military intelligence chief Valentin Korabelnikov, who remains a senior adviser to the defence ministry. Since the GRU masterminded the annexation of Crimea, he is likely to have been involved in the planning. He said that the biggest threat to Russia was US activity along its borders, according to notes taken by Kevin Ryan, a retired US brigadier-general who served as defence attaché in Moscow.

Russia regards the US as an ailing superpower which is trying to create crisis situations to preserve its position of strategic superiority around the world. NATO expansion to the borders of Russia, including “NATO troop deployments in eastern Europe and the Balkans” could lead to unpredictable situations. “For nuclear powers, this is particularly dangerous.”

Russia also believes that “Ukraine could be a launching point” for unleashing fascist and Islamic extremist groups against Moscow. The “fight for resources in the Arctic” was another Russian security concern.

The Elbe Group forum was set up to improve mutual understanding between the two countries’ military and intelligence agencies, and has met six times in five years.

The Russian delegation was briefed by Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, about what messages to deliver to the Americans, according to its leader, Anatoly Kulikov, the former minister of the interior. Mr Kulikov said that Mr Putin had been briefed.

Both delegations agreed that there was a growing risk of an accidental clash between Russian and US or NATO troops in eastern Europe which could lead to “unintended escalation” and devastating consequences for the world at large.

In language that recalled the darkest days of the Cold War, they urged their respective administrations to set up a military hotline to defuse such escalations by allowing “both sides to quickly and accurately establish the facts surrounding an accident” so that commanders on the ground could “communicate with each other in a manner that avoids combat”.

The report’s conclusions, written from a US perspective, emphasise Russia’s interest in trying to involve the US in legitimising the new status quo in Ukraine. The American conclusions play down the threat of nuclear attack, suggesting that the Russians “threaten nuclear war in an effort to shock the US back to the table”.

More than 6,000 people have been killed since a Russian-backed uprising began in east Ukraine a year ago. The fighting is in a lull at the moment, with a ceasefire largely holding, but there are widespread concerns that violence will flare again with the arrival of summer.

President Obama has so far resisted a growing clamour in Washington to provide Kiev with lethal military aid to defend itself against the rebels.

The Times

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Russian nuclear threat: Could Vladimir Putin really push the red button?

Thursday April 2nd, 2015 at 5:16 PM

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Notes from a recent meeting in Germany held under the auspices of the Elbe group, bringing together retired American and Russian intelligence officials, presented a stark warning from Russia over Ukraine and the Baltic States. The Russian delegation, said to have been briefed by the Kremlin, relayed the message that Russia would respond with force, including nuclear, in cases where it felt threatened.

This particularly pertained to three key areas: any attempt to return Crimea to Ukraine; the supply of weapons by Nato to Ukraine and on Nato military build-up in the Baltic States, three countries where Russia sees "the same conditions that existed in Ukraine and caused Russia to take action there".

Nato is enhancing its response force by creating a Spearhead Force with the capability of rapidly responding to security threats, and there are plans to establish six multinational command and control elements in Europe, including in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

This is not the first time within the context of the Ukraine crisis that Putin has emphasised Russia's willingness to use its nuclear arsenal. In the Crimea: Path to the Motherland documentary released in March 2015, Putin said that he was ready to put Russia's nuclear weapons into a state of combat readiness during the tension over Crimea's annexation.

In the same month, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said that Russia has the right to place nuclear weapons in Crimea, as it planned to deploy 10 Tupolev 22M3 strategic bombers to the peninsula. Recent military exercises included plans to move nuclear-capable Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad.

Although the revised Russian military doctrine in December 2014 is not new in its allowance of tactical nuclear weapons in the case of a conventional attack that "threatens the very existence" of the Russian state, given the strengthening of Russia's narrative regarding its own perceived encirclement by Nato, such threats are potentially open to more dangerous interpretation.

An increasing challenge for the West is the difficulty in determining whether Russia is highlighting nuclear force for the purposes of scaremongering and intimidation, leverage in negotiations, or whether there is a real threat of an attack.

The increase in snap military exercises, greater presence of Russian bomber patrols around European airspace and increased naval activity, particularly around the Baltics, are deliberate. Although Russia claims these are routine, and they do not violate international rules, they are intentionally provocative given the current tension with Europe.

They simultaneously provide a way to test response times and defence capabilities, which adds to the concern around the seriousness of Russia's real intentions. The picture is further confused by the reduction in military communication channels between Nato and Europe on the one side and Russia on the other, as relations have soured.

The notes from the Elbe meeting are highly concerning in their emphasis on the Baltic States. The Russian delegation is said to have explained that, despite being members of Nato, the Baltic States are no different to Ukraine given that they are home to ethnic Russian populations, which could require Russian "protection". 

Although each Baltic State differs in its population's proportion of ethnic Russians, this is where the Russian narrative starts to become more alarming, particularly as, up until now, Russia has broadly refrained from such direct comments directed towards the Baltics. However, it is also where the Russian narrative begins to break down and undermines the credibility of Russia's perceived security claims around Nato enlargement.

Stirring up unrest

The Baltic States are members of not only Nato, but also the EU, and therefore present a very different situation to Ukraine. They have arguably already left Russia's "sphere of influence" and local populations broadly have a lot more to lose from rejecting these institutions. Russia knows it would have to treat the Baltic States differently in terms of implementing more sophisticated hybrid warfare tactics rather than boots on the ground, and wherever there is an ethnic Russian population a pretext exists for Russia to stir up, or create, unrest.

However, it is a more tenuous argument against Nato in the Baltics, when the Baltic States are already members. This may be a sign that Russia is becoming more extreme in its threats, in part because it is running out of options to leverage its position.

Russia's threats of nuclear force show an escalation in, and at least rhetorical willingness, to extend the conflict beyond Ukraine. The Russian government and its press machine have also presented a new challenge in their alternative interpretation of facts to create a new narrative in justification of Russian policy. This makes meaningful negotiation and compromise very difficult, thus increasing the risk.

The threat of nuclear force is a useful tool in both deterrence and as a tactic to force the world to take note of Russia's position. Although the actual use of nuclear force is likely to be too extreme a measure for Russia to actually take, the break of trust between Europe and Russia, and the West's awareness of its own under-estimation of Russia's commitment to intervening in Ukraine, should mean the threat is taken seriously - but be seen within the context of Russia's negotiation position.

Sarah Lain is an analyst for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a UK-based forum for those concerned with national and international defence and security. Visit <a href="http://www.rusi.org" rel="nofollow">www.rusi.org</a> or follow the group on Twitter @RUSI_org to find out more.

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Russia issues nuclear threat over Crimea and Baltic States

Thursday April 2nd, 2015 at 5:00 PM

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Russia has threatened to use nuclear force against the United States and its Nato allies over Crimea and the Baltic States, in a stark warning reportedly issued by Moscow's envoys to their counterparts earlier this month.

At a closed-door bilateral meeting held in Germany in mid-March, the Kremlin's emissaries cautioned that any Western attempt to return Crimea to Ukraine will be met with force.

Russia's nuclear posturing follows further expansion of Nato's military presence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, where the Kremlin appears to be poised to begin destabilising actions like those it used in eastern Ukraine.

Notes of the meetings seen by The Times were drawn up by a group of retired US military and intelligence officials, who met for two days with former high-level members of Russia's intelligence agency, the FSB, and former Russian army generals in the town of Torgau, Saxony.

The document summarised the key points raised by the Russian delegation, which had been briefed by the Kremlin. The details were noted by the Elbe group, a diplomatic platform for US-Russian military and intelligence relations.

The first message reported was that, after its annexation last year, Crimea was now part of the Russian Federation and any attempt by Nato to win it back for Ukraine would be considered a direct attack against Russia.

As such, it "will be responded to forcefully, including through the use of nuclear force," the document read. "In this type of scenario, the United States should also understand it would also be at risk."

The Russians also used Cold War-era language to suggest that, despite their Nato membership, Moscow considered Baltic states no different from Ukraine, as they are home to a minority Russian ethnic population, which the Kremlin claims is being discriminated against.

The Russian delegation said that "the same conditions that existed in Ukraine and caused Russia to take action there" were also currently present in the three small countries off its western border.

"Russia would hope slowly to entice those Russian populations towards Russia without giving Nato a pretext to deploy troops," the US note of the Elbe group meeting read, according to The Times.

To counter Nato influence, "Russian members mentioned a spectrum of responses from nuclear to non-military," the document read.

Finally the Kremlin's envoys left the door open to a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, saying that Moscow's preferred option would be the transformation of the country into a confederation allowing a large degree of autonomy to its rebellious eastern provinces.

In their report, the US delegates suggested that their counterparts issued such brazen threats to "shock the US back to the [negotiating] table" over Ukraine.

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As US and Soviet forces converged in Germany in the final days of WWII, soldiers from both armies met at the River Elbe near Torgau. That historic meeting of comrades, united in the face of common threats, is the inspiration for the creation of a unique group, the Elbe Group.

The purpose of the “Elbe Group” is to maintain an open and continuous channel of communication on sensitive issues of US-Russian relations.

Recognizing that the crisis in Ukraine and Crimea has shuttered communication between the American and Russian governments, our group of senior American and Russian former military and intelligence officers met quietly in Morocco from 19 to 22 March to ask each other whether there remain any areas where the two nations should continue joint efforts. Our answer, given in a joint statement at the end of the meeting, was yes.

The Elbe Group, organized by the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School, has been meeting since 2010 to discuss strategic issues of mutual concern. The members of the Elbe Group are senior retired military and intelligence flag officers; three and four star veterans from the FSB, GRU, CIA, DIA, Ministry of Defense and Department of Defense, with strong connections into their respective governments.

Although the group’s agenda in Morocco was about issues like nuclear terrorism and Islamic extremism, the crisis in Ukraine and Crimea hung over every discussion. Even in private talks between officers who have been meeting for four years via the Elbe Group, the disagreements over “the facts” were as profound as the different portrayals in the two countries’ media. There seemed to be little common understanding of the situation upon which to build a bridge forward, except to agree that neither side wanted to see a civil war in Ukraine.

Both US and Russian Elbe members expressed worry that the situation in Ukraine could spiral out of control resulting in deadly riots or civil war.

The message that the Elbe Group elected therefore to convey in its Joint Statement is that, while it is understandable that a general break in relations is unavoidable, this break should be structured in a way that does not indefinitely interrupt joint actions on sensitive problems like preventing nuclear terrorism, eliminating Syrian WMD, or preventing an Iranian nuclear weapons program. As one Russian member said, “If we cannot agree on steps to make things better, we may at least be able to agree on steps to avoid making things worse.”

Elbe Group Members at the meeting in Morocco were:

General of the Army Anatoliy S. Kulikov, former Minister of Interior Affairs;

General/Ambassador Anatoliy E. Safonov, former Acting Head of FSB;

General Colonel Vladimir V. Verkhovtsev, former Head of 12th GUMO Nuclear Directorate;

Colonel Vladimir Y. Goltsov, former Ministry of Interior and MinAtom;

General John Abizaid USA (ret), former Commander Central Command;

General Eugene Habiger USAF (ret), former Commander in Chief of Strategic Command;

LTG Franklin Hagenbeck USA (ret), former Superintendent U.S. Military Academy;

LTG Michael Maples USA (ret), former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency;

Mr. Robert Dannenberg, former Chief of Operations for Counterterrorism, CIA;

Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, former Director of Intelligence at DOE;

Brigadier General Kevin Ryan USA (ret), former Defense Attaché to Moscow.

Elbe Group Joint Statement 
21 March 2014

Introduction The current crisis connected with the situation in Ukraine and Crimea should not interrupt the joint efforts of the United States and the Russian Federation to protect our shared strategic interests. Combating terrorism and preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction remain vital to the security of our two countries and our partners and allies. The Elbe Group recommends that both governments continue to work jointly in the following areas, despite disagreements in other areas.

Combating Nuclear Terrorism and Nonproliferation. We believe it is in the interest of the US and Russia that current problems in the bilateral relationship not contribute to vulnerability in global nuclear security. The joint efforts of both countries are required to prevent terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear or other radiological materials.

Syria. We believe it is in the interest of the US and Russia that the withdrawal and elimination of weapons of mass destruction in Syria not be interrupted and that the conflict there be settled in a peaceful way.

Afghanistan. We believe it is in the interest of the US and Russia that, as US and coalition forces draw down in Afghanistan, a mechanism is developed and sustained to prevent the reemergence of violent Islamic extremists and terrorists groups which can threaten the people of Afghanistan or the neighboring states.

Islamic Extremism. We believe it is in the interest of the US and Russia to continue to work jointly with our partners and allies to combat violent Islamic extremism.

Ukraine. We are concerned about the possible negative consequences from the crisis in Ukraine. It is in the interest of our countries that the situation in Ukraine be normalized. The actions of all parties, internal and external, should not further complicate the situation

The differences between the United States and the Russian Federation over the situation in Ukraine and Crimea affect all aspects of the bilateral relationship. Failure to overcome this obstacle can lead to a vacuum in the efforts to provide long term security for our nations.

Therefore, issues of cooperation between the US and Russia in the sphere of security dictate a need to search for ways to lower mutual confrontation in the interests of our countries and the international community.

The Elbe Group believes that the existing channels of dialogue should not be interrupted but expanded and developed.

Совместное заявление Группы Эльба 21 марта 2014 г.

Введение У Соединенных Штатов и Российской Федерации есть стратегические интересы, защите которых при осуществлении наших дальнейших совместных усилий не должен помешать текущий кризис, связанный с ситуацией вокруг Украины и Крыма. Противодейстие терроризму и предотвращение распространения оружия масового уничтожения, являются жизненноважными для безопасности обеих стран и наших партнеров и союзников. Группа Эльба рекомендует правительствам обоих государств продолжать совместную работу над данными проблемами, несмотря на существование разногласий в других областях.

Противодействие ядерному терроризму и распространению ОМУ. Мы считаем. что интересы США и Российской Федерации состоят в том, чтобы текущие проблемы в двухсторонних отношениях не привели к уязвимости в глобальной ядерной безопасности. Необходимы совместные усилия обеих стран для того, чтобы не позволить террористическим группам получить доступ к ядерным и другим радиоактивным материалам.

Сирия. Мы считаем, что интересы США и Российской Федерации состоят в том, чтобы никто не смог помешать вывозу и уничтожению ОМУ в Сирии, и чтобы конфликт в этой стране был бы разрешен мирным путем.

Афганистан. Мы считаем, что интересы США и Российской Федерации состоят в том, чтобы по мере вывода американских и коалиционных сил из Афганистана в стране был бы разработан и сохранялся механизм обеспечения стабильности и предотвращения возвращения к власти воинствующих исламских экстемистских и террористических групп, которые могут угрожать народу Афганистана или соседним государствам.

Исламский экстрамизм. Мы считаем, что интересы США и Российской Федерации состоят в том, чтобы продолжать совместные усилия с нашими партнерами и союзниками по противодействию воинствующему исламскому экстремизму.

Украина. Мы озабочены возможными негативными последствиями кризиса. Интересы наших стран состоят в том, чтобы ситуация на Украине нормализовалась. Действия всех сторон, внутренних и внешних, не должны осложнять ситуацию.

Разногласия между Соединенными Штатами и Российской Федерацией по ситуации в Украине и в Крыму сказываются на всех аспектах двусторонних отношений. Если данное препятствие не будет преодолено, это может привести к возникновению вакуума в усилиях по обеспечению долгосрочной безопасности наших стран.

Таким образом, вопросы сотрудничества между США и Россией в сфере безопасности диктуют необходимость поиска способа снижения взаимной конфронтации в интересах как наших стран, так и международного сообщества.

Группа Эльба считает, что существующие каналы диалога важно не прерывать, а стремиться к их расширению и позитивному развитию.

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As US and Soviet forces converged in Germany in the final days of WWII, soldiers from both armies met at the River Elbe near Torgau. That historic meeting of comrades, united in the face of common threats, is the inspiration for the creation of a unique group, the Elbe Group.

The purpose of the “Elbe Group” is to maintain an open and continuous channel of communication on sensitive issues of US-Russian relations.

The members of the Elbe Group are senior retired military and intelligence flag officers, all of whom have strong connections back into their governments. It is an unprecedented gathering of three and four star veterans from the Federal Security Service, Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, Ministry of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Department of Defense.  The Elbe Group has high level visibility in both the US and Russian governments.  President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have all been personally briefed on the group by Russian members.  Current chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov participated in the Elbe Group Round Table on Missile Defense in November 2011, hosted by former Minister of Interior, General Anatoly Kulikov.  US members likewise send feedback directly to the highest levels in Department of State, DIA, CIA and Defense Department.

The next Elbe Group Meeting is scheduled for March 2015.

For More Information Contact the Organizer of the Elbe Group:

BG Kevin Ryan (USA ret)
Director, Defense and Intelligence Projects
kevin_ryan@hks.harvard.edu
(office) 617-495-7747

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InoPressa: путинская угроза ядерного поединка за страны Балтии - За рубежом

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Пусковая установка оперативно-тактического ракетного комплекса "Искандер", ракеты которого могут нести ядерные заряды, на параде в Москве. фото: ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AP

«Если верить заметкам о тайной встрече людей из разведывательных сообществ Москвы и Вашингтона, президент Путин применяет угрозу ядерного поединка за страны Балтии, чтобы вынудить НАТО к отступлению от российской границы», - утверждает The Times. Западные силовики ожидают, что Кремль начнет осуществлять серию «дестабилизирующих акций» в Эстонии, Латвии и Литве: возможно, это будут беспорядки с участием местных русских или кибератака, передает InoPressa.

«В феврале российские фигуры из служб безопасности предостерегли, что Путин готов жестко ответить на какое-либо дополнительное наращивание сил НАТО в странах Балтии. Они описали «целый спектр ответов, от ядерных до невоенных», - пишут журналисты Бен Хойл и Майкл Эванс, ссылаясь на заметки американцев о встрече экс-руководителей служб безопасности России и США, которая состоялась в Германии.

Глава МИД РФ Сергей Лавров предварительно провел с российскими генералами брифинг о том, какие мысли они должны донести на встрече. «Американцам, присутствовавшим на встрече, сообщили, что эти люди высказывались с одобрения Путина», - говорится в статье.

Российские участники перечислили не менее трех очагов напряженности, из-за которых возможна «прямая, и, не исключено, даже ядерная конфронтация двух держав» (формулировка The Times):

1. Крым, где любая попытка вернуть аннексированный полуостров Украине будет встречена «жестко, включая применение ядерной силы»;

2. Восточная Украина, где поставки оружия НАТО Киеву будут расценены как «дальнейшее наступление НАТО в сторону российской границы», в ответ на которое «российский народ потребует жесткой реакции»;

3. Балтия, где российские силовики, по их словам, видят «те же условия, которые существовали на Украине и побудили Россию принять меры».

Как уточняют авторы статьи, встреча состоялась под эгидой «Группы Эльба», объединяющей отставных сотрудников служб безопасности и министерств обороны.

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Group “Elba”

Were the last days of World War II, when soldiers of the foremost part of the Soviet and American troops to advance into Germany, met on the Elbe River near the town of Torgau. This historic meeting comrades in arms, united in the face of common threats, inspired the creators of a unique group – a group of “Elba”.

The purpose of the “Elbe” is to maintain an open and constant communication channel to discuss sensitive aspects of US-Russian relations.
Group “Elba” is made up of representatives of retired senior officers of the intelligence and military agencies. The group is unprecedented in its composition. Among the participants of three- and four-star generals who served until his retirement in such agencies as the Federal Security Service, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and the US Department of Defense and Russian. Group “Elba” is widely known in the US and Russian government circles. Russian members of the group reported on its work to the president, Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The current Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov participated in a roundtable discussion group “Elba” on missile defense, organized by former Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov in November 2011. American members of the group as well directly inform the higher echelons of the State Department, DIA, CIA and Department of Defense.
Meeting in Jerusalem, 22-26 March 2013
Group Members “Elba” held a meeting in Jerusalem’s Old City March 22-26, so that among other topics to discuss nuclear terrorism, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran and intelligence cooperation.
The meeting of the “Elbe” in Jerusalem:
Retired Army General Anatoly Kulikov, former Minister of the Interior;
Retired Army General Valentin Korabel’nikov, former chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces;
Colonel-General Anatoly Safonov, retired, former deputy director of the FSB and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Colonel-General Vladimir Verkhovtsev retired, former chief of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defence;
Retired colonel Vladimir Pinnacles. Former deputy head of the Internal Troops and Officer Ministry of Atomic Energy;
General of the Air Force retired Eugene Habiger, former commander of Strategic Command;
General John Abizaid, former commander of US Central Command;
Lieutenant General Land Forces retired Franklin Hagenbeck, the former head of the US Military Academy;
Lieutenant General Land Forces retired Mike Maples, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency;
Rolf Moett-Larssen, a former director of intelligence and counterintelligence Department of Energy;
Brigadier General Land Forces retired Kevin Ryan, a former military attaché CSHA in the Russian Federation.
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Russian and American participants generally agreed that in many cases (eg in the case of Iran and Syria), there is a strategic rapprochement between the two countries as a whole, however, the observed differences in tactics to achieve goals.
Group “Elba” does not believe that the differences are insurmountable obstacle for the continuation of cooperation between the two countries on most issues.
Nuclear terrorism.
Nuclear terrorism remains a real threat, the opposition which requires the joint leadership of Russia and the United States. Group “Elba” helped publish the first joint Russian-American assessment of the storm (US-Russian assessment of the threat of nuclear terrorism), and also made a contribution to the continuation of this evaluation, which will be published Belfer Center at Harvard University and the Russian Institute of USA and Canada in the next two months. Group Members “Elba” appeal to international organizations (such as the IAEA) and to similar groups in other countries in order to help disseminate information about the threat and methods to counter this threat. Such treatment is intended to support ongoing at the governmental level of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism.
Nuclear black market.
According to the Russian participants of the meeting, the term “black market” used in the continuation of the US-Russian nuclear terrorism threat assessment overstates the level of illegal activity of buying and selling nuclear materials. They recommended to abandon the term “black market”, explaining that the market exists only when there is a constant buyers and sellers who know the prices as well as where and how to make deals. According to the Russian participants, a description of what happens as “the market” means much more organized activity than what is actually happening. The answer to the question of whether the organized efforts undertaken by the purchase and sale of nuclear materials is important for the characterization of the threat of nuclear terrorism.
China.
The Russian side will provide for the group to discuss the topic with the Chinese military to prevent nuclear terrorism. Club President commanders of the Russian Federation (KVRF) General Kulikov will hold an event in May, during which the American team members will be able to join the Russian to discuss the threat from the Chinese military. Kulikov also noted that this year KVRF trained two Chinese military, and in November last year, the Chinese officer on his invitation to be present during the group “Elba” Roundtable on Afghanistan. Kulikova initiatives provide unexpected opportunities to engage in dialogue with the Chinese military, and the group “Elbe” will try to take advantage of these opportunities.
Syria.
According to the Russian participants to avoid the transfer of power in Syria to Sunni extremist groups, and this need outweighs the case for intervention in the conflict in order to stop it. No Russian member of the “Elbe” is not defended Bashar al-Assad, but they claimed that throughout the Arab world, where there was a change of regime, this has led to changes for the worse. American participants recognized the risk posed by Sunni extremist groups seeking power, but did not agree that this risk outweighs the risks associated with non-interference in the conflict. Member of the “Elbe”: “During the Cold War, Moscow advocated revolution, any revolution, while Washington sought to stability. Today, the parties exchanged roles: America for the revolution, and Russia for stability. ”
Iran.
The main difference between the scores of Russian and American participants threat from Iran is, as a party to assess the ability of Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Russian participants do not agree with the opinion of the American and Israeli experts, who believe that Iran could acquire the necessary weapons of nuclear materials within the next 12 to 18 months. Russian participants believe that this process will take at least a decade. Both Russian and American participants expressed sincere doubts that a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would delay Iran’s nuclear program.
Missile defense.
Although the group “Elba” discussed missile defense at all previous meetings, the Russian side this time said that the fate of the issue is now in the hands of the two governments and the group can not make or how significant contribution to its resolution. The US side agreed in principle with this opinion, but noted that the recent decision to cancel the fourth stage of the deployment of missile defense in Europe opened up new opportunities for advancement in this field. One of the Russian participants of the meeting summed up the Russian comments on this issue, saying: “Of course, we are happy the decision to cancel the deployment of some elements, but we still have to see guarantees of any kind.”
Cooperation intelligence agencies.
Russian and American participants generally supported the cooperation of intelligence services in the US and Russia, but the Russian side considers it impossible to accurately assess the extent to which the current level of cooperation is adequate, because the band members no longer employed in active service. In addition, they cautioned against pushing intelligence agencies to enhance cooperation, as this can lead to unpleasant consequences, prompting those agencies refuse tips of the “Elbe”. The US also believes that cooperation should still deepen, noting that the contacts between the security services should be at least as direct and frequent, as the band members “Elbe”, which held eight meetings in two and a half years. According to one of the Russian participants that the level of cooperation in the field of intelligence between agencies responsible for security, is an indicator of the level of trust between the two countries.
Missing in the fighting in Afghanistan.
Member of the “Elbe” and former director of the DIA, Lieutenant General retired Mike Maples said that recently was one of the finds of the Soviet soldiers missing during the military campaign of the USSR in Afghanistan. This event demonstrated that the search for the American and Russian nationals missing in Afghanistan could become an important common goal. Former deputy director of the FSB Anatoly Safonov said that the collection of information on those who are unaccounted for, is a moral obligation for both countries, but also that the methods developed by the United States in this area could be useful. For many years, the United States and Russia are working together to find the missing soldiers during the Cold War. Group “Elba” calls on both countries to renew their commitment to the search for those still unaccounted for and to extend this cooperation to Afghanistan in order to locate or determine the fate of all missing there soldiers and civilians of the two countries.
“Islamism” (radical extremist movement in Islam).
One of the Russian participants expressed the view that the threat from radical Islamic extremists, or as he put it, “Islamism” – is one of the most serious threats faced by our countries. He suggested that the group “Elba” began studying this threat at the next meeting. American participants agreed to discuss the threat, but noted that the term “Islamism”, if literally translated into English, not very well reflects what was referring to the Russian representative. The American understanding of this phenomenon is better referred to as “radical extremist branch of Islam.” Russian strategists have long described the threat posed by radical Islam as “southern arc of instability” from western China to the Balkans. Not agreeing fully with the Russian point of view of the existence of an “arc of instability”, a group of “Elba” as a whole recognizes that there are clear links between radical groups in these regions.

For more information about the results of the discussions and recommendations of the “Elbe” refer to the Brigadier General, US Army Retired Kevin Ryan. Phone: + 1-617-495-7747. Fax: + 1-617-495-8963. E-mail address: <a href="mailto:kevin_ryan@hks.harvard.edu">kevin_ryan@hks.harvard.edu</a>.

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Ben Hoyle and Michael Evans

Last updated at 12:01AM, April 2 2015

President Putin is using the threat of a nuclear showdown over the Baltic states to force Nato to back away from Russia’s border, according to notes of a secret meeting between intelligence figures from Moscow and Washington.

Western security chiefs are braced for the Kremlin to begin a series of “destabilising actions” in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania that would directly challenge Nato’s mutual defence pledge.

These could involve civil disturbances involving local ethnic Russians, or a cyberattack that could not be definitively traced back to Moscow.

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West Can Stop Putin Only by Focusing on the Dirty Money Moscow Keeps and Uses Abroad, Shevtsova Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

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            Staunton, April 2 – Sanctions against Putin’s Russia and other authoritarian regimes are like those imposed in the past against apartheid in South Africa: morally necessary but insufficient by themselves to cause political change. And moving up forces to areas threatened by Russia is also limited in its impact on the Kremlin leader’s behavior, Liliya Shevtsova says.

            If the West is to contain Putin, she says, it must begin by recognizing that it needs a new paradigm, one that reflects the centrality for the Putin elite of money, generally illegally obtained, the desire of that elite to keep it in safe havens abroad, and Moscow’s willingness and ability to buy support among Western elites (charter97.org/ru/news/2015/4/1/145727/).

            Only by recognizing this and taking action to expose and then limit such financial operations, the Moscow commentator says, can the West hope to “liquidate the cancerous tumor” within itself and establish new post-Cold War rules of the game that the Kremlin will have an interest in not violating.

            Moreover, Shevtsova argues, Western governments and especially European ones should adopt a similar strategy against the authoritarian regimes in “Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other [post-Soviet] countries lest they exploit the openings the West has provided them by using methods that no longer affect key elites directly.

            In an interview with Charter 97’s Natalya Radina, Shevtsova says that Europe has undergone a stress test over the last year because of Putin’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas. It has shown far more unity and gumption than many might have expected given all its internal divisions.

            But the statements it has made and the sanctions it has employed against Putin’s Russia are “only a tactic and not a strategy,” and they are unlikely to be effective on their own unless combined with a clearly developed range of measures designed to “force a regime which is crossing a red line not to do something bad.”

            The place to start for thinking about what such a strategy should look like, Shevtsova says, is to recognize that “the Soviet Union survived on account of its confrontation with the West. But the post-Soviet Russia of Yeltsin and now Putin survives by integration with the West, by the formation inside it of a source of enrichment, a ‘fifth column’ and spheres of influence.”

            That is “a completely new model of survival,” she says, and consequently, “it is impossible to cope with the Putin Kremlin, to contain and limit his freedom of action by applying to Russia only economic and military sanctions, by sending five armored vehicles or tanks to Lithuania, by creating rapid deployment forces” or something similar.

            What needs to happen, the Moscow analyst says, is for Europe and the West more generally to investigate Russian money abroad, where it is being invested, and to whom it is being paid, and then block the flows of money that Putin and his entourage have illegally obtained, as is the case with much of it.

            That won’t easy for Europe to do, she says, because many in Europe are profiting from the existence of this Russian money; but Europe will not succeed in containing Putin if it does not focus on this issue and take decisions.  “The situation is completely new, and one must not compare it with ‘the cold war.’” A new “system of taboos” must be developed.

            Had Western analysts been paying attention, Shevtsova says, they would have noticed that the Kremlin well before Ukraine, indeed as early as 2007, had developed and ultimately formally approved a new concept of its foreign relations which reflected its new concerns with money and its placement abroad.

            Before the Crimean Anschluss, Moscow saw as the matrix of its approach integration with Europe and the Western community on the basis of dialogue. Now, Shevtsova argues, it sees this wealth as a means of survival, of “containing the West inside and beyond the borders of Russia,” an approach in which Ukraine has become “a laboratory for testing this doctrine.”

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InoPressa: путинская угроза ядерного поединка за страны Балтии4 - Postimees

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Kremlin Denies Russia Gearing Up for Nuclear Showdown With Westby By Jennifer Monaghan &lt;moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com&gt;

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said reports that Russia would provoke a nuclear showdown with the West over Crimea or NATO's presence in the Baltics should "not be taken seriously."

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Restoring the Spirit of the Elbe Meeting | Opinion

• By Kevin Ryan
• May. 02 2012

Russia in Review

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Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism for February 27-March 6, 2015

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Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism for March 6-13, 2015

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Knowing when it's war and how to avoid it by Simon Saradzhyan

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To hear Vladimir Putin say it, Russia is not at war with Ukraine. “I think that this apocalyptic scenario is highly unlikely, and I hope it never comes to that,” Putin said when asked on Russia’s Defender of the Fatherland Day whether his fellow citizens may “wake up one day to learn we are at war” with Ukraine. It can be inferred that the commander-in-chief of the Russian armed force believes (or wants us to believe) that there will be no war between Russia and Ukraine for as long as Moscow refuses to admit to its involvement in the conflict. But is there such a thing as a declared war any more? And how should other European nations respond if they become the target of an undeclared war? What can be done to prevent repetition of the Ukraine scenario elsewhere in Europe?

U.S.-Russia Conference Aims to Reduce Tensions

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For two days in October, Russian and American experts met at the Belfer Center to discuss the state of U.S.-Russia relations and look for glimmers of hope.

Unfortunately, few were seen. The conflict in Eastern Ukraine is only the most urgent manifestation of a deeply troubled relationship between Russia and the West—in particular the United States. As one Russian participant stated, “We should deal first with the problems that existed even before Ukraine.”

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Restoring the Spirit of the Elbe Meeting | Opinion

• By Kevin Ryan
• May. 02 2012

Thursday April 2nd, 2015 at 7:19 PM

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On the eve of the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21, it seems that the rhetoric from both the United States and Russia has returned to a more combative past. Deep-seated disagreements over missile defense and so-called frozen conflicts in Georgia have renewed suspicions and battered trust between the countries. This corrosive situation is only amplified by the fact that both countries are in an election year when moderation is viewed as a weakness and hyperbole is the norm.

So it is surprising that a low-profile group of retired general officers from the United States and Russian military and intelligence services should be a voice of reason. Their recommendation is to shift competition away from the military sphere and to seek trust and strategic stability in our relations. The Elbe Group, which is named after the place where U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on April 25, 1945, at the end of World War II, has been formed to achieve this goal.

The Elbe Group consists of retired three- and four-star generals from the U.S and Russian military, CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, Federal Security Service and GRU, the military intelligence branch. These agencies were for many years the hot spots during the Cold War. The GRU was so secretive that the Soviet government did not even admit that it existed until after the Cold War ended. In most cases, we meet in third countries because some members of the Elbe Group cannot get visas to each other's countries. These officers are patriots of their nations but are united by the same goal: to find solutions to our common problems.

Russian members include former Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov, former GRU head Valentin Korabelnikov and former FSB deputy head Anatoly Safonov. U.S. members include the former commander-in-chief of Strategic Command, General Eugene Habiger, and the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Michael Maples.

The Elbe Group has met three times, its most recent session being in March outside Larnaca, Cyprus. The group adopted as its first mission statement in 2010 to focus on the prevention of nuclear terrorism and worked with experts at Harvard Belfer Center and the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies in Moscow to publish the first joint assessment of this threat. This joint assessment, published in English and Russian, made clear in an unclassified booklet the very real danger that dedicated terrorists could obtain or make a nuclear device. The group also authored a joint article in advance of the nuclear security summit in Seoul last month with recommendations for U.S. and Russian cooperation in preventing nuclear terrorism.

But the issue that most concerns Elbe Group members is the lack of trust that still affects the strategic dialogue. The lack of trust is at the heart of disagreements over subjects like missile defense. Russian strategists doubt U.S. statements about the intent of its missile defenses, and U.S. leaders fear integrating their missile defenses with Russian ones.

As a result, the Elbe Group agreed to the following statement on strategic stability at the Cyprus meeting and recommends it to policy makers in both countries:

"The Elbe Group recognizes that strategic stability and trust between the world's two strongest nuclear powers will continue to play a vital role in providing security for both our countries and the entire world, including our ability to resist terrorism. It is in neither the United States' nor Russia's best interests to attempt to gain a strategic military advantage over the other.

"We have emerged from the Cold War and continue to face new complex problems, but the strategic stability we achieved should not be lost as a result of our actions. Unlike the Cold War era, our mutual desire to achieve strategic stability today can be realized with less emphasis on the use of military force. The use of any force today, let alone nuclear weapons, is disproportionate to the existing or potential issues in U.S.-Russia relations. This concept should be reflected in the military strategies and doctrines of both our countries."

The members of the Elbe Group draw their inspiration for collaboration from their predecessors who found a way to overcome many differences to achieve victory and peace over a common enemy in World War II. In one week, we will mark the 67th anniversary of the end of the last great war in Europe. The peace that was won by force can best be preserved by cooperation.

Kevin Ryan, a retired brigadier general, is executive director for research at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the organizer of the Elbe Group.

Participants in the Elbe Group

General of the Army (ret) Anatoliy S. Kulikov, former Minister of Interior;
General of the Army (ret) Valentin V. Korabelnikov, former Head, GRU;
General Colonel (ret) Anatoliy E. Safonov, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs;
General Colonel (ret) Viktor I. Esin. former Chief of Staff, Rocket Forces;
General Colonel (ret) Fedor I. Ladygin, former Head, GRU;
General Colonel (ret) Vladimir N. Verkhovtsev, former Head of 12th GUMO Nuclear Directorate;
General Major (ret) Vladimir Z. Dvorkin, former Director, Fourth Central Research Institute;
General Major (ret) Pavel S. Zolotarev, former Defense Council of Russian Federation;
Colonel (ret) Vladimir Y. Goltsov, former Ministry of Interior;
General Eugene Habiger USAF (ret), former Commander in Chief, Strategic Command;
Lieutenant General Franklin Hagenbeck USA (ret), former Superintendent U.S. Military Academy;
Lieutenant General Michael Maples USA (ret), former Director, DIA;
Mr. Robert Dannenberg, former Chief of Operations for Counterterrorism, CIA;
Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, former Director, Intelligence and Counterintelligence, DOE;
Brigadier General Kevin Ryan USA (ret), former Defense Attache, Moscow.

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And: The very tatar eyes of the "true Russian patriots" (as always), or, in proper translation: 

Russian Lawmaker Wants Visa Ban For Critical Foreigners

by noreply@rferl.org (Tom Balmforth)

Thursday April 2nd, 2015 at 4:03 PM

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mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Here is some background information about the European Union.

» NATO Fast Facts
01/04/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Here's a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

» 'Silver porn' shows fifty shades of greying Japan
01/04/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. 'Silver porn' shows fifty shades of greying Japan Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Proving that neither love nor lust are dimmed...

» Iran's nuclear negotiations: how did we get here? – video explainer
01/04/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. International negotiations over the future of Iran's nuclear programme have reached "a broad framework of understanding", according to Britain's foreign secretary Philip ...

» US to impose sanctions on cyber attackers
01/04/15 15:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Obama calls foreign threats to infrastructure and trade secrets a ‘national emergency’

» Isis edges closer to Syrian capital
01/04/15 15:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Palestinian district of Yarmouk comes under attack from jihadi group’s fighters

» Merkel says Ukraine ceasefire hasn't been fully implemented
01/04/15 15:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that the situation in Ukraine had become calmer in the weeks following the Minsk agreement but added that the cease...

» Ex-policeman who leaked Milly Dowler information to the Sun is jailed
01/04/15 15:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Simon Quinn made £7,000 from tips over a decade while he worked as a detective constable at Surrey police A former police officer who leaked details of the Milly Dowler invest...

» A Newly Assertive Russia Jolts Norway’s Air Defenses Into Action
01/04/15 15:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The pilot of a Norwegian Air Force F-16 fighter from the 331st Air Squadron exited his aircraft upon returning to the air base in Bodo from a mission to observe Russian military aircraft fl...

» Rosneft Settles Legal Dispute With Yukos Shareholders
01/04/15 15:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft says it has reached a settlement in a long-running dispute with shareholders of the now-defunct Yukos oil firm.

» Disorderly Iran nuclear talks falter
01/04/15 15:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Diplomats say US deadline for firm agreements by end of March tactically disadvantaged them

» Boko Haram uses children as human bombs, commits 'heinous crimes': U.N.
01/04/15 15:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Boko Haram Islamist militants in northern Nigeria are using children as human bombs and targeting women and girls for particularly horrific abuse,...

» Senators Urge FIFA To Take World Cup Away From Russia
01/04/15 15:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Thirteen U.S. senators have written to FIFA, soccer's world governing body, urging the organization to replace Russia as host of the 2018 World Cup.

» Report: Video shows final seconds before Germanwings crash - CBS News
01/04/15 15:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS News Report: Video shows final seconds before Germanwings crash CBS News A video allegedly found at the crash site of Germanwings Flight 9525 captures the terrifying moments ...

» Hamleys opens its largest toy store in Moscow despite economic crisis
01/04/15 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - British toy store Hamleys opened its largest shop in the world on Tuesday in central Moscow despite an economic downturn in Russia that is forcing buyers to cut back...

» Obama to Release Military Aid for Egypt
01/04/15 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. President Barack Obama is releasing military aid to Egypt that was suspended after the 2013 coup in that country. The White House says Obama is lifting the hold on sending F-16 fighter jets, tanks an...

» Iran, Saudi Arabia exchange jabs about Yemen conflict
01/04/15 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Iran, Saudi Arabia exchange jabs about Yemen conflict Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Iran warns that the Saudi "attack" on Yem...

» Who was Patrick Sondenheimer, the captain of Germanwings Flight 9525?
01/04/15 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World.

» Obama Lifts Arms Freeze Against Egypt
01/04/15 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The move is an attempt to improve relations with a longtime ally in the Middle East at a time of unrest in the region.

» Protracted nuclear talks risk ire of Congress, renewed sanctions push - Fox News
01/04/15 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Fox News Protracted nuclear talks risk ire of Congress, renewed sanctions push Fox News As talks over Iran's nuclear program spilled past a midnight deadline, the uncertain direction o...

» US restores $1.3bn military aid to Egypt
01/04/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. White House looks to repair ties with authoritarian Sunni regimes

» Iran nuclear talks miss deadline; U.S. threatens to walk away
01/04/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Six world powers and Iran negotiated past a March 31 deadline into the wee hours of Wednesday, struggling to conclude an outline accord on Tehran's nu...

» Andrew Getty, grandson of Getty Oil founder, found dead
01/04/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Cause of death for 48-year-old – an heir to industrialist J Paul Getty – not immediately clear but former girlfriend being questioned, say reports Andrew Getty, the grandson o...

» J. Paul Getty's grandson found dead - USA TODAY
01/04/15 15:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY J. Paul Getty's grandson found dead USA TODAY The grandson of late oil magnate J. Paul Getty was found dead at his home in Hollywood Hills on Tuesday, according to vari...

» Azerbaijan Bars Entry to a Georgian Human Rights Worker
01/04/15 15:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Giorgi Gogia of the group Human Rights Watch had planned to attend hearings in court cases of two other rights advocates.

» South Korean Man Charged in Knife Attack on US Envoy - New York Times
01/04/15 15:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Hindu South Korean Man Charged in Knife Attack on US Envoy New York Times SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday indicted a man who slashed the U.S. ambas...

» Azerbaijan Denies Entry To HRW Representative
01/04/15 15:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Azerbaijan has expelled a Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher after barring him from entering the country to attend the trial of two rights activists.

» Getty Grandson Found Dead At Los Angeles Home
01/04/15 15:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Andrew Getty was discovered in a bathroom after police were called by a woman, who is now helping them with their inquiries.

» Rosamund Pike as Bond? Ed Miliband is the man with the Midas touch
01/04/15 15:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Ideas win elections, not kitchens or debates. And this one from Miliband is a simple stroke of brilliance that says so much The election campaign can stop here. There is not g...

» Death toll in Yemen rises as Saudi-led military attacks continue - Washington Post
01/04/15 15:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Salon Death toll in Yemen rises as Saudi-led military attacks continue Washington Post SANAA, Yemen — An airstrike from a Saudi-led military force destroyed a dairy factory along Yemen...

» Activists decry Russians’ increasing sympathy for Stalin
01/04/15 15:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. The head of the Russian NGO that specializes in the investigation of Stalinist purges has voiced concern over the growing popularity of the late Soviet...

» Russian Analyst Calls For Nuclear Attack on America’s Yellowstone National Park
01/04/15 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Russian geopolitical analyst Konstantin Sivkov has called for Moscow to launch a nuclear attack on Yellowstone National Park and the San Andreas fault ...

» 'IS Widow' Advises Wannabe Jihadi Brides: The Food Is 'Yummy,' 'Womanly Supplies' Plentiful
01/04/15 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Australian woman who has joined the Islamic State (IS) group is using social media to advise other women who want to follow in her footsteps and join the militants in ...

» April Fools' Day: Check Out Best Gags From Around the World - NBCNews.com
01/04/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. NBCNews.com April Fools' Day: Check Out Best Gags From Around the World NBCNews.com Spoof or serious? Pranksters come out in force every April 1 — with celebrities, corporations and ot...

» Israeli leader says world needs 'better deal' with Iran - Daily Mail
01/04/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Mail Israeli leader says world needs 'better deal' with Iran Daily Mail JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his stern warning about a possible nuc...

» Father of teenage jihadist arrested in Turkey works in Ministry of Defence post office
01/04/15 15:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. It is believed the man, from Brent, north west London, works in the military's post office, where he would have had access to the names and address of all military personnel at home and...

» Jihadists undergo radicalisation training in deepest rural west Wales
01/04/15 15:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Locations in Ceredigion, Powys and Pembrokeshire, pictured, are being used by jihadists to radicalise other Muslims, according to an officer from the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrori...

» April Fools' pranks reveal the unfunny future of consumerism
01/04/15 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Companies’ prank products reflect consumer demands in a slightly exaggerated alternate universe, but they could also be future marketing hooks The tech industry, hovering cons...

» April Fools' Day 2015: The best and worst pranks from around the Web
01/04/15 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. From Pac-Man Google Maps to selfie shoes, here are the best -- and worst -- pranks from April Fools' Day 2015.

» Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz 'told his live-in lover he was having an affair'
01/04/15 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Andreas Lubitz, 27, confessed to his 26-year-old partner Kathrin Goldbach that he had been romantically involved with a Germanwings flight attendant named only as Maria, it has been cla...

» Obama Unveils New Cyberattack Penalties
01/04/15 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. President Obama is creating new sanctions for other nations and people outside the U.S. who participate in significant cyberattacks against U.S. citizens, companies or government entit...

» Obama Approves Targeted Sanctions Against Cyberattackers - NBCNews.com
01/04/15 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Obama Approves Targeted Sanctions Against Cyberattackers NBCNews.com President Barack Obama authorized the first sanctions program directed at individual or group cyb...

» Dominican Republic busts child sex parties to combat trafficking
01/04/15 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Matt and seven traffickers lay face down and handcuffed in a luxury villa one afternoon last month, surrounded by Dominican police pointing g...

» The once-mighty bromance is dead – and Get Hard killed it
01/04/15 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The genre that started out celebrating male friendship has become a travesty of itself, as Hollywood trawls the racist, homophobic depths You can actually see the moment the b...

» Yemeni Houthi fighters in tanks reach central Aden
01/04/15 15:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ADEN (Reuters) - Houthi fighters and their army allies advanced in a column of tanks on Wednesday into a central district of the southern city of Aden, the main foothold of loyalists o...

» The bizarre animal parts on sale in China's 'medicine markets'
01/04/15 14:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Guangzhou, China - \n\nForbidden Fruit\n\n'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined ...

» This drug, banned in Europe, Russia and China, may be in your lunch - Reuters Blogs (blog)
01/04/15 14:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Blogs (blog) This drug, banned in Europe, Russia and China, may be in your lunch Reuters Blogs (blog) If you eat meat in any country in the European Union, or even in China or...

» Путин собрал срочное совещание Совета безопасности - Сводка Украинских и Мировых Новостей
01/04/15 14:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Путин собрал срочное совещание Совета безопасности Сводка Украинских и Мировых Новостей Путин обсудил на совещании внеполитические вопросы: ситуацию в Йемене, переговоры по иранско...

» Russia – perhaps more restrained and less powerful than you think? - Washington Post (blog)
01/04/15 14:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russia – perhaps more restrained and less powerful than you think? Washington Post (blog) The following is a guest post by political scientists Brandon Valeriano (University of Glasgo...

» Польская армия будет обучать украинских военных инструкторов - Российская Газета
01/04/15 14:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Польская армия будет обучать украинских военных инструкторов Российская Газета Польская армия до конца года обучит три группы украинских военных инструкторов. Как...

» NATO Reassures East European Allies of its Support
01/04/15 14:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. NATO's supreme commander in Europe said that an armored vehicles convoy of U.S. troops crossing eastern Europe is a "good  message of reassurance” to member nations for the military allia...

» Court in Turkey Acquits Military Officers of Trying to Overthrow Government
01/04/15 14:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The court ruled that evidence in the case, which involved 236 defendants, was tampered with and ordered the suspects released.

» Russia Extends Natural Gas Deal With Ukraine
01/04/15 14:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a plan to extend Moscow's current natural gas deal with Ukraine for another three months. Russian authorities announced the extension Tuesday...

» Russian strategist suggests nuking Yellowstone - WND.com
01/04/15 14:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. WND.com Russian strategist suggests nuking Yellowstone WND.com Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest news...

» Наследник американского нефтяного магната найден мертвым в своем доме - Российская Газета
01/04/15 14:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Наследник американского нефтяного магната найден мертвым в своем доме Российская Газета Тело 47-летнего Эндрю Гетти было найдено во вторник днем в его доме на Гол...

» Russians Identify with Putin to Cope with Unpredictability He Causes, Moscow Psychologist Says
01/04/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, April 1 – The overwhelming support Russians currently give to Vladimir Putin ...

» Ukraine Says It Would Buy Russian Gas At $250
01/04/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn says Ukraine is not currently buying gas from Russia's Gazprom and will resume if a price of $250 per 1,000 cubic meters is...

» World Bank sees protracted recession in Russia - Reuters
01/04/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters World Bank sees protracted recession in Russia Reuters In its baseline scenario, the bank expected Russia's gross domestic product to contract by 3.8 percent in 2015 and a fur...

» Moscow Court Orders New Detention Hearing In Nemtsov Killing Case
01/04/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian court has overturned a ruling to keep one of the suspects in opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s killing in pretrial detention.

» Abramovich gets boost from Evraz $375m share buyback
01/04/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Russian steelmaker said it plans to return capital to shareholders through a tender offer

» Ukraine Rejects Georgia's Request To Extradite Saakashvili
01/04/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine has rejected Georgia's request for the extradition of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, saying it was politically motivated.

» World Bank Says Russia Facing Protracted Recession
01/04/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia faces a protracted recession as the impact of Western sanctions lingers and oil prices stay low, the World Bank said in a report published Wednesday.

» ​BRICS leadership passes to Russia, $100bn development bank 'main priority' - RT
01/04/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT ​BRICS leadership passes to Russia , $100bn development bank 'main priority' RT As Russia assumes the chairmanship of the BRICS business council, the launch of the New Development ...

» Chief Suspect In Nemtsov Killing Denies Guilt
01/04/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The chief suspect in Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's killing has denied his guilt, saying he confessed under pressure and was not at the scene of the crime.

» Putin Creates State Agency To Oversee Ethnic Issues
01/04/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed the creation of a federal agency to oversee ethnic issues in the huge, multiracial country.

» Crash challenges German identity, notions of privacy
01/04/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. BERLIN — BERLIN -- In the case of Andreas Lubitz — -- the seemingly unstable co-pilot who crashed a German jetliner into a French mountain...

» Ethnic Jokes in Russia are No Laughing Matter, Moscow Experts Say
01/04/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, April 1 – Almost half of the residents of the Russian Federation think that e...

» New US Sanctions Target Overseas Cyber Attackers
01/04/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Obama administration on Wednesday launched the first-ever sanctions program to financially punish individuals and groups outside the United States that are engaged in malicious cyber ...

» What the Real Putin Constitution Looks Like
01/04/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, April 1 – A constitution is not just words on paper but a living and breathin...

» Ukraine's Security Service Apprehends 'Bombers' In Odesa
01/04/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has detained three people suspected of involvement in a series of explosions in the southeastern city of Odesa.

» Russia Claims 'Take Or Pay' Gas Deal With Ukraine
01/04/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's energy minister says his country has a "take or pay" deal for natural gas with Ukraine that, in the absence of any fresh agreement, comes into effect on April 1.

» US House Speaker in Israel as Iran Talks Continue
01/04/15 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As the negotiations over Iran's reported nuclear weapons program were extended into Wednesday, Israel's prime minister and the leader of the Republican-led, U.S. House of Representatives ...

» The Untouchables And The Expendables
01/04/15 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Contract killings in Russia are solved only when the untouchable perpetrators become expendable.

» Nuclear Weapons and Democratization in Putin’s Russia
01/04/15 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. In a recent documentary Vladimir Putin recounted that when planning the annexation of Crimea he even thought about calling a nuclear alert. Whether this remark is true or fa...

» Ukraine’s debt haircut showdown looms
01/04/15 14:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Big issue for bondholders is what Russia decides to do

» Obama targets foreign hackers and state-owned companies over cyber-attacks
01/04/15 14:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Executive order creates sanctions that could potentially penalize companies in China and Russia that benefit from hacks in attempt to curtail rising threat President Obama on Wednesd...

» A glimpse of US-Russia goodwill, through citizen dialogue - Christian Science Monitor
01/04/15 14:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Christian Science Monitor A glimpse of US- Russia goodwill, through citizen dialogue Christian Science Monitor That is how I found myself in Suzdal, Russia , in the last week of March...

» Ukrainian Communist Party Chief Summoned For Questioning
01/04/15 14:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukrainian Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko has been summoned by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) for questioning over a recent trip to Russia.

» Obama Lifts Freeze on Egyptian Weapon Sales
01/04/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The White House today lifted an executive hold on weapon sales to Egypt, as part of a broader attempt to "modernize" the military relationship between the two countries.     ...

» Lt. Gen. Hodges: Atlantic Resolve Sharpening Soldiers' Skills
01/04/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Soldiers on the ground in Europe are sharpening their skills and reinforcing the Army's warfighting functions in a series of about 30 exercises around the continent this year, said the...

» April Fool's Day Accord: Iran Deal Reached, Details to Follow
01/04/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: April Fool’s Day Accord: Iran Deal Reached, Details to Follow. by Joel B. Pollak 31 Mar 2015 650 Russian media, according to AFP , quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: “”...

» getty - Google Search
01/04/15 13:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results J. Paul Getty's grandson found dead USA TODAY - 4 hours ago The grandson of late oil industry magnate J. Paul Getty was found dead at his home in Hollywood Hills on Tuesday, the family has conf...

» President Obama: I’d love a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United
01/04/15 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vox - All. Barack Obama has a radical idea for how to reform campaign finance: amend the Constitution. The president told V ox in an exclusive interview that he wants to see such a drastic change, because ...

» Michael Steele says Obama's claims hypocritical: that his presidential campaign was asked to disclose donors and refused
01/04/15 11:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The latest updates from The Obameter. "When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaig...

» How Foreign Money Can Find Its Way Into Political Campaigns
01/04/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Politics - The Huffington Post. WASHINGTON -- Every election cycle brings new concerns about foreign interests influencing U.S. elections and secretly funneling money to U.S. political campaigns. Yet forei...

» Group Warns of Foreign, Fraudulent Donors to Obama Campaign
01/04/15 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. A conservative political watchdog group is raising the prospect of an "illegal-donor loophole" in the nation's campaign finance system, and suggesting the grassroots-donor-heavy Obama C...

» DOJ Investigates Fox News Reporter James Rosen in Leak Case
01/04/15 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Drawing fire from lawmakers, constitutionalists, and an array of journalists and other media types, it was reported Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been investigating a Fox News report...

» Impeachment Support Soars as Voters Say Feds “Out of Control”
01/04/15 10:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. A recent Fox News poll shows more than two-thirds of American voters believe the federal government is “out of control” and a threat to their liberties. Meanwhile, a separate survey commis...

» Obama Homeland Security Aiding Criminal Conspiracies
01/04/15 10:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security is brazenly violating U.S. law and participating in criminal conspiracies to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States, U.S. Di...

» U.S. Government and Top Mexican Drug Cartel Exposed as Partners
01/04/15 10:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. For over a decade, under multiple administrations, the U.S. government had a secret agreement with the ruthless Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed it to operate with impunity, an in-depth invest...

» Transnational Organized Crime: A Growing Threat to National and International Security
01/04/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from White House.gov Blog Feed. Transnational organized crime (TOC) poses a significant and growing threat to national and international security, with dire implications for public safety, public health, democr...

» did foreign interests money make their way into obama's campaign financing? - Google Search
01/04/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Campaign finance in the United States - Wikipedia, the free ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Campaign _ finance _in_the_United_States Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... At the federal level, campaig...

» did drug dealers profits make their way into obama's campaign financing? - Google Search
01/04/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Pharmaceuticals / Health Products | OpenSecrets <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?" rel="nofollow">www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?</a>... Cached Sim...

» The Obama Revolution - John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei
31/03/15 23:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from POLITICO - TOP Stories. Nov. 4, 2008, was the day when American politics shifted on its axis. The ascent of an African-American to the presidency — a victory by a 47-year-old man who was born when se...

» Americans see Putin as only slightly...
31/03/15 22:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Barack Obama as the greatest threat to National Security - Google News. Americans see Putin as only slightly more imminent threat than Obama , poll says Reuters Blogs (blog)  - ‎Mar 30, 2015R...

» Barack Obama is the Greatest Threat to National Security
31/03/15 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from London Center for Policy Research. At the signing ceremony for the Obamacare legislation, Vice President Biden memorably told the president, “This is a big f****** deal.” The foreign policy equ...

» 25 Violations of Law By President Obama and His Administration
31/03/15 22:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Obama Administration uses IRS to target conservative, Christian and pro-Israel organizations, donors, and citizens. In an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment, the Obama Justice Department ordered crim...

» Obama’s “Civilian National Security Force”
31/03/15 22:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CanadaFreePress.Com. All Dictators Need Their Own Police Force Obama’s “Civilian National Security Force” By J.D. Longstreet -- Bio and Archives    July 5, 2012 Comments | Print...

» Is Obama’s Secret Army Mobilizing In The Wake Of The Dow’s Demise?
31/03/15 22:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . (Before It's News) John Myers / Personal Liberty Digest The Dow Jones industrial average, the stock index that represents the wealth and welfare of the Nation, is collapsing before our eyes. With the Dow down...

» How Federal Workers Became Obama’s Private Army
31/03/15 21:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The United States established the Civil Service 142 years ago, in response to the massive corruption that followed from the previous “spoils system” in Washington DC.  Prior to that, all fede...

» Obama's Goals Become Clear with his Militarized Government
31/03/15 21:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Doug Ross @ Journal. Guest post by Investor's Business Daily Federal Fire Power: Instead of putting a lien on the property of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, the Bureau of Land Management surrounded his ranch...

» obama and fbi - Google Search
31/03/15 21:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . FBI — President Obama Visits FBI Headquarters <a href="http://www.fbi.gov" rel="nofollow">www.fbi.gov</a> › News › Videos Cached Similar Federal Bureau of Investigation Loading.....

» The Last Great Stand » FBI and DOJ Investigation Exposes Obama, Holder & Sharpton Engaging in Racial Politics
31/03/15 21:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Last Great Stand. AMERICA’S FAVORITE RACIST – Ferguson Gang Leader Admits “Eric Holder Paid Us To Start Riots”   I’m curious, and I’m sure there will be outrage...

» Ailes And Beck Agree On Lunatic "Civilian National Security Force" Conspiracy Theory | Research
31/03/15 21:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Media Matters for America - Latest Items. As Media Matters has documented, Glenn Beck has repeatedly pushed the lunatic theory that, based on a 2008 campaign speech by President Obama calling for a "civili...

» Prison Planet.com » Armed Black Militants Prep for War
31/03/15 20:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Armed Black Militants Prep for War. Group chanted various anti-police slogans, including, “Oink! Oink! Bang! Bang!” Lee Ann McAdoo Prison <a href="http://Planet.com" rel="nofoll...

» Obama Openly Supported the New Black Panthers on Campaign Website [PROOF]
31/03/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Conservative Tribune. It seems that Barack Obama’s ties with the New Black Panther Party extend far beyond the free pass given the group by the DOJ on voter intimidation in Philadelphia during the 20...

» is isolationism and international withdrawal a precondition for obama's domestic revolution? - Google Search
31/03/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results First Principles - America's Security <a href="http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=35&theme=amsec" rel="nofollow">www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?...

» Is isolationism and international withdrawal a precondition for Obama revolution - Google Search
31/03/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results First Principles - America's Security <a href="http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=35&theme=amsec" rel="nofollow">www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?...

» obama revolution - Google Search
31/03/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Obama, a One-Man Revolution - National Review <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/.../" rel="nofollow">www.nationalreview.com/.../</a> obama -one-man- revolution ... Cached Natio...

» does barack obama have a private army of militant black supporters? - Google Search
31/03/15 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results 'Unintended consequences': Obama traces origin of ISIS to ... rt.com/usa/241325- obama -isis-iraq-bush/ Cached RT Loading... Mar 17, 2015 - President Barack Obama traced the origins of Islamic ...

» THEY DON'T LIKE OBAMA: Armed Forces' Support for President Obama Breaks All-Time Record | Doug Giles
31/03/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Clash Daily. Posted on December 22, 2014 Wow. This is ugly.  But then again… Obama doesn’t like our military that much either. It’s no secret that President Obama has been an un...

» impeach obama for high treason - Google Search
31/03/15 20:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Impeach Obama for Treason! | Petition2Congress <a href="http://www.petition2congress.com/10013/" rel="nofollow">www.petition2congress.com/10013/</a> impeach - obama - treason / Cach...

» Barack Obama's Civilian Army | Fox News
31/03/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Thursday's show, I believe, it's the most controversial of all the shows this week — and maybe ever. I will give you some facts, some history but also some of the future. The reason Thursday's show is t...

» Remember Obama's Civilian National Security Force?
31/03/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from American Thinker. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Candidate Obama sent red flags up all over the country when he strongly proposed "Civilian security force." Senator Obama introduces the idea of a C...

» Obama’s Secret Army And Why We Should Fear It
31/03/15 19:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Personal Liberty. “The people on the list might be me.” — Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), speaking during his March 6 filibuster about the “kill list” maintained by the Administrat...

» There's a war on for your mind!
31/03/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Nancy Matthis American Daughter March 27, 2010 Remember when Obama said he wanted a “national security force”? Not the national guard, but a civilian one that has not sworn to uphold ...

» The Last Great Stand » U.S. Judge Has Figured Out Obama Using D.H.S. as His Private Army
31/03/15 19:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Last Great Stand.  WE’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO NOTICED!!!! Here is a judge who "get it." He understands the Obama strategy. First and foremost, our active military only number about 1.5 mill...

» Barack Obama as the greatest threat to National Security - Google Search
31/03/15 19:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results In the news Poll: most Republicans see President as a national 'threat' MSNBC ‎ - 1 day ago Republicans believe that President Obama poses a greater imminent threat to the United ......

» Obama Building A Personal Army At The Department Of Homeland Security
31/03/15 19:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Western Journalism. In July of 2008 , presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama stated that Americans could no longer “…continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national secur...

» Barack Obama and his Civilian National Security Force - Google Search
31/03/15 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Obama's 'National Security Force?' - FactCheck.org <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2008/.../" rel="nofollow">www.factcheck.org/2008/.../</a> obamas - national - security - forc .....

» barack obama's "private army" and control of politics - Google Search
31/03/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Obama's “Private Army” - FactCheck.org <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2010/04/" rel="nofollow">www.factcheck.org/2010/04/</a> obamas - private-army / Cached Similar &...

» barack obama's "secret army" - Google Search
31/03/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Obama's Secret Army And Why We Should Fear It personalliberty.com/ obamas - secret-army -and-why-we-should-fear-it/ Cached Similar May 15, 2013 - Obama's secret army is the Joint Special Operat...

» barack obama's "private army" and control of information space - Google Search
31/03/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Barack Obama's Civilian Army | Fox News <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/.../" rel="nofollow">www.foxnews.com/.../</a> barack - obama -civilian-army Cached Similar Fox News Channel L...

» what are the goals and purposes of barack obama's "private army"? - Google Search
31/03/15 19:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results LIE: Barack Obama wants to create his own private army -- a ... mythopedia.mediamatters.org/.../ barack - obama -wants-to-create-his-own-... Cached Barack Obama wants to create his own private ...

» An update on Obama’s personal army...
31/03/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Western Journalism. Because the American military swears an allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, and not to the President, could Obama’s strategy be to strip our Armed Services and shift their dollar...

» barack obama's "private army" as a subject for fbi investigation - Google Search
31/03/15 18:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results US Presidential Sponsor Of Domestic And Global Terrorism <a href="http://www.thelastgreatstand.com/.../u-s-" rel="nofollow">www.thelastgreatstand.com/.../u-s-</a> president ial-spon...

» Obama’s “Private Army”
31/03/15 18:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from FactCheck.org. Q: Did the new health care law give Obama a Nazi-like "private army" of 6,000 people? A: No. Contrary to false Internet rumors, the new Ready Reserve Corps of doctors and other health worker...

» obama’s "national security force" - Google Search
31/03/15 18:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Blog: Remember Obama's Civilian National Security Force? <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/.../remember_" rel="nofollow">www.americanthinker.com/.../remember_</a> obamas _civi...

» does barack obama have a private army of militant supporters? - Google Search
31/03/15 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Secret 'Kill List' Tests Obama's Principles - NYTimes.com <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/.../" rel="nofollow">www.nytimes.com/.../</a> obamas -leadership-in-war-on-al... The New Yo...

» why does barack obama have a private army - Google Search
31/03/15 18:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Obama's “Private Army” - FactCheck.org <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2010/04/" rel="nofollow">www.factcheck.org/2010/04/</a> obamas - private - army / Cached Similar...

» does barack obama have a private army - Google Search
31/03/15 18:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results An update on Obama's personal army... - Western Journalism <a href="http://www.westernjournalism.com/an-update-on-" rel="nofollow">www.westernjournalism.com/an-update-on-</a> obamas...

» German Prosecutors: Crash Pilot Had Suicidal Tendencies
31/03/15 17:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week had been treated in the past for suicidal tendencies, German state prosecutors said on Mon...

» One Dead in Shooting near National Security Agency
31/03/15 17:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. One person was killed and another injured Monday when a car with two people inside tried to ram security gates at Fort Meade, near Washington, which houses the U.S. National Security Agen...

» More Details on Co-Pilot’s Mental State
31/03/15 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Christoph Kumpa, deputy spokesman for the prosecutors’ office, said before the Germanwings co-pilot received his license, Andreas Lubitz was seeking help from a psychotherapist.

» Greek Energy Minister Visits Russia, Spurning 'Germanised Europe' - Newsweek
31/03/15 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek Greek Energy Minister Visits Russia , Spurning 'Germanised Europe' Newsweek Greece's energy minister is visiting Russia today after calling for a confrontation with a “German...

» DOE Advisers Warn US Might Lose Arctic Energy War With Russia, China - Daily Caller
31/03/15 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. DOE Advisers Warn US Might Lose Arctic Energy War With Russia , China Daily Caller The Arctic is home to vast oil and natural gas reserves that Russia and China are eager to tap into,...

» Russian Tanks and Fighters Enter Eastern Ukraine, Says Kiev - Newsweek
31/03/15 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek Russian Tanks and Fighters Enter Eastern Ukraine, Says Kiev Newsweek 22 Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine's separatist-held eastern territories over the weekend, as pro-Mosc...

» How Russia is building a psychological firewall against the West
31/03/15 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Vladimir Putin of Russia may fear that the internet is a CIA project, but unfortunately he is not alone. According to our recently released study about how the Russian public views the internet his ...

» Russia fighting information wars with borrowed weapons
31/03/15 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . “Life would be boring without rumors.” So said Russian President Vladimir Putin, upon re-emerging from a mysterious ten-day disappearance, during which the internet exploded with speculation he wa...

» 100 Russian military units created in Crimea – defense minister - RT
31/03/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT 100 Russian military units created in Crimea – defense minister RT "In accordance with the presidential order, we were instructed to deploy a self-sufficient combined group of...

» Gibraltar stabbing: British man found dead alongside Spanish partner and two children
31/03/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A family of four, including a baby, have been found dead with stab wounds in a flat in Gibraltar. 

» Правительство Эстонии подало в отставку - Telegraf.by
31/03/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Telegraf.by Правительство Эстонии подало в отставку Telegraf.by Правительство Эстонии сегодня, 30 марта, в полном составе подало в отставку. "Правительство подает в отставку с...

» ​Greece to turn to Russia for economic help - media - RT
31/03/15 17:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT ​Greece to turn to Russia for economic help - media RT The Greek government reportedly plans to negotiate a possible reduction in gas prices from Russia and the lifting of the emba...

» US Military Faces High-Tech Recruiting Challenge
31/03/15 17:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. military faces a challenge recruiting people with the high-tech skills it needs for the future as those who joined after the September 11, 2001 attacks leave the service and the ...

» Costa Concordia: Shipment of Mob drugs was hidden aboard cruise liner when it hit rocks off Italian coast, investigators say
31/03/15 17:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. The doomed Costa Concordia was carrying a huge shipment of Mafia-owned cocaine when it set off on its final voyage, investigators have said.

» A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe, Russia, the atom bomb
31/03/15 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from EU-RussiaCentre. Here is published an opinion piece by journalist Ferdinando Riccardi, who writes that the prospect of an end to EU sanctions on Russia “continues to make progress.” He reports on a debate ...

» A year into a conflict with Russia, are sanctions working?
31/03/15 17:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from EU-RussiaCentre. Here is published a comment piece by Moscow bureau chief Michael Birnbaum, who asks whether sanctions against Russia are working. A year after the annexation of Crimea, the West has been a...

» Cultural Figures Demand Minister's Sacking Over Opera Scandal
31/03/15 17:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Leading cultural figures have called launched a petition Monday calling for the dismissal of Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky, saying his position on a controversial opera p...

» Песков не увидел проблем в "рассекречивании" данных лидеров G20 - Российская Газета
31/03/15 17:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Песков не увидел проблем в "рассекречивании" данных лидеров G20 Российская Газета Говорить о рассекречивании персональных данных лидеров, которые участв...

» Russian Cat Famed for Stealing $1,000 of Fish to Star in Moscow Talk Show
31/03/15 17:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A cat famous for stealing $1,000 worth of fish and caviar from an airport shop in Vladivostok has arrived in Moscow to film the April 1 episode of popular talk show "Pust Govo...

» How to fix Greece: A seven-point plan for economic salvation
31/03/15 17:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. All eyes are on Greece, again. After six years of austerity that drove some four million Greeks on to the breadline as economic activity declined by 25 per cent, citizens are holding the...

» Меркель назвала условие, при котором ЕС сможет повлиять на Россию - Главред
31/03/15 17:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Главред Меркель назвала условие, при котором ЕС сможет повлиять на Россию Главред Канцлер Германии Ангела Меркель заявили, что если Евросоюз будет придерживаться "единой линии...

» The Long Winter Ahead for EU-Russia Relations
31/03/15 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - Institute of Modern Russia. Over the past year, following the annexation of Crimea, relations between Russia and the European Union deteriorated to the point of raising the discussion of a second Co...

» Worker Strikes Will Only Boost Kremlin's Popularity, Say Analysts
31/03/15 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A Withheld salaries, unforeseen firings and pay cuts have amplified discontent in an array of Russia's economic sectors, leading to a handful of strikes are political analysts...

» What's What in Iran Nuclear Deal
31/03/15 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As a deadline nears for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the talk centers around centrifuges, enriched uranium, and heavy-water reactors. To understand what they are and why they matter,...

» Britain's EasyJet Cuts Flights to Russia Amid Aviation Downturn
31/03/15 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. British budget airline EasyJet halved the number of flights it offers on its Moscow-London route Monday as international carriers scale back their Russian operations amid fall...

» Singapore Police Arrest Teen for Anti-Christian Online Comments
31/03/15 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Singapore teenager, who criticized Lee Kuan Yew on social media soon after the former leader's death, has been arrested and will be charged with making “insensitive and disparaging” com...

» News Analysis: Role of Illness in Germanwings Crash Raises Worry About Stigma
31/03/15 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The An intense focus on the co-pilot’s mental illness has co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s mental illness in the Germanwings jet crash raised concerns that it could stigmatize mentally ill people...

» Террористы не предоставляют ОБСЕ отчет об отводе вооружения - OstanniPodii.com
31/03/15 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН Террористы не предоставляют ОБСЕ отчет об отводе вооружения OstanniPodii.com Террористы «ЛНР» не предоставили наблюдателям ОБСЕ информации об отводе тяжелого оружия. Кроме то...

» Австралия ввела санкции в отношении России - BBC Russian
31/03/15 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Московский комсомолец РБК Австралия ввела санкции в отношении России BBC Russian Австралия ввела санкции Санкции против России, о принятии которых было объявлено еще в сентябре про...

» Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat than Putin: Reuters/Ipsos poll
31/03/15 17:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bash...

» obama poll - Google Search
31/03/15 17:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Americans see Putin as only slightly more imminent threat than ... Reuters Blogs (blog) - Mar 30, 2015 ... who said the same about Obama . A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll asked more than 3,000 Amer...

» Республиканцы назвали Барака Обаму основной угрозой для США - Российская Газета
31/03/15 17:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Республиканцы назвали Барака Обаму основной угрозой для США Российская Газета Сторонники республиканской партии США считают собственного президента-демократа Бара...

» Robert Lustyik Jr - Google Search
31/03/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Utah judge sentences former FBI agent to 10 years in federal fraud ... Salt Lake Tribune - 22 hours ago Prosecutors say Lustyik , a counterintelligence officer based in White ... Robert G. Lust...

» Ex-FBI Agent Sentenced to 10 Years in Afghan Kickback Scheme
31/03/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. A former FBI agent accused of trying to derail a Utah investigation into an alleged defense contractor kickback scheme was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday. Prosecutors say that in ex...

» Former FBI Agent Sentenced To 10 Years In Afghan Corruption Case
31/03/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A former FBI agent accused of trying to derail an investigation into alleged corruption by a U.S. defense contractor in Afghanistan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

» Freedom House Demands Campaign Against Baku Over Jailed Journalist
31/03/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Democracy advocates at Freedom House, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization, have called for an international campaign aimed at pressuring Azerbaijan to free jailed i...

» Вместе с Costa Concordia ушел на дно кокаин итальянских мафиози - НТВ.ru
31/03/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. НТВ.ru Вместе с Costa Concordia ушел на дно кокаин итальянских мафиози НТВ.ru На борту круизного лайнера Costa Concordia, затонувшего в 2012 году, находилась крупная партия кокаина...

» Путин готовится выступить на юбилейной сессии Генассамблеи ООН - Независимая газета
31/03/15 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. BBC Russian Путин готовится выступить на юбилейной сессии Генассамблеи ООН Независимая газета Как стало известно "Ъ", президент РФ Владимир Путин может выступить на откры...

» Бывшего начальника киевской милиции заподозрили в штурме Майдана - Lenta.ru
31/03/15 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Forbes Ukraine Бывшего начальника киевской милиции заподозрили в штурме Майдана Lenta.ru Генеральная прокуратура Украины заподозрила бывшего начальника киевской милиции Валерия Маз...

» «Боец спецназа ДНР» рассказал о роли российских военных в боях в Донбассе - РБК
31/03/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Gazeta.ua «Боец спецназа ДНР» рассказал о роли российских военных в боях в Донбассе РБК ​Россиянин Дмитрий Сапожников, который, как он сам говорит, в октябре 2014 года поехал в зон...

» Iran Denies Sending Arms to Yemen Rebels
31/03/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Iran's foreign ministry said Tuesday the government had sent aid to Yemen but denied shipping weapons to the country where a Saudi-led coalition is conducting airstrikes to try to stop Ir...

» На железнодорожной станции в Харькове прогремел взрыв - Российская Газета
31/03/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета На железнодорожной станции в Харькове прогремел взрыв Российская Газета На железнодорожной станции в Харькове сработало взрывное устройство. Эту информацию подтве...