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The World Bank said on Monday it expects Russia's economy to contract less sharply than previously thought in 2015, citing a recovery in oil price, a stronger ruble and slowing inflation.
Moscow’s Actions Mean There Will Soon Be No Crimea to Return to Ukraine Peacefully or Otherwise, Oleshchuk Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
Paul Goble
Staunton, June 1 – Many Ukrainians and their supporters abroad talk about the possibility of the peaceful return of Crimea to Ukrainian control at some point in the future, but such talk, while possibly understandable ignores the fact that Moscow is changing Crimea so dramatically that there will soon be no Crimea to return, according to Petr Oleshchuk.
In “Novoye vremya” today, the Kyiv political scientist says that he understands perfectly well how “catastrophic” would be any attempt at a military return of Crimea. But he argues that “to lie about ‘a peaceful path’ is simply irresponsible with regard to Ukrainians. There is no ‘peaceful path’” (nv.ua/opinion/oleschuk/skoro-krym-stanet-sovershenno-drugim-51365.html).
It is of course possible to speak about Russia’s occupation of Crimea de facto while refusing to recognize it de jure. “Apparently, there is now no other way. But why sow in society false hopes and not prepare it for a struggle,” especially given what the Russian occupation authorities are doing to transform the Ukrainian peninsula into something else.
Oleshchuk makes five points in this regard: First, he points out, “Russia is completely changing the composition of the population. Mass shifts are taking place already now. After a certain time, Crime will be completely different demographically. And there will not be an ounce of Ukrainian in it.”
Second, he argues, the imposition of anti-Ukrainian attitudes “after a few years will yield a generation which it would be impossible to reintegrate into Ukrainian society.” Third, “as a democratic state, Ukraine cannot solve its problems by deportations. But it also will not be able to integrate such an enclave.”
Fourth, “every day, the development of the economy in the various systems is leading to a situation in which it will be practically impossible to combine into one again.” (In support of this, “Novaya gazeta” today describes the way in which Moscow is making Russian-occupied Crimea a money-laundering hub (novayagazeta.ru/inquests/68624.html).
And fifth, for Crimea to return to Ukraine, it would be necessary for Russia to descend into the kind of “government crisis in which no one in the world is seriously interested.” In short, Oleshchuk says, there is no reason to accept the idea that Crimea will somehow miraculously and peacefully return to Ukraine.
Additional evidence for his position, the Kyiv political scientist says, is provided by the continuing existence of “two Chinas, two Koreas, two Cypruses, and so on.” And he concludes that “it is not excluded” that in the decades ahead, “the issue of the return of Crimea” will agitate Ukrainians in much the same way the unification of the two Koreas agitates Koreans.
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Iranian state media report that an Iranian military officer has been killed near the city of Ramadi while advising Iraqi forces on how to recapture the city from Islamic State militants.
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Has Russia just earned itself more sanctions?
CNBC Relations between Russia and Europe took a turn for the worse this weekend, on reports that Moscow had banned 89 European politicians and military leaders from entering the country, in a move that could land it with an extension of economic sanctions. Russia's travel ban against EU officials sparks furyCNN It's alright Nick Clegg, Russia's banned lots of thingsBBC News Europe's problem is with Russia, not PutinFinancial Times New York Times-Aljazeera.com all 780 news articles » |
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Russian Military To Deploy Bastion Anti-Ship Missile Complexes In Arctic In 2015
International Business Times In its latest move to enhance the combat readiness of its Northern Fleet, Russia will deploy new Bastion anti-ship missile complexes in the Arctic in 2015, a senior military official announced Monday. The coastal defense missile system is reportedly ... and more » |
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«Киберберкут» опубликовал переписку Порошенко с Соросом
BFM.Ru Хакеры из группы «Кибер-Беркут» заявляют, что взломали серверы администрации президента Украины. На сайте «Киберберкута» опубликовано несколько документов Фонда Сороса, а также фрагменты личной переписки президента Петра Порошенко с самим американским ... Переписка Сороса и Порошенко опубликована «КиберБеркутом»ИА REGNUM «Киберберкут» взломал переписку миллиардера Сороса с ПорошенкоИзвестия Хакеры Киберберкута: Украина нужна Соросу, чтобы воевать с РоссиейВести.Ru Дни.Ру -ТРК "Петербург-Пятый канал" -Телеканал "Звезда" Все похожие статьи: 22 » |
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Ruble Slides to Five-Week Low as Russia Limits Supply of Dollars
Bloomberg The central bank is having some success in suppressing the ruble after its first-quarter rally outstripped the rise in crude, threatening to worsen Russia's budget deficit. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday that currency purchases, which ... Ruble rebound threatens rise of 'made in Russia' sector of the economyOmaha World-Herald Russian paratroopers to conduct over 1000 exercises this summerNewsweek Bloomberg: Ruble slides to five-week low as Russia limits supply of dollarsKyiv Post The Moscow Times all 17 news articles » |
Tourists lamented the removal of 45 tons of padlocks from Paris’s Pont des Arts on Monday. Authorities say their weight is damaging the structure, and will replace them with plexiglass panels.
Russia economy forecast to grow by 0.7pc next year, reversing negative growth forecast
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Over 6,400 have been killed and 16,000 injured since fighting broke out between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in 2014.
Blatter Disgraced FIFA, says Former VP Warnerby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
No one has brought more shame on FIFA than its president Sepp Blatter and he should step aside for a younger leader, the organization’s former vice president Jack Warner has said. Warner, who has been accused of soliciting bribes as part of a U.S.-led corruption case against senior soccer officials, left jail in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday after he was granted bail, according to local media. "Why are there no investigations in Asia, or in Europe?" Warner told German magazine Stern in an interview released on Monday. "Why are there no investigations into Sepp Blatter? No other person has brought so much shame and disgrace on FIFA." Warner is among nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with running a criminal enterprise that involved more than $150 million in bribes. Asked by Stern if he thought 79-year-old Blatter was corrupt, Warner said: "I only know this: he was elected FIFA boss five times in succession. Is he corrupt? I don't know. "If I were his age... I'd retire and pass the presidency of FIFA on to someone younger. But everyone has different ideas of what to do with their lives." Once one of the most powerful men in FIFA, Warner surrendered to authorities on Wednesday after U.S. officials sought his extradition. Prosecutors say Warner solicited bribes worth $10 million from the South African government for them to host the 2010 World Cup and diverted bribes for personal use. Warner issued a statement protesting his innocence on Wednesday as FIFA reeled from police raids in Switzerland and the U.S. and a second investigation opened by the Swiss authorities into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Warner, who faces 12 charges, including racketeering and bribery, said on Wednesday he was innocent and noted he had left soccer activities four years ago. The 72-year-old resigned from FIFA after ethics investigations were begun into a meeting he held with former Asian Football Confederation chief Mohammed Bin Hammam where payments were made to Caribbean soccer officials ahead of the election for FIFA president in 2011.
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Czechs are upset about a Russian TV documentary that justifies the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia as necessary "to protect" Soviet allies from NATO "aggression."
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Russia's Mistral Deal Was Sunk From the Start (Op-Ed)by By Alexander Golts
Russia's plan to buy the Mistrals from France has been doomed from the beginning, writes columnist Alexander Golts.
Satellite images of missile launcher were tampered with to blame Ukrainians for airliner crash that killed 298, Bellingcat investigative group says
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Чехия вслед за Словакией выразила протест против фильма ВГТРК
РБК Глава МИД Чехии вызвал посла России для объяснений в связи с фильмом «Варшавский договор. Рассекреченные страницы», посвященный событиям «Пражской весны» 1968 года. В Праге считают, что картина «вводит в заблуждение». Глава МИД Чехии Любомир Заоралек. Фото: AP. Словакия осудила фильм "России 1" о "Пражской весне"BBC Russian Словакия осудила российский фильм «Варшавский договор. Рассекреченные страницы»BFM.Ru Российского посла вызвали в МИД Чехии для объяснений по поводу черного спискаКоммерсантъ Радио Свобода -Интерфакс -Утро.Ru Все похожие статьи: 39 » |
Whistle-Blowing Russian 'Troll' Gets Her Day In Courtby noreply@rferl.org (Viktor Rezunkov)
A former Russian Internet "troll" who says she was hired to promote certain political views online goes to court in St Petersburg to shine a light on 21st-century information warfare.
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UN finds growing signs of Russian involvement in Ukraine war
Reuters GENEVA A separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine is revealing increasing evidence, but not yet conclusive legal proof, of Russian state involvement, senior United Nations human rights officials said on Monday. "We are speaking about increasing inflow of ... UN says almost 7000 killed in Russia-Ukraine conflict9news.com.au all 132 news articles » |
Spanish police have seized 200kg of cocaine discovered inside hollowed-out pineapples on a ship from Central America.
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UN finds growing signs of Russian involvement in Ukraine war
Yahoo News GENEVA (Reuters) - A separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine is revealing increasing evidence, but not yet conclusive legal proof, of Russian state involvement, senior United Nations human rights officials said on Monday. "We are speaking about ... UN says almost 7000 killed in Russia-Ukraine conflict9news.com.au all 14 news articles » |
Fire at Syrian Refugee Camp in Lebanon Kills 6by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
At least six people were killed when dozens of tents at a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley caught fire on Monday, security sources said. At least 160 of the roughly 300 tents, which housed around 600 people, were burned and several people were missing, the sources said, adding that the cause of the fire was not immediately known. "The bodies were totally burned and cannot be recognized. Some are children," a source said. The four-year conflict in Syria has forces millions of Syrian to flee their homes. Around 1.7 million Syrians are refugees in neighboring countries such as Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. In Lebanon, where a quarter of the population are now refugees, the authorities have barred the United Nations from opening official camps. The displaced are scattered across some 1,700 communities. Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in dire conditions. Many live in makeshift settlements, sheds, garages and unfinished buildings. Some of the tents are made from old billboard posters.
Mixed Feelings In Odesa Over Saakashvili As Governorby noreply@rferl.org (Dmitro Shurkhalo, Mariya Timoshchuk, Claire Bigg)
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has stunned the country by appointing Georgia's former leader to head Odesa Oblast. The move has sparked mixed reactions in the troubled Black Sea region.
Party attacks choice of Elena Panaritis, who voted for previous austerity plans, to represent Greece
France's foreign minister says air strikes against Islamic State (IS) extremists will be effective only if there is political reconciliation in Iraq.
Egypt's Top Islamic Body: IS Fans Sectarianismby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
A top religious institute in Egypt on Monday called attempts by the Islamic State group to fan sectarianism a "malicious'' way to undermine modern societies and states. Dar al-Ifta, a state institution which issues religious edicts to advise Muslims on spiritual and life matters, said citizenship, not sect, should be the link between people of the same country. Such a principle, it added, stands in the way of IS, which seeks to replace states with its self-styled caliphate. "Citizenship represents a bond and a connection that brings the people together to protect their countries and ward off looming dangers,'' the statement said. The Dar al-Ifta statement's emphasis on citizenship is a change from the routine focus on religious rituals, and appeared to be part of state-sanctioned efforts to moderate and reform extremist views. Rights groups and minorities in the Sunni-dominated Middle East have long called for a greater tolerance and respect of minorities, including Christians, Shiites and others who complain of discrimination. The statement by Dar al-Ifta follows a recent audio recording by an alleged IS group member who calls for "purifying'' Saudi Arabia from Shiite Muslims. Two recent suicide bombings targeting Shiite mosques in the kingdom killed 24 people. Both were claimed by the Islamic State group, which views Shiites as apostates deserving of death. Many conservative Sunni Muslims in the region also view Shiites as heretics who have strayed from Islam. Dar al-Ifta and other top Sunni religious authorities have rejected the Islamic State group and condemned its brutality. But the political views expressed by such bodies carry little weight among Islamists, who view them as arms of the state and turn to their own clerics or political parties instead.
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IS Gains in Syria Threaten Rebel Links to Turkeyby webdesk@voanews.com (Jamie Dettmer)
Islamic extremists overran three towns in northern Syria this weekend, capturing them from Western-backed Free Syrian Army rebels and Islamist brigades as Syrian warplanes struck widely across the north of the country, dropping barrel bombs on towns controlled by both competing insurgent groups. Despite FSA claims that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, were coordinating their attacks, two of the biggest barrel bombs were dropped on the town of Al Bab, controlled by Islamic State. The bombs dropped Saturday on a crowded market in the center of the town northeast of Aleppo left at least 71 people dead, including children, according to local political activists. Another barrel bomb also was dropped on Aleppo, which is half-controlled by rebels aligned with the FSA killed 21 people. It was a quick and unexpected offensive north of Aleppo, however, deep into FSA territory by IS that triggered panic among rebel commanders and Islamist allies. The Islamic extremists threatened to do what Assad’s forces have failed to pull off — namely severing the rebels’ crucial supply lines to Turkey. IS offensives IS fighters stormed the town of Sawran. And they captured the villages of Umm Hawash and Al-Hasiyah after intense clashes on Sunday morning before launching assaults on the towns of Marea and Azaz, which FSA fighters and Islamist militias managed to repel. Rebel commanders said they had asked the United States to launch airstrikes on the attacking IS forces to help them to defend Marea and Azaz, which control the roads leading to the Turkish border crossing at Kilis. U.S. officials have been wary of being drawn into the conflict around Aleppo and have been focusing their airstrikes on IS targets in western Iraq and eastern Syria. Analyst Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a U.K-based think tank, warned Sunday, though, that the moment had come for Gulf Arab members of the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition to help Syrian rebels now by pressuring the United States to conduct strikes north of Aleppo. By Sunday night, reinforcements from a rebel alliance called Jaish al Fatah [Army of Conquest] in the neighboring province of Idlib to the west of Aleppo, arrived to hold IS from seizing Marea and Azaz. According to analyst Charles Lister of the Brookings Doha Center, a think tank, the fall of Azaz would have “major implications” for the rebels. Several of the brigades rushing to forestall IS from capturing Azaz included the U.S.-favored Nour al-Din al-Zenki, Division 13 and Fursan Al Haq militias. They were joined by fighters from al-Qaida affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, a rival of IS. Al Nusra launched a suicide bomb attack Sunday to try to forestall IS. “The situation is getting a little better in the North after the reinforcements arrived, it is still dangerous but the advancing stopped,” tweeted activist Yusuf Eissa. He, like many activists and rebels, accused Assad and IS of coordinating the attacks on rebel positions north of Aleppo — a frequent claim by them. But in the many-sided, long-running conflict in Syria, all sides try to benefit from the complexity of the battlefield and to take advantage of any openings created, even by their foes, to strike at other opponents, say analysts. While fighting raged north of Aleppo at the weekend. Kurdish fighters also opposed to Assad and al Nusra militiamen clashed in the city. Brutal barrel-bombings The intensity of the barrel-bombing combined with the IS ground offensive appeared to stretch the rebels to the limits and their commanders were warning Sunday night that the loss of either Azaz or Marea, allowing IS to control access to the border with Turkey, would be a devastating blow for their cause. The shifting of reinforcements from Idlib, where the rebels have recently pulled off stunning battlefield successes against Assad’s forces, including severing the main ground supply route from coastal Syria to Aleppo, is likely to have longer-term consequences for the rebels’ future strategy. Following the military gains in April and May in Idlib province, the Army of Conquest’s commanders have been extremely reluctant to refocus on Aleppo and join rebel militias there. They have been discussing a strike south, toward Hama and then Homs, or at Latakia on the coast. “It would be a mistake to be drawn back into the fight for Aleppo,” said Abu Jaseem, the commander of a militia called the First Regiment. He has been arguing for an assault on Latakia, populated mostly by members of Assad’s minority Alawi sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, saying it would send a symbolic, unsettling message to the regime’s supporters. Others have been arguing for an assault south, according to commanders interviewed by VOA. Now with IS offensive on towns and villages north of Aleppo, the top rebel alliance, the Army of Conquest, is likely to have to delay any moves south or west and risk being drawn into a quagmire around Aleppo. While rebel brigades battled to hold the line against IS, the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura strongly condemned the Syrian government barrel bombing on insurgent-held neighborhoods in Aleppo and on outlying towns and villages. De Mistura focused his complaint on the dropping of barrel bombs on Sunday on a market in the Al Shaar district of Aleppo and on Al Bab. The UN noted many of the victims were blown to pieces or burnt beyond recognition by the blasts. The envoy said it was “totally unacceptable that the Syrian air force attacks its own territory in an indiscriminate way, killing its own citizens, as it brutally happened today in Aleppo.” De Mistura added, “The use of barrel bombs must stop. All evidence shows that the overwhelming majority of the civilian victims in the Syrian conflict have been caused by the use of such indiscriminate aerial weapons.” Khaled Khoja, the president of the Syrian National Coalition, the main political opposition group to Assad, warned Monday that lack of international intervention in support of the rebels “means relinquishing Syria altogether to become a hotbed for two of the most horrible terrorism forces” — the Assad regime and Islamic State. “Syria is stuck between two savage terrorisms. ISIS is progressing along the eastern region of the country towards…Damascus, Homs and Aleppo, thus putting our people and our rebel fighters between a rock and a hard place while the world watches motionless.” At a press conference he appealled to neighboring countries “to coordinate amongst themselves in light of the inaction of the international community, and to act as one hand and intervene immediately to prevent their neighbor Syria from turning into a hotbed for the worst kinds of terrorism.”
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Evidence Grows of Russian Military Involvement in Ukraineby webdesk@voanews.com (Lisa Schlein)
U.N. human rights monitors say there is growing evidence of Russian military involvement in the war in Ukraine. The U.N. human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has just launched its 10th report on the situation in Ukraine, covering the period from February 16 to May 15. Russia denies its soldiers are fighting in eastern Ukraine, and it says those fighting with pro-Russian rebels are volunteers. Since Ukrainian armed forces captured two Russians last month, the Kremlin has refused to acknowledge them as members of the regular Russian army. But U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic said monitors who interviewed the Russian soldiers in private on May 21 reached a different conclusion. “There is increasing evidence that active servicemen from Russian Federation may be operating in Ukraine," said Simonovic. "In these cases, we have to be very cautious because the same persons who were visited are subject ... to national Ukrainian criminal investigation and they are charged with terrorism ... and, of course, those people are between a rock and hard place because also the Russian Federation is closely watching what they are saying or not saying.” Heavy weapons, fighters Simonovic said there also are reports of sophisticated heavy weaponry and fighters being supplied from the Russian Federation. The report finds more than 6,400 people have been killed and nearly 16,000 wounded in eastern Ukraine between mid-April 2014 and May 30 of this year. It said this is a conservative estimate and the actual numbers are likely to be higher. It also says 1.2 million people are internally displaced and hundreds of thousands of others have sought refuge in Russia and other countries. The report finds a notable decrease in indiscriminate shelling since the adoption of the Minsk peace agreements on February 12. It adds the shelling has not stopped, however, and civilians continue to live in fear. The report documents serious human rights abuses. Simonovic told VOA there are allegations both sides may have committed war crimes, but documentation of such crimes is greater in areas held by the pro-Russian rebels. “By armed groups, there is an allegation of killings, torture, ill-treatment, forced labor, looting, ransom, extortion of money. For both sides, we have some allegations — and in case of armed groups, some documentation — of summary executions. For the governmental side, we have allegations that we still investigate and work on,” said Simonovic. The report says human rights violations have continued in Crimea since Russia annexed the peninsula on March 4, 2014. It notes that arrests, ill-treatment, torture, and intimidation are perpetrated against political opponents, primarily the Crimean Tatar community.
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Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/video/nsa-programs-expired/2803149.html
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Минск подтверждает проведение переговоров по Донбассу 2 июня
Росбалт.RU МИНСК, 1 июня. Министерство иностранных дел Белоруссии подтвердило, что во вторник в Минске пройдет заседаний Контактной группы по урегулированию конфликта на Украине и ее рабочих подгрупп. Ведомство принимает заявки на аккредитацию журналистов для освещения ... Дейнего: контактная группа по Донбассу начнет работу 2 июняРИА Новости В Минске сначала начнут работу подгруппы, к вечеру соберется Контактная группаInterfax Russia Контактная группа по Украине встретится в Минске 2 июняРоссийская Газета Интерфах-Запад-Российский Диалог-АПА Все похожие статьи: 26 » |
Despite Eastern Ukraine Cease-fire, 5 Killedby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
At least two civilians and three Ukrainian troops have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing cease-fire, officials on both sides of the conflict said Monday. The hostilities have subsided since the September cease-fire, but fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government troops still continues across the front line. In a new report released Monday, the U.N. human rights office said the number of people killed in more than a year of fighting in the east has risen to more than 6,400 people. Two civilians were killed and five injured in shelling on Sunday, according to the Donetsk News Agency, a rebel mouthpiece. One of them died in the village of Shyrokyne, an epicenter of fighting in the recent weeks, and the other was killed in the town of Horlivka. Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko in Kiev said three Ukrainian troops were killed in fighting and four injured in the past 24 hours. Two other Ukrainian soldiers were captured outside the village of Maryinka, according to Lysenko. ‘Horrific accounts’ The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Raad al-Hussein, said there are "alarming reports of summary executions by armed groups'' and his office is "looking into similar allegations against Ukrainian armed forces.'' He added that there are “horrific accounts of torture and ill-treatment in detention'' by both sides. Observers from the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe on Monday issued a report, documenting the scale of cease-fire violations and saying that its employees heard a total of 253 explosions from the rebel stronghold of Donetsk during 48 hours ending Sunday evening. The explosions, the OSCE said, were "consistent with heavy and light weapons fire," including tanks and large-caliber artillery that should have been withdrawn by now from the front lines in compliance with the cease-fire accords.
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Images used by the Russian Defense Ministry to accuse Ukraine of downing a Malaysia Airlines jet last year were edited using Photoshop, claimed the investigative news site Bellingcat on Sunday.
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Russian planes, US warship have close encounter near Crimea
CNN Washington (CNN) The U.S. Navy took the unusual step Monday of releasing video of a RussianSu-24 aircraft flying past the right side of the guided missile destroyer USS Ross in the Black Sea. The video was distributed to make clear that the airplanes ... Russia warplanes head off US destroyer in Black SeaAljazeera.com 'Stability threat' Russian jets scrambled to head off 'aggressive' US warship ...Express.co.uk Russian military jets and US destroyer clash in Black Sea 'posing danger to ...The Independent Sydney Morning Herald-New York Daily News all 83 news articles » |
Turkey elections overshadowed by talk of gold commode within 1,150-room presidential palace
MOSCOW — Russia’s latest blacklisting of 89 Europeans was never going to be a positive development in relations, but the sniping over how it was handled may prove to be as diplomatically destructive as the action itself.Read full article >>
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Правозащитники, выпускники детдомов и неравнодушные люди провели в Москве акцию в День защиты детей. Участники акции говорили, что ничто не воспитает ребёнка лучше семьи, а после принятия закона о запрете иностранного усыновления у 87 тысяч российских сирот стало еще меньше шансов обрести родителей.
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Russian Oligarchs' Exes Battle for Former Husbands' Fortunesby By Ivan Nechepurenko
As Russia's richest man, Vladimir Potanin, prepares to go to court over his ex-wife's divorce settlement, lawyers say there's no risk of her winning half of his assets: Such cases only highlight the rule of the strong.
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НАТО вдвое увеличит число военных в Польше
Коммерсантъ НАТО приняло решение вдвое увеличить число военных в польском городе Щецин, передает издание Forsal. Отмечается, что численность военного контингента возрастет до 400 человек от 20 стран–членов альянса. Ранее представитель России при НАТО, чрезвычайный и ... НАТО вдвое увеличило численность военных в ПольшеBBC Russian НАТО увеличило численность военных в Польше в два разаРБК НАТО вдвое увеличивает свой контингент в ПольшеГазета.Ru УНИАН -Взгляд -Новый Калининград.Ru Все похожие статьи: 31 » |
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Staunton, June 1 – As he does each week, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s Delovaya Stolitsa surveys Russian propaganda concerning Ukraine and picks out what he identifies as “the top five propagandistic myths, fakes, and stupidities of the Kremlin” for the last seven days.
The past week’s list, which highlights some of the rich variety of tactics Russian propaganda makes use of, includes:
- When Moscow Needs ‘Evidence’ of Ukrainian ‘Fascism,’ the DNR Comes Through. The Russian foreign ministry said that Moscow hopes the OSCE will react to what it said was the presence of Nazi symbols on Ukrainian military equipment. Shortly thereafter, Bukovsky reports, Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the head of the DNR, came through with what Moscow said it needed. He showed a Ukrainian flag with a swastika drawn on it but provided no evidence that he had not put the swastika on it himself.
- Stalin is Now a Regular on Russian Icons – and Putin Makes an Appearance There Too. Given what Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin did to destroy religion, one might think that Orthodox Russians would not want to honor him by putting his visage on icons. But that is not so, and some Russian nationalists are celebrating his increasingly frequent appearance on them. Although Bukovsky does not mention it, Vladimir Putin is now appearing on icons as well, the result, one Russian religious commentator says, of the Moscow Patriarchate’s too rapid expansion in the number of bishoprics and the deteriorating level of the knowledge of those who occupy those positions.
- Who is Selling a Ukrainian Passport? Russian media last week were filled with reports that “Ukrainians have begun to sell their passports on the Internet.” (See, for example, here). Efforts to track down those who supposedly are doing so, however, has not found the mass phenomenon Moscow suggests has emerged. Instead, it appears some of the passports being sold were stolen and that their sale simply reflects the following reality, Bukovsky says: “Some make their way in live by the minds; others by the sale of passports.”
- DNR Says Ukraine Plans ‘New Chemical Attack’ but Provides No Evidence. DNR field commanders this week said that that Ukrainian forces were preparing “a new chemical weapons attack.” But the reports collapsed of their own weight because those who made these declarations demonstrated by what they said that they had no idea what was contained in containers that they insisted had chemical weapons.
- ‘No One Doubts’ Life is Becoming More Joyous in the DNR – Except Those Living There. When conditions were at their worst in Soviet times, Moscow propagandists resorted to the formulation that “no one has any doubts” that things are getting better. Now, the DNR powers that be have adopted the same formula: Those who look around themselves can see that there are problems, but the pro-Moscow forces insist that “no one has any doubts” that everything is getting better all the time.
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The director of the CIA said politicians' inability to find a solution in a dispute over surveillance powers has put ordinary people at risk after a bill that gave the NSA special tolls to fight terrorism lapsed.
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First female bishops prompt call to recognise equal status of women by overhauling official liturgy using male language to describe God
A group within the Church of England is calling for God to be referred to as female following the selection of the first female bishops.
The group wants the church to recognise the equal status of women by overhauling official liturgy, which is made up almost exclusively of male language and imagery to describe God.
Using both male and female language would get rid of 'the notion that God is some kind of old man in the sky'
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