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Far right group challenges Ukraine government after shootout
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian far right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government.
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian far right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government.
Belarus asks Russia for $3 billion loan – Siluanov by Milana M
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has announced that Belarus has asked Russia for a $3 billion loan, adding that the Finance Ministry was currently examining the request. Siluanov is quoted as saying: “We have yet to consider this issue, with due account of progress of the implementation of the previous loan program, which has not been completely done.” The Russian government also discussed yesterday the approval of a $760 million loan to Belarus, which should be granted at the end of the month.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has announced that Belarus has asked Russia for a $3 billion loan, adding that the Finance Ministry was currently examining the request. Siluanov is quoted as saying: “We have yet to consider this issue, with due account of progress of the implementation of the previous loan program, which has not been completely done.” The Russian government also discussed yesterday the approval of a $760 million loan to Belarus, which should be granted at the end of the month.
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Бизнесмен Герман Стерлигов рассказал о причинах, заставивших его уехать из России. По словам предпринимателя, в адрес его семьи неоднократно поступали угрозы. "Хотят уничтожить меня и мою семью. Поэтому я не стал искушать судьбу и сюда уехал", - сообщил бизнесмен в ...
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Герман Стерлигов рассказал об угрозах в свой адрес
Утро.Ru Бизнесмен Герман Стерлигов рассказал о причинах, заставивших его уехать из России. По словам предпринимателя, в адрес его семьи неоднократно поступали угрозы. "Хотят уничтожить меня и мою семью. Поэтому я не стал искушать судьбу и сюда уехал", - сообщил бизнесмен в ... Стерлигов объяснил, почему не захотел бежать в ДонбассНТВ.ru Мультимиллионер Стерлигов объяснил, почему переехал в Нагорный КарабахNEWSru.com Герман Стерлигов объяснил, почему решил переехать в Нагорный КарабахРадиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ ИА REGNUM -Lenta.ru Все похожие статьи: 105 » |
Роухани передал в МИД Ирана одобренные условия сделки с "шестеркой" - РИА Новости
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Соглашение подлежит одобрению в иранском парламенте. Санкции с Ирана должны быть сняты в тот же день, когда Тегеран начнет исполнение своих обязательств по сделке. Президент Ирана Хассан Роухани. Архивное фото. © Фото: с официального сайта Хассана Роухани.
Президент Ирана Хасан Роухани подписал и передал для исполнения в МИД Ирана и организацию по атомной энергии закон о защите прав страны в ...Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ
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РИА Новости Соглашение подлежит одобрению в иранском парламенте. Санкции с Ирана должны быть сняты в тот же день, когда Тегеран начнет исполнение своих обязательств по сделке. Президент Ирана Хассан Роухани. Архивное фото. © Фото: с официального сайта Хассана Роухани. Президент Ирана Хасан Роухани подписал и передал для исполнения в МИД Ирана и организацию по атомной энергии закон о защите прав страны в ...Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Роухани передал в МИД Ирана условия сделки с «шестеркой»Газета.Ru Роухани передал МИДу Ирана условия сделки с «шестеркой»Полит.ру Деловой Петербург Все похожие статьи: 29 » |
Political Persecutions Continue Unabated in Russian-Occupied Crimea by paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
Paul Goble
Staunton, July 12 – When any situation no matter how horrific continues for a long time, there is a great danger that it will become for many a kind of new normal, something regrettable but all too often ignored in the flood of events. That danger is now settling over Russian-occupied Crimea where political persecutions are continuing unabated.
On Friday in Kyiv, the Center for Civic Freedoms and the SOS Euromaidan organization held a joint press conference on the occasion of the release of its second monthly report about repressions and political persecutions in Crimea.The picture is so horrific that it compels attention (qha.com.ua/v-krimu-prodoljayutsya-politicheskie-presledovaniya-146204.html).
The participants at the meeting included Mariya Lysenko, project coordinator at the Center for Civic Freedoms, Stanislav Krasnov who has been persecuted in Crimea by the Russian occupiers, and Roman Martynovsky, an expert of the Regional Center for Human Rights.
The QHA news agency summed up their conclusions with the following words: “In Crimea it is dangerous to be a Ukrainian. For such patriotism one can be fined in the best case and put in prison in the worst.” Moreover, there are frequent cases of kidnapping, beatings and torture. And informing on others has become “a norm of life.”
And in the face of these disturbing trends, the agency cited in conclusion Lysenko’s words that “we are unceasingly calling for the dispatch of international observers to Crimea who could follow the situation directly on the peninsula,” perhaps the only way that could prevent the situation from becoming even worse.
Among the most troubling developments of the last month, participants pointed to the following:
·The occupation authorities have expanded the authority of those informal groups who support the regime to detain anyone who disagrees with the occupation.
·The occupiers continue to ban meetings and peaceful assemblies, such as one that some in Crimea sought on June 28th, the Day of the Constitution of Ukraine.
·They invent cases so as to be able to bring charges against those who took part in earlier meetings that the authorities had given permission to take place.
·The occupation authorities allow appeals of convictions to give the appearance of “legality” but then the superior courts simply return the cases to the courts of first instance where no change in the outcome is likely.
·The Russian occupiers also continue to expand the list of people charged with terrorism under an expanding definition of that term and then insist on the detention of those so charged for extended periods, in effect punishing those involved before any conviction.
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Paul Goble
Staunton, July 12 – When any situation no matter how horrific continues for a long time, there is a great danger that it will become for many a kind of new normal, something regrettable but all too often ignored in the flood of events. That danger is now settling over Russian-occupied Crimea where political persecutions are continuing unabated.
On Friday in Kyiv, the Center for Civic Freedoms and the SOS Euromaidan organization held a joint press conference on the occasion of the release of its second monthly report about repressions and political persecutions in Crimea.The picture is so horrific that it compels attention (qha.com.ua/v-krimu-prodoljayutsya-politicheskie-presledovaniya-146204.html).
The participants at the meeting included Mariya Lysenko, project coordinator at the Center for Civic Freedoms, Stanislav Krasnov who has been persecuted in Crimea by the Russian occupiers, and Roman Martynovsky, an expert of the Regional Center for Human Rights.
The QHA news agency summed up their conclusions with the following words: “In Crimea it is dangerous to be a Ukrainian. For such patriotism one can be fined in the best case and put in prison in the worst.” Moreover, there are frequent cases of kidnapping, beatings and torture. And informing on others has become “a norm of life.”
And in the face of these disturbing trends, the agency cited in conclusion Lysenko’s words that “we are unceasingly calling for the dispatch of international observers to Crimea who could follow the situation directly on the peninsula,” perhaps the only way that could prevent the situation from becoming even worse.
Among the most troubling developments of the last month, participants pointed to the following:
·The occupation authorities have expanded the authority of those informal groups who support the regime to detain anyone who disagrees with the occupation.
·The occupiers continue to ban meetings and peaceful assemblies, such as one that some in Crimea sought on June 28th, the Day of the Constitution of Ukraine.
·They invent cases so as to be able to bring charges against those who took part in earlier meetings that the authorities had given permission to take place.
·The occupation authorities allow appeals of convictions to give the appearance of “legality” but then the superior courts simply return the cases to the courts of first instance where no change in the outcome is likely.
·The Russian occupiers also continue to expand the list of people charged with terrorism under an expanding definition of that term and then insist on the detention of those so charged for extended periods, in effect punishing those involved before any conviction.
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Adversaries Trade Blame for Cease-fire Breaches in Yemenby webdesk@voanews.com (Edward Yeranian)
Yemen's Houthi rebels and the internationally-recognized government of President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi are accusing each other of violating a U.N.-sponsored humanitarian truce. The Saudi-led coalition says it is not bound by the cease-fire that went into effect on Friday. Houthi media report coalition airstrikes hit a military hospital in the capital, Sana'a, a conference center near the city and homes of Houthi leaders in Saada and Amran. A Houthi-appointed health official told journalists in Sana'a the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. He said international aid groups believe 15 million Yemenis are suffering from hunger and millions of children face the danger of contracting measles and diarrhea. Another pro-Houthi official told a press conference there is widespread damage in the Houthi stronghold of Saada. He said 30 to 40 people, mostly teenagers, were killed at a market in Amran. VOA could not independently confirm the claim. Saudi-owned al Arabiya TV, reported Houthis had shelled civilian areas of the southern port city of Aden. Saudi military spokesman General Ahmed Assiri said the Houthis need to inform the United Nations they formally accept the cease-fire and its terms, before it can be effective. He said it is clear the Houthis are breaching the cease-fire and the Yemeni government (in exile) has informed the United Nations the Houthis need to offer good-will gestures to indicate they are conforming to the cease-fire. In related developments, Arab media reported that Khaled Bahah, vice president of Yemen's Saudi-based, internationally-recognized government, was meeting to discuss the ongoing conflict with top Egyptian officials Sunday in Cairo.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels and the internationally-recognized government of President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi are accusing each other of violating a U.N.-sponsored humanitarian truce. The Saudi-led coalition says it is not bound by the cease-fire that went into effect on Friday. Houthi media report coalition airstrikes hit a military hospital in the capital, Sana'a, a conference center near the city and homes of Houthi leaders in Saada and Amran. A Houthi-appointed health official told journalists in Sana'a the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. He said international aid groups believe 15 million Yemenis are suffering from hunger and millions of children face the danger of contracting measles and diarrhea. Another pro-Houthi official told a press conference there is widespread damage in the Houthi stronghold of Saada. He said 30 to 40 people, mostly teenagers, were killed at a market in Amran. VOA could not independently confirm the claim. Saudi-owned al Arabiya TV, reported Houthis had shelled civilian areas of the southern port city of Aden. Saudi military spokesman General Ahmed Assiri said the Houthis need to inform the United Nations they formally accept the cease-fire and its terms, before it can be effective. He said it is clear the Houthis are breaching the cease-fire and the Yemeni government (in exile) has informed the United Nations the Houthis need to offer good-will gestures to indicate they are conforming to the cease-fire. In related developments, Arab media reported that Khaled Bahah, vice president of Yemen's Saudi-based, internationally-recognized government, was meeting to discuss the ongoing conflict with top Egyptian officials Sunday in Cairo.
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Russia Makes Bid for Arctic Shipping Lane Even as Oil Prices Slip by By Matthew Bodner
Long-discussed Russian plans to develop an Arctic passage rivaling the Suez Canal are finally coming closer to reality, even as low oil prices threaten the financial viability of the route.
Long-discussed Russian plans to develop an Arctic passage rivaling the Suez Canal are finally coming closer to reality, even as low oil prices threaten the financial viability of the route.
FSB and Police Informers in Russia Now to Get Pensions
FSB and Police Informers in Russia Now to Get Pensions
Overwhelming Support for Putin Among Russian Intelligentsia Has Three Sources, Says Kirillova
A Sober Look at Russian Military Trends
A Sober Look at Russian Military Trends
Trump criticizes border policy as well as trade agenda
By BOB CHRISTIE and KIM PIERCEALL, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S. immigration and trade policies on Saturday in speeches that veered from accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people.
Speaking to a gathering of Libertarians in Las Vegas before headlining an event in Phoenix, Trump repeated his charge that Mexico was sending violent offenders to the U.S. to harm Americans and that U.S. officials were being "dumb" in dealing with immigrants in the country illegally.
"These people wreak havoc on our population," he told a few thousand people attending the Libertarian gathering FreedomFest inside a Planet Hollywood ballroom on the Las Vegas Strip.
In the 4,200-capacity Phoenix convention center packed with flag-waving supporters, Trump took a different view — for a moment — and said: "I love the Mexican people. I love 'em. Many, many people from Mexico are legal. They came in the old-fashioned way. Legally."
He quickly returned to the sharp tone that has brought him scorn as well as praise. "I respect Mexico greatly as a country. But the problem we have is their leaders are much sharper than ours, and they're killing us at the border and they're killing us on trade."
His speeches in both venues were long on insults aimed at critics and short on solutions to the problems he cited. When he called for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the audience in Las Vegas groaned.
In a break from the immigration rhetoric that has garnered him condemnation and praise, Trump asserted that he would have more positive results in dealing with China and Russia if he were president and said he could be pals with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Asked by an audience member in Las Vegas about U.S.-Russia relations, Trump said the problem is that Putin doesn't respect Obama.
"I think we would get along very, very well," he said.
Trump has turned to victims of crime to bolster his argument that immigrants in the U.S. illegally have killed and raped. In Las Vegas and Phoenix, he brought on stage Jamiel Shaw Sr., a Southern California man whose 17-year-old son was shot and killed in 2008 by a man in the country illegally. Shaw vividly described how his son was shot — in the head, stomach and hands while trying to block his face — and how he heard the gunshots as he talked to his son on the phone.
Shaw said he trusted Trump, and encouraged the crowds in both cities to do the same.
Trump's speeches were filled with tangents and insults leveled at business partners such as Univision and NBC that have dropped him in the wake of his comments that Mexican immigrants bring drugs and crime to the U.S. and are rapists. He also directed familiar barbs at other presidential contenders, including Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton ("the worst secretary of state in the history of the country"), news media figures ("lyin' Brian Williams") and President Barack Obama ("such a divisive person"). He called journalists "terrible people."
As Trump lambasted Univision for cancelling its broadcast of the Miss USA pageant, one of his many business enterprises, a group of young Latinos unfurled a banner pointed toward the stage and began chanting insults. They were quickly drowned out by the crowd, and nearby Trump supporters began to grab at them, tearing at the banner and pulling and pushing at the protesters. Security staff managed to get to the group and escorted them out as Trump resumed speaking.
"I wonder if the Mexican government sent them over here," he said. "I think so."
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By BOB CHRISTIE and KIM PIERCEALL, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S. immigration and trade policies on Saturday in speeches that veered from accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people.
Speaking to a gathering of Libertarians in Las Vegas before headlining an event in Phoenix, Trump repeated his charge that Mexico was sending violent offenders to the U.S. to harm Americans and that U.S. officials were being "dumb" in dealing with immigrants in the country illegally.
"These people wreak havoc on our population," he told a few thousand people attending the Libertarian gathering FreedomFest inside a Planet Hollywood ballroom on the Las Vegas Strip.
In the 4,200-capacity Phoenix convention center packed with flag-waving supporters, Trump took a different view — for a moment — and said: "I love the Mexican people. I love 'em. Many, many people from Mexico are legal. They came in the old-fashioned way. Legally."
He quickly returned to the sharp tone that has brought him scorn as well as praise. "I respect Mexico greatly as a country. But the problem we have is their leaders are much sharper than ours, and they're killing us at the border and they're killing us on trade."
His speeches in both venues were long on insults aimed at critics and short on solutions to the problems he cited. When he called for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the audience in Las Vegas groaned.
In a break from the immigration rhetoric that has garnered him condemnation and praise, Trump asserted that he would have more positive results in dealing with China and Russia if he were president and said he could be pals with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Asked by an audience member in Las Vegas about U.S.-Russia relations, Trump said the problem is that Putin doesn't respect Obama.
"I think we would get along very, very well," he said.
Trump has turned to victims of crime to bolster his argument that immigrants in the U.S. illegally have killed and raped. In Las Vegas and Phoenix, he brought on stage Jamiel Shaw Sr., a Southern California man whose 17-year-old son was shot and killed in 2008 by a man in the country illegally. Shaw vividly described how his son was shot — in the head, stomach and hands while trying to block his face — and how he heard the gunshots as he talked to his son on the phone.
Shaw said he trusted Trump, and encouraged the crowds in both cities to do the same.
Trump's speeches were filled with tangents and insults leveled at business partners such as Univision and NBC that have dropped him in the wake of his comments that Mexican immigrants bring drugs and crime to the U.S. and are rapists. He also directed familiar barbs at other presidential contenders, including Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton ("the worst secretary of state in the history of the country"), news media figures ("lyin' Brian Williams") and President Barack Obama ("such a divisive person"). He called journalists "terrible people."
As Trump lambasted Univision for cancelling its broadcast of the Miss USA pageant, one of his many business enterprises, a group of young Latinos unfurled a banner pointed toward the stage and began chanting insults. They were quickly drowned out by the crowd, and nearby Trump supporters began to grab at them, tearing at the banner and pulling and pushing at the protesters. Security staff managed to get to the group and escorted them out as Trump resumed speaking.
"I wonder if the Mexican government sent them over here," he said. "I think so."
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Deutsche Welle It's a point not lost on the pro-Putin party, United Russia. It chose this week to launch its 'straight pride' flag at a picnic for "real families" in a Moscow city park. The flag, a modified version of one produced by a French organization, shows a ... Russia Created a “Flag for Straights” to Fight “Gay Fever” | TIMETIME A Russian political party released a 'heterosexual flag' to counter the ...Washington Post (blog) Russia unveils 'straight' flag, internet responds | euronews, world newseuronews The Independent -Newsweek -Mashable all 87 news articles » |
Greece finally admits €2bn gas pipeline deal with Russiaby Milana M
Greece has admitted for the first time that it is planning the construction of the €2 billion ($2.2 billion) Turkish Stream gas pipeline with Russia. Greek Energy Minister Panayotis Lafazanis has said that the move would be a key part of the country’s “multi-faceted” foreign policy and would create 20,000 jobs. The article recalls that reports in April had suggested that Moscow was ready to provide advanced payment to Greece for the pipeline project, which will transport 47 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Gazprom’s gas annually from 2018.
Greece has admitted for the first time that it is planning the construction of the €2 billion ($2.2 billion) Turkish Stream gas pipeline with Russia. Greek Energy Minister Panayotis Lafazanis has said that the move would be a key part of the country’s “multi-faceted” foreign policy and would create 20,000 jobs. The article recalls that reports in April had suggested that Moscow was ready to provide advanced payment to Greece for the pipeline project, which will transport 47 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Gazprom’s gas annually from 2018.
West Now Resolved to Confront Moscow on Ukraine and Moscow is Frightened, Illarionov Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
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Staunton, July 12 – After 15 months of uncertainty, the West has resolved to stand up to Moscow on Ukraine and demand a return to the status quo ante before relations between the West and Russia can be restored, according to Andrey Illarionov. And that resolve, he says, has “seriously upset” the Kremlin.
This represents “a qualitative shift,” the Russian analyst told the Gordon news agency yesterday, one in which during the last two months, “the West have given the Kremlin to understand the following: ‘You want a confrontation with us? You’ve got it!’” (gordonua.com/publications/Illarionov-Vpervye-za-15-mesyacev-Zapad-dal-ponyat-Kremlyu-Hoteli-konfrontacii-s-nami-Poluchite-Kreml-serezno-ispugalsya-89080.html).
Illarionov says that the shift in the West’s position began at Brisbane and was sealed by the declaration of Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on May 10 when she referred to Crimea and insisted that Russia’s “illegal occupation” be ended, that the peninsula be returned to Ukrainian control, and that Russian aggression elsewhere in Ukraine be stopped and reversed.
From February 2014 to that point, he continues, that is “almost a year and three months, not a single Western leader made reference to Crimea in such a context.” Consequently, there was an implicit suggestion that “if Putin stops military actions in the East of Ukraine, the West either de jure or de facto would agree that the peninsula would remain under the control of the Russian Federation for the foreseeable future.”
Please note, Illarionov says, “Crimea was not mentioned orally or in writing in one document signed as a result of negotiations in Geneva in April 2014, in Normandy in June 2014, or in Minsk in September 2014 or February 2015.” Now, it has been, and that shows how far the West’s position has shifted and hardened.
According to the Russian analyst, “an important role” in this shift was played by three reports on Russian forces in Ukraine: Boris Nemtstov’s “Putin. War” (putin-itogi.ru/putin-voina/), the Atlantic Council’s “Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin’s War in Ukraine (atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/hiding-in-plain-sight-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-and-boris-nemtsov-s-putin-war), and the Ukrainian intelligence service study, “Russian Aggression Against Ukraine” (cdn3.videos.bloomberg.com/bview/documents/russian-aggression-against-ukraine.pdf).
The sea change in the West has been marked not only by Merkel’s words but also by NATO’s actions and “what is most important,” changes “in the opinion of the political elites of the West.”For a long time, “the West slept, having convinced itself that Putin’s aggression against Ukraine was a mistake, an accident, or ‘Putin’s emotional outburst’ that it would disappear with time.”
Indeed, there appeared to be “a serious danger,” Illarionov says, that the West would continue to occupy “approximately the same position it did in the Russian-Georgian war of 2008 when three months after the Kremlin’s aggression against Georgia, the West continued relations with the Russian Federation in the style of business as usual.”
But instead, the West has adopted a tough line and is demanding as the price of restoring normal relations “the restoration of the status quo before February 2014” when Russian forces began their attacks on Ukrainian institutions in Crimea and ultimately occupied the Ukrainian peninsula while beginning their attacks on Ukraine’s southeast as well.
“The Kremlin is seriously frightened,” Illarionov says. It didn’t expect this show of toughness, and it is sending signals that it doesn’t want because it cannot sustain confrontation with the West.“Putin has said that Russia has not pans for an attack on NATO countries, including the Baltic countries,” he points out.
And in words even the Kremlin’s opponents would be unlikely to use, Sergey Ivanov, head of the Presidential Administration and a possible Putin successor, compared NATO’s forces with Russia’s as those of “a behemoth and a house cat.”Given that, Moscow isn’t going to attack: “Are we suicidal?” he asked rhetorically.
Ivanov’s words were a clear signal to the West. They appeared only in the English-language version of “The Financial Times” but not in the Russian version.” In this way, Illarionov says, “the Kremlin send the West a clear message: we do not intend to fight with you; we are frightened, and we do not want that. Please stop your military preparations.”
Illarionov even opened the door to the possibility that there will be an international tribunal on the shooting down of the Malaysian airline in July 2014. The Netherlands and Malaysia have called for one, although the Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced such calls as “untimely and counterproductive.”
Whether such a tribunal will be convened depends on the attitudes of Western governments.“If they support it,” he says, “such a tribunal will take place independent of the opinion of the Russian Federation. The details depend on the degree to which the West will maintain that line of behavior which it has chosen over the last two months.”
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Paul Goble
Staunton, July 12 – After 15 months of uncertainty, the West has resolved to stand up to Moscow on Ukraine and demand a return to the status quo ante before relations between the West and Russia can be restored, according to Andrey Illarionov. And that resolve, he says, has “seriously upset” the Kremlin.
This represents “a qualitative shift,” the Russian analyst told the Gordon news agency yesterday, one in which during the last two months, “the West have given the Kremlin to understand the following: ‘You want a confrontation with us? You’ve got it!’” (gordonua.com/publications/Illarionov-Vpervye-za-15-mesyacev-Zapad-dal-ponyat-Kremlyu-Hoteli-konfrontacii-s-nami-Poluchite-Kreml-serezno-ispugalsya-89080.html).
Illarionov says that the shift in the West’s position began at Brisbane and was sealed by the declaration of Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on May 10 when she referred to Crimea and insisted that Russia’s “illegal occupation” be ended, that the peninsula be returned to Ukrainian control, and that Russian aggression elsewhere in Ukraine be stopped and reversed.
From February 2014 to that point, he continues, that is “almost a year and three months, not a single Western leader made reference to Crimea in such a context.” Consequently, there was an implicit suggestion that “if Putin stops military actions in the East of Ukraine, the West either de jure or de facto would agree that the peninsula would remain under the control of the Russian Federation for the foreseeable future.”
Please note, Illarionov says, “Crimea was not mentioned orally or in writing in one document signed as a result of negotiations in Geneva in April 2014, in Normandy in June 2014, or in Minsk in September 2014 or February 2015.” Now, it has been, and that shows how far the West’s position has shifted and hardened.
According to the Russian analyst, “an important role” in this shift was played by three reports on Russian forces in Ukraine: Boris Nemtstov’s “Putin. War” (putin-itogi.ru/putin-voina/), the Atlantic Council’s “Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin’s War in Ukraine (atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/hiding-in-plain-sight-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-and-boris-nemtsov-s-putin-war), and the Ukrainian intelligence service study, “Russian Aggression Against Ukraine” (cdn3.videos.bloomberg.com/bview/documents/russian-aggression-against-ukraine.pdf).
The sea change in the West has been marked not only by Merkel’s words but also by NATO’s actions and “what is most important,” changes “in the opinion of the political elites of the West.”For a long time, “the West slept, having convinced itself that Putin’s aggression against Ukraine was a mistake, an accident, or ‘Putin’s emotional outburst’ that it would disappear with time.”
Indeed, there appeared to be “a serious danger,” Illarionov says, that the West would continue to occupy “approximately the same position it did in the Russian-Georgian war of 2008 when three months after the Kremlin’s aggression against Georgia, the West continued relations with the Russian Federation in the style of business as usual.”
But instead, the West has adopted a tough line and is demanding as the price of restoring normal relations “the restoration of the status quo before February 2014” when Russian forces began their attacks on Ukrainian institutions in Crimea and ultimately occupied the Ukrainian peninsula while beginning their attacks on Ukraine’s southeast as well.
“The Kremlin is seriously frightened,” Illarionov says. It didn’t expect this show of toughness, and it is sending signals that it doesn’t want because it cannot sustain confrontation with the West.“Putin has said that Russia has not pans for an attack on NATO countries, including the Baltic countries,” he points out.
And in words even the Kremlin’s opponents would be unlikely to use, Sergey Ivanov, head of the Presidential Administration and a possible Putin successor, compared NATO’s forces with Russia’s as those of “a behemoth and a house cat.”Given that, Moscow isn’t going to attack: “Are we suicidal?” he asked rhetorically.
Ivanov’s words were a clear signal to the West. They appeared only in the English-language version of “The Financial Times” but not in the Russian version.” In this way, Illarionov says, “the Kremlin send the West a clear message: we do not intend to fight with you; we are frightened, and we do not want that. Please stop your military preparations.”
Illarionov even opened the door to the possibility that there will be an international tribunal on the shooting down of the Malaysian airline in July 2014. The Netherlands and Malaysia have called for one, although the Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced such calls as “untimely and counterproductive.”
Whether such a tribunal will be convened depends on the attitudes of Western governments.“If they support it,” he says, “such a tribunal will take place independent of the opinion of the Russian Federation. The details depend on the degree to which the West will maintain that line of behavior which it has chosen over the last two months.”
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Busting the Myth of Russian Aid to Greece
As Greece grapples with its European creditors over a third bailout in dramatic negotiations, one myth is being busted for good: That the beleaguered southern European country can count on Russia for help.
Religious affinity through the Orthodox Church, and recent high-profile visits by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Moscow and St. Petersburg, have cultivated among many Greeks, from voters to some in government, the dream that their Russian brothers will come to the rescue should relations with Europe fall apart.
But their dream may stay just that, analysts say, as Russian officials back away from any idea of a Kremlin aid package, and Greece’s problems grow so large that Moscow would face difficulty mounting a rescue even if it wanted to.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on Friday that Greece has made no request for aid to Russia, making it clear that Athens’s diplomatic flirtation with Moscow was likelier done for leverage against its eurozone creditors, rather than because it might lead to an alternative pact.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is seeking backing from Parliament for an austerity package that appears closer to creditors’ demands, but which goes against what Greeks voted for. Mark Kelly reports. Image: AFP
Russia is already facing a recession at home stemming from deflated oil prices and Western sanctions that have prompted the Russian government to bail out its own imperiled banks and curtail spending.
Still, the notion of a new alliance between Greece and Russia persists.
“For Greece, it is a dream. For Europe, where it is exaggerated, and the U.S., it frankly speaking is something bordering on paranoia,” said Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of the journal Russia in Global Affairs and chairman of a Kremlin foreign-policy advisory council. “And for Russia, it is nothing. There is nothing there.”
Greece is in a depression. It may end up leaving the eurozone. How did it get into this position? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.
What happened to Greece’s little sister nation, Cyprus, two years ago, shows the limits of what Moscow could offer Greece.
In its hour of financial need in March 2013 Cyprus, host of billions of euros in Russian-owned funds and home to thousands of Russians, turned to Mr. Putin for help, requesting financial assistance and proposing a raft of economic-cooperation and investment agreements.
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Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos speaks with Christine Lagarde , managing director of the International Monetary Fund during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Sunday.Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
The outcome was crushingly disappointing. Cyprus took an onerous eurozone bailout, Russia didn’t assist, and the chants of “Cyprus-Russia-Orthodoxy” on the streets of Nicosia died out quickly.
“It is telling how Russia behaved to Cyprus two years ago,” says James Ker-Lindsay of the London School of Economics, who is an expert on the region.
“It was an ideal opportunity if Russia had really wanted to get something out of this, and in many ways Cyprus has closer links to Russia than Greece has. But if Russia wasn’t willing to do it for Cyprus, why would they do it for Greece?” Mr. Ker-Lindsay said.
In the case of Greece, a Russian assistance package is rendered even unlikelier because of the large sums involved, even for an energy powerhouse like Russia.
Greece is in talks with the eurozone for some €74 billion ($82.5 billion) in bailout funds, plus a debt restructuring, through 2018. That is billions more than Russia spent on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and more than five times Russia’s budget for the 2018 World Cup.
Top officials at Russian state banks have cast doubt on any suggestions of Russian aid to Greece. “Even if Russia wanted to, it isn’t in the position to find that kind of sum,” Andrei Kostin, chief executive of Russian state bank VTB, told journalists at a summit for the BRIC nations last week in the Russian city of Ufa.
“I haven’t even heard the idea that Russia would pay,” Mr. Kostin said. “It is a problem for Europe, which created the problem itself and should solve the problem itself.”
Although Mr. Tsipras failed to secure aid money from Russia, his high-profile flirting with Mr. Putin has succeeded in shifting the debate about Greece’s bailout to questions of geopolitical and strategic risk from issues of sheer finance.
“I think that is exactly what Tsipras wanted,” Mr. Lukyanov said. “And as far as Russia was concerned, it was ‘sure, come along, wonderful. We’ll welcome you. We’ll show compassion. We’ll canoodle.”
To be sure, Russia is looking for ways to advance its geopolitical and economic position amid the crisis in Greece. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Sunday that Russia is considering the possibility of direct fuel deliveries to Greece in the coming weeks.
He said Russia is “prepared to support the recovery of Greece’s economy by widening cooperation in the energy sector,” according to Interfax. But while such moves may prove helpful to Greece, and build goodwill between the two countries, the deliveries won’t significantly change Athens’ reliance on its European creditors.
Some foreign-policy analysts saw the meetings between Messrs. Putin and Tsipras as an attempt by the Kremlin to widen the divide between officials in Athens and their partners in Brussels and Berlin in an effort to weaken the European Union. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied such accusations.
‘No one is interested in default and higher volatility in financial markets. We would like Greece to find a way out of the current situation with its creditors.’
—Russian Finance Minister
“We have no interest in throwing kindle into this fire,” Mr. Lavrov said on Thursday. He said it was in Russia’s interest to see a solution to Greece’s dispute with its creditors as soon as possible and a “strong, functioning and economically prosperous European Union.”
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov echoed Mr. Lavrov, underscoring that any additional instability provoked by a Greek exit from the eurozone would prove harmful for the Russian market, which itself faces a recession.
“No one is interested in default and higher volatility in financial markets,” Mr. Siluanov said on Thursday. “We would like Greece to find a way out of the current situation with its creditors.”
Besides, the only way Greece can be attractive to Russia is as an ally at the heart of EU decision-making, at this time of sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, analysts say.
Despite the threat Greece’s Russophile foreign minister, Nikos Kotzias, that Greece might veto sanctions on Russia, it has done no such thing up to now.
“Greece is a voice in the EU, and it is better for Russia to keep Greece in the eurozone, where its role in Europe is maximized, and it can be a strong voice for Russia,” Mr. Ker-Lindsay says.
Still, for some Greeks, the hope of an Athens-Moscow axis still exists as an alternative to Greece’s role in Europe.
“Europe isn’t the only way for Greece,” said Yiorgos Kanellopoulos, a 27-year-old tax accountant who supports the radical-left Greek ruling party, Syriza.
“Russia is there for us, and we can always look to them for deeper economic ties and investments,” he said.
—Andrey Ostroukh contributed to this article
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As Greece grapples with its European creditors over a third bailout in dramatic negotiations, one myth is being busted for good: That the beleaguered southern European country can count on Russia for help.
Religious affinity through the Orthodox Church, and recent high-profile visits by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Moscow and St. Petersburg, have cultivated among many Greeks, from voters to some in government, the dream that their Russian brothers will come to the rescue should relations with Europe fall apart.
But their dream may stay just that, analysts say, as Russian officials back away from any idea of a Kremlin aid package, and Greece’s problems grow so large that Moscow would face difficulty mounting a rescue even if it wanted to.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on Friday that Greece has made no request for aid to Russia, making it clear that Athens’s diplomatic flirtation with Moscow was likelier done for leverage against its eurozone creditors, rather than because it might lead to an alternative pact.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is seeking backing from Parliament for an austerity package that appears closer to creditors’ demands, but which goes against what Greeks voted for. Mark Kelly reports. Image: AFP
Russia is already facing a recession at home stemming from deflated oil prices and Western sanctions that have prompted the Russian government to bail out its own imperiled banks and curtail spending.
Still, the notion of a new alliance between Greece and Russia persists.
“For Greece, it is a dream. For Europe, where it is exaggerated, and the U.S., it frankly speaking is something bordering on paranoia,” said Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of the journal Russia in Global Affairs and chairman of a Kremlin foreign-policy advisory council. “And for Russia, it is nothing. There is nothing there.”
Greece is in a depression. It may end up leaving the eurozone. How did it get into this position? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.
What happened to Greece’s little sister nation, Cyprus, two years ago, shows the limits of what Moscow could offer Greece.
In its hour of financial need in March 2013 Cyprus, host of billions of euros in Russian-owned funds and home to thousands of Russians, turned to Mr. Putin for help, requesting financial assistance and proposing a raft of economic-cooperation and investment agreements.
ENLARGE
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos speaks with Christine Lagarde , managing director of the International Monetary Fund during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Sunday.Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
The outcome was crushingly disappointing. Cyprus took an onerous eurozone bailout, Russia didn’t assist, and the chants of “Cyprus-Russia-Orthodoxy” on the streets of Nicosia died out quickly.
“It is telling how Russia behaved to Cyprus two years ago,” says James Ker-Lindsay of the London School of Economics, who is an expert on the region.
“It was an ideal opportunity if Russia had really wanted to get something out of this, and in many ways Cyprus has closer links to Russia than Greece has. But if Russia wasn’t willing to do it for Cyprus, why would they do it for Greece?” Mr. Ker-Lindsay said.
In the case of Greece, a Russian assistance package is rendered even unlikelier because of the large sums involved, even for an energy powerhouse like Russia.
Greece is in talks with the eurozone for some €74 billion ($82.5 billion) in bailout funds, plus a debt restructuring, through 2018. That is billions more than Russia spent on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and more than five times Russia’s budget for the 2018 World Cup.
Top officials at Russian state banks have cast doubt on any suggestions of Russian aid to Greece. “Even if Russia wanted to, it isn’t in the position to find that kind of sum,” Andrei Kostin, chief executive of Russian state bank VTB, told journalists at a summit for the BRIC nations last week in the Russian city of Ufa.
“I haven’t even heard the idea that Russia would pay,” Mr. Kostin said. “It is a problem for Europe, which created the problem itself and should solve the problem itself.”
Although Mr. Tsipras failed to secure aid money from Russia, his high-profile flirting with Mr. Putin has succeeded in shifting the debate about Greece’s bailout to questions of geopolitical and strategic risk from issues of sheer finance.
“I think that is exactly what Tsipras wanted,” Mr. Lukyanov said. “And as far as Russia was concerned, it was ‘sure, come along, wonderful. We’ll welcome you. We’ll show compassion. We’ll canoodle.”
To be sure, Russia is looking for ways to advance its geopolitical and economic position amid the crisis in Greece. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Sunday that Russia is considering the possibility of direct fuel deliveries to Greece in the coming weeks.
He said Russia is “prepared to support the recovery of Greece’s economy by widening cooperation in the energy sector,” according to Interfax. But while such moves may prove helpful to Greece, and build goodwill between the two countries, the deliveries won’t significantly change Athens’ reliance on its European creditors.
Some foreign-policy analysts saw the meetings between Messrs. Putin and Tsipras as an attempt by the Kremlin to widen the divide between officials in Athens and their partners in Brussels and Berlin in an effort to weaken the European Union. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied such accusations.
‘No one is interested in default and higher volatility in financial markets. We would like Greece to find a way out of the current situation with its creditors.’—Russian Finance Minister
“We have no interest in throwing kindle into this fire,” Mr. Lavrov said on Thursday. He said it was in Russia’s interest to see a solution to Greece’s dispute with its creditors as soon as possible and a “strong, functioning and economically prosperous European Union.”
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov echoed Mr. Lavrov, underscoring that any additional instability provoked by a Greek exit from the eurozone would prove harmful for the Russian market, which itself faces a recession.
“No one is interested in default and higher volatility in financial markets,” Mr. Siluanov said on Thursday. “We would like Greece to find a way out of the current situation with its creditors.”
Besides, the only way Greece can be attractive to Russia is as an ally at the heart of EU decision-making, at this time of sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, analysts say.
Despite the threat Greece’s Russophile foreign minister, Nikos Kotzias, that Greece might veto sanctions on Russia, it has done no such thing up to now.
“Greece is a voice in the EU, and it is better for Russia to keep Greece in the eurozone, where its role in Europe is maximized, and it can be a strong voice for Russia,” Mr. Ker-Lindsay says.
Still, for some Greeks, the hope of an Athens-Moscow axis still exists as an alternative to Greece’s role in Europe.
“Europe isn’t the only way for Greece,” said Yiorgos Kanellopoulos, a 27-year-old tax accountant who supports the radical-left Greek ruling party, Syriza.
“Russia is there for us, and we can always look to them for deeper economic ties and investments,” he said.
—Andrey Ostroukh contributed to this article
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Russian Universities Now Less Free than Society Around Them Prompting Scholars to Emigrateby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
Paul Goble
Staunton, July 12 – Even in the darkest times of the Soviet past, universities in Russia were more free than the surrounding population, but now that situation has been reversed; and as a result, Russian scholars are increasingly seeking to emigrate to escape ideological pressure and restrictions on their contacts with the scholarly community elsewhere.
That is the judgment of Meksim Reznik, chairman of the commission on education, culture and science of the St. Petersburg city legislative assembly, in a comment featured on Radio France International’s Russian Service (ru.rfi.fr/rossiya/20150709-otezd-rossiiskikh-uchenykh-na-zapad-komandirovki-emigratsiya-ili-iskhod/).
Others echo his words.Dmitry Dubrovsky, a former instructor at St. Petersburg State University now at Columbia University in New York, says that his departure and that of others reflects “a worsening of conditions of work and level of pay” as well as the intensification of “ideological pressure on the instructors” in Russia.
Unlike in the Soviet Union in the past and in Belarus even now, Russian universities “so far do not have a secretary for ideology, but in fact, this role is filled in universities now either by the rectors of the pro-rectors” who work to ensure that those employed by the institution hew closely to “’the party line.’”
The current rector of St. Petersburg State University is Nikolay Kropachev who in Soviet times was a mentor to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and it is widely assumed that he owes his current position to his former student.Consequently, he almost certainly does not want anyone on his staff opposing the government.
Andrey Pugovkin, a Russian biologist, suggests that the situation in Russian academic life had deteriorated sharply after 2003. “First on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences and then of the powers that be were sharply limited and channeled international contacts,” cutting Russian scholars off “from international grants and interaction with scholars abroad.”
Moreover, he says that at about that time “contacts with those who had gone abroad earlier were cut,” much as had been true in Soviet times. As a result, “people began to leave and stopped returning.” When Moscow demanded the renunciation of dual citizenship, scholars who had gone abroad earlier and acquired that status also decided to leave permanently.
They had hoped to return to Russia at some point, but now they have lost that hope – and Russia “has lost these people forever.” Consequently, the departure of Russian scholars abroad is not a leak or some kind of exchange: it is an exodus which has acquired “an irreversible character.”
“Now, in many cities of Europe have been formed up entire scholarly and productive collectives consisting of specialists who have left Russia,” he says. “Scholars are only part of this stratum” because many other educated Russians are involved as well. And they are not junior people: three of the four Russian Nobel Prize winners in physics now work abroad.
If Moscow goes ahead with its idea of declaring various foundations and organizations abroad undesirable and demands that Russians break ties with them, Pugovkin continues, that will lead to a new burst in the emigration from Russia of many of that country’s best and brightest with incalculable damage to Russia’s future.
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Paul Goble
Staunton, July 12 – Even in the darkest times of the Soviet past, universities in Russia were more free than the surrounding population, but now that situation has been reversed; and as a result, Russian scholars are increasingly seeking to emigrate to escape ideological pressure and restrictions on their contacts with the scholarly community elsewhere.
That is the judgment of Meksim Reznik, chairman of the commission on education, culture and science of the St. Petersburg city legislative assembly, in a comment featured on Radio France International’s Russian Service (ru.rfi.fr/rossiya/20150709-otezd-rossiiskikh-uchenykh-na-zapad-komandirovki-emigratsiya-ili-iskhod/).
Others echo his words.Dmitry Dubrovsky, a former instructor at St. Petersburg State University now at Columbia University in New York, says that his departure and that of others reflects “a worsening of conditions of work and level of pay” as well as the intensification of “ideological pressure on the instructors” in Russia.
Unlike in the Soviet Union in the past and in Belarus even now, Russian universities “so far do not have a secretary for ideology, but in fact, this role is filled in universities now either by the rectors of the pro-rectors” who work to ensure that those employed by the institution hew closely to “’the party line.’”
The current rector of St. Petersburg State University is Nikolay Kropachev who in Soviet times was a mentor to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and it is widely assumed that he owes his current position to his former student.Consequently, he almost certainly does not want anyone on his staff opposing the government.
Andrey Pugovkin, a Russian biologist, suggests that the situation in Russian academic life had deteriorated sharply after 2003. “First on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences and then of the powers that be were sharply limited and channeled international contacts,” cutting Russian scholars off “from international grants and interaction with scholars abroad.”
Moreover, he says that at about that time “contacts with those who had gone abroad earlier were cut,” much as had been true in Soviet times. As a result, “people began to leave and stopped returning.” When Moscow demanded the renunciation of dual citizenship, scholars who had gone abroad earlier and acquired that status also decided to leave permanently.
They had hoped to return to Russia at some point, but now they have lost that hope – and Russia “has lost these people forever.” Consequently, the departure of Russian scholars abroad is not a leak or some kind of exchange: it is an exodus which has acquired “an irreversible character.”
“Now, in many cities of Europe have been formed up entire scholarly and productive collectives consisting of specialists who have left Russia,” he says. “Scholars are only part of this stratum” because many other educated Russians are involved as well. And they are not junior people: three of the four Russian Nobel Prize winners in physics now work abroad.
If Moscow goes ahead with its idea of declaring various foundations and organizations abroad undesirable and demands that Russians break ties with them, Pugovkin continues, that will lead to a new burst in the emigration from Russia of many of that country’s best and brightest with incalculable damage to Russia’s future.
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Foreign Ministry Hints at a Nazi Revolt in Ukraineby Combined Reports
Following a deadly shootout in western Ukraine, a representative of Russia's Foreign Ministry warned Saturday that if the Ukrainian government fails to act swiftly in quashing the "neo-Nazi" threat, it may soon be too late.
Following a deadly shootout in western Ukraine, a representative of Russia's Foreign Ministry warned Saturday that if the Ukrainian government fails to act swiftly in quashing the "neo-Nazi" threat, it may soon be too late.
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По сообщению местных СМИ, сейчас в Мукачево стянуты силы милиции областной и Нацгварии, а бойцы "Правого сектора" получили приказ открывать огонь на поражение в случае штурма. Активист Правого сектора возле здания администрации президента в Киеве, Украина.
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РИА Новости По сообщению местных СМИ, сейчас в Мукачево стянуты силы милиции областной и Нацгварии, а бойцы "Правого сектора" получили приказ открывать огонь на поражение в случае штурма. Активист Правого сектора возле здания администрации президента в Киеве, Украина. В «Правом секторе» попросили не связывать отвод бойцов из зоны АТО с ситуацией в МукачевоГазета.Ru СМИ узнали о приказе Яроша «Правому сектору» покинуть позиции в ДонбассеРБК «Правый сектор» покинул зону спецоперации в Донбассе по приказу Дмитрия ЯрошаКоммерсантъ Комсомольская правда -Интерфакс -BFM.Ru Все похожие статьи: 3 467 » |
Neo-Nazis lay siege to asylum-seekers hostel in Freital as race hate rears its ugly head once again in east Germany
Once a model Social Democrat community where the poor in Germany’s Weimar Republic found help and support, the small town of Freital, just south of Dresden, has become a byword for German racism and intolerance.
Once a model Social Democrat community where the poor in Germany’s Weimar Republic found help and support, the small town of Freital, just south of Dresden, has become a byword for German racism and intolerance.
Omar Sharif's funeral held in Cairo
The funeral of actor Omar Sharif, who died on Friday at the age of 83 following a heart attack, has been held in Cairo.
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First Draft | Talk Show Roundup: Lindsey Graham Calls Donald Trump a Threat ... - New York Times
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Брюссель: еще одна попытка - YouTube
Published on Jul 12, 2015
В Брюсселе проходит заседание лидеров стран Еврозоны, которое в очередной раз будет искать выход из глубочайшего греческого кризиса. Ранее в восресенье здесь же встретились министры финансов валютного союза. Они выработали некий пакет предложений, которые как раз и должны обсудить теперь уже главы государств и правительств стран Еврозоны. Пакет предложений, который выработали ранее министры финансов, предуссматривает так называемый второй немецкий план. Временно, на пять лет но все-таки выв…
ЧИТАТЬ ДАЛЕЕ: http://ru.euronews.com/2015/07/12/gre...
Published on Jul 12, 2015
В Брюсселе проходит заседание лидеров стран Еврозоны, которое в очередной раз будет искать выход из глубочайшего греческого кризиса. Ранее в восресенье здесь же встретились министры финансов валютного союза. Они выработали некий пакет предложений, которые как раз и должны обсудить теперь уже главы государств и правительств стран Еврозоны. Пакет предложений, который выработали ранее министры финансов, предуссматривает так называемый второй немецкий план. Временно, на пять лет но все-таки выв…
ЧИТАТЬ ДАЛЕЕ: http://ru.euronews.com/2015/07/12/gre...
ЧИТАТЬ ДАЛЕЕ: http://ru.euronews.com/2015/07/12/gre...
Donald Trump bashes Republican candidates - YouTube
Published on Jul 12, 2015
Donald Trump spoke to Anderson Cooper about the fallout from his controversial immigration comments and had harsh words for his GOP competitors.
Published on Jul 12, 2015
Donald Trump spoke to Anderson Cooper about the fallout from his controversial immigration comments and had harsh words for his GOP competitors.
The Fall of Puerto Rico. Prepare Yourself Accordingly. - YouTube
Published on Jul 3, 2015
Puerto Rico’s economy is in a death spiral and it could threaten the entire United States bond market. How did we get to this point and what does this mean in the big picture?
Stefan Molyneux breaks down the unspoken facts about the end of freedom, opportunity, employment and trade in modern Puerto Rico. An in depth explanation about what this means for the average Puerto Rican and Americans overall – spoiler, it’s not good!
“My administration is doing everything not to default,” Governor Alejandro García Padilla said. “But we have to make the economy grow,” he added. “If not, we will be in a death spiral.”
There will be no economic recovery, prepare yourself accordingly.
Sources: http:/www.fdrurl.com/puerto-rico
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Published on Jul 3, 2015
Puerto Rico’s economy is in a death spiral and it could threaten the entire United States bond market. How did we get to this point and what does this mean in the big picture?
Stefan Molyneux breaks down the unspoken facts about the end of freedom, opportunity, employment and trade in modern Puerto Rico. An in depth explanation about what this means for the average Puerto Rican and Americans overall – spoiler, it’s not good!
“My administration is doing everything not to default,” Governor Alejandro García Padilla said. “But we have to make the economy grow,” he added. “If not, we will be in a death spiral.”
There will be no economic recovery, prepare yourself accordingly.
Sources: http:/www.fdrurl.com/puerto-rico
Stefan Molyneux breaks down the unspoken facts about the end of freedom, opportunity, employment and trade in modern Puerto Rico. An in depth explanation about what this means for the average Puerto Rican and Americans overall – spoiler, it’s not good!
“My administration is doing everything not to default,” Governor Alejandro García Padilla said. “But we have to make the economy grow,” he added. “If not, we will be in a death spiral.”
There will be no economic recovery, prepare yourself accordingly.
Sources: http:/www.fdrurl.com/puerto-rico
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Greece told it must restore trust to earn rescue - YouTube
Published on Jul 12, 2015
Eurozone leaders are telling Greece it has to restore trust by enacting key reforms before talks can open on a new financial rescue package to keep it in the single currency.
The German Chancellor says conditions are not yet right to begin negotiations.
A full EU summit was cancelled but eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels for a make-or-break deal.
"I'm here ready for an honest compromise. We owe that to the peoples of Europe who want Europe united and not divided. We can reach an agreem…
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Published on Jul 12, 2015
Eurozone leaders are telling Greece it has to restore trust by enacting key reforms before talks can open on a new financial rescue package to keep it in the single currency.
The German Chancellor says conditions are not yet right to begin negotiations.
A full EU summit was cancelled but eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels for a make-or-break deal.
"I'm here ready for an honest compromise. We owe that to the peoples of Europe who want Europe united and not divided. We can reach an agreem…
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/07/12/gr...
The German Chancellor says conditions are not yet right to begin negotiations.
A full EU summit was cancelled but eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels for a make-or-break deal.
"I'm here ready for an honest compromise. We owe that to the peoples of Europe who want Europe united and not divided. We can reach an agreem…
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/07/12/gr...
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