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Kiev refuses to repay Cuba for medical care provided to children of Chernobyl

Ricky Twisdale
Russia Insider
Fri, 25 Mar 2016 04:14 UTC

Fidel Castro provided over $350 million in medical care to Ukrainian children victimized by the Chernobyl accident

If the western world's credit-rating agencies were honest, Ukraine ought to have probably one of the worst credit ratings in the world. It has almost never paid its bills in its entire 25 year existence. Not for Russian gas, not for countless loans it has received from from international creditors.

And when Kiev does actually make a payment, it goes kicking and screaming all the way to the bank, threatening legal action and demanding re-negotiation of future payments.

Ukraine even outright defaulted on a $3 billion loan from Russia last year -- but without western financial institutions raising a peep. Loans from Russia don't count.

Comment: Further reading:

Russian Investigative Committee is hard at work. Working stubbornly, gently, persistently, collecting information about all the crimes of Ukrainian military and punitive volunteer battalions. It turns out that quietly, without much noise, a giant amount of evidence about the crimes of Ukrainian armed forces and volunteer battalions is being compiled. The evidence, which sooner or later will come in handy.

RIC: 100,000 witnesses for Ukrainian 'Nuremberg'

Saudi Arabia and Houthis agree to another ceasefire in Yemen

Sputnik
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:56 UTC

Saudi Arabia and the Houthis controlling part of Yemen have agreed to a "cessation of hostilities," the UN's special envoy to Yemen announced on Wednesday. UN's Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the two parties would start implementing a ceasefire from April 10, eight days before peace negotiations take place in Kuwait. "The talks aim to reach a comprehensive agreement, which will end the conflict and allow the resumption of inclusive political dialogue," Ahmed said. "The war in Yemen must be brought to an end before it does irreparable damage to the future of Yemen and the region," he added.

The Saudi strikes against the Islamist Houthis have killed thousands of civilians so far. The total amount of casualties recorded by the UN from the start of the conflict to date is of more than 5,000 deaths, half of them civilians.

Comment: 5,000 deaths are 'irreparable damage.'

A Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out a military campaign in neighboring Yemen since March 2015, after large swaths of the country fell under the control of the Houthis — a religious-political extremist group hostile to the Saudis. The Gulf Kingdom, together with Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and other Middle Eastern and North African countries launched a series of airstrikes on the Houthi-held areas, besides imposing an air and naval blockade of the country. From the very beginning, the US and the UK provided the coalition with military support.

The UN has tried to convince the belligerents to engage in negotiations since June 2015, but the efforts have failed repeatedly, until a first ceasefire was agreed on last December. Now the parties will attempt to come to an arrangement again, although it will be tricky: Yemen, backed by Saudi Arabia, demands that the Houthis leave all the cities they currently occupy, and that they accept to be disarmed afterwards. The Houthis, on the other hand, want to be granted more representation in the country's government.

Comment: The Saudis won't keep to the ceasefire. They immediately broke the preceding three ceasefires. Like other cowardly war parties (Kiev, for example), they use ceasefires to re-arm and attack.

Don't forget that American and British generals are directing this war against the Yemeni people.

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General confirms Russian special forces active in Syria, give recon, targeting for warplanes

RT
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:58 UTC

Russia's special forces are involved in the Syrian campaign and have helped with locating targets for Russian warplanes, the general who commanded the entire operation has confirmed in an interview.

Col. Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov is deputy commander of the Central Military District in Russia, and was selected to be chief of Russia's campaign in Syria, which started in September last year. On Wednesday he spoke of previously undisclosed aspects of the operation in a rare interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper.

"I won't deny that our Special Operations Forces (SOF) are deployed in Syria. They conduct ground reconnaissance of pre-selected targets for Russian warplanes, assist in targeting warplanes in remote areas and perform other tasks," the general said.

"Take into account that corresponding forces from the US and other members of the [US-led] coalition are performing similar missions in Syria," he added.

Russian guns to the rescue

It was the first official confirmation that Russian special forces have been deployed in Syria. The bulk of the missions during the five-month campaign, which was wrapped up earlier in March, were conducted by the Russian Air Force. Most of the Russian personnel in Syria were guarding the two Russian bases in the country and provided logistic support.

There are also military advisers providing training to the Syrian Army and assisting with military planning.

"[The advisers] successfully performed the task of training government forces, Kurdish and other patriotic forces. The fact that our advisers played an active part in planning military action contributed to the progress," Gen. Dvornikov said in the interview.

Sixth Russian soldier killed in Syria: Hero's death for special forces officer in Palmyra

Sputnik
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:17 UTC

A Russian Special forces officer has died a hero in Syria during a target-designation mission near the city of Palmyra, a spokesman for the Russian military contingent at Hmeimim air base told reporters on Thursday.

The officer's name, rank and the date of the accident remain undisclosed.

According to the spokesman, "the officer carried out a mission in Tadmor near Palmyra for a week, spotting crucial ISIL facilities and providing precise coordinates for Russian airstrikes," as reported by RIA Novosti.

The spokesman stated that the soldier had been located and was surrounded by terrorists — and chose to draw their fire on himself.

"He died as a hero," the spokesman said.

Comment: Further reading: Syrians on the verge of liberating Palmyra from Daesh; Russian special forces officer killed in the battle

Syrians on the verge of liberating Palmyra from Daesh; Russian special forces officer killed in the battle

RT
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:09 UTC

Syrian Army troops and militias allied with them are pushing back Islamic State fighters from Palmyra, the city where the terrorists destroyed precious historic artifacts after capturing it last year, media reports say.

Pro-Damascus forces have ousted the militants of IS (formerly known as ISIS/ISIL) from the northern hotel district, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. They are also advancing in the historic part of the city, which had been vandalized by IS, Itar-Tass reported citing a Damascus military source as saying.

The governor of the Homs province, Talal al-Barazi, told AP on Thursday that the Syrian Army could completely liberate the city in 48 hours.

Comment: From Sputnik:

"A Russian special forces officer has been killed during a target-designation mission in the the Tadmor area [near Palmyra, the Homs province]," the spokesman said. "The officer had been on a mission near Palmyra for a week spotting key ISIL facilities and directing Russian airstrikes," the official said, adding that the officer died heroically while surrounded by terrorists.

RIC: 100,000 witnesses for Ukrainian 'Nuremberg'

Fort Russ
Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00 UTC

Russian Investigative Committee is hard at work. Working stubbornly, gently, persistently, collecting information about all the crimes of Ukrainian military and punitive volunteer battalions. It turns out that quietly, without much noise, a giant amount of evidence about the crimes of Ukrainian armed forces and volunteer battalions is being compiled. The evidence, which sooner or later will come in handy.

This was confirmed by Savchenko's lawyer, Ilya Novikov.

Savchenko's lawyer Ilya Novikov was struck by the volume of documents collected from interviewing the residents of Donbass and told Ukrainian media. "There is the so-called "big Ukrainian case" under number 201/837072 - 14. It was called the "big Ukrainian case" among the lawyers, but during the trial against Savchenko suddenly it became clear that the investigators call it the same," - he said, adding that as of fall 2015 more than 100 thousand witnesses have been questioned, 15 thousand were recognized as victims. "Several rooms at the Investigative Committee are filled with cabinets with volumes of this case, more than 20 investigators are working on it. And from this case, in principle, you can "pinch off" a piece and send it to court," he said.

What does it mean? That Russia without much fanfare is gathering evidence of crimes. For what? I am sure that this is not done in vain. And that the perpetrators and punishers will appear before our court. And that these tons of evidence will be a good argument to prove the genocide of Donbass population, and at the right time to finally resolve the Donbass issue.

How much more is going on behind the scenes that we don't know about? You can, of course, laugh at "Putin's cunning plans" and other things. But de facto LDPR [Lugansk and Donetsk Republics] are already fully dependent and controlled from Russia. The laws of the republics are being adjusted to ours. Management system, education, etc. - everything is being changed to our standards. Do you think this is all coincidence? I don't believe in such coincidences...

Comment: What we do know about Russian methodology is that it is sincere, thorough and just. There will be no doubt as to what happened, who did it and why.

White Book on Violations of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Ukraine (PDF) (Book #2: April 2014 to Mid-June 2014 - with pictures at the end)
Conclusion excerpts:

The upsurge of protests in the south and east of Ukraine was a direct consequence of the change of power in Kiev as a result of the anti-constitutional violent coup that was carried out by Euromaidan advocates with active support of the United States and a number of European Union countries. [...] We hope that the Western patrons of the Ukrainian authorities will finally prompt Kiev to stop the annihilation of people in the southeast, who have the legitimate right to have an equal say in determining the future of their country. We also hope that profile international agencies will fulfill their mandates by conducting an unbiased and politically neutral inquiry into numerous violations of human rights and the principle of the rule of law in Ukraine. The culprits must be brought to justice.

Miraculous passports and trashed laptops: What do 9/11 and the Belgian bombings have in common?

Harrison Koehli
Sott.net
Wed, 23 Mar 2016 21:14 UTC

Two news stories caught my eye yesterday in the media coverage of Tuesday's attacks in Brussels. The first was a Newsmax TV report featuring former NYC Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik giving his proposed strategy to defeat Daesh and stop future terrorist attacks. If the name Kerik rings a bell, it's because he commanded New York's police during 9/11. But more on that below; here's what wisdom he had to impart:

"They [Belgian intelligence] didn't have enough intel to figure out who they [the 'terrorists'] were, where they were, what they were doing — and this is in the aftermath of taking down the mastermind of the Paris attacks. ... The key is intelligence. Our state, local and federal authorities have to be communicating. We have to be working with those abroad."

Thanks, Bernie, for that remarkable insight. (Hey, at least it's better than Killary's plan to defeat ISIS by defeating ISIS.)

The second story was the report that one of the suspects in the attack at Brussels' Zaventem Airport, Ibrahim El Bakraoui, left a 'suicide letter' or rudimentary 'will' on a computer that was subsequently found in a trash can during a raid by Brussels police in the Schaerbeek neighborhood. The note allegedly said: "I don't know what to do, hunted everywhere, no longer safe" and "I don't want to end up in a cell next to him [i.e. Salah Abdeslam, presumably]." The street in which they found the laptop allegedly was also where police found an unexploded bomb, an ISIS flag and bomb-making materials.

The Pavlovian response to the Brussels bombings

Bernie Suarez
Waking Times
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:43 UTC

There are many signs pointing to a false flag attack in Brussels on 3-22-16. Independent and alternative media, as usual, has been right on top of the story catching many of the usual oddities, lies and coincidences which are characteristic of false flags and are now piling on top of each other as they always do. And here's another thing everyone should take note of; something we also observed during the Paris attacks on 11-13-15. As we saw in the Paris attacks, once again we're seeing a "global" component to the "reaction" phase of the usual problem-reaction-solution dialectic employed by the controllers. Look for it. Problem at point A, subsequent "reaction" to the problem at point B, all the way on the other side of the world. This then leads to a "solution" that applies to both point A and B. This also serves to endorse the illusion that the bogeymen, in this case ISIS of course, involved in the Brussels attack are somehow everywhere at once.

One of the key purposes of this event, among other purposes like maintaining an excuse for U.S. military intervention in Syria, is to reinforce the need for a global police which is being sold as a "global solution" to a "global problem." This global police state is a very clear agenda of the U.S., NATO and the U.N. This entire event is also designed to push the Authorization for Unlimited Military Force (AUMF) the Pentagon wants so badly and it's a perfect quick and easy event in NATO's and the European Union's home turf to push for all of these goals at once. What am I talking about?

Russian State Duma takes another step toward criminalizing possession of child pornography

RT
Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:00 UTC

The legislation committee of Russia's lower house has recommended passing in the second reading a bill ordering up to four years in prison for possession of child pornography without intent of distribution.

The bill was drafted in mid-2012 by representatives of three Duma caucuses - the parliamentary majority United Russia and the opposition parties LDPR and Fair Russia. If passed, it would change the existing practice of punishment only for the distribution and advertising of pornographic materials involving children (this offense can carry from two to eight years behind bars).

The lawmakers preparing the bill for the second reading rewrote the definition of child pornography, as required by the Duma committee. The ban now covers all materials with pictures or descriptions of genitalia of underage persons or sexual relations involving such persons, with exceptions for materials that have recognized historical or cultural significance or those prepared for medical, scientific or educational purposes in accordance with the existing laws. The new draft also recognizes as child pornography any materials featuring adult actors posing as underage persons. The age of majority in Russia is 18.

The second reading into the bill is scheduled for mid-April and its sponsors hold that barring any major obstructions, the ban will come into force from January 1, 2017.

According to the report presented by members of Russia's Public Chamber in late 2014, the lack of a precise definition of child pornography and working laws to counter it have caused a critical situation with the sexual exploitation of children in the country. The activists named the existence of the "personal use" loophole as one of the major obstructions law enforcers faced when fighting child porn dealers.

"Criminal responsibility for possession of pornography, especially if it depicts minors, is a necessary measure that reflects the community's very urgent problem. Porn dealers and entire international cartels specializing in this business cannot emerge from nowhere. And no normal person would keep such materials," Elena Sutormina, one of the authors of the report, said in comments with Izvestia Daily.

Pepe Escobar: The European jihadi union

Pepe Escobar
Sputnik
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:11 UTC

© AFP 2016/Blasco Avellaneda
Policemen take part to an operation against a jihadist cell in the Spanish city of Melilla on March 14, 2014.

It took four months for Salah Abdeslam - one of the alleged commando members on Paris 11.13 - to be captured in Brussels after a shootout. He never escaped to Syria; he never moved away from his known digs in Molenbeek.

It took only four days for the next plot twist — a coordinated jihadi attack at Brussels airport and a metro station only 500 meters away from the EU headquarters.

Under a blowback scenario, this was largely predictable. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders had even warned during the weekend attacks were imminent. More worrying is the leak that Belgian secret services — as well as Western intel agencies — had "precise" info about the risk of an attack at the airport and a probable attack on the metro.

Even more significantly, and before the arrest of Abdeslam, none other than neo-Ottoman Sultan Erdogan, leader of a key "NATO ally", had seen the writing on the wall; "There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara cannot explode in Brussels, in any other European city." Erdogan was, of course, drawing a nasty, false connection between Kurds and Salafi-jihadis, yet he sounded like he was delivering a mix of prophecy and threat.

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Puppet Masters

Kiev refuses to repay Cuba for medical care provided to children of Chernobyl

Saudi Arabia and Houthis agree to another ceasefire in Yemen

General confirms Russian special forces active in Syria, give recon, targeting for warplanes

Sixth Russian soldier killed in Syria: Hero's death for special forces officer in Palmyra

Syrians on the verge of liberating Palmyra from Daesh; Russian special forces officer killed in the battle

RIC: 100,000 witnesses for Ukrainian 'Nuremberg'

Miraculous passports and trashed laptops: What do 9/11 and the Belgian bombings have in common?

The Pavlovian response to the Brussels bombings

Russian State Duma takes another step toward criminalizing possession of child pornography

Pepe Escobar: The European jihadi union

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