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Lavrov vows Russia will fight criminal EU ban on travel for Crimeans


Itar-Tass
Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:11 UTC
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia would defend the rights of its citizens residing in Crimea to travel abroad.

The European Union banned its embassies and visa centers in Russia from issuing visas, including Schengen, to Crimeans after Crimea separated from Ukraine and reunited with Russia on March 18 this year.


Comment: That's the EU for you. No matter which narrative you believe (the true one, or the lie), this can only be seen as collective punishment. Even if Crimeans were held at gunpoint to vote for being part of Russia, they would not deserve to be punished in this way. And since that did not occur, this can only be seen as punishment for choosing to leave Ukraine.


"Following a decision by the European Council, EU visas will be issued only to residents of Crimea in Ukraine, because Crimea is a part of this country (according to Brussels)," the European Commission said in its report in March.

Lavrov described the ban as unlawful. "It is not based on any international legal document. On the contrary, the EU is violating commitments which its members took on under the European Convention on Human Rights," Lavrov told the students and professors of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) at the traditional annual meeting on Tuesday.

Lavrov said that Russia's European partners were resorting to the most intricate and sophisticated means to create artificial barriers to Crimeans, who now hold Russian passports, to travel abroad.

"We are actively fighting against (such policies) and I am sure that we will be able to ensure the rights of our citizens," Lavrov emphasized.
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Russia hopes U.S. won't create Iraq or Libya style "democracy" in Ukraine


RT
Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:42 UTC
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
Russia hopes that the US won't help Ukraine to establish a democracy, in Libyan or Iraqi style, and will support both the Kiev authorities and the self-defense forces in Ukraine, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko's upcoming visit to Washington on September 18 will be "a good opportunity to dot the i's and cross the t's concerning US interest or non-interest in political regulation in Ukraine," said the Russian FM.

"The White House announced that the visit will be used to show support to Ukraine in its attempts towards democracy, independence and stability," Lavrov continued. "I hope that this will be a democracy not in Iraqi or Libyan style, and Washington will support all forces in Ukraine."


Comment: The U.S. does not care about democracy or stability. They just pay lip service to such ideas. All the U.S. cares about is being able to control the country and its resources. If they can maintain the illusion of independence, all the better. Their agents in the media will help on that end.


Only the US authorities can have direct influence on Ukrainian troops and that's why they should moderate "the party of war" in Kiev, which is continuing the anti-terrorist operation in the country's east, Lavrov added.

"Washington has direct influence and there are many facts to prove it," he said. "It is necessary to use the influence and the possibilities of the US to send the required signals to move from attempts of solving the situation with military force to a political process."

He also stated that it would be important that "US and European partners should support the necessity of a search for a reasonable compromise within the process that began in Minsk."
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Putin urges to open humanitarian corridors, rebuild infrastructure in eastern Ukraine


RIA Novosti
Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:00 UTC
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Vladimir Putin urged to establish humanitarian corridors in Donbas region
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Wednesday to establish humanitarian corridors in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region and to send workers to rebuild infrastructure in the war-ravaged areas.

During his visit to Mongolia Wednesday, Putin unveiled his seven-point peace plan for Ukraine.

"Humanitarian cordons should be opened to allow the movement of refugees and delivery of humanitarian cargo to cities and other settlements in Donbas," the Russian president said. "It should be possible to send teams of workers to the affected regions of Donbas in order to rebuild objects of vital and social infrastructure and to assist in preparations for the winter season."

In August, Russia delivered about 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the conflict-torn regions of Ukraine.

Comment: Russia continues to lend a helping hand, and not only with the situation in Ukraine:

- Russian Air Force plane to deliver aid cargo to flood-hit Serbia
- While US and the West defame Putin, Russia quietly helps others and delivers a regular shipment of relief aid for Serbia's flood-stricken regions

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North Korea, Russia intend to broaden cooperation


Itar-Tass
Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:22 UTC
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Plans to develop trade and economic contacts between Russia and North Korea have been voiced at a meeting of Russian Deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov with a newly appointed ambassador of North Korea to Moscow Kim Hyung-joon.

The North Korean ambassador presented his credentials at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.

Comment: Earlier this year:

- Pyongyang to switch trading with Moscow in Russian currency in June
- N Korea to ease visa regime, activate Internet, mobile services for Russian businessmen

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Building alliances: Mongolia offers Russia stretching gas pipeline across its territory


Itar-Tass
Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:03 UTC
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President of Mongolia Tsakhia Elbegdorj said on Wednesday that his country proposed Russia to consider a possibility of stretching a natural gas pipeline across the Mongolian territory.

"I have described the advantages of stretching a pipeline across the territory of Mongolia," Elbegdorj said following his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is currently on an official visit to Mongolia.

Rosneft's interest

Russia's major oil company Rosneft intends to expand its presence on the Mongolian market, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

Rosneft "meets most of the country's oil product demand, supplies Genghis Khan International Airport in Ulan Bator and has major plans for expanding its presence on the Mongolian market," Putin said.

Putin added that during negotiations the sides agreed to strengthen interaction in the air transport sphere. "The Protocol on co-operation in the sphere of civil aviation and Memorandum on the expansion of the air route network of Russia's Aeroflot carrier and Mongolia Airlines will contribute to this," he said.
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ISIS knows no bounds, threatens Putin, Caliphate in Chechnya


Zerohedge
Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:00 UTC
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ISIS threats, it would appear, are not limited to President Obama and his American allies. RIA is reporting that Russian leaders are seeking to cut access to an ISIS video posted that threatens Putin (for ties to Assad), and plans to liberate (via Caliphate) Chechnya, and calls the Chechnyan leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, a Putin puppet. The Chechnya leader took to Instagram to respond slamming "these bastards have no relation to Islam," and exclaiming if they try to threaten Russia or Chechnya "you will be destroyed."

Via Memri,

Vladimir Putin was directly and personally threatened by extremist Islamic terror group ISIS because of his close ties to Syrian leader Bashar Hafez al-Assad, and will liberate Chechnya and Caucasus...


Comment: The Islamic State knows no bounds. The fear mongering is at fever pitch. But this should've been obvious. It was only a matter of time before the U.S.'s creation started threatening the U.S.'s enemies. Funny how they always tend to do that, no?

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Pepe Escobar: NATO attacks and yet the real deal is the SCO summit

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times Online
Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:20 UTC
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First thing we do, let's kill all the myths. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is nothing but the Security Council of the Empire of Chaos.

You don't need to be a neo-Foucault hooked on Orwellian/Panopticon practices to admire the hyper-democratic "ring of steel" crossing average roads, parks and even ringing castle walls to "protect" dozens of NATO heads of state and ministers, 10,000 supporting characters and 2,000 journalists from the real world in Newport, Wales - and beyond.

NATO's summit in Wales also provides outgoing secretary-general Anders "Fogh of War" Rasmussen the chance to display his fullattack dog repertoire. It's as if he's auditioning for a starring role in a remake of Tim Burton's epic Mars Attacks!

Fogh of War is all over the place, talking "pre-positioning of supplies, equipment" - euphemism for weapons; boosting bases and headquarters in host countries; and touting a 10,000-strong, rapid reaction "spearhead" force to respond to Russian "aggression" and deployable in a maximum of five days.

Meanwhile, in a bad cop-bad cop routine, outgoing president of the European Commission, outstanding mediocrity Jose Manuel Barroso, leaked that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him over the phone later last week he could take Kiev in a fortnight if he wanted.
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Common sense: 7-step plan proposed by Putin to stop hostilities in E. Ukraine


RT
Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:14 UTC
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© Reuters/B.Rentsendorj
Russian President Vladimir Putin
Kiev must withdraw troops from southeastern regions of Ukraine and rebels must stop offensive to stop bloodshed, Russia's President Vladimir Putin says. He and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko discussed "a ceasefire regime."

President Putin has outlined a seven-point plan to stabilize the situation in the crisis-torn east of Ukraine.

"On my way here from [the city of] Blagoveschensk to Ulan-Bator [Mongolia], I outlined some ideas and plan of actions. It's here, but in handwriting," Putin told reporters.

Comment: This may seem like wishful thinking on Putin's part but there is no one else stepping up to the plate to resolve the Ukraine crises and the killing of civilians.

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Dollars

Council on Foreign Relations: Give money directly to the people

Ellen Brown
GlobalResearch
Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:48 UTC
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"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they've tried everything else." - Winston Churchill

When an article appears in Foreign Affairs, the mouthpiece of the policy-setting Council on Foreign Relations, recommending that the Federal Reserve do a money drop directly on the 99%, you know the central bank must be down to its last bullet.

The September/October issue of Foreign Affairs features an article by Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan titled "Print Less But Transfer More: Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly To The People." It's the sort of thing normally heard only from money reformers and Social Credit enthusiasts far from the mainstream. What's going on?

The Fed, it seems, has finally run out of other ammo. It has to taper its quantitative easing program, which is eating up the Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities needed as collateral for the repo market that is the engine of the bankers' shell game. The Fed's Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) has also done serious collateral damage. The banks that get the money just put it in interest-bearing Federal Reserve accounts or buy foreign debt or speculate with it; and the profits go back to the 1%, who park it offshore to avoid taxes. Worse, any increase in the money supply from increased borrowing increases the overall debt burden and compounding finance costs, which are already a major constraint on economic growth.

Meanwhile, the economy continues to teeter on the edge of deflation. The Fed needs to pump up the money supply and stimulate demand in some other way. All else having failed, it is reduced to trying what money reformers have been advocating for decades - get money into the pockets of the people who actually spend it on goods and services.

Comment: It is very, very unlikely, that this is going to happen. Because in the end, the destruction of the financial system is a long-term (?) goal of the Elite. That the CFR is chiming in with these thoughts shows that in certain economic circles there is a growing desperation.

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The real terrorists exposed again: Zionist settlers consume more Palestinian land

Kevin Barrett
Press TV
Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:48 UTC
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Throughout the Occupied West Bank and Occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem), Zionist settlers are digging in.

They are excavating foundations for new settlements, uprooting Palestinian olive trees and smashing Palestinian homes with their bulldozers.

Today there are well over half a million Zionist invaders squatting in al-Quds and the West Bank, stocking up on weapons and " all too often" using Palestinian children for target practice.
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