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Pence believes Russia's influence and meddling pales in comparison to China's

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 04:25 UTC

The White House has stepped up its showdown with China, casting it as the new top bogeyman, with Mike Pence declaring that the notorious Russian interference and meddling 'pales' in comparison to Beijing's influence in US affairs.

China is increasingly assuming the role of number one villain for the White House administration, ahead of the US midterm election and amid the spiraling trade war between the two nations, the US vice president is due to announce in a speech this week at the Hudson Institute think tank in Washington, DC.

Amid the ongoing Robert Mueller probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, Pence will present America with another, even more powerful malefactor ahead of the upcoming midterm polls. Citing US intelligence sources, Pence will claim that Russian influence on American minds and democratic processes "pales in comparison to what China is doing," excerpts of his speech, seen by Reuters, declare. In particular, Pence will blame Beijing's "covert actors, front groups and propaganda outlets," for subverting the opinions of US policy makers. "It's using wedge issues, like trade tariffs, to advance Beijing's political influence" in the trade war, Pence will reportedly claim.

Comment: Firing on all burners and lacking even a modicum of diplomacy, the US is setting itself up for a 'day of reckoning'.

DM Lieberman: Israel won't stop operations in Syria despite S-300s

Sputnik
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:56 UTC

On Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that Moscow had delivered 49 units of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria in order to enhance the security of Russian servicemen in the country.

Speaking on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Tel Aviv wasn't "happy" about the S-300s deliveries to Syria, but it could not give up on its military operations in the war-ravaged country.

"I cannot say that we are happy about the deployment of the S-300s. At the same time, we have no choice here. We have no opportunity to make decisions [on military operations in Syria]," he said.

The minister further stated that it was important for Russia and Israel to restore normal ties despite their disagreements over the downing of the Il-20 reconnaissance plane.

"I think the most important thing for us today is...to return the working relationship to normal. It is today the most important task - to return to normal operation, coordination, to more actively use the 'hot line' to prevent conflict situations. We need to work," said Lieberman.

Lieberman once again reiterated that Israel blamed Syria for the Il-20 crash, thus dismissing Moscow's version that Israeli F-16 jets had used the Russian aircraft as a shield against Syrian air defenses.

Comment: Sorry Israel, NEW RULES!

Brits accuse Russia's 'reckless' GRU of cyber-attacking multiple Western targets

RFE/RL
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:15 UTC

Britain is accusing Russian military intelligence of being behind a host of recent cyberattacks seeking to undermine critical Western institutions from sports and transportation authorities to election processes.

A British national security report released late on October 3 concludes that the Russian military intelligence agency, or GRU, is "a pernicious cyber-aggressor" that has used a network of hackers to spread discord and confusion across the world.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on October 4 described the accusations as "fantasy," as British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson condemned Russia as a "pariah state" whose "reckless and indiscriminate" attacks had left it isolated in the international community.

The GRU, the British report said, was almost certainly behind the "BadRabbit" ransomware attack last year that targeted a Ukrainian international airport and Russian media outlets, as well as the hacking of the World Anti-Doping Agency in Switzerland.

It also concluded that the GRU was behind hacks and leaks of U.S. Democratic National Committee e-mails that embarrassed President Donald Trump's opponent Hillary Clinton in the weeks before the 2016 election, among other high-profile and damaging attacks.

"The GRU's actions are reckless and indiscriminate: they try to undermine and interfere in elections" in a clear assault on Western democracy, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in releasing the report.

But some of the GRU's cyberattacks "serve no legitimate national security interest, instead impacting the ability of people around the world to go about their daily lives free from interference, and even their ability to enjoy sport," Hunt said.

Comment: Amazing how one source conveniently fits all accusations.

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"If anyone had questions in their mind about Russian military involvement in the Salisbury attacks this will put to rest those doubts," Hunt said to the BBC.

"Russian government needs to know that if they flout international law in this way there will be consequences, they will be exposed and people will see the Russian government for what they are - which is an organisation that is trying to foster instability throughout the world."

Netherlands expelled 4 Russians last April who allegedly targeted chemical weapons watchdog

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:14 UTC

The Netherlands expelled four Russian intelligence officers in April, who allegedly targeted the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Moscow has dubbed the allegations "spy mania."

The operation was the work of Russian military intelligence agents from the GRU, Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld said during a media conference on Thursday. The minister insists that the Russian agents were targeting the Hague-based chemical weapons watchdog. Four Russian intelligence officers were expelled from the country in April, she added.

According to Bijleveld, the alleged operation was disrupted on April 13. The Russians had diplomatic passports, she said, adding that the men had taken photos of the organization's surroundings in The Hague.

On April 13, they allegedly parked a car next to the office of the watchdog. Their vehicle contained high-tech equipment that was able to hack into the organization's WiFi network.

Comment: Another timed release of allegations to support the US, UK, Canada effort to tarnish Russia. See also:

Canada joins the international chorus of accusations against Russia for 'malicious cyber attacks'

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:06 UTC

The Canadian government has joined its allies to accuse Russia of being behind a slew of recent "malicious" cyber attacks, including on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the World Anti-Doping Agency.

The move from Canada comes as the US introduces new charges against a number of alleged Russian intelligence officers which it accuses of hacking the anti-doping agency.

A statement issued on Thursday by Global Affairs Canada said that "a series of malicious cyber-operations by the Russian military" had been exposed, including an alleged attempted hack on the organization responsible for investigating the Salisbury poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March - an attack which the Russian government has denied involvement in and which British authorities have not been able to conclusively blame Moscow for.

The Global Affairs statement said the acts

"form part of a broader pattern of activities by the Russian government" which lies "outside the bounds of appropriate behavior" and demonstrate "a disregard for international law and undermine the rules-based international order". Canada called on countries that value "international order" to "come together in its defence."

Comment: A 'concerted' effort to implicate and malign Russia to influence public opinion, an obvious set-up to influence the NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels.

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US charges 7 Russian intel officers with hacking OPCW and World Anti-Doping Agency

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:43 UTC

The Justice Department has indicted seven Russian military intelligence figures for their alleged role in leaking Olympic athletes' drug-test data, and targeting organizations probing the poisoning of the Skripals in the UK.

The hackers' efforts have been labeled as part of an ongoing Kremlin conspiracy to "undermine and interfere" with Western democracy.

Prosecutors say that the intelligence officials, who apparently worked for Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, targeted officials who had supported a ban on Russian athletes in international sports events. They also allegedly targeted a Pennsylvania nuclear energy company, and the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, a watchdog group that had been investigating a series of poisonings in the UK, which the British government has blamed on Russia.

The suspects have been named as Dmitry Badin, Artem Malyshev, Aleksey Minin, Aleksey Morenets, Evgeny Serebryakov, Oleg Sotnikov, and Ivan Ermakov. The men are currently believed to be in Russia and therefore unable to answer to the charges. Still, DoJ assistant Attorney General John Demers told reporters that "if we could get our hands on these folks one day, we would have no problem bringing them to justice."

Ambassador Yakovenko: Hacking accusations against Russia - timed with NATO cyber warfare meeting

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:18 UTC

The latest wave of accusations against Russia over alleged government-ordered hacking looks very much like a coordinated media attack timed with a NATO meeting of cyberwarfare, the Russian ambassador to UK told RT.

On Thursday, the UK and the Netherlands claimed that they had foiled cyber attacks by Russian government hackers while the US indicted seven agents of Russian military intelligence for a series of alleged hacking attacks. Canada joined in the chorus, saying that "malicious cyber-operations" also targeted the nation.

The media storm that immediately ensued is simply part of a coordinated attacks on Russia that lack proper proof and are meant to smear its reputation, believes Russian ambassador to Britain Alexander Yakovenko.

"There is a meeting of NATO countries in Brussels today and they are discussing cyberwarfare. NATO countries are basically planning to create their own cyber forces," Yakovenko told RT, referring to a meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Belgian capital. Among other things the ministers agreed to share cyber capabilities while NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg used the occasion to condemn Russia for its alleged hacking operations.

Comment: Are the attacks legit for all these countries and particular circumstances or is it a case of here's our accusation; what can you provide?
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Russian MoD: Dozens of Georgians likely killed by US biological agents in fake drug trial

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:21 UTC

Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research

A US-funded biomedical laboratory in Georgia may have conducted bioweapons research under the guise of a drug test, which claimed the lives of at least 73 subjects, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The question of what really might have taken place at the secretive US-sponsored research facility hosted by Russia's southern neighbor was raised by the Russian military on Thursday after they studied files published online by a former Georgian minister.

The documents record the deaths of 73 people over a short period of time, indicating a test of "a highly toxic chemical or biological agents with high lethality rate," said Igor Kirillov, commander of the Russian military branch responsible for defending troops from radiological, chemical and biological weapons.

Comment: Further reading;

MSM twists quote about Democrats mocking Bill Clinton abuse victim to apply to Kavanaugh defenders

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:16 UTC

Arguing that Republicans have shown nothing but respect for the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, Senator Lindsey Graham brought up a quote from the 1990s. But some reporters didn't get it.

Speaking at The Atlantic Festival on Wednesday, Graham (R-South Carolina) was asked about President Donald Trump's alleged mockery of Christine Blasey-Ford at a Mississippi rally the night before..

"Everything he said was factually true," Graham retorted, adding that Ford has been treated with utmost courtesy by both Trump and the Republican senators. Contrast that, he said, with "This is what happens when you go through a trailer park with a $100 bill."

'Grassroots' outrage? George Soros Funds The Activists Behind Anti-Kavanaugh Campaign

RT
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:37 UTC

© Joshua Roberts / Reuters
Demonstrators protest US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the Russell Senate Office building on Capitol Hill

Moving videos of women confronting senators over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination have been framed as grassroots activism, but they were actually made by an organization that receives massive funding from George Soros.

A number of videos have surfaced in recent days showing activists giving Republican senators an earful about their support for Kavanaugh's nomination. The most piercing of these interactions came last week, when Republican Senator Jeff Flake was confronted at the US Capitol by two women who said they were survivors of sexual assault.

The two women berated Flake for voicing support for the nominee, who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault and misconduct. Flake appeared visibly unsettled in the video, and he acknowledged that the interaction may have influenced his decision to press for an FBI probe into the allegations.

Comment: On Ana Maria Archila, the Gateway Pundit reports:

Thanks to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez we now know Ana Maria Archila is an [alleged] illegal alien.

Via The College Fix:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist and rising star within the Democrat Party, called Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh a liar in a speech to Boston University college students on Monday...

...She went on to hail "activism" as the solution, and boasted to the crowd that one of the women who had cornered judiciary committee member Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in an elevator and yelled at him for several minutes after he agreed to vote "yes" on Kavanaugh was from her district.

"Ana Maria Archila is from our district, is from Queens," Ocasio-Cortez, prompting a round of applause. "In fact, she is an immigration activist, which just goes to show intersectionality and how interwoven all of these fights are. Because she is putting everything on the line and risking deportation ... not even for a direct immigration action but for the action of all survivors. And that's how we need to be. We need to be championing the causes of our neighbors. That is what creates power and movement, coalition building."
So we now have illegal alien Soros-paid activists influencing the Supreme Court confirmation process.

US politics is as complex as the money supply issue One big scam hidden under layers of deception Tbh..I could care less if she drops down dead...

LMAO

New Lt. Governor of Virginia Winsome Sears: "We're going to have safer neighborhoods, safer communities, and our children are going to get a good...

parzival

Bill Gates is going to be the one with the uncertain future,,, * New Lt. Governor of Virginia Winsome Sears: "We're going to have safer...

parzival

The more we hear about adverse affects the more we will merely shrug. It's a catch 22. Is that an asteroid trail in the photo?

sass

Welcome to the new normal. The more sensory exposure we have about such things, the less it is an issue.

sass

Puppet Masters

Pence believes Russia's influence and meddling pales in comparison to China's

DM Lieberman: Israel won't stop operations in Syria despite S-300s

Brits accuse Russia's 'reckless' GRU of cyber-attacking multiple Western targets

Netherlands expelled 4 Russians last April who allegedly targeted chemical weapons watchdog

Canada joins the international chorus of accusations against Russia for 'malicious cyber attacks'

US charges 7 Russian intel officers with hacking OPCW and World Anti-Doping Agency

Ambassador Yakovenko: Hacking accusations against Russia - timed with NATO cyber warfare meeting

Russian MoD: Dozens of Georgians likely killed by US biological agents in fake drug trial

MSM twists quote about Democrats mocking Bill Clinton abuse victim to apply to Kavanaugh defenders

'Grassroots' outrage? George Soros Funds The Activists Behind Anti-Kavanaugh Campaign

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