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Had Putin been Russian president in 1999, Serbia wouldn't have been bombed - President Vucic


RT
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:52 UTC
Aleksandar Vucic
© Sputnik / Mikhail KlementyevSerbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks at a joint press conference with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on December 4, 2019.
NATO would not have bombed Serbia in 1999 if Vladimir Putin had been the Russian president then, said Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic praising friendly relations between Moscow and Belgrade.

Vucic believes Serbians value the current Russian leader more than any in recent history, as they are confident of Moscow's steadfast support of their nation's sovereignty.

"We believe that in 1999, if Putin had already been president there would have never been a bombing of Serbia," Vucic told journalists at a press conference following his talks with the Russian leader in Sochi on Wednesday.

He said that the Serbs would also never "forget 2012 when Mr. Putin saved us from the West designating us a people that practice genocide." He was referring to the time when Russia blocked a UN resolution, backed by the US and the UK, which would recognize 1995 Srebrenica massacre - a tragic event from the Bosnian War - as genocide, while blaming solely the Serbs for the events of the said civil war.

Comment: It's probably reflective of just how fragile any semblance of peace on our planet is that it relies on the shoulders of a very few upstanding statesmen, like Putin:

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Snakes in Suits

Germany expels two Russian diplomats over Berlin murder probe - "unjustified" says Moscow


RT
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:25 UTC
Moabit
© Reuters / Fabrizio BenschPolice officers investigate a crime scene in Berlin, Germany, August 23, 2019, after a cyclist shot at a man in the Moabit district.
Germany said it is expelling two Russian diplomats for not sufficiently cooperating with a probe into the high-profile assassination of a Chechen expat, with Georgian citizenship, in Berlin.

On Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry declared two Russian diplomats personae non gratae for not sufficiently participating in the investigation, despite "repeated requests," into the murder of a man, named in the statement as Tornike K., who was gunned down in Berlin's Tiergarten Park in August.

The ministry stressed that immediate cooperation from Russia "remains crucial" because the investigation has been taken over by the Prosecutor General's Office.

Comment: RT reports:
The expulsion of Russian diplomats by Germany is an unfriendly and unjustified move, the Russian Foreign Ministry believes. It promised to respond in kind.

Responding to the news on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it considered the German move "unjustified and unfriendly" and that is demonstrated an unacceptable "politicized approach to the investigation."

"We are forced to implement an array of retaliatory measures."

Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev released a similarly-worded statement and expressed his disappointment with Berlin's handling of the situation. He said it will "result in a most negative effect on the Russian-German relationship."

"There is and there has never been any evidence that Russian governmental structures have anything to do with this incident," he said

The victim in the murder investigation, who is identified as Tornike K., was shot in Berlin's Tiergarten Park. German authorities alleged the crime may be tied to officials in the Russian government or in Russia's Chechen Republic.

Moscow effectively lost control of the southern Russian region in the 1990s, which allowed warlords and international terrorists to establish a power base there. A large incursion of jihadists into neighboring Dagestan in 1999 triggered a renewal of hostilities which ended with forces loyal to the Russian government prevailing in Chechnya.

Khangoshvili's reported paramilitary career continued into 2012, when he is said to have assisted a Georgian operation against his former comrades, whom he had lured out of Austria and into Georgian territory. According to Bild, the man survived four assassination attempts before leaving his home country and getting asylum in Germany.
This is just the latest 'evidence free' accusation laid at the feet of Russia:

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Bad Guys

Intelligence indicates 'potential Iranian attack' against US forces in Middle East


Sputnik
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:37 UTC
Iranian missiles
© AFP 2019 / STRINGER
Last week, Iranian General Allahnoor Noorollahi announced that Tehran is ready for "the greatest war against the greatest enemy", adding that the Islamic Republic's missile systems are aimed at 21 American military bases in the Middle East.

CNN has cited several US defence and administration officials as saying on Wednesday that "there has been consistent intelligence in the last several weeks" indicating a possible Iranian threat against US forces and interests in the Middle East.

The sources referred to alleged movement of unspecified Iranian troops and weapons that Washington fears "could be put in place for a potential attack, if one is ordered by the Iranian regime."

They did not clarify whether a potential threat emanated from the Iranian government or the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The remarks come as Under Secretary of Defence for Policy John Rood said earlier in the day that there are indications that an Iranian "aggression" could take place in the future amid aggravating relations between Tehran and Washington. He declined to elaborate.

Pentagon spokeswoman Rebecca Rebarich told CNN that the Department of Defence continues to "closely monitor the activities of the regime in Iran, its military and its proxies, and we are well postured to defend US forces and interests as needed".
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Light Saber

Germany will respond if US sanctions Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia - Bundestag member


RT
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:20 UTC
Nord Stream
© Global Look Press / Stefan SauerFILE PHOTO: The construction site of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Berlin will consider countermeasures if the US imposes sanctions on Nord Stream 2, the pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany, the head of the Bundestag's Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy has said.

"The way we shape our energy policy is not of American's concern," chairman Klaus Ernst said in an interview to RIA Novosti, adding that the threat of sanctions is unacceptable.

"The Federal Government must defend itself against it. If the sanctions are to hamper the operation of the pipeline, it is necessary to think about countermeasures."

Comment: The US continues to make threats that few countries can afford to obey: Russia ready to build Nord Stream 3 & provide Europe with as much gas as it needs

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Satellite

Putin: Russia is against militarization of space but US sees it as theater of war


RT
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:58 UTC
US space
© Global Look Press/White HouseFILE PHOTO: The flag of the U.S. Space Command
Russia has consistently opposed the idea of space militarization, but the actions of the US and its allies force Moscow to counterbalance this growing threat, President Vladimir Putin has said.

"Russia has always opposed and continues to oppose the militarization of space," the president told a government meeting on military policies. Putin expressed concern over world powers increasing the capabilities of their space systems which have both military and dual-use applications.

"The US political and military leadership openly consider space a war theater," he said."Developments demand that we pay increased attention to strengthening our orbital group as well as our rocket and space industries."

Comment: Let's not forget that the US still depends on Russian rockets to make it into space, and that its current track record with arms and military products has been far from stellar. Russia and China, on the other hand, are way ahead in terms of technological innovation and efficiency (at least officially).

But, the US deep state and its allies are clearly a threat, primarily because of the depths they're willing to plunge to achieve their desired, demented, goal, not due to their skill or genius, but because they would be willing to sacrifice the planet to achieve their delusions of world domination.

See also: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Interview with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva: Pentagon Biological Warfare And Arms Trafficking to Terrorists

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Ukraine President Zelensky's interview on Trump, Putin, and a divided Europe: 'I don't trust anyone at all'

Simon Shuster
TIME
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:00 UTC
Zelensky
© Paolo Pellegrin-Magnum Photos TIMEUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Hardly six months into his tenure as the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has already learned to temper his expectations. He does not expect his first round of peace talks with Russia, which are scheduled to take place in Paris on Dec. 9, to end the war that has been raging along their border for the past five years. Nor does he expect too much from his Western allies going into these negotiations, Zelensky said in a wide-ranging interview on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters from TIME and three of Europe's leading publications, the President explained that, despite getting caught up in the impeachment inquiry now unfolding in Washington, D.C., Ukraine still needs the support of the United States.

Otherwise his country does not stand much of a chance, Zelensky said, in its effort to get back the territory Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, starting with the Crimean Peninsula. Nor can Ukraine rely on steady financial support from abroad if President Donald Trump and his allies continue to signal to the world that Ukraine is corrupt, Zelensky said. "When America says, for instance, that Ukraine is a corrupt country, that is the hardest of signals."

During the interview in his office in Kyiv, the comedian-turned-president denied, as he has done in the past, that he and Trump ever discussed a decision to withhold American aid to Ukraine for nearly two months in the context of a quid pro quo involving political favors, which are now at the center of the impeachment inquiry in Congress.

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Arrow Down

Never a victim: Lisa Page's actions damaged the FBI and our nation

Sara Carter
saraacarter.com
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:00 UTC
Page
© APFormer FBI lawyer Lisa Page
Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page surfaced on Sunday in a rare interview with the Daily Beast stating emphatically that she committed 'no crime' during her participation of bureau's investigation into President Donald Trump and instead, she portrays herself as a victim of the president.

Ironically, what comes across in the interview is her desire to shift the narrative from the mountain of evidence that exposed her anti-Trump hate during the bureau's Russia investigation. Page, along with other former senior Obama officials, are doing everything in their power to shift the narrative before DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report goes public on Dec. 9.

Page is hoping the American public has a short term memory. After all, so much has happened since her text messages with her former lover, now fired FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok were released to the public by Congress and the IG.

Comment: Page has done herself no favors. She has reaffirmed the depth of her bias towards the president and the culpability of the FBI to influence and direct the 2016 election outcome. Her sympathy ploy is a page out of Hillary's manual on public manipulation.

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Nuke

Though Trump talks nuclear deals with Russia and China at NATO, his track record speaks louder

Nebojsa Malic
RT
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:41 UTC
Titan Missile
© Reuters/Nicole NeriA Titan Missile shown from above at the Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site in Arizona, decommissioned in 1982.
US President Donald Trump once again brought up the possibility of a nuclear proliferation agreement between Washington, Moscow and Beijing, claiming that Russia and China are eager for it. Yet his own country doesn't seem to be. Trump said on Tuesday, in a press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg:
"As recently as, like, two weeks ago, Russia wants to make a deal very much on arms control and nuclear. And that's smart. And so do we. We think it would be a good thing. Russia wants to do something badly and so do we. It would be a great thing to do."
The deal would either involve China right from the start, or Beijing would be brought in later, Trump added. He also told reporters that Chinese diplomats expressed eagerness for such a deal during their trade negotiations with the US.

Comment: See also:

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Snakes in Suits

ICC: Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow argues against war crimes investigation

Stephanie van den Berg
Reuters
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:48 UTC
International Criminal Court
© ICC-CPI.International Criminal Court, The Hague
A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump argued at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday that prosecutors were wrong to seek an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that could potentially implicate U.S. soldiers.

ICC judges in April rejected the request of prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to examine atrocities allegedly committed between 2003 and 2014, including alleged mass killings of civilians by the Taliban, as well as prisoner torture by Afghan authorities and to a lesser extent by U.S. forces and the CIA.

Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow, speaking as a "friend of the court" in the case, said that the prosecutor was wrong to "press ahead" with seeking to open an investigation when the United States is not a member of the court. In addition, under the "complementarity principle", the ICC has jurisdiction only when countries themselves are unwilling or unable to prosecute war crimes.

"The U.S. is demonstrably both willing and able to investigate its own cases, so on the basis of complementarity (this investigation) should be thrown out," he said.

Comment: The ICC received more than 1 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims of war crimes at the hands of the Taliban, Afghan forces, terrorists, warlords, and international forces including US personnel, several media outlets reported last February.

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Nuke

Kremlin, Macron agree to include W. Europe in INF Treaty replacement talks: 'We can't exist in a vacuum'


RT
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:33 UTC
Iskander-M
© Sputnik/Pavel LisitsinIskander-M tactical missile system
Russia has backed French President Emmanuel Macron's push for European states to join talks on a 'new' strategic arms control agreement after the demise of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty).

Talks on the replacement of the defunct INF Treaty cannot be focused only on the prospects of China joining in, the Kremlin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on Wednesday:
"First, we need to talk about the Western European countries, on whose territories the mid-range and short-range missiles are also located. We need a new treaty because the old one, unfortunately, is already gone - it was done so not by our initiative. We cannot exist in a state of vacuum, where nothing is being regulated by international law" [anymore].
US President Donald Trump has been saying for months that China should join a new arms control pact in the future, without any concrete suggestions for negotiations. So far Beijing said it is not interested.
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