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Trump approves sale of lethal weapons to the Ukraine

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:09 UTC
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Trump has decided to make the covert sale of weapons to Ukraine, covert no longer.

Once again we see POTUS Trump, like it or not, bring to light the clandestine and shadowy practices of the US government and Deep State.

In this case it's legalizing the sale of "lethal" weapons to the neo-nazi putsch in Ukraine...not to say that all these years the US government has not been providing the Ukraine military with weapons and equipment of all shapes and sizes. Trump simply legitimized things.

We await to see Russia's reaction to Trump's move.

Zerohedge reports...

Comment: Note back in August:
This proposal is an extremely bad idea. As anyone familiar with the Ukrainian crisis knows the true reason for the current deadlock in Ukraine is that the Ukrainian government simply refuses to implement the provisions of the Minsk Agreement. Supplying arms to Ukraine - including so-called "defensive arms" like anti-tank missiles - will not so much provoke the Russians as encourage the Ukrainians to launch more attacks on eastern Ukraine. The recent fighting in Syria shows that the Russians are fully capable of countering the supposed threat from US anti-tank missiles, and supplying such weapons to the Ukrainians in fact simply sets them up for a further debacle.
So now that the sale of these sniper systems has gone through, what other weapons are to follow? Is the idea to restart the fighting in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to somehow affect the Russian elections?

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Dumpkofs! Denmark names Russia as top national security threat


Sputnik
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:49 UTC
Bear
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The Danish Defense Intelligence Service (FE) has presented a fresh risk assessment, this time placing cyberattacks as the greatest threat to the Nordic nation, followed by Russia and terrorism.

Cyberattacks were propelled to the highest spot in the risk assessment after a series of major attacks against Danish companies and ministries over the course of the year. Arguably the biggest of them targeted the Danish shipping giant Maersk in June and July, resulting in up to DKK 2 billion ($320 million) in damage.

In addition to the disruption of Maersk's systems, virtually every Danish ministry reportedly experienced cyberattacks on a daily basis. The FE admitted that even the Armed Forces mail system was hacked in 2016.

"The cyber threat against Denmark is very high and it will continue to be so," FE chief Lars Findsen told the Berlingske daily. "Both the Danish government and private companies are constantly exposed to cyber espionage attacks, especially from foreign states."

Comment: It appears that Russian hysteria has reached a fever pitch. It's hard to tell if this report is fear-mongering to keep the Danish people good and scared, delusional paranoia or an appeal to the US and EU - "See! We hate Russia too!". Perhaps a combination of all three. See also:

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Stop

Russia-Donbass Committee calls on UN to define Kiev's war in Donbass as genocide


DONi News
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:44 UTC
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© Sputnik/ Irina Gueraschenko
Russia-Donbass Integration Committee has called upon the United Nations Organization (UNO) to recognize what's going on in Donbass as an act of genocide on the part of Ukrainian authorities in relation to the population of the region. A text of the statement was adopted at the end-of-year session of the organization in Moscow today (on December 20).
"We are appealing to the UNO country-members with a request to recognize what's going on in Donbass as an act of genocide of Ukrainian authorities towards civilians, crime against Russian-speaking population and take necessary measures to stop genocide," TASS provides the text of the statement.
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Propaganda

YouTube censors documentary about Sweden's migrant rape crisis


Brutalist
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:44 UTC
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Cernovich shared the email from YouTube that informed him his documentary, Invasion! How Sweden Became the Rape Capital of the West, which was published in March, would be censored in Europe on Thursday.

Cernovich Youtube Sweden Rape Capital
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Chinese elite special forces arrive in Syria


Syria News
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:44 UTC
Chinese Night Tigers Special Forces in Syria
Chinese Night Tigers Special Forces in Syria
A number of the Chinese elite special forces known as Night Tigers arrived at Tartous port a few days ago, sources claim.

Lebanese news site al-Mayadeen linked the visit by Syrian presidential advisor Mrs. Butheina Shaaban to Beijing last month and the existence of a number of members of the East Turkestan Islamist Party in Damascus countryside.

Syrian presidential advisor Mrs. Shaaban expressed the Syrian government's interest in Chinese president Xi Jinping's One Belt One Road initiative during a meeting with Chinese minister of foreign affairs Wang Yi end of last November. Mrs. Shaaban praised the initiative as it will help eliminate humanity from wars and conflicts and to build a secure future where people feel they're in one world and equal in dignity and humanity.
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Mr. Potato

Boris Johnson 'the diplomat' attacks Russia before Moscow visit

Alex Gorka
Strategic Culture Foundation
Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:39 UTC
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson arrives in Moscow on Dec. 21 to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the next day - the first visit to Russia by a British foreign minister in five years. International security issues are to top the agenda, including North Korea, Iran and regional stability in the Middle East as well as security for the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament in Russia. This is the time the bilateral relationship is at the lowest ebb due to the differences over Ukraine, Syria, and the allegations of Moscow's meddling in the politics of various European countries. UK Prime Minister Theresa May has dramatically escalated attacks on Russia recently, accusing it of malign influence and hostile intentions.


Comment: Idiot Boris Johnson arrives in Moscow to test his feelings about Russia


Mr. Johnson gave an interview to the Sunday Times as he prepares for the trip to Moscow, in which he said that "Russia has not been so hostile to the UK or to Western interests since the end of the Cold War." According to him, "In the Crimea, capturing a part of sovereign, besides, European territory from someone else's country and holding it for the first time since 1945." But the Crimean War, in which the UK and Russia fought each other, ended in 1856. Crimea was reunited with Russia in 2014. How does this reunification hurt British interests and where are the examples of hostility Mr. Johnson is talking about?


Comment: And it was reunited to Russia after the population itself asked for it via a referendum which was overwhelmingly in favour. There was no 'capturing' in this situation!


Comment: Boris Johnson insults the Russians, then goes on a diplomatic mission to Moscow. What could go wrong?

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Arrow Up

NATO's Middle East anchor in Ankara is in doubt as Turkey turns away from duplicitous West


Who. What. Why.
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:27 UTC
Peace talks between Iran, Russia and Turkey commence without input from US and amid scandal and regional instability.
© President of Russia (CC BY 3.0)Peace talks between Iran, Russia and Turkey commence without input from US and amid scandal and regional instability.
Amid multiple spiraling crises both to the east and to the west, a key NATO ally is moving closer to a geopolitical and civilizational choice. It has been long in the making, experts say; it's a very close call, and one that is so consequential it could have the potential to actually bring down NATO itself.

Turkey's relationship with its Western partners has been on the rocks for several years now, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assuming near-dictatorial powers amid a growing purge at home and allegedly supporting extremists in Syria and elsewhere. Unfolding events from the last few weeks threaten to blow away any attempts to gloss over the rifts. Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian banker being held in the US, confessed to helping Iran avoid nuclear sanctions by conducting corrupt transactions through Turkey, and implicated Erdogan. While Turkey has sought to discredit his testimony as unreliable, the evidence collected reportedly includes evidence suppressed in Turkey in a corruption scandal years ago, and reports about the case sent the Turkish currency to record lows against the dollar in November.


Comment: NATO wants Europe's civilian infrastructure ready for war


Comment: Turkey has many good reasons for turning away from the maniacs in Washington:

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Made in Russia: Kremlin wants to replace foreign tech with their own

Filip Brokes
bne IntelliNews
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:31 UTC
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© Sergey Guneev / Sputnik
The West has imposed sanctions on Russia following the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and amongst the most painful has been the ban on selling technology to Russian companies, especially to the military as well as the oil and gas sector. The Kremlin has responded by telling Russian companies to develop their own "made in Russia" technological solutions.


Comment: Get with the program here, Crimea was NOT "annexed" in 2014


Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union and the shoddy state of the Russian economy today, Russia remains a world power when it comes to tech. This is the country that put the first man into space, while still under a totalitarian regime and Russian military tech remains world class even today. At the same time thanks to the traditional emphasis on the "hard sciences" in Russian higher education, Russians remains in the vanguard of software development.


Comment: How's this for shoddy? At least they're right about Russia's military tech!


Several tech companies are rising to the challenge. Based in the Russian cities of Saratov, Penza, Perm, Saint Petersburg and Moscow these companies have received more than RUB15bn ($256mn) from the state budget to develop Russian alternatives to western technologies.

Russian Ministry of Economic Development has concluded six public tenders "for the research and development of several projects within the framework of the Federal Target Program No.1". The aim of the program is to realize the state economic and social policy when solving long-term tasks and large infrastructure projects, according to the Ministry's website.

Comment: So the sanctions, which were intended to put the hurt on Russia, turn out to mainly screw the EU over. Instead of breaking Russia, it forced them to develop their own alternatives that will end up strengthening their economy instead of weakening it.

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USA

The US National Security Strategy or Trump Doctrine in a regional context

Andrew Korybko
Oriental Review
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:37 UTC
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The last section of the new US National Security Strategy (NSS) describes the envisaged application of the Trump Doctrine in a regional context all across the world, and it's worthwhile to examine what storylines will most likely be advanced by the policy document's intrinsic infowar component. This analysis is divided according to the geographic categories contained in the NSS and proceeds along that order, after which a brief summary will be presented in highlighting the most discernable global trends.

Comment: More Korybko insights on the National Security Strategy: US National Security Strategy spells out information warfare

Also read Niall Bradley's Trump's National Security Plan and the End of One World Empire, where he observes:
However misconstrued, mischaracterized, or misunderstood US foreign policy under Trump is with respect [Russia and China], the document nevertheless marks a fundamental shift in perception towards a global outlook that takes stock of the new geopolitical reality that Russia and China cannot be regime-changed, 'enlightened' or otherwise 'subsumed' into Pax Americana.


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Stock Up

Anti-Russian sanctions led to increased efficiency, lowering of debt and boon for manufacturing in the country

Paul Robinson
Irrussianility
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:00 UTC
Anti russia sanctions
In my recent post about the Canadian House of Commons defence committee's report on Ukraine, I complained that the committee had recommended strengthening sanctions against Russia without producing any evidence that sanctions were an effective tool in changing Russian behaviour. As luck would have it, I have acquired a copy of a recent report which analyzes the effect of sanctions on the Russian economy. I thought, therefore, that I should share the report's conclusions with you.

Before doing so, it's first necessary to point out that damaging the Russian economy isn't the ultimate point of sanctions. If sanctions are to have any meaningful purpose, then that purpose has to be to change Russian behaviour, specifically vis-à-vis Ukraine, given that Ukraine was the pretext for the sanctions. That said, sanctions aren't going to make Russia change its behaviour if they don't damage the Russian economy. Coercion has to hurt if it is to coerce. No pain, no gain, as it were. So are they hurting?

Comment: Russia's economy continues to climb as foreign investments double in 2017

Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act, and anti-Russia Sanctions: Interview with Alex Krainer

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