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Done deal? Russia receives first payment from Turkey for S-400 air defense systems


RT
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:50 UTC
Sistemas antiaéreos rusos S-400. / Iliya Pitalev / Sputnik
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Moscow has confirmed that it received an advance from Turkey for the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft systems. The much-discussed deal may signal closer ties between both countries, as well as a growing rift between Turkey and its NATO allies.

"Yes, we have received it [the down payment]. We can't name the dates of supply yet. They want it earlier [than 2019], but the issue is still under discussion," Russian presidential aide for military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin said as cited by RIA Novosti, adding that the deal has come into force.

Earlier in September, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also confirmed that Ankara had paid a deposit for the purchase of S-400 anti-aircraft systems from Russia.

"The process will continue by the transfer of a credit from Russia to us. Both [Russian President] Mr. Vladimir Putin and myself, we are determined on this issue," he told journalists after returning from Kazakhstan on September 10.

Comment: This is pretty big news. This deal was finalized only very recently. As Mattis pointed out, this technology cannot be integrated with NATO systems. It signals a big step away from NATO and a big step towards Russia. And the Russians are taking a big risk giving a NATO state their tech, where it can potentially be studied and reverse-engineered in order to detect its weaknesses. The Russians must be pretty confidant that Turkey won't stab them in the back again. See: Syria, Iraq and S-400: Putin to meet Erdogan in Turkey

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The DOJ blocking the extradition of a Clinton-Soros money man to China - why?


The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:35 UTC
Miles Kwok Soros
Guo Wengui, also known under the names Guo Wen Gui, Guo Haoyun and Miles Kwok, is a Chinese billionaire businessman later became a political activist who controls Beijing Zenith Holdings, and other assets.
Why is the Trump Justice Department blocking the extradition of a Clinton money-man and a Soros associate to China?

What does the Chinese Intelligence turncoat know about the Deep State and why are they protecting him?

Miles Kwok has been convicted of multi-billion dollar financial crimes in both the United States and China after working as a Chinese intelligence asset and receiving the three highest medals from Chinese intelligence for providing surveillance on US political figures. While working for Chinese Intel, Kwok was tied to political bribes, kidnappings, misappropriation of funds and alleged abuse of women - including charges of rape and confinement.

Then, however, Kwok turned on his spymasters and stole approximately $8 billion dollars from the Chinese State in a sophisticated financial crime.

During his time in the United States, Kwok has emerged as a major bundler and fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. He was seen at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference in New York and has been seen dining at Cipriani at the Sherry Netherland where Kwok lives in a $4.8 million-dollar apartment with George Soros. Soros has been a major funder of the Clintons and has funded various front organizations, think tanks and charities who utilize violence and disruption in their attempts to destabilize President Trump. Their goal is to topple Democratically elected governments, particularly in Eastern Europe. Soros was, of course, a Nazi collaborator.
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UN investigation concludes UN SG Hammarskjold's death NOT due to pilot error - still waiting for classified U.S./UK documents

Julian Borger
Guardian, UK
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:39 UTC
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A UN report into the death of its former secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld in a 1961 plane crash in central Africa has found that there is a "significant amount of evidence" that his flight was brought down by another aircraft.

The report, delivered to the current secretary general, António Guterres, last month, took into account previously undisclosed information provided by the US, UK, Belgian, Canadian and German governments.

Its author, Mohamed Chande Othman, a former Tanzanian chief justice, found that the US and UK governments had intercepted radio traffic in the area at the time and suggested that the 56-year-old mystery could be solved if the contents of those classified recordings were produced.

"I am indebted for the assistance that I received, which uncovered a large amount of valuable new information," Othman said in an executive summary of his report, seen by the Guardian. "I can confidently state that the deeper we have gone into the searches, the more relevant information has been found."

Comment: For more on the assassination of Dag Hammarskjold, see our two episodes of the Truth Perspective on the subject:

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Moscow laughs off UK claims of 'major' contribution to ISIS defeat - 'Not invaluable, but worthless'


RT
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:43 UTC
Servicemen stand near a British Tornado jet
© ReutersServicemen stand near a British Tornado jet preparing to takeoff at the RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus
The Russian Ministry of Defense has issued a scathing rebuke to a claim by UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon that Britain has made a "major contribution" to "crippling" Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

"As we come closer to the rout of Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] by the Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Air Force, we are suddenly discovering that all these years, somewhere behind our backs it was Michael Fallon who did more than anyone to help defeat the terrorists," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

On the third anniversary of the UK's involvement in the bombing campaign against the radical group, Fallon said its role was second only to the United States in the American-led coalition.
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Catalan high court orders U.S. tech giant Google to block email being used for independence vote


RT
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:43 UTC
Google
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The High Court in Catalonia has ordered US tech giant Google to remove an application which provided information on where and how to vote in Sunday's referendum on the region's independence from Spain.

The judge said that the "On Votar 1-Oct" application on the Google Play smartphone app store violated the ruling of Spain's Constitutional Court, which labelled the plebiscite illegal.

Google was also ordered to block any future applications developed by the gmail address "Onvotar1oct@gmail.com," which was behind the banned app.

The local authorities in Catalonia reiterated on Friday that the vote will go ahead as scheduled on Sunday, despite strong opposition from Madrid.
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Assange reminds Russophobes that Podesta emails showed Facebook colluded with Clinton


RT
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:32 UTC
Evil Zuckerberg
As US lawmakers demand social media companies show how their platforms were allegedly used by Russia to meddle in the 2016 election, WikiLeaks co-founder tweeted emails that show Facebook executives in direct communication with one candidate's team.

Beginning on October 7 last year, WikiLeaks published hundreds of emails from the private account of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta. The daily drops continued for a couple days after the November 8 election.

On Thursday, as US media were speculating about "Russian" meddling on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit, Julian Assange tweeted some of the Podesta emails with a reminder that the social network's leading lights were Clinton fans.

In an email from early January 2016, Podesta wrote to Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, saying that he was excited to work with her on getting Clinton elected.

"Look forward to working with you to elect the first woman President of the United States," Podesta wrote. Sandberg replied she was "thrilled" by the progress that Clinton was making.

Comment: See also: FBI ramping up investigation of Facebook - for scheme to elect Hillary

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Israelis to build 3000 new homes in the West Bank, PLO turns to International Criminal Court in the Hague to investigate war crime

Al Mayadeen - translated by Samer Hussein
Fort Russ
Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
Palestine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to build 3,000 housing units in the West Bank.

"Israel will not give up any settlements in the future, no matter what happens", Netanyahu said during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank in Gush Etzion, adding that the settlements are here to stay.

The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization has since decided to prepare a file on these settlements and submit it to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, accompanied by an urgent call to launch a judicial investigation into what was dubbed as a "war crime", and file it under ethnic cleansing, according to the official Palestinian news agency.

Comment: It has now become obvious to all but the programmed few that Israel not only doesn't have the intention of brokering a lasting peace agreement with Palestinians, but intends to drive them slowly and murderously out of their ancestral lands.

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US-led coalition aims to capture Syrian oil instead of fighting Daesh - Deir Ez-Zor Governor


Sputnik
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:13 UTC
SDF fighter
© REUTERS/ Rodi SaidA Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter walks through a damaged street in the Syrian city of Tabqa, after SDF captured it from Daesh militants, May 12, 2017
Western countries are taking steps to put Syrian oil and gas resources under their control using the struggle against the Daesh terrorist group(outlawed in many countries) as a pretext for their activities instead of any real struggle against jihadists, the governor of Syria's Deir ez-Zor province told Sputnik in an interview.

"Speaking about the so-called western US coalition, its only goal is to hide the truth from society. At the same time, the situation is becoming clearer and clearer. The European community is starting to understand the complicity of their leaders in support of the terrorists... The main goal [of the Western states] is to establish control over the Syrian economy, first of all [over its] oil and gas resources," Mohammad Ibrahim Samra said.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), whose positions were to the north of Deir ez-Zor are acting to the benefit of the United States, the Syrian official added.

"It is not a secret. Even in the struggle against IS [Daesh], for example in [the city of] Raqqa it was nothing more than a theatrical performance. IS was leaving territories and the SDF established control over them and the roles have now changed. This situation has taken place because they are all the allies of the United States and the so-called coalition," the governor said.

Comment: See also: Is Syrian War all about oil? German online newspaper makes the case

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Ex Right Sector head reveals two-faced Minsk approach: "Play 'Minsk' to buy time, then clean up filth in Donbass"

Inessa Sinchougova (translator)
Politnavigator / Fort Russ
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:12 UTC
Dmytry Yarosh Right Sector Neo Nazi Ukraine
Minsk agreements are necessary for Ukraine to gain time, and then go on the offensive.

The former head of the "Right Sector", the head of the so-called Ukrainian Volunteer Army, Dmitry Yarosh, said in an interview that, the unfinished war in the Donbass remains the main challenge for Ukraine.

"And I'm worried that the indecision, the softness of our political leadership can lead, for example, to the implementation of the Minsk accords. And this is one of the biggest threats to the existence of the state. Because to do everything else that is stipulated by the Minsk agreements, all these special statuses and so on - means laying a mine that will tear the state apart," Yarosh said.

He added that he very much hopes that the Ukrainian political leadership will not implement the Minsk agreements.

"That is, we can play "Minsk". You can say that we are, - to delay time, as I see it. To gain time to strengthen the defense capability of our country, and then to come and clean up all that filth. I hope it will be this way, " Yarosh said.

Comment: This has actually been official Kiev's attitude for years. They've had no intention of fulfilling the Minsk protocols and have been itching to invade and occupy the Donbass. If they were ever to do that, however, they'd be idiots. U.S. Special Rep. of the State Dept. for Ukraine Kurt Volker revealed as much this week when he was pranked by infamous Russian prankers Vovan and Lexus, who pretended to be former president of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchinov. Volker's response was surprisingly sane:
"I'm afraid that at one point our patience will burst, and we will go on the offensive to Donetsk" - said the pranker as Oleksandr Turchynov.


In response, Kurt Volcker protested - "This is a very bad idea. Russia has much more serious power than you have or will ever have," Volker warned. The quote occurs at 9.14 in the video.


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FBI ramping up investigation of Facebook - for scheme to elect Hillary


True Pundit
Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:05 UTC
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FBI officials are pressing to broaden the scope of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Facebook investigation, saying the Russian ad sales linked thus far to the social media giant are merely a "small piece" of company's exposure.

While Mueller is looking at thousands of likely illegal Facebook ads sales to Russian entities before the 2016 presidential election, FBI sources believe Mark Zuckerberg's executives - and perhaps even Zuckerberg himself - knew for almost two years that rogue Russian entities were purchasing ads yet did not stop them. And the company failed to report the illegal activity to federal authorities, federal law enforcement sources confirm..

Instead, Facebook turned its corporate cheek and kept cashing the foreign checks so to speak.

FBI sources believe other foreign entities - in the Ukraine, China and elsewhere - may have been running similar ad schemes through Facebook, sources said. Those purchases were likely not reported either. Nor were they halted by Facebook executives.

The majority of the ads at the center of this controversy appear to try and sway votes for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Reports thus far in mainstream-media-funded publications portray that such Russian ads were part of a scheme linked to help President Donald Trump win the election. The data, however, proves the opposite. The ads were largely pro Democrat.

Comment: See also:

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