Britain's Independent this week ran the headline: "Clear evidence Russia interfered in 2015 UK election, says former minister".

But on reading the article, there is no "clear evidence" presented to back up the tendentious anti-Russian claims. Indeed, no evidence at all. The whole allegation was based on claims made by anonymous "security sources" and reference to other unproven stories, such as the alleged hacking of the US election.

This kind of fake, unethical journalism that has become a staple in Western media with regard to Russia. Whether it is allegations of Russia probing electoral processes or probing territorial air space and waters, the entire thrust of the Western media relies on innuendo, prejudice and disinformation. All told in a relentless, unquestioning fashion by the gamut of Western mainstream media outlets.

Remembering their decades of friendship and shared diplomatic service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has spoken of how he "walked through life side by side" with the late Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin, who died on Monday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry's official Facebook account shared Lavrov's emotional post dedicated to his "colleague and friend."

Saying that Churkin "passed away in the line of duty, just several hours before his 65th birthday, Moscow time," Lavrov remembered how Churkin had celebrated his 42nd birthday in the early 1990s. It was in Sarajevo, "where snipers did their work on a daily basis," Lavrov wrote.

The two diplomats were appointed as deputy foreign ministers "simultaneously" in the spring of 1992, Lavrov wrote, explaining that he was in charge of work at the UN back then, while Churkin was serving in the Balkans.

Praising the late diplomat's efforts to settle the crisis in the former Yugoslavia, Lavrov shared a poem he wrote for Churkin in 1994.
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The important thing for a diplomat, Lavrov added, is "the ability to advocate the interests of one's country, without falling into unrestrained confrontation, looking for possibilities to unite efforts, based on the balance of interests.

"The best way to pay respect to our friend will be to continue working on creating the basis for a calmer, safer, more democratic world," the Russian foreign minister went on to say.

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"On behalf of the US leadership, the Secretary expressed his deep condolences on the unexpected death of Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Amb. Vitaly Churkin, who was well known to many Americans," the statement reads. "An exchange of opinions on relevant international issues and issues concerning the bilateral agenda also took place," the statement concludes.

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With these three Muslim brothers having access to the secret documents about the operation and with government officials stating that al-Qaeda knew the SEAL's were coming, well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to connect the dots. The firing of the Awan brothers is linked to the Yemen raid where al-Qaeda knew we were coming, andit tragically ended with Navy SEAL Owens being killed in action.

The House Oversight Committee (pictured) is part of the deepest oversight network with responsibility for the most sensitive and secretive government intelligence, including covert anti-terrorism activity. The Awan brothers had access to everything this committee worked on, including the Yemen operation.

Capt. Joseph R. John, USN (Ret), the Chairman of Combat Veterans for Congress PAC, has written warnings about Obama appointing Muslim Brotherhood spies throughout our government, and at this point, most of them are still in their positions. Captain John wrote, "Members of the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, and MPAC have sinister goals that are not in support of the US Constitution or The Bill of Rights. They have become a very dangerous 'Fifth Column' in the United States, appointed by Obama to very high and sensitive positions in the US Government agencies."

He went on to write, "For nearly 8 years Obama has been filling the Washington bureaucracy including DHS, the CIA, DOD, the National Security Council, the White House, the State Department, every US Intelligence Agency, and the US Armed Forces with thousands of members of the CAIR, MPAC, the Muslim Brotherhood, and other Muslim Brotherhood front groups."