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Moscow ends pipeline maintenance contract with Ukraine


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:11 UTC
oil pressure
© Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Moscow has ended the contract to maintain oil pipelines in Ukraine. The order was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and details published on the government website.

According to the 1995 agreement, oil pipelines passing through Ukraine were operated by subsidiaries of Russia's oil transportation monopoly Transneft. However in February 2016, the Ukrainian section of the pipeline was sold to a Swiss-registered company, International Trading Partners AG.

Thus the Kremlin said further Russian participation in the agreement is "impractical." The deal was approved by Russian and Ukrainian antitrust agencies at the end of 2015.

International Trading Partners AG is registered in St Gallen in Switzerland, and is controlled by German Anatoly Schaefer, Interfax agency reported. According to Ukrainian media UNN, Schaefer has Moscow residency, and the money for the transaction was kept in a Moscow bank.

Before the sale, the pipeline was the subject of litigation between Russia's Transneft and Kiev. In March 2015, the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine rejected the complaint from Transneft on Kiev's decision to nationalize the section of the pipeline that runs through the country.

Transneft uses the pipeline to supply diesel fuel to Ukraine. In September, Ukraine imported 150,000 tons of fuel.
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Podesta having a bad week: Twitter, new email hacked by 4chan users


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:55 UTC
John Podesta (L) stands next to Rev. Jesse Jackson
© Mike Segar / ReutersJohn Podesta (L), chairman of the Clinton presidential campaign, stands next to Rev. Jesse Jackson.
It's certainly not John Podesta's week. Both the Twitter and email account of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman have been hacked just hours after WikiLeaks released a fifth batch of his emails.

Both accounts were apparently infiltrated by 4Chan users on Wednesday, with Podesta alerted to the Twitter hack when his account tweeted, "I've switched teams. Vote Trump 2016. Hi pol." The tweet has since been deleted.

"Hi pol" is a 4chan reference to the website's Politically Incorrect thread.

"We can confirm that John's Twitter account was hacked, which would explain that message," Clinton press secretary Nick Merrill said. "We are working on fixing it."

Comment: The Russians did it! Here's more on Podesta's email leaks:

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Killary's media shills: Leaks expose journalists cozy with Clinton camp

Alex Pfeiffer
The Daily Caller
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:16 UTC
clinton press corps
© Brendam Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to the press onboard her plane September 5, 2016 above Iowa.
The massive trove of emails by Clinton confidant John Podesta released by Wikileaks has exposed journalists from a variety of media organizations who are "with her."

CNBC chief Washington correspondent and New York Times political writer John Harwood is the most prominent journalist who is cozy in the emails with the Clinton camp. The CNBC anchor is also the one who should arguably be the most embarrassed.

Harwood in several emails to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta showers Hillary in praise. Harwood in one email to Podesta says "[Hillary] was good here" after an event and in another describes her as "pretty strong."

Worse than just showing his love for Hillary, Harwood in the emails helps the campaign. The CNBC anchor describes a story he is writing about Hillary as one "she wants."

Comment: It's clear the Empire wants Killary as president, so the media is dutifully following its dictates.

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FBI, DOJ furious at Comey, Lynch decision not to charge Clinton for email case

Malia Zimmerman, Adam Housley
Fox News
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC
Hillary, Comey, Lynch
© The Wilkow Majority
The decision to let Hillary Clinton off the hook for mishandling classified information has roiled the FBI and Department of Justice, with one person closely involved in the year-long probe telling FoxNews.com that career agents and attorneys on the case unanimously believed the Democratic presidential nominee should have been charged.

The source, who spoke to FoxNews.com on the condition of anonymity, said FBI Director James Comey's dramatic July 5 announcement that he would not recommend to the Attorney General's office that the former secretary of state be charged left members of the investigative team dismayed and disgusted. More than 100 FBI agents and analysts worked around the clock with six attorneys from the DOJ's National Security Division, Counter Espionage Section, to investigate the case. "No trial level attorney agreed, no agent working the case agreed, with the decision not to prosecute -- it was a top-down decision," said the source, whose identity and role in the case has been verified by FoxNews.com.

A high-ranking FBI official told Fox News that while it might not have been a unanimous decision, "It was unanimous that we all wanted her [Clinton's] security clearance yanked. It is safe to say the vast majority felt she should be prosecuted," the senior FBI official told Fox News. "We were floored while listening to the FBI briefing because Comey laid it all out, and then said 'but we are doing nothing,' which made no sense to us."


Comment: It's no longer a secret when everybody in the universe knows the truth and the 'gift of evidence' just keeps on giving!

See also:

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Is Trump ready to 'go nuclear'?

Pepe Escobar
RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:16 UTC
Donald Trump
© Mike Segar / Reuters
Donald Trump, with nothing to lose, may be finally ready to go nuclear. Not literally, of course; this is all about Cold War 2.0.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is worried the situation between the US and Russia today is even more dangerous than during the Cold War. President Putin's foreign policy adviser Sergey Karaganov argues we've been at a pre-war situation for at least eight years now, since the Georgia fiasco. There are even calls to "bring back the Cold War" - when the rules of engagement were clear.

Six months ago the Valdai Club published a crucial report jointly signed by Andrey Sushentsov, associate Professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and the Wilson Center's Michael Kofman warning that a US-Russia hot war could surge "unexpectedly" in a simultaneous "vertical and horizontal escalation."
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Saudi media attacks 9/11 law allowing US victims to sue


Sputnik
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 22:56 UTC
Unk SAM hanging
© TwitterThe 'hanged man.'
Now that American citizens are allowed to sue Riyadh for its alleged role in the 9/11 terror attacks, the Saudi press has launched an assault against the legislation.

In a controversial decision, US lawmakers voted to overturn President Barack Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). The legislation allows US citizens to sue foreign governments believed to be involved in terrorist activities on US soil. Among the bill's chief opponents was the Saudi government. Now that the bill is law, Riyadh's newsrooms are having a field day.

"The Saudi press published dozens of articles condemning the law, warning about Saudi reactions to it and its political and economic ramifications for Saudi-US relations, and presenting various Saudi options to counter it," said Steven Stalinsky, director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), according to the Washington Times.
These options include "establishing a Gulf lobby in the US; aiding in the filing of lawsuits against the US around the world; ending Saudi-US security coordination; ending the setting of oil prices in dollars; establishing an independent Saudi weapons industry, similar to the Iranian nuclear program, as a means of pressuring the US; and more."

In an editorial written for newspaper Al-Riyadh, journalist Abdalla Al-Nasser suggests that the US has no right to criticize Saudi Arabia, given Washington's disregard for international law. The law could be used to allow victims of US abuse to sue, as well.

Comment: Does JASTA allow for US citizens to sue the US government for false flag terrorist activities on US soil? Nope, only foreign countries 'believed' to be at fault. Did the congress really think this out? Given the US' deadly track record around the globe, turn about will be political and economic annihilation.

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Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh asks Russia to prepare a UNSC resolution to end war in Yemen


Sputnik
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:40 UTC
Putin and Saleh
© APPresident Putin and former Yemen president Saleh
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday called on Russia to prepare a UN Security Council resolution on ending aggression against Yemen.

Russia has enough weight to resolve Yemen's civil war via internal dialogue instead of aggression from the outside, Saleh, who is currently allied to the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthi rebels, said during a meeting with Russia's Charge d'Affaires in Yemen Andrey Chernovol.

"I call on Russia as a superpower and a major player in the world, through all its vast network of relationships and influence that Russia possesses in the world, to cooperate with all peace seeking nations to issue a definitive and binding resolution in the UNSC to stop the aggression and lift the sanctions imposed on the Yemeni people by sea, air and land," Saleh said, as quoted by the Yemeni General People's Congress party Motamar.net website.

Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government headed by Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels since 2014. The Houthis are backed by army units loyal to Saleh. The last attempt at peace talks, which took place in Kuwait in August, failed. Since March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out airstrikes against the opposition Houthis at the request of Hadi. In August, the United Nations said that more than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Yemen since March 2015.

Comment: See also:

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By way of deception thou shalt lose your Empire


The Saker
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 23:46 UTC
Truth is the new hate speech
© George Orwell
In April of 2014 I wrote an article entitled "How the Ukrainian crisis will eventually bring down the AngloZionist Empire" in which I made a list of the similarities between the Soviet Union of the 1980s and Obama's USA and wrote the following:
What the AngloZionist are openly and publicly defending in the Ukraine is the polar opposite of what they are supposed to stand for. That is an extremely dangerous thing to do for any regime and the AngloZionist Empire is no exception to that rule. Empire often crumble when their own people become disillusioned and disgusted with massive discrepancy between what the ruling elites say and what they do. And as a result, it is not so much that the Empire is faced with formidable enemies as it is the fact that nobody is willing to stand up - nevermind die - in defense of it.
Over two years later, watching the Presidential race between Trump and Hillary I am amazed to see how deep and "in your face" the habit of lying, denying the obvious, deceiving and otherwise misrepresenting has permeated the US political discourse.
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'Clintons won't forget what their friends have done': WikiLeaks release 6th batch of Podesta emails


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:54 UTC
Wikileaks logo on smart phone
© Toru Hanai / Reuters
WikiLeaks has released a sixth batch of emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta. The leak contains a total of 1,812 messages.

The whistleblowing site released two batches of emails yesterday, with today's leak bringing the total number of emails released to around 9,000.

Podesta's Twitter account and email was hacked on Wednesday after the fifth Wikileaks email release.

Comment: More email revelations: 'Killary hates everyday Americans' and 9 other revelations from leaked Podesta e-mails

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Iranian warships deployed off Yemen coast after US strikes Houthi targets


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:44 UTC
Iranian navy warship
© Stringer / Reuters
Iran has deployed a fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden, according to the Tasnim news agency. The deployment follows US cruise missile strikes on Yemeni positions thought to be under Houthi rebel control.

The Iranian Navy has sent the warships to international waters for a mission that includes entering the area off the southern coast of Yemen, Tasnim reported on Thursday. The area is among the world's busiest maritime trade routes.

"Iran's Alvand and Bushehr warships have been dispatched to the Gulf of Aden to protect trade vessels from piracy," Tasnim reported earlier, as quoted by Reuters.
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