The film has faced severe censorship, including a bomb threat which successfully canceled one preview.
It tells a story about Israel's alliance with the global far-right that Israel's supporters would rather you not hear.
Puppet Masters
The film has faced severe censorship, including a bomb threat which successfully canceled one preview.
It tells a story about Israel's alliance with the global far-right that Israel's supporters would rather you not hear.
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Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, jailed in the US for 20 years after a DEA sting operation, should be freed and swapped for any American citizen who is serving time in Russia, Ryabkov said.
Let's start with something that doesn't require dramatic decisions with longstanding changes to the policies. Let's try achieving at least a small progress and the positive effect from it may be significant.He didn't mention any names, but former US marine, Paul Whelan, is currently being held in pre-trial detention in Moscow. Whelan was arrested in late 2018 with documents containing Russian "state secrets" in his possession, and was charged with espionage.
"I personally believe that INSTEX in its current condition isn't enough. This mechanism without money is like a beautiful car without fuel," Iran's ambassador to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi told the media in New York on Saturday.
"The Europeans asked us to remain in the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]. We waited a year as they requested, but we told our European counterparts that they need to take tangible steps to maintain the nuclear deal. Mere statements in support of the pact doesn't resolve our problems," he added during the one-hour press briefing that was held at Iran's permanent mission at the UN in New York.
Germany, France and the UK, the three European signatories to the Iran nuclear deal of 2015, created a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for trade with Iran called Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) late January. The channel hasn't had any financial transaction with Iran.
"Since the US withdrawal from the JCPOA, the Europeans haven't done anything tangible, that is, the JCPOA doesn't function well. We can't keep our end of the bargain unilaterally and not benefit from it," Takht Ravanchi noted.
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US Natl. Security Advisor John Bolton
US Natl. Security Advisor John Bolton
At the same time, the administration has signaled in recent days that it plans to let the New Start treaty, negotiated by Barack Obama, expire in February 2021 rather than renew it for another five years. John R. Bolton, the president's national security adviser, who met with his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, in Jerusalem this week, said before leaving Washington that "there's no decision, but I think it's unlikely" the treaty would be renewed.
Mr. Bolton, a longtime skeptic of arms control agreements, said that New Start was flawed because it did not cover short-range tactical nuclear weapons or new Russian delivery systems. "So to extend for five years and not take these new delivery system threats into account would be malpractice," he told The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative outlet.
Comment: See also:
- US killing INF treaty further hampers any hopes of peace
- Iran squeezed between imperial psychos and European cowards
- 'Coddling' the 'dictator next door': Democrats savage Trump for Kim Jong-un 'photo op'
- Alastair Crooke: Waivers over - Bolton gets his way
- Regime change in Venezuela big business opportunity claims shameless Bolton
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Macron said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had invited him to the celebration during a meeting on the margins of the G-20 summit in Osaka. The celebration of this date, according to the president, is important for France.
"Mr Putin invited me and I will come ... We know that they owe much to Russia and those who resisted," said the French leader.
Earlier, at a meeting with Putin, Macron expressed confidence that in the current international situation, cooperation between Russia and France - permanent members of the UN Security Council - is of paramount importance and in today's unpredictable world liberal democracies still have much to do and bring. The President recalled that the ministers of foreign affairs and defense of the Russian Federation and France will have a meeting in the "two plus two" format in several weeks.
Comment: It's notable that Trump has also accepted an invitation for Victory Day 2020 in Russia.
See also:
- 'Not permanent': Sanctions on Russia can be lifted 'at any time' - French PM
- Remembering Russia's V-Day (or, the history of World War II not often heard in the West)
- Why did Putin invite Netanyahu to Moscow for Victory Day? (2018)
- Macron addresses "dear Putin" and Russia's "irreplaceable role in solving international problems", meanwhile France's businesses make billion dollar deals
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After scheduling an impromptu meeting via Twitter, Trump met Kim at the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone on Sunday. The leaders shook hands and Trump became the first sitting US president to cross the border into the North.
The historic moment was praised by some observers - including Pope Francis and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, but Trump's Democratic rivals savaged him for so casually extending the olive branch to Kim.
Comment: Isn't it odd that most other nations are able to work towards peace with North Korea, including it's neighbours in South Korea, as well as China and Russia, and yet many in the US aren't? One would think they don't want stability in the region.
See also:
- How Trump sabotaged the North Korea summit to appease the hawks and lied about Kim's terms
- Trump makes history as first US President to enter North Korea; Announces restart of nuclear talks
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At least 4 people, including a baby, were killed in the strikes on the Damascus countryside, while 21 others suffered injuries, according to state TV. One of those injured is a month-old baby girl, who suffered burns and facial wounds. Besides the casualties, a number of houses on the outskirts of Damascus suffered "material damage."
The missiles were launched from Lebanese airspace, where Israeli aircraft were spotted making low-altitude flights around the time of the incident, according to TV channel Al-Mayadeen, Al-Masdar News, and other regional sources.
Comment: Fort Russ provides more details:
At midnight, the Israeli aviation and fleet carried out a combined attack on Syrian territory of great proportions with dozens of missiles launched, of which it is part of cruisers from ships. The missiles were flying from Lebanon.Sputnik:
In the video below, Syrian air defense systems can be seen shooting down eleven (11) missiles.
You can watch the video here.
The rampage above the Syrian sky lasted more than an hour. The Syrian PVO (air defense) has intercepted more than 50% of the rockets. Locations that are battered are found in the provinces of Damascus, Homs and Hama. Several rockets hit the base Mezeh south of Damascus, a warehouse near the Syrian-Lebanese border. The Syrian army operated the S-200 large-scale systems from the province of Homs in the direction of Lebanon.
Syria is using the S-200's for a number of reasons. The S-300 Favorite of the PMU is in Hama but has a 200km range. The cruise missiles are coming from a bigger range than that. But this attacks with curse missiles are not effective. Therefore they can not attack with reasonable accuracy from the distance that Israel is firing from. Still, Syria has managed to down more than 60% of the Israeli missiles. The Syrian army unfortunately can not attack Israel planes in Lebanon air space, even though Lebanon has either allowed Israel to use its Airspace, or while Lebanon is in no position to counter Israeli presence in its airspace.Still Israel is frustrated that they can not penetrate the A2-ad zone to start a more serious air raid at a closer range, that is within 200 km, because their planes would be decimated.
A correspondent from the scene also reported that a series of powerful blasts had rocked the skies over Damascus.Zero Hedge notes these attacks occurred just as the S-300s became operational:
According to a Syrian military source, the missile attacks were carried out by the Israeli Air Force. There was no immediate confirmation on that matter from Israel.
"The Syrian Air Defence Force repelled the attack of missiles launched by Israeli military aircraft from Lebanese airspace in the direction of our military positions in Homs and near Damascus", the source said.
The attack resulted in four people being killed, while 21 more were wounded, local media reported on Monday.
Lebanese TV-channel Al-Mayadeen, meanwhile, has reported that explosions also heard on the Syria-Lebanon border, correspond in time with Israeli aviation's low-altitude flights in the south of Lebanon.
Later, a source at Beirut International Airport also said that the attack had been conducted by the Israeli military from Lebanon.
"We observed that before the attack on Syria ten or more Israeli military aircraft entered the airspace", the source said.
Tel Aviv has previously admitted to carrying out "hundreds" of air attacks against Syria in recent years, and said that the strikes are aimed at countering an alleged Iranian and Iranian-linked presence in the war-torn country. Damascus has condemned the attacks as a blatant violation of international law. Iran has said that its presence in Syria has been limited to helping Damascus fight Daesh (ISIS)*, al-Qaeda,* and other terrorist groups.
See also: The Real Story Behind Israel's Attack on "Iranian" Targets in Syria and Trump's Abandonment of the Iran Deal
Syrian state media published footage showing missile intercepts of inbound projectiles.
It is also as yet unknown if the S-300s were active during the air strikes, however, Israeli media reports suggested that newly installed S-300s at several sites as well as Iranian troop presence was a prime cause behind the Israeli action, despite the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) neither confirming nor denying the strikes:The reported strikes came just hours after an Israeli satellite imagery analysis company said Syria's entire S-300 air defense system appeared to be operational, indicating a greater threat to Israel's ability to conduct airstrikes against Iranian and pro-Iranian forces in the country.Journalist Danny Makki called the overnight air strikes "certainly one of the biggest Israeli attacks on Syria this year" - given that two provinces were targeted, as well as multiple installations and a civilian neighborhood being hit.
Until now, only three of the country's four surface-to-air missile launchers had been seen fully erected at the Masyaf base in northwestern Syria.
Israel has threatened to destroy the S-300 system if it is used against its fighter jets, regardless of the potential blowback from Russia.
Michael Flynn
The team made the request during its first appearances in federal court this week, setting the stage for possible future clashes with the prosecution during the Monday status conference.
Flynn entered a guilty plea for making false statements to government agents in 2017 and has been cooperating with the government prior to his sentencing, which is expected sometime later this year.
Shortly after, Trump said “Good progress, good progress,” as he and Kim crossed back into South Korea. “Stepping across that line was a great honor,” Trump said, adding that he would invite Kim to visit the White House.
The deal for the missiles is worth around Rs 200 crore and would give an added capability to the Mi-35 attack choppers to take out enemy tanks and other armoured elements.
The deal for the missiles is worth around Rs 200 crore and would give an added capability to the Mi-35 attack choppers to take out enemy tanks and other armoured elements.
The Mi-35s are the existing attack choppers of the Indian Air Force and are set to be replaced with the Apache gunships being acquired from the US and slated to be delivered from next month onwards.
India has been trying to acquire the Russian missiles for a long time but the deal has been signed under the emergency provisions after more than a decade.
Comment: New Delhi is apparently unimpressed with Pompeo's offer of American goodies:
- The Indian-Turkish embrace of Russia's S-400 is a punch to the gut of US "Full Spectrum Dominance"
- India refuses to compromise on 'national interests' for petty US trade benefits
- India looks to Russian crude as Iranian imports crash
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