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High treason or state oppression? Russian journalist arrested and charged with passing intel to Czech Republic

Johnny Tickle
RT
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:50 UTC
Arrest Safronov
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Ivan Safronov in custody
Ivan Safronov, a former journalist and a current adviser to the head of the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, has been charged with treason. He is alleged to have passed secret information to the Czechs at the behest of the US.

Safronov, who previously wrote for the well-known Russian newspapers Kommersant and Vedomosti, is believed by investigators from the Federal Security Service to have been working for the Czech Republic, a NATO member state.

According to Safronov's lawyer, Ivan Pavlov, he maintains his innocence. He also explained that Safronov will cooperate with the investigation. If found guilty, Safronov could serve up to 20 years in jail.
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Veteran activists slam BLM as Democrat weapon that 'profits from the death of black men' and drowns out grassroots voices

Helen Buyniski
RT
Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:26 UTC
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Demonstrators take a knee outside the Target Center and First Avenue during the Black 4th protest in downtown on July 4, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Black Lives Matter movement has made millions off black Americans' suffering. A St. Louis activist explains how it comes from a long tradition of white liberals coopting grassroots movements to push a Democratic Party agenda.

The foundation-funded social justice activism of Black Lives Matter is using black pain to cash in on white liberal guilt, dividing American society in pursuit of a Democratic political agenda, St. Louis activist Nyota Uhura told RT.

Uhura founded her website handsupdontshoot.com in August 2014 to counter false narratives coming out of the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson following the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Having witnessed BLM's rise up close as the nascent organization swooped into Ferguson amid the calls for justice triggered by Brown's killing, methodically coopting the genuine protest energy while ignoring or even obstructing those protesters' demands, Uhura has fought to warn others of what the organization really represents - leveraging black activism into a boost for the Democratic Party.

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Russian prosecutors reverse course - press murder charges against sisters accused of killing abusive father

Matthew Luxmoore
RFE/RL
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:43 UTC
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Two of the three sisters accused of killing their father, Angelina Khachaturyan (front) and Krestina Khachaturyan (back), at a court hearing in Moscow.
Russian prosecutors have confirmed murder charges against three sisters accused of killing their abusive father in 2018, the sisters' defense team says, reversing their earlier calls for charges to be dropped and dealing a blow to women's rights activists who see the case as a litmus test for Russia's approach to domestic violence.

Attorney Aleksei Liptser, a member of the defense team, told RFE/RL on July 13 that the indictment had been finalized and the case would now go to trial.

In July 2018, investigators say, Krestina, Angelina, and Maria Khachaturyan -- then 19, 18, and 17 years old, respectively -- killed their father, Mikhail Khachaturyan, at their home in Moscow's outskirts. Materials gathered by investigators included substantial evidence of protracted sexual and physical abuse by Khachaturyan against his daughters.
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The 'woke' philistines taking over Hollywood hate white men much more than they love cinema

Michael McCaffrey
RT
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:09 UTC
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Hollywood's suffocating new wave of identity politics targets white men, and movies and TV will suffer significantly as a result.

Hollywood, despite its reputation as a liberal bastion, has long been a hothouse of vicious reactionary sentiments.

For example, the anti-communist mania of the late 1940s and '50s was a particularly shameful time in Hollywood's history. It was during this Red Scare that Hollywood studios created a blacklist where any person thought to be a communist or associated with communists, regardless of their ability, was barred from working in the industry.

Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee used the threat of the Hollywood blacklist to force many artists to become informers on their colleagues in order to maintain their livelihoods.

Not surprisingly, as the Black Lives Matter panic now rages, Hollywood is once again succumbing to the hideous siren's call of dehumanization and discrimination. Except this time the accusation isn't about communism, but rather, "Are you now, or have you ever been, a white man?"

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French police arrest most-wanted 'darknet' paedophile suspect


Times of Malta
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:19 UTC
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French prosecutors said Monday that police had arrested a man suspected of operating paedophilia sites on secret "darknet" internet networks providing pornographic videos and pictures to thousands of people worldwide.

The 40-year-old arrested near the southwestern city of Bordeaux on July 7 was described by prosecutors as "one of the 10 most-wanted targets" of authorities fighting child sex crimes around the globe.

Bordeaux prosecutor Frederique Porterie said the suspect also appeared to have taken "an active role in the production of child pornography pictures and videos."

After being taken in for questioning, he was also charged with the incestuous rape of a minor as well as incestuous sexual assault of a 15-year-old, Porterie said.

The suspect admitted the charges against him, she added.

French police and investigators from its specialised anti-violence agency worked alongside the EU's Europol police agency.

The suspect posted the images on the so-called "darknet" of websites that can be accessed only with specific software or authorisations, ensuring anonymity for users.
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Protesters in Russia's Far East demand release of regional governor charged with murders


RFE/RL
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:52 UTC
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People gather in support of Sergei Furgal, the governor of the Khabarovsk region, in Khabarovsk on July 13.
Hundreds of demonstrators have continued to peacefully protest in Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, demanding the release of the region's governor Sergei Furgal, who was arrested last week on charges of attempted murder and ordering the killings of two businessmen in 2004-2005.

The protesters marched across the city on July 13 demanding Furgal's release. They had planned to hold a big gathering on the central Lenin Square, but local officials started washing the cobblestones and therefore the protesters decided to march across the city.

After police asked them not to block the streets for public transportation, the protesters began marching on sidewalks, holding posters saying "We Are For Furgal," "Freedom To Furgal," "We Are The Power Here."

Some protesters chanted slogans against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Other people were joining the protesters as they marched, while drivers of vehicles signaled their support.

The number of protesters was less than that at previous rallies, where tens of thousands gathered in support of Furgal over the weekend in Khabarovsk.

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Covid-19 backlash: Russian priest calls for Putin to "step down or face full-blown spiritual war"

Jonny Tickle
RT
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
Shiigumen Sergius
© Sputnik / Pavel Lisitcin
A Russian priest who seized control of a convent, denies the existence of Covid-19, and criticized church leadership, has now called for Vladimir Putin to resign and transfer to him the position of Russian President.

Shiigumen Sergius, who was recently defrocked in response to his criticism of the Orthodox Church's coronavirus measures, appealed to Putin in a YouTube video published by his personal spokesman Vsevolod Moguchev. Sergius warned the president that he must resign his post and transfer it to him or face starting a "full-blown spiritual war."

Comment: The priest is correct in his diagnosis of course, though his solution is rash.

Why did Putin do it (go full Corona cuckoo)?

Apparently, if he hadn't, he would have faced even worse problems from Russia's authoritarian types than he faces now from rebel priests.

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Pub installs electric fence at the bar to ensure people keep social distancing

Molly Dowrick & Milo Boyd
Mirror
Sun, 12 Jul 2020 20:03 UTC
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An electric fence has been erected by the bar - and it can be switched off.
The landlord at The Star Inn in St Just installed an electric fence at the bar to keep drunk punters away from each other after staff were unable to maintain social distancing.

An electric fence has been erected at a pub bar to ensure people keep socially distanced from one another.

Staff at The Star Inn in St Just were struggling to keep punters under control following their recent reopening.

Comment: If your pub is this rabidly pro-social distancing, it's time to find a new pub. Maybe one that doesn't treat its customers like cattle.

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The riots will continue: Portland prosecutors drop charges & release BLM, Antifa rioters

Victoria Taft
PJ Media
Sun, 12 Jul 2020 21:46 UTC
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Portland prosecutors just dropped the charges against Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters who have turned downtown Portland into a hell-scape after six weeks of rioting. Rioters who are arrested are ticketed and released.

There's an old saying from the Bible that has been adapted by management gurus: What gets rewarded gets repeated. Using that logic, Portland has just signed itself up for more riots.

KGW TV looked at the arrests and prosecutions of the 400 people caught by the Portland police at the riots. Multnomah County prosecutors dropped the charges against 59 of the protesters.
Dozens of protesters arrested during mass demonstrations in downtown Portland have had their criminal charges dropped and cases closed.
KGW analysis of police and court records shows the Multnomah County District Attorney's office dropped charges against at least 59 of the roughly 400 protesters arrested since mass demonstrations started in Portland in late May.
The 59 freed rioters represent only 15% of the arrests.

Comment: If this continues there may be little left to protect as people with common sense finally decide they have had enough:

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USA Today RIPPED for claiming Trump T-shirt features Nazi symbol, clarifies eagle is 'longtime US symbol too'


RT
Sun, 12 Jul 2020 19:35 UTC
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Donald Trump campaign 'America First' t-shirt.
USA Today had egg on its face after running a "fact check" story verifying the theory that a Trump campaign T-shirt depicts a Nazi symbol. After causing outrage, it clarified that the bald eagle is a "longtime US symbol too."

"The claim: Trump campaign shirts feature imperial eagle, a Nazi symbol," USA Today tweeted on Saturday. "Our ruling: true."

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