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Russian prosecutor says Berezovsky was controlled by and acted with UK intel - paid with life when he decided to return home


RT
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:35 UTC
Boris Berezovsky
© Olivia Harris / ReutersRussian billionaire Boris Berezovsky
Fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky worked closely with British intelligence, and paid with his life when he decided to return to Russia, the Russian prosecutor general has said.

The allegation came from Yury Chaika on Wednesday during a report to a joint bicameral session of the Russian parliament. He reiterated a claim previously suggested by some officials in his department, that Berezovsky's death in Britain in March 2013 was the result of foul play.

Addressing lawmakers, Chaika claimed that Berezovsky was part of a conspiracy involving the British government to kill his confidante Aleksandr Litvinenko with radioactive polonium, which London used to accuse Russia of murder.

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Dirty money? Dirty politics? Both: The UK's hypocrisy over 'Russian oligarchs'

Neil Clark
RT
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:08 UTC
Big Ben in London
© Darren Staples / Reuters
According to Russia's Prosecutor General, 61 criminals who stole up to $10 billion in Russia are enjoying life in the UK. Britain claims to be concerned about 'dirty money,' but has rejected requests from Moscow for extradition.

It was the financial heist of the century. The looting of Soviet Russia's wealth by a group of well-connected oligarchs in the 1990s enriched a tiny few, but impoverished vast swathes of the country's population. The foundations for this massive, reverse-Robin-Hood redistribution of wealth were laid with Gorbachev's 'restructuring' economic reforms of the late 80s. However, the process reached its peak under Boris Yeltsin.

State assets were handed out like confetti to members of Yeltsin's inner circle. By 1996 the Russian people, who had seen their living standards plummet following the end of communism, had had enough. Yeltsin's popularity was down to single-figure ratings - with the Communists riding high in the polls. So the President's oligarch friends - and their Western allies - worked together to make sure the election went the 'right' way.

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Western media are beginning to challenge "chemical attack" narrative after visiting Douma


RT
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:02 UTC
douma hospital
After speaking with eyewitnesses on the ground in Syria, even mainstream media are beginning to cast doubt on the West's narrative of an alleged gas attack in Douma, as medics tell French, German and UK media it never happened.

Agence France-Presse (AFP), the world's third largest news agency, and the Independent, a British online newspaper, have each published stories that question whether chlorine or any other chemical was used against Syrians in Eastern Ghouta on April 7.

In a French language video report, AFP spoke with Marwan Jaber, a medical student who witnessed the aftermath of the alleged attack.


Comment: It must be a strange world for Westerners who are stuck in the 80s Cold War mentality when the Russian military breaks news with a quality on par or better than some of most respected Western media sources. For corroborating reports, see:

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'Ready to slaughter people': Russian school attacker was inspired by Columbine shootings


RT
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:04 UTC
Russian school attack scene
© ufa1.ruScene after knife and arson attack at school in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic
The teenager who attacked a school teacher and his classmates in a city in Russia's Urals was reportedly inspired by the Columbine High School massacre. The teen was planning to slaughter his schoolmates and then commit suicide.

The 17-year-old boy, identified by the local media as Artyom, was armed with a knife and attempted to set fire to the school after attacking several people inside a classroom in the city of Sterlitamak, in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The teenager entered a computer science class and attacked a female student and a teacher with a knife, according to Russia's Investigative Committee. He then poured out a flammable substance, set it on fire, and tried to commit suicide.

Swastika selfies

As more information on the attack emerged online, several local outlets reported that an armband with Nazi-style insignia was found in the class where the teen carried out the attack. Then photos purportedly showing Artyom posing with a swastika armband began circulating in the Russian media.
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Backlash: Ultra right-wing Israeli nationalists rage & burn Palestinian flag outside joint Memorial Day service


RT
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:54 UTC
israel nationalists far right protestors
© Amir Cohen / Reuters / File
Far-right Israelis have tried to prevent thousands of Jews and Arabs from jointly attending an alternative memorial service in honor of fallen victims on both sides of the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Around 8,000 Palestinians and Israelis assembled at Tel Aviv's HaYarkon Park on Tuesday evening to take part in a joint alternative Memorial Day vigil to honor the fallen family members on both sides of the decades-long feud. The peace activists also slammed Avigdor Lieberman's decision to ban some 110 Palestinians from attending the ceremony. Despite the Defense Minister's push to expel Palestinians, the Supreme Court ordered Lieberman to grant entry permits to 90 West Bank residents, although the order came too late for some to attend the ceremony.

Comment: Lieberman is also the official who set the murderous 'rules of engagement' for the Gaza Land Day protests

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Suicide pod makes its debut at Amsterdam funeral show


Yahoo News
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 14:54 UTC
Sarco suicide machine
© Exit InternationalThe Sarco 3D-printed euthanasia device was showcased during a funeral fair in Amsterdam on April 14, 2018.
A controversial suicide pod that enables its occupant to kill themselves at a press of a button went on display at Amsterdam funeral show on Saturday.

Called the "Sarco", short for sarcophagus, the 3D-printed machine invented by Australian euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke and Dutch designer Alexander Bannink comes with a detachable coffin, mounted on a stand that contains a nitrogen canister.

"The person who wants to die presses the button and the capsule is filled with nitrogen. He or she will feel a bit dizzy but will then rapidly lose consciousness and die," said Nitschke, who has been dubbed "Dr Death" for his work to legalise euthanasia.

The "Sarco" is a device "to provide people with a death when they wish to die," Nitschke told AFP.
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Best of the Web: Tucker Carlson on the Syria false flag: 'No chemical attack even happened'

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:44 UTC
fake douma gas attack
Fake gas attack in Douma, Syria
This is a major and massive embarrassment for POTUS Trump.

Tucker Carlson interviews Peter Ford, a retired British diplomat who was ambassador to Bahrain from 1999-2003 and to Syria.

Ford references recent facts as reported by The Duran, detailing how western journalists on the ground in Douma, Syria have seen zero indication of any type of chemical attack taking place. See here and here.

Comment: Tucker goes on to own Killary sycophant Richard Goodstein over the insanity of baiting Russia to excuse her catastrophic election loss.


And he's done it again above - blasting the Washington elite's obsession with their McCarthyite inquisition in search of a crime Donald Trump or his associates might have committed in "collusion" with Russia.

At the same time, they're aggressively pushing the USA into direct armed conflict with the world's only other nuclear superpower over Syria - a country with jack squat to do with US national security.

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Senator McCain in stable condition following surgery to treat intestinal infection


Yahoo News
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
John McCain
© AFP / Alex WongUS Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed last year with an aggressive form of brain cancer, has taken a diminished role in Congress in recent months.
US Senator John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, was in stable condition Monday after undergoing surgery to treat an infection, an aide said, adding that Senate colleagues have made frequent visits to see him.

"On Sunday, Senator McCain was admitted to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, and underwent surgery to treat an intestinal infection related to diverticulitis," spokeswoman Julie Tarallo said.

McCain, 81, was diagnosed last year with an aggressive type of cancer, glioblastoma, after a brain tumor was discovered by doctors.

It has led to a reduced role in Congress for the veteran lawmaker, who was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 and currently chairs the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Doing Assad's job: OPCW report says Syria planned to demolish building US missiles destroyed

Marko Marjanović
Checkpoint Asia
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:14 UTC
Syria destroyed site
No protective gear — Apparently government soldier has no reason to fear sarin/chlorine release
A 2017 OPCW report says Syrians were cooperating in the process of demolishing the Barzah facility -- the main target of Trump's attack. Instead Trump fired seventy-six $1.9 million Tomahawks at them (so says Pentagon).

The main target of Trump's latest Syria strike, that according to the US no fewer than 76 of the 105 total cruise missiles were fired at - was going to be demolished anyway:
"In a report issued just in March of this year, OPCW confirms the Syrian government was cooperating in the process of demolishing the facility."

Comment: Which confirms that the US is ready to spend millions for merely theatrical purposes:

About Those 'Nice, New, Smart' Missiles And The 'Chemical Weapons' Sites in Syria

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13 million displaced Syrians reside in these 11 countries

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:02 UTC
refugees immigrants
America's seven year regime change war on Syria has left nearly 13 million people displaced, and without a home.

Unfortunately, US UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has signaled that instead of simply disengaging from a disastrous policy in Syria, the United States plans on doubling down, by keeping occupation forces within Syria for the indefinite future.


Comment: Worried about immigrant refugees flooding other countries and causing social chaos? Stop harassing the Syrian government, supporting the jihadists and playing chicken with Russia, and when the country settles back into peace, most of them will return home to rebuild their lives.

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As Syrian refugees are heading home, the West is ready to attack

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