Russian jets resumed heavy bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Tuesday after several days of relative calm, a rebel official and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Air strikes mostly hit the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, Zakaria Malhifji of the Aleppo-bas[...]
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While Russia threatens war with the US, The Venezuela’s prize for peace and sovereignty goes to … Vladimir Putin
Masuro: ”I’ve decided to create the Hugo Chavez prize for peace and the sovereignty to Vladimir Putin. “I think President Vladimir Putin deserves this Hugo Chavez award,” He went on to describe Putin as a “fighter for peace.” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/08[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Russia Threatens War With The US!
‘S-300, S-400 air defenses in place’: Russian MoD warns US-led coalition not to strike Syrian army Russia’s Defense Ministry has cautioned the US-led coalition of carrying out airstrikes on Syrian army positions, adding in Syria there are numerous S-300 and S-400 air defense systems up and run[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Duterte Breaks Off Military Cooperation with US
PHILIPPINES TELLS US NO JOINT PATROLS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA SAN ANTONIO, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine defense chief said Friday that he told the U.S. military that plans for joint patrols and naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea have been put on hold, the first concrete break in d[...]
Trumpism: Russia
82% of Russians approve of Putin’s performance – poll shows Over 80 percent of Russians say that they are satisfied with President Vladimir Putin’s work, and about 50 percent approve of the general course of the nation’s development, according to the independent research center Levada.[...]
TRUMPISM: Russia as our model
Russian elections: What we learned - BBC News Sarah Rainsford assesses the results from Russia’s parliamentary elections. BBC.CO.UK[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Russian/Iranian Coalition Takes a Major Hit in Syria
Idrees Ahmad FACEBOOK Against all odds and without any support, Syrian rebels have broken the siege of eastern Aleppo. Over a quarter million people will once again have access to food and medicine.[...]
Imperialism
RUSSIAN AND CHINA TO HOLD JOINT NAVAL DRILLS IN S CHINA SEA...[...]
Democracy, Russian Style
Putin tops Russians’ trust ratings with 80% support The latest public opinion poll has shown that 80 percent of Russians approve of Vladimir Putin’s work in general. Putin also topped the trust rating of Russian politicians followed by Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergey L[...]
David Brewster: The Putin connection with American Politics
David Brewster An interesting essay on the Putin connection with American politics and how it foretells a new age of influencing political outcomes in other countries. The author writes: “The signature Russian intelligence operation of the future, and indeed of the present, is not going to unf[...]