Iran's Khamenei Asks Elite Guard to Develop More Advanced Arms
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-13
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Sunday to develop more advanced and modern weapons, amid increasingly tense disputes with the United States and Gulf Arab states. | RELATED: | Iran Says They Are Ready For Peace Talks With Saudi Arabia | Tensions in the Gulf have risen to new highs since May 2018, when the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from a 2015 international nuclear accord with Tehran that put limits on its nuclear program…
telesurenglish.net/news/Irans-Khamenei-Asks-Elite-Guard-to-Develop-More-Advanced-Arms-20191013-0004.html
The Switch from Comedy to Tragedy for Ukraine's President Zelensky. Rapprochement with Putin?
Sergey Maidukov | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-13
The recently-elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky keeps saying there was "no blackmail" in a July telephone call with President Donald Trump that caused an impeachment inquiry in the USA. | He made the comments recently during an all-day press marathon held …
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Kurds Consider Asking for Russian No-Fly Zone as Moscow Demands Foreign Armies Leave Syria
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-10-13
A CNN exclusive by Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne reveals that Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi told the U.S., "I need to know if you are capable of protecting my people, of stopping these bombs falling on us or not. I need to know, because if you're not, I need to make a deal with Russia and the regime now and invite their planes to protect this region."
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Are You Ready to Die? The US Military/ Security Complex Wants Tensions to Increase
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-13
The Zionist Neoconservatives who run US foreign policy are now herding the US out of the remaining arms limitations agreements. It appears that Washington intends to withdraw from the Open Skies agreement with Russia. See this. | The Open Skies …
globalresearch.ca/are-you-ready-die/5691773
Human Violence: Pervasive, Multi-dimensional and Extinction-threatening
Robert J. Burrowes | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-13
Violence is pervasive throughout human society and it has a vast range of manifestations. Moreover, some of these manifestations — particularly the threat of nuclear war (which might start regionally), the climate catastrophe and the ongoing ecological devastation, as well as geoengineering and the deployment of 5G — threaten imminent human extinction if not contained. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/human-violence-pervasive-multi-dimensional-and-extinction-threatening/
Human Violence: Pervasive Throughout Society. "Strategic Response" to End Violence
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-13
Violence is pervasive throughout human society and it has a vast range of manifestations. Moreover, some of these manifestations — particularly the threat of nuclear war (which might start regionally), the climate catastrophe and the ongoing ecological devastation, as well …
globalresearch.ca/human-violence-pervasive-multi-dimensional-extinction-threatening/5691800
Trump nominates John Sullivan as US ambassador to Russia
rt.com | 2019-10-11
US President Donald Trump has nominated Deputy Secretary of State John Joseph Sullivan as the new ambassador to Russia. If confirmed by the Senate, he will fill the spot vacated by the departure of Jon Huntsman. | Sullivan, 59, has served as deputy secretary since May 2017. He was acting secretary of state in March and April 2018, following the resignation of Rex Tillerson and the confirmation of current Secretary Mike Pompeo. | Most of his previous government experience has been in law, rather than diplomacy. Early on in his career, Sullivan clerked for a Fifth Circuit appeals judge and Supreme Court Justice…
rt.com/usa/470725-sullivan-ambassador-russia-nomination/
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Weaponization of The Olympic Games, against Russia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Most of the world remembers the controversy in recent years about Russian athletes allegedly failing to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) policies, but that scandal still continues to this day after the international organization recently threatened that country's …
globalresearch.ca/wada-weaponized-destroy-russians/5691674
The Psychotic Logic of the New US-Russia Arms Race: One Step Closer to Nuclear Confrontation
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
On October 7th, Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that Russia and the US needed to come to grips with the issue of short-range and intermediate-range missile deployment. | "In case the United States deploy these types of | …
globalresearch.ca/the-psychotic-logic-of-the-new-us-russia-arms-race-one-step-closer-to-nuclear-confrontation/5691542
Return to Russia: Crimeans Tell the Real Story of the 2014 Referendum and Their Lives Since
Eva Bartlett | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-09
Eva Bartlett traveled to Crimea to see firsthand out how Crimeans have fared since 2014 when their country reunited with Russia, and what the referendum was really like.
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Russian social media debate: clickbait or information warfare?
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-09
What is the Internet Research Agency, and are the claims of a Russian influence campaign against the U.S. well-founded? Aaron…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/09/russian-social-media-debate-clickbait-or-information-warfare/
As Turkey Readies for Invasion of Northern Syria, Russia and Iran Object
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-10-08
Turkey has readied its forces for an offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, prompting negative reactions from Iran and Russia.
As Turkey Readies for Invasion of Northern Syria, Russia and Iran Object
Venezuela Arrests Oil Exec for Corruption, Receives $4bn in Russian Investment
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-10-07
Moscow and Caracas are reportedly working on a long-term cooperation agreement set to last at least until 2030.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14682
Venezuela: Trump Imposes Travel Ban, Putin Backs Dialogue
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-26
US officials and the Venezuelan opposition have also lobbied the EU to impose harsher sanctions against Caracas.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14671
Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-12
Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as "unfair competition."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14654