Trump Calls for New Iran Nuclear Deal that Renders the Country Defenseless
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
Last week, Trump called for a new Iran nuclear deal, claiming: | "(W)e must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place (sic)." | That's precisely the JCPOA's aim
America's Long History of Meddling in Russia
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Russia
Feline friendly: Small cat & huge tiger make unlikely companions in Russian zoo (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-17
A small tabby cat and a huge tiger proved that size is no barrier to the purr-fect friendship when the pair were recently spotted hanging out together at a zoo in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. | Separated by a glass barrier, the unlikely duo clearly warmed to each other, rubbing their heads against the dividing pane in a show of friendship and mimicking each other's movements, all to the audible delight of onlooking staff. | Despite the obvious difference in strength and size, the striped pair looked extremely comfortable kicking back together on a sunny day. | Think your friends would be interested? Share this st…
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Ruble strong, stocks surge after Russian government reshuffle
rt.com | 2020-01-17
The appointment of a new prime minister has boosted the Russian stock market to new record highs on Friday, with the national currency holding on to gains reached over the past 18 months. | The ruble continued gaining against major currencies on Friday, after accelerating growth on the news of the appointment of Mikhail Mishustin as Russia's new prime minister earlier in the week. | It was up 0.2 percent against the US dollar at 61.39 rubles, while gaining slightly on the euro at 68.29 rubles.The stock market posted solid gains at the beginning of the trading session. The dollar-denominated RTS index added mor…
rt.com/business/478509-russian-ruble-stock-market-mishustin/
'Nobody in Poland cares about WWII anymore': Warsaw ignores 75th anniversary of its liberation from fascism
rt.com | 2020-01-17
The Polish people aren't interested in the events of the past, being fully consumed by their daily hassles, and the country's authorities are using this to their advantage, freely rewriting WWII history, academics told RT. | Warsaw was taken from the Nazis on January 17, 1945, after a large-scale offensive by the Red Army and the Polish forces. The 75th anniversary of the historic victory is marked on Friday, but the capital of Poland isn't preparing for any celebrations. | The fact that the USSR liberated Warsaw from the Nazis is "diminished" in schoolbooks and ignored by Polish media "because we live in coun…
rt.com/news/478449-poland-fascism-russia-history/
The Rumbling Methane Enigma
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It's the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/the-rumbling-methane-enigma/
Iraq Set to Buy Russian S-400 Air Defense System and Assert Its Sovereignty
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
Iran attacked US forces stationed at two bases in Iraq with 15 missiles on January 8th, but it does not appear missile defense systems were used to counter them. Eric Gomez, a missile defense policy analyst at the Cato …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-buy-russian-s-400-air-defense-system/5700888
Johnson's Statements on JCPOA Future Derail Effort to Save Deal – Russian Deputy FM
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
VIENNA (Sputnik) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statements on the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) derail efforts to save the Iran nuclear deal, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.
sputniknews.com/world/202001171078057598-johnsons-statements-on-jcpoa-future-derail-effort-to-save-deal—russian-deputy-fm/
'Nobody in Poland cares about WWII anymore': Warsaw ignores 75th anniversary of its liberation from fascism
rt.com | 2020-01-17
The Polish people aren't interested in the events of the past, being fully consumed by their daily hassles, and the country's authorities are using this to their advantage, freely rewriting WWII history, academics told RT. | Warsaw was taken from the Nazis on January 17, 1945, after a large-scale offensive by the Red Army and the Polish forces. The 75th anniversary of the historic victory is marked on Friday, but the capital of Poland isn't preparing for any celebrations. | The fact that the USSR liberated Warsaw from the Nazis is "diminished" in schoolbooks and ignored by Polish media "because we live in coun…
rt.com/news/478449-poland-fascism-russia-history/
'We wanted to be Red Army soldiers': Polish veterans recall childhood memories of Warsaw's liberation
rt.com | 2020-01-17
It is often said that truth is the first casualty of war
Russian Foreign Policy Won't Change After Cabinet Reshuffle – Foreign Ministry
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
Russia's foreign policy will remain unchanged following a cabinet reshuffle since it is determined by the president, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said in an interview with Sputnik.
sputniknews.com/russia/202001171078057411-russian-foreign-policy-wont-change-after-cabinet-reshuffle—foreign-ministry/
'Remember the past & honor the dead': Former president Walesa slams Poland's failure to commemorate Warsaw's WWII liberation
rt.com | 2020-01-17
While the anniversary of Warsaw's liberation is largely overlooked in modern-day Poland, it's worth paying respect to the sacrifice of the Red Army, former president and democracy hero Lech Walesa acknowledged on RT. | It's been exactly 75 years since the Soviet Union's 1st Byelorussian Front and the allied Polish 1st Army defeated the last remaining pocket of Nazi resistance, ending the five-year occupation of Warsaw. But the milestone event, in which 22,000 Soviet and 3,100 Polish soldiers lost their lives, is no longer an occasion for Poland to celebrate, it seems. | While local press maintained a deafening…
rt.com/news/478482-lech-walesa-liberation-warsaw/
UN envoy for Syria Pedersen to visit Russia next week
rt.com | 2020-01-17
UN Secretary-General's special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen will visit Russia next week, acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. | Pedersen also plans to visit Damascus, Lavrov said. "I expect that these talks and his upcoming trips and contacts with the Syrian leadership will help us determine the further schedule of the [Syrian] Constitutional Committee," TASS quoted him as saying. | The minister also said that Syria should return to the Arab League after its exclusion in 2011. "Syria needs to return to the Arab family," he added.
rt.com/newsline/478501-un-russia-envoy-syria/
Acting Russian FM Sergei Lavrov Holds Annual Press Conference – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
Sergei Lavrov has just returned from Uzbekistan, the last leg on his Asian tour, which also included stops in Sri Lanka and India, where he addressed issues related to economic, political, and cultural cooperation.
sputniknews.com/russia/202001171078057275-acting-russian-fm-sergei-lavrov-holds-annual-press-conference—video/
Soviet army liberates Warsaw from Nazi forces
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-17
The operation was part of the Vistula–Oder Offensive, which was a successful Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II in January 1945.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/17/soviet-army-liberates-warsaw-from-nazi-forces/
Japanese High Court Orders Suspension of Nuclear Reactor in Ehime Prefecture – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Hiroshima High Court has ordered the suspension of operations of a reactor at the Ikata nuclear power plant, located in Ehime prefecture, over fears that Shikoku Electric Power Company (SEPC) operator, failed to assess the risks of possible earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the region, the NHK broadcaster reported.
sputniknews.com/asia/202001171078060573-japanese-high-court-orders-suspension-of-nuclear-reactor-in-ehime-prefecture—reports/
American Puppets: Khamenei Slams E3 Position on Nuclear Deal, Says They're Serving US Interest
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
On 8 January, Iran targeted two American facilities in Iraq, the Ayn al-Asad Air Base and in Erbil in retaliation for the killing of IRGC Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike several days earlier.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001171078059882-iranian-attack-on-us-forces-in-iraq-in-response-to-solemani-killing-was-a-day-of-god-khamenei/
The TEPCO Trial: Prosecution and Acquittal after Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown
Prof. David T. Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
On September 19, 2019, a panel of three professional judges in the Tokyo District Court acquitted three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The defendants were former chairman Katsumata Tsunehisa (79), and former vice presidents Takekuro Ichiro …
globalresearch.ca/reflections-tepco-trial-prosecution-acquittal-japan-nuclear-meltdown/5700906
Washington continues war buildup against Iran
wsws.org | 2020-01-17
Another squadron of F15-E fighter jets has been dispatched to the region, while the threat of a "nuclear option" is on the table.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/17/iran-j17.html
France to deploy aircraft carrier to Middle East
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-17
France will deploy its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the Middle East to back its military operations in the region, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday.The nuclear aircraft carrier will be deployed to support Chammal operations until April, Macron said at a New Year speech to the French military in the city of Orleans.It will also be used in joint operations with European countries, he said, highlighting the increasing threat of Daesh/ISIS.Following Daesh/ISIS-linked terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015, the Charles de Gaulle, with an air wing that typically includes 24 Rafale fig…
yenisafak.com/en/world/france-to-deploy-aircraft-carrier-to-middle-east-3509822
Prospects for Peace in the Ukraine Conflict
Brendan Oswald | progressive.org | 2020-01-16
The war started as a land grab, with Russia taking advantage of disarray in the Ukrainian state and armed forces in the weeks following the Euromaidan revolution.
progressive.org/dispatches/prospects-for-peace-in-the-ukraine-conflict-oswald-200116/
Will Baghdad Defy Washington? Iraqi Parliament Contemplates Buying Russia's S-400 Missile Defense System
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
With tensions mounting between Iran and the United States after the latter assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, Baghdad has now been pushing to free itself from American domination by calling for foreign troops to leave the country and …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-defy-washington-buy-russian-s-400-missile-defense-system/5700835
The Reds are back! Voice of America 'promotes' Communist leader to PM… showing once again MSM can't do Russia
rt.com | 2020-01-16
US-government sponsored Voice of America is well aware that Russia's new PM Mikhail Mishustin is "a career bureaucrat who never had political ambitions" but, strangely enough, it doesn't seem to know what the man looks like. | Kudos to the US outlet for having noticed a major shake-up in the Russian government, but someone at the desk needs to read up on the country's internal affairs, it would seem
Putin Proposes Sweeping Changes to Russian Constitution, Possibly Prolonging His Grip on Power
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-16
In Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned Wednesday along with his entire Cabinet in a move that surprised many in Moscow and abroad. The move came as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed sweeping constitutional changes to expand the power of the parliament and the State Council while weakening the presidency. Critics of Putin say the proposals could help him keep power after his final presidential term ends in 2024. The Russian parliament is expected to vote today to confirm Putin's pick for new prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, a bureaucrat who runs Russia's tax service. The Russian newspaper Kom…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/16/russia_putin_medvedev_tony_wood
Soleimani Fallout Continues to Produce Diplomatic Dividends for Russia
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
Ahead of this year's Munich Security Conference, due to begin on February 14th, its chairman Wolfgang Ischinger praised what he called President Putin's "method" concerning security-issues in the Middle East. Talking to the ZDF television channel on January 13th, Ischinger …
globalresearch.ca/soleimani-fallout-continues-produce-diplomatic-dividends-russia/5700843
Putin Proposes Sweeping Changes to Russian Constitution, Possibly Prolonging His Grip on Power
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-16
In Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned Wednesday along with his entire Cabinet in a move that surprised many in Moscow and abroad. The move came as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed sweeping constitutional changes to expand the power of the parliament and the State Council while weakening the presidency. Critics of Putin say the proposals could help him keep power after his final presidential term ends in 2024. The Russian parliament is expected to vote today to confirm Putin's pick for new prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, a bureaucrat who runs Russia's tax service. The Russian newspaper Kom…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/16/russia_putin_medvedev_tony_wood
Who's this guy? Jeopardy contestants fail to recognize impeachment 'hero' Adam Schiff & Twitter ROFLs
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Rep. Adam Schiff might be leading an impeachment drive in the US, but it seems not everybody is familiar with the 'resistance' hero. At least, his photo did not ring any bells for contestants on the latest Jeopardy episode. | Schiff, a prominent Russiagater whose fame among the anti-Trump resistance camp reached new heights amid the ongoing Ukrainegate saga, might be a household name on Capitol Hill, but the question remains: Is the same true for the rest of the country outside of the Washington political swamp? If the classic trivia game show is any indication, it is not. | Just a reminder we live in a bubble…
rt.com/usa/478389-schiff-jeopardy-impeachment-hero/
Russia: A Groundbreaking Powershift?
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-16
In groundbreaking news President Putin announced today, 15 January, in his annual address to the Nation, major changes in his government. First, he announced that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his entire cabinet resigned and will eventually be replaced by a new PM and a new cabinet. A timeline was not given. In the meantime, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/russia-a-groundbreaking-powershift/
How Soviet books brought literacy and socialist culture to the Third World
Tony Pecinovsky | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-16
After the triumph of the Bolshevik Revolution, John Reed, famed author of Ten Days that Shook the World, wrote, "The thirst for education, so long thwarted, burst with the Revolution into a frenzy of expression. From Smolny Institute alone, the first six months, went out everyday tons, car-loads, train-loads of literature, saturating the land. Russia …
peoplesworld.org/article/how-soviet-books-brought-literacy-and-socialist-culture-to-the-third-world/
How Soviet books brought literacy and socialist culture to the Third World
Tony Pecinovsky | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-16
After the triumph of the Bolshevik Revolution, John Reed, famed author of Ten Days that Shook the World, wrote, "The thirst for education, so long thwarted, burst with the Revolution into a frenzy of expression. From Smolny Institute alone, the first six months, went out everyday tons, car-loads, train-loads of literature, saturating the land. Russia …
peoplesworld.org/article/how-soviet-books-brought-literacy-and-socialist-culture-to-the-third-world/
Russian government resigns after Putin's state of the nation address
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
The resignation of the widely unpopular Russian government comes amid mounting social conflict and escalating war tensions between the US and Iran which threaten to draw in the entire South Caucasus region and Russia itself.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/rus-j16.html
The Afro-Eurasia Proposal Would be a Timely Alternative to the US Sponsored "Indo-Pacific"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
Russia's repeated rejection of the US' 'Indo-Pacific' concept that Foreign Minister Lavrov claims is a ruse for "containing China" highlights just how urgently it is that a more inclusive and non-hostile trans-regional integration alternative emerges, which can be embodied by …
globalresearch.ca/afro-eurasia-alternative-indo-pacific/5700807
75 years later: Newly-released wartime docs debunk myths about WWII's liberation of Warsaw
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Warsaw was liberated by Soviet forces 75 years ago today
UK, France and Germany push Iran to the brink
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-16
Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the decision by three major European countries to activate the conflict resolution mechanism for the Iran nuclear deal which could lead to further sanctions on Iran.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/16/uk-france-and-germany-push-iran-to-the-brink/
US Pressed E3 Group to Force Iran to Follow Nuclear Agreement
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-16
The "E3" group (France, Britain and Germany) urged Iran to return to the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal agreed with world powers, after the Persian nation announced on Sunday, that it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium; same action Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew in 2018. | RELATED: | Why Killing Soleimani has Further Destabilized the Middle East | Iran will no longer meet the limits set forth in the pact on the amount of uranium enrichment centrifuges that it co…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Pressed-E3-Group-to-Force-Iran-to-Follow-Nuclear-Agreement-20200116-0015.html
How Europe Betrayed Iran: By Triggering JCPOA Dispute Mechanism, EU Helps Trump Finish Job of Killing the Iran Nuclear Deal
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
Europe could have saved the Iran nuclear agreement. Instead, it abused the rule of law by inappropriately triggering its dispute mechanism, all but ensuring the agreement's demise. | Disingenuous diplomacy | On January 5, 2020, Tehran announced that it would no longer | …
globalresearch.ca/europe-betrayed-iran-triggering-jcpoa-dispute-mechanism-eu-helps-trump-finish-job-killing-iran-nuclear-deal/5700831
Trump's Broad-Based Sanctions Failed in Iran and Will Fail in North Korea
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-16
In both Iran and North Korea, the Trump administration has pursued an aggressive policy of " maximum pressure"
Duma approves Mikhail Mishustin as new Russian premier
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-16
Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, chose Mikhail Mishustin as the prime minister at a parliamentary vote on Thursday.The lawmakers voted 423/383 with 40 abstentions in favor of Mishustin.The Russian government resigned Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed constitutional changes.Putin offered Mishustin, the former head of Russia's tax service, the position at a meeting.The president is eyeing limitations on future heads of state, including downgrading the maximum number of terms to two and imposing the condition of permanent residency in Russia for at least 25 years.He is also suggest…
yenisafak.com/en/news/duma-approves-mikhail-mishustin-as-new-russian-premier-3509816
PROFILE: Who is Mikhail Mishustin?
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-16
The Russian State Duma has confirmed the head of the Federal Tax Service as the country's new prime minister Thursday.Mishustin was nominated by Russia's President Vladimir Putin yesterday at a government meeting, which ended up with the resignation of Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev and his cabinet.Putin quickly accepted the resignation, explaining the reshuffle by the need "to properly organize the work" to implement tasks voiced during the address to the Federal Assembly and offering for the consideration of the parliament Mikhail Mishustin as a new head of the government.Mikhail Mishustin, who has served as a…
yenisafak.com/en/news/profile-who-is-mikhail-mishustin-3509812
Trump deal instead of Iran nuclear deal? I agree! US president gives Twitter nod to BoJo
rt.com | 2020-01-15
Boris Johnson's suggestion that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal be replaced with a new one
Iran's Rouhani Demands US, EU Troops Leave the Middle East or Face "Danger"
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-15
(ZH)
Hear no evil, see no evil, print no evil? MSM warn journalists away from Burisma/Biden info after 'hack' report
rt.com | 2020-01-14
The US political and media elite have warned any journalist who might think of publishing (or even looking at) material potentially hacked from Ukrainian gas firm Burisma that they're essentially handing 2020's election to Russia. | Burisma Holdings – the Ukrainian company where Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden's son Hunter served as a director – has been hacked, cybersecurity firm Area 1 announced on Tuesday. Area 1 has ties to both the NSA and Crowdstrike, the firm behind 2016's still-unproven "Russian hacking" allegations, and has…
rt.com/usa/478271-establishment-warns-burisma-biden-russia/
Pundits Go Nuts Over New Russian Hacking Conspiracy
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-14
(CJ Opinion)
Andrew Bacevich: The U.S. Needs to Abandon "Militarized Approach" to Middle East and Build Peace
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-09
We continue our conversation with Andrew Bacevich, president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is a retired colonel, Vietnam War veteran and author of, most recently, of "The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory." Bacevich says the crisis with Iran, sparked by President Trump's assassination of top general Qassem Soleimani, is just the latest in a long series of ill-advised American actions in the Middle East. "The only conceivable way for us to begin to extricate ourselves from this terrible mess in the region … is to abandon this militarized approac…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/9/andrew_bacevich_trump_iran
Trump Announces Additional 'Punishing' Sanctions on Iran
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-08
Updated 1: 15 PM ET | U.S. President Donald Trump made a statement Wednesday morning at 11: 30 AM EST and announced that Iran "appears to be standing down" following strikes on U.S. air bases in Iraq. He said there were no American or Iraqi casualties resulting from the attacks. | Trump said that while the U.S. was evaluating its options, it would "immediately impose additional punishing sanctions" against Iran until it "changes its behavior." He called Iran the "leading sponsor of terrorism" and repeatedly said that he would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Since 2017, the Trump administration has impose…
therealnews.com/columns/iran-attacks-us-bases-in-iraq-in-retaliation-for-soleimani-assassination
Americans Are Ready for a Different Approach to Nuclear Weapons
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2019-12-22
Although today's public protests against nuclear weapons can't compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear indications that most Americans reject the Trump administration's nuclear weapons policies. Since entering office in 2017, the Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the nuclear agreement with Iran, scrapped the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/americans-are-ready-for-a-different-approach-to-nuclear-weapons/
Seemingly Coordinated ISIS/al-Qaeda Attacks On Syrian Oil/Gas Fields & US' Russia/Libya Hypocrisy
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-22
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/21/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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