2020-02-13: Social Media Postees

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State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as 'state-backed'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a US-backed information warfare shop smeared The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/

State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as 'state-backed'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a Western government-backed information warfare shop smeared…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/

'Snake ecstasy': Russian synchronized swimming champion charms fans with underwater routine (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Russian Olympic synchronized swimming champion Vlada Chigireva has wowed her fans with a graceful and mesmerizing underwater routine. | In a 30-second video, clip the 25-year-old swimmer can be seen waving and twirling at the bottom of a swimming pool, making choreographed moves which she compared to a snake's wriggle. | READ MORE: Anzhelika Timanina: The Russian Olympic champion swimmer chasing Tokyo surfing dream (PHOTOS) | "New type of dance

Russia urges Turkey against 'provocative comments' on Syria
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Moscow has called for restraint after a Turkish parliamentarian blamed Russia for the recent deaths of Turkish troops in clashes with Syrian government forces attempting to liberate the militant-held Idlib province. | Devlet Bahceli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP), had argued in the Turkish parliament that Moscow and Damascus were responsible for the deaths of 13 Turkish soldiers over the past week. | "We consider it unacceptable to use the tragic events to 'score points' in the domestic political debate," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday,…
rt.com/news/480795-russia-turkey-idlib-escalation-syria/

Syria Imposes the Astana Deal by Force as Turkish, Russian Tensions Rise
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
Since 2012 the M5 Damascus-Aleppo had been under the control of jihadist forces. The Syrian Army has now liberated the M5 Damascus-Aleppo road and over 140 cities, villages and strategic hills. Turkey and the Uzbeks, Uighurs and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham …
globalresearch.ca/syria-imposes-astana-deal-force-turkish-russian-tensions-rise/5703580

'As long as I'm president we will have 'mother' & 'father': Putin backs traditional family values once again
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Russia will not introduce politically correct terminology such as "parent #1" and "parent #2" any time soon, Putin told a constitutional reform working group on Thursday, as they discussed family values in Russia. | As for 'parent #1' and 'parent #2', I have already publicly said it and I will repeat it once more: as long as I am president, we will not have parents #1 and #2, it will be 'mother' and 'father'. | One of the working group members, Russian lawmaker Olga Batalina, told the president that many people in Russia are concerned about the fate of the traditional family and would like to see it protected…
rt.com/russia/480776-mother-father-russia-putin-president/

Sad face emoji? US social media giants Facebook & Twitter fined by Moscow court as server location impasse intensifies
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Facebook and Twitter were each fined four million rubles ($62,900) by a Moscow court on Thursday. It marks an escalation in a standoff between the American social media giants and Russian regulators. | The core of the problem is that both companies have refused to move servers containing the data of Russian users to Russia, as required under Russian law. LinkedIn, another high-profile US networking site, has already been blocked for failing to comply with the legislation. | Facebook and Twitter have ignored the rule for years, and it was felt their huge popularity helped deter Russian officials from forcing th…
rt.com/russia/480760-facebook-twitter-moscow-court-fine/

UNSC endorses 55-point road map for Libya, Russia doubts it can be implemented
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The UN Security Council has endorsed a 55-point road map for ending the war in Libya, and condemned the recent increase in violence in the oil-rich North African country. | The vote on the British-drafted resolution was 14-0 on Wednesday. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said he abstained because of "serious doubts" about whether the resolution can be implemented and end the war between rival governments "in the way we'd like to see it." | Referring to the conference on Libya held in the German capital on January 19, Nebenzia said the Berlin plan "has one defect… and that is a lack of clearly expressed co…
rt.com/newsline/480731-un-road-map-libya/

Legendary Soviet spy who saved Krakow from Nazi-made flood dies days after turning 103
rt.com | 2020-02-13
A Soviet spy credited with saving the Polish city of Krakow from devastation has died in Moscow. His biography reads like a thriller novel, from battling Nazi invaders in Poland to training elite commandos in the 1980s. | Over his long life, Aleksey Botyan was many things. He was born in 1917, just as the Russian Empire was collapsing and shattering into pieces. His family lived in the territory that became part of Poland in the 1920s. | Fighting since day one: | He might have lived as a village schoolteacher

INDESTRUCTIBLE: Kalashnikov expert tries & FAILS to destroy iconic WWII PPSh-41 submachine gun (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Kalashnikov Concern gun experts have put an iconic WWII-era PPSh-41 submachine gun through a stress test, trying to destroy it with continuous full-auto shooting. The 78-year-old weapon, however, did not give up easily. | The renowned gun maker produced a new video in its 'Destroyers of Weapons' series. Unlike previous ones, Kalashnikov did not put one of its own guns through a full-auto torture, testing a true classic instead

Russian authorities investigate after photos emerge of Boris Nemtsov murderer allegedly enjoying prison 'feast'
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The 2015 killing of Boris Nemtsov shocked Russians, and now photographs posted online of the man who assassinated him apparently posing in front of a slap-up meal are generating considerable anger. | The images, taken in an Irkutsk penal colony, show Zaur Dadaev and a group of other men surrounded by kebabs, soups, fruits, and juices. In response, Russian prison authorities have launched an investigation to determine the conditions in which he is being held. | Grilled kebabs, apples and fruit juice. Boris Nemtsov's assassin, Zaur Dadayev, (back left, standing) relaxing with friends in a Russian penal colony.
rt.com/russia/480779-nemtsov-murderer-photo-prison-feast/

Phew! 'Nothing is Scandinavian' ad republished as airline SAS is told its critics are actually Putin's trolls & 'useful idiots'
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Nothing shows that your values are granite-strong quite like pulling a much-criticized commercial and then reinstating it to a chorus of media voices proclaiming that the negative feedback is just a Russian psy-op. | The Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) video, which declares that essentially all Scandinavian culture is "copied" and encourages people to fly to lands both near and far to find more things to borrow, is back in action. The company says it stands by its message, and that the cr…
rt.com/news/480754-sas-scandanavian-ad-returns-russia/

Russia declassifies previously unseen papers and PHOTOS of pivotal 1945 recapture of 'fortress city' Budapest from Nazis
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The Soviet offensive in Hungary and siege of its capital Budapest was a key milestone in defeating the Nazis. For its 75th anniversary, Russia has declassified archived documents and photos, giving new insights into the bloodbath. | Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, providing troops and resources for the war effort, sharing in its land grabs and pillaging of conquered territories, as well as collaborating in war crimes. But as the tide turned on the battlefields, the relationship became strained, as the government in Budapest weighed up its options and was preparing to leave the Axis camp. | In March 1944,…
rt.com/news/480677-siege-budapest-anniversary-documents/

Turkey Vows To Strike Any Force That Violates Idlib Ceasefire
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
Turkey has vowed to use force against rebel groups violating a ceasefire in Syria's Idlib province, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying on Thursday in an apparent response to Russian criticism. | RELATED: | US Forces Clash With Civilians in Northeast Syria | The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized Ankara on Wednesday, stating that Turkey was not doing its part to uphold the Sochi Agreement that was established in 2018. | The Russian government, which supports Syrian…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkey-Vows-To-Strike-Any-Force-That-Violates-Idlib-Ceasefire-20200213-0005.html

Battle for Budapest: Russian MoD Declassifies Files on Brutal Campaign for Hungarian Capital
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-13
Kicking off in late October 1944, the Soviet offensive to liberate the Hungarian capital turned into a brutal slog in the streets of the city between the Red Army, fanatical local fascists and crack German troops, serving as a final 'dress rehearsal' for the April 1945 operation to take Berlin.
sputniknews.com/military/202002131078305198-battle-for-budapest-russian-mod-declassifies-files-on-brutal-campaign-for-hungarian-capital/

Moscow Court Fines Twitter, Facebook for Failing to Move Servers With User Data to Russia
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-13
In 2015, Russia's personal data law, requiring Internet companies to store the data of their customers who are Russian nationals exclusively on servers located within the country, came into force.
sputniknews.com/russia/202002131078304044-moscow-court-fines-twitter-for-failing-to-move-servers-with-user-data-to-russia—reports/

Polish Prime Minister Confirms Plans to Visit Smolensk on Anniversary of Tu-154 Tragedy
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-13
WARSAW (Sputnik) – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirms plans to travel to Russia's Smolensk in April to attend the 10th anniversary of the Tu-154 plane crash that killed then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
sputniknews.com/world/202002131078303865-polish-prime-minister-confirms-plans-to-visit-smolensk-on-anniversary-of-tu-154-tragedy/

Pakistan Accuses US of Destabilising Region by Selling Air Defence System to India
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-13
New Delhi (Sputnik): The nuclear-armed south Asian rivals have been involved in missile race for past few months, as both have been testing their nuclear-capable ballistic missile system to check their war preparedness.
sputniknews.com/world/202002131078303773-pakistan-accuses-us-of-destabilising-region-by-selling-air-defence-system-to-india/

US Media Reveals What Was Behind Termination of American Drone Project to Spy on China in Late 1960s
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-13
Between 1969 and 1971, the US National Reconnaissance Office deployed its state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles over China in a bid to surreptitiously keep a watchful eye on a Beijing's nuclear programme.
sputniknews.com/military/202002131078304403-us-media-reveals-what-was-behind-termination-of-american-drone-project-to-spy-on-china-in-late/

Germany urges Russia to stop attacks in Idlib, Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-13
"These attacks must be stopped," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in an exclusive interview with the German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung."We are now witnessing another dramatic escalation of the situation in Idlib and it is reaching the level of a humanitarian catastrophe," he warned.Almost 1.5 million Syrians have moved near the Turkish border due to intense attacks in recent months, sparking fears of a new refugee influx towards Europe.Germany's top diplomat, during his recent conversations with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, said that he conveyed his government's concerns and expectations."Assad doesn'…
yenisafak.com/en/world/germany-urges-russia-to-stop-attacks-in-idlib-syria-3511967

Selected Articles: More Lies on Iran
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-more-lies-iran/5703600

Former Goldman Sachs CEO says Sanders presidency would 'ruin our economy,' gets blasted on Twitter
rt.com | 2020-02-12
An ex-CEO of Goldman Sachs who helped cause the 2008 financial crisis has claimed Bernie Sanders would ruin the economy and "screw up the US" if elected president, prompting Twitter to remind him of the Great Recession. | Billionaire Lloyd Blankfein tweeted on Wednesday that Sanders is "just as polarizing as Trump AND he'll ruin [the American] economy and doesn't care about [the American] military," before adding: "If I'm Russian, I go with Sanders this time around." | If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US. Sanders is just as polarizing…
rt.com/usa/480665-goldman-sachs-ceo-sanders-economy/

World War III's Newest Battlefield: the Arctic
Michael T. Klare | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
In early March, an estimated 7,500 American combat troops will travel to Norway to join thousands of soldiers from other NATO countries in a massive mock battle with imagined invading forces from Russia. In this futuristic simulated engagement

Trump removes restrictions on land mine use by US military
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The move is part of the preparations by the Trump administration for aggressive war and, in particular, plans for military conflict with ground forces against the primary rivals of US imperialism, Russia and China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/mine-f12.html

Mexico: Fugitive Former Pemex Executive Arrested in Spain
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-12
Medico Attorney General's Office of Mexico confirmed that the former director of the state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) during Enrique Peña Nieto's administration, Emilio Lozoya Austin, was arrested Wednesday by police authorities in the city of Malaga. | RELATED: | Russian Foreign Minister Bolsters Diplomatic Ties With Mexico | Lozoya, who had not been seen publicly since mid-2019, is wanted by Lopez Obrador's Government to be prosec…
telesurenglish.net/news/mexico-fugitive-former-pemex-executive-arrested-in-spain-20200212-0025.html

US Sanctions Venezuelan State Airline, Threatens Russian Oil Giant
Paul Dobson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
The US government has sanctioned Venezuela's state-owned airline CONVIASA, claiming it is being used to "shuttle corrupt officials." | While already subject to previous US unilateral coercive measures, the latest sanctions add the airline and 40 of its planes to the …
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-venezuelan-state-airline-threatens-russian-oil-giant/5703472

The Russia-India Oil Deal Is an 'Unpleasant Surprise' for Iran, Not the US
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
Shishir Upadhyaya, a former Indian naval intelligence officer and one of RT's newest columnists, is incorrect in recently writing that the latest Russian-Indian oil deal is an "unpleasant surprise for Washington" since it's actually an "unpleasant surprise" for Tehran …
globalresearch.ca/russian-indian-oil-deal-unpleasant-surprise-iran-not-us/5703466

Fungi that Absorbs Radiation Has Been Growing All Over Chernobyl Plant
John Vibes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
For a long time, scientists have known that certain types of fungi are attracted to radiation, and can actually help to break down and neutralize radiation in certain environments. The radioactive site of the abandoned Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has …
globalresearch.ca/fungi-absorbs-radiation-growing-all-over-chernobyl-plant/5703485

Washington's Policy of Strangling China. US Nuclear Threats, Militarization of the Taiwan Straits
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
Less than 150 miles from China's south-eastern coast lies Taiwan, a mountainous and volcanic island which is about a third the size of Cuba. Yet with 23 million people, Taiwan has twice the population of its Caribbean counterpart. From the …
globalresearch.ca/washington-policy-strangling-china-us-nazi-technology-development/5703453

Energy Company Drops Lake Huron Nuclear Waste Plan Following Saugeen Ojibway Nation Vote
Native News Online | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
After years of debate, Ontario Power Generation has dropped a plan to store nuclear waste underground near Lake Huron. | The Canadian energy firm said it would not move forward with plans to develop a permanent nuclear waste disposal site in …
globalresearch.ca/energy-company-drops-lake-huron-nuclear-waste-plan-following-saugeen-ojibway-nation-vote/5703497

Keep War, Environmental Degradation And Profit Out Of Space
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-11
The 21st Century nuclear arms and developing outer space arms races, which began under Obama and are increasing under Trump, are going to be something the world has never seen before. They are a bonanza for weapons makers, the Pentagon budget and capitalists in space. They will create a less secure world, a greater wealth divide, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/keep-war-environmental-degradation-and-profit-out-of-space/

Trump's New Budget Funds Endless War & Nuclear Weapons While Slashing Aid to Poor & Hungry Americans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-11
President Trump unveiled his 2021 budget request Monday, proposing massive cuts to Medicaid and food stamps while increasing spending on the military and his border wall. The $4.8 trillion budget would slash Environmental Protection Agency spending by more than a quarter while allocating $18 billion for Trump's newly established Space Force. Trump is also requesting billions more for nuclear weapons, including a new submarine-launched nuclear warhead. Experts and Democratic lawmakers warn that increasing the nuclear stockpile will increase the likelihood of nuclear war and defy international agreements. Democrats…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/11/trump_2021_budget

US promises 'enormous pressure' on Tehran over… failed satellite launch? Pompeo says missile development behind Iran space program
rt.com | 2020-02-11
Iran's latest attempt to launch a scientific satellite has apparently unnerved Washington, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashing out at Tehran and vowing that the US would not let it continue the launches. | Washington used the occasion to once again slam Iran and the 2015 deal on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, from which the US itself unilaterally withdrew back in 2018. | Also on rt.com | | Weighs less & packs more range: Iran unveils new ballistic missile with composite-built engine (VIDEO) | Since then, America has been hell-bent on s…
rt.com/usa/480605-us-pressure-iran-satellite-launch/

Amazon wants to 'depose' Trump over losing $10 billion Pentagon contract
rt.com | 2020-02-10
Still fuming over the loss of the Pentagon cloud computing deal to Microsoft, Amazon is arguing that President Donald Trump's personal bias improperly influenced the decision, even invoking his impeachment to make their case. | Court documents unsealed on Monday reveal that Amazon is seeking to depose Trump personally, as well as the current Defense Secretary Mark Esper, his predecessor James Mattis, and four other officials involved with the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract.
rt.com/usa/480526-amazon-trump-bias-jedi-pentagon/

Radioactive material 'a magnet for groups with malicious intent', warns UN nuclear watchdog chief
news.un.org | 2020-02-10
Government ministers and other high-level representatives from more than 140 countries, on Monday adopted a new declaration to enhance global nuclear security and counter the threat of nuclear terrorism.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057031

Israel's "Peace Camp" Flirts with Oblivion
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-09
For Israel's so-called peace camp, the past 12 months of general elections

US Deploys 'Mini-Nukes' in Deplorable Threat to World Peace
Strategic Culture | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-08
These so-called "mini-nukes" represent–despite the diminutive-sounding name–an increased risk of nuclear war.

US Deploys ‘Mini-Nukes’ in Deplorable Threat to World Peace

Iraq and Russia Prepare to Boost Military Ties as US Threatens Sanctions
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-08
Iraq and Russia are preparing for deepening military coordination.

Iraq and Russia Prepare to Boost Military Ties as US Threatens Sanctions

Iowa debacle fueled by anti-Bernie billionaires, Russiagate hucksters, failed DNC elites
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-07
Max Blumenthal breaks down the shadowy network of billionaires, Democratic elites, and Russiagate profiteers behind the Shadow app that ruined…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/07/iowa-debacle-fueled-by-anti-bernie-billionaires-russiagate-hucksters-failed-dnc-elites/

Risk of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys a New Nuclear Weapon for the First Time Since the Cold War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-07
The Federation of American Scientists revealed in late January that the U.S. Navy had deployed for the first time a submarine armed with a low-yield Trident nuclear warhead. The USS Tennessee deployed from Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia in late 2019. The W76-2 warhead, which is facing criticism at home and abroad, is estimated to have about a third of the explosive power of the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) called the news "an alarming development that heightens the risk of nuclear war." We're joined by William Arkin, longtime reporter…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/7/us_new_low_yield_nuclear_weapons

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-07
Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."

Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes

HuffPost UK editor works with gov't censorship program while smearing anti-war scholars as tools of Russia
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-04
HuffPost UK ran yet another hit piece smearing academic critics of the dirty war on Syria as Russian stooges. The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/03/huffpost-uk-editor-censorship-dsma-russia-jess-brammar/

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