(2020-10-01). Russian Defense Minister Reviews 5 Years Of Syria Operation. thealtworld.com 
September 30th, 2020, marked exactly 5 years since the beginning of the Russian operation in Syria. | It began after Damascus issued an official invitation for the Russian army to help the Syrian people and liberate the country from international terrorist groups. | On this day in 2015, the Federation Council gave its consent to Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the Russian Armed Forces in Syria. The decision was a response to the official appeal of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad."In the specified period, the situation in Syria turned out to be critical. The emerging situation threatened the defeat of…
(2020-10-01). The Court of God: How a Catholic secret society took over SCOTUS. mronline.org 
With his latest SCOTUS nomination, Trump advances the designs of a clique of ultra-conservatives with ties to a Catholic secret society and Cold War stalwarts leading the U.S. to the brink of overt fascism.
(2020-10-01). Navalny 'is working with CIA': Kremlin makes explosive allegation after opposition figure blames Putin for alleged poisoning. rt.com 
Western intelligence agencies — in particular, agents from the American CIA — are working with Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin's spokesman alleged on Thursday. | "Probably, it is not the patient [Navalny] who works for the Western special services, but that the Western intelligence services work with him, this would be more correct (to say)" Dmitry Peskov explained. "I can even be specific – these days, specialists from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America are working with him." | The bombshell allegation comes just hours after Navalny claim…
(2020-10-01). Azerbaijan & Armenia at war: What you need to know about bloody conflict over long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh (MAP). rt.com 
The bloody flareup between Azerbaijan and Armenia over a territorial dispute risks escalating into a major regional war. Here is how the two former Soviet republics got locked into a conflict rooted in feuds as old as the hills. | The ongoing hostilities started on September 27, becoming one of the most serious in a series of border clashes that have been occurring in the region on a fairly regular basis. The parties are fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region located inside Azerbaijan, as recognised internationally, and some surrounding territories. | Baku claims sovereignty over these, based on…
(2020-10-01). Russia, France denounce Turkey as Armenian-Azeri war escalates. wsws.org As reports emerge that Turkey is sending Syrian Islamist mercenaries to Azerbaijan to fight Armenia, the risk of a Russian-Turkish clash and a broader regional war is rising.
(2020-10-01). Evasions, anti-Russian demagogy at Comey hearing before US Senate. wsws.org The former FBI director claimed dozens of times not to be aware of the details of the initial stages of the 2016 investigation into Trump and Russia.
(2020-10-01). Kremlin: Russia Has Information CIA Works With Alexei Navalny, Sends Instructions to Him. sputniknews.com Moscow has repeatedly stressed that Berlin lacks evidence to back up its allegations that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent from the Novichok group.
(2020-10-01). South Africa opens borders for global travelers. yenisafak.com South Africa Thursday opened its borders to international travelers, barring those coming from high-risk countries.The government has listed 60 countries as being high risk, including the US, the UK, Russia, and several countries in the Middle East and Latin America.The country had closed ports of entry in March to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.In a statement, the government said that all travelers visiting the country will be expected to abide by the health regulations which include mandatory wearing of masks, practicing social distancing in public spaces and sanitizing hands.Travelers are also requir…
(2020-09-30). Russia Could Never Discredit The US Empire The Way These Guys Just Did. thealtworld.com Well. | Wow. | I mean, wow. | So in case you missed it, the first US presidential debate was everything the US empire deserves and a fair reflection of everything the US empire is. | If Vladimir Putin were every bit the election-meddling demon the Democrats say he is, and if he had unlimited time and unlimited resources to create the perfect ninety-minute propaganda video to discredit the US-led unipolar world order, he could not have designed one more effective than the performance that was just delivered by President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden with the help of moderator Chris Wallace. | Trump…
(2020-09-30). Russia Could Never Discredit The U.S. Empire The Way These Guys Just Did. strategic-culture.org Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Wow. | I mean, wow. | So in case you missed it, the first US presidential debate was everything the US empire deserves and a fair reflection of everything the US empire is. | If Vladimir Putin were every bit the election-meddling demon the Democrats say he is, and if he had unlimited time and unlimited resources to create the perfect ninety-minute propaganda video to discredit the US-led unipolar world order, he could not have designed one more effective than the performance that was just delivered by President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden with the help of moderator Chris Wall…
(2020-09-30). Where Does the Democratic Party Stand on War, Peace, and International Relations? counterpunch.org After nearly four years of the Trump administration, U.S. voters have a pretty good idea of the policies that the President and his Republican allies champion when it comes to America's dealings with other nations. These policies include massive increases in military spending, lengthy wars abroad, threats of nuclear war, withdrawal from climate and nuclear
(2020-09-30). Fight over the Mediterranean: France's Proxy War and the Budding Turkish-Russian Alliance. dissidentvoice.org 
Overwhelmed by uncontrollable circumstances, the Greek government is bracing for another financial crisis that promises to be as terrible as the last one in 2015. Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced on September 12 that Athens has made a "robust" arms deal that will "reinforce the armed forces" and create a "national shield". However, beyond Mitsotakis' …
(2020-09-30). International virtual webinars call for ending all nuclear weapons. peoplesworld.org 
On Sept. 26, the United Nations International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, two remarkable events spanning 10 hours of virtual programming by activists, legislators, artists and leaders of struggles around the world were presented by UNFOLD ZERO and We The Peoples 2020. The programs, divided into two five-hour segments, were timed for …
(2020-09-30). UAE delivered weapons to Libya's Haftar despite UN embargo. middleeasteye.net 
UAE delivered weapons to Libya's Haftar despite UN embargo | More than 150 flights ferried arms to Haftar's territory between January and April this year, according to unpublished UN report | Wed, 09/30/2020 – 18: 19 | UAE dispatched 150 military flights using Russian-made cargo planes to eastern Libya and western Egypt (AFP/File photo) | The United Arab Emirates continued to supply military equipment to Libya…
(2020-09-30). Cashing in on Russia's Woes. dissidentvoice.org 
I was always dismissed as a 'Sov symp' in the days of communism, attracted by the Soviet Union's great foreign policy: anti-imperialist, ant-zionist, pro-nuclear disarmament, pro-liberation movements, etc, etc. I could never understand why lefties didn't fall in love with the only real non-capitalist modern society. It worked, however badly. It had to be at …
(2020-09-30). Russia 'deeply concerned' about reports of mercenaries from Syria & Libya being sent to fight in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. rt.com 
Moscow has condemned the alleged use of "foreign mercenaries and terrorists" in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, calling them a threat to the entire region that must "immediately" be withdrawn. | "Militants of illegal armed groups, in particular from Syria and Libya" have been transported to the conflict zone "in order to directly participate in the hostilities," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Wednesday statement commenting on the recent reports, adding it was "deeply concerned" about the development that creates "long-term threats to the security of all countries in t…
(2020-09-30). Ukrainian police investigate possible murder after suspicious death of US embassy staffer in Kiev. rt.com 
Police in Kiev have announced that a woman reported to be a US embassy staff member died in mysterious circumstances on Wednesday. She was found with head injuries in a wooded area of the city's western Shevchenkovsky district. | The woman, who later passed away in hospital, was carrying a United States embassy ID card with a name on it. The website nv.ua and other local media have identified her as 'Sanver Nikaelo.' However, the embassy's website does not mention any such employee, and there does not appear to be any trace online of a person with this name. It is possible that it is a transliteration from Ukr…
(2020-09-30). Azerbaijan has 'handed over' command of its Air Force ops in Nagorno-Karabakh to Turkey, Armenian defense ministry claims. rt.com 
The Azerbaijani military has passed control of its air force operations in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to Turkey, Yerevan claims. Ankara insists no Turkish aircraft was used in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. | Turkey's military command has allegedly been coordinating the Azerbaijani airstrikes against targets in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian defense ministry's spokeswoman, Shushan Stepanyan, said in a series of Twitter posts on Wednesday. |
(2020-09-30). Fokin fired: Ukraine's Zelensky sacks ex-PM from his Donbass peace delegation for saying Russia is not at war with Kiev. rt.com 
Former Prime Minister Vitold Fokin has been removed from Ukraine's delegation to the contact group tasked with regulating the Donbass conflict after remarks he made in Kiev's parliament that were deemed to be supportive of Russia. | The comments, which Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky's office called "appalling," were delivered in the Verkhovnaya Rada on Tuesday, where Fokin, Ukraine's first prime minister, was outlining his vision for how to achieve peace in the Donbass. | "I see no signs of a war [in the east of the country] between the Russian Federation and Ukraine," he replied in answer to a question…
(2020-09-30). 'Politicizing the issue': Russian Foreign Ministry accuses Merkel of using Navalny's alleged poisoning for political gain. rt.com 
Angela Merkel's visit to Alexey Navalny was an attempt to politicize the situation, according to Russia's Foreign Ministry. The German Chancellor dropped in to see the Russian opposition figure when he was hospitalized in Berlin. | Speaking to Komsomolskaya Pravda Radio, the Ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the chancellor's visit had "nothing to do with the desire to find the truth" about what happened to an opposition figure who was allegedly poisoned, and was simply a political decision. | "Many people ask why," Zakharova said, when questioned about Merkel's motives. "I think these questions…
(2020-09-30). Because of Russia, China and England — and Because Our Men Were Brave. strategic-culture.org On September 2, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper delivered a short and unconsciously enormously revealing — speech on 75th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945. | It was a routine speech for Esper, short and content free with no thought whatsoever in it, let alone any original one, and therefore entirely typical of his storied career. No major American or Western European wire service or other major mainstream news bothered carrying a word of it. Even for them, it was intellectually content free, vacuous. | Yet Esper's speech was also enormously important and revea…
(2020-09-30). Tehran-Moscow ties at best level. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) — Iran's envoy to Russia said the relations between Tehran and Moscow are currently at the best level and that the mutual ties are of particular importance to both sides.
(2020-09-30). UN nuclear watchdog inspects 2nd Iranian site. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that its officials have inspected the second of two atomic sites agreed with Iran.
(2020-09-30). The False Flag Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, AKA "Russia's Trump" dissidentvoice.org On August 20th, Russian opposition figure and self-styled "anti-corruption" activist Alexei Navalny fell seriously ill while in mid-flight from Tomsk, Siberia to the Russian capital. The Moscow-bound plane was abruptly re-routed to make an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk where the anti-Kremlin politician was subsequently hospitalized for suspected poisoning and placed in …
(2020-09-29). Trump Is Hellbent on Provoking a New Cold War. globalresearch.ca It's not just China that's victimized by Trump's MAGA strategy but Russia as well despite Trump's opponents continuing to claim that he's under the influence of Moscow. | *** | Trump's famous promise to "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) should have come …
(2020-09-29). Police departments across US report 'nationwide' 911 OUTAGE, possibly caused by Microsoft cloud glitch. rt.com 
A number of police departments around the United States have reported that their 911 services are down, a widespread outage believed to be linked to a glitch in Microsoft cloud computing platform Azure. | Police and sheriffs departments in at least Minnesota, Arizona, California, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania noted issues with their emergency call systems on Monday, directing residents to use alternative numbers while they work to correct the issue, allegedly caused by a technical failure in Microsoft's Azure cloud computing services. | No official explanation has yet been offered for the outages in…
(2020-09-29). Russia faces potential autumn Covid-19 hospital crisis as cases rise sharply & 90% of allocated beds are already in use. rt.com 
Almost 90 percent of the 129,000 hospital beds allocated for Covid-19 patients in Russia are occupied. That's according to Alexey Kuznetsov, an assistant to the country's Health Minister, who was speaking on Tuesday. | Kuznetsov's comments came as it was revealed that the number of daily cases in Russia has almost doubled in the last month. | At the peak of the outbreak in late spring, Russian hospitals rapidly managed to increase the number of available beds from 50,000 to 184,000. As case numbers began to fall off, the extra capacity was used for regular patient treatment. Now, with coronavirus cases rising,…
(2020-09-29). UN Security Council calls for 'immediate end' to Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory. rt.com 
Following an emergency meeting, on Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region contested by Armenia and Azerbaijan, and a return to "meaningful negotiations." | "The Security Council members voiced support for the call by the secretary-general on the sides to immediately stop fighting, de-escalate tensions and return to meaningful negotiations without delay," UNSC Chairman Abdou Abarry, representing Niger, said in a statement on Tuesday. | Abarry added that the council condemned the use of force and expressed concern about the clashes in the ar…
(2020-09-29). UN Security Council calls for 'immediate end' to Azerbaijan-Armenia clash in Nagorno-Karabakh. rt.com Following an emergency meeting, the UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and a return to "meaningful negotiations." | "The Security Council members voiced support for the call by the secretary-general on the sides to immediately stop fighting, de-escalate tensions and return to meaningful negotiations without delay," UNSC Chairman Abdou Abarry, representing Niger, said in a statement on Tuesday. | Abarry added that the council condemned the use of force and expressed concern about the clashes in the area. | Also on rt.com | | <...
(2020-09-29). In unprecedented step, UK & Canada impose sanctions on Lukashenko & other Belarus big wigs over 'rigged elections' & 'repression'. rt.com 
The British and Canadian governments imposed sanctions, on Tuesday, against long-time Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, along with his eldest son Viktor, and six other high-ranking officials in the state apparatus. | The sanctions mean that those on the list are banned from traveling to the UK and Canada, and any assets they hold in those countries will be immediately frozen. Lukashenko is the first world leader to be targeted by the new UK Global Human Rights sanctions regime. | "Alexander Lukashenko's regime is responsible for a string of human rights violations against opposition figures, media, an…
(2020-09-29). Netanyahu claims Hezbollah keeping 'secret arms depot' in residential Beirut. middleeasteye.net 
Netanyahu claims Hezbollah keeping 'secret arms depot' in residential Beirut | The Israeli leader made the unproven claim during the UN General Assembly and lambasted the world body over the Iran nuclear deal | Tue, 09/29/2020 – 18: 38 | Netanyahu called on the people of Lebanon to protest in order to prevent another blast similar to the Beirut port blast (AFP/File photo) | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta…
(2020-09-29). Nuclear threat against North Korea 'continues unabated', UN ambassador tells Assembly. news.un.org During the past several decades, North Korea has done "everything possible" to safeguard peace and security on the Korean peninsula, the country's representative told the UN high-level General Debate on Tuesday.
(2020-09-29). NYT Releases Sequel of Putin-the-Poisoner: the Incredulous Case of Mr. N. counterpunch.org The New York Times released sequel six in the best-selling Putin-the-Poisoner series on September 22. The incredibly gifted junior G-men and women in the Times Tower have sleuthed yet another episode of boundless evildoing by the arch-villain Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. "The editorial board," we are informed, "is a group of opinion journalists whose views are
(2020-09-29). Russia and Iran in Syria; Iran Prepares a Move on the Israeli Borders. globalresearch.ca There has been a lot of talk about a Russian-Iranian conflict of interest in Syria and the differences of priorities, goals, and about the deployment of the Iranian forces in different Syrian provinces, in particular in the south of Syria …
(2020-09-29). Democracy and Judgement Are Dying in the Light. strategic-culture.org The Washington Post was first published in 1877 and is a fine newspaper in spite of its sometimes swivel-eyed intolerance of all things Russian. Its admirable
(2020-09-29). Russian National Nikulin Sentenced by US Court to 7 Years in Prison Over Cybercrime. sputniknews.com The United States has accused Nikulin of illegally accessing a range of websites, including LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring, with the aim of fraud.
(2020-09-29). US DNI Releases Russian Intel Report Rejected by Lawmakers That Claims Clinton Ordered Russiagate. sputniknews.com US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe has released a Russian intelligence report dating to July 2016 that claimed then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton "approved" the spreading of a conspiracy theory linking then-Republican candidate Donald Trump to Moscow, which became the Russiagate scandal.
(2020-09-29). Kremlin urges halt to Karabakh fighting. yenisafak.com Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia wanted the fighting between ethnic Armenian and Azeri forces over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh to stop, and warned that talk of providing military support to either side only added fuel to the fire.Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Peskov added that Moscow was in constant contact with the authorities in Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan about the conflict.(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)…
(2020-09-29). The deep roots of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. yenisafak.com The escalation of border clashes along the Armenia-Azerbaijan frontier is the latest rekindling of a longstanding conflict between the two former Soviet countries.Some 20% of Azerbaijan's territory, including the Upper Karabakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh region, has remained under illegal occupation by Armenia for roughly three decades.Four UN Security Council and two UN General Assembly resolutions as well as decisions by many international organizations refer to this fact and demand the withdrawal of Armenia's occupying forces from Upper Karabakh and seven adjacent occupied regions of Azerbaijan.The occupied Upper Ka…
(2020-09-28). Will Michele Flournoy Be the Angel of Death for the American Empire? zcomm.org Picking Michelle Flournoy to lead the Pentagon would be a tragic indication that Biden is truly hell-bent on squandering America's future on a debilitating arms race with China and Russia…
(2020-09-28). Betrayal, Infuriating Betrayal. Russiagate and the Democrats. globalresearch.ca GR Editor's Note | This article does not mention explicitly that the grassroots of the Democratic Party has been misled and betrayed by high ranking members of their Party. We publish this article because it presents an important viewpoint which must …
(2020-09-28). Belarusian Nobel Literature prize winner & leading opposition figure Alexievich leaves country but insists she's not fleeing. rt.com 
Belarusian Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, a key member of the opposition's Coordination Council, has departed the country for Germany. Her assistant says she has left for personal reasons, and will soon return. | Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Belarusian to win the award. In recent months, she has become involved in the country's politics, supporting the opposition to President Alexander Lukashenko. | On August 19, Alexievich was elected to the seven-member presidium of the Coordination Council — an organization founded by former presidential candida…
(2020-09-28). Armenia warns it will deploy Russian-made Iskander missiles if Turkey uses American-built F-16 jets in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. rt.com 
Armenia is prepared to use Russian-made Iskander ballistic missiles in the Nagorno-Karabakh region if Turkey deploys its American-built F-16 fighter jets in support of the Azeri offensive, officials insisted on Monday. | However, Yerevan, while calling the F-16s a "Sword of Damocles" hanging over the people of the disputed enclave, said it hopes the situation won't escalate to that extent. | The Armenian ambassador to Russia Vardan Toganyan said on Monday that "all measures, including the Islanders," were on the table if Ankara deployed the jets. | However, he added, the time for that has not come yet. Accordi…
(2020-09-28). Renewed Azerbaijan/Armenia conflict a new threat to Russia's delicate balancing act with key player Turkey. rt.com 
Azerbaijan has never forgotten its 1990s humiliation at the hands of Armenia. Now stronger than its sworn enemy, and emboldened by Turkish support, Baku's assertiveness is creating a headache for Moscow. | Russian president Vladimir Putin once complained that communist leader Vladimir Lenin had placed a 'time bomb' under Russia. He had in mind the introduction of the federal principle after Lenin's Bolsheviks took power in 1917. Lenin gave national minorities their own republics within the Soviet Union. In so doing, he created a situation which allowed those republics to secede from the Union once communist po…
(2020-09-28). Turkey hiring Syrian rebels to fight Armenians for Azerbaijan, Guardian claims as Baku calls mercenary reports 'nonsense'. rt.com 
Rebels from Syria's Idlib province are being recruited by Turkey to fight in Azerbaijan's conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, just as it has done in Libya, the Guardian reported citing several of the militants. | Idlib is Syria's northwestern province, and the last bastion of the Turkish-backed militants once hoping to effect regime change in Damascus. It is there the recruitment drive for Azerbaijan began a month ago, three rebels told the Guardian's Bethan McKernan. Two brothers from Azaz said they had been summoned to a camp in Afrin on September 13 and told by a commander in the Sultan Murad Divis…
(2020-09-28). Armenia claims Azerbaijani artillery attacks are intensifying as Nagorno-Karabakh officials allege they've downed Azeri warplane. rt.com 
Fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh intensified, on Monday, with heavy civilian and military casualties reported amid disputed claims of an Azeri warplane being shot down. | Azerbaijani troops and forces from Nagorno-Karabakh have been trading artillery and rocket fire, with the population of much of Karabakh told to seek shelter. Meanwhile, Armenia has declared a general mobilization and barred men between the ages of 18 and 55 from leaving the country, except with the approval of military authorities. | The most intense attacks took place in the Aras…
(2020-09-28). Russia and Cuba Strengthen International Cooperation and Ties. telesurenglish.net Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Monday held a meeting with Cuba's Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas to foster mutual cooperation and support in the international arena. | RELATED: | "Russia and Cuba share the same principles of international law and ideals of justice, which puts both countries on the right side of history," Lavrov said. | He pointed out that the two nations belong to the gro…
(2020-09-28). Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media's Role in Status Quo. scheerpost.com By Maj. (ret.) Danny Sjursen / Original to Scheerpost It is an old journalistic trope: no one reads the correction … or the retraction. No matter how serious the error or profound the implications of the misreporting. Like, let's say the entire range of mainstream media took the word of unnamed intelligence sources as gospel and reported that the only other nuclear superpower — which supposedly… |
(2020-09-28). Despite Calls to Support Armenia, India Should Take Its Cues from Russia, Analysts Say. sputniknews.com Both Azerbaijan and Armenia have blamed each other for triggering the latest round of hostilities over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which has been disputed between the two countries since the 1980s. Major powers, including Russia, Iran, and the US, have called for defusing the tensions. Turkey, on the other hand, has backed Azerbaijan.
(2020-09-28). Settlement on Korean Peninsula Should Move From Words to Deeds, Russian FM Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – It is necessary to move from words to deeds in the Korean settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.