Новости за 13.06.2019

The Western narrative of WWII has always downplayed the Soviet contribution to Germany's eventual defeat. 

This is twice that Russian President Putin has said on the global stage the Federal Reserve Note no longer deserves the status and privilege of “world reserve currency” that allows unlimited printing of the currency.

At the recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum held in St. Petersburg Russia, comments by two of the world leaders in attendance provided us with a very clear vision of where the global geopolitical reality is headed.  It also provides us with a picture of the unanticipated repercussions of Washington's flawed model of diplomacy; rather than Washington versus Russia and China separately, the leaders of both nations made their agenda and relationship quite transparent.

The much-acclaimed series ‘Chernobyl’ tells the story of the 1986 nuclear disaster and the authorities’ attempts to play it down. Ironically, 33 years on, it’s Western leaders who need to learn how to be honest and transparent.

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“My religion defines who I am. And I’ve been a practicing Catholic my whole life,” said Vice President Joe Biden in 2012. “I accept my church’s position on abortion as … doctrine. Life begins at conception. … I just refuse to impose that on others.”