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Fringe practicing wanton destruction for destruction’s sake surely have learned tactics from European black blocs

“We have been overwhelmed and have responded valiantly. Now we need breathing room. Our city is maxed out financially, physically, and emotionally.”-Former Lewiston Mayor Larry Raymond

For the last twenty years, Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning that Iran is “six months away” from having an atomic bomb, demanding sanctions, and inching the US toward war with Iran. Israel has been working behind the scenes – with the US – for just as long.

Authorities in Russia’s Samara Region are ready to begin construction of a 4km-long (2.5 miles) bridge across the Volga; it is the first part of an ambitious international traffic corridor linking Europe with Western China.

Moscow just celebrated 872 years since its first mention in historical records (AD 1147). Back then, the city was little more than a small settlement on the Moscow River, which was later fortified. Alexander Nevsky considered it the least valuable of his possessions. But through the centuries of Mongol dominance in the South, Moscow's power and influence grew, having the advantage of being--for the most part--beyond the range of Tatar raids.

In a recent interview with Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin had some very interesting and accurate comments about the current political situation in the United States, particularly as it relates to America's middle class.  Here are some of the key comments:

It’s been a summer of unrest in Hong Kong, and the Western mainstream press has been in uproar providing non-stop coverage of what they’ve described as a “pro-democracy movement fighting for freedom” against the repressive Chinese government. 

Yellow Vests protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s globalist economic policies hit France for the 44th weekend in a row. Things got especially heated in Nantes in north-western France. Clashes between police and exclusively ethnic-European protesters left several people injured.

With Hong Kong’s mass protests in the news in recent weeks, it will probably come across to many as an isolated incident. This incident is perhaps reminiscent of other upheavals exhibited by many countries over the last 20 years per the Color Revolution playbook. However, the reality is that what is going on is just one tiny piece in a large geopolitical chess board that has emerged in recent years in Asia, and one that is definitely accelerating in importance, as emerging economies convert their... Читать дальше...

Two weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian President Narendra Modi at a three-day forum in Vladivostok. Other regional leaders also attended.

The total value of investment projects approved by the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has exceeded $10 billion, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Iceland’s presence in the Arctic and the nation’s NATO membership helps protect the interests of the United States and 28 other members of the military alliance, US Vice President Mike Pence said during a visit to the island nation.

The conscientious judges of the European Court of Human Rights published a judgement a fortnight ago which utterly exploded the version of events promulgated by Western governments and media in the case of the late Mr Magnitskiy. Yet I can find no truthful report of the judgement in the mainstream media at all.