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See the detailed coverage below in Ukraine SITREP June 24, 2015 by Scott
Scandal
in Kyrgyzstan After Protest Organizer Seen With US Diplomat
A
media scandal has broken out in the Central Asian republic of
Kyrgyzstan following the posting of a YouTube video showing a protest
organizer meeting with the American ambassador.
Sputnik News,
25 June, 2015
On Wednesday, a few dozen people organized by civil society and rights groups gathered in front of the presidential building in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, protesting a government initiative to hold a referendum which would make changes to the country's constitution. Protesters attached portraits of government officials with their faces crossed out to the presidential building's gates, and carried banners saying "Do Not Sell the Country!" and "Do Not Rape the Constitution."
25 June, 2015
On Wednesday, a few dozen people organized by civil society and rights groups gathered in front of the presidential building in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, protesting a government initiative to hold a referendum which would make changes to the country's constitution. Protesters attached portraits of government officials with their faces crossed out to the presidential building's gates, and carried banners saying "Do Not Sell the Country!" and "Do Not Rape the Constitution."
Еще
раз! В Бишкеке прошел НЕМНОГОЧИСЛЕННЫЙ
митинг против поправок в Конституцию.
Приняли участите около 50 чел.
pic.twitter.com/NAln2Q6uf9
— Ivan
Info (@monitor4press) 24 июня 2015
"Again!"
A small rally in Bishkek against amendments to the Constitution.
Attended by about 50 people."
The
constitutional changes proposed in the referendum, which set to take
place this fall, include a series of initiatives amending the
composition of the Constitutional Chamber, the structure of the
Supreme Court, and measures aimed at strengthening party control over
parliamentary deputies. If it goes through, it would be the ninth
time Kyrgyzstan's constitution has been amended since the country's
independence in 1992. The current constitution, adopted in 2010, was
approved by the Council of Europe's Venice Commission, and prohibits
further amendments until 2020.
But
the scandal, which broke out on Wednesday evening, was over an
anonymous YouTube video which showed protest organizer Nurbek
Toktakunov, leader of local NGO 'Precedent', meeting with US Charge
d'Affaires Richard Miles shortly after the protest
In the description accompanying the video, which shows Toktakunov at the protest, and then arriving at his office, after which white SUVs with US diplomatic plates arrive at his office, the author asked:
"What
was the reason behind the American ambassador's meeting with an
ordinary NGO organizer? Perhaps Toktakunov was accounting for his
work before the Americans –for organizing the protest rally?"
Gaining
wide attention in local media, the scandal forced Toktakunov to
attempt to explain the meeting with Miles, who has been described as
a 'genius of color revolutions'. The civil society organizer told
Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg that "the meeting had been planned for
a long time. The original meeting was scheduled for June 18, but I
was busy and forgot, so they [the US Embassy] carried it forward to
the 24th. It had no relation to yesterday's events."
Toktakunov's
explanation has not calmed the Kyrgyz media's fears. Since Miles'
appointment as Charge d'Affaires in February, local media have
repeatedly recalled that the veteran diplomat had previously worked
in countries which underwent color revolutions, including Serbia and
Georgia.
Having
experienced a color revolution in 2005, the country's journalists'
worries were heightened in April, when it was revealed that the US
had sent a mysterious Ukrainian-owned plane with over 150 tons of
'diplomatic mail' from the UAE to its embassy in Bishkek. Media have
not ruled out that the 'diplomatic cargo' could be used for planning
another color revolution in the country.
ISIS creates province in Russia's south
The
Islamic State is expanding. ISIS terrorists have announced the
creation of a "province" in the North Caucasus after
terrorists of "Caucasus Emirate" organization swore to
fight for ISIS namely in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia,
Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.
Armenia
police regroup as Yerevan ‘electric protests’ charge up
RT,
26
November, 2014
Extra
police units have been brought into central Yerevan to stave off
growing crowds in the Armenian capital. The week-long mass protest,
which organizers claim to be apolitical, is directed against the
government’s move to increase electricity prices.
Up
to 20,000 people were singing, dancing and waving Armenian tricolors
just hundreds of yards from the presidential palace on Friday night,
but tension at the daily demonstrations, which have been going on for
more than a week, have been growing.
There's now something like a buffer zone between protesters and police. #ElectricYerevan.pic.twitter.com/db0BEN1PR9
— Ilya Petrenko (@ilpetrenko_rt) June 26, 2015
Throughout
the day police have been protecting government buildings and stopping
splinter groups from marching to other parts of the city, forcing
demonstrators into a single large gathering. On Friday evening
several hundred more riot police were deployed to the area amid
reports of protesters’ attempts to block nearby streets.
Riot police are regrouping. #ElectricYerevanpic.twitter.com/yJ6v40B4qs
— Ilya Petrenko (@ilpetrenko_rt) June 26, 2015
Protesters
have slung accusations of corruption at their own government but say
they are not looking to overthrow their leadership. One prominent
banner at the demonstration read “This is Baghramian [the name of
the street where protesters have gathered] not Maidan” – the name
of the square where Ukrainian protests eventually toppled Viktor
Yanukovich 18 months ago.
Meanwhile
the Armenian president, according to his press service, noted on
Friday that there were no “anti-Russian sentiments” at the
protest, and that the activists themselves “prove the absurdity of
these assumptions.” He acknowledged the earnest discontent of the
people, but insisted the hikes were inevitable due to high inflation
and rising generation costs.
On
Thursday, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian promised relief for 105,000
of the poorest families in the country of 3 million people, but said
the government had no plans to reverse the increases, which come into
force on August 1.
Alongside
the freezing of electricity tariffs, protesters are demanding that
the use of force by police officers earlier this week be
investigated. However, the demonstrators rejected two offers of
direct meetings with president Serzh Sargsyan, saying they do not
want a compromise solution.
Ukraine SITREP June 24, 2015 by Scott
New
trends emerging these past seven days . Where is Russia’s national
reserve funds, gold reserves, and Hermitage collections? (I will post
more on this tomorrow.) Is China joining sanctions against Russia?
Russia’s elite circles its wagons around the President. The
Russia’s military take political charge. The pro-Western liberal
fraction in the government runs the banks. Will RCB be sidelined
before doing more damage? The capital flow out of Russia has
significantly decreased. Maidan in Armenia? Watch for people in red
t-shirts with loudspeakers. People in red on Kiev Maidan, Moscow
Bolotnaya square, and Erevan, Armenia. Russia is building new
ultra-modern port to bypass the Baltic countries oil and gas
terminals. The NATO occupation of Ukraine grows with Canada’s
troops.
Do
you ever store your files using cloud computing? Now, it’s becoming
a subject of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations that bans
Russia.
Obama’s
Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) will de-industrialize Germany
and France.
In
order to start de-industrialization of Germany and France, the US has
to completely cut off the gas and oil supply from Russia. That’s
why for the US is not enough to control the governments of the
transmitting countries. The US has already controls them. Now, the US
wants to take custody ever the Gasprom European assets. That’s why
they orchestrated the extra-judicial decision on the frivolous Yukos
case.
De-Industrialization
of Germany will start in due course and it will be as ferocious as
anything the US and the EU are doing to Russia now.
Our
concern here is for the well being of Russia.
The
Russia’s defense industry remains “the driving force for the
development of innovations, including dual-purpose and civilian ones
in such branches of the economy as energy, engineering,
communications, microelectronics and some other.” Putin’s
speech at ceremony opening ARMY-2015International
Military-Technical Forum
As
for the lost of the European integration, Yevgeny
Satanovsky expressed the prevailing Russian sentiment:
“Thanks
to the European consensus our own kind of decision making emerged in
this country, under which the ruling elite have rallied quite firmly
around the President. No matter if it is good or bad. But if for the
sake of our values we will have to sacrifice you with your European
values, it will become your problem,” –
Satanovsky responded to the representative of the European Union.”
Satanovsky responded to the representative of the European Union.”
We
are still watching as the politicians from Donetsk and Lugansk try to
consolidate Ukraine under their authority.
NATO
is moving its armies to the Russian front. The West expects that as a
result of this war on Russia, Putin’s government will be toppled
over by the pro-Western liberal elite. They will break the country
apart into multiple small fiefdoms, with Baltic countries, Ukraine,
Georgia, Turkey and Poland demanding parts of Russia’s territories,
with the issuing wars all over the country, and with NATO coming in
and “restoring the order” which will result in the complete
extermination of the Russian people.
“But
history is about power, and the West is using its power to press
Russia hard. But obviously, nothing is more dangerous than wounding a
bear. Killing him is better, but killing Russia has not proved
easy.”Viewing
Russia From the Inside by George Friedman, Stratfor Global
Intelligence
This
“Kill Russia” scenario has become unlikely since this past Friday
July 19, 2015 General Shoigu openly declared Russia’s military as a
political and economic power player. The Russia’s military won’t
sit on their hands, like they have done through the 90s and 2000s.
Today Russia’s military is the biggest investor in Russia’s
scientific research, space and communication, industries,
agriculture, and higher education. Russia’s military is also the
biggest employer in Russia. With 850,000 men and women on active duty
and 2 million reservist, with many millions of people in public and
private companies and universities working to fulfill military
tenders and selling to the military everything from bread and butter,
construction material, road maintenance, satellites, to research in
science, politics, and medicine. The military of Russia has just
casually announced that it is firmly taking a place on Russia’s
political stage. [Source]
[Source]
[Source]
Russia’s
military has always been the healthiest part of Russian society. Even
in the darkest times of Stalinism Russia’s military officers
subscribed to the idea that they served the country and not the
government. They stood aside in the 90s. They had never expressed
their opinions on the liberal economic reforms and privatization.
During
the Washington-backed liberal tyranny of the 90s, Russia’s military
officers corpus had become an object of political and economic
attacks, and a vicious PR campaign, indented to humiliate, belittle,
and vilify. Those attacks, fully consistent with the US government’s
interests, pushed Russia’s military officers, retired and on active
duty, to consolidate and to create a network of nonprofit patriotic
organizations, secret and public.
To
see how well these societies are organized and how they function,
just look at what has been achieved during this NATO Ukrainian war.
Considering that Russia’s government wanted to do nothing or very
little, most of what we witness today has been done by volunteers.
[Source]
The
plundering of the army by the former defense minister, Anatoly
Serdyukov, Medvedev’s appointee, put the military on the verge of a
revolt. [Source]
The
morale of Russia’s military officers corpus has always been based
in their core belief that they are on a quest to protect Russia,
regardless of who is ruling the country. They like to say that
“governments come and go, but Russia remains.” At this point of
history, they decided that to serve the country better they have to
start participating in its political and economical decision making.
“Some
people say that the military should not be involved in political
processes, some say the direct opposite. We will order a study on the
phenomenon of color revolutions and the military’s role in their
prevention,” Shoigu
told the participants of the Army-2015 political forum Friday.
“We
have no right to allow the repetitions of the collapses of 1991 and
1993,” he said. “How to do it is another story, but it is clear
that we must deal with the situation. We must understand how to
prevent this and how to teach the younger generation so that it
supported the calm and gradual development of our country.”
This
is a truly pivotal moment in Russia’s development. It has direct
historical ties to the traditional role the military played in the
governance, politics, and culture, of the Russian Empire.
2.
ADM Averts DQ With Waiver After $54M FCPA Fine. A curious case of the
Western “justice.“[Source]
Law360, New York (June 4, 2015, 4:45 PM ET) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission granted Archer Daniels Midland Co. a waiver Wednesday from a regulatory disqualification the agricultural giant faced over a $54 million settlement it entered in 2013 to end a U.S. probe of bribes that subsidiaries paid to Ukrainian and other officials.
Law360, New York (June 4, 2015, 4:45 PM ET) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission granted Archer Daniels Midland Co. a waiver Wednesday from a regulatory disqualification the agricultural giant faced over a $54 million settlement it entered in 2013 to end a U.S. probe of bribes that subsidiaries paid to Ukrainian and other officials.
The
order from the commission allows ADM to hold onto its status as a
well-known seasoned issuer, enabling it to continue to offer and sell
securities under an automatic shelf registration statement. The
multinational would have otherwise lost this privilege over the
guilty plea one of its subsidiaries entered in December 2013 as part
of the joint settlement with the SEC and the U.S. Department of
Justice, because entry of such judgments automatically strips
companies of their WKSI status for three years.
“Such
a determination would be a significant detriment to ADM and its
stockholders because it would substantially increase the time, labor,
and money that ADM would need to spend to gain access to the United
States capital markets,” an attorney for ADM wrote in a letter
requesting the relief.
Regulatory
waivers have been deeply controversial at the SEC, as the
commission’s two Democratic members have slammed what they view as
a rubber-stamp process that has spared recidivist financial
institutions from some of the consequences of their alleged, and at
points acknowledged, wrongdoing.
The
exact breakdown of the vote on the ADM request could not be
determined immediately, although Commissioner Kara Stein, a frequent
critic of waivers, voted against it. The time between when the
company submitted its request, May 1, and when relief was granted,
June 3, also indicates the board likely engaged in some debate over
the merits of the claim.
“Based
on the facts and representations in the company’s May 1, 2015
request, and assuming [ADM subsidiary Alfred C. Toepfer International
Ukraine Ltd.] complies with the terms of the plea agreement, the
commission has determined that the company has made a showing of good
cause that the company will not be considered an ineligible issuer by
reason of the entry of the plea agreement,” the order states.
ADM’s
request letter to the SEC sought to satisfy agency requirements laid
out in staff guidance issued in April 2014, when the company answered
questions about who was responsible for the misconduct, how long it
lasted and what remedial steps the company has since taken.
According
to its letter, the guilty plea by Toepfer Ukraine “exclusively
concerns” a handful of now-former employees of the company and a
German affiliate who, between 2002 and 2008, made “improper
payments” to intermediaries in a bid to secure value-added tax
refunds owed to Toepfer Ukraine. The payments did not relate to ADM’s
own regulatory disclosures, nor were there any allegations of fraud
in conjunction with the scheme, the letter said.
ADM further stated the misconduct was hidden from the company itself at the time. The company has since strengthened its global anti-corruption compliance controls as part of its remedial efforts, it said.
“We do not believe this misconduct under the [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act] of subsidiaries constitutes the type of ongoing risk to the reliability of disclosures made by ADM under the Securities Act that would warrant denial of this request,” the company said.
ADM said it has used its automatic shelf privileges extensively, having issued $4.45 billion in debt securities and $1.75 billion in equity offerings since September 2006. It also has used its WKSI status to register $1.15 billion in convertible debt securities for resale.
“In light of the foregoing, we believe that disqualification of ADM as an ineligible issuer is not necessary under the circumstances — either in the public interest or for the protection of investors — and that ADM has shown good cause for the requested relief to be granted,” the letter said.
ADM was represented by W. Morgan Burns of Faegre Baker Daniels.
The case is Securities and Exchange Commission v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., case number 2:13-cv-02279, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
ADM further stated the misconduct was hidden from the company itself at the time. The company has since strengthened its global anti-corruption compliance controls as part of its remedial efforts, it said.
“We do not believe this misconduct under the [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act] of subsidiaries constitutes the type of ongoing risk to the reliability of disclosures made by ADM under the Securities Act that would warrant denial of this request,” the company said.
ADM said it has used its automatic shelf privileges extensively, having issued $4.45 billion in debt securities and $1.75 billion in equity offerings since September 2006. It also has used its WKSI status to register $1.15 billion in convertible debt securities for resale.
“In light of the foregoing, we believe that disqualification of ADM as an ineligible issuer is not necessary under the circumstances — either in the public interest or for the protection of investors — and that ADM has shown good cause for the requested relief to be granted,” the letter said.
ADM was represented by W. Morgan Burns of Faegre Baker Daniels.
The case is Securities and Exchange Commission v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., case number 2:13-cv-02279, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
3.
Deployment of Canadian training troops to Ukraine delayed – mission
still has to be worked out[Source]
Canadian soldiers will also hit the ground just as the Harper government prepares to do electoral battle on the campaign trail at home in advance of the Oct. 19 vote.
Canadian soldiers will also hit the ground just as the Harper government prepares to do electoral battle on the campaign trail at home in advance of the Oct. 19 vote.
The
plan to send 200 troops for nearly two years to help strengthen the
Ukrainian Army was announced with much political fanfare in
mid-April, yet specifics on how the two-year mission will unfold have
yet to be worked out.
4. 1991
– In 5 years, we shall be living as they do in France.
2004 – In 10 years, we shall be living as they do in Poland.
2015 – in 20 years, we shall be living as we did under Yankovich
2004 – In 10 years, we shall be living as they do in Poland.
2015 – in 20 years, we shall be living as we did under Yankovich
Donetsk
Donbass Novorossia
1. Donetsk Republic will conduct planned evacuation of civilians from the area under Kiev’s militants fire [Source]
1. Donetsk Republic will conduct planned evacuation of civilians from the area under Kiev’s militants fire [Source]
2.
Valentina Lisitsa (Drone Journalism #12) Донецк – Валентина
Лисица – Беспилотник Грэма (#4)Valentina
Lisitsa gives concert to people of Donetsk
At the evening June 22, the world-renowned American pianist of Ukrainian birth and upbringing, Valentina Lisitsa, performed an outdoor concert at Lenin Komsomol Park in the city of Donetsk. The concert was dedicated to the 74th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War.
Lisitsa and the Academic Symphony Orchestra performed Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7. Donetsk is the home city of iconic Russian composer Sergei Prokoviev.
At the evening June 22, the world-renowned American pianist of Ukrainian birth and upbringing, Valentina Lisitsa, performed an outdoor concert at Lenin Komsomol Park in the city of Donetsk. The concert was dedicated to the 74th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War.
Lisitsa and the Academic Symphony Orchestra performed Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7. Donetsk is the home city of iconic Russian composer Sergei Prokoviev.
3. Roman
Khramenkov is appointed as Acting mayor of Gorlovka
24th of June, 2015. Donetsk People’s Republic, Novorossiya.
24th of June, 2015. Donetsk People’s Republic, Novorossiya.
Former
mayor of Yenakiyevo Roman Khramenkov was appointed Acting mayor of
Gorlovka, the head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko told journalists
yesterday.
“I
want to introduce you to a man who was the mayor of Yenakiyevo. From
now on, he’ll head Gorlovka. We’re transferring him from one city
to another. He earned our trust by his work in Yenakiyevo, where he
established policies, so, he’d understand how to work here. I’d
ask you to welcome and support him,” – Zakharchenko said.
During
the fighting in the Debaltsevo cauldron in February, as mayor in
Yenakiyevo, Khramenkov gained notice for his competence in evacuating
villages ravaged in the battle. Immediately after the DPR forces
liberated Debaltsevo, Khramenkov took on the task of planning repairs
in Uglegorsk and built the first new roads under DPR auspices.
“At
this stage, we’ll work together with you, and thanks to your
support, we’ll restore the good name of Gorlovka, to rebuild its
civil society,” – Khramenkov told Zakharchenko.
Roman
Khramenkov was born in 1978, having lived in Yenakiyevo since 1998.
He completed higher education in medicine and administration
(National Academy for Public Administration under the President of
Ukraine), and he’s taken some legal studies.
4. Ukrainian
forces have violated the ceasefire regime 10 times over the last 24
hours
24th of June, 2015. Donetsk People’s Republic, Novorossiya.
24th of June, 2015. Donetsk People’s Republic, Novorossiya.
Ukrainian
forces have violated the ceasefire regime 10 times over the last 24
hours, the DPR Defense Ministry told the Donetsk News Agency.
“In
the course of the past 24 hours, we have recorded 10 instances of
shelling on the part of the Ukrainian forces. They fired 54 mortars
of 82-mm and 120-mm caliber on the DPR territory. Besides, the enemy
used grenade launchers and small arms. Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk
(Petrovskiy district, Donetsk airport), Logvinovo, Spartak,
Naberezhnoye. The information on the civilian and military casualties
is being specified,” – the DPR Defense Ministry said.
Russia
2.
I have a great idea for Russia’s next sanction against the West.
A state law that “vodka” is the national product brand name with Russia as protected designation. It should be only allowed to use for the products made on the territory of Russia.
The precedent with the French cognac is here: “It is clear … that the registration of a mark containing a geographical indication, or the generic term corresponding to that indication and its translation, with respect to spirit drinks which do not meet the specifications [for the name falls under the EU laws on protected
designations] and that the competent national authorities must … refuse or invalidate the registration of such a mark,” the court said.
A state law that “vodka” is the national product brand name with Russia as protected designation. It should be only allowed to use for the products made on the territory of Russia.
The precedent with the French cognac is here: “It is clear … that the registration of a mark containing a geographical indication, or the generic term corresponding to that indication and its translation, with respect to spirit drinks which do not meet the specifications [for the name falls under the EU laws on protected
designations] and that the competent national authorities must … refuse or invalidate the registration of such a mark,” the court said.
3.
The Council of the EU has renewed its economic sanctions against
Russia for 6 months, following COREPER’s agreement to do so last
week . The source document
COUNCIL
DECISION (CFSP) 2015/971 of 22 June 2015 amending Decision
2014/512/CFSPconcerning
restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the
situation in Ukraine
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.157.01.0050.01.ENG
4.
Ron Paul Warns Seizure Of Russian Assets Will Hasten Dollar
Demise [Source]
After 70-plus years of a depreciating dollar the rest of the world is rebelling against this massive transfer of wealth.
According to the following reader’s comment there is a precedent when the same court’s decision not being enforced. This is something for Russia’s legal team to use.
After 70-plus years of a depreciating dollar the rest of the world is rebelling against this massive transfer of wealth.
According to the following reader’s comment there is a precedent when the same court’s decision not being enforced. This is something for Russia’s legal team to use.
Readers
comment: Paveway IV – “Why
is nobody seizing Israeli assets in France or Belgium to satisfy a
Swiss ruling for the $1.2 billion in compensation they owe Iran for
stealing the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline from
them?
Same international court in Switzerland. Same monetary judgment. Israel has refused to pay back a dime. France and Belgium both have plenty of Israeli assets they can seize.
Do international court settlements only count if the U.S. doesn’t like the country? Hell, you know that if the judgment was against Iran we would already be Tomahawking their ass for ‘payment’.
Why is Israel more important to the U.S. than Russia? What dual-citizen Israeli-firster traitor in congress decided THAT on behalf of the entire United States?”
Same international court in Switzerland. Same monetary judgment. Israel has refused to pay back a dime. France and Belgium both have plenty of Israeli assets they can seize.
Do international court settlements only count if the U.S. doesn’t like the country? Hell, you know that if the judgment was against Iran we would already be Tomahawking their ass for ‘payment’.
Why is Israel more important to the U.S. than Russia? What dual-citizen Israeli-firster traitor in congress decided THAT on behalf of the entire United States?”
With
sanctions against Russia the US started de-industrialization of
Germany and France
Russland-Krise kostet Europa bis zu 100 Milliarden Euro
Wladimir Putin hat stets gewarnt, dass die Sanktionen gegen Russland Europa selbst schaden. Die EU bestreitet das. Ökonomen haben jetzt errechnet, wie teuer die Krise wird – vor allem für Deutschland.
Russland-Krise kostet Europa bis zu 100 Milliarden Euro
Wladimir Putin hat stets gewarnt, dass die Sanktionen gegen Russland Europa selbst schaden. Die EU bestreitet das. Ökonomen haben jetzt errechnet, wie teuer die Krise wird – vor allem für Deutschland.
Russland-Krise kostet Europa bis zu 100 Milliarden Euro
Wladimir Putin hat stets gewarnt, dass die Sanktionen gegen Russland Europa selbst schaden. Die EU bestreitet das. Ökonomen haben jetzt errechnet, wie teuer die Krise wird – vor allem für Deutschland.
Russland-Krise kostet Europa bis zu 100 Milliarden Euro
Wladimir Putin hat stets gewarnt, dass die Sanktionen gegen Russland Europa selbst schaden. Die EU bestreitet das. Ökonomen haben jetzt errechnet, wie teuer die Krise wird – vor allem für Deutschland.
The
economic crisis in Russia has far worse consequences for the
countries of the European Union (EU) and Switzerland, as previously
expected.
According to a calculation by the Austrian Institute for economic
research (Wifo), are in Europe far more than two million jobs and
around 100 billion euros in value in danger.
The
scientists in their study, the exclusively for the Alliance of
leading European Newspapers (LENA) have created a “Worst-Case”
scenario. “The Exportausfälle, we are in the autumn of last year,
at worst, had adopted, have become a reality,” says Oliver Fritz,
one of three authors of the study. Played sanctions against Russia
and the Russian response, a crucial role. “Changed the situation
does not, in principle, is expected to be our particularly
pessimistic scenario occur.”
“Washington’s
gambit in the Spratly’s is an attempt to reverse the tide, derail
China’s current trajectory and insert the US as the regional
kingpin who writes the rules and picks the winners. As Sec-Def Carter
said in an earlier speech at the McCain Institute in Arizona, “There
are already more than 525 million middle class consumers in Asia, and
there will be 3.2 billion in the region by 2030.” US corporations
want the lion’s-share of those customers so they can peddle their
widgets, goose their stock prices and pump up their quarterly
profits. Carter’s
job is
to help them achieve that objective.”
As
author Bart Gruzalski notes in his excellent article at Counterpunch,
“China and Russia are creating alternatives that threaten the
dollar’s status as the sole dominant international currency. By
instituting trade alternatives to the dollar, they challenge the
value of the dollar and so threaten the US economy.” (“An
Economic Reason for the US vs. China Conflict”, Bart Gruzalski,
CounterPunch)
The
US attacked Russia in December 2013;
The US attacked China in June 2015;
The US will attack Germany after Germany signs TAFTA agreement in about December 2016.
The US attacked China in June 2015;
The US will attack Germany after Germany signs TAFTA agreement in about December 2016.
Obama’s
Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) will de-industrialize Germany
and France
In order to start de-industrialization of Germany and France, the US has to completely cut off the gas and oil supply from Russia. That’s why for the US is not enough to control the governments of the transmitting countries. The US has already controls them. Now, the US wants to take custody ever the Gasprom European assets. That’s why they orchestrated the extra-judicial decision on the frivolous Yukos case.
De-Industrialization of Germany will start in due course and it will be as ferocious as anything the US and the Eu are doing to Russia now.
In order to start de-industrialization of Germany and France, the US has to completely cut off the gas and oil supply from Russia. That’s why for the US is not enough to control the governments of the transmitting countries. The US has already controls them. Now, the US wants to take custody ever the Gasprom European assets. That’s why they orchestrated the extra-judicial decision on the frivolous Yukos case.
De-Industrialization of Germany will start in due course and it will be as ferocious as anything the US and the Eu are doing to Russia now.
Our
concern here is for the well being of Russia.
What
if Russia catapults the de-industrialization of Germany and France
today, not weighting for TAFTA being sign. Russia can do this by
simply turning off gas and demanding the immediate removal and the
war crime process over Kiev Junta.
Hegemon’s
attacks around Russia
2.
Maidan in Armenia. Is Armenia next to go up in flames?
On
Twitter, Ukraine
Reporter @StateOfUkraine • Anti-govt protest in #Yerevan
#Armenia is following the Maidan pattern: govt crackdown on
protestors have now fueled an even larger protest.
Olga Klymenko @OlgaK2013 #Nuland’s Lavash:) #ElectricYerevan #ElectricArmenia #Armenia
Rose_Anna @avaruza • Mar 23 U.S. expert: #Washington sent #Nuland to #Armenia to organize coup there – Հորիզոն շաբաթաթերթ – Horizon Weekly
Olga Klymenko @OlgaK2013 #Nuland’s Lavash:) #ElectricYerevan #ElectricArmenia #Armenia
Rose_Anna @avaruza • Mar 23 U.S. expert: #Washington sent #Nuland to #Armenia to organize coup there – Հորիզոն շաբաթաթերթ – Horizon Weekly
“PanARMENIAN.Net
– While Washington works assiduously to undermine the Minsk
agreement that German chancellor Merkel and French president Hollande
achieved in order to halt the military conflict in
Ukraine, Washington
has sent Victoria Nuland to Armenia to organize a “color
revolution” or coup there, has sent Richard Miles as ambassador to
Kyrgyzstan to do the same there, and has sent Pamela Spratlen as
ambassador to Uzbekistan to purchase that government’s allegiance
away from Russia.
The result would be to break up the Collective Security Treaty
Organization and present Russia and China with destabilization where
they can least afford it, Paul Craig Roberts says in a piece titled
“Russia Under Attack” published on his website.”
“On
March 18 the Secretary General of NATO denounced the peace settlement
between Russia and Georgia that ended Georgia’s military assault on
South Ossetia. The NATO Secretary General said that NATO rejects the
settlement because it “hampers ongoing efforts by the international
community to strengthen security and stability in the region.” Look
closely at this statement. It defines the “international community”
as Washington’s NATO puppet states, and it defines strengthening
security and stability as removing buffers between Russia and Georgia
so that Washington can position military bases in Georgia directly on
Russia’s border, Roberts says.”
stephan
herzog Feb 18 Next #Maidan #Coup #Armenia? #Nuland
met Feb18 w/ representative of 3 Armenia #NGO closed meet:
Nuland
reminds Armenia of humanity
in February 2015 and chided Armenia for their inhumanity towards
Azerbaijani captives.Azerbaijan’s
media also claim that Armenian government loses last chance
Radio Free Armenia claims that clashes expected of around 40 000 ppl. follow LIVE:
Radio Free Armenia claims that clashes expected of around 40 000 ppl. follow LIVE:
“Called
#Armenia about the situation in the republic.
Answer: ‘Armen, dear, two days working, no sleep.'”Армен
Гаспарян@A_Gasparyan Связался
с Арменией по ситуации в республике.
Ответ: “Армен Сумбатович, дорогой, два
дня не спим, работаем :))”
Армен
Гаспарян@A_Gasparyan Authorities there
(in Armenia) is just like here (in Russia) They won’t let the
Ukraine variant to take place.
власть там – копия нашей. Никакого украинского варианта не будет
власть там – копия нашей. Никакого украинского варианта не будет
People
in red hoodies or t-shirts are specially trained protect organizers.
They are present on every anti-government meeting in Ukraine, in
Russia, in Armenia. Here some videos and images to prove it.
Maidan
– People in red hoodies
Maidan management. How to recognize the organizers
People in red jackets organize Right Sector assault on the Police in Kiev
Maidan management. How to recognize the organizers
People in red jackets organize Right Sector assault on the Police in Kiev
Люди
в красных куртках командуют штурмовиками
“Правого сектора”Technology
of “orange revolution” and
Maidan in Erevan, Armenia
Notice
people in red t-shirts in the crowd.
Maidan
in Erevan organizers blame Russia, Putin and his “friends,” for
the increase in utility prices. However, it was the Armenian
government that sold the country’s biggest power generating station
the Vorotan Cascade to the US private equity firm.
Armenia
to Sell Largest Power Generating Facility
June 12, 2013 YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—A U.S. energy company announced on Wednesday that it is close to buying three big hydroelectric stations generating a considerable part of Armenia’s electricity.
The funds will be sourced from outside of Armenia using a combination of ContourGlobal’s own resources and those of prestigious international financial institutions,” it said in a statement. They include the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the International Finance Corporation, a World Bank Group division, according to the statement.
June 12, 2013 YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—A U.S. energy company announced on Wednesday that it is close to buying three big hydroelectric stations generating a considerable part of Armenia’s electricity.
The funds will be sourced from outside of Armenia using a combination of ContourGlobal’s own resources and those of prestigious international financial institutions,” it said in a statement. They include the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the International Finance Corporation, a World Bank Group division, according to the statement.
ARF
Western US Central Committee Chair Comments of Armenia
Developments
GLENDALE—The dramatic movement against the raising of electricity rates in Armenia that is engulfing the streets of Yerevan during the past 48 hours has had its reverberations in the Diaspora, especially within the Greater Los Angeles Armenian community.
GLENDALE—The dramatic movement against the raising of electricity rates in Armenia that is engulfing the streets of Yerevan during the past 48 hours has had its reverberations in the Diaspora, especially within the Greater Los Angeles Armenian community.
Sale
of Vorotan Cascade hydro power plants’ property may drive
electricity prices up [Source]
Vazgen Safaryan, chairman of the Union of Domestic Commodity Producers, thinks the sale of the property of the Vorotan Cascade Hydro Power Plants may drive electricity prices up. “I am opposed to any sale – it will be the government’s property, since it is a system generating the cheapest electric power in Armenia,” he said at a news conference on Wednesday…
Vazgen Safaryan, chairman of the Union of Domestic Commodity Producers, thinks the sale of the property of the Vorotan Cascade Hydro Power Plants may drive electricity prices up. “I am opposed to any sale – it will be the government’s property, since it is a system generating the cheapest electric power in Armenia,” he said at a news conference on Wednesday…
Ukraine
Maidan activists in Erevan
Ukrainian Maidan activist from Odessa Alena Balaba (the one that burnt St George ribbons in the Eternal Flame of the WWII memorial) writes from Yerevan, Armenia.
She claims she and other representatives of “democratic” Ukraine are participating in the anti-governments riots in the capital of Armenia.
Anyone still doubting that the protests in post-Soviet Republics do not only have much in common, but are organized, supported and sponsored by the same forces?
Ukrainian Maidan activist from Odessa Alena Balaba (the one that burnt St George ribbons in the Eternal Flame of the WWII memorial) writes from Yerevan, Armenia.
She claims she and other representatives of “democratic” Ukraine are participating in the anti-governments riots in the capital of Armenia.
Anyone still doubting that the protests in post-Soviet Republics do not only have much in common, but are organized, supported and sponsored by the same forces?
3. Lithuania
faces a financial and ecological disaster by chocking on expensive
Norwegian gas.
Lithuania lose one’s attraction Norwegian gas
State company Klaipėdos nafta, the operator of the LNG terminal, addressed to the Norwegian company Statoil asking for reducing the amount of purchased gas after realized that the demand is dramatically reduced, complained CEO Mantas Bartushka.
Lithuania lose one’s attraction Norwegian gas
State company Klaipėdos nafta, the operator of the LNG terminal, addressed to the Norwegian company Statoil asking for reducing the amount of purchased gas after realized that the demand is dramatically reduced, complained CEO Mantas Bartushka.
This
is just after ONE year of being : “independent” from the Russia’s
gas.
Remeber?
Remeber?
Statoil
to Supply Gas to Lithuania in Five-Year Deal
Deal in 2015 Could End Lithuania Being Wholly Dependent on Russian Gas
Deal in 2015 Could End Lithuania Being Wholly Dependent on Russian Gas
4.
“Russia,
unfortunately, still exists.”
Debate on the topic “Serbia
and neutrality,” which was several days ago held in
Belgrade
representatives of the centre for euro-atlantic studies in Belgrade, Jelena Milic, who is hostile (with obvious hatred) noted that “Russia, unfortunately, still exists.”
Jelena Milic: Russia stifled european integration in Ukraine and the Balkans
representatives of the centre for euro-atlantic studies in Belgrade, Jelena Milic, who is hostile (with obvious hatred) noted that “Russia, unfortunately, still exists.”
Jelena Milic: Russia stifled european integration in Ukraine and the Balkans
4.
As I predicted a week ago, the number of lawsuits filed in Europe and
the US against Russia are growing.
b.
Ex Yukos shareholders initiated new lawsuit against Russia’s
taxpayers, this time in London[Source]
Just a reminder that the bankruptcy of Yukos was initiated by the foreign banks, not the Russia’s government. Russia’s government paid to the foreign bank $500 million to settle the company’s debt.
Just a reminder that the bankruptcy of Yukos was initiated by the foreign banks, not the Russia’s government. Russia’s government paid to the foreign bank $500 million to settle the company’s debt.
c. June
22, 2015 – WTO Appoints Panelists To Weigh EU-Russia Import
Dispute [Source]
Russia has become a member of WTO with the lobbying of Arkady Dvorkovich
New York (June 22, 2015, 2:08 PM ET) — The World Trade Organization on Friday composed a three-member dispute settlement panel that will adjudicate the European Union’s case against Russian tariffs that have allegedly hampered more than $670 million worth of paper, refrigerator and palm oil exports from the 28-nation bloc.
Russia has become a member of WTO with the lobbying of Arkady Dvorkovich
New York (June 22, 2015, 2:08 PM ET) — The World Trade Organization on Friday composed a three-member dispute settlement panel that will adjudicate the European Union’s case against Russian tariffs that have allegedly hampered more than $670 million worth of paper, refrigerator and palm oil exports from the 28-nation bloc.
d.
June 19, 2015 – WTO
Dispute Roundup: EU Stalls Gas, Poultry Disputes
At Friday’s monthly DSB session in Geneva, the EU spurned Russia’s first attempt to form a dispute settlement panel that would weigh the legality of rules governing the transmission, distribution, supply and storage of natural gas.
At Friday’s monthly DSB session in Geneva, the EU spurned Russia’s first attempt to form a dispute settlement panel that would weigh the legality of rules governing the transmission, distribution, supply and storage of natural gas.
e. A
Look At The New Export Control Rules For Cloud Computing
New York (June 18, 2015, 5:31 PM ET) — On June 3, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security and the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published proposed rules revising key definitions in the Export Administration Regulations and International Traffic in Arms Regulations to harmonize the two export control regimes.
New York (June 18, 2015, 5:31 PM ET) — On June 3, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security and the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published proposed rules revising key definitions in the Export Administration Regulations and International Traffic in Arms Regulations to harmonize the two export control regimes.
Export
of Encrypted Data
The main substantive aspect of the proposed rules is to decontrol the transfer and storage of technology and software encrypted according to certain requirements. This change reflects recent developments in the way data is shared and stored (e.g., cloud computing) and responds to suggestions that industry has made for years. It is the first recognition by BIS and the DDTC that properly encrypted information does not pose a national security risk because it cannot be accessed. In particular, the rules would state that the terms export, reexport, release, retransfer and transfer would exclude sending, taking or storing technology/technical data or software that are:
(1) unclassified;
(2) secured using end-to-end encryption;
(3) secured using cryptographic modules compliant with FIPS 140-2, supplemented by software implementation, key management and other procedures and controls in accordance with NIST publications and guidance. Note that BIS would also allow “similarly effective cryptographic means,” while the DDTC would strictly require FIPS 140-2-compliant cryptography; and(4) not be stored in a country subject to a U.S. arms embargo (i.e., EAR Country Group D:5 or ITAR Section 126.1) or Russia.
Cloud service providers may also have to refine their offerings to ensure that data is not decrypted at any time (even if only momentarily) and that no servers are located in restricted countries.
The main substantive aspect of the proposed rules is to decontrol the transfer and storage of technology and software encrypted according to certain requirements. This change reflects recent developments in the way data is shared and stored (e.g., cloud computing) and responds to suggestions that industry has made for years. It is the first recognition by BIS and the DDTC that properly encrypted information does not pose a national security risk because it cannot be accessed. In particular, the rules would state that the terms export, reexport, release, retransfer and transfer would exclude sending, taking or storing technology/technical data or software that are:
(1) unclassified;
(2) secured using end-to-end encryption;
(3) secured using cryptographic modules compliant with FIPS 140-2, supplemented by software implementation, key management and other procedures and controls in accordance with NIST publications and guidance. Note that BIS would also allow “similarly effective cryptographic means,” while the DDTC would strictly require FIPS 140-2-compliant cryptography; and(4) not be stored in a country subject to a U.S. arms embargo (i.e., EAR Country Group D:5 or ITAR Section 126.1) or Russia.
Cloud service providers may also have to refine their offerings to ensure that data is not decrypted at any time (even if only momentarily) and that no servers are located in restricted countries.
5.
Germany’s von der Leyen urges more ‘steadfastness’ towards
Greece and Russia [Source]
The same classy lady with a missing tooth – Germany’s military minister von der Leyen calls for the German revanchism aftermath of the WWII in her interview to the tabloid Bilt. On June 22 – the anniversary of the day fascist Germany attack on the Soviet Union in 1941.
The same classy lady with a missing tooth – Germany’s military minister von der Leyen calls for the German revanchism aftermath of the WWII in her interview to the tabloid Bilt. On June 22 – the anniversary of the day fascist Germany attack on the Soviet Union in 1941.
Carter
Praises Germany’s Security Role, NATO Unity. WASHINGTON,
June 23, 2015 – Defense Secretary Ash Carter discussed what he
called the bright future of U.S.-German partnership and the
importance of NATO unity to the European security environment during
remarks at the Allianz Forum in Berlin yesterday.
Last,
But Not Least…Keep
on holding on…
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