The crew of a large Russian anti-submarine ship has freed an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates on Wednesday. All 23 Russian sailors from the hijacked vessel have escaped the incident unscathed. As a result of the rescue efforts, 10 pirates have been captured and one killed. “The large submarine-hunter […]
Month: May 2010
Putin Blamed for ‘Pumping-up National Pride’
On May 3, the World Press Freedom Day, the international human rights organization ‘Reporters without Borders’ has compiled a list of 40 ‘predators of press freedom’. Along with unnamed Colombian guerrillas, Mexican narcocartels, ETA separatists, Italian Mafiosos, and a galaxy of traditional ‘villains’ from Mullah Muhammad Omar to Zimbabwean Robert […]
World War II Was Unleashed by Adepts of Drang nach Osten
Leonid IVASHOV (Russia) The information war over the history of World War II is at full swing, hence it makes sense to re-examine the covert schemes which the West and the shadowy organizations promoting the interests of its capital used to unleash it. Quite obviously, expansion to the east and […]
Restoring Trust in India-Pakistan Relations
Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India) The prime ministers of India and Pakistan met on the sidelines of the 16th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit in the Bhutanese capital, Thimpu on 29 April 2010 with the main objective of resuming the composite dialogue process that was stalled after the Mumbai […]
Terrorism Born in the West
Konstantin Novikov (Russia) Research indicates that 70% of Al-Qaeda’s members come from Western Europe and America. It is generally thought that Islamic terrorism and the terrorists who have declared war on America, Israel and Europe are somehow alien to Western civilization, attacking it from outside. Research by Professor Mark Sageman […]
The Russians Are Responsible For Everything
Roman Nosikov (Russia) “Is it good that we’re Russians?” asks my four-year-old daughter while I’ve got my nose buried in a news site. “It’s a lot of fun being a Russian,” I answer while I’m nervously scrolling down the page. A headline catches my eye: “Russia to Blame for the […]
As Tehran and Jerusalem Exchange Pleasantries…
We are posting a piece of ‘political fiction’ published today by the ‘Strategic Culture Foundation‘ Rafe MAIR (Canada) It’s Tuesday November 8, 2016, election night in the United States. Hillary Clinton, candidate for the Democratic Party and, unbelievably, Sarah Palin for the Republicans, if elected, face huge problems in the […]
Vitaly Naumkin: “There can be no peace with the occupation . . .”
An interview with the Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Vitaly Naumkin, on the problems of the Middle East and the historical roots of instability in the region. – Is the current situation in the Middle East conducive to a quick end to the Arab-Israeli conflict? I’m saddened by […]
How the U.S. resembles the U.S.S.R.
George Feifer (USA) When I was young, the world’s great problem was all black and white because little in history had been less ambiguous than the Cold War that consumed my wonderfully righteous country. Good vs. bad, honesty and decency vs. deceit and immorality, the Land of the Free vs. […]
BRIC Countries Are Heavily Dependent On the US Dollar System
The most interesting outcome of the last BRIC Summit was the agreement to boost cooperation on the use of local currencies in trade transactions. The agreement between banks in Russia, India, China and Brazil that service import-export operations is intended to measure trade directly in national currencies. This is an […]
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