Month: September 2020

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Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny out of coma and responding to verbal stimuli – Berlin Charité hospital

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Alexey Navalny has emerged from a medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, according to Berlin’s Charité hospital, where the anti-corruption activist is undergoing treatment for alleged poisoning. … Read More >Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny out of coma and responding to verbal stimuli – Berlin Charité hospital

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The real Bill Browder story: What US/UK media won’t tell you about billionaire lobbyist’s dubious narrative

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If anyone has proven the adage that “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on it shoes,” it’s Bill Browder. The mega-rich vulture capitalist has been spinning a yarn for years. … Read More >The real Bill Browder story: What US/UK media won’t tell you about billionaire lobbyist’s dubious narrative

Categories Russia

Imposing sanctions on Russian officials for the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny is ‘absurd’ & ‘unacceptable’ says Kremlin

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The Kremlin has ridiculed the suggested creation of a ‘Navalny List’ that would impose more sanctions on Russians, following accusations that Moscow is responsible for the alleged poison attack on opposition figure Alexey Navalny. … Read More >Imposing sanctions on Russian officials for the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny is ‘absurd’ & ‘unacceptable’ says Kremlin

Categories Op-ed

German ‘Novichok poisoning’ claims over Navalny will prompt familiar circus of sanctions & Russia demonisation. But who benefits?

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The bizarre events surrounding Alexey Navalny, who lies stricken in a coma in Berlin, will bring forth more Cold War-style calls to isolate Russia, at the cost of further consolidating relations between Moscow and Beijing. … Read More >German ‘Novichok poisoning’ claims over Navalny will prompt familiar circus of sanctions & Russia demonisation. But who benefits?

Categories World

If Berlin can bring Russia’s Navalny to Charite hospital, why can’t it help Assange? German MP asks

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A German MP is calling on her government to provide medical assistance to the “seriously ill” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying that Berlin spared no effort when it came to Russian opposition figure, Alexey Navalny. … Read More >If Berlin can bring Russia’s Navalny to Charite hospital, why can’t it help Assange? German MP asks

Categories USA

US intel boss Grenell roasts reporters as ‘too young’ to grasp Serbia-Kosovo deal, then explains it as a… ‘whole bunch of stuff’

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Richard Grenell unloaded on reporters for failing to get to the bottom of a US-brokered Serbia-Kosovo deal, but his own description of it seemed spectacularly unspecific. The Internet couldn’t let him get away with that. … Read More >US intel boss Grenell roasts reporters as ‘too young’ to grasp Serbia-Kosovo deal, then explains it as a… ‘whole bunch of stuff’

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Tens of thousands again hit streets of Minsk as protests continue across Belarus for 4th consecutive weekend (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

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Huge crowds of anti-government protesters have again gathered in central Minsk, as mass rallies continue across Belarus driven by public outrage at the outcome of last month’s presidential election, which many feel was rigged. … Read More >Tens of thousands again hit streets of Minsk as protests continue across Belarus for 4th consecutive weekend (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)