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Russia

78-year-old academic & navy veteran charged with HIGH TREASON for selling classified data on Russian Arctic submarines to China

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

Despite Moscow and Beijing’s cultivation of friendship in recent years, there’s still competition between the two powers. The arrest of the president of Russia’s Arctic Academy of Sciences on treason charges serves as a reminder. … Read More >78-year-old academic & navy veteran charged with HIGH TREASON for selling classified data on Russian Arctic submarines to China

Russia

Putin says Communists oppose proposed Russian constitutional changes because they want to re-establish one-party dictatorship

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

President Vladimir Putin has accused the Russian Communist Party of calling on its supporters to reject constitutional changes because they “have always advocated the dictatorship of the proletariat” and seek its restoration. … Read More >Putin says Communists oppose proposed Russian constitutional changes because they want to re-establish one-party dictatorship

Russia

Moscow protest leader Navalny faces community service & large fine if found guilty of libeling elderly WWII veteran

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

Russian authorities have opened a defamation case against Alexei Navalny, after he called a World War II veteran a “traitor” for expressing his support for Russia’s proposed constitutional changes. … Read More >Moscow protest leader Navalny faces community service & large fine if found guilty of libeling elderly WWII veteran

EU

A social sore left to fester? How Dijon became the scene of open gang war

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

The French city of Dijon was rocked by chaotic scenes reminiscent of a war zone as rival gangs clashed following an assault on a Chechen teen – but was it more a “battle of territories” in a drugs war than simple score-settling? … Read More >A social sore left to fester? How Dijon became the scene of open gang war

North Korea to resume wargames in demilitarized border area after BLOWING UP intra-Korean liaison office

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

Pyongyang has vowed to send troops back into previously disarmed areas and renew military drills near the border, amid an ongoing spat with Seoul over defectors, inflamed further by the recent demolition of a negotiations outpost. … Read More >North Korea to resume wargames in demilitarized border area after BLOWING UP intra-Korean liaison office

VIDEO purportedly shows North Korea blowing up inter-Korean liaison office

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

South Korea’s Defense Ministry has released footage allegedly showing North Korea destroying a building used for diplomatic cooperation between the two countries. … Read More >VIDEO purportedly shows North Korea blowing up inter-Korean liaison office

North Korea confirms ‘terrific explosion’ that destroyed inter-Korean liaison office, blaming Seoul for sheltering defectors

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

Pyongyang has confirmed the destruction of an office used to facilitate diplomacy with its southern neighbor, saying it was retribution for Seoul’s decision to harbor people who’ve fled the Hermit Kingdom. … Read More >North Korea confirms ‘terrific explosion’ that destroyed inter-Korean liaison office, blaming Seoul for sheltering defectors

World

NATO slowly imploding because it lacks a credible enemy: Serious people in Paris & Berlin know Russia isn’t a real threat

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

You know NATO’s in bother when even the Atlantic Council’s head honcho realizes the game is up. It’s now abundantly clear that the US’ main focus is switching to Asia, and Europe is becoming increasingly irrelevant to Washington. … Read More >NATO slowly imploding because it lacks a credible enemy: Serious people in Paris & Berlin know Russia isn’t a real threat

World

Drunk on wokeness? Australia’s Colonial Brewing mulls name change after liquor store chain pulls its beer over brand ‘concerns’

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020By Editor

An Australian brewery is considering a politically correct rebrand after its allegedly offensive alcoholic beverages were banished from a wine and beer chain. The latest casualty of PC hysteria has elicited groans on Twitter. … Read More >Drunk on wokeness? Australia’s Colonial Brewing mulls name change after liquor store chain pulls its beer over brand ‘concerns’