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Originally posted here: National Endowment for Democracy is Now Officially “Undesirable” in Russia
Plagues of Locusts Invade Russia; Putin’s Inane Food Contraband Destruction Policy; Law of Asset Destruction Putin’s Inane Food Contraband Destruction Policy In an action as economically stupid as president Roosevelt destroying US farm produce during the Great Depression, Russia Incinerates Contraband Food . One year into its embargo on western food products, Russia has launched a controversial campaign to destroy all contraband meat, dairy and produce, using on-the-spot incinerators, dump trucks, rollers and meat grinders.
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Links ISIS in Afghanistan: Proxy War against Iran and China August 5, 2015 ( Eric Draitser – NEO ) – The nature of the war in Afghanistan has shifted dramatically in recent months. While the US and NATO continue to be actively involved in the country – their strategic objectives having changed very little since the Bush administration launched the war nearly a decade and a half ago – the complexion of the battlefield, and the parties actively engaged in the war, has changed significantly
Links Russia Pulls UN Cover Off MH17 Propaganda August 4, 2015 ( Ulson Gunnar – NEO ) – Russia’s veto of the recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution regarding the Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster over Ukraine a year ago has garnered immediate condemnation across the West. Predictably, Russia has been decried as obstructing justice with language intentionally used to further heap guilt upon Moscow… which might perhaps be why Moscow itself had no faith in a UNSC resolution regarding MH17 to begin with
Links The Fake War on ISIS: US and Turkey Escalate in Syria August 3, 2015 ( Eric Draitser – NEO ) -Â It is late July 2015, and the media is abuzz with the news that Turkey will allow US jets to use its bases to bomb Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria.
Links China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion July 25, 2015 ( Eric Draitser – NEO ) – China has recently taken an important step in more tightly regulating foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) inside the country. Despite condemnation from so called human rights groups in the West, China’s move should be understood as a critical decision to assert sovereignty over its own political space
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