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The Russian federal government has issued wartime mobilization guidelines to schools across the Russian Federation. A pamphlet detailing the process and procedures was leaked to the press in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made wartime mobilization and preparations for nuclear war a priority. “Local officials…
A Quote From Tolstoy That Is Relevant To Today.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Hungary to participate in a 16 nation summit from Central and Eastern Europe. Hungarian Prime Minister met Li Keqiang at the airport in Budapest. Central Asia Putting Up Road Blocks To China’s New Silk Road “China’s “new Silk Road” initiative of ports, railways and…
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Urges ‘Different Negotiating Format’ On Eastern Conflict.
These superb photographs were captured by the scientist right at the end of his sojourn studying the Arctic nature. As he put it, the fox’s show in the Yamal morning glory was ‘a perfect end to my season on the Yamal peninsula’. Alexander Yakovlev explained: ‘The whole world appears to…
Image by Kescior Poland’s legislature has approved a measure that will ban shopping on Sundays in the Catholic nation by 2020. The legislation will be phased in over the next three years. Labor unions were pushing the rule and have been backed by the conservative government (PiS) to support Catholic…
The Russian parliament recently passed, and President Putin signed, a new law labeling certain Western media outlets ‘foreign agents’, which demand certain onerous labeling and reporting requirements. The law was in response to Western actions to label Russian media outlets RT, Sputnik, and others, ‘foreign agents’, due to perceived Russian…
Opposition Politicians Arrested Outside Kosovo’s Parliament.
Russia To Cut Troops In Syria ‘Considerably’.
Earlier this week, we noted that Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy agency had taken baby steps toward recognizing the dangers posed by an aging nuclear storage facility in Chelyabinsk, a town located on Russia’s southern border with Kazakhstan, when it officially acknowledged the extraordinary high levels of radiation in the area….