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Artyom Lukin @ArtyomLukin “We expect a massive toughening of the stance towards Russia,” a high-ranking western diplomat in Washington told the FT. “There is a hatred for Russia amongst [Biden’s team] that is really amazing. It’s not just rational; it’s also very emotional.” Article: Moscow braced for anti-Russian rhetoric and more confrontation ft.com 6:23 PM · Nov 10, 2020·Twitter Web App

The message was clearly aimed at Gulf states and others that are partnered with the US. Iran has sought to reach out to its Arab neighbors, with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warning them that US President Donald Trump will be leaving in 70 days, but Iran’s regime will remain “forever.” He urged them to realize that “betting on outsiders to provide security is never a good gamble.” In Arabic and English, he called for dialogue and to work together. The message was clearly aimed at Gulf states and others that are partnered with the US. Iran was offering them...

This is the exact same scenario that Obama advisers accused Gen. Flynn of being in =========================================================================== Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes admitted Monday that Joe Biden is already speaking with foreign leaders as if he is the next President, a move that some believe to be a breach of the Logan Act, the same law that President Trump’s former national security adviser Gen. Mike Flynn was prosecuted under. Rhodes made the comments during an MSNBC interview in which he slammed Trump for contesting the election: .@brhodes: Biden is already “having phone calls” with foreign leaders about “the...

With Biden projected to win the US presidency, many world leaders hastened to congratulate him. But some have been conspicuous in their absence. Some have gone further, backing unsubstantiated Trump made about voter fraud. Russian President Vladimir Putin Four years ago Mr Putin was among the first to congratulate Trump on his election victory, but there has been no message to Biden this time. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reason was the legal challenges being launched by the Trump campaign. Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa Mr Jansa has repeated allegations of voter fraud carried out by Democrats. Mr Trump's wife...

Israeli Settlements Minister Tzachi Hanegbi warns that a Biden presidency could ignite war in the Middle East, while Egypt fears Biden would aid the resurgence of Islamists in the region. Hanegbi pointed out that Biden has indicated he will resurrect America’s nuclear agreement with Iran which was cancelled by the Trump administration. For Israel, this would represent an existential threat to national security and drastically increase the chances of war with Tehran. “If Biden stays with that policy, there will, in the end, be a violent confrontation between Israel and Iran,” said Hanegbi. Meanwhile, other Middle Eastern countries such as...

I am walking you through every jot and tittle of My Word as my fire dresses and consumes you in My Glory for you have overcome as Enoch and Elijah. So now I shall walk with you as Enoch and My fire will come down for you when you call upon my name as it did for Elijah for now you are My Holy place of rest and my healing hands saturated in the oils of Exodus shall bring healing to all you touch and speak over with the oil of Unity for As I was with Moses now I...

Russian lawmakers have introduced legislation that would provide Vladimir Putin lifetime immunity from prosecution if and when he leaves office, according to reports.

The vote counting continuing today here in Pennsylvania with 96 percent of the vote said to be counted statewide and 95 percent of the Philadelphia vote said to be counted... And to update the situation as of 11 pm Eastern US time with tens of thousands more votes added the claim remains 96 percent of the vote counted statewide and 95 percent in Philadelphia with Biden leading the President by 28,200 votes... The Supreme Court order tonight is that all mail-in ballots received after 8 pm tonight must be separated... Michigan Republican Chair Laura Cox says that a "software glitch"...

Did the Democrats copy the Lenin playbook in this year’s election? A reminder…the first “free election” in Russia was held in 1917. Lenin promised a “free” election where all votes would be equal and each citizen would be heard. The election was scheduled and a number of political parties provided the voters a choice. The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (Lenin’s Bolsheviks) campaigned with appeals to win the majority’s vote with the promise of “Peace, Land and Bread.” The energy of the Bolsheviks and the promises of Lenin were insufficient to win the election (they only garnered 23%) of the vote....

A Democratic effort is underway in at least 16 states to overturn restrictions on mail-in balloting and third-party ballot harvesting. A nationwide effort by Democrats is underway in at least 16 states to overturn restrictions on mail-in voting and third-party ballot harvesting. States where suits have been filed include the swing states of Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Florida. The effort is being backed by the National Redistricting Foundation, a Democratic group headed by the Obama administration’s Attorney General Eric Holder. The suits appear to be funded by Priorities USA, a Democratic super PAC. A Wall Street Journal headline from April read,...

Although National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has settled in Russia, he has insisted that his “ultimate goal” is to return to the U.S. But the fugitive now has begun the process of formally pledging loyalty to the Russian state. “In this era of pandemics and closed borders, we’re applying for dual US-Russian citizenship,” he tweeted Sunday. Mr. Snowden and his wife are Americans, so the real news is that he is pursuing a Russian passport. Moscow already has granted permanent residency to the former NSA contractor. Vladimir Putin’s government gave Mr. Snowden asylum in 2013, after he fled the...

You’re driving down the road. Suddenly, a Toyota RAV4 pulls up beside you. Sprayed on its focus group-derived curves is a chihuahua, posing gracefully before a waterfall. ...You turn the corner and soon come across a full-size Dodge Ram pickup, parked at an angle. On its driver’s-side door, you see a mural of Chuck Norris leaning on a saddle. And that saddle is saddled on the bed of a different pickup truck. So I welcome you inside Russia’s airbrushed car scene. No, this is nothing like plasti-dip. And, no, the paint isn’t removable. “Aerography is not cheap, to say the...

Warehouse Fire and explosion. BREAKING: Large explosion reported at a warehouse in Southern Moscow, Russia... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F5jjrhPk0s&feature=emb_title VIDEO AT LINK.........

A Russian oligarch nicknamed the “Sausage King” was killed by a crossbow Monday when two masked men attacked the meat magnate and a woman in a sauna at his countryside estate outside Moscow, according to reports. Vladimir Marugov was found dead in the sauna after his partner fled through a window in the outdoor hut and notified police about the attack some 25 miles west of the capital, the Moscow Times reported.

Russian air strikes in northern Syria have killed more than 50 Turkish-backed militia fighters in the mainly rebel-held province of Idlib, reports say. Many others were wounded in the attack, which marks an escalation of violence in the region. A training base for an Islamist group called Faylaq al-Sham was hit. The assault puts at risk a ceasefire in Idlib, brokered and monitored by Russia and Turkey, which back opposite sides in the war. UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number of dead at 78.

“We have nothing left in Idlib, no properties, houses, or rents. The Sharia Committee seized everything.”With these words, Issa (a pseudonym) from Idlib city described to Enab Baladi what happened to his family’s property years after the Islamic factions took control over the city. Issa added, “We had a house, an agricultural land, and a number of stores, all of which, were rented through my father’s agent, who used to transfer the rents to us on a regular base.”He continued saying, in 2019, the Sharia Committee issued a decision providing for the confiscation of any property that was not managed...

Russia on Saturday pledged to "necessary" help for Yerevan in the conflict with Azerbaijan if fighting reached Armenian territory, after its ally requested security assistance. Armenia's request for assistance from Moscow further raised fears of Russia and Azerbaijan's ally Turkey getting sucked into a decades-old conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan formally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin "urgent" consultations on security assistance as Azerbaijani forces make gains against Armenian separatists who control Karabakh. The request also came after Armenia and Azerbaijan failed to agree a fresh ceasefire during talks in Geneva on...

20,762 people were shot here during the Great Terror, from August 1937 to October 1938. This former NKVD shooting range is known as one of the places of mass executions and burials of victims of Soviet-era repression. Relatives of the victims, parishioners of Moscow churches, representatives of public organizations, and the diplomatic corps take part in this “Voice of Memory” campaign every year.On Friday, October 30, 2020, on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, the annual "Voice of Memory" will be held at the Butovo training ground in Moscow, and many will pray for the victims...

Russian police shot dead a 16-year-old boy as he attacked police with a knifeCredit: social media Vitaly Antipov threw petrol bombs at a police station in Kukmor in Eastern RussiaCredit: social media According to investigators, Vitaly Antipov had tried to set fire the police station in the town of Kukmor in Eastern Russia on Friday. The 16-year-old threw two Molotov cocktails at the station before stabbing an officer three times in the hip and arm. Another police officer fired warning shots into the air before being forced to open fire. Antipov was hit with six bullets after a dozen shots...

During 26 years at the CIA, Marc Polymeropoulos spent a lot of time in rough places, like war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he never suffered any harm until December 2017, when he was sound asleep at a Marriott Hotel in Moscow near the U.S. Embassy. "I was awoken in the middle of the night," recalled Polymeropoulos, 51. "I just had incredible vertigo, dizziness. I wanted to throw up. The room was spinning. I couldn't even stand up without falling down. I had tinnitus ringing in my ears." He suspected a bad case of food poisoning and carried on...