Turkey’s Erdogan Plans Annexation of Northern Syrian Territory by Stephen Lendman

Turkey’s Erdogan Plans Annexation of Northern Syrian Territory by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Wannabe sultan Erdogan covets expanding Turkey’s borders to include oil-rich northern Iraqi and Syrian territory. Combatting Kurds in Syria, posing no cross-border threat, is part of his annexation scheme — what...

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Greta Thunberg: A flashmob or a an eco messiah?

Greta Thunberg, a school girl from Sweden, has made a plentitude of headlines lately after she accused world leaders of not addressing environmental problems of planet Earth. In 2018, the girl went to a picket to the building of the Swedish parliament demanding the entire international community should comply with the Paris Agreement on...

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Woman arrested for raping male victims in sauna for extortion

In the republic of Tatarstan, a woman, together with her 39-year-old accomplice, raped male strangers in a sauna, and then blackmailed the victims for extortion. The woman, a resident of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, would look for victims on social media. She would then invite them to a sauna, where the woman's accomplice would later...

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Dmitry Rybolovlev’s AS Monaco silenced the critics again

Ever since joining AS Monaco, Alexander Golovin had a chip on his shoulder. Touted at home as the best player of his generation, he already had Russian Premier League title and U17 European Championship gold under his belt at only 20 years of age. Still, how he would fare in a top European league was a completely different story. Dmitry...

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All forest fires in Russia have been extinguished

Not a single forest fire has been recorded in Russia as of September 30, representatives of the Federal Forestry Agency (Avialesohrana) said. Over the past 24 hours, firefighters eliminated seven forest fires on the area of 94 hectares. As many as 100 people, 24 units of equipment and 13 aircraft were involved in the operations to extinguish...

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Russia to build laser firing range to test combat laser

The Russian Defense Ministry signed a contract for the development of Stretta engineering works to ensure the preparation of two brigades that use laser fire simulators at a specially equipped training ground. The company that won the competition for the development of the complex has not been named. It was said, though, that  laser...

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The challenge for the automotive industry in CO2 reduction in Europe

The challenge for the automotive industry in CO2 reduction in Europe                    The Global environment crisis that is constantly discussed in the media today and makes the people freaky with consequences of global warming, has been putting the pressure...

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Smoking on balconies is now regarded as criminal offence in Russia

Dmitry Peskov, the official spokesman for President Putin, commented on the introduction of new fire safety relations, which include a ban on smoking on balconies. The new regulations are to come into force from October 1, 2019. "The Kremlin shares a positive attitude to any decisions that can help save lives. We know how many fires occur,...

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Okhotnik UAV goes on joint flight with Su-57 5th-gen fighter jet

The Okhotnik unmanned aerial vehicle went on its first joint mission together with Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter. Source: YouTube screencap/Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation As part of the test program, the new Russian combat drone flew in an automatic mode in full configuration for the entry into the duty zone. During...

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Russia readies new aircraft-carrier killers - Tu-22M3M bomber planes

In one or two months, Russia's new strike complex will go on combat duty.  It doesn't go about another new weapon that Russia is going to present to the world. This time, it goes about the modernization of 30 Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber aircraft into Tu-22M3M. Source: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0 Practically everything that the aircraft has...

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Boris Johnson: And in the next episode of the soap opera...

Boris Johnson: And in the next episode of the soap opera... They have one in every family: an aunty who downs a pint of beer and belches sonorously, a grandfather who breaks wind and guffaws raucously and a mop-headed oaf who sits with his legs manspread while bad-mouthing French cuisine. Boris Johnson appears as someone who has spent his...

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US tanks near Belarus tickle Russia's nerves

A battalion of the US Army  - more than 500 soldiers and dozens of tanks and heavy fighting vehicles - is arriving in Lithuania as part of the rotation of the troops, spokespeople for the Ministry of Defense of the Baltic Republic said. The US battalion will be deployed on the outskirts of the city of Pabrade - just ten kilometers...

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Who is going to crush Zelensky - Biden or Trump?

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has become one of the most talked-about politicians in the media lately. He has recently reminded the world of his existence by signing the bill on impeachment of the head of state. He then deprived members of the Ukrainian parliament of immunity, but that was not all. Zelensky has exploded the world...

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Iranian FM Zarif’s Truth-Telling v. Pompeo’s Big Lies

Iranian FM Zarif’s Truth-Telling v. Pompeo’s Big Lies   by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman)   The difference between both senior officials is stark and revealing.   Pompeo is a war-mongering/hate-mongering neocon extremist v. internationally respected/peace and stability proponent Zarif.   Both...

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Russia shows DIY drones used to attack Russian troops in Syria

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov showed reporters unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of terrorist groups. The UAVs were shot down as they were approaching Khmeimim airbase of the Russian Air Force in September. According to Konashenkov, those who made those drones used quite complex technical solutions that...

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Richard Black speaks again

The attack by the Yemeni Houthi against Saudi oil installations was unexpected as it was sudden and put the Westerners in front of a reality that they preferred to ignore. The Houthi of Yemen are not, that is, a tribe of cave-dwellers badly in tools that delude themselves to resist the most prepared Saudi and Western armies but disciplined...

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USA triggers another diplomatic scandal with Russia

Dmitry Peskov, an official spokesman for Russian President Putin, said that the situation, in which the USA refused to issue visas to members of the Russian delegation for their participation at the meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York was "unacceptable and alarming." Both the UN and Moscow are supposed to show a tough reaction...

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Kashmir, Ummah and Realpolitik

By Imran Malik Serious introspection is warranted by the Muslim Ummah as its inherent weaknesses and the complexities of Realpolitik have literally rendered it irrelevant to issues of geopolitical import, like Palestine and Kashmir. Islam, its only unifying factor, is fast becoming superfluous to the self-serving national interests of some...

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Eleven police officers fired after having sex on the beach

In Anapa, more than a dozen police officers were either fired from their jobs or held liable as a result of the investigation into a notorious criminal case. It is believed that a group of police officers coerced  a minor female volleyball player from the Moscow region to have sex with them. The case received an extensive coverage in...

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In Trump's America, treason always prospers

In Trump's America, treason always prospers    On May 15, 2017, Pravda.Report published my essay, Articles of Impeachment for Donald J. Trump.  As I reread that article in preparation for writing this one, it was disconcerting to realize that, over two years later, almost all the charges I leveled against Trump still ring...

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Trump Regime Escalates Illegal Sanctions War on Iran

Trump Regime Escalates Illegal Sanctions War on Iran Both right wings of the US war party use illegal sanctions as weapons of war by other means against nonbelligerent countries threatening no one Washington doesn't control. Imposing them targets ordinary people most of all, aiming to inflict maximum immiseration, a key feature of imperial...

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Young people are right about climate change: It’s time to listen

By Luis Alfonso de Alba Source: NASA Climate change is not a far-away problem- it is causing huge damage right now in Asia-Pacific and around the world. From air pollution choking many major cities, to more extreme heat and natural disasters, to one million species at risk, the urgent need for climate action is clear. We are all paying...

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Russian S-400 can easily desacralize F-35 Lightning II fighters

S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems in Turkey can "desacralize" (remove religious or sacred status or significance from) fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters, a message from the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation said. "The thrill and excitement of the Pentagon about the probable desacralization of F-35 fighters by...

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If NATO strikes Kaliningrad, Russia will seize Baltic in 48 hours

Russia will not wait for the United States to launch an attack on the Kaliningrad enclave. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have preventive measures not to let this happen, military expert Mikhail Alexandrov believes. US Air Force Operations Commander in Europe, General Jeffrey Harrigian, said that the United...

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Will Vladimir Putin declare capitalism dead too?

By Phil Butler Is it time for a new Declaration of Independence? If true individual choice and truth are any factor of freedom, the writing is on the wall not just in the United States, but globally. The wealth divide that has grown into an impenetrable wall between the elites and the rest of us, it's only a symptom of decaying set of ideas...

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