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Vladimir Putin Annual Press Conference 2019 Edition
Just before Christmas, Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual news conference which was broadcast on several Russian television and radio stations. In this press conference, Russia's president outlines what the government of Russia has achieved and what they have not achieved over the past year and why. In this posting, I want to concentrate on Putin's comments about the United States, in particular, the impeachment proceedings and the growing sanctions burden being placed on Russia by Washington.
Here is the announcement of the news conference from the Kremlin's website:
Let's look at President Putin's response to a key question by Dimitri Simes of Channel One and president and CEO of the Center for National Interest: READ ON
Who are the World's Real Rogue Nations?
Three recent votes in the United Nations has once again set the tone for the world and more specifically, Washington and its relationship to Cuba and the Middle East. Here is the background.
We are all aware that Washington and its lackey, the Western mainstream media, have spent a great deal of energy portraying both Russia and China as the greatest threat to world peace in this multipolar world and that they should be considered as rogue nations. Such is not the case as you will see in this posting.
1.) United Nations General Assembly - November 7, 2019 vote to end the United States embargo against Cuba: For the 28th year in a row, the United Nations took a vote on a resolution that called for and end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba. Here's what the United Nations had to say about the vote:
How Israel Controls the Palestinian Narrative
Let's open this posting with two videos, First, we have this one:
...followed by this one at a demonstration in support of Muath Amarneh, the Palestinian journalist who who lost his eye after being shot by Israeli security forces while covering a protest in the occupied West Bank on November 17, 2019:
While one would like to think that Mr. Amarneh's injury is the exception, a study by The Palestinian Center Development and Media Freedoms or MADA indicates that such attacks against Palestinian journalists by the Israeli Defense Force is far from rare.
According to MADA's Annual Report of Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine for 2018, the year 2018 saw a rise in the number and seriousness of attacks against journalists in Palestine compared to the prior year. Here is a graphic showing the violations against media freedoms in Palestine for 2018 and the party that committed the violation: READ ON
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