China Says It Will Never Support Sanctions Against Russia
We already know that Obama's definition of "costs" leaves something to be desired. Apparent so does his definition of "isolation", used for example, here: " Russia is already more isolated than at any time since the Cold War" - President Obama, August 2014 Well, maybe not. From Itar-Tass China will ...
ΓΙΑΤΙ Ο ΚΙΝΕΖΙΚΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΧΑΡΤΙΝΟΣ ΔΡΑΚΟΣ/ Why the Chinese military is only a paper dragon Corruption, bad neighbors, inflation, and a demographic time bomb — these are just a few of Beijing's w ...
ΓΙΑΤΙ Ο ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΙΝΑΣ ΔΕΝ ΠΡΕΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΦΟΒΙΖΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΔΥΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥΣ ΓΕΙΤΟΝΕΣ ΤΗΣ... By Kyle Mizokami, War is Boring | ΤΗΕ WEEK 115 It looks imposing, but… (China Photos/Getty Images) In appearance it is very powerful, but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of — it is a paper tiger. — Mao Zedong on ...
Чичваркин в ЖЖ вернулся...
Оригинал взят у chich8 в Здоровенькі були Завтра, 25 сентября, я выступаю на Business Wisdom Summit в Киеве. Спасибо организаторам Ekonomika Communication Hub за приглашение. Когда Россия, выполнив все международные правила и требования, выиграла Олимпийские Игры, я очень гордился нашими спортсменам ...
India's MOM Arrives in Orbit of Mars: Mars Orbiter Mission cost less than the movie "Gravity."
In June, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi claimed that, at a cost of just $74 million, the Mars Orbiter Mission was less expensive than production of the Oscar-winning science fiction film “Gravity,” which cost a reported $100 million to make. For comparison, NASA’s most recent Mars probe, Maven ...
Unleashing An Epidemic To Kill The Tumbleweeds
Tumbling Alone Photo by Jez Arnold on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 Dana Berner wants to start an epidemic among tumbleweeds. Berner is a pathologist with the U.S. Agricultural Research Service who studies the diseases that afflict plants. One of his projects has been a search for something that's able to in ...
BlackBerry Passport Launch With 4.5" Square Display, BB10.3 OS
BlackBerry has launched Passport smartphone on Wednesday at events in provincial capital, Dubai, and London. the corporate had already discovered the worth of the smartphone earlier on, with BlackBerry corporate executive John bird genus speech it'd be priced at $599 (Rs. 36,500 approximately) for t ...
Reasons for Emergency Preparedness Summer 2014 | Just Us Enterprises
“Your own emergency disaster preparedness plan is your key to survival, and your survival depends on how well prepared you are.” J Janerico We read, watched and heard the compelling news this past summer of: Diseases The Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a killer virus recently causing a 55 % mortality r ...
6 Top Revelations From North Korea’s New Kim Jong Un Biography
Seita / ( Shutterstock.com) By way of background: I visited North Korea, bought all the propaganda there, and then read all the Western books about the country. I used my professional ghostwriter skills to produce Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il. As all the other books are ...
[LINK] "India triumphs in maiden Mars mission, sets record in space race"
Reuters shares the good news that India's Mars Orbital Mission has successfully arrived in Mars orbit. India's first mission to Mars entered orbit on Wednesday, making it the first Asian nation to reach the Red Planet, all for less than the budget of the Hollywood space blockbuster "Gravity". The Ma ...
Saint Petersburg, Russia
After more than 15 years away from my home country I decided it was time to pay a visit. Isabelle has been growing up speaking Russian, and I thought it would be neat to take her to a place where everyone from shop assistants, little kids on playgrounds, teachers in schools to bus drivers and police ...
Russia's Khodorkovsky Does Not Intend to Set Up Party
BERLIN- Freed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in Berlin on Tuesday he had no intention of founding a new political party or standing in Russian elections, but wanted his "Open Russia" movement to support fundamental change. Khodorkovsky was ...
Russia, Qatar World Cup probe must be published, says ethics chief
The man spearheading allegations of corruption into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids on Wednesday called for the results to be made public. Former US federal prosecutor Michael Garcia, who has notably been looking into the way Qatar won the right to host ...
Sanctions against Russia sideswipe Trican
CALGARY — International sanctions designed to limit Russia’s ability to grow oil and gas production are a significant “political risk” for Trican Well Service Ltd.’s operations there, its CEO says. Dale Dusterhoft, chief executive of Calgary’s ...
Russia’s eavesdropping on phone calls examined by Strasbourg court
Russia’s secret surveillance programmes came under the scrutiny of the European court of human rights on Wednesday when a journalist brought a case complaining about pervasive state snooping on mobile phone calls. Under Russian legislation the Kremlin ...
Obama: Russia’s Aggression Challenges Post-World War II Order
President Barack Obama told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that Russia’s aggressive actions toward Ukraine undermine the principles the world body was established on after World War II. “One hundred years ago, a World War claimed the ...
Russia's reputation as reliable trade partner is a key value: minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, one of the world's largest wheat exporters, will use only state purchases of grain from the domestic market if it needs to regulate its market, Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said on Wednesday. A grain export ban, with ...
Igor Meerson, Russia’s Funniest Export
‘These are banned in Russia,’ the stand-up comic says of raspberries. ‘Like drugs—or homosexuals.’ Back home, how edgy can his jokes be? And will the crowds come? If you’re Russia’s first stand-up comedian making your debut in the West while ...
