Bakom CDU-segern i Saarland finns en faktor som kan avgöra kanslerns öde i höst.
Kilde: Angela Merkel har fått ett segervapen inför höstens val – HD
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Svenske Tony har stridit mot IS i Syrien – hålls fången av kurdisk grupp | Aftonbladet
I över ett år har svenske Tony stridit mot terrorsekten IS i Irak.
Kilde: Svenske Tony har stridit mot IS i Syrien – hålls fången av kurdisk grupp | Aftonbladet
How the West Can Defend Itself From Putin’s Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin on Oct. 19. Sean Gallup/Getty Images It’s time to return to a Cold War mentality By Yascha Mounk, Slate Two years ago, when Garry Kasparov, the chess champion turned political dissident, began to warn that Vladimir Putin sought to undermine liberal democracy—not only in neighboring countries, but all over the West—he was widely written off as a crank. After Russia managed to hack the servers of the Democratic National Committee and spread fake news on an industrial scale, his warnings were finally recognized as all too prescient. But it is only over the past weeks, as journalists around the world have broken dozens of stories about Russian meddling in the democratic process, that the sheer scale of this effort has become apparent. The American press is understandably focused on disentangling the strange web of ties between the Kremlin and Donald Trump’s White House. So on these shores, it’s been barely noted that Russia has been: Actively
Open Letter of European security experts to Federica Mogherini: Please start taking the Russian disinformation threat seriously!
The aggressive actions of the Kremlin are unprecedented in the modern era. Invasion of neighbouring countries, massive bombings and killings of civilians, and the first annexation of a foreign land by force in Europe since World War II, constant violations of other states’ borders, kidnapping foreign citizens, harassment of foreign diplomats, or massive cyber attacks are all in Russia’s current regime toolkit. Copyright by World Economic Forum, Photo by Remy Steinegger, CC BY-SA 2.0 All these offensive incidents are accompanied by a massive, persistent, ongoing, brutally aggressive disinformation campaign. A campaign that has been active in Europe for at least three years, establishing its channels, finding the right amplifiers and multipliers for its message – which is aimed at destabilising our societies, meddling in our elections and referendums, misleading our political leaders and breaking up the EU unity by supporting those who want to destroy it. It has been building a wide
Russian mercenaries in Ukraine and Syria: Donbas – Syria – cemetery : Mikhail Nefedov returned to Russia in zinc coffin – fighter, Russia, Syria, death, mercenary, Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine, Russian mercenaries in Ukraine and Syria (27.03.17 14:19) « Photo news | EN.Censor.net
A 27-year-old mercenary from Chelyabinsk Oblast Mikhail Nefedov, who had earlier fought in the Donbas, has returned home from Syria in a zinc coffin.
Canada on annexation of Crimea: Canada will never recognize illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia, FM Freeland says – Canada, Crimea, occupation, Chrystia Freeland, Russian aggression against Ukraine, Canada on annexation of Crimea (27.03.17 12:37) « News | EN.Censor.net
Canada has no intention to recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and condemns Russian support to militants in the east of Ukraine.
Defense weapons for Ukraine: Senator McCain calls to give weapons to Ukraine amid intensified aggression by Putin – armament, McCain, weapons, Putin, USA, Russian aggression against Ukraine, Defense weapons for Ukraine (27.03.17 11:19) « News | EN.Censor.net
The first priority for the United States in Ukraine is to provide defensive weapons such as javelin missiles and counter-battery radar.