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Note by The Saker: Eugenia and the other translators were wondering whether it was worth translating such a demented piece of proposed legislation, but I asked them to go ahead and do it even though I fully agree with them that the author of this text is clearly completely insane and the ideas this draft legislation are the product of sick, hateful and infinitely stupid minds.  But that is  precisely  the point!  I am personally sick and tired of the western patrons and sponsors of the Euromaidan  and of the very notion of a “Ukraine”  constantly trying to constantly put some half-way decent make-up on what are the demented, corrupt and, yes, Nazi faces of the ruling Ukronazi junta in Kiev.  The truth is that just like in the cases of Noriega, Saddam Husein, al-Qaeda, the Takfiris in Syria and elsewhere, the West is yet again allied with, and protector of, an ugly clique of hateful and demented people.  This resolution is a very good example of the kind of ideas which this AngloZionis

The Russian Defense Ministry has set up a web page, which illustrates the defense ministry’s work in 2018. The web page provides facts and numbers about the delivered weapons and equipment as well as results of other activities of the military. The content provided on  togi2018.mil.ru  is based on an adress of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu  during the year-end session of the Defense Ministry Board . The creation of such a web page is an important step in the development of media content provided by the Russian Defense Ministry. However, it appeared that the website included an awkward mistake. Russia’s Peresvet laser combat system was illustrated with a photo of the AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System (also known as XN-1 LaWS) aboard the US Navy’s USS Ponce amphibious transport dock.  View image on Twitter Dmitry Stefanovich @KomissarWhipla Looks like there was one good design solution on the https:// itogi2018.mil.ru /  website. This pic seems to be the bes

Click to see the full-size image On December 19 th ,  a resolution was introduced in the US Senate  called for a international freedom of navigation military operation in the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov, in addition to urging the cancellation of Nord Stream 2 and for EU to refuse access of Russian vessels to their ports. Approximately 40 Senators introduced the bill, spearheaded by Senators Ron Johnson (R) and Dick Durbin (D). “The United States and our allies need to rapidly counter Russia’s military aggression in the Kerch Strait with strong and resolute action,” Johnson said in a statement. Initially, on December the 19 th ,  the Hill reported that  in the bill Senators are “calling for the pipeline’s cancellation due to its threat to European energy security, and calling on the Russian Federation to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait.” However, in the final draft of the resolution it rather calls for “a prompt multinational freedom of navigation

On December 19,  the administration of US President Donald Trump announced that it’s withdrawing troops from Syria.  Further media reprots on this issue said that State Department personnel had been set to be evacuated within 24 hours while the timeframe for troops pull-out is between 60 and 100 days. On December 20, local Syrian sources reported that the State Deparment had already withdrawn all diplomats from the country. While the White House has provided no details on the troops withdrawal process,  there are signals  that Washington is emergently withdrawing its military personnel and equipment. On the same time, there are reports that the US has started withdrawing its diplomats and the most combat-effective units from Afghanistan. This follows  a significant increase of US intelligence gathering missions  along the Russian borders during the past 10 days. On December 18,  British reconnaissance ship HMS Echo entered the Black Sea  in order to collect fresh data about w