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Independent journalists Kit Klarenberg and Tim Norman have conducted significant investigations into the alleged 2018 assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer turned British spy, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England. The episode also covers the related death of Dawn Sturgess in nearby Amesbury, which was recently the subject of a UK inquiry. Skripal, who betrayed Russia for MI6 in the 1990s, was settled in Salisbury after a spy swap in 2010. On March 4, 2018, he and Yulia were found unconscious on a bench, allegedly poisoned by the nerve agent "novichok," which the British government attributed to Russian operatives. The official narrative claims this poison was smeared on Skripal's door, though inconsistencies—such as the delayed onset of symptoms, the survival of the Skripals, and lack of definitive evidence linking the agent to Russia—raise doubts about the UK government's story.Months later, Englishwoman Dawn Sturgess died after reportedly spraying herself with "novichok" from a sealed perfume bottle found by her boyfriend, Charlie Rowley, prompting further accusations against Russia. However, the apparently sealed bottle and the inability of scientists to confirm the nerve agent's origin undermined the government's claims. The British narrative was shaky and possibly propped up by intelligence-linked entities like Bellingcat and the Institute for Statecraft's Integrity Initiative, which may have pushed disinformation. The recently concluded Sturgess Inquiry, designed to control the narrative, inadvertently exposed its weaknesses.To find out more about the people and music featured in today's episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com You can find Tim's work on the Propaganda in Focus website (https://propagandainfocus.com/author/h7_2q94aatnh5/) and UK Column (https://www.ukcolumn.org/writer/tim-norman), as well as on X.com @timtron2020Kit writes for The Grayzone website (https://thegrayzone.com/author/kit-klarenberg/), including on the Skripal/Sturgess case: https://thegrayzone.com/2025/01/13/british-inquiry-skripal-poisoning/. He's also on X.com @KitKlarenbergYou can also contact the show through our website — we love to hear your comments, questions, corrections, and suggestions!And you can find us on X @AssassinsPodAssassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you'd like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band, Remember Remember. You'll find them on iTunes.

Ormai è chiaro che Trump e Putin si sono alleati contro l'Europa e le democrazie liberali. Il discorso del vice-presidente Vance alla Conferenza di Monaco è stata una dichiarazione di guerra ideologica all'Unione Europea e ai suoi valori. Riecheggia in maniera inquietante il discorso di Putin nel 2007 sempre alla Conferenza di Monaco. Fu l'inizio dello strappo fra Putin e l'Occidente. Un discorso sottovalutato. Nessuno capì davvero la portata di quelle parole, quando dichiarò che il collasso sovietico fu la più grande catastrofe geopolitica del secolo. Pensavano fosse una iperbole, invece era un manifesto.“Ogni azione successiva (l'invasione della Georgia, l'annessione della Crimea, l'abbattimento del volo MH17, l'avvelenamento di Skripal, l'uccisione di Navalny) non è stata un incidente isolato, ma una mossa a scacchi attentamente orchestrata. E ora ha vinto la partita lunga due decenni, realizzando ciò che generazioni di leader sovietici potevano solo sognare: Putin lo ha fatto non attraverso carri armati e missili, ma attraverso la pazienza strategica, la manipolazione delle istituzioni democratiche e una fede incrollabile nel destino geopolitico russo.Questo nuovo finale della Guerra Fredda non si conclude con il trionfo della democrazia liberale occidentale, ma con il suo sistematico smantellamento. L'impalcatura ideologica portante del Cremlino, in cui il potere è verità, i principi sono debolezza e il clientelismo è l'unica vera ideologia, ora definisce la Casa Bianca”. E questo non deve sorprendere. Trump e Putin sono ‘alleati' di lunga data, ancora prima del 2016, quando Trump vinse per la prima volta le elezioni americane. Le tracce di questa relazione pericolosa per l'America e per il resto del mondo risalgono a molto prima e si intrecciano con i movimenti estremisti di matrice cristiano-nazista e più recentemente con il progetto politico dei signori della Silicon Valley. Oggi gli Usa sono leader di un movimento fascista globale. (00:00:00) USA, Russia e l'imperialismo mafioso(03:30:21) La conferenza di Monaco è l'inizio di una nuova era(10:34:20) Trump-Putin “alleati” contro l'Europa e le democrazie liberaliRegia: VudioBrani musicali: Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up ; One Day (Vandaag) - Bakermat

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) materials are often the plot point in disaster and action movies. For soldiers, they are a potential threat on the battlefield or when responding to a domestic crisis. Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Hubble is the Director of the Joint CBRN Defence team, and he explains how the Army does all the heavy thinking about CBRN for the Canadian Armed Forces.Feel free to contact Captain Adam Orton with any comments or questions:armyconnect-connectionarmee@forces.gc.caConnect with the Canadian Army on social media:Facebook  | X (Twitter) | Instagram | YouTubeVisit Forces.ca if you are considering a career in the Army.Copyright Information© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence, 2024

Les matières chimiques, biologiques, radiologiques et nucléaires (CBRN) sont souvent au cœur de l'intrigue des films d'action et de catastrophes. Pour les soldats, elles représentent une menace sur le champ de bataille ou lors d'une intervention en cas de crise nationale. Le major Christian Lepage, directeur adjoint de l'équipe interarmées de défense CBRN, explique en quoi l'Armée canadienne pousse la réflexion en matière de CBRN pour les Forces armées canadiennes.Pour toute question ou tout commentaire, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec le capitaine Adam Orton :armyconnect-connectionarmee@forces.gc.caMédias sociaux de l'Armée canadienne :Facebook | X (Twitter) |  Instagram | YouTubeConsultez le site Forces.ca si vous envisagez une carrière dans l'Armée.Renseignements sur les droits d'auteur© Sa Majesté le Roi du chef du Canada, représenté par le ministre de la Défense nationale, 2024

Sechs Jahre nach der angeblichen Vergiftung von Sergei und Julia Skripal sowie dem Tod der Britin Dawn Sturgess hat in London ein Gerichtsprozess begonnen. Doch die wichtigsten Zeugen werden dort nicht erscheinen, sodass nach wie vor unklar ist, ob die Skripals überhaupt noch leben. Von Wladimir Kornilow  

Three Buddy Problem - Episode 11: Russia's notorious GRU Unit 29155 (previously tied to assassinations, poisonings and coup attempts) now blamed for destructive cyberattacks for sabotage; FBI and DOJ take down 'Doppelganger' network spreading Russian propaganda; CISA's budget, staff, advisories and YARA rules; Influence Operations 2.0; prolific Chinese hackers and global bug-disclosure implications; North Korean hacking capabilities and 0day expertise. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade (https://x.com/juanandres_gs)(SentinelLabs), Costin Raiu (https://x.com/craiu) (Art of Noh), Ryan Naraine (https://x.com/ryanaraine) (SecurityWeek)

L'actualité des plateformes et du cinéma Où peut-on voir ces films qui plagient sans vergogne des classiques comme « Jurassic Park » ou « King Kong », mais en version fauchée ? Qu'a été « l'affaire Skripal » et comment a-t-elle secoué l'Angleterre en 2018 ? Comment le film mexicain « Totem » a-t-il conquis un nombre incalculable de festivals en 2023 ? Les découvertes musicales Sainte Nicole - Les Filles Qui Parlent Fort Aurora - Some Type Of Skin Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde Kim Gordon - I Don't Miss My Mind Merci pour votre écoute La semaine des 5 Heures, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 19h à 20h00 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de La semaine des 5 Heures avec les choix musicaux de Rudy dans leur intégralité sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/1451 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: The unmasking of the Salisbury poisoning suspects by a new digital journalism outfit was an embarrassment for Putin – and evidence that Russian spies are not what they once were. By Luke Harding. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Ian, Adam, Jane and Helen discuss royal privacy, the possible resurrection of the Crooked House pub, and the return of George Galloway. Questions? Feedback? Email us on podcast@private-eye.co.uk Sources: George Galloway on the “indefatigability” quote | Christopher Hitchens on being a drink-sodden former Trotskyist popinjay | Libel payouts over forged documents | Inquiry into Mariam Appeal | Inquiry into Viva Palestina | On Mykonos: “I actually had sexual intercourse with some of the people in Greece.” | Galloway on Iranian executions | Interview with Benjamin Cohen on gay rights | On Naz Shah's arranged marriage | Galloway pretending to be a cat | The US government on Sputnik's funding | An interview with Chinese media about attending the Beijing democracy forum  | On Julian Assange | On Russell Brand | Censured by Ofcom over Skripal claims | At the Grassrouts Out rally with Nigel Farage | London mayoral result, 2016 | March 2024: “No state has the right to exist . . . not the Zionist apartheid state of Israel.” | Chambers solicitors strike-off | £6,000 Twitter libel demands | Galloway: Bradford should be an “Israel-free zone” | Galloway won't debate Eylon Levy | Sam Coates interviews George Galloway in Rochdale

Om twee redenen kijken we knarsetandend naar de liquidaties van tegenstanders van Poetin: hij laat die openlijk uitvoeren, en wij zijn machteloos. Hij heeft ook wel eens gezegd dat hij met de vijanden van het moederland afrekent, waar die zich ook bevinden. Aleksei Navalny is de zoveelste in een lange rij. Misschien was de arrestatie van vier Russische spionnen in Den Haag, in 2018, het meest illustratief. Het ging om een sullige poging om het gebouw van de OPCW te hacken. Dat mislukte. Ze reisden onder hun eigen namen, hadden paspoorten met opeenvolgende nummers, hadden een taxibonnetje op zak met het adres van de Russische geheime dienst, maakten in Den Haag foto's van elkaar. Het Kremlin leek te schreeuwen: ja, ja, wij zitten hier achter. De moord op de journalist Anna Politkovskaja in 2006 leidde tot een onderzoek door de overgelopen oud-KGB-spion Aleksander Litvinenko, die vervolgens in Londen werd vermoord met een kopje thee waarin radioactief polonium zat. Hetzelfde overkwam Pussy Riot oprichter Pjotr Verzoliv, die op het nippertje overleefde. Net als oud-spion Skripal en zijn dochter. Idem Vladimir Kara-Muzra, een invloedrijke oppositiefiguur, die zelfs twee vergiftigingen overleefde. En natuurlijk Boris Nemtsov, oud-vicepremier en later keiharde Poetin-criticaster, die op een brug, vlak bij het Kremlin, in een zee van kogels om het leven kwam toen hij met zijn vriendin een wandeling maakte. Of Prigozjin, de baas van huurlingenleger Wagner, die voortdurend openlijk tekeerging tegen Poetin, een staatsgreep probeerde, en vervolgens in zijn eigen vliegtuig werd opgeblazen. Het is een incompleet overzicht, maar iedereen kent de voorbeelden en de waarschuwingen. Drink in Rusland geen thee, kom niet in de buurt van een open raam, denk niet dat je in het buitenland veilig bent. En denk vooral aan het woord van Poetin: we vinden je overal.  Wat ons terugbrengt op onze frustratie: Poetin doet dit allemaal openlijk, arrogant, zelfovertuigd, provocerend. De EU komt niet verder dan het Mensenrechtensanctieregime – een soort sanctiereglement – naar Navalny te noemen. Daar slaapt Poetin geen minuut korter door. ‘Wie doet me wat?' straalt hij uit. Het antwoord is: niemand – helemaal niemand.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Om twee redenen kijken we knarsetandend naar de liquidaties van tegenstanders van Poetin: hij laat die openlijk uitvoeren, en wij zijn machteloos. Hij heeft ook wel eens gezegd dat hij met de vijanden van het moederland afrekent, waar die zich ook bevinden. Aleksei Navalny is de zoveelste in een lange rij. Misschien was de arrestatie van vier Russische spionnen in Den Haag, in 2018, het meest illustratief. Het ging om een sullige poging om het gebouw van de OPCW te hacken. Dat mislukte. Ze reisden onder hun eigen namen, hadden paspoorten met opeenvolgende nummers, hadden een taxibonnetje op zak met het adres van de Russische geheime dienst, maakten in Den Haag foto's van elkaar. Het Kremlin leek te schreeuwen: ja, ja, wij zitten hier achter. De moord op de journalist Anna Politkovskaja in 2006 leidde tot een onderzoek door de overgelopen oud-KGB-spion Aleksander Litvinenko, die vervolgens in Londen werd vermoord met een kopje thee waarin radioactief polonium zat. Hetzelfde overkwam Pussy Riot oprichter Pjotr Verzoliv, die op het nippertje overleefde. Net als oud-spion Skripal en zijn dochter. Idem Vladimir Kara-Muzra, een invloedrijke oppositiefiguur, die zelfs twee vergiftigingen overleefde. En natuurlijk Boris Nemtsov, oud-vicepremier en later keiharde Poetin-criticaster, die op een brug, vlak bij het Kremlin, in een zee van kogels om het leven kwam toen hij met zijn vriendin een wandeling maakte. Of Prigozjin, de baas van huurlingenleger Wagner, die voortdurend openlijk tekeerging tegen Poetin, een staatsgreep probeerde, en vervolgens in zijn eigen vliegtuig werd opgeblazen. Het is een incompleet overzicht, maar iedereen kent de voorbeelden en de waarschuwingen. Drink in Rusland geen thee, kom niet in de buurt van een open raam, denk niet dat je in het buitenland veilig bent. En denk vooral aan het woord van Poetin: we vinden je overal.  Wat ons terugbrengt op onze frustratie: Poetin doet dit allemaal openlijk, arrogant, zelfovertuigd, provocerend. De EU komt niet verder dan het Mensenrechtensanctieregime – een soort sanctiereglement – naar Navalny te noemen. Daar slaapt Poetin geen minuut korter door. ‘Wie doet me wat?' straalt hij uit. Het antwoord is: niemand – helemaal niemand.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An old Facebook comment from Jeremy Corbyn resurfaces. The Labour leader is forced to to explain why he publicly supported a graffiti artist accused of painting an antisemitic mural in East London. Allegations of antisemitism against Corbyn's Labour Party grow. Some Jewish Labour MPs are exposed to abuse and death threats. Jeremy Corbyn's response to the Skripal poisonings in Salisbury lead some to question his suitability to be PM.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An old Facebook comment from Jeremy Corbyn resurfaces. The Labour leader is forced to to explain why he publicly supported a graffiti artist accused of painting an antisemitic mural in East London. Allegations of antisemitism against Corbyn's Labour Party grow. Some Jewish Labour MPs are exposed to abuse and death threats. Jeremy Corbyn's response to the Skripal poisonings in Salisbury lead some to question his suitability to be PM. You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded October 28th and 29th, 2023 Having watched the incremental disintegration of Western Civilizations, such as it was, over the last forty and something years, it still comes as a surprise to witness the depravity, viciousness, and yes, banality of the evil now run rampant. And this is without regarding the unspeakable Israel - enacting a literal genocide even now, every moment - but the revelation of the West's moral bankruptcy Israel's ultimate crime illustrates. Certainly the blame for the killing of Gaza is on the governments and institutions of America, Europe, the NATO nations - Canada, the rest of the Anglo-American Alliance, and their satraps around the World - but the blood of innocents stains our hands too; we the people who allowed this happen, and allow it continue. So, now what are you and I and we to do? Dimitri Lascaris is a Montreal-based activist, journalist, and lawyer. He served as Justice Critic in the Shadow Cabinet of the Green Party of Canada and likewise for the Green Party of Quebec. Dimitri's interviews for TRNN are at TheRealNews.com. Dimitri's articles appear at various sites online and at his website, DimitriLascaris.org, where I found his latest piece, 'If We Have Any Honour, We Will Defend the Palestinian People'. Dimitri Lascaris in the first half. And; is there method in this madness? Was the ruthless destruction of decency and the foundational principles of the West, and presumably Israel, the intention of the current onslaught in Gaza, (and increasingly underscored by the marauding bands of murderous "settlers" in the West Bank)? Or has it all just gotten away from the perennial felon, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, originally hoping perhaps just for a distraction from the determined - and massive - demonstrations against his government? Whither Israel then, and where does the disaster it has wrought for Palestine's people lead it now? John Helmer is a journalist and author who's spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. Principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears, Helmer has too been a professor of political science, sociology, and journalism, and served as advisor to governments at the highest levels. Among his many book titles are: ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt', ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17', and his latest, ‘SOVCOMPLOT: How Pirates Tried to Capture the Treasure of the Russian Seas, and Were Caught Out'. John's latest article at Dances with Bears examines the question of what becomes of "the only democracy in the Middle East" now that its long-promised war is begun. John Helmer and 'THE GODS ARE GOING AGAINST THE CHOSEN PEOPLE — MAMMON AGAINST ISRAEL, MARS AGAINST THE PENTAGON' in the second half. But first, Dimitri Lascaris and the great unraveling beginning in the navel of the World. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at Gorilla-Radio.com, GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded October 29th, 2023 Is there method in this madness? Was the ruthless destruction of decency and the foundational principles of the West, and presumably Israel, the intention of the current onslaught in Gaza, (and increasingly underscored by the marauding bands of murderous "settlers" in the West Bank)? Or has it all just gotten away from the perennial felon, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, originally hoping perhaps just for a distraction from the determined - and massive - demonstrations against his government? Whither Israel then, and where does the disaster it has wrought for Palestine's people lead it now? John Helmer is a journalist and author who's spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. Principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears, Helmer has too been a professor of political science, sociology, and journalism, and served as advisor to governments at the highest levels. Among his many book titles are: ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt', ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17', and his latest, ‘SOVCOMPLOT: How Pirates Tried to Capture the Treasure of the Russian Seas, and Were Caught Out'. John's latest article at Dances with Bears examines the question of what becomes of "the only democracy in the Middle East" now that its long-promised war is begun. John Helmer and 'THE GODS ARE GOING AGAINST THE CHOSEN PEOPLE — MAMMON AGAINST ISRAEL, MARS AGAINST THE PENTAGON'.   Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at Gorilla-Radio.com, GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

Trudeau's Skripal moment, ruins relations with India

LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA presenta la audioserie titulada "Érase una vez el Este". Este es el sexto capítulo, y se se titula "Con la muerte en los talones". Esta serie o audioserie en la que se mezclan la realidad y la ficción, consiste en una serie de programas en los que escucharéis como se habla de hechos reales que han sucedido en los últimos años y también en fechas recientes en Europa, concretamente en la zona del este de Europa. Como digo, es una audioserie muy conectada con la actualidad en los momentos en la que estamos presentándola. Y este proyecto no es idea mía, sino que es idea de dos amigos de LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA, como son Juan Lamas, malagueño, historiador, escritor y guionista, y Verónica, barcelonesa, licenciada en administración y finanzas, actriz y cantante amateur y gran apasionada por la historia. Ellos son los artífices de esto y les agradezco su trabajo. Os dejo con el sexto capítulo titulado "Con la muerte en los talones". Sinopsis: El Mayor Médico Lysachev invita a Aleksandra a un viaje maravilloso a las orillas del Volga, sin embargo ella rechaza el ofrecimiento orgullosa creyendo que al igual que todas las personas que le rodean, sólo quiere aprovecharse de ella. Desamparada y sin amigos, sigue atrapada en Dombass y el Doctor Polischuck reaparece para llevar a cabo su Sagrada Misión. Este es un Podcast producido y dirigido por Gerión de Contestania, miembro del grupo "Divulgadores de la Historia". Somos un podcast perteneciente al sello iVoox Originals. Canal de YouTube de LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfHTOD0Z_yC-McS71OhfHIA *Si te ha gustado el programa dale al "Like", ya que con esto ayudarás a darnos más visibilidad. También puedes dejar tu comentario, decirnos en que hemos fallado o errado y también puedes sugerir un tema para que sea tratado en un futuro programa de LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA. Gracias. Música del audio: -El podcact LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA cuenta con licencia de Epidemic Sound. Enlaces a los cortes de noticiarios y a la música empleada en el programa: Noticias: -GUERRA RUSIA-UCRANIA: La INTELIGENCIA de EE.UU. busca INDECISOS que quieran ser CONFIDENTES | RTVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77LGBm9y9k -GUERRA UCRANIA: Los DISIDENTES RUSOS recurren a TELEGRAM como alternativa a la PROPAGANDA | RTVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSBiHb0PW34&t=68s -Russian soldier shoots Ak and yells cyka blyat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV6SbJMYC44 -Propagandaist Simonyan "thanks" FSB for closing fake assassination attempt on Solovyov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4skQZ5DO_eY -Arrestar a Putin equivaldría a "declarar la guerra" a Rusia, advierte Medvédev | AFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWrDw9hRb5k -GUERRA UCRANIA: El AVANCE RUSO se ESTANCA en BAJMUT mientras los ATAQUES a CIVILES CONTINÚAN | RTVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8T_mYvZORA -GUERRA UCRANIA: RUSIA busca NUEVOS SOLDADOS con una gran CAMPAÑA PUBLICITARIA | RTVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG3orrbanP4&t=5s -Jefe de Wagner reconoce que 10.000 presidiarios rusos cayeron en Bajmut (canal26) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTVgzjjQXLc -GUERRA UCRANIA: RUSIA recluta SOLDADOS ampliando la EDAD de MOVILIZACIÓN y captando a PRESOS | RTVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGSNZElpSaY -“Putin es un necio”, dicen soldados rusos en llamadas interceptadas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KOBZCGuQVg -Ucrania | El jefe del Grupo Wagner reconoce 20 000 muertos en Bajmut. Euronews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn3ApOYwt5M -Ucrania confirma que Rusia se ha hecho con el control de Soledar (El debate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT-_57HdTwo -Por qué RUSIA tiene tanto interés en capturar SOLEDAR Y BAJMUT. Diario Gestión https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alP7uOjPJV8&t=108s -GUERRA UCRANIA: Un EXCOMANDANTE RUSO del GRUPO WAGNER HUYE a NORUEGA para SALVAR la VIDA | RTVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqUAzwxj14 -Ramzan Kadyrov: el dictador que pone a sus ciudadanos a escribirle poemas a Vladimir Putin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEnXlS3e0Vw -Kadyrov se ofrece en Grozni un cumpleaños digno de un marajá. Euronews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMa_EH06DsA -Ramzan Kadyrov, en la lista negra de Estados Unidos. Euronews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI31Y4tke9w -Soldados chechenos luchan en Ucrania. DW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFuV284lBD4 -Putin inaugura el puente que une Crimea con Rusia al volante de un camión. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jAVjghEFM -Destruye parte de puente de Crimea, la joya de Putin. El universal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRhLYjUGtus -Detienen a dos sospechosos del asesinato del opositor ruso Boris Nemtsov. EFE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN3wp1VR7n0 -Putin probablemente autorizó el asesinato de Litvinenko. E. Press. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpBaJrIVPEw -Rusos acusados por el envenenamiento del espía Skripal. El País. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIGuvh0Mo9g -La policía investiga el caso Skripal. DW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdxsrw_Z-0w -El opositor Nemtsov asesinado a tiros en Moscú. 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Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded February 19th, 2023. On February 8th of this year, Dutch police presented new evidence to the District Court of The Hague regarding the July 17th, 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Upon entering their evidence, the Dutch government and an Australian investigator on the case admitted to having held American military satellite images from the court, the press, and defence lawyers throughout the two-year trial for the wrongful deaths of the two hundred and ninety-eight people who perished aboard that ill-fated flight. John Helmer is a journalist and author who's spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. The principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears, Helmer has too been a professor of political science, sociology and journalism, and served as advisor to governments at the highest levels. Among his many book titles are: ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt', his latest, ‘Australian Fascism: How It Destroyed the Courts,' and ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17'. His recent article on the latest from The Hague and the MH-17 disaster is, 'US SATELLITE PHOTOS REVEALED AT LAST – NOW THEY INCRIMINATE THE DUTCH POLICE, PROSECUTORS, AND JUDGES IN THE MH17 SHOW TRIAL'. Today, John Helmer and the JIT's latest shot in the West's war against Russia. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at Gorilla-Radio.com, GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded January 22, 2023 Approaching the first anniversary of Russia's "Special Operations" in the Donbass region of Ukraine prospects for Russia's proposed ceasefire are tremulous, and the chance of peace breaking out soon remote. The problem for those seeking an end to the killing is, as ever, finding willing partners on both sides of the conflict. For now, Ukraine's backers in the United States and the NATO countries seem content to allow the war continue, sapping Russia's political and economic resources while providing a lucrative market for their weapons-making industries. But, and it is an enormous one, elements within Germany's uber military echelons are pushing America to put an end to its project in Ukraine - before it's too late! John Helmer is a journalist, author, and principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears. He's a past professor of political science, sociology, and journalism and has served as advisor to governments at the highest level. Helmer has spent decades living in and reporting from Russia, and among his many book titles are: ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17,' ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt', and his latest, ‘Australian Fascism: How It Destroyed the Courts.'. John's recent article at Dances with Bears, ‘GERMAN GENERAL TELLS U.S. GENERALS TO LOSE THE UKRAINE WAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT LOSING THE EMPIRE IN EUROPE‘ reveals Germany's evolving position on the Ukraine conflict. Today, John Helmer and abandoning the Ukraine battle to save the Russia war. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at Gorilla-Radio.com, GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded December 20th, 2022. "Fascism" has become, in the post-totalitarian west, a term traduced through overuse to the point of triteness. So much so, it begs questioning whether this trivialization is not done by some nefarious design than the more usual intellectual laziness of the purveyors of news and other so-called "information". But - and it is an enormous but - fascism did not die with Herr Hitler, its surviving spore has found purchase in the body politic of liberal democracies across the World; in some more readily than others. John Helmer, the self-titled "doyen" of the foreign press corps in Russia is principle of the web news site, Dances with Bears. He's a native-born Australian, educated there and at Harvard University in America. He's also a prolific author, some of whose titles include: ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17,' ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt', and his latest, just hours off the presses, 'Australian Fascism: How It Destroyed the Courts.' Today, a special Christmas Season observance of the persistent survival of a political philosophy as perniciously adaptive, and destructive, as any holly and ivy ever was. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at Gorilla-Radio.com, GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

I detta avsnitt: Mordet på Alexander Litvinenko var inte bara en uppseendeväckande händelse i sig, en avhoppad agent som mördats av sitt eget hemland. Sättet det gjordes på, med ett radioaktivt ämne, förvånade många med tanke på de risker för tredje man detta innebar. Men när ytterligare en rysk avhoppare utsätts för ett mordförsök, denna gång med ett starkt kemiskt stridsmedel, är tecknen tydliga på att risken för allmänheten är underordnat hämnden för nationen. De absolut flesta politiker, analytiker och debattörer är överens om att allt pekar på Rysslands hand bakom dessa förgiftningar. Men landet vägrar tillstå någon form av ansvar. Istället används diskussionen till att anklaga andra länder för det Ryssland anklagas för. Men vad var det som faktiskt hände i London 2006 och i Salisbury 2018 som ledde fram till dessa mordförsök? Vi tittar på Alexander Litvinenkos och Sergej Skripals liv, myndigheternas agerande samt Rysslands svar på anklagelserna. Allt detta och mycket till i avsnitt 41 av Kvalificerat Hemligt. Musik i programmet: Podington Bear - Good Times (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Upbeat/GoodTimes_1375)

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded October 1st and 2nd, 2022 And welcome too to what appears to be the end of the pretense of Canada, the sovereign state. If we're honest, like Peter Pan's Tinkerbell, that place existed ever only as an article of faith: It was because we believed it, it was so. But in its deeds these last years, it is increasingly difficult to maintain the fiction this place named Canada is anything more in fact than a placeholder for Greater America and its now nakedly evident Empire. Yves Engler is a prolific author, essayist, and political activist. Among his dozen books are ten detailing various myths of "Canada's" foreign policy past and present. His hundreds of articles on that and other matters of the moment appear across the internet and at his site, YvesEngler.com. Yves is too the host of the Canadian Foreign Policy Hour, a "weekly news roundup and interactive discussion about Canada's role abroad." It's a forum made possible by the new communications environment, one that allows the citizenry sidestep corporate and state news mediation. Yves Engler in the first half. And; things are changing so rapidly it's almost pointless to write now, two days before my second guest's interview, about the previously mentioned Empire's efforts to overthrow Russian leadership and usurp entirely the European economy. Just today, on September's last day, NATO is entertaining an expedited application to accept Ukraine into its fold; even as Russia announces the adoption of Western Ukrainian territories. These two actions, should NATO complete its part, automatically create a state of war between the NATO states and Russia - setting the stage for World War III. This all in the wake of the sabotage of Russia's Nord Stream I and II pipelines. John Helmer is a journalist, author, and principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears. He's a past professor of political science, sociology, and journalism and has served as advisor to governments at the highest level. Helmer has spent decades living in and reporting from Russia, and among his many book titles are: ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17,' ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' and his latest, ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt'. John Helmer and Aftershocks of the Nord Stream attacks as prelude to Armageddon in the second half. But first, Yves Engler and Canada's foreign-dictated foreign policy. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing since 1999; in Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: cfuv.ca.  Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

On Tuesday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Michael Nolan who is an active member of Kilkee's Civic Trust. Michael is also a well known solicitor. He recently gave an interesting talk called Kilkee's Skripal. This is an intriguing spy story, which was based on a man known as Seán Bourke. Seán hailed from Limerick and ultimately ended up living in Kilkee. Michael joined us to fill us in on this incredible story.

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded September 17th and 18th, 2022. This week past, the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency officially demanded Russia relinquish control of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, or (ZNPP), and "all nuclear facilities within Ukraine's internationally recognized borders" into the hands of "competent Ukraine authorities". The Russian-held nuclear plant has been repeatedly shelled and was too the target of a Kiev commando-raid. The IAEA's investigation on the status of the plant, and now this report, are precedent-setting for the agency, but not a departure from the recent trend toward politicizing international agencies to serve the interests of America and NATO. John Helmer is a journalist, author, and principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears. He's a past professor of political science, sociology, and journalism and has served as advisor to governments at the highest level. Helmer has spent decades living in and reporting from Russia, and among his many book titles are: ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17,' ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' and his latest, ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt'. John Helmer in the first half. And; even as the UN's IAEA and OPCW are co-opted against their mandates into the service of the war-state, so too countries big and small are strong-armed to bend their laws to suit the aims of the United States. Witness Great Britain's abandonment of the Magna Carta in the Assange case, or Canada's deplorable political arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and two-plus year torturing of logic and jurisprudence required to keep her imprisoned. What chance then do smaller countries like Sweden, or Iceland, or Cabo Verde have when their leadership receives a call from Uncle Sam? In the latter's case, that phone rang when Venezuelan diplomat and businessman, Alex Saab's plane landed for refueling in the tiny African nation, en route to Iran. Today, Saab languishes in an American prison cell for the crime of challenging imperial power. Roger D. Harris' long civil rights activism career encompasses the teaching political science at a Historical Black College in Mississippi in the 1960's and community organizing in East Harlem, New York City. Today, Roger's a Wildlife Biologist and conducts eco-tours with the Oceanic Society, but he still has an oar or two in the activist waters; sitting on the board of the human rights organization, Task Force on the Americas, and serving on the executive committee of the US Peace Council, among others. His political essays feature online at CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, Mint Press News, Popular Resistance, and at the Task Force on the Americas site, where I found his recent article, 'Possible Prisoner Exchange in US Hybrid War Against Venezuela'. Roger Harris and freeing Alex Saab in the second half. But first, John Helmer and the IAEA's use as an instrument of one party in conflict. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing since 1999; in Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: cfuv.ca.  Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

This episode considers the implications of the rise of state-sponsored fake news and disinformation for international images. Simon takes the line that the exaggerations of nation branding are on a continuum with all-out lies of malicious propaganda. He calls for better research on public responses to nations using distortion. Does it demonstrably damage reputations? Nick argues that state sponsorship of objective news can be an important component of Soft Power as the BBC is an asset for the UK. He considers the history of this and the ways in our own time by which states are learning to blunt the kind of disruptive media onslaught of the kind deployed by Russia in 2014. He cites the British response to the Skripal case of 2018 and the effective use of so-called 'pre-bunking' strategies in the run up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Simon worries that the loss of confidence in news undermines the whole notion of things being knowable and plays into Russian hands which prompts Nick to stress the importance not merely of single state sponsored sources of objective news like the BBC but of building free media broadly to create multiple sources of credible news at a community level. The conversation ends with agreement that education is the answer and the perhaps our age of disinformation is a necessary wakeup call for a better future.

4 marzo 2018, Salisbury, Inghilterra: l'ex agente del KGB Sergei Skripal (fuggito in Occidente dopo aver lavorato come talpa) viene avvelenato insieme alla figlia Yulia e a due civili innocenti. L'MI6 accusa il GRU, i servizi militari russi, che avrebbero usato il gas nervino Novichok. Scoppia un caso internazionale che conduce a sanzioni ed espulsioni di diplomatici russi in tutta Europa.

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded July 21st and 24th, 2022 Nearly seventy-seven years following the atomic annihilation of two cities, politicians in America and its NATO vassal states today are debating the strategic merits of a nuclear war with Russia, (and presumable China to follow). Absent the debate, naturally, is the moral question of both war and its necessary means. August 6th marks the grim anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima by America - Nagasaki being unnecessarily destroyed three days later. In the years since, historians have proven neither attack was needed to bring Japan to the negotiating table; they had been attempting surrender for months before the bombs dropped. But as we learn, each time anew it seems, truth has little purchase for the warmongers. The tragic and senseless destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will again be commemorated by the Victoria chapter of the Women in Black, who will stand silent vigil August 6th at the inner harbour. All are welcome to attend. Terry Wolfwood is Director and co-founder of the Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation, at BBCF.ca. She's a writer, poet, photographer, and long-time activist in pursuit of peace, social justice, and women's rights. Her articles have appeared at Briarpatch, Peace News, and Third World Resurgence among other places. In conjunction with her many activities in support of justice and peace, Terry has served too as local coordinator for the Women in Black for many years. Terry Wolfwood in the first half. And; mere hours after signing an agreement allowing the safe passage of goods from Ukraine, an acknowledged Russian missile attack against the port of Odessa threatens to scotch the deal. Russia denies allegations made by Ukraine and western media it targeted grain silos in the port, instead saying a dry dock, warship under repair, and warehouse of American munitions were struck and destroyed. Meanwhile, Kiev's president Zelenskyy spent part of his day today playing host to US congressional reps, eager to pad their war-making resumes in anticipation of the Fall election. John Helmer is a journalist, author, and principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears. He's a past scholar, and advisor to government at the highest level, and spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. His many book titles include: ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17, ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' and his latest, ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt‘ is newly out. John Helmer and Ukraine's thickening fog in the second half. But first, Terry Wolfwood and remembering still Hiroshima/Nagasaki. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing since 1998; in Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: cfuv.ca.  Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded July 10th, 2022 Twenty-five hundred years or so ago, storied Chinese general and reputed author of The Art of War observed, "There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare." Today, twenty and some years into George Bush's "generational war", Sun Tzu's wise maxim seems to have eluded the modern masters of war. The NATO Alliance has spent the 21st Century hopscotching from country to country dealing death and destruction as it goes with the abandon of a malicious child on an ant hill, wantonly thumbing flat people, nations, and the very concept of International Law until. In 2022, we find ourselves on the threshold of another global war, one leading through Russia to a final confrontation with China. John Helmer is a journalist, author, and principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears. He's a past scholar, and advisor to government at the highest level, and spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. His many book titles include: ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17, ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' and his latest, ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt‘ is newly out. His recent article, 'The Coming Verdict in the MH17 Trial is Certain, and Double Dutch' reminds, NATO's determination for a war against Russia in Ukraine is a multi-layered operation, predating anything Russia has done. Today, John Helmer and Dutch courts doing double duty and NATO's media doing its damnedest to get and keep the war on Russia going. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing since 1998; in Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: cfuv.ca.  Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/

John Sweeney has been on Vladimir Putin's case for over twenty years. He's back in the UK after nearly three months in Kyiv reporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This episode John revisits a war-like act by Russian operatives on British soil - using a banned nerve agent to try to kill a former Russian spy. John asks why the British response to the attack was so muted. Taking On Putin is funded by you - the listener. You can support the podcast on Crowdfunder.   Follow John on Twitter - @johnsweeneyroar

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded May 7th and 8th, 2022. Though most Canadians don't know it they and their country are at war. And, it's not merely a war against "Putin's Russia" (started in response to the invasion of Ukraine). While it's true, Canada has been actively engaged in undermining Russia, it has not been doing so exclusively - at the same time it has in turn tried to undermine China, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran, Syria, and a host of other nations, (all conveniently catalogued for it by our friends and neighbours south). Only difference is, now the military aspect of Ottawa's international campaign of belligerence is glaringly apparent. Yves Engler is a Montréal-based activist, and author of 12 books, mostly on Canadian foreign policy, including his latest, ‘Stand on Guard For Whom? A People's History of the Canadian Military'. He's also a prolific essayist whose many articles appear at numerous sites online, including at his website, YvesEngler.com, where his recent articles have focused on Canada's growing involvement in the crisis in Ukraine, including 'Harper pushed conflict with Russia long before invasion.' Yves Engler in the first half. And; while investigations by Canada's Department of National Defense exonerate itself of allegedly training Nazi's to kill Russians in Ukraine, (and presumably elsewhere) none are disputing the fact Canada's government is not only training, but also supplying the successors of Kiev's coupsters with the materiel vital to accomplishing that. And they're not alone. But, what remains the burning question of the moment is, "Where's the voice of global peace in this: Where's the United Nations?" Last week, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres made his organization's position clear - sort of - by not only refusing to censure Ukraine's military for intentionally hiding its forces behind human shields in Mariupol, but possibly too, as my second guest reports, committing a war crime by taking part in a scheme to use those civilians as cover in an attempt to extricate combatants from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. John Helmer is a journalist, author, and principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears. He's a past scholar, and advisor to government at the highest level, and spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. His many book titles include: ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17, ‘Skripal in Prison,' ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,' and his latest, ‘The Jackals' Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt‘ is newly out. His recent article, 'Did UN Secretary-General Guterres Commit a War Crime at Azovstal?" John Helmer and crimes of commission and omission in Ukraine in the second half. But first, Yves Engler and Canada's long subterranean warmaking breaking cover. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio broadcast on CFUV.ca. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.ca/

In March 2018 Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed onto a public bench in the English town of Salisbury. They were weaving in and out of consciousness and behaving like junkies experiencing an opioid overdose. 24 hours later they were hospitalised and placed under deep sedation in critical condition. Skripal was a Russian double agent who had been recruited to work for MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service. He had been poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union for use in their chemical weapons program. More than a decade before Skripal's poisoning, Alexander Litvinenko, another Russian intelligence officer working for MI6 had been poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope called Polonium. Skripal and Litvinenko's stories are eerily similar and yet diverge on a single fact; while Skripal survived, Litvinenko did not. Join us this week as we explore the fascinating story behind two Russian defectors.

This week's episode takes a walk on the dark side, with a molecular look at a prominent international poisonings.Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov died in 1978 after a ricin pellet was shot into his leg, from an air gun disguised as an umbrella. Twenty-eight years later, former KGB/FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko suffered horribly and died after the poison polonium-210 was slipped into his tea. And former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia nearly died in 2018 from the effects of a nerve agent attack.To understand how the molecules used in these assaults do their worst to the human body, David Priess speaks with Dr. Neil Bradbury, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science--where he teaches and conducts research on genetic diseases, especially cystic fibrosis. He is the author of A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, which combines elements of popular science, medical history, and true crime to show how the precise systems of the body can be impaired to lethal effect through the use of poison. We spoke about the four routes through which poison can be delivered to a victim, the physiology and biochemistry behind a few poisons, the prominent assassinations of Markov and Litvinenko, the attempted assassination of Skripal, and the difficulty of getting away with murder using even rare poisons once their effects are known. The information in this episode is purely for educational and entertainment purposes and is not intended to give the advantages and disadvantages of the use of any particular poison in the commission of any crime.Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Among the works cited in this episode:A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, by Neil BradburyDr. Bradbury's research on cystic fibrosis"Murder by Numbers," The Police (the PoliceWiki)"A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie" (agathachristie.com) Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Het bericht van zijn opname in een gevangenisziekenhuis verscheen eerst in de staatsmedia, zoals persbureau Sputnik, dat zijn toestand als stabiel en bevredigend beschrijft. Vrij vertaald: westerse politici, die dreigen met hel en verdoemenis, moeten zich niet zo aanstellen. Het komt wel goed met deze hooligan. Pikant detail is een bericht van de Engelstalige staatszender Russia Today over een gigantische hack van de website waarop een half miljoen Russen hun steun aan Navalny hebben betuigd. Van al die inzenders zijn de namen, adressen en emailadressen bekend. Dan maakt het bericht een idiote draai. Want, zo staat er, de hackers dreigen die persoonsgegevens door te verkopen aan advertentiebureaus. Wat zouden die bureaus met een dergelijk bestand kunnen? Niets, natuurlijk, en dus is het duidelijk een dreigement aan Navalnys volgelingen in eigen land: die hacker is het Kremlin, en we weten precies wie jullie zijn en waar jullie wonen. Luister terug | Bernard Hammelburg | Prikfabels Misrekening Mijn indruk is dat Poetin van plan was Navalny daar, in die gevangenis, gewoon te laten overlijden. Dat had dan nog een tijdje reuring gegeven, maar dan zou het wel weer stiller worden. Zijn misrekening zat in de reactie in eigen land. Poentins mantra is dat verraders en staatsvijanden simpelweg moeten worden omgelegd, en veel Russen zijn het daar wel mee eens. De affaire-Skripal, bijvoorbeeld, speelde in Rusland niet prominent. Met Navalny loopt het onverwacht anders die heeft veel meer bijval in eigen land dan Poetin had verwacht. En dus is het politiek handiger om hem niet te laten doodhongeren, want dan zou hij, behalve een staatsvijand, ook een martelaar worden. In september zijn er parlementsverkiezingen, en Poetin loopt een beetje op eieren. Luister terug | Bernard Hammelburg | Groundhog Day De boze woorden en dreigementen van de Europese Unie en Amerika hebben ongetwijfeld een beetje effect. Maar als Navalny letterlijk en figuurlijk overeind blijft, heeft hij het niet te danken aan de verontwaardigde Europese Buitenlandcommissaris Borrell, of aan Joe Biden, maar aan solidariteit in Rusland zelf. Een uitgemergelde man in de bajes knalt de zwarte-bander Poetin even keihard tegen de mat. Zoals judokas zeggen: mooie ippon. Over Bernard Hammelburg Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg gaat in zijn column in op de zaken van wereldbelang en plaatst de internationale politiek in context. Luister live woensdagochtend om 06:25 in De Ochtendspits of wanneer je wilt via bnr.nl/bernard-hammelburg, Apple Podcast of Spotify. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over de pijpleiding woedt al jaren een fel politiek conflict . Polen de Baltische staten zijn er fel op tegen. Amerika dreigt met sancties als het project echt van start gaat. Nederland neemt een opmerkelijk standpunt in: de pijpleiding is een commercieel project, en daar gaat de regering niet over. Shell maakt trouwens deel uit van het uit 120 partners bestaande Nord Stream-consortium, dat onder leiding staat van de Russische energiereus Gazprom en is gevestigd in Zwitserland. Lees ook | Nord Stream 2 door zaak Navalny nu politieke kwestie Kritiek en dreigementen Angela Merkel heeft zich jarenlang, eigenlijk tot nu toe, tegen alle kritiek en de dreigementen verzet. Over Nord Stream 2 was ze niet aanspreekbaar. Eerdere Russische aanslagen, zoals de vergiftiging van Sergei Skripal en zijn dochter, in Engeland, veroordeelde ze wel, maar ze verbond er geen consequenties aan. Wat is het verschil tussen Skripal en Navalny? Ja, Navalny werd door een Duitse organisatie uit een ziekenhuis in Omsk gehaald en overgevlogen naar Berlijn, waar hij nu vecht voor zijn leven. Zijn Duitse artsen stelden vast dat hij in Rusland is vergiftigd. Maar wat heeft de Duitse regering formeel te maken met een Russische poging tot moord op een Russische staatsburger? Behalve dat Duitsland het een verachtelijke daad vind, maar ja, wie niet? Luister terug | De Wereld | De dreigende double dip Financiële depressie Maar het stopzetten van de pijpleiding? Een project van 9,5 miljard euro dat bijna klaar is? Dat gaan de Duitsers echt niet doen. Het afkopen van de verplichtingen, het juridische gevecht met het consortium, is een nachtmerrie van kolossale omvang. Vanwaar dan het dreigement? Zou het te maken hebben met de volledig ingestorte vraag naar aardgas, als gevolg van corona en de financiële depressie? Zoekt Angela Merkel een smoes om van Nord Stream 2 af te komen? En heet die smoes Navalny? Daar zou Vladimir Poetin best eens nerveus van kunnen worden. Over Bernard Hammelburg Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg gaat in zijn column in op de zaken van wereldbelang en plaatst de internationale politiek in context. Luister live woensdagochtend om 06:25 in De Ochtendspits of wanneer je wilt via bnr.nl/bernard-hammelburg, Apple Podcast of Spotify. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Save Meduza!https://support.meduza.io/enThe Russian Presidential Affairs Department's Scientific Research Computing Center (GRCC) develops systems to monitor and deanonymize social-media users, and it sells these systems to government and private clients alike. Using the company's services, insurance companies can root out dishonest employees, and security-guard companies can recruit new staff. Other GRCC programs allow the police to hunt down “extremists” online. In a special report published in late September, Meduza learned that these computing systems collect information on Russians not just from open sources, but also from leaked databases that are sold illegally on the black market.  To find out more about Russia's database black market and how this information is being used, “The Naked Pravda” spoke to Meduza special correspondent Liliya Yapparova and Christo Grozev and Aric Toler, two top researchers at the investigative journalism website Bellingcat. In this episode: (2:01) Liliya Yapparova explains how she first learned about GRCC and its controversial products. (5:46) Kevin and Liliya discuss the ethics of using illegal databases to hunt down criminals, and the tradeoffs tech consumers accept when embracing news services. (9:15) Christo Grozev reviews Bellingcat's history and how he came to the group. (11:39) Aric Toler describes “digital stalking” and talks about Bellingcat's mid-October report about one of the alleged Skripal poisoners attending the family wedding of a Russian military intelligence commander. (21:31) Aric explains why Bellingcat isn't like Wikileaks. (23:56) Christo talks about when Bellingcat thinks it's okay to use leaked databases. (30:29) Liliya and Christo argue that Russia's data-leak problem can't be fixed anytime soon. “The Naked Pravda” comes out on Fridays. Catch every new episode by subscribing at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. If you have a question or comment about the show, please write to Kevin Rothrock at kevin@meduza.io with the subject line: “The Naked Pravda.”

5) Hezbollah plot in London revealed 2-1/2 years later; 4) Brexit Party stirs up UK politics; 3) Skripal poisoning case reveals Deep State agenda toward Russia; 2) Palestinians target Christian archaeologist working at Shiloh; 1) Boston Dynamics to sell creepy robot dogs.

Op het IDFA gaat komende week de documentaire Bellingcat, Truth in a post-truthworld in premiere. De documentaire gaat over de werkwijze en de successen van Bellingcat, een internationaal onderzoekscollectief van voornamelijk vrijwilligers. Ze onderzoeken beelden en data die het wereldnieuws bepalen, met geavanceerde online-technieken. Daardoor speelt Bellingcat een grote rol in het ontmaskeren van nepnieuws en is het collectief in korte tijd wereldberoemd geworden met onthullingen rondom onder meer de MH17 en de affaire Skripal. MargoSmit, Ombudsman van de NPO en onderzoeksjournalist, recenseert de documentaire, die op 20 november wordt uitgezonden op NPO2.

Antony Rotunno joins us again for the second part of our wide-ranging conversation on the 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis. Borrowing the word "hypernormalisation" from a book by ex-Soviet citizen Alexei Yurchak, in whose writing it described an officially-encouraged delusional state of mind in the gradually-collapsing Soviet Union, Adam Curtis creatively applies the term to the West since the last quarter of the 20th Century; a time in which, he argues, both politicians and citizens have "retreated" from hard problems in favour of "fake" versions of reality, while the banking and technological elites have continued to fill the vacuum with their technocratic systems of "stability" and "control". While we remain unpersuaded by elements of Curtis's overall narrative and gently critical of his somewhat pretentious style, we nevertheless find the documentary rich with fascinating subjects, and share our own perspectives in a relaxed and fairly unstructured way. Note: If you haven't listened to part one of this conversation, please do so first, otherwise you may find it difficult to follow. Music courtesy of Dissident Prophet (https://dissidentprophet.bandcamp.com/) For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com

Two Russian 'GRU' agents have been exposed as the perpetrators in the attempted murder-by-chemical-weapon of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Their own story doesn't add up, but their movements are also inconsistent with the claims against them, and they appeared on TV (like no real active intelligence agent ever does). Missing, as always, from the mainstream narrative of the 'Skripal Saga' is all-important context: Why Russia, why chemical weapons, why now, and why, in a world of 'full-spectrum'...

Spegillinn 13. September Fréttir: framkvæmdastjóri Orku náttúrunnar, hefur verið rekinn fyrir óviðeigandi framkomu við samstarfsfólk. Það er fagnaðarefni að verja eigi fjármunum til uppbyggingar Landspítalans, segir forstjóri spítalans. Hann er þokkalega ánægður með fjárlagafrumvarpið. Talsmaður forsætisráðherra Breta segir að viðtal við mennina tvo, sem grunaðir eru um að hafa eitrað fyrir Skripal-feðginunum, sé til skammar. Lengri umfjallanir: Það er kannski í takt við hvað allt er sérstakt í sambandi við Guðmundar- og Geirfinnsmálið, að bæði verjendurnir fimm og ákæruvaldið krefjast sýknu í málinu. Ragnar Aðalsteinsson verjandi Guðjóns Skarphéðinssonar segir þó að sýkna ein og sér dugi ekki til. Hann fer jafnframt fram á, að í forsendum dómsins verði lýst yfir að Guðjón sé saklaus af þeim ásökunum sem á hann voru bornar á sínum tíma. Spegillinn leitaði til Jóns Þórs Ólasonar lektors við Lagadeild Háskóla Íslands og spurði: Geta dómstólar lýst menn saklausa? Ragnhildur Thorlacius. Í næstu viku kemur út bókin Conspiracy & Populism eða Samsæriskenningar og populismi eftir Eirík Bergmann stjórnmálafræðiprófessor. Þar er meðal annars fjallað um Donald Trump Bandaríkjaforseta og hvernig hann nýtir sér leynt og ljóst samsæriskenningar sér til framdráttar. Pálmi Jónasson. Evrópusambandið hefur ráðist í átak gegn falsfréttum, formaður teymis sem berst gegn rússneskum áróðri, hélt erindi á fundi í Norræna húsinu í dag. Arnhildur Hálfdánardóttir ræddi við Michael Mann formann sendinefndar ESB á Íslandi og Smára McCarthy, þingmann pírata og fyrrum frkvst. Umsjón: Arnhildur Hálfdánardóttir

Jonathan Freedland and guests take the Long View on the expulsion of Russian diplomats - both in 2018 after the Skripal poisionings and in 1927 after a notorious raid of a building in London's Moorgate. The story begins in 12 King's Bench Walk in London's Inner Temple, where on 9th May 1927 MI5's head of anti-Soviet work met with Edward Langston a whistle-blower who revealed that a secret military document had been in the possession of the Soviets in the Head Quarters of the All Russian Co-Operative Society, located at 49 Moorgate. And the story ends in Victoria Station where the expelled Russians started their journey home, sent off by crowds of supporters which included MPs and trade unionists. Joining Jonathan Freedland to take this Long View are: Timothy Phillips: Historian, and author of "The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, The Russians And The Jazz Age" Edward Lucas: Times columnist, espionage expert and author of "The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West", "Deception: The Untold Story of East-West Espionage Today", and "Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet" Oksana Antonenko: Visiting Fellow at Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics and former Programme Director for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Sir Tony Brenton: Former British Ambassador to Russia (2004-08), including during the Litvinenko case Tim McMullan: Actor who played Arthur Valentine, an MI5 operative in Foyles War Producers: Ben Mitchell and Paul Kobrak.

Samninganefndir ljósmæðra og ríkisins skrifuðu undir nýjan kjarasamning hjá Ríkissáttasemjara nú rétt fyrir fréttir. Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur dæmdi í dag Mjólkursamsöluna til að greiða 480 milljónir, í sekt fyrir að misnota markaðsráðandi stöðu sína og torvelda rannsókn Samkeppniseftirlitsins. Kona varð af leiðréttingu verðtryggðs fasteignaláns vegna þess að hún gekk í hjónaband stuttu eftir að hún sótti um leiðréttingu. Umboðsmaður Alþingis telur ríkið hafa brotið á konunni. Grípa verður til brýnna aðgerða til að afstýra hungursneyð í Suður-Súdan. Þetta segja hjálparsamtökin Oxfam og segja milljónir manna í hættu. Bresk þingnefnd ályktar að flæði illa fengins rússnesks fjár inn í breskt hagkerfi sé ógnun við öryggi landsins. Leikritið Himnaríki og helvíti fær flestar tilnefningar til Grímunnar, íslensku sviðslistaverðlaunanna í ár. Pálmi Jónasson og Hallgrímur Indriðason fara ítarlega yfir stöðu meirihlutamyndana víðs vegar um land í Speglinum. Stefnt er að því að ný persónuverndarlög hér á landi taki gildi í byrjun júlí. Þegar eru farnar að berast fyrirspurnir til tryggingarfélagsins VÍS um eyðingu persónulegra gagna. Arnar Páll Hauksson fer yfir stöðuna með Rögnu Elízu Kvaran, persónuverndarfulltrúa hjá tryggingafélaginu VÍS. Morðtilræðið við rússneska gagnnjósnarann Sergei Skripal og dóttur hans vakti bresk yfirvöld til meðvitundar um skuggahliðar rússnesks fjár í Bretlandi. Samkvæmt nýrri skýrslu breskrar þingnefndar hefur Vladimir Pútín Rússlandsforseti þetta fé tiltækt í undirróðursstarfsemi sem grafi undan vestrænum gildum. En viðbrögð bresku stjórnarinnar í Skripal-málinu hafa líka afhjúpað breskan tvískinnung gagnvart rússneskum ólígörkum sem auðgast í skjóli Pútíns. Sigrún Davíðsdóttir fer yfir málið í Speglinum. Umsjónarmaður: Pálmi Jónasson

We are joined once again by the lawyer and university lecturer Adeyinka Makinde for an in-depth interview on the subject of his recent essay, "Britain and Russia: An Enduring But Fruitless Rivalry". The crisis between Britain and Russia over the alleged poisoning of Sergei Skripal is the latest episode in what has been in recent years a de facto "Cold War" between Russia and the West. However, friction between Russia and Britain is longstanding; indeed it has spanned the centuries—a recurring clash of civilisations fuelled by cultural differences, imperial ambition and ideological antagonism—and manifest today in the West's attempts to maintain its global dominance in the face of a surgent Eurasia with Russia at its centre. But with the ideological "Cold War" of the Soviet years a thing of the past, we must surely pause to ask: Why is Britain prolonging this fruitless "rivalry" with a distant Eurasian power? Whose interests does it serve? And is there, perhaps, a more constructive and, frankly, safer way forward? Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in criminal law and public law at a university in London, and has an academic research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia. (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

5) New Executive Order strengthens protections of religious freedom; 4) Giuliani stuns Hannity; 3) Army invades New Jersey; 2) New story on Skripal poisoning; 1) Toxic caterpillars in London!

"The American, British and French governments know they're lying through their teeth... and they're using these [orchestrated] events to take the world to war, the outcome of which could be annihilation."—PCR We are joined once again by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former US Assistant Secretary to the Treasury for Economic Policy, for a discussion on the current international crisis focused on Syria. As the war drums continue to beat in the West, Dr. Roberts presents various scenarios that he believes could play out in the coming days, expressing the hope that a catastrophic chain of events leading to WWIII could possibly be prevented by Russia acting swiftly and boldly to escort the USS Donald Cook out of range and marking a line in the waters. Dr. Roberts also gives his reaction to the alleged chemical attack in Douma, and considers the role of the Skripal Affair in the unfolding narrative of lies. (Interview conducted 12 April 2018) (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

Veertien EU-landen zetten Russische diplomaten uit.  De maatregel is een reactie op de aanslag met zenuwgas op dubbelspion Skripal  in het Engelse Salisbury. Ook de VS laten tientallen diplomaten naar huis terugkeren.  En daarmee nemen  de spanningen  tussen het Kremlin  en Westerse hoofsteden verder toe. Hubert Smeets van het kennisplatform Raam op Rusland geeft commentaar.

1-Vladimir Putin sotto tiro. Gli stati uniti annunciano sanzioni conto la Russia per le ingerenze nelle presidenziali. ..Sul caso Skripal i governi occidentali avvallano la versione britannico: Parigi, Washinghton e Berlino hanno sottoscritto una dichiarazione che punta il dito contro ..Mosca. ( Roberto festa) ..2--Brasile. Assassinata a Rio di Janeiro la consigliera comunale Marielle Franco del Partito socialismo e liberta'. L'attivista di sinistra, 38 anni, era molto attiva contro le diseguaglianze e la violenza nelle favelas. ..3- Libia. 205 mandati di arresto per traffico di essere umani. Molti i funzionari coinvolti. ..Secondo gli inquirenti esistono dei legami diretti fra trafficanti e l'Isis. ( Farid Adly) ..4-Germania. Primo giorno della Grossa Coalizione. La rassegna stampa a cura di Flavia Mosca Goretta. ..5- World Music: dal Messico il nuovo album dei “ Sonido Gallo Negro”, musica underground che guarda alla storia dell'America Latina.

1-“La notte peggiore della mia vita”. Un medico siriano racconta a Esteri un attacco chimico nella Ghouta Orientale. In questi giorni il settimo anniversario della guerra.2-Si alza il livello dello scontro tra Russia e Gran Bretagna per la vicenda Skripal. Londra ha espulso 23 diplomatici russi...Mosca: “decisione ingiustificata, reagiremo presto” (Stefano Grazioli).3-Brutte notizie per Trump. I democratici avrebbero sconfitto i repubblicani in un'elezione per la Camera in Pennsylvania. La circoscrizione era sempre stata una roccaforte dei conservatori (Roberto Festa).4-India. Decine di migliaia di contadini in piazza a Mumbai. La protesta di questa settimana è il simbolo di un settore, quello agricolo, in buona parte dimenticato dal governo (Matteo Miavaldi).5-Progetti sostenibili. Viticoltura e giardini condivisi, l'agricoltura urbana di Montpellier in Francia (Fabio Fimiani).6-Graphic novel. Jonas Fink, una vita sospesa. Di Vittorio Giardino (Maurizio Principato)

Volgens NRC-journalist is het einde verhaal voor de dieselauto en schrijver Thomas Ross doet de vergiftiging van ex-spion Sergej Skripal denken aan de Koude Oorlog.