southfront--2020-10-30--When the Matter of “Truth” Becomes a Threat to “National Security”

When the matter of truth is depicted as a possible threat to those that govern a country , you no longer have a democratic state .
True , not everything can be disclosed to the public in real time , but we are sitting on a mountain of classified intelligence material that goes back more than 60 years .
How much time needs to elapse before the American people have the right to know the truth behind what their government agencies have been doing within their own country and abroad in the name of the “ free ” world ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of declassifying material around the Russigate scandal in , and not highly redacted 50 years from now , is essential to addressing this festering putrefaction that has been bubbling over since the heinous assassination of President Kennedy on Nov. 22nd , 1963 and to which we are still waiting for full disclosure of classified papers 57 years later .
If the American people really want to finally see who is standing behind that curtain in Oz , now is the time .
These intelligence bureaus need to be reviewed for what kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collecting their “ intelligence , ” that has supposedly justified the Mueller investigation and the never-ending Flynn investigation which have provided zero conclusive evidence to back up their allegations and which have massively infringed on the elected government ’ s ability to make the changes that they had committed to the American people .
Just like the Iraq and Libya war that was based off of cooked British intelligence ( refer here and here ) , Russiagate appears to have also had its impetus from our friends over at MI6 as well .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dearlove , who was then MI6 chief ( 1999-2004 ) and who oversaw and stood by the fraudulent intelligence on Iraq stating they bought uranium from Niger to build a nuclear weapon , is the very same Sir Richard Dearlove who promoted the Christopher Steele dossier as something “ credible ” to American intelligence .
In other words , the same man who is largely responsible for encouraging the illegal invasion of Iraq , which set off the never-ending wars on “ terror , ” that was justified with cooked British intelligence is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ witch-hunt that has been occurring within the U.S. for the last four years…over more cooked British intelligence , and the FBI and CIA are knowingly complicit in this .
Neither the American people , nor the world as a whole , can afford to suffer any more of the so-called “ mistaken ” intelligence bumblings .
It is time that these intelligence bureaus are held accountable for at best criminal negligence , at worst , treason against their own country .
When Great Figures of Hope Are Targeted as Threats to “ National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which was an investigation conducted by the CIA to investigate , was spurred by the Watergate Scandal and the CIA ’ s unconstitutional role in the whole affair .
This investigation by the CIA reviewed its own conduct from the 1950s to mid-1970s .
The Family Jewels report was only partially declassified in June 25 , 2007 ( 30 years later ) .
Along with the release of the redacted report included a six-page summary with the following introduction : Despite this acknowledged violation of its charter for 25 years , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ details of this information were from not just the public but major governmental bodies and it was left to the agency itself to judge how best to “ reform ” its ways .
On Dec. 22 , 1974 , The New York Times published an article by Seymour Hersh exposing illegal operations conducted by the CIA , dubbed the “ family jewels ” .
This included , covert action programs involving assassination attempts on foreign leaders and covert attempts to subvert foreign governments , which were reported for the first time .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence agencies to collect information on the political activities of U.S. citizens .
Largely as a reaction to Hersh ’ s findings , the creation of the Church Committee was approved on January 27 , 1975 , by a vote of 82 to 4 in the Senate .
The Church Committee ’ s final report was published in April 1976 , including seven volumes of Church Committee hearings in the Senate .
The Church Committee also published an interim report titled “ Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders ” , which investigated alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Patrice Lumumba of Zaire , Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic , Ngo Dinh Diem of Vietnam , Gen. René Schneider of Chile and Fidel Castro of Cuba .
President Ford attempted to withhold the report from the public , but failed and reluctantly issued Executive Order 11905 after pressure from the public and the Church Committee .
Executive Order 11905 is a United States Presidential Executive Order signed on February 18 , 1976 , by a very reluctant President Ford in an attempt to reform the United States Intelligence Community , improve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ban political assassination .
The attempt is now regarded as a failure and was largely undone by President Reagan who issued Executive Order 12333 , which extended the powers and responsibilities of U.S. intelligence agencies and directed leaders of the U.S. federal agencies to co-operate fully with the CIA , which was the original arrangement that CIA have full authority over clandestine operations ( for more information on this refer to my papers here and here ) .
In addition , the Church Committee produced seven case studies on covert operations , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , titled “ Covert Action in Chile : 1963–1973 “ .
The rest were kept secret at the CIA ’ s request .
Among the most shocking revelation of the Church Committee was the discovery of Operation SHAMROCK , in which the major telecommunications companies shared their traffic with the NSA from 1945 to the early 1970s .
The information gathered in this operation fed directly into the NSA Watch List .
It was found out during the committee investigations that Senator Frank Church , who was overseeing the committee , was among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NSA Watch List .
In 1975 , the Church Committee decided to unilaterally declassify the particulars of this operation , against the objections of President Ford ’ s administration ( refer here and here for more information ) .
The Church Committee ’ s reports constitute the most extensive review of intelligence activities ever made available to the public .
Much of the contents were classified , but over 50,000 pages were declassified under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 .
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Two days before his assassination a hate-Kennedy handbill was circulated in Dallas accusing the president of treasonous activities including being a communist sympathizer .
On March 1st , 1967 New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy , with the help of David Ferrie and others .
After a little over a one month long trial , Shaw was found not guilty on March 1st , 1969 .
David Ferrie , a controller of Lee Harvey Oswald , was going to be a key @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smoking gun ” evidence linking himself to Clay Shaw , was likely murdered on Feb. 22nd , 1967 , less than a week after news of Garrison ’ s investigation broke in the media .
According to Garrison ’ s team findings , there was reason to believe that the CIA was involved in the orchestrations of President Kennedy ’ s assassination but access to classified material ( which was nearly everything concerning the case ) was necessary to continue such an investigation .
Though Garrison ’ s team lacked direct evidence , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amount of circumstantial evidence , which should have given the justification for access to classified material for further investigation .
Instead the case was thrown out of court prematurely and is now treated as if it were a circus .
[ Refer to Garrison ’ s book for further details and Oliver Stone ’ s excellently researched movie JFK ] To date , it is the only trial to be brought forward concerning the assassination of President Kennedy .
The Assassination Records Review Board ( ARRB ) was created in 1994 by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Records Collection Act of 1992 , which mandated that all assassination-related material be housed in a single collection within the National Archives and Records Administration .
In July 1998 , a staff report released by the ARRB emphasized shortcomings in the original autopsy .
The ARRB wrote , “ One of the many tragedies of the assassination of President Kennedy has been the and the suspicion caused by the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded the records that do exist.
” [ emphasis added ] The staff report for the Assassinations Records Review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kennedy records are not of Kennedy ’ s brain and show much less damage than Kennedy sustained .
“ [ where he was overheard stating his notes of the autopsy went missing ] in a May 1996 deposition , Finck said he did not remember it .
He was also vague about how many notes he took during the autopsy but confirmed that “ after the autopsy I also wrote notes ” and that he turned over whatever notes he had to the chief autopsy physician , James J. Humes .
It has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fireplace at his home on Nov. 24 , 1963 .
He told the Warren Commission that what he burned was an original draft of his autopsy report .
Under persistent questioning at a February 1996 deposition by the Review Board , Humes said he destroyed the draft and his “ original notes.
” …Shown official autopsy photographs of Kennedy from the National Archives , [ Saundra K. ] [ who worked in “ the White House lab ” ] said they were not the ones she helped process and were printed on different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no blood or opening cavities ” and the wounds were much smaller in the pictures… [ than what she had ] John T. Stringer , who said he was the only one to take photos during the autopsy itself , said some of those were missing as well .
He said that pictures he took of Kennedy ’ s brain at a “ supplementary autopsy ” were different from the official set that was shown to him .
” [ emphasis added ] This not only shows that evidence tampering did indeed occur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but this puts into question the reliability of the entire assassination record of John F. Kennedy and to what degree evidence tampering and forgery have occurred in these records .
We would also do well to remember the numerous crimes that the FBI and CIA have been guilty of committing upon the American people such as during the period of McCarthyism .
That the FBI ’ s COINTELPRO has been implicated in covert operations against members of the civil rights movement , including Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secret of his hostility towards Dr. King and his ludicrous belief that King was influenced by communists , despite having no evidence to that effect .
King was assassinated on April 4th , 1968 and the civil rights movement took a major blow .
In November 1975 , as the Church Committee was completing its investigation , the Department of Justice formed a Task Force to examine the FBI ’ s program of harassment directed at Dr. King , including the FBI ’ s security investigations of him , his assassination and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One aspect of the Task force study was to determine “ whether any action taken in relation to Dr. King by the FBI before the assassination had , or might have had , an effect , direct or indirect , on that event.
” In its report , the Task Force criticized the FBI not for the opening , but for the protracted continuation of , its security investigation of Dr. King : In 1999 , King Family v. Jowers civil suit in Memphis , Tennessee occurred , the full transcript of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jury found that Lloyd Jowers and unnamed others , including those in high ranking positions within government agencies , participated in a conspiracy to assassinate Dr. King .
During the four week trial , it was pointed out that the rifle allegedly used to assassinate King did not have a scope that was sighted , which meant you could not have hit the broad side of a barn with that rifle , thus it could not have been the murder weapon .
This was only remarked on over 30 years after King was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or more likely , evidence tampering that was committed from previous investigations conducted by the FBI .
The case of JFK and MLK are among the highest profile assassination cases in American history , and it has been shown in both cases that evidence tampering has indeed occurred , despite being in the center of the public eye .
What are we then to expect as the standard of investigation for all the other cases of malfeasance ?
What expectation can we have that justice is ever upheld ?
With a history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear that the present demand to declassify the Russiagate papers now , and not 50 years later , needs to occur if we are to address the level of criminality that is going on behind the scenes and which will determine the fate of the country .
The American People Deserve to Know Today we see the continuation of the over seven decades ’ long ruse , the targeting of individuals as Russian agents without any basis , in order to remove them from the political arena .
The present effort to declassify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so that he may freely speak of the intelligence he knows , is not a threat to national security , it is a threat to those who have committed treason against their country .
On Oct. 6th , 2020 , President Trump ordered the declassification of the Russia Probe documents along with the classified documents on the findings concerning the Hillary Clinton emails .
The release of these documents threatens to expose the entrapment of the Trump campaign by the Clinton campaign with help of the U.S. intelligence agencies .
The Director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these documents recently , including former CIA Director John Brennan ’ s handwritten notes for a meeting with former President Obama , the notes revealing that Hillary Clinton approved a plan to “ vilify Donald Trump by stirring up scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service.
” Trey Gowdy , who was Chair of the House Oversight Committee from June 13th , 2017 – Jan. 3rd , 2019 , has stated in an interview on Oct. 7th , 2020 that he has never seen these documents .
Devin Nunes , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Jan. 3rd , 2015 – Jan. 3rd , 2019 , has also said in a recent interview that he has never seen these documents .
And yet , both the FBI and CIA were aware and had access to these documents and sat on them for four years , withholding their release from several government-led investigations that were looking into the Russiagate scandal and who were requesting relevant material that was in the possession of both intelligence bureaus .
Do these intelligence bureaus sound like they are working for the “ national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MORE ON THE TOPIC :

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“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.” – Julius Caesar
When the matter of truth is depicted as a possible threat to those that govern a country, you no longer have a democratic state. True, not everything can be disclosed to the public in real time, but we are sitting on a mountain of classified intelligence material that goes back more than 60 years.
How much time needs to elapse before the American people have the right to know the truth behind what their government agencies have been doing within their own country and abroad in the name of the “free” world?
From this recognition, the whole matter of declassifying material around the Russigate scandal in real time, and not highly redacted 50 years from now, is essential to addressing this festering putrefaction that has been bubbling over since the heinous assassination of President Kennedy on Nov. 22nd, 1963 and to which we are still waiting for full disclosure of classified papers 57 years later.
If the American people really want to finally see who is standing behind that curtain in Oz, now is the time.
These intelligence bureaus need to be reviewed for what kind of method and standard they are upholding in collecting their “intelligence,” that has supposedly justified the Mueller investigation and the never-ending Flynn investigation which have provided zero conclusive evidence to back up their allegations and which have massively infringed on the elected government’s ability to make the changes that they had committed to the American people.
Just like the Iraq and Libya war that was based off of cooked British intelligence (refer here and here), Russiagate appears to have also had its impetus from our friends over at MI6 as well. It is no surprise that Sir Richard Dearlove, who was then MI6 chief (1999-2004) and who oversaw and stood by the fraudulent intelligence on Iraq stating they bought uranium from Niger to build a nuclear weapon, is the very same Sir Richard Dearlove who promoted the Christopher Steele dossier as something “credible” to American intelligence.
In other words, the same man who is largely responsible for encouraging the illegal invasion of Iraq, which set off the never-ending wars on “terror,” that was justified with cooked British intelligence is also responsible for encouraging the Russian spook witch-hunt that has been occurring within the U.S. for the last four years…over more cooked British intelligence, and the FBI and CIA are knowingly complicit in this.
Neither the American people, nor the world as a whole, can afford to suffer any more of the so-called “mistaken” intelligence bumblings. It is time that these intelligence bureaus are held accountable for at best criminal negligence, at worst, treason against their own country.
When Great Figures of Hope Are Targeted as Threats to “National Security”
The Family Jewels report, which was an investigation conducted by the CIA to investigate itself , was spurred by the Watergate Scandal and the CIA’s unconstitutional role in the whole affair. This investigation by the CIA reviewed its own conduct from the 1950s to mid-1970s.
The Family Jewels report was only partially declassified in June 25, 2007 (30 years later). Along with the release of the redacted report included a six-page summary with the following introduction:
“The Central Intelligence Agency violated its charter for 25 years until revelations of illegal wiretapping, domestic surveillance, assassination plots, and human experimentation led to official investigations and reforms in the 1970s.” [emphasis added]
Despite this acknowledged violation of its charter for 25 years, which is pretty much since its inception, the details of this information were kept classified for 30 years from not just the public but major governmental bodies and it was left to the agency itself to judge how best to “reform” its ways.
On Dec. 22, 1974, The New York Times published an article by Seymour Hersh exposing illegal operations conducted by the CIA, dubbed the “family jewels”. This included, covert action programs involving assassination attempts on foreign leaders and covert attempts to subvert foreign governments, which were reported for the first time . In addition, the article discussed efforts by intelligence agencies to collect information on the political activities of U.S. citizens.
Largely as a reaction to Hersh’s findings, the creation of the Church Committee was approved on January 27, 1975, by a vote of 82 to 4 in the Senate.
The Church Committee’s final report was published in April 1976, including seven volumes of Church Committee hearings in the Senate.
The Church Committee also published an interim report titled “Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders”, which investigated alleged attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, including Patrice Lumumba of Zaire, Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, Ngo Dinh Diem of Vietnam, Gen. René Schneider of Chile and Fidel Castro of Cuba. President Ford attempted to withhold the report from the public, but failed and reluctantly issued Executive Order 11905 after pressure from the public and the Church Committee.
Executive Order 11905 is a United States Presidential Executive Order signed on February 18, 1976, by a very reluctant President Ford in an attempt to reform the United States Intelligence Community, improve oversight on foreign intelligence activities, and ban political assassination.
The attempt is now regarded as a failure and was largely undone by President Reagan who issued Executive Order 12333, which extended the powers and responsibilities of U.S. intelligence agencies and directed leaders of the U.S. federal agencies to co-operate fully with the CIA, which was the original arrangement that CIA have full authority over clandestine operations (for more information on this refer to my papers here and here).
In addition, the Church Committee produced seven case studies on covert operations, but only the one on Chile was released, titled “Covert Action in Chile: 1963–1973“. The rest were kept secret at the CIA’s request.
Among the most shocking revelation of the Church Committee was the discovery of Operation SHAMROCK, in which the major telecommunications companies shared their traffic with the NSA from 1945 to the early 1970s. The information gathered in this operation fed directly into the NSA Watch List.
It was found out during the committee investigations that Senator Frank Church, who was overseeing the committee, was among the prominent names under surveillance on this NSA Watch List.
In 1975, the Church Committee decided to unilaterally declassify the particulars of this operation, against the objections of President Ford’s administration (refer here and here for more information).
The Church Committee’s reports constitute the most extensive review of intelligence activities ever made available to the public. Much of the contents were classified, but over 50,000 pages were declassified under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22nd, 1963. Two days before his assassination a hate-Kennedy handbill was circulated in Dallas accusing the president of treasonous activities including being a communist sympathizer.
On March 1st, 1967 New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of David Ferrie and others. After a little over a one month long trial, Shaw was found not guilty on March 1st, 1969.
David Ferrie, a controller of Lee Harvey Oswald, was going to be a key witness and would have provided the ”smoking gun” evidence linking himself to Clay Shaw, was likely murdered on Feb. 22nd, 1967, less than a week after news of Garrison’s investigation broke in the media.
According to Garrison’s team findings, there was reason to believe that the CIA was involved in the orchestrations of President Kennedy’s assassination but access to classified material (which was nearly everything concerning the case) was necessary to continue such an investigation.
Though Garrison’s team lacked direct evidence, they were able to collect an immense amount of circumstantial evidence, which should have given the justification for access to classified material for further investigation. Instead the case was thrown out of court prematurely and is now treated as if it were a circus. [Refer to Garrison’s book for further details and Oliver Stone’s excellently researched movie JFK]
To date, it is the only trial to be brought forward concerning the assassination of President Kennedy.
The Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) was created in 1994 by the Congress enacted President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, which mandated that all assassination-related material be housed in a single collection within the National Archives and Records Administration. In July 1998, a staff report released by the ARRB emphasized shortcomings in the original autopsy.
The ARRB wrote, “One of the many tragedies of the assassination of President Kennedy has been the incompleteness of the autopsy record and the suspicion caused by the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded the records that do exist.” [emphasis added]
The staff report for the Assassinations Records Review Board contended that brain photographs in the Kennedy records are not of Kennedy’s brain and show much less damage than Kennedy sustained.
The Washington Post reported:
“Asked about the lunchroom episode [where he was overheard stating his notes of the autopsy went missing] in a May 1996 deposition, Finck said he did not remember it. He was also vague about how many notes he took during the autopsy but confirmed that “after the autopsy I also wrote notes” and that he turned over whatever notes he had to the chief autopsy physician, James J. Humes. It has long been known that Humes destroyed some original autopsy papers in a fireplace at his home on Nov. 24, 1963. He told the Warren Commission that what he burned was an original draft of his autopsy report. Under persistent questioning at a February 1996 deposition by the Review Board, Humes said he destroyed the draft and his “original notes.” …Shown official autopsy photographs of Kennedy from the National Archives, [Saundra K.] Spencer [who worked in “the White House lab”] said they were not the ones she helped process and were printed on different paper. She said “there was no blood or opening cavities” and the wounds were much smaller in the pictures… [than what she had] worked on… John T. Stringer, who said he was the only one to take photos during the autopsy itself, said some of those were missing as well. He said that pictures he took of Kennedy’s brain at a “supplementary autopsy” were different from the official set that was shown to him.” [emphasis added]
This not only shows that evidence tampering did indeed occur, as even the Warren Commission acknowledges, but this puts into question the reliability of the entire assassination record of John F. Kennedy and to what degree evidence tampering and forgery have occurred in these records.
We would also do well to remember the numerous crimes that the FBI and CIA have been guilty of committing upon the American people such as during the period of McCarthyism. That the FBI’s COINTELPRO has been implicated in covert operations against members of the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. That FBI director J. Edgar Hoover made no secret of his hostility towards Dr. King and his ludicrous belief that King was influenced by communists, despite having no evidence to that effect.
King was assassinated on April 4th, 1968 and the civil rights movement took a major blow.
In November 1975, as the Church Committee was completing its investigation, the Department of Justice formed a Task Force to examine the FBI’s program of harassment directed at Dr. King, including the FBI’s security investigations of him, his assassination and the FBI conducted criminal investigation that followed. One aspect of the Task force study was to determine “whether any action taken in relation to Dr. King by the FBI before the assassination had, or might have had, an effect, direct or indirect, on that event.”
In its report, the Task Force criticized the FBI not for the opening, but for the protracted continuation of, its security investigation of Dr. King:
“We think the security investigation which included both physical and technical surveillance, should have been terminated … in 1963. That it was intensified and augmented by a COINTELPRO type campaign against Dr. King was unwarranted; the COINTELPRO type campaign, moreover, was ultra vires and very probably … felonious.”
In 1999, King Family v. Jowers civil suit in Memphis, Tennessee occurred, the full transcript of the trial can be found here. The jury found that Lloyd Jowers and unnamed others, including those in high ranking positions within government agencies, participated in a conspiracy to assassinate Dr. King.
During the four week trial, it was pointed out that the rifle allegedly used to assassinate King did not have a scope that was sighted, which meant you could not have hit the broad side of a barn with that rifle, thus it could not have been the murder weapon.
This was only remarked on over 30 years after King was murdered and showed the level of incompetence, or more likely, evidence tampering that was committed from previous investigations conducted by the FBI.
The case of JFK and MLK are among the highest profile assassination cases in American history, and it has been shown in both cases that evidence tampering has indeed occurred, despite being in the center of the public eye. What are we then to expect as the standard of investigation for all the other cases of malfeasance? What expectation can we have that justice is ever upheld?
With a history of such blatant misconduct, it is clear that the present demand to declassify the Russiagate papers now, and not 50 years later, needs to occur if we are to address the level of criminality that is going on behind the scenes and which will determine the fate of the country.
The American People Deserve to Know
Today we see the continuation of the over seven decades’ long ruse, the targeting of individuals as Russian agents without any basis, in order to remove them from the political arena. The present effort to declassify the Russiagate papers and exonerate Michael Flynn, so that he may freely speak of the intelligence he knows, is not a threat to national security, it is a threat to those who have committed treason against their country.
On Oct. 6th, 2020, President Trump ordered the declassification of the Russia Probe documents along with the classified documents on the findings concerning the Hillary Clinton emails. The release of these documents threatens to expose the entrapment of the Trump campaign by the Clinton campaign with help of the U.S. intelligence agencies.
The Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe released some of these documents recently, including former CIA Director John Brennan’s handwritten notes for a meeting with former President Obama, the notes revealing that Hillary Clinton approved a plan to “vilify Donald Trump by stirring up scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service.”
Trey Gowdy, who was Chair of the House Oversight Committee from June 13th, 2017 – Jan. 3rd, 2019, has stated in an interview on Oct. 7th, 2020 that he has never seen these documents. Devin Nunes, who was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee from Jan. 3rd, 2015 – Jan. 3rd, 2019, has also said in a recent interview that he has never seen these documents.
And yet, both the FBI and CIA were aware and had access to these documents and sat on them for four years, withholding their release from several government-led investigations that were looking into the Russiagate scandal and who were requesting relevant material that was in the possession of both intelligence bureaus. Do these intelligence bureaus sound like they are working for the “national security” of the American people?
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southfront--2020-10-30--Both Armenia & Azerbaijan Claimed Advance in Nagorno-Karabakh

On October 30 , Azerbaijani forces resumed their advance in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and captured more settlements .
In a statement , President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijani forces had captured the following settlements : Meanwhile , Armenian forces continue to push back .
In the last 24 hours , a number of villages east of Karin Tak were reportedly recaptured from Azerbaijani troops .
The Ministry of Defense of Armenia claims that Azerbaijan has lost 232 drones , 16 helicopters , 25 warplanes , 649 military vehicles , 6 heavy rocket launchers and 6,914 service members since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on September 27 .
The fierce resistance of Armenian forces slowed down Azerbaijani troops in the last few days .
The cashes are largely limited to Nagorno-Karabakh ’ s southeastern part .
The Azerbaijani military is relying on its heavy fire power , advanced weapon systems and the support of hundreds of Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries .
Armenian forces on the other side are fighting on their own .
MORE ON THIS TOPIC : • Armenia Hopes For A Saviour As Azerbaijan Pushes Ever Further Into Nagorno-Karabakh • Clashes South Of Shusha .
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On October 30, Azerbaijani forces resumed their advance in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and captured more settlements.
In a statement, President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijani forces had captured the following settlements:
Khudaverdili, Gurbantapa, Shahvaladli and Khubyarli of Jabrayil district;
Aladin, Vejnali of Zangilan district;
Kavdadig, Mamar and Mollali of Gubadli district;
Meanwhile, Armenian forces continue to push back. In the last 24 hours, a number of villages east of Karin Tak were reportedly recaptured from Azerbaijani troops.
The Ministry of Defense of Armenia claims that Azerbaijan has lost 232 drones, 16 helicopters, 25 warplanes, 649 military vehicles, 6 heavy rocket launchers and 6,914 service members since the outbreak of the battle in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27.
The fierce resistance of Armenian forces slowed down Azerbaijani troops in the last few days. The cashes are largely limited to Nagorno-Karabakh’s southeastern part.
The Azerbaijani military is relying on its heavy fire power, advanced weapon systems and the support of hundreds of Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries. Armenian forces on the other side are fighting on their own.
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southfront--2020-10-30--Begging Outrage: British Journalists for Assange

Even that title strikes an odd note .
It should not .
The Fourth Estate , historically reputed as the chamber of journalists and publishers keeping an eye on elected officials , received a blast of oxygen with the arrival of WikiLeaks .
This was daring , rich stuff : scientific journalism in the trenches , news gathering par excellence .
But what Julian Assange and WikiLeaks did was something unpardonable to many who pursue the journalist ’ s craft : sidestepping the newspaper censors , permitting unadulterated access to original sources .
People could finally scrutinise raw documents – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diplomatic traffic – without the secondary and tertiary forms of self-censorship that characterise the newspaper imperium .
Editorially imposed measures could be outflanked ; the biases and prejudices of newspaper moguls could be ignored .
This has meant that media outlets in the drought affected mainstream can only ever make quiet acknowledgments about the seriousness of the US case against Assange .
It is why certain outlets fail , and have failed to cover the extradition proceedings against the publisher with any degree of serious alarm or considered fear .
When they do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tabloid tat : the irate Assange , shouting from his caged stand ; the kooky Assange , somewhat unhinged .
A central contention of the prosecution case against Assange is that he is no publisher or journalist being gradually asphyxiated by the apparatus of power for exposing it , but a cold , calculating purloiner of state secrets indifferent to the welfare of informants .
Thieves can not avail themselves of press freedoms nor summon the solid protections of the US First Amendment , even if they did expose torture , war crimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ narrative that has been fed shamelessly by certain members of the media fraternity , rendering them indifferent and , at times , even hostile to the efforts of WikiLeaks .
David Leigh and Luke Harding of added kindling to his idea by publishing the full passphrase to the file of un-redacted US State Department cables in their 2011 book .
It was foolish and clumsy , and did not shine a good light on the parties involved .
A train was set in motion : the German weekly ran a piece in August @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the password revealed by Leigh and Harding ; Assange , alarmed , had contacted the editor Jakob Augstein beforehand , telling him he “ feared for the safety of informants ” .
WikiLeaks then reached out to the US State Department warning that publication of the un-redacted trove was imminent .
This would have given time to US officials to take necessary measures to protect any protected sources .
Cryptome scrambled to publish the documents on September 1 , 2011 ; WikiLeaks followed the next day .
The myth of Assange the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identities was born .
It has been left to other courageous reporters to right the record at the trial .
As investigative journalist Stefania Maurizi recalled in her statement read at the extradition proceedings , “ I went through the cables as systematically as possible .
I was given an encrypted USB stick , and once I returned to Italy I was given the password that would then allow opening the file .
Everything was done with utmost responsibility and attention.
” She also noted how the password published by Leigh and Harding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ myself was given at the time.
” Mature , snappy views have also featured from conservative British voices concerned by this grotesque overreach of US power .
In Britain , and elsewhere , these media commenters have been few in number in registering appropriate alarm at the implications of the US Department of Justice ’ s indictment against Assange .
Peter Oborne , writing last month , issued the call to fellow journalists to take up the case for WikiLeaks .
He starts with a scenario : imagine a political dissident held at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ espionage offences by the People ’ s Republic of China .
The real offence ?
Exposing atrocities by Chinese troops .
“ To put it another way , that his real offence was committing the crime of journalism.
” Add to this the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture that the dissident in question showed “ all the symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture ” , with Beijing pressuring UK authorities to extradite him to a place he could face 175 years in prison .
“ The outrage from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Protests and vigils outside Belmarsh would be unhalting ; debates would take place on “ prime time news programmes , alongside a rush of questions in parliament.
” Oborne acknowledges the UK-US alliance .
But that should not matter one jot “ as far as the British media is concerned.
” The Old Bailey trial marked “ a profound moment for British journalists.
” Were Britain to capitulate to the Trump administration on this score , “ the right to publish leaked material in the public interest would suffer a devastating blow.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and academics expressed in a letter to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson , Justice Secretary Robert Buckland , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Home Secretary Priti Patel demanding government intervention .
“ We call on you to act in accordance with national and international law , human rights and the rule of law by bringing an end to the ongoing extradition proceedings and granting Mr Assange his long overdue freedom.
” The dangers to the Fourth Estate to Oborne are incalculable .
On UK soil , an effort is being made by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizen , not living in the US , not publishing in the US , under US laws that deny the right to a public interest defence.
” Yet a myopic British press remains more interested in Assange ’ s character , one attacked for breaching the Bail Act in avoiding extradition to Sweden to face sexual misconduct suspicions , and the distracting point as to whether he really is a journalist .
Peter Hitchens , brother of the late Christopher and long departed from the barricades of Trotskyite fervour , is also very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Admirably , he starts his reflection on Assange by putting to rest notions of compromising fandom .
Assange “ is not my world , and his people are not my people.
” But he was “ wholly , furiously against the attempt by the United States government to extradite Assange from this country ” .
Hitchens can seem a touch reactionary at times , his views heavily wrapped in the Union Jack .
A sounding board at would suggest such tendencies .
But on Assange , he is sharp .
He rightly picks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political grounds under Article 4 ( 1 ) of the UK-US Extradition Treaty .
He also notes the servility shown by UK officials to US power , given that the treaty permits Washington to “ demand extradition of UK citizens and others for offences committed against US law .
This is so even though the supposed offence may have been committed in the UK by a person living in the UK.
” In Hitchen ’ s mind , it was inconceivable to envisage a situation where the US would reciprocate : submitting its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secret documents .
But allowing Assange to face trial in the US would mean that “ any British journalist who comes into possession of classified material from the US , though he has committed no crime according to our own law , faces the same danger.
” The process undermined national sovereignty and threatened press freedom .
No English court , he argued , “ should accept this demand.
” Were the courts to fail , “ any self-respecting Home Secretary should overrule them.
” Fittingly , and accurately , Hitchens describes the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawless kidnap ” against an individual who exposed “ inconvenient ” truths of US power .
It would be heartening to see more journalists , notably British ones , turning their mind to this awful reality , instead of falling for yellow press , click-bait distractions .
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College , Cambridge .
He lectures at RMIT University , Melbourne .
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Even that title strikes an odd note. It should not. The Fourth Estate, historically reputed as the chamber of journalists and publishers keeping an eye on elected officials, received a blast of oxygen with the arrival of WikiLeaks. This was daring, rich stuff: scientific journalism in the trenches, news gathering par excellence. But what Julian Assange and WikiLeaks did was something unpardonable to many who pursue the journalist’s craft: sidestepping the newspaper censors, permitting unadulterated access to original sources.
People could finally scrutinise raw documents – cables, memoranda, briefing notes, diplomatic traffic – without the secondary and tertiary forms of self-censorship that characterise the newspaper imperium. Editorially imposed measures could be outflanked; the biases and prejudices of newspaper moguls could be ignored.
This has meant that media outlets in the drought affected mainstream can only ever make quiet acknowledgments about the seriousness of the US case against Assange. It is why certain outlets fail, and have failed to cover the extradition proceedings against the publisher with any degree of serious alarm or considered fear. When they do, irrelevant and inconsequential details feature like tabloid tat: the irate Assange, shouting from his caged stand; the kooky Assange, somewhat unhinged.
A central contention of the prosecution case against Assange is that he is no publisher or journalist being gradually asphyxiated by the apparatus of power for exposing it, but a cold, calculating purloiner of state secrets indifferent to the welfare of informants. Thieves cannot avail themselves of press freedoms nor summon the solid protections of the US First Amendment, even if they did expose torture, war crimes and illegal renditions. It is a narrative that has been fed shamelessly by certain members of the media fraternity, rendering them indifferent and, at times, even hostile to the efforts of WikiLeaks. David Leigh and Luke Harding of The Guardian added kindling to his idea by publishing the full passphrase to the file of un-redacted US State Department cables in their 2011 book. It was foolish and clumsy, and did not shine a good light on the parties involved.
A train was set in motion: the German weekly Der Freitag ran a piece in August that same year pointing an indirect finger to the password revealed by Leigh and Harding; Assange, alarmed, had contacted the editor Jakob Augstein beforehand, telling him he “feared for the safety of informants”. WikiLeaks then reached out to the US State Department warning that publication of the un-redacted trove was imminent. This would have given time to US officials to take necessary measures to protect any protected sources. Cryptome scrambled to publish the documents on September 1, 2011; WikiLeaks followed the next day. The myth of Assange the indiscreet, incautious figure hostile to concealed identities was born.
It has been left to other courageous reporters to right the record at the trial. As investigative journalist Stefania Maurizi recalled in her statement read at the extradition proceedings, “I went through the cables as systematically as possible. I was given an encrypted USB stick, and once I returned to Italy I was given the password that would then allow opening the file. Everything was done with utmost responsibility and attention.” She also noted how the password published by Leigh and Harding “was not the same password I myself was given at the time.”
Mature, snappy views have also featured from conservative British voices concerned by this grotesque overreach of US power. In Britain, and elsewhere, these media commenters have been few in number in registering appropriate alarm at the implications of the US Department of Justice’s indictment against Assange. Peter Oborne, writing last month, issued the call to fellow journalists to take up the case for WikiLeaks. He starts with a scenario: imagine a political dissident held at London’s Belmarsh Prison charged with espionage offences by the People’s Republic of China. The real offence? Exposing atrocities by Chinese troops. “To put it another way, that his real offence was committing the crime of journalism.”
Add to this the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture that the dissident in question showed “all the symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture”, with Beijing pressuring UK authorities to extradite him to a place he could face 175 years in prison. “The outrage from the British press would be deafening.” Protests and vigils outside Belmarsh would be unhalting; debates would take place on “prime time news programmes, alongside a rush of questions in parliament.”
Oborne acknowledges the UK-US alliance. But that should not matter one jot “as far as the British media is concerned.” The Old Bailey trial marked “a profound moment for British journalists.” Were Britain to capitulate to the Trump administration on this score, “the right to publish leaked material in the public interest would suffer a devastating blow.” He noted the concerns of 169 lawyers and academics expressed in a letter to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Home Secretary Priti Patel demanding government intervention. “We call on you to act in accordance with national and international law, human rights and the rule of law by bringing an end to the ongoing extradition proceedings and granting Mr Assange his long overdue freedom.”
The dangers to the Fourth Estate to Oborne are incalculable. On UK soil, an effort is being made by the US “to prosecute a non-US citizen, not living in the US, not publishing in the US, under US laws that deny the right to a public interest defence.” Yet a myopic British press remains more interested in Assange’s character, one attacked for breaching the Bail Act in avoiding extradition to Sweden to face sexual misconduct suspicions, and the distracting point as to whether he really is a journalist.
Peter Hitchens, brother of the late Christopher and long departed from the barricades of Trotskyite fervour, is also very much on Oborne’s page. Admirably, he starts his reflection on Assange by putting to rest notions of compromising fandom. Assange “is not my world, and his people are not my people.” But he was “wholly, furiously against the attempt by the United States government to extradite Assange from this country”.
Hitchens can seem a touch reactionary at times, his views heavily wrapped in the Union Jack. A sounding board at The Daily Mail would suggest such tendencies. But on Assange, he is sharp. He rightly picks up on the barring of extraditions for political grounds under Article 4(1) of the UK-US Extradition Treaty. He also notes the servility shown by UK officials to US power, given that the treaty permits Washington to “demand extradition of UK citizens and others for offences committed against US law. This is so even though the supposed offence may have been committed in the UK by a person living in the UK.”
In Hitchen’s mind, it was inconceivable to envisage a situation where the US would reciprocate: submitting its citizens to the UK for leaking British secret documents. But allowing Assange to face trial in the US would mean that “any British journalist who comes into possession of classified material from the US, though he has committed no crime according to our own law, faces the same danger.” The process undermined national sovereignty and threatened press freedom. No English court, he argued, “should accept this demand.” Were the courts to fail, “any self-respecting Home Secretary should overrule them.”
Fittingly, and accurately, Hitchens describes the effort mounted against Assange as “a lawless kidnap” against an individual who exposed “inconvenient” truths of US power. It would be heartening to see more journalists, notably British ones, turning their mind to this awful reality, instead of falling for yellow press, click-bait distractions.
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com
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southfront--2020-10-30--How Close Is Too Close? Russia Admits Concern Over Militants In South Caucasus

The Russian Foreign Ministry does not deny the danger of mercenaries from Syria and Libya participating in the battles in Nagorno-Karabakh “ infiltrating ” into Russia .
“ It is certainly impossible to deny such a danger , ” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with RIA Novosti .
“ There are no trifles in the fight against terrorism .
It is important to analyze any risks , including potential ones , to work ahead of the curve , ” he said .
“ Russian law enforcement agencies are closely monitoring the situation and , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the pulse , ” concluded Syromolotov .
The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation , Sergei Naryshkin , previously stated that , according to available information , mercenaries from international terrorist organizations fighting in the Middle East are actively pulling into the conflict zone , and they are being deployed in the thousands .
Earlier , leg Siromolotov had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vardan Toghanyan .
The parties exchanged views in the context of the ongoing escalation in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information , thousands of militants are being sent to Azerbaijan from Turkey .
The the trip reportedly 3 months and the salary is $ 2,000 per month , while the trip to Libya lasts 6 months and the salary is $ 1,500 per month .
Earlier , Russian President in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had expressed concern about the involvement of militants in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict .
The Russian President and the Turkish president also discussed developments in Syria and Libya over the phone .
Both Azerbaijan and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy in the last few years doesn ’ t make it easy for Russia to step in and assist Yerevan .
Despite the agreement for mutual defense , Russia will not move in to assist the Nikol Pashniyan government , and especially in a region that Armenia itself doesn ’ t recognize as independent , and it ’ s a sort of limbo .
However , as mentioned above , Russia sees the presence of militants in Nagorno-Karabakh and in the wider South Caucasus as a red line , which could warrant it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t deteriorate further .
After all , Moscow has already gone through two Chechen wars against al-Qaeda ( as its an open secret that its supporters were quite active ) .
The endeavor to combat terrorism and contain the potential threat of it spreading towards Russia were also one of the main reasons why it began its campaign in Syria , after it was invited by President Bashar al-Assad ’ s government .
As such , Azerbaijan and Turkey are more than enough to effectively capture the entire Nagorno-Karabakh , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undermining their own chances by deploying more militants to the region .
And there ’ s several speculations for the reason : • It could be that Ankara and Baku have trusted the Neo-Ottoman propaganda too far , and Turkey has become too used to using “ cannon fodder ” on the battlefield .
The obvious examples are Syria and Libya .
• Ankara could be interested in further expansion towards Russia ’ s North Caucasus , and using Syrian-based proxy groups is also a part of this plan .
How this will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Regardless , currently , it appears that Baku and Ankara are on the edge of prompting Russia to take part , and it is to be seen whether they will go too far .
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The Russian Foreign Ministry does not deny the danger of mercenaries from Syria and Libya participating in the battles in Nagorno-Karabakh “infiltrating” into Russia.
“It is certainly impossible to deny such a danger,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “There are no trifles in the fight against terrorism. It is important to analyze any risks, including potential ones, to work ahead of the curve,” he said. “Russian law enforcement agencies are closely monitoring the situation and, as they say,” keep their finger on the pulse,” concluded Syromolotov.
The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergei Naryshkin, previously stated that, according to available information, mercenaries from international terrorist organizations fighting in the Middle East are actively pulling into the conflict zone, and they are being deployed in the thousands.
Earlier, leg Siromolotov had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vardan Toghanyan.
The parties exchanged views in the context of the ongoing escalation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
“The inadmissibility of the transfer of militants of illegal armed groups from a number of countries of the Middle East and North Africa to the region and the need for immediate withdrawal of those militants from the region were highlighted,” the press release stated.
According to available information, thousands of militants are being sent to Azerbaijan from Turkey.
The the trip reportedly 3 months and the salary is $2,000 per month, while the trip to Libya lasts 6 months and the salary is $1,500 per month.
Earlier, Russian President in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had expressed concern about the involvement of militants in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Russian President and the Turkish president also discussed developments in Syria and Libya over the phone.
Both Azerbaijan and Turkey are aware that Armenia’s policy in the last few years doesn’t make it easy for Russia to step in and assist Yerevan.
Despite the agreement for mutual defense, Russia will not move in to assist the Nikol Pashniyan government, and especially in a region that Armenia itself doesn’t recognize as independent, and it’s a sort of limbo.
However, as mentioned above, Russia sees the presence of militants in Nagorno-Karabakh and in the wider South Caucasus as a red line, which could warrant it moving in, so that the situation doesn’t deteriorate further.
After all, Moscow has already gone through two Chechen wars against al-Qaeda (as its an open secret that its supporters were quite active).
The endeavor to combat terrorism and contain the potential threat of it spreading towards Russia were also one of the main reasons why it began its campaign in Syria, after it was invited by President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
As such, Azerbaijan and Turkey are more than enough to effectively capture the entire Nagorno-Karabakh, and it is puzzling why they’re undermining their own chances by deploying more militants to the region.
And there’s several speculations for the reason:
It could be that Ankara and Baku have trusted the Neo-Ottoman propaganda too far, and Turkey has become too used to using “cannon fodder” on the battlefield. The obvious examples are Syria and Libya. Ankara could be interested in further expansion towards Russia’s North Caucasus, and using Syrian-based proxy groups is also a part of this plan. How this will work out? Only time will tell.
Regardless, currently, it appears that Baku and Ankara are on the edge of prompting Russia to take part, and it is to be seen whether they will go too far.
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southfront--2020-10-30--Last Attempts To Restore Run-Down House Of Minsk Agreements

On October 29th , Ukraine agreed to submit its version of the “ road map ” for the Minsk agreements to the Trilateral Contact Group for consideration .
This is an action plan and timeline for the implementation of the political provisions of Minsk-2 .
The Russian side spoke about such intentions of Kiev yesterday .
However , this information has not yet been refuted in Ukraine .
So at the moment it can be considered a fact .
At a meeting two weeks ago , the Donetsk and Luhansk People ’ s Republics submitted their draft of such a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , proposing , after agreement , to approve it at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada .
In response , today Leonid Kravchuk promised to submit a similar document on the same issues in a week .
The draft “ road map ” by the Donetsk People ’ s Republic ( DPR ) and the Lugansk People ’ s Republic ( LPR ) contains 15 points , summary of which was published by Strana.ua : • Coordination of new , enhanced ceasefire measures ( it is typical that only Ukraine and CADLO are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not there , which they will most likely try to change in the Kiev version of the document ) .
• The date is not specified , it will need to be entered .
• Within three days after the approval of this plan in the Verkhovna Rada and its entry into force , the parties submit lists for the exchange of prisoners in four categories : “ established – agree to exchange ” , “ agree to exchange – ready to exchange ” , “ installed – do not agree to exchange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • After that , within 15 days , you need to exchange all those who agree and are ready to exchange and begin to prepare for the release of the first category .
• Within ten days after the entry into force of the Rada ’ s decision , the parties approve a demining plan for 19 areas and begin work on a demining plan along the entire contact line .
• At the same time , the disengagement of troops begins in the sectors : Slavyanoserbsk , Petrovka , Nizhneteploe , Grigorovka @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan for the general disengagement of troops .
• Within 30 days after the entry into force of the Rada ’ s decision , Zelensky introduces a bill “ On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine ( in terms of the decentralization of power ) ” .
It provides for the following transitional provisions : • A separate district of the Donetsk region and a separate district of the Luhansk region are formed within Ukraine .
They function until 2050 .
The peculiarities of their self-government and the powers of all authorities there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukraine .
• Moreover , this article of the Constitution , as well as the law supplementing it , can not be changed without the consent of the inhabitants of certain regions , which is expressed in a referendum .
True , such a referendum can not be held earlier than 2045 and later than 2049 .
• Simultaneously with the constitutional bill , amendments are being made to the law on the special status of certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions , which must be previously approved by the TCG .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the special status of Donbass with new bills to be introduced by Zelensky : on the delimitation of taxes and fees , property , powers between the National Police and the National Police .
And also on amnesty and non-discrimination of persons who took part in the events in Donbass .
• Another bill concerns the holding of early elections in ORDLO .
And for a snack – the cancellation or amendment of three scandalous laws of Ukraine : On education , on the state language and on the reintegration of Donbass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rada , these documents must be coordinated with representatives of individual districts ( that is , within the framework of the TCG ) .
• It is proposed to make all these laws ( except for the constitutional one ) temporarily valid from the date of publication .
And they will receive permanent effect after the OSCE recognizes the elections in ORDLO as valid .
• And only after the introduction of all these laws to the Rada , within 10 days , a new exchange of prisoners takes place – the persons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agree to exchange.
” And they also start general demining , complete withdrawal of troops and writing a plan to restore the work of banks and the Pension Fund in Donetsk and Lugansk .
• Within three months after the entry into force of these laws , detachments of the people ’ s militia of ORDLO are formed and the withdrawal of foreign armed formations from the territory of Ukraine and the disarmament of illegal groups under the auspices of the OSCE are carried out .
• Elections to the territorial communities of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months after the adoption of the laws specified in paragraphs 6 and 7 .
• Deputies of the Donetsk and Lugansk district councils are elected no later than 30 days after the elections in the territorial communities .
All this time , the authorities of the “ DPR ” and “ LPR ” have been functioning so as not to disrupt the maintenance of the vital activity of the territories .
“ Republics ” are disbanded after the election of Donetsk and Lugansk district councils .
• After the elections , two months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border with Russia to be transferred to Ukraine .
It is carried out by local elected authorities together with representatives of the Russian Federation .
• Two months after the transfer of the border , Ukraine must lift the economic blockade and return state institutions on the territory of CADLO .
Simultaneously , Donetsk and Lugansk are withdrawing their administrations from previously “ nationalized ” enterprises ( that is , they are returned to their former owners ) .
• Three months after the adoption of laws on the Donbass , the Cabinet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CADLO , adopt a program for the restoration of the region .
It comes into force on the day of the appointment of the executive branch in certain regions .
In response , to underline that it wishes for peace , Kiev began shelling various targets in the DPR and LPR .
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on the contact line in Eastern Ukraine and two more were wounded .
This was reported on October 30th on the page of the headquarters of the operation of the joint forces in the social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that one of the Ukrainian soldiers was allegedly wounded near the village of Vodyanoy , and another one near the village of Zolotoy-4 .
It is specified that both wounded received medical assistance and were promptly sent to medical facilities .
As reported by IA REGNUM , on October 29th it became known that as a result of an explosive device detonation in the south of the Donetsk People ’ s Republic ( DPR ) , a civilian was injured .
As a result of a blow from a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Donetsk People ’ s Militia was killed .
This was reported on October 29th in the press service of the People ’ s Militia .
The press service of the People ’ s Militia noted that the drone was heading to the area where the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR worked , who cleared unexploded mines of 82 mm caliber previously fired from the positions of the 53rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
As such , it is obvious that Ukraine doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DPR and LPR , and at the same time is only very formally seeking peace in Eastern Ukraine .
Meanwhile , the current Ukrainian political regime , despite the collapse of its popularity , continues fierce attempts to continue its de-facto anti-Ukrainian policy of looting the country and oppressing any constructive forces inside it .
This campaign against the ideological , political and even economic opposition is ongoing with the support from the globalist West and structures affiliated with it .
Euro-Atlantic structures and propaganda outlets affiliated with them have been regularly crying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence , while the Western masters of the Kiev regime has been looting the country .
After clearing the almost entire media sphere of Ukraine from any independent sources of information and launching a new campaign of attacks on opposition parties and activists , the Kiev regime and its allies have also reactivated its efforts religious sphere .
Discredited mainstream media outlets have been slowly but steadily losing their influence over the public opinion .
So , new approaches are being invented in an attempt to push forward the neo-liberal and globalist agenda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working in Ukraine found an ally in the person of Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus that went against its own church recognizing the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( that is created to fight the canonical one ) and declared that he is concerned by some ‘ destructive influence ’ of the Russian Orthodox Church .
While it does not look like that this could change the situation somehow , the project of the ‘ independent ’ Ukrainian church has failed already under the pressure of internal struggle for money and influence , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propaganda .
Globalist and neo-liberal structures are now more actively exploiting various religious-related questions in an attempt to push their narrative .
Ukraine has become one of the places where this approach is employed successfully .
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On October 29th, Ukraine agreed to submit its version of the “road map” for the Minsk agreements to the Trilateral Contact Group for consideration.
This is an action plan and timeline for the implementation of the political provisions of Minsk-2.
The Russian side spoke about such intentions of Kiev yesterday.
However, this information has not yet been refuted in Ukraine. So at the moment it can be considered a fact.
At a meeting two weeks ago, the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics submitted their draft of such a “road map” to the TCG, proposing, after agreement, to approve it at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada. In response, today Leonid Kravchuk promised to submit a similar document on the same issues in a week.
The draft “road map” by the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) contains 15 points, summary of which was published by Strana.ua:
Coordination of new, enhanced ceasefire measures (it is typical that only Ukraine and CADLO are indicated by the parties. Russia is not there, which they will most likely try to change in the Kiev version of the document).
The date is not specified, it will need to be entered.
Within three days after the approval of this plan in the Verkhovna Rada and its entry into force, the parties submit lists for the exchange of prisoners in four categories: “established – agree to exchange”, “agree to exchange – ready to exchange”, “installed – do not agree to exchange “and” not installed “.
After that, within 15 days, you need to exchange all those who agree and are ready to exchange and begin to prepare for the release of the first category.
Within ten days after the entry into force of the Rada’s decision, the parties approve a demining plan for 19 areas and begin work on a demining plan along the entire contact line. At the same time, the disengagement of troops begins in the sectors: Slavyanoserbsk, Petrovka, Nizhneteploe, Grigorovka, and work begins to create a plan for the general disengagement of troops. Within 30 days after the entry into force of the Rada’s decision, Zelensky introduces a bill “On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine (in terms of the decentralization of power)”. It provides for the following transitional provisions:
A separate district of the Donetsk region and a separate district of the Luhansk region are formed within Ukraine. They function until 2050. The peculiarities of their self-government and the powers of all authorities there are dictated by a separate law of Ukraine.
Moreover, this article of the Constitution, as well as the law supplementing it, cannot be changed without the consent of the inhabitants of certain regions, which is expressed in a referendum. True, such a referendum cannot be held earlier than 2045 and later than 2049.
Simultaneously with the constitutional bill, amendments are being made to the law on the special status of certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which must be previously approved by the TCG. The seventh paragraph supplements the story with the special status of Donbass with new bills to be introduced by Zelensky: on the delimitation of taxes and fees, property, powers between the National Police and the National Police. And also on amnesty and non-discrimination of persons who took part in the events in Donbass.
Another bill concerns the holding of early elections in ORDLO. And for a snack – the cancellation or amendment of three scandalous laws of Ukraine: On education, on the state language and on the reintegration of Donbass.
Before being submitted to the Rada, these documents must be coordinated with representatives of individual districts (that is, within the framework of the TCG).
It is proposed to make all these laws (except for the constitutional one) temporarily valid from the date of publication. And they will receive permanent effect after the OSCE recognizes the elections in ORDLO as valid. And only after the introduction of all these laws to the Rada, within 10 days, a new exchange of prisoners takes place – the persons indicated above as “established – I agree to exchange.” And they also start general demining, complete withdrawal of troops and writing a plan to restore the work of banks and the Pension Fund in Donetsk and Lugansk. Within three months after the entry into force of these laws, detachments of the people’s militia of ORDLO are formed and the withdrawal of foreign armed formations from the territory of Ukraine and the disarmament of illegal groups under the auspices of the OSCE are carried out. Elections to the territorial communities of ORDLO are held no later than five months after the adoption of the laws specified in paragraphs 6 and 7. Deputies of the Donetsk and Lugansk district councils are elected no later than 30 days after the elections in the territorial communities. All this time, the authorities of the “DPR” and “LPR” have been functioning so as not to disrupt the maintenance of the vital activity of the territories. “Republics” are disbanded after the election of Donetsk and Lugansk district councils. After the elections, two months are allotted for the part of the border with Russia to be transferred to Ukraine. It is carried out by local elected authorities together with representatives of the Russian Federation. Two months after the transfer of the border, Ukraine must lift the economic blockade and return state institutions on the territory of CADLO. Simultaneously, Donetsk and Lugansk are withdrawing their administrations from previously “nationalized” enterprises (that is, they are returned to their former owners). Three months after the adoption of laws on the Donbass, the Cabinet of Ministers must, in agreement with the CADLO, adopt a program for the restoration of the region. It comes into force on the day of the appointment of the executive branch in certain regions.
In response, to underline that it wishes for peace, Kiev began shelling various targets in the DPR and LPR.
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on the contact line in Eastern Ukraine and two more were wounded. This was reported on October 30th on the page of the headquarters of the operation of the joint forces in the social network Facebook.
It is also reported that one of the Ukrainian soldiers was allegedly wounded near the village of Vodyanoy, and another one near the village of Zolotoy-4. It is specified that both wounded received medical assistance and were promptly sent to medical facilities.
As reported by IA REGNUM, on October 29th it became known that as a result of an explosive device detonation in the south of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), a civilian was injured.
As a result of a blow from a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), one soldier of the Donetsk People’s Militia was killed. This was reported on October 29th in the press service of the People’s Militia.
“During the flight over our positions, the attack UAV of the Ukrainian punitive forces was hit by small arms fire. However, during the fall, the drone managed to drop an explosive device at the positions of our defenders,” the press service said.
The press service of the People’s Militia noted that the drone was heading to the area where the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR worked, who cleared unexploded mines of 82 mm caliber previously fired from the positions of the 53rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As such, it is obvious that Ukraine doesn’t specifically agree with the requests of the DPR and LPR, and at the same time is only very formally seeking peace in Eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, the current Ukrainian political regime, despite the collapse of its popularity, continues fierce attempts to continue its de-facto anti-Ukrainian policy of looting the country and oppressing any constructive forces inside it. This campaign against the ideological, political and even economic opposition is ongoing with the support from the globalist West and structures affiliated with it. Euro-Atlantic structures and propaganda outlets affiliated with them have been regularly crying foul about some ‘Russian’ destructive influence, while the Western masters of the Kiev regime has been looting the country. After clearing the almost entire media sphere of Ukraine from any independent sources of information and launching a new campaign of attacks on opposition parties and activists, the Kiev regime and its allies have also reactivated its efforts religious sphere. Discredited mainstream media outlets have been slowly but steadily losing their influence over the public opinion. So, new approaches are being invented in an attempt to push forward the neo-liberal and globalist agenda. In particular, recently the globalists working in Ukraine found an ally in the person of Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus that went against its own church recognizing the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine (that is created to fight the canonical one) and declared that he is concerned by some ‘destructive influence’ of the Russian Orthodox Church. While it does not look like that this could change the situation somehow, the project of the ‘independent’ Ukrainian church has failed already under the pressure of internal struggle for money and influence, this demonstrated the strengthening trend in the mainstream propaganda. Globalist and neo-liberal structures are now more actively exploiting various religious-related questions in an attempt to push their narrative. Ukraine has become one of the places where this approach is employed successfully.
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southfront--2020-10-30--Following U.S. Secretary Of Defense Around And Making Rioting Easier: Pre-Election America

On the evening of September 22nd , a black Chevrolet Suburban SUV with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper and his security officer left the Pentagon .
In the tail of the car , another passenger car pulled up , which closely followed the SUV , making dangerous maneuvers .
The driver of the head of the defense department managed to “ shake off his tail ” and escape from pursuit .
According to NBC , immediately after the incident , senior officials of the CIA , FBI and Pentagon were informed about the security threat against them directly in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ anonymous sources in intelligence services ’ , this could be an attempt at possible attacks by Iran in response for the death of IRGC General Qasem Soleimani as a result of an American drone strike in January 2020 .
The incident with the Secretary of Defense was investigated by the FBI .
As a result , it became known that the driver is from Iran , has contacts at home and in Afghanistan , but does not show radical views .
To a large extent , the secrecy of Mark Esper ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Israel is associated with security issues and the results of the briefing .
Journalists traveling with Esper were not allowed to report on his visits to Bahrain or Israel until after he left each country , although he spent two nights in Bahrain .
Previously , similar restrictions were imposed during Donald Trump ’ s visits to Afghanistan and Iraq .
Furthermore , a video was shared which showed BLM / Antifa rioters attacked police in Washington with an improvised explosive device .
Several security officials were injured .
The police in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rioters for more than four months .
The employees , unlike other protest regions , are equipped and armed as in war , a sort of non-lethal war .
In response to the clashes , Philadelphia ’ s council reportedly voted 14-3 to prohibit use of the crowd-control tools during protests .
The legislation will be enacted once it ’ s signed by Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney , who has tried to appease demonstrators this week by blaming the unrest on and promising actions to MORE ON THE TOPIC : • Americans Are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Before Election

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On the evening of September 22nd, a black Chevrolet Suburban SUV with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper and his security officer left the Pentagon.
In the tail of the car, another passenger car pulled up, which closely followed the SUV, making dangerous maneuvers.
The driver of the head of the defense department managed to “shake off his tail” and escape from pursuit.
According to NBC, immediately after the incident, senior officials of the CIA, FBI and Pentagon were informed about the security threat against them directly in the United States.
According to speculations citing ‘anonymous sources in intelligence services’, this could be an attempt at possible attacks by Iran in response for the death of IRGC General Qasem Soleimani as a result of an American drone strike in January 2020.
The incident with the Secretary of Defense was investigated by the FBI. As a result, it became known that the driver is from Iran, has contacts at home and in Afghanistan, but does not show radical views.
To a large extent, the secrecy of Mark Esper’s recent visits to Bahrain, India and Israel is associated with security issues and the results of the briefing.
Journalists traveling with Esper were not allowed to report on his visits to Bahrain or Israel until after he left each country, although he spent two nights in Bahrain.
Previously, similar restrictions were imposed during Donald Trump’s visits to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Furthermore, a video was shared which showed BLM / Antifa rioters attacked police in Washington with an improvised explosive device. Several security officials were injured.
The police in the Portland have been fighting the BLM/Antifa rioters for more than four months.
We are making it easier for rioters to riot? WHAT THE CRAP IS GOING ON?!? — Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) October 29, 2020
The employees, unlike other protest regions, are equipped and armed as in war, a sort of non-lethal war.
In response to the clashes, Philadelphia’s council reportedly voted 14-3 to prohibit use of the crowd-control tools during protests. The legislation will be enacted once it’s signed by Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney, who has tried to appease demonstrators this week by blaming the unrest on “systemic racism” and promising actions to “bring true equity to our city.”
We are working with @PhillyPolice and @PhilaDAO to release the body-worn camera footage and the 911 call. We’ve reviewed the footage with Mr. Wallace’s family, and we hope to release it publicly soon. — Jim #MaskUpPHL Kenney (@PhillyMayor) October 29, 2020
BREAKING: Police release numbers on arrests overnight. They also tell us 23 officers were hurt overnight and all are ok. A total of 53 police officers have been injured since Monday’s police-involved shooting of Walter Wallace. No word on injuries to civilians. @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/s3Y2ar0z7J — Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) October 28, 2020
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southfront--2020-10-30--Russian Military To Receive Stealth Heavy Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles

Originally appeared at Izvestia ; Translated by Monalita exclusively for SouthFront Russian Aerospace Forces will receive a “ flock ” of unmanned fighters .
Izvestia newspaper were told by sources of the military-industrial complex and the military department that three more heavy UAVs S-70 “ Okhotnik ” will be built in the next two years .
They will join the test program for the only prototype currently available .
The Ministry of Defense has decided on the format for the application of the latest drone .
The vehicle will have serious striking capabilities , making it truly versatile , experts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighter , the device will be capable of hitting targets from a long distance , the sources added .
The plan and the work schedule on the new S-70 drone have already been approved , the military-industrial complex sources told Izvestia .
According to the addendum , which the publication managed to get acquainted with , the assembly plant should receive a set of parts made of polymer composite materials for the drone ’ s airframe in the last quarter of the year .
In the first half of 2021 , two more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one is 286 million rubles .
Three new vehicles will be built under a new government contract .
The Ministry of Defense signed it with the company Sukhoi at the end of last year after the successful completion of research work on “ Okhotnik ” , sources in the military-industrial complex told Izvestia .
It is also expected that these three UAVs will differ from the prototype in appearance .
They have been modified to reduce radar visibility , sources added .
One of the vehicles will remain on the ground .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other two will become flight models .
Initially , the plan was to complete the development work by the end of 2025 , and strike testing with various weapons was supposed to take place in 2023-2024 .
But in early August , while at a meeting with Vladimir Putin , the head of the United Aircraft Building Corporation UAC , Yuri Slyusar , said that the military department had asked to speed up the process as much as possible in order to start delivering the latest technology to the troops as soon as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ newspaper , in the summer , Sukhoi insured the prototype of the S-70 in the amount of 1.3 billion rubles .
Separately , the ground control post was estimated at 145 million rubles .
It is estimated that after the drone ’ s serial production the amount will be reduced to about 1 billion .
“ The S-70 prototype has already worked intensively while testing in tandem with the Su-57 ” , said military expert Vladislav Shurygin .
Its dimensions , as well as the engine power , allow you to install a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on it .
But a heavy drone is unlikely to become a “ clean ” fighter .
All modern aircraft of this class have long turned into multipurpose vehicles that can destroy targets in air , sea and land .
The carrying capacity of the “ Okhotnik ” allows it to carry not only many long-range air-to-air weapons , but also heavy bombs and cruise missiles designed for attacking ground targets .
By its design , the vehicle was originally created for high-intensity conflict operations , for breaking through powerful air defense and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recalled .
The S-70 “ Okhotnik ” is the largest unmanned aerial vehicle developed in Russia .
The 20-ton aircraft is designed according to the “ flying wing ” scheme with extensive use of polymer composite materials to facilitate the design and reduce the visibility of radars .
The carrying capacity of the S-70 reaches 6 tons , and its radar visibility is even lower than that of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 .
Today UAVs of this class are being developed only in the United States and China .
“ Okhotnik ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The main executor of the project became the Sukhoi company .
The development of the machine was carried out in an atmosphere of strict secrecy .
Even its appearance was unknown .
The “ Okhotnik ” prototype was openly presented only in 2018 , and its first flight took place on August 2 , 2019 .
A month later , the Ministry of Defense announced the start of joint flights of S-70 and the manned Su-57 .
At the same time , the UAV expanded the fighter ’ s radar field of view @ @ @ @ @ @ @ designation for its long-range aircraft weapons .
The plan for the future is that a drone will be able to operate not only under human control , but also completely autonomously using elements of artificial intelligence .
The device will have a satellite ground link , which will make its range limited only by fuel supply .
It has not yet been established whether it has the ability to refuel in flight , like modern manned aircraft .
A new version of the AL-41F1 fighter engine – Product 117BD – has been specifically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UEC – Ufa Engine-Building Production Association .
It will provide the vehicle with a speed that is close to the speed of sound .
In 2019 , a model of the unmanned “ Okhotnik ” was presented which had a flat engine nozzle instead of the usual round one .
According to calculations , such a design should reduce the visibility of the jet drone .
In addition to the S-70 , two more large strike UAVs are being developed in our country .
The most lightweight of them , Orion , weighing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into service and tested in Syria .
In the spring of this year , the military received a set of three serial drones .
The larger Altius , weighing 7 tons , is capable of carrying heavy guided bombs and is currently in the testing phase .
At present , the Russian Armed Forces have more than 2 thousand unmanned aircraft systems at their disposal .
Most of them are designed for reconnaissance missions and belong to the light class .
Their take-off weight does not exceed 18 kg .
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Originally appeared at Izvestia; Translated by Monalita exclusively for SouthFront
Russian Aerospace Forces will receive a “flock” of unmanned fighters. Izvestia newspaper were told by sources of the military-industrial complex and the military department that three more heavy UAVs S-70 “Okhotnik” will be built in the next two years. They will join the test program for the only prototype currently available. The Ministry of Defense has decided on the format for the application of the latest drone.
The vehicle will have serious striking capabilities, making it truly versatile, experts say. For example, as a fighter, the device will be capable of hitting targets from a long distance, the sources added.
Drone Fighter
The plan and the work schedule on the new S-70 drone have already been approved, the military-industrial complex sources told Izvestia.
According to the addendum, which the publication managed to get acquainted with, the assembly plant should receive a set of parts made of polymer composite materials for the drone’s airframe in the last quarter of the year. In the first half of 2021, two more sets will arrive. The cost of one is 286 million rubles.
Three new vehicles will be built under a new government contract. The Ministry of Defense signed it with the company Sukhoi at the end of last year after the successful completion of research work on “Okhotnik”, sources in the military-industrial complex told Izvestia. It is also expected that these three UAVs will differ from the prototype in appearance. They have been modified to reduce radar visibility, sources added. One of the vehicles will remain on the ground. It is used for resource testing. The other two will become flight models.
Initially, the plan was to complete the development work by the end of 2025, and strike testing with various weapons was supposed to take place in 2023-2024. But in early August, while at a meeting with Vladimir Putin, the head of the United Aircraft Building Corporation UAC, Yuri Slyusar, said that the military department had asked to speed up the process as much as possible in order to start delivering the latest technology to the troops as soon as 2024.
As previously reported by Izvestia newspaper , in the summer, Sukhoi insured the prototype of the S-70 in the amount of 1.3 billion rubles. Separately, the ground control post was estimated at 145 million rubles. It is estimated that after the drone’s serial production the amount will be reduced to about 1 billion. “The S-70 prototype has already worked intensively while testing in tandem with the Su-57”, said military expert Vladislav Shurygin. Its dimensions, as well as the engine power, allow you to install a full-fledged radar and an optical location station on it. But a heavy drone is unlikely to become a “clean” fighter. All modern aircraft of this class have long turned into multipurpose vehicles that can destroy targets in air, sea and land.
The carrying capacity of the “Okhotnik” allows it to carry not only many long-range air-to-air weapons, but also heavy bombs and cruise missiles designed for attacking ground targets. By its design, the vehicle was originally created for high-intensity conflict operations, for breaking through powerful air defense and strikes against strategic targets, the expert recalled.
The Road to Sky
The S-70 “Okhotnik” is the largest unmanned aerial vehicle developed in Russia. The 20-ton aircraft is designed according to the “flying wing” scheme with extensive use of polymer composite materials to facilitate the design and reduce the visibility of radars. The carrying capacity of the S-70 reaches 6 tons, and its radar visibility is even lower than that of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57. Today UAVs of this class are being developed only in the United States and China.
“Okhotnik” research work was initiated in 2011. The main executor of the project became the Sukhoi company. The development of the machine was carried out in an atmosphere of strict secrecy. Even its appearance was unknown. The “Okhotnik” prototype was openly presented only in 2018, and its first flight took place on August 2, 2019. A month later, the Ministry of Defense announced the start of joint flights of S-70 and the manned Su-57. At the same time, the UAV expanded the fighter’s radar field of view with its sensors and carried out target designation for its long-range aircraft weapons.
The plan for the future is that a drone will be able to operate not only under human control, but also completely autonomously using elements of artificial intelligence. The device will have a satellite ground link, which will make its range limited only by fuel supply. It has not yet been established whether it has the ability to refuel in flight, like modern manned aircraft.
A new version of the AL-41F1 fighter engine – Product 117BD – has been specifically developed for equipping the S-70 by the UEC – Ufa Engine-Building Production Association. It will provide the vehicle with a speed that is close to the speed of sound. In 2019, a model of the unmanned “Okhotnik ” was presented which had a flat engine nozzle instead of the usual round one. According to calculations, such a design should reduce the visibility of the jet drone.
In addition to the S-70, two more large strike UAVs are being developed in our country. The most lightweight of them, Orion, weighing 1 ton, has already been put into service and tested in Syria. In the spring of this year, the military received a set of three serial drones. The larger Altius, weighing 7 tons, is capable of carrying heavy guided bombs and is currently in the testing phase. At present, the Russian Armed Forces have more than 2 thousand unmanned aircraft systems at their disposal. Most of them are designed for reconnaissance missions and belong to the light class. Their take-off weight does not exceed 18 kg.
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southfront--2020-10-30--Armenia Hopes For A Saviour As Azerbaijan Pushes Ever Further Into Nagorno-Karabakh

Over the evening of October 29th , Armenia ’ s side claimed that several successful operations had been carried out against the Azerbaijani armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh .
“ During the night , units of the Artsakh defense Army continued to conduct reconnaissance and fire operations in the areas where opponent groups are located , as a result of which a large amount of ammunition and foemen personnel were destroyed .
After midnight , the opponent forces tried to launch a new attack in the South-Eastern direction , which was stopped by the Artsakh army .
Opponent forces tried to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the front line , which was also stopped .
Here the opponent troops suffered heavy losses .
The opponent continued to attack peaceful settlements .
Currently , operations are underway to search for and destroy opponent groups , ” the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh said .
What this means is that the Azerbaijani forces are actually much further along the way than Armenia actually admits , and are , in fact , near Shusha .
At the same time , Armenian media are calling for global help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There ’ s also a video : The Azerbaijan side claimed that it also had success in its operations , and it is evident that it is likely true .
Armenian attempts to attack in several directions of the front during the day on October 29 were reportedly prevented .
The Armenian forces were forced to retreat , suffering heavy losses in combat vehicles and personnel .
Notably , there were explosions in Barda , and Armenia ’ s side claimed that it was Syrian militants who carried it out .
Azerbaijan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that it was destroyed , with a video to go along with it .
Various Armenian equipment was also reportedly destroyed .
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Over the evening of October 29th, Armenia’s side claimed that several successful operations had been carried out against the Azerbaijani armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“During the night, units of the Artsakh defense Army continued to conduct reconnaissance and fire operations in the areas where opponent groups are located, as a result of which a large amount of ammunition and foemen personnel were destroyed. After midnight, the opponent forces tried to launch a new attack in the South-Eastern direction, which was stopped by the Artsakh army. Opponent forces tried to succeed, including in the Northern part of the front line, which was also stopped. Here the opponent troops suffered heavy losses. The opponent continued to attack peaceful settlements. Currently, operations are underway to search for and destroy opponent groups,” the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh said.
What this means is that the Azerbaijani forces are actually much further along the way than Armenia actually admits, and are, in fact, near Shusha.
“Today, the opponent launched an attack in the Northern direction earlier than usual, but was pushed back, leaving dozens of dead bodies on the battlefield. Artsrun Hovhannisyan.”
A video was also released:
At the same time, Armenian media are calling for global help, since the death toll keeps growing. There’s also a video:
The Azerbaijan side claimed that it also had success in its operations, and it is evident that it is likely true.
“The Azerbaijan Army continues to take measures against the enemy.”
Armenian attempts to attack in several directions of the front during the day on October 29 were reportedly prevented. The Armenian forces were forced to retreat, suffering heavy losses in combat vehicles and personnel.
“Due to the retaliatory actions, another high-ranking Armenian serviceman who committed a war crime was killed. Thus, the deputy commander of the 1st combined arms army, colonel Victor Arustamyan was killed as a result of firing at a convoy of vehicles in the defensive line of the 18th motorized rifle division of the Armenian armed forces.”
Notably, there were explosions in Barda, and Armenia’s side claimed that it was Syrian militants who carried it out.
Azerbaijan claimed that it was a Smerch MLRS, and that it was destroyed, with a video to go along with it.
Various Armenian equipment was also reportedly destroyed.
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