After the opening of the former Soviet Union to the West, the economy of Russia and its satellite countries came under control of criminal groups. The reason is fairly simple. The only people who knew anything about business were people who had participated in what was know...
opinion by ishambat | 5 days ago 35 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
The fact that Thatcher didn't want reunification is spoiled by the title - Thatcher was not Britain. I know many, many people and I know that they as well as millions of other Briton's stayed up that night when the wall came finally down."Two months before the fall of the...
The following is my commentary concerning, "UN Official Demands Torture Accountability," (by Edger. Antemedius.com. July 2, 2009) and specifically Edger's comment at the end of that post as follows, "Where is the...
opinion by TomUsher | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 149 views | 0 recommendations | 6 comments
June 22, 2009 marks the 68th anniversary of Nazi German Invasion of Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germans under the direction of Adolf Hitler began the unannounced invasion of the Soviet Union in what later...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago 156 views | 34 recommendations | 2 comments
Jake Tapper’s Political Punch post, about a “newsgathering” effort (see video above) launched recently by the Obama Administration, reminded of something I learned during my brief tenure as a graduate...
" BY URI AVNERY Green Left Weekly JERUSALEM — Some weeks ago, something curious happened: Israel discovered that Iran is the Great Satan. It happened quite suddenly. There was no prior sensational news, no new discovery. As if by the order of a drill-sergeant, the whole...
opinion by pakalert | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 98 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Chechnya was the breakaway republic of the old Soviet Union. The BBC has a well-written piece summarizing Chechnya's history. Chechnya's most recent events involves the attempts by Ramzan Kadyrov, the 32 year old...
"Why CIA Is Engaged In Motivated Campaigns Against Pakistan’s ISI, Military? The American CIA almost killed Musharraf. The ISI is familiar with terrorism inside Pakistan by the spy agencies of many countries. Even Libya’s Gaddafi once ordered a couple of bombings...
created by pakalert | 40 wks ago 427 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment
" A MUST READ report. Reporting by Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat, With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta. Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington An...
created by pakalert | 42 wks ago 1423 views | 10 recommendations | 9 comments
The British medical journal The Lancet has released a study that shows that rapid privatization of state industries in the 1990s led to significant increase in the death rate in the former Soviet Union....
created by mike_yvr | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago 69 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Though the breakup of the Soviet Union began early in 1985, liberals haven’t stopped embracing communism. In fact, “hammer and sickle” thinking is gaining ground in the United States, thanks largely to...
Gary Zeitlin documents in openseti.org that Manipulative Extraterrestrials use the counterfeit spirituality of religion and the alienated context of materialistic securalism, to keep humanity corralled into a certain plane of thought, that complements the agenda of...
opinion by agora | 47 wks ago 124 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
06:50 without declaring war Soviet artillery opens fire and Soviet troops cross the border at several places. Invading Soviet 7th Army has 120,000 men on the Karelian Isthmus with some 900 field guns and trench mortars and 1,400 tanks.The Finnish covering force on the Isthmus...
created by Pasi | 1 year ago 173 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Afghani Women's Rights and Rebuilding in the Face of Politics and Western Presence, Part 1/3 view original video/audio interview here Pt 1 of 3 Homemakers Magazine editor in chief Kathy Ullyott speaks with...
created by globalpunditorg | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 257 views | 19 recommendations | 4 comments
As the second official visit of Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to Cuba concludes, several deals have been reached. China would buy Cuban sugar nickel and other raw material. Beijing would also help Havana...