Kiev Has $3.1 Billion to Pay Off Russian Gas Debt: Ukrainian Prime Minister

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced that The Ukrainian government has accumulated $3.1 billion on its accounts to pay off the debt for gas supplies from Russia. © RIA Novosti. Aleksandr Maximenko

The Ukrainian government has accumulated $3.1 billion on its accounts to pay off the debt for gas supplies from Russia, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Sunday.


"We have the funds – the government has accumulated $3.1 billion on [its] accounts," Yatsenyuk told the Ukrainian 1+1 TV channel, discussing funds Ukraine could use to pay for Russian gas deliveries.
Ukraine is now facing the approaching winter with low natural gas reserves. In June, Russian energy giant Gazprom switched Ukraine to a prepayment system for gas deliveries in light of Ukraine's gas debt, which is estimated at over $5 billion.

Russia to Ban Imports of Cars, Heavy Equipment, Metallurgy Products: Reports

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- Russia is preparing to bar state-run companies from importing vehicles, heavy equipment and metallurgy products, an influential Russian daily said Sunday.
According to the data, obtained by the Kommersant newspaper from the Russian ministries of industry and trade, and economic development, Russia's state-owned companies will be prohibited from buying certain foreign-made industry products that have Russian analogues.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed to the paper it had drafted a "general directive," which will apply to companies that are 50 percent or more owned by the Russian government, although no list was revealed.

State Crime in Iguala, Guerrero (Mexico)

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BY Rolando Garrido Romo

In these days the people of Mexico are facing a double assault by the political and economic elite of the country, subservient to Washington, which mainly aims to strengthen control over financial and natural resources of the country through the implementation of reforms imposed by the government of president Peña Nieto; and at the same time criminalizing social protest, suppressing all dissent sample or rejection by popular organizations, students, educators, farmers and workers to such predatory and exclusionary model.
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Ukraine SITREP October 14th, 00:45 UTC/Zulu: Dark clouds over Novorussia

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Things decidedly do not look good right now.  Poroshenko has replaced that clown Geletei with a bona fide war criminal Col. Gen. Stepan Poltorak, a far more dangerous and evil character who used to be the commander in chief of the junta’s death squads (aka “national guard”).

Stepan Poltarak

Is the US Getting Ready to Dump Poroshenko?

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It looks like Poroshenko’s days are numbered. His most likely replacement? The extreme right.

originally written by The Saker for Russia Insider

So the “great genius” of Ukrainian military strategy, the man who promised to organize a victory parade for the Ukrainian army in Sevastopol was fired.

Novorussian field commander Givi talks about the Donetsk airport situation

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The first one is of a young but very talented Novorussian commander known has “Givi” who is one of the two commanders tasked with securing the Dontesk Airport (the other one being “Motorola”).  In this video Givi explains what that problem is:

US Police Rescue Woman With Ebola-Like Symptoms Outside of Pentagon, Washington

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A woman was transported to a Virginia hospital after showing potential signs of Ebola outside of the Pentagon, an Arlington County Police Department spokesman, Dustin Sternback confirmed with RIA Novosti.
Pentagon Police officers found the woman in the Pentagon South Parking Lot ill and vomiting. She told authorities that she had recently visited West Africa, said the press release from the Arlington County Police Department.
The Arlington, Virginia County Fire Department (ACFD) responded to the incident immediately with a HazMat response team and emergency and medical aid.

Nigerians Reject Ceasefire With Boko Haram Terrorists; Use The $1bn For War, not #Election2015: #VictoryForNigeria

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The people of Nigeria vehemently reject the announced ceasefire with Boko Haram terrorists at this last hour as the 2015 presidential election approaches. It defies reason how and why the Nigerian government will debase the collective intelligence and humanity and extinguish the hope of Nigerians by unilaterally agreeing to a so-called ceasefire with rag-tag terrorists who currently occupy several major cities in the north. Bama, Gwoza, Marte, Ngala, Konduga and Dikwa are still under full control of the Boko Haram terrorists.

Liberia: Between Ebola And The Tyranny Of Western Stooge Sirleaf

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In the current Ebola epidemic, Liberia happens to be the hardest hit West African nation. The leader of the nation is a Harvard-educated long-time member of the western corporate establishment, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who became president in 2005 after a Nigerian-led ECOWAS mission put an end to a spate of civil wars.

The Sirleaf reign as president, as her stint in America’s big corp. has been tainted with allegations of corruption and nepotism and now with the Ebola epidemic. Her handling of the epidemic in Liberia cannot be disconnected from her obligations as a western puppet and her training in corruption. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that Liberia is worst hit and that a colonial army has urgently set foot in Sirleaf’s Liberia.

US and European Powers Pledge to Kill Islamic State Cash Flow

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European leaders and US President Barack Obama have agreed during a conference call to work toward dousing Islamic State (IS) funding avenues, said the White House Press Office.
The heads of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in a video conference call where they reaffirmed their vow to destroy the IS network, while working to curb the IS propaganda machine with a stronger message of their own, according to the White House brief.

Iran, 5+1 Ministerial Meeting Could be Held in November: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

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A meeting between the foreign ministers of Iran and the 5+1 group could take place in November, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti.
"A ministerial meeting is possible. But this will mean that the solution is near. Alternatively, if this is not achieved, complications are possible, like it happened last year, when ministers were unable to eliminate the problems on the first try," Ryabkov said Tuesday in an interview with RIA Novosti.

US Isolationism Greater Security Threat Than Budget Cuts: Former NATO Commander

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The greatest threat to the United States' national security is not the decline in the size of military forces or the budget, but withdrawal and isolationism from the rest of the world, Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told RIA Novosti.
"The biggest threat to the United States is isolationism, frustration with the world that causes us to withdraw," Admiral Stavridis told RIA Novosti on Tuesday at a Center for Strategic and International Studies discussion on maritime security with US Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert.

Gunshot Residue Found on St. Louis Shooting Victim: Lab Results

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Vonderrit Myers, Jr., an African-American teenager, who was shot and killed by a white off-duty police officer in St. Louis on October 8, tested positive for gunpowder residue, according to crime lab results, released by Missouri state authorities on Tuesday.


“The presence of gunshot residue on a person’s hands could mean the individual discharged a firearm, was near a firearm when it was discharged, or touched an object with gunshot residue on it. Individuals shot at close range can have gunshot residue deposited onto their hands,” the lab results read.

Syrian Kurds Refuse To Fight Assad Army: Kurdish Leader

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Kurds are not going to fight alongside Turkey against Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria, Syrian Kurds leader Salih Muslim said in an interview with the Hurriyet newspaper Monday.
“Do you want us to fight against them in Damascus and be a soldier there instead of you? We will not do that. We have stopped being soldiers for others, which Kurds have done throughout history,” he said as quoted by the Hurriyet.

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Antisemitic Ukrainian Nationalists Pose Threat to Jewish Community: Israeli Publicist

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Ekaterina Blinova – Although the Ukrainian ultra-nationalists have temporarily suspended their attacks on Ukraine's Jewish congregation, afraid of losing the support of the West, sooner or later we will see Jewish pogroms there, believes Avigdor Eskin, a prominent Israeli publicist and political analyst.

Sanctions Boosted Efficiency of Russia’s Drone Production Industry: UAV Manufacturer

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Director of UAV development programs at Russia’s Vega Radio Engineering Corporation Arkady Syroyezhko told RIA Novosti that economic sanctions against Russia had made the manufacturers of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operate more effectively.


“The import substitution program could help [Russian defense] industry to apprehend its drawbacks and to use its existing internal reserves. Yes, this is going to be hard, but we will solve this problem. Sanctions have made [the defense industry] work more effectively,” Syroyezhko said.
According to Syroyezhko, while Russian Defense Ministry is not purchasing foreign UAVs, in the future it plans to continue buying certain foreign-made components.

Latin American Leaders Congratulate Bolivian President on Victory in Elections: Reports

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Evo Morales   © REUTERS GASTON BRITO 

The leaders of Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and Nicaragua congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales with his re-election as the president, Bolivian information agency ABI reported Monday.
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica congratulated Morales from Montevideo in a telephone call, with Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also calling the Bolivian president and congratulating him personally and on behalf of all Argentinians.

Lavrov: Ukrainian Crisis Severely Destabilizing International Order

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in Moscow, August 29, 2014. © REUTERS/ Maxim Zmeyev 09:51 13/10/2014

The Ukrainian crisis has seriously destabilized international order, which will have a long-term impact, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
"The Ukrainian crisis has seriously shaken the international situation and it will have a long-term effect. Today it is difficult to predict how things will go in the world, but we can be sure that the future has many surprises in store," Lavrov said in an interview with Moscow State Institute of International Relations’ MGIMO Journal

First Latin American SITREP - Saker Community

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Some caveats, greetings and pointers: foreword

Hopefully this will be the first of many Latin America SITREPS. The Saker has given us a valuable opportunity to speak out and offer you our view on the current stories developing in our continent.

Mainstream MSM, as we all know, have done a well known job on misinforming, deforming and distorting the last 15 years of Latin American awakening, it’s key importance and fundamental role in the constitution of the Global South (a non-geographical, global entity) and the negation of the historical subject that has been the central nerve of the Latin American epoch change: the poor of the earth, as Cuban patriot and apostle José Martí once said.

Russian-Ukrainian Probe of Donetsk Mass Graves Needed: Russian Human Rights Council Head

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Mikhail Fedotov, Head of Russia's Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights

Photo Credit: © RIA Novosti. Artyom Zhiteneev

Russia's Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights has suggested a public investigation into the mass graves near eastern Ukraine's Donetsk could be carried out by a joint Russian-Ukrainian human rights mission, the council's head Mikhail Fedotov told RIA Novosti in an interview.