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Putin: A totalitarian regime ruined the fate of Russia

Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that totalitarian regime ruined the fate of Russia. This is stated in the article that the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia written on the eve of his visit to Poland for the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza.

According to press service of Russia's government, in his article, Putin focused on the Katyn tragedy. Common fate V. Putin has called the shooting of Polish officers by Soviet secret police and the death of the Red Army in the Polish captivity after the war the 20 th year. The people of Russia, whose fate ruined a totalitarian regime is well understood by a heightened sense of Poles related to Katyn, where lie thousands of Polish soldiers.

In the United States are investigating the murder of seven people in a trailer

On parking for trailers in the U.S. state of Georgia found seven bodies, two others were taken to hospital with serious injuries. The investigation of his violent death of these people.

As the BBC BBC , Glynn County Police Chief Matt DORING called the incident the worst mass murder in 25 years work in the local police, without specifying exactly how the victims died.

around 8:00 local time on Saturday, a relative of one of the victims discovered the body inside the mobile home, trailer, parked on place historical plantations.

Edward Kennedy proclaimed Obama as the voice of poor and helpless

BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. President, Barack Obama, on Saturday praised Sen. Edward Kennedy as a voice for the poor and helpless, in a eulogy that recalled his achievements and avoided politicizing his death.

Obama hailed the legislature as one of the promoters of civil rights laws, immigration reform and health care of children, but did not stop at what the senator had called the cause of my life : revision of the health system of the United States.

Health reform is Obama's main domestic priority, but amid faltering efforts to be approved by Congress, the House White was cautious not to politicize the death of Kennedy. The president had said he would not use the opportunity to praise and support for health reform.

Speaking at the Kennedy funeral service in a Roman Catholic basilica in Boston, Obama called it the soul of the Democratic Party and the lion of the U.S. Senate, which had made more than 300 laws.

It was the product of an era when the joy and nobility of politics prevented the differences of party and philosophy became barriers for cooperation and mutual respect, a time when opponents were still were among them as patriots, said Obama, who has often complained about the deep partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans.

UN asked Iran and North Korea over the captured ship with weapons

Committee of UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea is investigating the fact of exports from that country to Iran of weapons, violating sanctions. On Friday it became known to journalists from diplomatic sources.

According to diplomats two weeks ago predstaviteliObedinennyh Arab Emirates detained the vessel which, according to their data, carrying a cargo of arms from North Korea to Iran. Were aboard, including rocket launchers, detonators, ammunition, ITAR-TASS.

According adopted on 12 June this year, members of the UN Security Council resolution, Pyongyang is prohibited to export all kinds of weapons. If the goods are actually directed from the DPRK, it is a violation of the embargo.

On behalf of the Committee of the UN Security Council sanctions otnosheniiKNDR in Pyongyang and Tehran on August 25, letters were sent with a demand for 14 days for an explanation, said diplomatic sources.

Russia to Build Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus

in Sochi at the residence of the President of Russia, Bocharov Stream an informal meeting of Dmitry Medvedev and the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko . During the meeting the heads of state discussed issues of cooperation in the field of atomic energy, in particular, they discussed the construction of a Belarusian nuclear power plant, reports the Kremlin press service.

Moreover, Medvedev and Lukashenko discussed the Russian-Belarusian relations, economic cooperation, the coordination of foreign policy and regional security . The Presidents agreed to intensify efforts to resolve the accumulated problems. Also, Dmitry Medvedev and Alexander Lukashenko agreed to instruct the governments of Belarus and Russia to hold consultations on financial and economic cooperation.

The two leaders reviewed the cooperation of Russia and Belarus in the framework of the CSTO. After consultation with other parties to the treaty of Belarus intends to return to the Chairmanship of this organization. At present, these functions are technically performs Russia.

Ted Kennedy's remains arrived in Boston for the funeral

The funeral procession with the body of the patriarch of the Kennedy clan started from Hyannisport, the town located on the Atlantic coast where the family spent the holidays for decades. Edward Kennedy, best known as Ted , will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington, along with his brothers John and Robert, both killed. Just two days before he died, last Sunday, Ted Kennedy, who was a passionate novelists, went for a boat ride, despite his increasing physical difficulties. Accompanied by his wife Victoria, the late senator took a turn aboard Mya yacht, which now flies a flag at half mast in mourning. NEWS Presence president. The four former U.S. presidents involved are still alive after tomorrow's funeral of Senator Kennedy in Boston, which also plans to attend the current occupant of the White House, Barack Obama, CNN reported Thursday. Presidents Jimmy Carter ( 1977-1981), George HW Bush (1989-1993), Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and George W. Bush (2001-2009) will attend the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston. Sen. deceased used to come to the Basilica of Boston every day when his daughter Kara was fighting cancer lung that managed to overcome and the site became for him a symbol of hope and optimism.

SVR declassified documents about the secret plans of Poland on the eve of the Second World

Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia has declassified documents about the secret plans of Poland before World War II, said Aug. 25 the agency Interfax with reference to the chapter SVR press office Sergei Ivanov. Documents incorporated in the book Secrets of Polish politics. 1935-1945, output is timed to coincide with the 70 anniversary of the Second World.

Among the declassified documents – analytical studies and foreign policy of Poland, the reports of military attachés, telegram of Polish diplomatic missions and other materials. According to Ivanov, the documents will help readers better understand the questions whose answers are important today, when so many politicians and leaders of some countries are attempting to revise the history of the Second World War.

Looking at the world through the eyes of senior Polish Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry and intelligence services of this country will be useful for the responsible interpretation of the events associated with the outbreak of the Second World War , – said Ivanov.

Americans approve of the activities of Obama for President

majority of Americans approve of the activities of Barack Obama for the U.S. presidency, but his approval rating has declined steadily. This is evidenced by the results released public opinion poll conducted by the research service Gullup.

According to The View , so, 52% of survey participants indicated that they were happy with the way the current head of the White House fulfills its responsibilities. At the same time in June this year during a similar survey this figure was 62%, and in July dropped to 56%.

However, an increasing number of unhappy results of the President. For example, in June, 31% of respondents negatively assessed the work of Barack Obama at the head of the White House in July – 38%, and in August this figure reached 41%.

In the scandal with anti-Israel article in the newspaper Attorney General's office intervened Sweden, Foreign Minister Cancels Visit to Israel

Attorney General of Sweden Goran LAMBERTZ said yesterday that state prosecutors will investigate the scandalous publication in the newspaper Aftonbladet, accused the IDF of killing Palestinians with a view to obtaining organs for transplantation. However, the Attorney General's office intends to investigate the apology issued by the Swedish ambassador in Israel Elisabeth Bonnier day after publication without coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, said NEWSru Israel .

Legal Adviser General Prosecutor Hakan Rustand expressed doubt that the Swedish paper Aftonbladet has violated laws on incitement to ethnic hatred. This opinion is shared Nils Funke, one of the leading Swedish lawyers specializing in freedom of speech. In his view, the article is describing the events, not an incitement to ethnic hatred. Criticism of the article's author is aimed at the Israeli army and that Israel is not limited to Jews, so I can not say that it is an agitation against an ethnic group – Funke said in an interview with Swedish website The Local.

– head of Sweden's foreign ministry canceled a visit to Israel
– Israel published a refutation of the Palestinians, which cited a Swedish newspaper

Meanwhile, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports that the Swedish Foreign Ministry said Bonnier, which brought her an apology had been made solely on her behalf. Simultaneously, the leader of the Left Party (Vansterpartiet) Lars Oli called for an immediate withdraw Bonnier in Sweden, to explain to her how the Swedish freedom of speech.

Currently outrage material Swedish journalist Donald Bustrema embraced not only political circles in Israel but also ordinary citizens. So, on the eve of a few dozen people demonstrated in protest at the Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv. In addition, Israeli consumers amounted to a petition calling for a boycott of products of Swedish companies, primarily furniture stores company IKEA.

IKEA representatives have condemned this action, stating that the retail chain is not a political organization, reported later, news agency AR.

head of Sweden's foreign ministry canceled a visit to Israel

Meanwhile, the scandal went on a diplomatic level. On Wednesday, press secretary of the Swedish Foreign Ministry stated that Foreign Minister of the country has no plans to soon travel to Israel, which means the abolition of the scheduled visit in early September, wrote Nezavisimaya Gazeta .

source in the Israeli government reported that the visit of Bildt, the representative of Sweden – the country currently presiding the EU – was scheduledand no formal notice of its withdrawal of the Israeli side has not yet received.

As the newspaper on the eve of Israel's Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said that in the case of Sweden's refusal to condemn the publication of Israel to cancel the visit Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, since, according to Steinitz, one who refuses to condemn anti-Semitic pamphlet, which is the article in Aftonbladet, should be considered persona non grata in Israel .

Croatia wants to join the European Union

first woman prime minister of Croatia Jadranka Kosor, who replaced retired Ivo Sanader, said the continuation of the process of accession to the European Union, transmits EuroNews .

At a meeting with European Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, head of the Croatian Government recalled that the country is open to dialogue its main international issue – the territorial dispute with Slovenia.

The European Commission adopted measures to facilitate the settlement of bilateral issues between Croatia and Slovenia.