Whether you sing about him or have a name like him, no link with Robert E. Lee is off limits to activists. As statues of the Confederate general are toppled across the US, we look at which symbols have been targeted and ask which could be next.
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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Germany Blows Lion's Share of Civil Society Aid on Ukrainian 'Black Hole'
The revelation that Ukraine is the recipient of the lion’s share of German funds for civil society support in Eastern Europe shows that Berlin is keen to stake out a leading political role there, Russian Duma Deputy Aleksey Plotnikov told Radio Sputnik.
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Flights between Russia & Iraq to resume after 13yrs
Iraqi Airways plans to resume flying between Baghdad and Moscow starting this September. The carrier is in talks with Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation).
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Moscow Has Nothing to Do With 'Acoustic' Attack on US Diplomats in Cuba
Russia has nothing to do with the suspected “acoustic” attack on US diplomats in Cuba, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.
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Polish & NATO Hysteria Over Zapad-2017 Drills 'Really Just Shameless Cash Grab'
Next month’s joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 exercises have prompted hysteria from Polish officials and media, which have described the ‘dangerous’ drills as ‘the largest since the end of the Cold War’. Speaking to Sputnik, Vice Admiral (ret.) Marek Toczek and independent analyst Konrad Rekas explained the real motives behind the fearmongering.
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Invisible Shield, Invisible Sword: Russia's Electronic Warfare 'Second to None'
In the wake of successful drills involving the Russian electronic warfare system Krasukha-4, Sputnik looks into why such systems are of paramount importance to the defense capability of the country’s army.
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Russia & China plan joint production of at least 200 heavy lift helicopters
Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec says a contract for a joint project with China to produce an Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) helicopter may be signed by the end of the year.
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Nuke in the Shell: Technical Characteristics of B61 Tactical Nuclear Bomb
The B61 is an American nuclear gravity bomb. Its development was initiated by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, in 1960. The first test was conducted in August 1963 and the bomb was eventually adopted in 1968.
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‘We only kill black people’: US cop reassures female driver during routine stop
A police lieutenant in the state of Georgia is in hot water after telling a female driver, who was reluctant to move her hands out of fear of being shot during a routine traffic stop, “remember, we only kill black people.”
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Man charged with terrorism offence over Buckingham Palace sword incident
A man has been charged in connection with a terrorist incident outside Buckingham Palace on Friday evening that left three police officers injured.
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