Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia were wrong. Speaking at a forum in eastern Russia, he said it is not right to do anything in foreign policy that harms the interests of other people. His remarks come as Russian troops continue fighting in Ukraine. The Soviet Union invaded Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 following mass protests and demands for greater freedoms. President Putin made the comments at the Eastern Economic Forum in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok on Tuesday.…
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Though it is a truism, when supplies run dry, war becomes arduous. Russia’s war with Ukraine is no exception. Without heavy artillery shells, there can be no artillery fire – what Joseph Stalin infamously termed the “God of War”. Without rockets and anti-tank missiles, Russia cannot take aim at Western-supplied tanks to Ukraine. With the pariah state having few global friends, Putin knew that Moscow did have one partner-in-crime, a state equally intent on inflicting belligerence to the West, and who would do anything for cash. Turning towards Russia’s Cold War…
One of the DEA’s most-wanted alleged fentanyl traffickers, who was allied with “Los Chapitos,” the sons of “El Chapo” Guzman, was killed in Sinaloa this week after getting into a car accident, according to news reports. Luis Javier Benítez Espinoza, known as “El Fourteen” crashed his SUV into the car of an unidentified 60-year old-man south of Culiacán, Sinaloa, on September 8, according to news reports. After the accident, Benítez reportedly fired his handgun into the sky before kidnapping the man and taking off. Two days later, Benítez’s body was found outside a local public…
The streets of Sao Lourenco do Bairro in Portugal were painted red on Sunday after two tanks owned by a winery exploded, spilling 2.2 million litres of red wine into the small town. The amount of wine spilt from Levira Distillery is almost enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, which prompted local officials to issue an environmental alert, according to news reports. Videos circulating online show a red torrent gushing down a hill through the town, which has a population of more than 2,000 people. The Anadia Fire Department…
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on legal issues and human rights has expressed concern about the legitimacy of amendments to the Russian constitution allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036. PACE is talking about the amendments that were made to the Russian constitution in July 2020. The changes made removed presidential term limits, allowing Putin to stay in power until 2036, when he would be 83 years old. “The overwhelming power of the President resulting from the extremely long term in office…
Libyan Interim Prime Minister and leader of the Government of National Unity Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said in a statement that Storm Daniel killed at least 3,000 Libyans and left thousands missing as rescue teams fight their way through time to save as many people as they possibly can. Spokesperson for the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ahmed Mismari said in a televised press conference that “the disaster came after dams above Derna had collapsed, sweeping whole neighborhoods with their residents into the sea”. Mismari also added that the number of missing…