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Total collapse of US/EU/NATO policy both military and economic, damage to European society may be irreparable

Mad Vlad, whose forces are bombing women and children in Ukraine, spared no expense on the six-deck Scheherazade. Vladimir Putin's superyacht Scheherazade’s official cost could be close to $1billion A worker who helped build it said: “Every surface is marble or gold. There are countless swimming pools, a spa, a sauna, a theatre, ballrooms, a gym, two helipads. It’s like a mini city. “And it is an unimaginable amount of wealth when the average Russian’s salary is £5,000 a year, and people there are struggling to eat.” A tiled dancefloor lowers to turn into a pool. It is thought to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin made warm remarks toward the Democratic Party during an interview this week, saying that the Democratic Party and the Communist Party have similar values and that President Donald Trump has been tough Russia. “It was unclear what [Putin’s] goals were — Christopher A. Wray, the director of the F.B.I., warned a House committee last month that Russia was actively pursuing a disinformation campaign against Joseph R. Biden Jr.,” The New York Times reported, “but one possibility was that Mr. Putin was reaching out in case Mr. Biden, who leads in the polls, wins the election.” Putin...

Thursday, May 31, 2007. Issue 3668. Page 3. Bush Will Meet Putin At Father's Compound The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- With Russian-U.S. relations under heavy strain, Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin will meet July 1 and 2 in a U.S. oceanfront resort for a wide-ranging discussion of world affairs, administration officials said Wednesday. "It's an opportunity for him and President Putin to continue what is always, for the two of them, candid and very honest conversations about things that matter," Bush spokesman Tony Snow said. The two also will see each other next week in Heiligendamm, Germany, during...

MOSCOW, Aug 18 (KUNA) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said it is necessary to set a timetable for withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq. During a joint press conference with visiting King Abdullah of Jordan on Thursday, Putin said, "We believe it is necessary to work out a schedule of gradual withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.." "The solution of this problem will help involve the most part of Iraqi resistance forces in the state construction," the Russian president stressed. "All ethnic and confessional groups, and political parties, including the opposition, should take part in an inter-political dialogue," he...