A Moscow court has ruled that activist Alexey Navalny must pay a 850,000 ruble ($11,500) fine after finding that he libelled a 94-year-old World War II veteran last summer by smearing him as a “corrupt lackey” and a “traitor.”
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“The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election”
This is the inside story of the conspiracy to “save” the 2020 election. “But it’s massively important for the country to understand that it didn’t happen accidentally. The system didn’t work magically. Democracy is not self-executing.”
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In Submarine Affair Plaguing Netanyahu, the Egypt Angle Is Just as Murky
A senior defense official when the sale of German submarines to Egypt was approved says Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak okayed the deal behind his back and despite his opposition. Barak denies this.
Dutch curfew extended by emergency bill as government shuns court ruling of COVID-19 lockdown ‘illegality’
Dutch senators have voted overwhelmingly to pass an emergency act to continue a nationwide curfew, disregarding a judge’s ruling this week that the restriction violates the law as well as the rights of citizens.
Iranian judoka wins silver medal at Tel Aviv Grand Slam
Saeid Mollaei fled his country after ignoring orders to drop out of a match to avoid facing an Israeli.
2020 made it really hard to take Washington seriously
Adam Smith told us there’s a lot of ruin in a nation. He never imagined; one looks down the road maybe two or three more years before there’s just nothing left to steal.
How the Big-Tech monopolies are hurting their own value
Political crusades, censorship and bullying their smaller competitors will drive users away from the internet giants.
Pfizer-BioNTech tried to gouge the EU with 65-DOLLAR vaccine doses, German media report
Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech wanted to charge the EU Commission €54.08 per dose of their Coronavirus vaccine, according to German media reports. The jab would have cost more than 20 times that of a rival shot from AstraZeneca.
Bye, bye Bill! Russia’s nuclear officials abandon America’s Microsoft Office software & switch to home-designed tech — reports
Moscow officials are set to pull the plug on a multimillion-dollar deal with US computing giant Microsoft, and instead buy the rights to a Russian-made suite of programs for employees of the country’s nuclear safety regulator.
Pfizer to test booster dose for South African COVID-19 variant
Top company scientist says original shot highly likely to still protect; Israeli study says it may be less effective against mutation but still protect against serious disease.
Coronavirus incidence worldwide drops by half compared to early January
The number of cases of the coronavirus infection worldwide has increased by 2.5 mln over the past seven days. According to TASS calculations, this is almost half the number of cases recorded during the first week of 2021.
Israel extends airport closure into March
Ben Gurion airport is closed on fears that the country’s successful COVID-19 vaccination drive will be compromised by people bringing in vaccine resistant mutations from abroad.
Israel agreed to more than just a prisoner exchange to get woman back from Syria
Full details of arrangement barred from publication by military censor; MK Tibi responds to deal: “Does a Jewish person need to cross into Gaza so Palestinians can get a vaccine?”
America’s future is in the hands of woefully inept cretins at a time when creativity and innovation are needed more than ever
The US’ future looks grim indeed in the face of a ‘Great Reset’ proposed by the same powers that steered it into a deadly economic quagmire. Why are Americans allowing those who broke their world the privilege of ‘fixing’ it?
Czech Republic scraps plans to reopen shops, mandates DOUBLE masking in public
Citing an ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases, the Czech government abandoned plans to re-open “non-essential” shops next week. It also ramped up its masking game, urging people to wear two surgical masks or a respirator in public.
Pfizer revises ultra-cold storage guidance for COVID-19 jab, says vaccine is stable at refrigerator temperatures
Vaccine partners Pfizer and BioNTech have said they’ve submitted new data to the US health regulator showing their jab can be stored at “refrigerator temperatures” rather than the ultra-cold levels currently mandated.