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Reflections on brush ups with Moscow’s misinformation machine.
PARIS — Early one morning a few weeks ago, my phone started to ring like crazy. Every few minutes, messages from colleagues all over the world flashed on the screen: “Is it true?”; “Did he really say that?”; “Can you confirm?”; “Will you go on air for us?” they asked. I was surprised, and confused — I was on vacation and had not recorded an interview that week at Radio France Internationale (RFI), where I currently work.
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http://www.ibadatelna.cz/en/about-the-project
The purpose of this bilingual Czech-English website run by the Platform of European Memory and Conscience is to present the structure and function of the Communist security services to the international public, media and institutions. The example of former Czechoslovakia was chosen, with an emphasis on the period 1969-1989. The security services were an important element of the Communist dictatorships in the Soviet Union and the entire Eastern bloc. After the fall of the Communist regime, their records were gradually de-classified and made accessible for the public to study in most post-Communist countries. It is not possible to gain a complete understanding of the history of the second half of the 20th century without an understanding of the functioning of the totalitarian secret services.
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Any concession offered to Russia results in more territorial demands.
Territorial power grasp and forceful spread of influence of Mongolian Empire reached in 12-15 centuries all the way to Russia. Three centuries of Mongolian rule left its mark on the Russian mentality as we can clearly see today. During the rule of the Czars, Russia usurped 17 smaller neighbor states. Its independence lost five bigger states in Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan and Kirgizstan. In the Kavkaz area, three former independent states – Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia were usurped. In the west Baltic See area, three other states lost their freedom – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Same fate met states in the Eastern Europe – Byelorussia and Ukraine. On the North, Easter Karelia was usurped at first as a Soviet Republic, and later incorporated as a firm part of the USSR.
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We know a lot about technology, but about a man far less. I have no doubt that the power of the spirit can awaken the forces of one person in the other person. These forces are heading, where modern medicine fails. Judge for yourself and see the both short videos. J.Š.3.11.2015
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Interview: Mr. John Nash Bata an Robert Cholenský for Czech Television and Czech Radio
The Municipal Court in Prague October 29, 2015: Injustice for Jan A.Baťa to continue. Law faculties no one doubts the fundamental precepts: what was stolen, to be repaid, or the equivalent value offered. The Municipal Court in Prague though this principle did not. Do not be surprised. Of the three female judges were two members of the Communist Party. This is the same as if the NSDAP members should condemn Nazi crimes. The judge did not allow video recording or photographing - not only at the hearing but also in the judgment. Czech Television broadcast a report in the Event of a length of about 2 ½ minutes. I offer a record of the entire conversation (without introductions few seconds) of 15 minutes, which gave John Nash Bata and his lawyer to Czech Television, Czech Radio, and other Media.
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The role of Allied airmen in World War Two was marked by the dedication of a memorial outside Guernsey Airport on 9th September 2015. It follows more than 50 years of research into the subject by Channel Island aviation historian and Society Archivist John Goodwin, which has found 153 names of those airmen killed in Bailiwick of Guernsey waters during WW2.
… “I congratulate everyone involved in the production of this permanent memorial to those aircrew of all the nations who lost their lives in Bailiwick waters during the course of World War II. I hope, that in unveiling this memorial today, we will bring comfort and closure to the relatives of the gallant airmen who died, and that it will serve for generations to come as a reminder that the privileges we enjoy have come at the cost of great sacrifice by people from all nations who travelled in their prime of life far from home, that we may be free.”
A website is being developed that will eventually show all the information about the airmen remembered on the memorial.
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Published 18 October 2015
Czech and Ukrainian activists demonstrated outside an arena in Prague during a performance by the Alexandrov Ensemble, the official choir of the Russian armed forces. Protesters held signs calling the chorus "the music of war and occupation." Inside the concert hall, a small group of protesters holding Ukrainian, NATO, and EU flags tried to disrupt the show during a guest appearance by Czech pop star Helena Vondrackova, but were quickly escorted out. (RFE/RL)
http://www.rferl.org/media/video/czech-russia-culture-protest/27312565.html
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