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October 23, 2018
Impacto de la crisis de Venezuela en Puerto Rico - YouTube
Live: Пресс-конференция Джона Болтона в Москве - YouTube
Russia News | russia-news.org - Bike with Mike! Psycho-Historically and Hermeneutically Speaking. | News, Reviews, Analysis, Opinions – By Michael Novakhov
The Puerto Rico News & Journal – 9:10 AM 10/23/2018 | The News and Times of Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico News & Journal – 9:10 AM 10/23/2018 | The News and Times of Puerto Rico
Russia and The Rise of GRU Military Intelligence Service
Trump security adviser meets Russian ministers in Moscow
Ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev warns Trump's plan to pull out of Russia nuclear treaty will undermine global disarmament
Russia has 'more than five times as many spies in Britain now than it did during the Cold War'
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Skripal Files' by Mark Urban
Global Security News: 11:29 AM 10/20/2018 – Salisbury Poisoning Updates – chemical weapons in Syria – Newest security worry: Trump without Mattis – Politico: “Mattis is widely expected to depart his post sometime after the November elections, according to multiple Pentagon and administration officials with knowledge of personnel discussions. And that’s fueling anxiety among officials of both parties who have viewed him for almost two years as a force for stability.”
Germany AND Novichok - Google News: Saudi admission on Khashoggi's death won't touch 'reformist' crown prince - CNN
Ex-spy chief says Brexit leaves UK vulnerable to attack - Washington Post
Puerto Rico Main News – 6:30 PM 10/22/2018
The Puerto Rico News & Journal Headlines – 12:12 PM 10/22/2018
Skripal, Yanukovych, Deripaska, Firtash, Mogilevich, Vekselberg, Akhmetov – Sounds Like a Law Firm but it ain’t. – M.N. – 10.11.18
puerto rico - Google Search
Germany AND Novichok - Google News: UK does NOT believe Saudi Arabia claims over Khashoggi death, warns Raab - Express.co.uk
По следам Сергея Скрипаля, российского шпиона, отравленного "Новичком" в Лондоне
Hurricane Michael unearths Florida shipwreck from 1899: report
Hurricane Michael unearths Florida shipwreck from 1899: report - NOLA.com
Atlanta-area police officer shot and killed during suspicious vehicle check
Atlanta-Area Police Officer Shot and Killed During Suspicious Vehicle Check - FOX40
8:44 AM 10/21/2018 – Latest News | Global Security News
Russian officials celebrate 60th anti-Russian sanction, warn not to play with fire - Sanctions against Russia
Russia's Patriarch Kirill Blames Istanbul Church For 'Schism' - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
German - New Abwehr Hypothesis of the Recent Troubles - Google Search

Impacto de la crisis de Venezuela en Puerto Rico - YouTube

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Live: Пресс-конференция Джона Болтона в Москве - YouTube

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Russia News | russia-news.org - Bike with Mike! Psycho-Historically and Hermeneutically Speaking. | News, Reviews, Analysis, Opinions – By Michael Novakhov

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mikenova shared this story from Russia News. LINKS and PAGES | News Review | All Posts – News and Times | Abwehr 2 German – New Abwehr Hypothesis of the Recent Troubles – Google Search
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The Puerto Rico News & Journal – 9:10 AM 10/23/2018 | The News and Times of Puerto Rico

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mikenova shared this story from Current News. mikenova shares "The Puerto Rico News & Journal – 9:10 AM 10/23/2018 | The News and Times of Puerto Rico" from The News and Times of Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico News & Journal – 9:10 AM 10/23/2018 | The News and Times of Puerto Rico http://pr-us.org/2018/10/23/the-puerto-rico-news-journal-910-am-10-23-2018/
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The Puerto Rico News & Journal – 9:10 AM 10/23/2018 | The News and Times of Puerto Rico

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mikenova shared this story from The News and Times of Puerto Rico. The Demiurge Operations “Trump” And “9/11” The Puerto Rico News & Journal from mikenova (7 sites)
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Russia and The Rise of GRU Military Intelligence Service

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October 19, 2018  09:12 AM Each autumn, Russia's GRU secret service celebrates its birthday. Falling on Nov. 5, the festival is officially called the Day of the Military Intelligence Agent and commemorates the founding of the Soviet military intelligence service in 1918.
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Trump security adviser meets Russian ministers in Moscow

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mikenova shared this story . Donald Trump’s national security adviser is meeting Russia’s defence minister in Moscow just a few days after the US president announced that he intends to pull America out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty.
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Ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev warns Trump's plan to pull out of Russia nuclear treaty will undermine global disarmament

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Russia has 'more than five times as many spies in Britain now than it did during the Cold War'

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mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Russia has 'more than five times as many spies in Britain now than it did during the Cold War'A report will reveal there are an estimated 200 intelligence officers in Britain The figures from the Henry Jackson Society report will be published next week  Author of report Andrew Foxall said capital 'ill-equipped' to deal with espionageBy
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BOOK REVIEW: 'The Skripal Files' by Mark Urban

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mikenova shared this story . ANALYSIS/OPINION: THE SKRIPAL FILES: THE LIFE AND NEAR DEATH OF A RUSSIAN SPY By Mark Urban Henry Holt and Company, $30, 310 pages Speaking to reporters in December 2010, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that his spy agencies had assassination squads that targeted defectors.
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Global Security News: 11:29 AM 10/20/2018 – Salisbury Poisoning Updates – chemical weapons in Syria – Newest security worry: Trump without Mattis – Politico: “Mattis is widely expected to depart his post sometime after the November elections, according to multiple Pentagon and administration officials with knowledge of personnel discussions. And that’s fueling anxiety among officials of both parties who have viewed him for almost two years as a force for stability.”

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ departure from President Donald Trump’s inner circle would also come at a time when much of the top military leadership is looking to retire. | Pablo Martinez Monsivais/pool/AP Photo
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Germany AND Novichok - Google News: Saudi admission on Khashoggi's death won't touch 'reformist' crown prince - CNN

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He touts his vision to modernize Saudi Arabia by weaning its economy from fast-depleting oil reserves and ushering in a more moderate form of Islam, a vision that Western leaders have welcomed.
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Ex-spy chief says Brexit leaves UK vulnerable to attack - Washington Post

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British Prime Minister Theresa May, left, speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk after a group photo during an EU-ASEM summit in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. EU leaders met with their Asian counterparts Friday to discuss trade, among other issues.
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Puerto Rico Main News – 6:30 PM 10/22/2018

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mikenova shared this story from The News and Times of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Main News – 6:30 PM 10/22/2018 Puerto Rico Main News from mikenova (66 sites) South Florida Latest News, Sports and Crime | Will the new ‘NAFTA’ boost the minimum wage to $ 16 an hour?
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The Puerto Rico News & Journal Headlines – 12:12 PM 10/22/2018

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mikenova shared this story from The News and Times of Puerto Rico. Latino Music Videos – YTP   Puerto Rico News Videos – YTP puerto rico – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=puerto+rico …
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Skripal, Yanukovych, Deripaska, Firtash, Mogilevich, Vekselberg, Akhmetov – Sounds Like a Law Firm but it ain’t. – M.N. – 10.11.18

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mikenova shared this story from The News and Times of Puerto Rico. In Brief – Saved Stories Saved Stories – None “Будёновцы”: «Ещё бы буденовки надели»!!! – 10.9.18 – They should have put on their “budenovka” hats…
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mikenova shared this story from puerto rico - Google News. Board urges Puerto Rico to implement tax, labor reformsWashington Post-1 hour agoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The executive director of a federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico's finances said Monday that the island is ...Puerto Bonds Soar, Pointing to Hope for Restructuring
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Germany AND Novichok - Google News: UK does NOT believe Saudi Arabia claims over Khashoggi death, warns Raab - Express.co.uk

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mikenova shared this story from Operation Novichok. Operation Novichok - Salisbury Poisoning   Germany AND Novichok - Google News: UK does NOT believe Saudi Arabia claims over Khashoggi death, warns Raab - Express.co.uk Salisbury Poisoning 2018 News Review from mikenova (20 sites) Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab bluntly dismissed the Gulf kingdom's claim that Saudi Arabian Jamal Khashoggi died in Istanbul after a fight broke out.
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По следам Сергея Скрипаля, российского шпиона, отравленного "Новичком" в Лондоне

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mikenova shared this story from Operation Novichok. October 22, 2018 Operation Novichok - Sergei Skripal По следам Сергея Скрипаля, российского шпиона, отравленного "Новичком" в Лондоне Как английский Солсбери справляется с последствиями визита «Петрова» и «Боширова».
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Hurricane Michael unearths Florida shipwreck from 1899: report

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mikenova shared this story from Upstate NY Trending News. Ships that washed ashore on an island near Florida’s Panhandle during the 1899 Carrabelle hurricane were completely exposed by Hurricane Michael last week, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
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Hurricane Michael unearths Florida shipwreck from 1899: report - NOLA.com

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Ships that washed ashore on an island near Florida’s Panhandle during the 1899 Carrabelle hurricane were completely exposed by Hurricane Michael last week, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
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Atlanta-area police officer shot and killed during suspicious vehicle check

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A police officer in Gwinnett County, Georgia, was shot and killed while answering a call about a suspicious vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to a department spokesman.
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Atlanta-Area Police Officer Shot and Killed During Suspicious Vehicle Check - FOX40

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A police officer in Gwinnett County, Georgia, was shot and killed while answering a call about a suspicious vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to a department spokesman.
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8:44 AM 10/21/2018 – Latest News | Global Security News

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2.13.18 – Merkel The Spider Düsseldorf carnival: Float shows Donald Trump mounted by Russian bear – Business Insider The German Intelligence behind Operations “Trump” and “9/11”. 
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Russian officials celebrate 60th anti-Russian sanction, warn not to play with fire - Sanctions against Russia

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mikenova shared this story from PravdaReport. Dmitry Sudakov Russian officials celebrate 60th anti-Russian sanction Russia » Politics Spokespeople for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation commented on the expansion of US sanctions against Russia because of the alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Russia's Patriarch Kirill Blames Istanbul Church For 'Schism' - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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The head of Russia's Orthodox Church has blamed Orthodox leaders in Istanbul for prompting a schism, the worst crisis to face the religion in hundreds of years. Patriarch Kirill on October 19 blasted church authorities -- known as the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople -- as "schismatic" for a decision earlier this month moving to grant independence to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
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German - New Abwehr Hypothesis of the Recent Troubles - Google Search

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Владимир Путин отшутился по поводу агрессивности США на встрече с Болтоном
Путин рассказал об отсутствии ответов Москвы на недружественные шаги США
Путин высказал Болтону свое удивление недружественными шагами США
Путин на встрече с советником Трампа: мы даже не отвечаем ни на один ваш шаг
Путин заявил Болтону о готовности продолжить прямой диалог с Трампом
Владимир Путин на форуме «Опора России»: все новости
Putin pokes fun at US seal amid arms pact dispute
Trump to Meet Putin Again Next Month After Another White House Reversal
Путин и Собянин осмотрели "Техноград" на ВДНХ
Путин предложил Трампу встречу в Париже
Путин предложил продлить мораторий на проверки для малого бизнеса
Путин предложил продлить надзорные каникулы для малого бизнеса
Путин: Вклад малого и среднего бизнеса в ВВП России должен превысить 30%
Путин намерен упростить процедуры создания и ведения бизнеса в России
Путин и Эрдоган проведут двустороннюю встречу на саммите по Сирии
John Bolton meets Putin in shadow of arms treaty withdrawal
Donald Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11: John Bolton
Bolton says he raised election meddling with Russia's Putin
Putin and Trump set to meet in Paris on Nov. 11: Kremlin
Путин и Болтон договорились о расширении координации военных в Сирии
Путин предложил предпринимателям самим заполнять информацию о проверках
Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11: Bolton
Putin-Bolton meeting was 'interesting' - Kremlin aide
Putin meets Bolton amid nuclear treaty exit tensions
Путин и Трамп проведут двустороннюю встречу в Париже
Болтон не привез Путину оливковую ветвь из США
Путин поручил кабмину создать исчерпывающий перечень отчетных документов МСБ
US president Donald Trump wants to meet Vladimir Putin in Paris, says national security adviser John Bolton
Путин рассказал о росте товарооборота с США вопреки действиям Вашингтона

Владимир Путин отшутился по поводу агрессивности США на встрече с Болтоном

Фонтанка.Ру
«Ваш орлан уже все оливки склевал?» Владимир Путин отшутился по поводу агрессивности США на встрече с Болтоном   Владимир Путин снова шутит. Президент России намекнул на агрессивную внешнюю политику США с юмором.
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Путин рассказал об отсутствии ответов Москвы на недружественные шаги США

РБК
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Путин высказал Болтону свое удивление недружественными шагами США

Комсомольская правда
СЕГОДНЯ 19:252018-10-23T19:25:32+03:00 Путин высказал Болтону свое удивление недружественными шагами США Президент РФ напомнил, что Москва почти не отвечает на такие действия, однако давление со стороны Вашингтона все равно продолжается
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Путин на встрече с советником Трампа: мы даже не отвечаем ни на один ваш шаг

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Путин заявил Болтону о готовности продолжить прямой диалог с Трампом

Интерфакс
Москва. 23 октября. INTERFAX.RU - Президент РФ Владимир Путин на встрече с помощником президента США по национальной безопасности Джоном Болтоном заявил о готовности продолжения диалога со своим американским коллегой Дональдом Трампом.
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Владимир Путин на форуме «Опора России»: все новости

ИА REGNUM
23 октября президент России Владимир Путин выступит на пленарном заседании ежегодного форума Общероссийской общественной организации малого и среднего предпринимательства «Опора России».
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Putin pokes fun at US seal amid arms pact dispute

Youngstown Vindicator
Putin pokes fun at US seal amid arms pact dispute October 23, 2018 at 2:14p.m.
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Trump to Meet Putin Again Next Month After Another White House Reversal

Roll Call
Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Paris next month, their second one-on-one meeting this year as the Justice Department continues looking into whether the president’s 2016 campaign sought help from Moscow.
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Путин и Собянин осмотрели "Техноград" на ВДНХ

ТВ Центр - Официальный сайт телекомпании
Владимир Путин принял участие в ежегодном форуме общественной организации малого и среднего предпринимательства "Опора России". Президент напомнил, что поставил задачу в ближайшие годы создать в этой сфере экономики 6 миллионов рабочих мест, а также значительно укрепить экспортные возможности малых и средних предприятий.
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Путин предложил Трампу встречу в Париже

Российская Газета
Вопросы стратегической стабильности, разоружения и региональных конфликтов обсудил президент России Владимир Путин на встрече с помощником американского лидера по национальной безопасности Джоном Болтоном.
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Путин предложил продлить мораторий на проверки для малого бизнеса

Телеканал "Звезда"
Президент России Владимир Путин предложил продлить надзорные каникулы для малых компаний. «Надо продлить на два года мораторий на плановые проверки по госконтролю для малого бизнеса», - сказал Путин на форуме «Опоры России».
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Путин предложил продлить надзорные каникулы для малого бизнеса

Life.ru
Президент РФ Владимир Путин предложил продлить надзорные каникулы для малого бизнеса ещё на два года. Как пояснил лидер страны, есть ряд сфер, где нужен постоянный и жёсткий контроль.
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Путин: Вклад малого и среднего бизнеса в ВВП России должен превысить 30%

Life.ru
На данный момент этот показатель составляет 20%, но на то, чтобы подтянуться, есть еще 6 лет. Президент России Владимир Путин поставил задачу по увеличению вклада малого и среднего бизнеса в ВВП страны до 30%-40% до 2025 года.
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Путин намерен упростить процедуры создания и ведения бизнеса в России

Ridus.ru
Президент России Владимир Путин заявил о намерении предельно упростить все процедуры создания и ведения бизнеса, используя современные цифровые технологии.
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Путин и Эрдоган проведут двустороннюю встречу на саммите по Сирии

Интерфакс
Путин и Эрдоган проведут двустороннюю встречу на саммите по Сирии Москва. 23 октября. INTERFAX.RU - Лидеры России и Турции Владимир Путин и Реджеп Тайип Эрдоган проведут отдельную встречу "на полях" четырехстороннего саммита по Сирии в Стамбуле 27 октября, сообщил заместитель директора четвертого европейского департамента МИД РФ Андрей Буравов.
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John Bolton meets Putin in shadow of arms treaty withdrawal

Irish Times
Donald Trump’s national security adviser held talks with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, days after the US president announced his plan to pull out of a nuclear arms deal with Russia.
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Donald Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11: John Bolton

Moneycontrol.com
Donald Trump wishes to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when the two visit Paris on November 11 for World War I commemorations, the US president's National Security Advisor John Bolton said on October 23.
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Bolton says he raised election meddling with Russia's Putin

Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. national security advisor John Bolton said on Tuesday he had lengthy discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Russian meddling in U.S. elections, and explained that it was counter-productive for Russia.
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Putin and Trump set to meet in Paris on Nov. 11: Kremlin

Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Preliminary agreement has been reached on a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Paris on Nov. 11, a Kremlin foreign policy aide said on Tuesday.
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Путин и Болтон договорились о расширении координации военных в Сирии

Взгляд
Советник президента США по нацбезопасности Джон Болтон сообщил, что договорился с президентом России Владимиром Путиным расширить координацию военных в Сирии. По итогам переговоров он также сообщил, что Россия и США продолжат реализацию хельсинкских договоренностей Путина и Дональда Трампа, в том числе по борьбе с терроризмом, передает РИА «Новости».
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Путин предложил предпринимателям самим заполнять информацию о проверках

Газета.Ru
Президент России Владимир Путин выступил с предложением разрешить предпринимателям самим размещать информацию о проверках контролирующих органов, передает корреспондент «Газеты.Ru».
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Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11: Bolton

Journalducameroun.com - English - (press release)
Published on 23.10.2018 at 18h54 by AFP Donald Trump wishes to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when the two visit Paris on November 11 for World War I commemorations, the US president’s National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Tuesday.
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Putin-Bolton meeting was 'interesting' - Kremlin aide

Reuters UK
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Kremlin aide on Tuesday described a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. national security advisor John Bolton as “interesting” and said Bolton’s presence signalled Washington wanted to maintain dialogue with Moscow.
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Putin meets Bolton amid nuclear treaty exit tensions

Aljazeera.com
John Bolton, the United States' national security adviser has met Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Washington's warning that it will withdraw from a key nuclear weapons control treaty with Russia expected to top the agenda of the Moscow meeting.
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Путин и Трамп проведут двустороннюю встречу в Париже

ТАСС
МОСКВА, 23 октября. /ТАСС/. Президент РФ Владимир Путин в ходе своей предстоящей поездки в Париж встретится с американским коллегой Дональдом Трампом, сообщил помощник российского лидера Юрий Ушаков.
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Болтон не привез Путину оливковую ветвь из США

Вести.Ru
Это была полезная, местами достаточно жесткая, но конструктивная встреча. Так оценил президент России Владимир Путин свою встречу с помощником президента США по нацбезопасности Джоном Болтоном в Москве.
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Путин поручил кабмину создать исчерпывающий перечень отчетных документов МСБ

ТАСС
МОСКВА, 23 октября. /ТАСС/. Президент России Владимир Путин поручил правительству РФ подготовить исчерпывающий перечень документов, которые малый и средний бизнес должен предоставлять в госструктуры для отчетности.
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US president Donald Trump wants to meet Vladimir Putin in Paris, says national security adviser John Bolton

NT News
US president Donald Trump wants to meet Vladimir Putin in Paris, says national security adviser John Bolton  NT NewsFull coverage
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BOOK REVIEW: 'The Skripal Files' by Mark Urban

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BOOK REVIEW: 'The Skripal Files' by Mark Urban

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/21/book-review-the-skripal-files-by-mark-urban/

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

THE SKRIPAL FILES: THE LIFE AND NEAR DEATH OF A RUSSIAN SPY

By Mark Urban

Henry Holt and Company, $30, 310 pages

Speaking to reporters in December 2010, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that his spy agencies had assassination squads that targeted defectors. But he voiced an ominous warning. “Whatever thirty pieces of silver those people may have gotten, they will stick in their throat.”

Despite his shortcomings as a decent human, give Mr. Putin credit: He carries out his threats. Any person unfortunate enough to cross him is a step removed from the grave.

The civilized world was shocked in March when a defected Russian intelligence officer, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia, were stricken with a mysterious poison in the quiet British town of Salisbury. They were in critical condition for weeks but survived. Scientific tests identified the poison involved as Novichok, developed by Russia for germ warfare. It had been smeared on the door knob of the Skripal home.

The attack matched earlier Russian murder operations, notably the poisoning death of defector Alexander Litvinenko in 2006.

Mr. Skripal, a onetime Red Army airborne colonel, had shifted to the GRU, the military’s intelligence arm. Disillusioned with the Communist regime, he tried to resign, but was refused. (As Mr. Putin himself once said, “There is no such thing as an ex-KGB man.”

Assigned to Spain, Mr. Skripal contacted an officer of MI6, the British spy agency. As a defector-in-place, he gave MI6 intricate details of GRU world-wide operations.

Eventually his association with MI6 was revealed to the Soviets by a Spanish turncoat, one Roberto Flores. But Flores had scant solid evidence of his spying, thus Mr. Skripal was not summarily executed. Instead, after a sham trial in 2006, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

What saved Mr. Skripal from execution? Another Russian, Yuri Burlatov, a naval officer, had also been arrested in Spain. Under interrogation, in an apparent attempt at a bargain, he named high officers of the FSB (successor to the KGB) as siphoning off funds from a Russian “technological shopping spree.”

Burlatov charged that officers in the GRU Madrid headquarters were creating false invoices, with the pilfered stolen proceeds being shared up the line of command.

The official ultimately responsible for the corruption was Gen. Nikolai Patrushev, the FSB director and a close ally of Vladimir Putin. (He is now general secretary of the Russian security council.)

Burlatov’s bargaining failed. He was found dead, a claimed “suicide” by self-strangulation. That several of his fingers had been cut off suggested otherwise. The death was a grisly warning of the dangers of offending Mr. Putin’s inner circle.

Mr. Skripal has resigned himself to dying in prison. Then, in 2006, a stroke of luck. An FBI counterintelligence operation broke a ring of deep-cover Russian agents, including couples living in Washington, New York and Boston. Posing as American citizens, their mission was to build careers in banking, government and other institutions. The FBI busted the scheme before they succeeded.

In a spy swap, Mr. Skripal was one of the prisoners the Soviets picked for release. He chose to live in England, and MI6 settled him and his daughter in Salisbury.

Several other resettled spies had spoken out publicly against Mr. Putin and his plutocrat cronies. Such criticism was widely cited as the reason Litvinenko was murdered. Mr. Skripal’s earlier silence on the GRU corruption was apparently taken as a sign that he would not be a whistle-blower.

And indeed Mr. Skripal initially remained silent, with he and his daughter blending in with neighbors. Nonetheless, MI6 permitted him to have long interviews with Mark Urban, longtime national security correspondent for BBC, and the author of 11 earlier books on military and intelligence.

Mr. Urban’s plan was for a book on intelligence during the Cold War. Mr. Skripal happily recounted in detail his work for the GRU, and he also revealed several bombshells, including a short-lived military plot to assassinate Mr. Putin. He also told Mr. Urban about the corruption in the FSB high command.

Did the Russians become aware of the tell-all nature of Mr. Skripal’s interviews? Mr. Urban does not address that question in his book.

Given Russia’s past reputation for tracking down and killing talkative defectors, the British government early on accused Moscow of ordering the poison attacks — denied, of course, by Mr. Putin. The British had street videos of the perpetrators but no proof of their identity.

Nonetheless, Britain and allies (including the United States) expelled some 160 Soviet spies from embassies, which Mr. Urban terms “a global action larger than any other Cold War move against Soviet or Russian espionage networks.”

But Mr. Urban’s book benefited from an appropriate sequel. The week it was published in London, a fledgling investigative website named <a href="http://BellingCat.com" rel="nofollow">BellingCat.com</a> used the street surveillance videos to identify two Russian intelligence officers. One listed a Moscow home address that is the same as the GRU headquarters.

The named Russian would-be assassins claimed innocence, saying they visited Salisbury to admire a Gothic cathedral. Believe them if you wish: The evidence seems otherwise.

• Joseph C. Goulden writes frequently on intelligence and military affairs.

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