Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] The Center for Countering Disinformation Shamefully Wipes Off the Posts of a Kremlin Agent
No longer a "Kremlin agent": The Center for Countering Disinformation of Ukraine under the National Security and Defense Council has deleted posts accusing current nominee for the post of US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard of working for Moscow.
*Blink* I must have missed that when it happened. Oh well.
On April 6, 2022, the CCD claimed that Gabbard "works for the Kremlin's money" and that she "has been repeatedly accused of ties to Putin."
On November 9, 2023, the center wrote that Gabbard was manipulating, claiming that Zelensky "has taken control of the media, banned opposition parties and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church."
On February 16, 2023, the CCD said Gabbard "used to express pro-Russian rhetoric."
On June 25, 2024, the center wrote that Gabbard was trying to discredit Zelensky with statements about his "so-called illegitimacy."
This morning, all four posts were deleted.
Weaklings and wimps. You should have stood your ground!
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence, “is likely a Russian asset.”
Asked in a Friday MSNBC appearance about Gabbard’s prospective nomination to a position that would come with extensive access to classified information, the Florida Democrat did not mince words.
“Tulsi Gabbard is someone who has met with war criminals, violated the Department of State’s guidance and secretly, clandestinely went to Syria and met with [Syrian President Bashar al-]Assad, who gassed and attacked his own people with chemical weapons,” she said. “She’s considered to be, essentially, by most assessments, a Russian asset.”
Pressed on her own view of Gabbard, Wasserman Schultz doubled down. “I consider her someone who is likely a Russian asset,” the congresswomen said.
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a mumble-mouthed shark-toothed hatchet-faced mayo-haired scrunt by most reasonable people's standards
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Mayo? Is that how Debbie gets her hair to look like Medusa?
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Marina Akhmedova
[REGNUM] The head of the Kursk Muslim community, Imam Isa Salimsultanov, told the editor-in-chief of the Regnum news agency, Marina Akhmedova, how in the first days of the invasion, the Ukrainian Armed Forces met militants dressed in Russian uniforms, how he is moving towards his goal of loving the Motherland even more, and why he advocates for a ban on niqabs.
— Isa, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces invaded the Kursk region in August, you were one of the first to rush to help civilians. How did you learn about the offensive? How did you understand that it was large-scale?
— My main activity is related to the spiritual and moral care of Muslims in the Kursk region. We also visited soldiers, border guards and conscripts who profess Islam. Therefore, we learned about the invasion first-hand — from the military.
On the night of August 6, there were reports that worried everyone. But we still did not understand the scale of what had happened. The media first wrote about 25 armed militants, then that there were 200. There had been attempts at invasion before, but they had been stopped immediately. But then no one understood what was happening. So I decided to go there to understand.
When we arrived at the scene, we saw shelled settlements and refugees. Only then did we understand the seriousness of the situation.
— When you arrived and realized that large-scale military operations were taking place, did you not feel the desire to flee from there as quickly as possible?
- It didn't arise because I wanted to know what was going on. I met our military several times that day, but they couldn't really explain anything.
At some point I reached a populated area where there was not a single living soul - only abandoned and shot-up cars. I drove a little further and saw a store from which soldiers in Russian uniforms were coming out. I got out of the car and approached them.
We said hello. I asked what was going on. They said everything was under control, and then asked who I was. I said, "My name is Isa, I am an imam and a representative of the Kursk Muslim community. People are calling me and asking what's going on here. So I came to take a look."
They demanded to see my documents. This is normal for the military, I showed them my license. Then they asked to show me the keys to my Range Rover. At this point I started to worry. I asked: "Why do you need them?" And at that moment one of the soldiers started talking to another in Ukrainian.
— What did you feel at that moment?
- It's hard to say. I wondered why they speak Ukrainian.
— So you didn’t immediately realize that they were VSSU officers?
— No. It was a split-second situation. Everything became clear later, when one officer said to another: "Maybe I should shoot him in the leg?" and pointed a gun at me — a regular Russian Kalashnikov assault rifle. They took my keys, threw them in the grass, and told me not to go get them. They went around the corner, got into their pickup truck, and drove away.
I found the keys, got into the car, drove to the next street and saw two women with bags in their hands. They were in a complete panic. I asked: "Are you okay? Where are you going?" They said: "We need to go to Kursk." I took them with me, left the village and went to Lyubimovka.
In Lyubimovka I met special forces from Akhmat, whom I had known before. Among them were wounded. Only then did I understand how serious everything was. They had no time for me, and I, with my panic, had no time for them. The women in the car were also crying... I drove them to Kursk, dropped them off, and then sat in the car for a long time and thought about all this.
— What were you thinking?
— I realized that Ukrainian militants had attacked the Kursk region. And that I remained alive only because I was not destined to die. I even warned my assistant that I would arrive late.
- Do you think they didn't kill you because you weren't destined to die that day?
- Of course. They are not the ones who kill. If a person's life ends, he will die anyway.
- Why weren't you destined to die?
- It wasn't my decision. And besides, if I died, it would just mean that my life was over. But if I'm alive, it means that my mission isn't over. And the threat to life shouldn't stop me from fulfilling my goal.
- What is your goal?
— To benefit my people and my country. To love my homeland and learn to love it even more.
- You speak the right words. I have to clarify: "my people" - who is this?
— Those who suffered from this attack. My homeland is Russia. All my life I have been taught to love the homeland. And to the best of our ability and capabilities, we will learn to love it.
— You said “learn to love.” Because it’s difficult?
— You see, when you see people who love their homeland more than you do, your love for your homeland seems insignificant.
— Have you met such people?
— I have met many times. For example, among those who raised me. My teacher was the first to teach me to love my homeland, despite all the dangers.
- And who is this man?
- Akhmad Khadzhi, today he is the Mufti of the Republic of Dagestan. He said that the threat of death will not shorten our lives.
— He said that our Motherland is Russia?
- Yes.
— Did he say that sincerely?
- Certainly.
— Did he explain to you why you should love her?
- So it's the same as loving your parents.
— But there are people in Dagestan who believe that the North Caucasus was forcibly annexed to Russia.
— There are such people in the rest of Russia too, our opinion does not change because of them. We have our own Motherland, for which we are ready to sacrifice our lives.
— Are you ready to sacrifice your life for Dagestan or for Russia?
— What does Dagestan have to do with it if Ukrainian militants attacked the Kursk region? I didn’t rescue a single Dagestani from there. And I didn’t go there for the sake of the Dagestanis. I saved ordinary residents of the region, with whom I spent my best life and with whom my children are growing up. They are mostly Orthodox Christians.
For two months, I was constantly traveling to the combat zone, sometimes several times a day. Sometimes I had to stay there overnight, because at night we couldn’t turn on the headlights, so that a Ukrainian drone wouldn’t spot us — there were no electronic warfare systems or detectors in Kursk at that time.
Let me repeat, we did all this for the sake of Christians who are in no way connected with Dagestan.
— You said that on the first day of the invasion you sat in the car for a long time and realized what had happened. At what point did you feel fear?
— This was the first such case. There were many such moments. For example, when we were driving with Channel One journalists, a drone exploded next to us, and fragments hit the car.
— But after the first incident, you decided to help people?
“I made this decision a long time ago, when I became an imam.
— But you didn’t think then that a war would start in the Kursk region?
— The war has nothing to do with it. If some natural disaster happened, we wouldn’t sit at home either. We would help people, knowing that something bad had happened to them. If I knew that my neighbor’s children had disappeared, I would start doing something, not just sympathizing. And I know that I can help.
- How can I help? You're not superman.
- No one is born a superman, we are all born as simple people. Only in the course of your life can you do something important. First of all, you must be useful to people. Being an imam does not mean being useful only to Muslims. If you profess traditional Islam, you will be useful to everything around you.
- And if all this inspires you with a feeling of rejection?
— Rejection happens when we do something for our ego. You wouldn't risk your life for the sake of your comfort. And people aren't ready to die for money.
Until our main troops arrived in the Kursk region, only a few volunteers entered the combat zone. Our soldiers were performing their main task - stopping the enemy, they had no time for civilians. Civilians did not fully understand what was happening. There were even cases when Ukrainian soldiers entered populated areas in Russian uniforms and only after securing their positions did they change their dog tags on their hands.
Yes, you can't prepare for it. But you still have to do something.
— Are you doing all this for the sake of people or for the sake of the Almighty?
- These things are interconnected. The Almighty has given me the opportunity to preach his faith, helping people. When I stand before Him and He asks what I did on earth, I don’t want to answer: “I just sat in the mosque and prayed.” What is the meaning of my religion then?
— Is it possible to help people simply for the sake of your faith, without loving them?
- It's a rhetorical question. How can you help people without loving them? People will quickly leave. Yes, you can do it if you're ordered to. But as soon as control weakens, you'll stop doing it. No one forced us to go there. People only found out about us after the twenties of August.
— I wrote about you in my Telegram channel then.
— Most likely, thanks to this, a lot of people began to find out about it.
When the Ukrainian Armed Forces surrounded Sudzha, I recorded a video message in which I called on people to urgently leave the city because it was very dangerous there. After that, I was heavily criticized and accused of panicking. But I did this after the incident with the Ukrainian servicemen. I tried not to talk about that incident at all, so that they wouldn’t worry about me and prevent me from going to evacuate people.
Only when our troops stopped the enemy and went on the counter-offensive, I began to gradually reveal the details. Including with your help.
“I was very glad to learn about a Muslim who saves all people, regardless of nationality.
— It's not about nationality. We did everything we were taught. We weren't taught to evacuate people, but we were taught to love them.
- How can this be taught? What words can be found to make a person want to learn this?
- These are long years of education and decades of caring for people. The Mufti of Dagestan taught us to love people regardless of where they live.
I remember how in 2012 he gathered us and said: “You are going to different regions of Russia so that the Muslims who live there do not forget their faith and their culture. At the same time, you must teach them to behave in a civilized manner, to respect other religions. And even if you fail to do this, you must simply live to be useful to the local population.” I understood these words 12 years later.
— Did you realize that you can be a silent example?
— My activities benefited the Muslim community even before the militants’ invasion. And when the attack had already taken place, I helped all the residents of the Kursk region.
— Did you expect something like this to happen 12 years ago?
- No. I just tried to be useful in my position.
You asked: "What did I feel while sitting in the car?" These words also appeared before me. When I drove into Olgovka, I was not going to pray there. There was no question of religion there at all. I simply risked my life to save at least one life. This is what is useful for people.
— When you told me about the incident with the VSSU guys, I myself felt horror. How do you feel about them now? Are you afraid or do you hate them? Do you consider them your enemies?
- I have no fear. My enemy is the enemy of the state. If they harmed my state, how will I treat them?
— And they can tell you: “You have harmed our state.”
- This is, of course, a sensitive issue. I was a participant in these events back on February 24, when military forces from different regions were sent to Kursk. I was already an imam then. Battalion commanders invited me to talk to the servicemen and give them parting words. From that moment to this day, I have been worried about this matter.
It is clear to a blind man that our president did everything to avoid this. Our population also did not fully understand the meaning of the SVO. Then it became clear, considering the policy of double standards that the West is pursuing. If we still have people who do not understand this, they will never understand it.
If there were no SVO, in the next ten years there would be battles along our entire border: Rostov, Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk.
- When we drive the enemy out of the Kursk region and move on, will you help the population on Ukrainian territory?
- Of course. In 2022, I was almost the first imam to enter the LPR territory through the Belgorod region, when nothing was clear yet. We also went to Kherson via the Antonovsky Bridge, which was later blown up. Since then, we have supported the SVO and our servicemen. And after they drive the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk region, we will be useful to them.
— I noticed that you call Ukrainians militants, not soldiers. Why?
- On their territory they are soldiers. Here they are fighters. No need to come to us with weapons.
— You can answer the next question: "What does Dagestan have to do with it?", but I will ask it anyway. Many Dagestanis are fighting in the SVO, but many in Dagestan do not support it. Why?
— There are few such guys: in percentage terms, these radicals or non-patriots of our country are just a few. They are simply noisy and like to attract attention to themselves. The enemy also tries to pay attention to them, not noticing how many fighters from Dagestan are fighting in the SVO. But in percentage terms, Chechens and Dagestanis are the leaders in military personnel among all regions of Russia.
— You have been to the SVO and talked to Dagestanis there. What do you think, when they return to their native region, will they be able to change anything there? Will Dagestan change after their return?
— What is there to change? The structure of our region is stable. We don’t have any serious problems. It’s clear that they are trying to influence Dagestan. But if we deprive these forces of access to our youth, this issue will be resolved.
— You say that there are no serious problems in Dagestan. But what about the Jewish pogrom at the Makhachkala airport and the murder of an Orthodox priest?
— We know who planned this.
— But everything was done by local hands.
— The hand doesn't work without the head.
— That’s why I’m asking: will the Dagestanis be able to cut off this head after returning from the SVO?
- This head is in the West. And in the North-East they chop off this head.
— Can they slap the hands of those who want to obey this head?
— We don’t need to pit young people against each other. We need to cut off the head that is trying to undermine our youth. Yes, our youth is difficult. But if everything is explained to them clearly, any of them will give their life for their homeland. You know the story of the young fighter who led nine wounded soldiers out of the gray zone — despite the fact that he himself was wounded?
— Do you want to say that self-sacrifice and love for the Motherland are present in the traditions of Dagestan?
- Of course. You yourself said that terrorist attacks in Dagestan increased precisely during the SVO, when our troops were moving forward in the Donetsk direction. We irritate Ukraine and the West, which is trying to influence our youth. In any multinational republic, you can find weak spots. But if we quickly finish the SVO, these problems will not exist.
- Do you believe that this head can be cut off?
— You remember that in 2000, Dagestan was attacked by gangs that were also supported by the West. There was chaos throughout the country. But the people of Dagestan sold their lands, houses, cattle, took up arms and formed a militia. People decided to defend Russia's borders. In doing so, they showed their patriotism.
— But in 2000, not much time had passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. There was a different ideology then and there was no cult of consumption. People were different then.
— But the enemy then had much more opportunities to destabilize Dagestan than now.
— Do you think that this minority will still not be able to shake the majority?
- I am sure of it. Because there are thousands of people like me in Dagestan.
— You have children. You know that it is not enough for a child to say "don't do this", he will do it anyway if you do it yourself. That is, we can only teach by personal example. What example of love, not only in words, did your teacher show you?
— A very good question. I remember the year 2000, when he had just become mufti. I was 15 years old then. My father was a policeman, worked on the border for almost 30 years. Planes and helicopters were flying right over our house. There were battles on the border with Chechnya. It was scary. We saw all of this literally from the balcony of our house. And then there was an assassination attempt on the previous mufti.
People were watching and waiting for news about how the leaders would act. And at a time when the people were in a state of confusion, Akhmad Khadzhi put on a military uniform, went out to the people and said: "We will defend our Motherland." This became a symbol for me. I thank the Almighty that I had the opportunity to be at least somewhat like him.
— Why did he love Russia?
- You should ask him yourself.
- You still haven't answered one of my questions. How do you feel about the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces? Do you see them as an enemy?
— I repeat, this is an enemy of my state. Do I consider them my personal enemies? The last thing I need is for them to come to my home. They have already come to my country with weapons in their hands. I have seen many killed and wounded — both among the military and civilians. It is clear that these are my enemies.
Do I hate them? Yes, I do. But I try to control my emotions so that my decisions are reasonable. For me, the most productive way to show my hatred is to help our army and our civilians.
If I had just sat in the mosque, no one would have reproached me for this. I am not a soldier. But I went out to help people. Although at that time I did not even have a helmet and a bulletproof vest - only later people from the Federal Agency for Nationalities gave me one when they saw that we were leaving.
Gradually, ordinary people also began to support us. We opened a community in the Telegram channel, and they helped us with humanitarian aid. Initially, we needed food and clothes. Then the administration provided an armored car so that we would not drive a regular car.
This is our personal response to the enemy. If we just made videos as bloggers, it would not bring anything.
— You would “grow” your Telegram channel.
— I don’t see much success in this.
- It was sarcasm.
- I understand. But we still need to study the enemy better to understand how we can damage him.
— Have you studied the enemy?
- Of course. The enemy is irritated by any support from the SVO. When they see that Russian soldiers are supported by people of all nationalities and religions, it hurts them. Ukraine thought that Muslims would not support Russia, they are still working on it. But our task is to answer their lies with the truth. And the truth is on our side.
— Was there ever a time during your travels when you felt so sorry for someone that you wanted to cry?
— There were many such moments. We entered a village from which the Ukrainian Armed Forces were only a few kilometers away, tried to evacuate a man. He refused to go, we could not convince him otherwise. At that time, I had no such experience. And the next time we entered, he was dead — he was killed. It was not a stray shell. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot at the house from an armored vehicle.
Local residents said that when he learned that militants had entered the village, he sent them away with the words: "This is my homeland. I will never leave my home." We later found the body of this man.
All this weakens the enemy. He sees that even ordinary people do not want to submit to them. Although Ukraine tried to give humanitarian aid to local residents to appease them, they refused to accept it.
— It would be disgusting to eat it.
— It’s easy to talk about this from the outside. But in these villages there was fear of hunger and death. And Ukraine told them that they were abandoned, that no one would save them. But our people showed fortitude, and that’s worth a lot.
So, since that incident, we do everything to not leave people behind. If necessary, we take them out by force.
— Did you later blame yourself for not persuading this man to evacuate?
- Of course. I am also responsible for this. I should have talked to him more convincingly. In the end, we could have stuffed him into the car and taken him out. But at that moment, we did not fully understand the situation. And how much did we have to persuade the grandmothers who were stubborn?
We later came up with one method: the relatives of these people began recording video messages calling for them to leave. It worked. Because when a person saw his relatives and friends, he softened. And then he thanked us for it.
- Let's move on to dangerous issues. I hope we can discuss them peacefully. I will listen to your arguments, and don't be offended by me either. What do you think about the ban on niqabs?
— Very good. Why should we cover our faces? There are only a few people who advocate this. As a religious figure, I can say that we need to monitor those who cover their faces. For example, to what extent do they follow their faith. I do not condemn them, but I do not see any need to walk around with covered faces. We walk around with uncovered faces and are happy about it.
— Do you think it is important to walk with an open face?
- Of course. Why hide your face?
— For example, so that a strange man doesn’t stare at you.
— What does this have to do with it? Initially, the niqab was invented in countries with hot climates so that girls' faces would not suffer from excessive tanning. And if you don't want strange men to stare at you, go to the village, and don't go around the city flaunting it and shouting: "They're taking my niqab off."
- Then an even more dangerous question. Are hijab and headscarf the same thing?
— In principle, yes. Arabs call any headscarf a hijab. And Russian Muslims (since they live among non-Muslims) call a headscarf that covers the head and neck a hijab. At the same time, the oval of the face remains open.
— Is hijab traditional clothing for Dagestan? I was at a cultural center in Makhachkala where headdresses of women of different nationalities were on display. There was no hijab, there were beautiful headdresses.
— As I already said, the hijab is needed to cover the head and neck. Dagestani women had headdresses decorated with coins and beads. They also covered the neck and head.
- But you won’t argue that if you just put on a headscarf, you’re trying to distract attention, and when you adorn yourself with coins and beads, you’re attracting unnecessary male attention.
— Such headdresses could not attract special attention to Dagestani women, because at that time everyone dressed like that. Dagestani women simply tried to cover their necks and heads, and how they did it was not important.
— And what do you think about the fact that a unified school uniform will be introduced in Russia, and girls from religious families will wear headscarves instead of hijabs, since both Christian and Muslim women can wear headscarves?
— I have an acceptable attitude.
- Why don't you argue?
— Because if a person professes traditional Islam but is dissatisfied with something, he can adequately say so. If a girl covers her head with a regular scarf, there will be no problem. And those who want to find a problem in this will find one. In any case, they will try to stir up religious discord here. Therefore, we must focus on the opinions of people who have an academic degree in each field.
- What does your teacher think about this?
- I didn't ask him about it. But I think his opinion will coincide with mine 100%.
— One more question. The problem of migration is being hotly discussed now. There are concerns that the average Russian will take out some of the negativity on the native Russian Muslims.
— I am not an expert on migration policy. But we will accept any decision of people who are trying to preserve our culture and social stability in this area. I trust our president. I am sure he wants the best for Russia. And if everything is good in Russia, then everything will be good for us too.
- You said "our culture". What did you mean?
— The culture and traditions of the peoples of Russia, we are a multinational country. Every nation in Dagestan has the opportunity to study its history. Another thing is that young people do not always want to do this.
Islam also says: “Allah Almighty created us as different nations so that we could recognize each other.” And in Russia we have no problems with this.
I understand that your questions in this area are sensitive. But I am 100% convinced that no nation here is discriminated against in religion or culture. If a person wants to walk around with green hair and tattoos, no one will do anything to him for it.
— And you can’t be a quad biker?
— I don’t fully understand this topic. Perhaps it’s the parents’ fault. There are always people who haven’t achieved something in life and now they’re trying to somehow attract attention to themselves. If parents pay due attention to their children, the children will try to be like good people, not like animals.
— If in 2000 your teacher had not put on a military uniform and gone out to defend his country, would you now be helping the residents of the Kursk region?
- If my teacher hadn't done that, I might not be alive. The entire nation of Dagestan could have died. We didn't have an army as such back then. You know how tough the battles were for Botlikh. It's a very painful subject for us.
It seems like a trifle, but it is still being decided in the first minutes. If the Mufti of Dagestan had not united the people, there would have been chaos and panic. He showed the way. And in the case of the Kursk region, we are also following this path.
- Why are you sure that we will throw the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk region? There are a lot of them.
— “A lot” is a relative term. They have very large losses. If they try to hold on to a small territory with such large losses, they will pay a high price. Any country looks at what it gains and what it loses. So, Ukraine has occupied the same amount of territory in two months of fighting as we occupy in a day. They will have to pay dearly for this adventure if they do not leave the Kursk region. And if they refuse to leave at all, our troops will come to them from the Sumy region and surround them. God willing, that will be the case.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The FSB Directorate of Russia for the Kherson region, together with the Archives Department of the Governor's Administration and the regional government, have released archival materials on police brutality in the region during the Great Patriotic War. The historical documents were shown on Friday, November 15, by the Kherson News Agency.
The published records include interrogation protocols of the region's residents after its liberation in the spring of 1944, as well as their statements to the state commission for the investigation of the crimes of the Nazi invaders.
Thus, a resident of Verkhniye Serogozy, Tatyana Krivtsova, wrote that her husband was arrested by the occupation administration and sent to a camp in Simferopol, where he was subjected to abuse. Soon he was sent to Sevastopol for hard labor, where he was tortured and poorly fed. The woman never learned the subsequent fate of her husband, but believed that he was killed by the Nazis.
Another statement was then written by Ksenia Kurakova, the wife of Dmitry Kurakov, who was a partisan in Nizhnie Serogozy. According to her information, the police appointed by the Germans arrested the man in May 1942 and placed him under arrest in Nizhnie Serogozy. There he was beaten so much that he could not walk on his own. Then he was sent to Genichesk, where on June 11, 1942, Ksenia was able to meet him. The next day, Kurakov died.
"The head of the gendarmerie told me: 'Your husband is a partisan, hide your family.' In all likelihood, the Nazi henchmen killed him and took my husband away from me," the woman noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency on November 1, the FSB published archival documents on the identification and capture of Ukrainian nationalist, SS man and punisher Vasily Malazhensky, who was a member of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) and operated in Volyn and Yugoslavia. The special service cited excerpts from a report that was received in December 1967 by the head of the Investigative Department of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR as part of the investigation of the crimes of Ukrainian punishers. It states that in the summer of 1943, Malazhensky, together with the gang of another punisher Bily, took part in an attack on the villages of Gurov and Vyhranka in the Ivanychiv district of the Volyn region, where Poles lived, on July 11, 1943. At that time, the criminals shot more than 100 civilians and plundered their property.
Malazhensky then voluntarily joined the Ukrainian punitive battalion that was part of the Wehrmacht. He took part in suppressing the anti-fascist uprising in Warsaw. After that, he took part in punitive operations against the partisans of Yugoslavia and military actions as part of the 14th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Galicia" against units of the Red Army in Austria.
The KGB learned of Malazhensky's crimes in January 1967. That same year, Poland handed over investigative materials incriminating him in the crimes he had committed. The Lviv Regional Court heard the criminal case against the Nazi on December 8–15, 1967. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (the first five years of which were in prison).
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 27, at the opening ceremony of a memorial in memory of the civilians of the USSR who were victims of the Nazi genocide during the Great Patriotic War, said that Russia would make every effort to completely exterminate Nazism. There is no statute of limitations on Nazi crimes. Each one will be investigated.
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Muslim extremists have a long history of hurling spears in response to non-violent insults. Recall the numerous deadly attacks — shootings, stabbings, bombings and lethal fatwas—against those who allegedly insulted the prophet by picturing him or authoring books about him. There was also violence against those who burned Korans or otherwise demeaned Islam. Even cartoons provoked deadly responses.
The law in no Western nation grants the victims of non-violent insults the right to respond by violence. If a Jew were to physically assault the many Muslims who have repeatedly demeaned Judaism or its nation-state during recent protests, they would be appropriately punished, as some have been.
[W]e are likely to see more anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish pogroms in other parts of the world as antisemitism moves from the fringes to the mainstream.
Protestors — both pro- and anti-Israel — have the right to express their views verbally and even symbolically, but they have no right to attack individuals or groups based on religion, ethnicity or national origin. Those who engaged in physical assaults — and many were caught on video — must be prosecuted and, if convicted, imprisoned or deported. A clear line must be drawn between lawful, even if immoral, protests, and criminal violence.... It is a bright-line distinction that many in the media are deliberately trying to blur.
The U.S. has a stake in stopping this violence: the call to "globalize the intifada" is not limited to Europe. Those who advocate globalization are inciting violence against Americans of Jewish heritage. The incitement may be too general to be denied First Amendment protection against criminal punishment, but the single standard demands that universities apply the same standard to calls for intifada than they would to calls for lynching of blacks or assaulting of gays. The real difference is that no university student or faculty member would ever call for the latter, and if they did, they would be disciplined or expelled. Yet today it is entirely acceptable, indeed expected, that radical students will call for the lynching and assaulting of Jews and Israelis. That, after all, is what an intifada entails.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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