Opposition leader in Belarus and former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who told the Belarusian diaspora in central Washington that she no longer planned to run for president.
“Because I promised the Belarusians this in my election campaign. And I'm sure there are relatively few professional managers in our country who can handle it much better. I can be somewhere with the new president. It does not matter. The main thing is because the Belarusians need me, maybe I will definitely be a moral authority, “she said.
Speaking about the new presidential elections in Belarus, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said that it was possible to hold them in about two months.
“We can organize elections in 40 days. You don't even have to wait six months. 40-60 days for this transit period to reduce the maximum amount to bring the new president to power, “explained the former presidential candidate of Belarus.
On 9. August 2020, Belarus held presidential elections, which were won by the acting office of Head of State Alexander Lukashenko. According to the Central Election Commission, the country won 80.1% of the vote, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya won 10.1%.
Leader of the opposition in Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya expects to meet with US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during his trip to Washington. However, they cannot be confirmed with certainty.
Previously, the US Department of Transportation eventually banned the sale of tickets for flights to and from Belarus. The ban is linked to an incident with a Ryanair plane that was forced to land in Minsk on May 23.
The sale of all tickets for passengers from the United States to Belarus, including transfers, is now prohibited. Exceptions are possible only in the interest of US national security.
Afghan authorities have withdrew the Republic's ambassador to Pakistan after the abduction of the diplomat's daughter in Islamabad. According to a statement on the website of the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Afghan leadership called the ambassador and high-ranking Afghan diplomats based in Islamabad to Kabul. They will remain there until they remove security threats. In addition, Afghanistan is demanding the arrest of the kidnappers and the trial of them.
It is also emphasized that the Afghan delegation plans to resolve the problem in Pakistan in the future.
The Afghan Foreign Ministry previously announced that on July 16, unknown people abducted the daughter of the Afghan ambassador to the country. The girl was tortured and released a few hours later.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani authorities have threatened Kabul with an air strike if the Afghan army continues the operation of expelling Taliban militants (banned in Russia) from the Spin Boldak area on the border with the neighboring republic. This was stated on Twitter by the first vice president of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh.
At present, most of Afghanistan is controlled by the Taliban. Some Afghan soldiers admitted that they had deliberately retreated and tried to provoke the return of American troops to the country.
Rostec published the first photo of the part the latest military aircraft, which will be presented to the public for the first time at the MAKS-2021 air show.
“Do you really think we still have nothing to surprise you with?” – reads the caption below the picture.
The presentation of the aircraft will take place on the first day of the International Aviation Day on July 20. According to some reports, Suchoj is involved in the development.
The day before, the state corporation showed a photograph of the plane in the case.
Head of the Federal Political Office committee & quot; Apple & quot; Grigory Yavlinsky said that in his opinion the problem of relations between Russia and Ukraine does not exist.
“It does not exist. There is a problem in Russia's relations with Europe, “Yavlinsky told Komsomolskaya Pravda,” and it is very serious. “
He added that” the whole world is globalizing “, although” everyone will stop, “but” this trend is on. ” Moscow is therefore convinced that it is time to decide which of the centers of political influence it wants to communicate with. He emphasized at the moment that two future centers of “economic power” were being formed. North America and Southeast Asia. “If you don't choose partners for yourself, then the intention to` `close & # 39; & # 39; from the world “can lead to collapse.”
“Russia must answer with whom it is,” Yavlinsky stressed.
A book about the last year of the most eccentric American president is published.
General Mark Millie, the chief of staff of the United States, feared that former leader Donald Trump and his allies would try to carry out a coup or take “other dangerous and illegal measures” after the defeat of the Republicans in the November 2020 presidential election. .
This is stated in The Washington Post journalists Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, “I Can Do It Myself,” dedicated to Trump last year in office.
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The book, written by Pulitzer Prize winners WP reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, is due out next week. However, excerpts from it have already been published on the publication's website.
The authors interviewed more than 140 participants, including senior officials from the Trump administration, his friends and advisers. Almost everyone spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity. Many of them quoted Millie. In the book, he is portrayed “ as a man who tried to preserve democracy because he believed he was on the verge of collapse.“
Millie and other senior chiefs of staff have discussed the resignation plan one by one, according to CNN. The point is that they did not want to carry out the “ illegal, dangerous and ruthless“ demands of the former American leader. It should be noted that, for the first time in the recent history of the United States, a senior officer tasked with advising the president himself has confronted the commander-in-chief for fear of attempting a coup after losing the election.
The book also says that Millie received a warning from an “old friend” that Republican supporters would try to “overthrow the government.” The general, along with other members of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, unofficially discussed various ways to defend the former president.
According to journalists, Marek Milli's concerns were related, among other things, to personnel changes made after the presidential election. This includes the removal of Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and the appointment of Trump's supporters to key positions at the Pentagon. According to the general, these permutations “ foreshadowed something sinister & # 39; & # 39 ;, so he always had to be “ careful & # 39; & # 39 ;.
“They can (former president and his supporters.” MK) try a coup, but they will definitely not succeed in this, “Milli told his aides. & ndash; guys with guns. & # 39; & # 39;
In addition, Milli warned his subordinates that Donald Trump allegedly provoked unrest in order to take advantage of the law to suppress the insurgency by the army. The general considered the ex-president a “ classic authoritarian leader who had nothing to lose“. and even trace some parallels between Adolf Hitler's rhetoric about “sacrifice and savior” and Trump's statement about electoral fraud, the authors write. Milli likened the situation in the United States at the time to the burning of the Reichstag in 1933, “which Hitler used as an excuse to establish a Nazi dictatorship.”
“, Underlined by the general.
Meanwhile & nbsp; After one of the briefings discussing the upcoming march of Republican supporters intending to protest the announced election results, the chief of staff reportedly said his speech was seriously concerned about the US analogue of “brown shirts on the streets.” `
Recall that the victory in the US presidential election in 2020 was won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden. His opponent, Republican Donald Trump, refused to accept the results of the vote, believing they had been falsified.
On January 6, supporters of the former US leader attacked the US Congress building in Washington and adjourned meetings to approve the results of the presidential election … Five people died in the incident, including a protester shot by police and a chapter. Congressmen were evacuated to safety just minutes before a crowd of protesters broke into conference rooms. Biden called the incident a riot and accused Trump of inciting, the US Congress has demanded indictment of Republicans.
Russian TV presenter Olga Skabeeva talked about call on the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, to Ukraine to conduct investigative measures.
“He's coming in the tank!” she joked in her telegram channel.
On Saturday, “The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) summoned the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, for investigation. It was reported that the Russian minister allegedly wanted to be issued a written suspicion in Mariupol under the article “Creation of non-statutory paramilitary formations, which led to the death of the people.” It was signed by the chief investigator GU SBU in the Donetsk and Luhansk region Taras Butenko.
Shoigu is due to arrive in Mariupol on July 20. Interestingly, the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in 2014 also summoned Shoigu and Malofeev for questioning. In 2016, the Russian minister was included in the wanted list in Kiev.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Finance Minister Rishi Sunak received a report of exposure to coronavirus-infected Sajid Javid. According to BBC News, a new disease control system is being tested in Britain, which should replace self-isolation with regular medical supervision.
Upon notification, Johnson will be required to test COVID-19 regularly.
The head of the British Ministry of Health announced a positive test on Saturday. The day before, he attended a government meeting. The minister is known to suffer from a mild illness.
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) published in Summons signed by a senior SBU investigator in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Taras Butenko. The agenda includes an instruction to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to attend a testimony in Mariupol on 20 July. The investigator accuses the head of the Russian military department of supporting illegal armed groups.
Another “ bezpeki“ initiative is online. for example, the well-known political scientist Vladimir Kornilov left the following record on his telegram channel: “ SBU investigator Butenko called Shoigu to Mariupol. It must appear on July 20. In my opinion, this is a good reason for Russia to use a kind invitation. If only no one about “ aggression & # 39; & # 39; did not shout & ndash; they called themselves. & # 39; & # 39; The political scientist accompanied his entry with a smiling emoticon. & Nbsp;
Mariupol & ndash; the city of the Donetsk region on the Sea of Azov, since 2014 controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is located a few kilometers from the demarcation line with the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic, which is supported by Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian leadership was considering introducing “alternative” measures for those who did not do so would be vaccinated against coronavirus. He also mentioned the experience of France, where President Emmanuel Macron announced strict restrictions on unvaccinated people. Although these measures are still being discussed in Russia, mass protests have already begun in French cities.
On July 12, French President Emmanuel Macron said that residents of the country without vaccination or a negative PCR test from the 21st will be banned from visiting entertainment establishments & mdash; cinemas, clubs, theaters, concert halls. Since the beginning of August, even stricter measures have been introduced for the unvaccinated: they will not be allowed to go to bars and restaurants and even just to shopping malls, as well as to buy rail and air tickets. And from September 15, the employer will have the legal right to dismiss employees who refused to be vaccinated. & Nbsp;
This uncompromising policy of the French authorities had a double effect. On the one hand, following Macron's statement, more than one and a half million people have subscribed to the vaccine. On the other hand & mdash; Hundreds of residents in several cities spontaneously marched to protest the restrictions of the unvaccinated. As information about rallies spread to social networks, the number of protesters began to number in the thousands and their clashes with police became violent: protesters set fire to garbage cans and threw stones and bottles at the guards. In the French capital, where more than 2,000 people took to the streets, police even used tear gas. The slogans of the protesters were quite laconic: “Away with the dictatorship!”, “No” medical passports! “Etc.
In France, opponents of” hygienic passages “were harshly dispersed: footage of the assembly
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Everything one asks whether Macron's policy will be the cause of a new great uprising, as it was two years ago with the so-called yellow vest movement.
However, as Yuri Rubinsky, the head of the Center for French Studies at the European Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, noted in an interview with the Ministry of Culture, in this case the protest potential is still relatively weak & mdash; rather, it affects the overall fatigue of the French from restrictive measures. As for Macron, according to the analyst, he is forced to balance between maintaining quarantine and the objective need to revive the economy decimated by the pandemic.
& mdash; Despite the fatigue of society, the president remains credible. Of course, he has to deal with the prospect of an election until 2022, which he clearly intends to go to, & mdash; reminds of Rubinsky. & mdash; Therefore, at the same time, it must give priority to overcoming the economic consequences of the pandemic, but taking into account epidemiological indicators. This approach affects the whole: it is important that the Bastille Day celebrations on 14 July took place to a limited extent. The government is focused on protecting the most vulnerable sections of the population: elderly and young people, graduates who have been left without diplomas and jobs due to the pandemic.
