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Who to blame for massacre? ­Despite the most straightforward conclusions, it is not yet clear who bears the responsibility for what happened in the Syrian town of Houla on Friday. Former British intelligence officer Alastair Crooke earlier told RT that the type of killing that took place in Houla – beheadings, slitting of throats, mutilation of bodies – is not characteristic of the Levantine Islam, to which Syria and Lebanon belong. Instead, such practice was common in the Anbar province of Iraq. SIC!!!!!! Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has blamed Syrian forces for artillery and tank shelling of residential areas. Still, there was no indication of who should be held responsible for the close-range shooting deaths and “severe physical abuse” of civilians. Russia, on the other hand, blamed both the government and the rebels … Read entire article »

My Moscovit friend Вячислав writes me: “So let me continue our discussions about the Russia-Europe dialogue and cooperation. Firstly i’m glad that the most of Europeans (as i think) are ready to accept Russians as europeans, but unfortunatelly have to admit, that not all the russians are looking forward to realize themselves as a part of Europe. I mean biologically of course, but there’s also quite strong influence and traditions of Moscovia political system, that was oriented to the east Roman Empire, the Byzantium, and was kind of against west Roman Empire, the Vatican, most Crusaders, then Catholics and Protestants. So unfortunatelly, the orthodox church in Russia was one of the main reasons for Russia to oppose the Western Europe. That was the time, when the idea of Russia as a separate … Read entire article »