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Daily Archives: 28. September 2020
Israel Aerospace Industries Paid $155 Million to Two Companies Linked to Azerbaijan Money Laundering
Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel’s largest aerospace and aviation manufacturer, transferred at least $155 million to two companies whose name have been associated with large-scale money laundering for the Azerbaijani government, according to leaked bank reports for the period between 2012 and 2014. The reason for the payments by state-owned IAI remains unclear.
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My secret family with Julian Assange
Fiancee of WikiLeaks founder reveals how their unlikely romance started inside the Ecuadorian embassy — and how they hid it for years.
@khrafnsson talks about today‘s proceedings in the #AssangeCase
Brexit-Ultimatum verpufft – Verhandungen gehen weiter
Die EU will trotz britischer Verstöße gegen das gültige Brexit-Abkommen weiter mit London am geplanten Handelspakt arbeiten. Das machte EU-Kommissionsvizepräsident Maros Sefcovic heute in Brüssel deutlich. Ein von der EU gesetztes Ultimatum zur Abkehr von der Vertragsverletzung läuft offenbar ins Leere: Die britische Regierung habe keine Absicht zum Einlenken erkennen lassen, räumte Sefcovic ein.
Who was President at the time when Trump wasn‘t paying any income tax?
The President’s Taxes: Long-Concealed Records Show Trump’s Chronic Losses and Years of Tax Avoidance
Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750.
He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.
Brexit: Gove in Brussels as EU trade talks resume
Mr Gove is meeting European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic to discuss implementation of the Brexit divorce deal.
And on Tuesday formal negotiations will resume as the two sides attempt to agree a post-Brexit trade deal.
Israel revolutionized Azerbaijan’s drone arsenal. Are the weapons working?
(21.07.2020)
The Orbiter 1K is what is known as a “loitering munition,” or kamikaze drone. The drone behaves like a drone, hovering around, until it finds a target and then slams into it like a cruise missile. In February 2019, Aeronautics reportedly completed new sales to Azerbaijan. The country has a hunger for Israeli kamikaze-style drones. The Washington Post reported in 2016 that it used an IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) Harop against Armenians as well. Armenia has complained about the 2016 incident.
Israeli Kamikaze Drone Maker Carried Out Live Demo on Armenian Army Targets, Complaint Says
(15.08.2017)
Israeli Defense Ministry probes allegation that Azerbaijan asked Aeronautics Defense Systems to demonstrate drone on military target. When the drone operators refused, managers attempted to carry out the test. The company denies the allegation.
USA and France dramatically increase major arms exports; Saudi Arabia is largest arms importer, says SIPRI
(09.03.2020)
Russia accounted for almost all of Armenia’s arms imports over the past five years. A total of 60 per cent of Azerbaijan’s arms imports came from Israel and 31 per cent from Russia.
Russia says won‘t halt arms sales to arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan
(09.04.2016)
Russia will continue its arms sales to both Azerbaijan and Armenia despite the latest flare-up of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview broadcast on Saturday.
Russia’s Arms Sales: A Foreign Policy Tool in Relations With Azerbaijan and Armenia
(28.03.2018)
Russia has long been Azerbaijan’s main arms supplier. Between 2013 and 2017, its share was 65 percent of Azerbaijan’s total foreign weapons imports (Sipri.org, March 2018). Although Russia is the main arms seller to Azerbaijan, it also provides military equipment to Armenia.
Armenia and Azerbaijan Are at War Again – and Not in Nagorno-Karabakh
(24.08.2020)a
A 2018 report by the Moscow-based Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies shows that annual defense spending rose from $700 million in 2007 to $3.7 billion in 2013. Included in this was roughly $5 billion in Russian arms purchases: Baku bought T-90C battle tanks, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, Mi-35M helicopter gunships, and other equipment.
Baku’s Israeli purchases, however, have been most visible on the battlefield, in particular its drones. All eight drone types reportedly in Azerbaijan’s inventory hail from Israel, with which Azerbaijan has a long-running military relationship.
History of Nagorno-Karabakh: Soviet era, 1921–1991
In 1921, Armenia and Georgia were also taken over by the Bolsheviks who, in order to attract public support, promised they would allot Karabakh to Armenia, along with two other disputable areas with ethnically mixed population – Nakhchivan and Zangezur (Syunik) (both last de facto belonged to Armenia). However, Moscow also had far-reaching plans concerning Turkey—hoping that it would, with a little help from Russia, develop along Communist lines. Needing to appease Turkey, bolsheviks not only have transferred Karabakh to Azerbaijan, but also have transferred it area Nachichevan, per 1919–1920 a part of Republic Armenia. From the areas declared disputable, only the small area Zangezur (a strip separating Nakhichevan from Azerbaijan proper) has been left for Armenia. As a result, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was established within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. Most of the decisions on the transfer of the territories, and the establishment of new autonomous entities, were made under pressure from Joseph Stalin, who is still blamed by both Azerbaijanis and Armenians for arbitrary decisions made against their national interests.
Azerbaijan hired jihadist terrorists, militants from Syria to attack Artsakh – names released
The Syrian militants have arrived to Azerbaijan through Turkish territory.
Below is a list of the divisions and losses.
1) al-Sharqiya rebel group – 19 militants
2) Hamza Division – 4 militants
3) 51-rd Division – 9 militants
4) Jaysh al-Nukhba group – 11 militants
5) Levant Front – 22 militants
6) Al Furqan Brigade – 33 militants
7) Al-Mutasim Division – 6 militants
URGENT: Martakert town under bombardment from Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani military continues to target the civilian population of Artsakh in artillery strikes, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan told a news conference.
“Civilian settlements are under fire now. A while ago I saw images showing the Azerbaijani side shelling the Martakert city with artillery strikes,” he said.
Time for dialogue ran out, Armenia deserves int’l repudiation, says Peter Tase
The time for dialogue has run out and Armenia deserves an international repudiation, Peter M. Tase, US expert, strategic adviser on international affairs and public diplomacy to governments, universities and corporations in Europe and the Americas, told Trend.
President Ilham Aliyev signs Decree declaring martial law
According to the Decree, due to the occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and surrounding districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, armed attacks against the Republic of Azerbaijan and regular military provocations, martial law is being declared throughout the country starting from 00:00 on 28 September 2020.
Wahlkampf in Bolivien von Gewalt überschattet
Erst am vergangenen Mittwoch hat die Chefin für Korruptionsbekämpfung der Spezialeinheit der Polizei zur Verbrechensbekämpfung (Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Crimen,FELCC), Silvia Sandoval Peredo, drei Berichte an die Öffentlichkeit gebracht, die illegale Praktiken der Polizei bei der Strafverfolgung von MAS-Politikern offenlegen.
Venezuela: EU-Delegation in Caracas sondiert Verschiebung der Wahlen
Die für den 6. Dezember angesetzten Wahlen könnten zum aktuellen Stand nicht anerkannt werden, so ein Sprecher der Delegation.
Kampf um Wasser in Mexiko: Indigener Aktivist in Baja California ermordet
Der 34-jährige Eyraud Adams war ein bekannter Aktivist, der sich für die Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen und das Recht auf Autonomie der Kumiai einsetzte. Aufgrund der zunehmenden Dürre in der Region war das Recht auf Wasser eines seiner Hauptanliegen.
UN chief extremely concerned over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed his great concern over the latest Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, calling on both sides to immediately stop fighting.
UN chief welcomes agreement between parties to Yemen conflict to release prisoners
Delegates representing the government of Yemen and Ansar Allah (Houthi group) announced on Sunday that they have agreed to immediately release the first group of 1,081 conflict-related detainees and prisoners, the largest prisoner release in the country‘s history.