'BARAT terlupa untuk MENGUNCI pintu belakang, menolak RUSIA ke dalam perjanjian gas dengan CHINA' . . .

SitiWanMahani - Walaupun Barat mengenakan sekatan ke atas Rusia  Rusia membuat perjan-jian dengan China sebagai masing-masing mempunyai sesuatu untuk menawarkan yang lain, David Kuo, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Motley Fool laman web kewangan Singa-pura, memberitahu RT.

RT: Kami tidak pernah melihat kertas ditandatangani. Kita boleh menyaksikan kelewatan mungkin. Apakah isu-isu yang anda fikir boleh berada di belakang ini?

David Kuo: Akhirnya, harga bergantung kepada harga yang ditawarkan antara kedua-dua belah pihak. Perjanjian ini 10 tahun dalam membuat dan akhirnya apa yang ia benar-benar datang ke pada akhir sangat berapa banyak China bersedia untuk membayar untuk gas.

Kami meninjau tempat antara $ 350 atau mungkin kurang sedikit untuk 1,000 meter padu gas. Kami sedang meninjau perjanjian yang bernilai sekitar $ 400 bilion dalam tempoh masa 30 tahun. Kami meninjau sesuatu yang boleh menjana untuk Rusia kira-kira $13 billion setahun.

RT: ini telah dipanggil perjanjian yang bersejarah. Mengapa kita melihat China dan Rusia menjadi begitu banyak lebih dekat pada banyak peringkat?

David Kuo: Saya fikir ia benar-benar bisul ke sekatan ini bahawa Barat telah megenakan ke atas Rusia. Ada satu pepatah, "Jika anda mengunci pintu depan memastikan bahawa pintu belakang dikunci juga."

Dalam kes ini, Barat telah lupa untuk mengunci pintu belakang. Jadi sementara mereka sebenarnya mengenakan sekatan ke atas Rusia, Rusia mengatakan ke seluruh DUNIA, "Anda dikunci pintu depan, tetapi saya mempunyai pintu belakang juga." Dan pintu belakang dalam kes ini di China.

Barat sebenarnya telah menolak Rusia ke dalam melakukan perjanjian dengan China. Maka pada satu tangan, ini adalah satu perjanjian ekonomi. Tetapi di sisi lain, ia juga adalah masalah politik di mana Rusia mengatakan ke seluruh DUNIA, " Jika anda tidak mahu membeli barangan saya, ada orang lain di luar sana yang bersedia untuk sebagai juga membeli barangan saya."

Dan kita perlu melihat perjanjian ini dalam konteks kedua-dua buah negara. Rusia mem-punyai sesuatu yang China mahu - gas. China mempunyai sesuatu yang Rusia mahu - tenaga bersih. Apabila anda meletakkan kedua-dua perkara bersama-sama, kita bercakap tentang situasi menang-menang antara kedua-dua negara.

RT: India, Jepun, Korea Utara dilaporkan berbaris untuk menjadi orang-orang yang akan datang untuk menandatangani tawaran ekonomi dengan Rusia. Berbincang dengan kami mengenai peralihan dalam keseimbangan ekonomi global?

David Kuo: Ia agak ketara. Apa yang kita lihat adalah kuasa-kuasa besar di sini di Timur mengatakan mereka mahu melakukan tawaran dengan seluruh DUNIA. Jika anda melihat India, India juga mahu apa Rusia tawarkan [dan Rusia mahu sesuatu yang India boleh menawarkan].

Jadi, anda sedang melihat jenis negara-negara utama di sini di Timur, terutamanya China yang merupakan ekonomi yang ke-2 terbesar, tetapi juga India. India keperluan pertum-buhan yang sangat teruk. Satu masa India dan China berjalan leher ke leher dari segi ekonomi dan perluasan tetapi itu telah perlahan dalam kes di India, tidak dalam kes itu di China.

Dalam kes di India pertumbuhan ekonomi telah menjadi perlahan kepada 4, 6 - 4, 7 % peratus, yang tidak mencukupi untuk mengekalkan ekonomi India. Oleh itu India mengatakan "Saya memerlukan seseorang untuk membantu saya merangsang pertum-buhan ekonomi ini," dan ianya sedang ke Rusia dalam kes ini dan Rusia boleh membantu.

RT: Apakah jenis tindak balas yang anda harapkan dari Amerika Syarikat dan Eropah untuk rundingan ?

David Kuo: Itu adalah sesuatu yang amat menarik. Barat perlahan-lahan akan mula menyedari bahawa sekatan tidak berhasil, jadi oleh itu mereka perlu memikirkan semula strategi mereka dan lihat jika ada cara yang lebih baik di mana mereka boleh mendapat apa yang mereka mahu dari segi penyelesaian di Ukraine.

Kerana akhirnya ini benar-benar bergantung kepada Ukraine, dan apa yang mereka perkatakan ialah sama ada mereka boleh mencari jalan di mana mereka boleh mencari penyelesaian yang lebih baik untuk negara itu. Oleh kerana sekatan tidak akan bekerja.

RT: Mengapa, pada pendapat anda, adakah China memilih Rusia sebagai rakan kongsi bagi apa-apa perjanjian yang besar ? Telah terdapat pesaing lain sebelum ini.

David Kuo: Masalahnya ialah bahawa China memerlukan tenaga bersih hari ini. Apabila anda melihat pada jarak Rusia dan China - mereka agak rapat dari segi geografi - dan juga untuk membina saluran paip dari Rusia ke China ia adalah lebih mudah untuk ber-buat demikian, daripada membina kemudahan simpanan yang besar.

Kita tahu bahawa dalam kes Australia akan ada bekalan gas baru akan bermula. Saya fikir dalam beberapa kes kita bercakap mengenai yang mendesak keadaan. Rusia mahu menan-datangani perjanjian dengan cepat, dan ia adalah bersedia untuk bergerak pada harga.

Setakat China adalah berkenaan jika ia boleh mendapatkan harga turun ke tahap yang dianggapnya mampan dalam jangka panjang, maka kita akan mempunyai perjanjian ini dimeterai antara kedua-dua negara. Masa yang menarik untuk pelabur.

‘WEST forgot to lock back door, pushed Russia 

into gas deal with CHINA’ . . .

While the West imposes sanctions on Russia, Russia is making a deal with China as each has something to offer the other, David Kuo, CEO of the Motley Fool Singapore financial website, told RT.

RT: We have not seen the papers signed just yet. We could be witnessing a possible delay. What issues you think could be behind this?

David Kuo: Ultimately, price hinges on the asking price between the two sides. This deal has been 10 years in the making and ultimately what it really comes down to at the very end is how much China is willing to pay for the gas. 

We are looking at somewhere between $350 or maybe slightly less for 1,000 cubic meters of gas. We are looking at the deal that is worth around $400 billion over a 30-year period of time. We are looking at something that could generate for Russia approximately $13 billion a year.

RT: This has been called an historic agreement. Why are we seeing China and Russia become so much closer on many levels?

David Kuo: I think it really boils down to these sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia. There is a saying, "If you lock the front door make sure that the back door is locked as well." In this case the West has forgotten to lock the back door. So whilst they actually impose sanctions on Russia, Russia is saying to the rest of the world, “You locked the front door, but I have a back door as well.” And the back door in this case in China.

The West has actually pushed Russia into doing a deal with China. So on the one hand, this is an economic deal. But on the other hand, it is also a political deal in which Russia is saying to the rest of the world, “If you don’t want to buy my stuff, there is somebody else out there who is willing to buy my stuff as well.” 

And we have to look at this deal in the context of these two countries. Russia has something that China wants - gas. China has something that Russia wants – clean energy. When you put these two things together, we are talking about the win-win situation between the two countries.

RT: India, Japan, North Korea are reportedly queuing up to be the next ones to sign economic deals with Russia. Talk to us about the shift in the global economic balance?

David Kuo: It is quite noticeable. What we are seeing is major powers here in the East saying they want to do deals with the rest of the world. If you look at India, India also wants what Russia has to offer [and Russia wants something that India can offer]. 

So you are looking at the sort of the major countries here in the East, particularly China which is the second-largest economy, but also India. India needs growth very badly. One time India and China were running neck and neck in terms of economic and expansion but that has slowed in the case of India, not in the case of China. 

In the case of India the economic growth has slowed to 4.6-4.7 percent, that isn’t sufficient to sustain the Indian economy. Therefore India is saying “I need someone to help me spur this economic growth,” and it is looking to Russia in this case and Russia can help.

RT: What sort of reaction do you expect from the US and Europe to the talks?

David Kuo: That is a very interesting point. The West will slowly begin to realize that sanctions do not work, so therefore they will have to rethink their strategy and see if there is a better way in which they can get what they want in terms of a solution on Ukraine. 

Because ultimately this really hinges on Ukraine, and what they are saying is whether they can find a way in which they can find a better solution for that country. Because sanctions are not going to work.

RT: Why, in your opinion, did China choose Russia as a partner for such a huge agreement? There had been other contenders before.

David Kuo: The thing is that China needs clean energy today. When you have a look at proximity of Russia and China - they are quite close geographically - and also in order to build a pipeline from Russia to China it is much easier to do so, than to build big storage facilities. 

We know that in the case of Australia there will be new gas supplies coming on stream. I think in some cases we are talking about the urgency of the situation. Russia wants to sign a deal very quickly, and it is willing to move on price. 

As far as China is concerned if it can get the price down to a level that it considers to be sustainable over long-term, then we will have this deal inked between the two countries. Exciting time for investors.

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Hari perarakan KEMENANGAN: Keratan persenjataan terkini, Angkatan Khas Red Square

Kereta kebal T 90 semasa Parade V-Day di Red Square, Moscow. (T 90 tanks during the V-Day Parade on Red Square, Moscow. (RIA Novosti/Grigory Sysoev)

SitiWanMahani - Rusia telah menyambut ulang tahun ke-69 daripada Kemenangan ke atas Nazi Jerman dalam Perang Patriotik Agung (Perang DUNIA Ke-2) dengan tradisional 9 Mei perarakan tentera di Red Square Moscow, yang memaparkan 11,000 tentera, 149 kenderaan tentera dan 69 pesawat pejuang.

Jam pada menara Spasskaya Kremlin berdering loceng pada 10:00 masa Moscow untuk memberi isyarat permulaan perarakan Hari Kemenangan.

Hak untuk membawa keluar bendera rasmi Persekutuan Rusia dan banner Kemenangan tahun ini perginya askar daripada rejimen Preobrazhensky, yang telah menjalankan perkhidmatan pengawal kehormatan di Red Square selama lebih 55 tahun.

Kemenangan Banner asal adalah bendera merah, yang dipasang oleh tentera Soviet atas bangunan Reichstag di Berlin pada 9 Mei 1945 sebagai simbol kemenangan ke atas Nazi.

Selepas Menteri Pertahanan Rusia, Sergey Shoigu, memeriksa askar berkumpul di perbarisan tersebut, beliau dilaporkan kepada komander-in-ketua angkatan tentera Rusia, presiden negara, Vladimir Putin.

"Ia negara kita yang dikejar Nazi untuk den mereka, dan mencapai kekalahan penuh dan muktamad mereka, menang di kos berjuta-juta mangsa dan ujian-ujian yang amat berat.

Kita akan sentiasa menjaga kesucian ini, kebenaran unfading, dan kita tidak akan membenarkan wira untuk dikhianati atau dilupakan - semua orang yang menyelamatkan keamanan di planet ini, tidak membiarkan diri [dari kematian]," kata Putin.

Perarakan secara tradisi dibuka oleh skuad pemain drum Kolej Muzik Tentera Moscow, yang menetapkan irama berarak bagi 11,000 pegawai yang mengambil bahagian dan askar.

Infantri yang mewakili semua cabang tentera Rusia dan juga akademi tentera telah membuat cara mereka di seluruh 256 meter dari Dataran Merah di kadar 110 hingga 120 langkah seminit.

Kemasukan unit-unit Angkatan Khas telah menjadi salah satu inovasi perarakan semasa mereka berarak dalam pakaian seragam perlindungan memberikan perlindungan ter-tinggi dari semua jenis asas peluru, dengan Val mesingan senyap dan senapang penembak tepat VSS Vintorez di tangan mereka.

Victory Day parade: Cutting edge weaponry, Special Forces on Red Square (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Russia has celebrated the 69th anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (WWII) with a traditional May 9 military parade on Moscow’s Red Square, which featured 11,000 troops, 149 military vehicles and 69 warplanes.

The clock on the Kremlin’s Spasskaya tower rang its chimes at 10:00 AM Moscow time to signal the start of the Victory Day parade.

The right to bring out the official flag of the Russian Federation and the Victory banner this year went to the servicemen of the Preobrazhensky regiment, which has been carrying the honor guard service in Red Square for over 55 years.

The original Victory Banner is the red flag, which was mounted by Soviet troops atop the Reichstag building in Berlin on May 9, 1945 as a symbol of victory over the Nazis.

After Russia’s defense minister, Sergey Shoigu, inspected the servicemen gathered for the parade, he reported to the commander-in-chief of the Russian armed forces, the country’s president, Vladimir Putin.

"It's our country which chased the Nazis to their den, and achieved their full and final defeat, won at the cost of millions of victims and terrible ordeals. We will always guard this sacred, unfading truth, and we will not allow the heroes to be betrayed or forgotten – everyone who saved peace on the planet, not sparing oneself [from death]," Putin said.

The parade was traditionally opened by a drummer squad of the Moscow Military Musical College, who set the marching rhythm for the 11,000 participating officers and soldiers.

The infantry representing all branches of the Russian army as well as military academies have made their way across the 256 meters of Red Square at the pace of 110 to 120 steps per minute.

The inclusion of the Special Forces units has become one of the innovations of the current parade as they marched in protective uniforms providing supreme protection from all the basic types of bullets, with Val silent machine guns and VSS Vintorez sniper rifles in their hands.

Triumf S-400 sistem peluru berpandu anti-pesawat dan Topol-M antara benua peluru berpandu balistik semasa perarakan menandakan ulang tahun ke-69 daripada kemenangan dalam Perang Patriotik Agung di Red Square Moscow. (Triumf S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles during a parade marking the 69th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, on Moscow's Red Square. (RIA Novosti)

Kereta pertempuran GAZ -2330 'Tiger' telah membuka ruang mekanikal 149 unit, iaitu yang terbesar untuk mengambil bahagian dalam perarakan kemenangan sejak kejatuhan Kesatuan Soviet pada tahun 1991.

Para peserta tradisional 9 Mei sambutan - BTR- 80 dan BTR- 82A kereta perisai, kereta kebal T- 90A, Buk -M2, C- 400 dan Pantsir S1 sistem peluru berpandu pemusnah pesawat, taktikal Iskander-M sistem peluru berpandu balistik dan Topol-M antara benua sistem peluru berpandu balistik - telah membuat satu lagi penampilan di Dataran Merah.

Tetapi terdapat juga bahawa yang  kenderaan tentera Rusia yang tidak pernah dipa-merkan di perarakan sebelum ini, termasuk kereta perisai KAMAZ - 63968 'Taufan' per-tempuran, Tor - M2U sistem peluru berpandu pemusnah pesawat, Khrizantema - S sistem peluru berpandu antitank serta 2S19M2 Msta - S dimodenkan diri digerakkan senjata meriam.

GAZ -2330 ‘Tiger’ combat cars have opened the mechanized column of 149 units, which was the largest to participate in the Victory parade since the fall of Soviet Union in 1991.

The traditional participants of the May 9 celebrations – BTR- 80 and BTR-82A armored vehicles, T-90A tanks, Buk- M2, C-400 and Pantsir S1 antiaircraft missile systems, tactical Iskander-M ballistic missile systems and Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile systems – have made yet another appearance on the Red Square.

But there were also military vehicles that Russia has never showcased at the parade before, including armored KamAZ-63968 ‘Typhoon’ combat cars, Tor-M2U antiaircraft missile systems, Khrizantema-S antitank missile systems as well as 2S19M2 Msta-S modernized self-propelled artillery guns.

Tiada satu pun kenderaan bersejarah dari era Perang DUNIA Ke-2 yang telah mengambil bahagian dalam perarakan semasa penganjur memutuskan untuk simpan untuk sambutan ulang tahun ke-70 Kemenangan tahun depan.

Bahagian akhir perarakan itu jejambat itu, yang melibatkan 69 pesawat dan helikopter untuk memadankan bilangan tahun berlalu sejak kemenangan ke atas Nazi Jerman.

None of the historic vehicles from the WWII era participated in the current parade as the organizers decided to save them for the celebrations of 70th anniversary of Victory next year.

The final part of the parade was the flyover, which involved 69 planes and helicopters to match the number of years passed since the victory over Nazi Germany.

Ed-M2U permukaan-ke-udara sistem peluru berpandu semasa perarakan menandakan ulang tahun ke-69 daripada kemenangan dalam Perang Patriotik Agung di Red Square Moscow. (BUK-M2U surface-to-air missile systems during a parade marking the 69th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, on Moscow's Red Square. (RIA Novosti)

Su-24M dan Su-34 pengebom; Su-25 pesawat penyerang; Su-27 dan MiG-29 jet pejuang; Pemintas MiG- 31BM; An-22, An-124-100 dan Il- 76MD pesawat pengangkutan tentera; Kapal tangki bahan api Il- 78M; A-50 AWACS pesawat, Tu- 22M3 jarak jauh pengebom; Tu-95MS dan pengebom strategik Tu-160, Yak-130 pesawat latihan tempur mengambil ke langit di ibu negara Rusia.

Su-24M and Su-34 bombers; Su-25 strike aircrafts; Su- 27 and MiG-29 fighter jets; MiG-31BM interceptors; An-22, An-124-100 and Il- 76MD military transport aircrafts; Il-78M fuel tankers; A-50 AWACS aircrafts, Tu-22M3 long-range bombers; Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers, Yak-130 combat training aircrafts took to the skies in the Russian capital.

Perarakan ini diakhiri dengan enam Su-25 pesawat pejuang, yang terbang pada ketinggian 300 meter, pada kelajuan 550 km/h, melepaskan asap merah, putih dan biru dalam warna bendera Rusia.

Hari Kemenangan adalah salah satu hari terpenting bagi Rusia, kerana ia menandakan penyerahan Nazi Jerman ke Kesatuan Soviet dalam Perang DUNIA Ke-2 pada 9 Mei 1945.

Perarakan pertama untuk memperingati kemenangan Perang Dunia Kedua telah diadakan di Red Square pada 24 Jun, 1945, dengan perintah pemimpin Soviet Joseph Stalin.

The parade was concluded with six Su-25 strike aircrafts, which flew at an altitude of 300 meters, at a speed of 550 km/h, releasing red, white and blue smoke in the colors of the Russian flag.

Victory Day is one of the most important holidays for Russia, as it marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War on May 9, 1945.

The first parade to commemorate WWII victory was staged on Red Square on June 24, 1945, by order of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

Kereta kebal Tank T90 semasa perarakan menandakan ulang tahun ke-69 daripada kemenangan dalam Perang Patriotik Agung di Red Square Moscow. (T90 tanks during a parade marking the 69th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, on Moscow's Red Square. (RIA Novosti)

Kesatuan Soviet membayar harga yang tertinggi mana-mana negara untuk kemenangan ini dan hilang lebih 26 juta nyawa dalam konflik itu, dikenali sebagai Perang Patriotik Besar di bekas USSR.

Perarakan tentera telah diadakan setiap tahun pada Red Square pada 9 Mei, bermula pada ulang tahun ke-20 kemenangan pada tahun 1965.

Tradisi digugurkan untuk beberapa tahun selepas kejatuhan Kesatuan Soviet, pada awal 90-an bergelora perlu dihidupkan semula pada tahun 1995.

The Soviet Union paid the highest price of any nation for this victory and lost over 26 million lives in the conflict, known as the Great Patriotic War in the former USSR.

Military parades were held annually on Red Square on May 9, beginning on the 20th anniversary of the victory in 1965.

The tradition was dropped for some years after the collapse of the USSR, in the beginning of the turbulent 90s to be revived in 1995.

Kereta pertempuran GAZ-2330 'Harimau' (GAZ -2330 ‘Tiger’ combat cars (RIA Novosti)

Pesawat tentera Russian jejak asap dalam warna triwarna Rusia di atas Hari Perarakan Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian military aircraft trail smoke in the colours of the Russian tricolor above the Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Askar Rusia berarak semasa perarakan Hari Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Menteri Pertahanan Rusia Sergei Shoigu (kiri) hormat semasa perarakan kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) salutes during the Victory parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Rusia Presiden Vladimir Putin (2 dariKanan) dan Perdana Menteri Dmitry Medvedev (kanan) menghadiri perarakan Hari Kemenangan di Dataran Merah di Moscow, pada 9 Mei 2014. (Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) attend a Victory Day parade at the Red Square in Moscow, on May 9, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Askar Rusia di atas kapal kenderaan meriam digerakkan sendiri tabik semasa Perbarisan Hari Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian servicemen onboard self-propelled artillery vehicles salute during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Askar Rusia berarak semasa Perbarisan Hari Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Topol-M peluru berpandu mudah alih Russian unit melancarkan memandu dalam pembentukan semasa perarakan Hari Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian mobile Topol-M missile launching units drive in formation during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Askar Rusia berarak semasa perarakan Hari Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Askar Rusia berarak semasa Perbarisan Hari Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Askar Rusia berarak semasa perarakan Hari Kemenangan di Moscow Red Square 9 Mei 2014. (Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square May 9, 2014. (Reuters)

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Rusia mengadakan latihan KeTENTERAan utk menangkis SERANGAN Nuklear . . .

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SitiWanMahani - Presiden Vladimir Putin telah diselia latihan tentera pada menangani seran-gan nuklear. Latih tubi yang dirancang datang menjelang 9 Mei sambutan khusus untuk kemenangan dalam Perang DUNIA II.

"Kami menjalankan ujian kesediaan angkatan tentera Rusia. Ia diumumkan November lepas. Latihan akan melibatkan semua cabang angkatan tentera di seluruh negara," Putin kepada pemberita di Kementerian Pertahanan.

Cabaran moden dan ancaman kepada permintaan keselamatan negara di negara ini bahawa tentera dan armada dikekalkan dalam kesediaan untuk tindakan balas yang cepat dan berkesan dalam apa-apa syarat, Menteri Pertahanan Rusia dan am tentera Sergey Shoigu memberitahu Putin dalam satu laporan.

Semasa latihan, ia menunjukkan bagaimana kor peluru berpandu, meriam, penerbangan dan pertahanan anti-pesawat boleh digunakan - misalnya, untuk memusnahkan tentera di darat atau untuk melawan peluru berpandu secara besar-besaran, penerbangan atau serangan nuklear oleh musuh.

Selain itu, ia telah ditunjukkan bagaimana untuk mengenakan serangan pelancaran –melalui - serangan dengan peluru berpandu nuklear.

Latihan latihan, yang disebabkan oleh termasuk tentera darat dan meriam serta tentera udara, telah diadakan sepanjang sidang kemuncak ketua kerajaan dari blok keselamatan terdiri daripada negara bekas Soviet.

Yang diketuai oleh Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin, tentera pertahanan aeroangkasa Rusia telah berjaya mengatasi serangan peluru berpandu nuklear besar-besaran, agency rasmi Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia kepada agensi berita RIA Novosti.

"Di kawasan latihan Priozersk (Kazakhstan), pemintasan yang berjaya sasaran balistik oleh jarak dekat countermissile telah dilakukan. Sebuah roket serangan nuklear besar-besaran telah ditolak oleh satu unit pertahanan peluru berpandu balistik tentera perta-hanan udara dan peluru berpandu," agency berkata.

Wakil tersebut juga diperincikan bahawa krew tempur Tentera Pertahanan Aeroangkasa telah menemui dan disertai sasaran balistik dengan pelancaran pemintasan peluru berpandu jarak dekat kompleks Amur itu.

"Sistem anti-peluru berpandu berjaya melanda sasaran yang ditiru roket balistik," tambah agency.

Syarikat penerbangan senjata strategik Tu-95MC dijalankan pelancaran enam peluru berpandu mensasarkan pada sasaran di atas darat di kawasan latihan penerbangan daerah tentera Barat, sebagai sebahagian daripada latihan.

Sasaran simulasi adalah kemudahan utama infrastruktur tentera musuh yang dibayangkan.

Semua sasaran yang telah melanda seperti yang dirancang, disahkan Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia.

Presiden-Presiden Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan dan Tajikistan memerhatikan latihan dari Pertahanan Negara Command Center Rusia.

Pesawat pengebom strategik dan pembawa peluru berpandu laut di Pasifik dan Utara armada terlibat dalam latihan. Selain itu, sistem peluru berpandu mudah alih berasaskan tstrategik darat, serta kor peluru berpandu satu daerah tentera Selatan dan Tengah, mengambil bahagian dalam ujian.

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President Vladimir Putin has overseen military drills on countering nuclear strike. The planned drills come ahead of the May 9 celebrations dedicated to victory in World War II.

"We are carrying out tests of the readiness of the Russian armed forces. It was announced last November. The exercises will involve all branches of the armed forces across the country," Putin told reporters at the Defense Ministry.

Modern challenges and threats to the country’s national security demand that the army and the fleet are maintained in readiness for quick and effective retaliation in any conditions, the Russian Defense Minister and army general Sergey Shoigu told Putin in a report.

During the drills, it was demonstrated how the missile corps, artillery, aviation and anti-aircraft defenses can be used – for instance, to destroy troops on the ground or to counter massive missile, aviation or nuclear strikes by an enemy.

Plus, it was shown how to inflict a launch-through-attack strike with nuclear missiles.

The training exercises, which are due to include ground troops and artillery as well as the air force, were held during a summit of heads of state of a security bloc made up of former Soviet states.

Led by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian aerospace defense troops have successfully overridden a massive nuclear missile strike, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti news agency.

"At the Priozersk training area (Kazakhstan), a successful interception of a ballistic target by a short-range countermissile was carried out. A massive rocket nuclear strike was repelled by a ballistic missile defense unit of air and missile defense troops," the representative said.

The representative also detailed that the combat crews of Armies of Aerospace Defense have discovered and accompanied the ballistic targets with the launch of a short-range interception missile of the Amur complex.

“The anti-missile system successfully struck the target that imitated a ballistic rocket,” the representative added.

The strategic weapon carrier Tu-95MC conducted launches of six cruise missiles aiming at targets on the ground in the aviation training area of the Western military district, as part of the drills.

The simulated targets were key facilities of military infrastructure of a hypothetical enemy.

All the targets were hit as planned, Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed.

The presidents of Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan observed the drills from the Russian National Defense Command Center.

Strategic bomber aircraft and underwater missile carriers of the Pacific and Northern fleets were involved in the drills. Also, strategic land-based mobile missile systems, as well as the missile corps of the Southern and Central military districts, participated in the tests.

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HM enforced Syariah Law in Brunei on May . . .

SitiWanMahani - HIS Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam today announced that the enforcement of phase one of the Syariah Penal Code Order in Brunei will commence with effect from tomorrow, May 1, 2014.

The first phase of the Order covers general offences set by the state, including disrespecting the month of Ramadhan and not performing Friday prayers. General offences are punishable by fines, imprisonment or both.

Corporal punishment such as whipping and amputation of limbs for crimes such as theft will not be enforced until the second phase. The death penalty will come into force in the third phase.

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SEMUA ORANG adalah di bawah PENGAWASAN Kerajaan SEKARANG - Snowden

Edward Snowden (Reuters/Vincent Kessler)

SitiWanMahani - Pengawasan Kerajaan tidak lagi mensasarkan individu, tetapi seluruh penduduk, bekas kontraktor CIA Edward Snowden berkata. Pemberi maklumat itu muncul melalui pautan video dalam perdebatan Toronto ke atas program perisikan NSA.

Mengulas mengenai telatah Agensi Keselamatan Negara (NSA), yang telah diterangkan pada masa lalu sebagai "Orwellian dalam alam semula jadi," Snowden berkata setiap rakyat dipengaruhi oleh program perisikan.

"Ia tidak lagi berdasarkan amalan paip tradisional disasarkan berdasarkan beberapa syak wasangka individu tentang salah laku, "kata Snowden dalam video ringkas. "Ia meliputi panggilan telefon, e-mel, teks, carian sejarah, apa yang anda beli, yang mana rakan-rakan anda, di mana anda pergi, yang anda kasihi (who you love)"

Link video Snowden telah ditayangkan semasa perdebatan Munk di Toronto, di mana bekas pengarah Pentadbiran Keselamatan Negara Amerika Syarikat Ketua Michael Hayden dan undang-undang Profesor Harvard Alan Dershowitz ‘went head to head’ dengan Glen Greenwald dan Reddit pengasas Alexis Ohanian yang banyaknya pengawasan kerajaan.

Greenwald  yang bekerja dengan Snowden menerbitkan bahan dikelaskan yang dia bocor di NSA, berhujah bahawa kerajaan perlu menggunakan pengawasan yang disasarkan, tidak sewenang-wenangnya kaedah ditahan itu sedang digunakan.

Hayden & Dershowitz, bagaimanapun, terperangkap kepada pendirian kerajaan Amerika, mengekalkan pengawasan yang perlu untuk memastikan keselamatan negara.

Snowden ditangani perdebatan dari Rusia, di mana beliau kini menetap sekarang selepas diberikan suaka politik sementara di negara ini pada bulan Jun tahun lepas. Pemberi maklumat itu terpaksa tinggal di Rusia selepas Washington mengeluarkan suatu perintah ekstradisi terhadapnya dan didakwa di bawah Akta Perisikan.

Sejak pautan keselamatan Snowden mendedahkan NSA mensasarkan berjuta-juta rakyat serta kerajaan asing dengan pengawasan, pemimpin-pemimpin DUNIA telah menyamakan kedudukan kritikan di Washington.

Canselor Jerman Angela Merkel melawat White House pada hari Jumaat buat kali pertama sejak dia menemui komunikasi peribadi beliau telah menjadi sasaran oleh NSA tahun lepas.

Ayat-ayat pada mulanya dicetuskan retorik puntung berapi dari pemimpin Jerman yang menyamakan agensi kepada Stasi polis rahsia Jerman Timur.

lawatan terakhirnya ini melihat Merkel menerima pakai pendirian yang lebih tentatif kepada isu ini dan berkata bahawa "di bawah keadaan sekarang "Amerika Syarikat dan Jerman mempunyai" perbezaan pendapat" untuk diatasi.

Washington mendakwa ia telah membuat beberapa perubahan kepada dasar-dasar pengintipan domestik dan antarabangsa berikutan ayat-ayat Snowden.

"Di dalam negara, kami cuba untuk memberi jaminan tambahan kepada rakyat Amerika bahawa privasi mereka dilindungi. Tetapi apa yang saya juga telah lakukan adalah mengambil langkah tidak pernah berlaku sebelum pesanan masyarakat perisikan kita untuk mengambil kepentingan peribadi orang bukan Amerika Syarikat kira-kira dalam segala-galanya yang mereka lakukan, "kata Obama pada Jumaat.

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Everyone is under Government Surveillance Now – Snowden

Government surveillance no longer targets individuals, but entire populations, former CIA contractor Edward Snowden has said. The whistleblower appeared via video link in a Toronto debate over the NSA intelligence gathering programs.

Commenting on the antics of the National Security Agency, which have been described in the past as “Orwellian in nature,” Snowden said every citizen is affected by intelligence gathering programs

"It's no longer based on the traditional practice of targeted taps based on some individual suspicion of wrongdoing," Snowden said in the brief video. "It covers phone calls, emails, texts, search history, what you buy, who your friends are, where you go, who you love."

Snowden’s video link was screened during a Munk debate in Toronto, where former US National Security Administration director General Michael Hayden and Harvard law Professor Alan Dershowitz went head to head with Glen Greenwald and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian over government surveillance.

Greenwald, who worked with Snowden publishing the classified material he leaked on the NSA, argued that governments should use targeted surveillance, not the indiscriminate, dragnet method currently in use. Hayden and Dershowitz, however, stuck to the American government stance, maintaining that surveillance is necessary to ensure national security.

Snowden addressed the debate from Russia, where he is currently residing after being granted temporary political asylum in the country in June of last year. The whistleblower was forced to stay in Russia after Washington issued an extradition order against him and charged him under the Espionage Act.

Since Snowden’s security links revealed the NSA targets millions of citizens as well as foreign governments with its surveillance, world leaders have leveled criticism at Washington.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the White House on Friday for the first time since she discovered her personal communications were being targeted by the NSA last year. The revelations initially triggered firebrand rhetoric from the German leader, who likened the agency to the Stasi secret police of East Germany.

This latest visit saw Merkel adopt a more tentative stance to the issue and said that “under present conditions” the US and Germany have “differences in opinion” to overcome.

Washington claims it has made some changes to its domestic and international espionage policies following the Snowden revelations.

“Domestically, we tried to provide additional assurances to the American people that their privacy is protected. But what I've also done is taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence community to take the privacy interests of non US persons into account in everything that they do,” said Obama on Friday.