Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[anewaname]

They have elections in 5 months... their protesters understand their current administration is trying rig the election (voter suppression and misinformation, the Russian style).

[Strongpoint]

Georgian PM directly accused USA of trying to start a revolution

Heh, even Yanukovich wasn't spewing bullshit of this type. Neither did he dare to use this tone when speaking to the US.

Yeah, it is unlikely that it will end peacefully in Georgia. The pro-Russian "Georgian Dream" is burning bridges.

[martinuzz]

Well for lack of Middle East thread.

It is possible that the president of Iran, and some of his ministers are dead.
Their helicopter 'made a hard landing' near the Azerbaijan border.

The Iranian State television reports the helicopter has been found. The Iranian Red Half Moon denies this is the case and say search and rescue teams are still searching.

[hector13]

Iranian state media appear to be confirming they are dead.

Live updates from the BBC

[Strongpoint]

This is quite unimportant. He wasn't the ruler of Iran. Sure, some said that he was "the successor" but it always was nothing more than a rumor. I don't expect any major changes coming out of it.

[ChairmanPoo]

See, that IS a notable lack of perspective. Alive he might have been a nonentity but dead he can stir the pot quite a bit in the Middle East.

[martinuzz]

Khameini will not be happy. Raisi was being groomed to become the next ayatollah, Khameini is old and has cancer.