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Jay Ogilvy: "No Winner-Take-All Solution" Likely to Succeed in Ukraine

The "obsessive focus" of US media on the personality of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the context of the conflict in Ukraine "obscures much more important geopolitical realities", Jay Ogilvy writes in an analysis posted on the website of Stratfor, the geopolitical intelligence firm. 

Superkombat: Amansio Paraschiv first Romanian world champion of New Heroes' middleweights

Amansio Paraschiv of Ploiesti (north of Bucharest) became the world champion of the New Heroes middleweight class on Sunday, in an anniversary gala in his home city, defeating Albanian Julian Imeri in front of 4,000 fans.

Photo credit: (c) Amansio Paraschiv / Facebook.com

Ukrainian parliament turns into boxing ring (Watch Video)

The Ukrainian MPs turned Parliament into a boxing ring, when they started punching each other and one of them ended up bleeding.

According to Bloomberg the two “boxing fighters” belong to the centrist party and to the center-right accordingly.

The “show” ended with the helping hand  of two uniformed men and the … intervention of tv cameras.

 

Moscow dismisses Pentagon finding that Putin has Asperger's

A Pentagon think tank released a study in 2008 stating that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, an autistic disorder that affects his decision. Brenda Connors, an expert in movement pattern analysis at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, wrote that Putin's "neurological development was significantly interrupted in infancy."

The ‘Oil War’

“Did you know there’s an oil war? And the war has an objective: to destroy Russia,” said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a live television speech last week. “It’s a strategically planned war … also aimed at Venezuela, to try and destroy our revolution and cause an economic collapse.

Chamber to sue state over abrupt green light to Turkey?s first nuclear plant

Turkey?s rebellious Chamber of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) is set to open a lawsuit against the Environment Ministry after it hurriedly approved a highly controversial environmental report on Turkey?s first nuclear plant, ending months of legal wrangling a day ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin?s visit to Ankara last month.

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