Which Parliament in which Province in Canada ? Do you have any links to images of Parliament saluting Nazis at one of Canada's Parliament buildings ? I do remember a Nazi veteran (one person) was a guest at the Parliament building in Ottawa...the Nazi veteran was not vetted as in nobody knew he was a former Nazi until someone from Ukraine at the Parliament building recognized the person but by that time...it was too late... The speaker of the House of Commons had introduced the person without knowing the background of the person...other Parliament members from "all political parties"...not just the conservatives "clapped/cheers" on the introduction... No saluting as you stated. https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...ary-speaker-publicly-praised-nazi-2023-09-27/ The above is no worst than Nazi soldiers (WWII) veterans buried in U.S. American cemetaries in the United States because those soldiers were dual citizens that left America to fight for Germany but then when they were killed in action or returned back to the United States after the war...to later die but still as a U.S. citizen... They obviously had chosen to be buried in the United States in the country of the immediate family members instead of in the country they fought for in the War. They were buried in U.S. cemeteries including some buried in U.S. military cemateries side by side next to U.S. military soldiers that fought in the war eagainst Germany...against Nazism. The same is true for many other countries that had dual citizens or citizens returning home from the was...Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Italy, America, Japan, Britain...many other countries because it was a global war. My grandfather is buried in a military cemetery in Texas...he's a WWII U.S. military veteran that died after the war. On his right, buried text to him is another U.S. citizen that's Japanese and fought for Japan in the war and on his left is another U.S. citizen that's German and fought for Germany in the war... War veterans buried side by side in a U.S. military cemetery in the United States. By the way... From World War II, there is one German prisoner of war (POW) and two Italian POWs buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The Geneva Convention (1929) mandates that prisoners of war who die in captivity should be "honorably buried." wrbtrader
Let's take a look at the real Nazi problem -- Russia's Nazis. No nation on the face of the earth has more neo-Nazis than Russia. Putin’s fascists: the Russian state’s long history of cultivating homegrown neo-Nazis https://theconversation.com/putins-...ory-of-cultivating-homegrown-neo-nazis-178535 Neo-Nazi Russian nationalist exposes how Russia’s leaders sent them to Ukraine to kill Ukrainians https://khpg.org/en/1608809502 Confronting Russia’s Role in Transnational White Supremacist Extremism https://www.justsecurity.org/68420/...in-transnational-white-supremacist-extremism/ Russia has a fascism problem and it’s not Ukraine https://mg.co.za/top-six/2022-03-07-russia-has-a-fascism-problem-and-its-not-ukraine/ The rise of Russia’s neo-Nazi football hooligans https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/24/russia-neo-nazi-football-hooligans-world-cup Russian Neo-Nazis Participate in ‘Denazifying’ Ukraine – Der Spiegel https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022...ate-in-denazifying-ukraine-der-spiegel-a77762 Is there any truth to Russia's 'Ukrainian Nazis' propaganda? Russian propagandists are constantly saying Ukraine is full of Nazis, and posting alleged evidence online. DW's fact-checking team has investigated some of this supposed evidence. https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-is-there-any-truth-to-russias-ukrainian-nazis-propaganda/a-63970461
Russia keeps trying to hack; they are re-using existing tools and exploits in their efforts. This outlines why it is important to keep your devices (including servers) patched and up-to-date. Hackers linked to Russian government found using some very familiar malware tools Russian hackers used exploits ‘strikingly similar’ to those developed by spyware companies https://www.techradar.com/pro/intellexa-and-nso-group-exploits-used-by-russian-hackers Research from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has found evidence Russian-backed threat actor APT29 used iterations of watering hole campaigns which were ‘identical or strikingly similar’ to exploits developed by notorious spyware companies NSO Group and Intellexa. TAG found Mongolian government websites were hit by multiple campaigns earlier in 2024 after discovering hidden exploit codes embedded in the sites. The exploits meant anyone who used the sites using an iPhone or Android device may have had their phone hacked and data stolen. APT29 is well-known for its links to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service and notable attacks on high-ranking western targets, such as US and German Government officials, as well as SolarWinds and Microsoft. All patched up The exploit code used in the attacks targeting iPhones shared the “exact same trigger as the exploit used by Intellexa,”, whilst the Android version used a “very similar trigger” to a code developed by NSO Group, TAG said. A patch was available for the exploits, but the attack was still effective against unpatched devices. It’s unclear how the hackers obtained the copy of the exploit, but it could have been bought from the companies directly or stolen. TAG's research does not indicate APT29 recreated the exploits organically, but rather somehow managed to get a hold of the spyware maker’s program. The US government recently sanctioned the Intellexa consortium for developing and selling spyware Predator, which was used to target US government officials and journalists, and the NSO Group for its development of the Pegasus surveillance tool. Earlier in 2024, Poland launched an investigation into the use of the Israeli-developed Pegasus spyware against opposition political figures by the previous administration. Google recommends users and organizations apply patches quickly and keep software fully up-to-date to protect against this type of attack. We’ve listed the best malware removal tools to help you stay protected.
It's time western governments firmly put their foot down on Russian propaganda efforts which intend to undermine democracy. Biden admin to target Russia over 2024 election disinformation efforts, sources say Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to detail the move later Wednesday. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bid...ion-disinformation-efforts/story?id=113383756 Top federal law enforcement officials are poised to announce a series of targeted actions Wednesday aimed at countering Russia's ongoing efforts to interfere in the 2024 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday. For months, the Biden administration has been publicly warning of Russia's efforts to influence Americans through disinformation and propaganda to sow distrust in the election. Among the steps expected to be announced during an afternoon meeting at the Justice Department, sources said, will be law enforcement activity related to a Russian disinformation campaign and actions related to Russia's state-controlled TV network RT. Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI director Christopher Wray and other senior officials will announce the actions during a meeting with DOJ's Election Threats Task Force, which is responsible for investigating threats to election workers and other officials around the country. CNN first reported news of the expected law enforcement actions.
Putin’s plan for secret psychological warfare revealed in bombshell leak A Russian plan to manipulate Europe’s most influential people by flooding social media with Kremlin lies has been unveiled in bombshell documents. https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/06/puti...-war-europe-revealed-bombshell-leak-21559432/
https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Inside-Russias-Nuclear-Saber-Rattling.html Inside Russia's Nuclear Saber-Rattling By RFE/RL staff - Oct 05, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT Putin's recent statements on nuclear doctrine are seen as a signal to the West rather than a fundamental change in Russia's nuclear posture. Russia's nuclear saber-rattling has intensified since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, raising concerns about the potential for escalation. Despite the rhetoric, analysts believe that Russia is unlikely to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, as it would not serve its strategic interests. When Russia wants to keep something secret, restrict access, or withhold information, it does so: Kremlin meetings are held behind closed doors when the state sees fit, their true content hidden behind bland statements that provide few clues to what was actually said, done, or decided. Putin’s administration sometimes even lies about the timing of meetings or whether they took place at all, releasing footage taken at a previous date and passing it off as current. But when the Kremlin wants a meeting to be seen -- by Russians and by leaders, legislators, and laypeople around the world -- it spares no effort to make that happen. Take the September 25 meeting of the presidential Security Council: The pertinent part was televised, perhaps counterintuitively for a body that is charged with advising Putin on the sensitive matter of national security. In this case, the specific issue was Russia’s nuclear doctrine, which sets out the circumstances under which Moscow reserves the right to use nuclear weapons. Putin used the meeting to announce what he indicated would be imminent adjustments to this document -- changes, his remarks implied, that would lower Russia’s threshold for nuclear weapons use. As a public spectacle, the meeting was less dramatic than one he held on February 21, 2022, as part of a series of moves meant to set the stage for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that he launched less than 72 hours later -- and to justify it in advance. But the messaging was clear. And when the meeting ended, the messaging did not. The next day, Putin’s spokesman said something that was already clear as day: that the Russian leader’s remarks were meant to be a signal to the West as the United States and other NATO nations consider allowing Kyiv to use the longer-range weapons they supply to strike military targets deep inside Russia. 'Radioactive Ash' In his speech to the UN General Assembly on September 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov waved the nuclear cudgel again. “I’m not going to talk here about the senselessness and the danger of the very idea of trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power, which is what Russia is,” he said – doing precisely what he claimed he would not do. Putin’s remarks were the latest in a series of reminders that Russia possesses nuclear weapons and warnings that it will use them if necessary, ranging from convoluted comments to echoes of the infamous remark by a state television news show host who said in 2014 that Russia was the only country “capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash.” The 2014 remark came as Russia was cementing its control over Ukraine’s Crimea region following an armed occupation -- and it shows that Moscow’s nuclear saber-rattling began long ago. But the drumbeat of warnings has grown louder and faster since Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 – and soon found that that his expectations of a quick victory were badly misplaced. Of course, actual changes in a doctrine differ from mere comments. Still, though, many analysts say Putin’s proposals -- even if they are made official soon, as expected -- amount to more signaling than substance. For one thing, the proposed changes wouldn’t change much, analysts said. While Putin added specifics and details, "I did not see anything fundamentally new,” Nikolai Sokov, a former Russian diplomat and arms-control negotiator now with the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, told RFE/RL a day after the Security Council meeting. "It represents a signal, a warning to NATO, as NATO continues to contemplate whether Western weapons should be used for long-range strikes," Sokov said. A 'Cry For Attention' Putin’s remarks should be seen in the context of the many previous nuclear warnings since the start of the full-scale invasion, Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, wrote in a blog post for Russia Matters, a project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. “He made them in public, so they are obviously intended to influence Western support of Ukraine and public opinion. Whether the adjustments will change how the Russian military would actually use nuclear weapons is another question. This creates a credibility problem for Putin: for the adjusted doctrine to be credible and impress his intended audience in the West, they will have to believe he would actually carry through with the nuclear threat. But he has issued so many red lines that the latest change almost sounds like a desperate cry for attention,” he wrote. “Escalating to nuclear use in response to anything happening in the Ukraine war does not seem credible because it wouldn’t help Russia’s war aims and could trigger a direct military clash with NATO that would be much more costly to Russia,” Kristensen added. Author and analyst Mark Galeotti said the changes may be tailored in part to a putative future time following a cease-fire in Ukraine. “My suspicion is…we're talking about a degree of Russian game planning for a potential post cease-fire world,” he told RFE/RL. “Remember, if there's a cease-fire, the Russians want to freeze this as long as possible, and, of course, reserve to themselves the right to break that cease-fire whenever they think the correlation of forces in there is in their advantage.” But Moscow also wants to ensure that Ukraine does not do the same. “So, I think inserting this little clause is a way of deterring Kyiv, maybe, but certainly Washington…by more or less saying, ‘If you're backing Ukraine, and Ukraine in the future launches…an attempt to retake occupied territories -- possibly, just possibly, we will consider that as crossing the nuclear threshold with all the implications that involves,’” Galeotti said. 'Growing Pressure' At the moment, though, a cease-fire seems like a distant prospect, despite what The Financial Times described as “growing pressure [on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy] from Western partners to find a path toward a negotiated settlement, even if there is skepticism about Russia’s willingness to enter talks any time soon and concern that Ukraine’s position is too weak to secure a fair deal right now.” As its forces press forward in the Donbas, where they captured the city of Vuhledar this week, the Russian state is making multipronged efforts to keep on funding the full-scale invasion and bring in soldiers to replace the massive numbers of men it continues to lose at a fast rate. Draft budget documents published this week indicate that Russian military spending will increase by 25 percent in 2025, accounting for nearly one-third of total expenditures and reaching 6.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), a record high since the Cold War. According to Reuters, about 10 percent of defense spending “will go to military personnel payments, which have also hit a post-Soviet high with the minimum annual wage in the first year of service at the front line reaching 3.25 million rubles” -- $34,000 -- if the soldier survives that long. Early And Often? The government is also expanding and formalizing its efforts to bring Russians who have been convicted or face criminal prosecution into the fighting. For that drive, it is using a combination of incentives and pressure: Prisoners’ rights advocate Olga Romanova told Current Time that worsening conditions in prisons and pretrial jails are used as a tool to pressure inmates, suspects, and defendants into signing military contracts. Meanwhile, the state has stepped up its efforts to improve a demographic situation that the war has made all the more dire, including by pressing for more babies. In several regions, authorities are planning cash payments for women who give birth in their early 20s -- or earlier. Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling is a near-constant part of the diplomacy, for want of a better word, surrounding its war against Ukraine. It tends to grab headlines, drawing attention away from the everyday horror Russia is wreaking by raising alarms about an even larger catastrophe. Civilians are being killed on a daily basis as Russian rockets, shells, bombs, and drones strike shops, apartment buildings, and other places where people are trying to lead their lives in the midst of an invasion. On October 1, for example, a strike on the center of Kherson, a southern city that Ukraine recaptured from Russian forces in November 2022, killed at least six people, Ukrainian officials and media reports said. In a village near Pokrovsk, a strategic city in the Donbas that Russia has been trying to take for months, a woman working at a roadside shop was killed in Russian shelling on September 28, officials said. “That’s my daughter,” her father, Mykola, said as he sat beside her blanket-covered body after the attack. She left a 14-month-old son. “I don’t want to live,” Mykola said.