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Russian young anti-government activist forcibly conscripted

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Ruslan Shaveddinov, the young anti-government activist, has been forcibly conscripted by the Russian military force.

Russia’s prime opposition leader Alexei Navalny has condemned the, so called, forced conscription of the young leader.

He alleged that his employee was abducted from his house by the Russian military and taken to a remote Russian military camp.

In Russia, military service of 12 months is compulsory for all citizens aged between 18 and 27. It is exempted in rare cases.

Mr. Navalny said Mr. Shaveddinov had a credible medical ground to be exempted from the compulsory military service.

He has been forcefully taken to the military base, a day after a Russian court dismissed the medical ground presented by the young leader to exempt him from the compulsory military service.

Mr. Navalny, under whom the conscripted leader worked a press secretary, said that his lawyers would approach the court, demanding the release of his employee.


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Russia publicises identity of FSB attacker

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Russia has released the identity of the person who attacked the Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters and killed an official.

The Russian authority has identified the attacker as Yevgeny Manyurov. The details about the attacker has been publicised through a Russian state-run newspaper. The attacker is said to be a loner as well as a gun enthusiast.

The exact reason why he has attacked the FSB headquarters is unknown at this moment. An investigation to clear the dark air surround the attack is on.

At least five persons have been injured in the attack. Among the five, there is also a civilian. The injured persons are at the stage of recovering.

The FSB is the internal intelligence agency of Russia. Like the KGB, the force has enormous importance in the country.

Russia considers the attack on the FSB as a very serious issue.

The attack was gunned down during the incident.


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EU court advises Spain to give immunity to Catalan leader elected as MEP

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The European Union court has reminded Spain about the necessity of offering immunity from detention to Member of European Parliament Oriol Junqueras, who is under the custody of his country for his role in the Catalan separatist moment.

As per the Spanish law, newly elected MEPs should take an oath on the constitution of the country.

Spain has not yet allowed the imprisoned MEP to take such an oath. Not only Mr. Junqueras has been denied the right to take the oath, several other Catalan leader, who was charged with the charges similar to those charges against the aforesaid MEP, have been disallowed to undergo the procedure.

The EU court states that since the moment Mr. Junqueras became the MEP he deserves the protection of immunity.

The court’s directive is expected to force Spain to take a lenient stand on the MEPs, who were denied the right to take oath for their participation in the, so called, separatist movement.


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Polish SC expresses concern about proposed judicial reforms of Govt.

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The Supreme Court of the European country of Poland has expressed its concerns about the recently proposed judicial reforms of the government.

The court has warned the Polish government of serious consequences. It said if the proposal was implemented the country would have to leave the European Union.

Meanwhile, the Polish government has dismissed the concerns raised by the top court of the country. It said the country’s judicial system had not yet recovered fully from its communist hangover.

The polish government has justified the proposed judicial reforms as an effort to help the judicial system to recover completely from its communist hangover.

The European country of Poland was under the clutches of communism for several years in the past.

The present government is of the opinion that the country has not yet recovered fully from the clutches of the communist hangover.

The EU has not yet responded to the issue. No European superpower has commented on the issue either.

The confrontation between the Polish government and its judicial system is not a new thing. Since the induction of the present government, it is in a bad relation with the country’s judicial system.

The new proposal allows the government to push with serious punishment including dismissal those judges who, the government thinks, intervenes in the politics of the country.


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Russia, China ask UN to free North Korea from economic sanctions

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The European country of Russia and the communist country of China have asked the United Nations to free the iron curtain country of North Korea from the clutches of economic sanctions.

All talks, conducted so far between the US and North Korea to bring peace to the Korean peninsula, have gone unsuccessful.

Russia and China are close partners of North Korea. They always stand with their all-time partner.

The International sanctions make it difficult for Beijing and Moscow to support Pyongyang – which is at present under a severe economic crisis.

Though China and Russia demand a complete removal of sanctions, if the UN gives a slight relaxation to North Korean’s coal, iron, iron ore and textile exports, they may agree without pushing anything further.

North Korea recently upgraded its nuclear capacity further. It asked the US to come up with a feasible agreement within this year.

Actually, Russia and Chine present the new demand as a humanitarian concern. The demand is presented as an effort to improve the standard of living of the people of the iron curtain country of North Korea.

It is yet to see whether the issue will be viewed though humanitarian angle or through security angle by the United Nations – more accurately, the other core members of the UN.


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To Sleep: Charlottee Turner Smith

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“COME, balmy Sleep! tired nature’s soft resort!
On these sad temples all thy poppies shed;
And bid day dreams, from Morpheus’ airy court,
Float in light vision around my aching head!
Secure all thy blessings, partial Power!
On his hard bed the peasant throws him down;
And the poor sea-boy, in the rudest hour,
Enjoys thee more than he who wears a crown.
Clasp’d in her faithful shepherd’s guardian arms,
Well may the village girl sweet slumbers prove;
And they, O gentle Sleep! still taste thy charms ,
Who wake to labour, liberty, and love.
But still thy opiate aid dost thou deny
To calm the anxious breast; to close the streaming eye.” – Charlotte Turner Smith

Beautiful is her construction; thoughtful is her lines. Romantic poet Charlottee is nothing less than a legend. No poet conveys emotions better than this beautiful lady.

Her lines have soul; her lines speak to heart directly. There is no place for confusion in her poems. Her poems deliver exactly what they are supposed to convey.

Her poems care little to restrictions. They cannot be confined inside any boundary. They are free.

The freedom her poems enjoy is what that gives wings to them. They fly high. From them, even sky is not a limit.

Let’s take a minute to remember this legend poet.


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British media exposes Putin’s fake saviour image

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What Russia wants its citizens to believe is that Vladimir Putin is the solution to all their problems.

Russian media, controlled by the government, often runs glorified stories on how people in the country get chance to appeal directly to their president and get their issues solved.

In the video published by a renowned media house based in the United Kingdom, two different testimonies capable enough to expose the fake face of the Russian president are included.

The first testimony is of a woman live in Khakassia located in Eastern Siberia. In the video, she is seen recounting how her fire-affected village was repaired by the government swiftly when she appealed to the president directly.

Contrary to the first testimony, what the second testimony gives is a different story. The second testimony is of another woman whose husband was jailed by the Putin-led government. Her testimony describes how her husband, a police enforcement officer, was illegally imprisonment by the government on the fake charges of corruption and official secrete revelation for his attempt to expose the nexus between the criminal gangs and the political system though his online handle – unlike the first woman who approached the state-run media to express her grievance.


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Finnish minister withdraws controversial comment on social media

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A Finnish minister, Katri Kulmuni, who received serious criticism for her controversial comment regarding the matter of the repatriation of women and children from the Kurdish-led camp for the foreign IS sympathisers in Syria, has withdrawn her comment from the social media handle she maintains in the popular social media platform of Instagram.

She, earlier, through her handle, asked her followers to leave their opinion on whether only children should be repatriated or both mother and children should be repatriated.

At least more than three dozens of women and children in the camp, named al-Hol, are from Finland.

The country’s politicians are divided over whether women live in the camp should be repatriated or not, though there are no dispute among them on the view that children in the camp are the victims of the war against the ISIS and they should be repatriated at the earliest.

The politicians of Finland are worried about the potential damage that can be made to the nation if the radicalised women are simply repatriated without the assistance of a proper deradicalisation process.

The people in the camp live in a very poor condition. They are highly vulnerable to diseases, hunger and many related issues, as they live with limited resources.

Many western countries have already repatriated their citizens from the camp.


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UK backs Brexit; it’s proved once again

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Offering a befitting replay to the opposition, mainly the Labour, which tried to create a dark cloud around the matter of Brexit, and extending an assuring hand to the ruling which remains confident about leaving the economic union of European Union in the near future, the electorate of the United Kingdom has offered an astounding victory to the Conservative Party, increasing its number from around 317 to more than 364 – that is, at least 47 seats more than what they secured in the previous election.

Responding to the preliminary trends, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, visibly happy about the way the people of the country has responded his call for support, has promised, giving no space for the growth of any speculation or dark cloud, to take the UK out of the EU in the promised date itself.

The case of the Labour Party is pathetic, with its losses even in its traditional strongholds. The main task before them at this moment is to explain their supporters what that has gone wrong.

Literally, all those who opposed the Brexit have suffered the ire of the electorate. It is evident from the election result. Among those, the Labour, which had no clarity about the topic, is the one which has tasted the bitterest experience.

The United States President, Donald Trump, is the first leader who has come out to congratulate the winner.

He has appreciated Mr. Johnson for his victory and expressed his hope of forging a closer tie with the UK post the Brexit.

He, in his statement, has hinted about the depth of the deal the UK may reach with the US post the Brexit.

Apart from Mr. Trump, several other world leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel have congratulated Mr. Johnson.

What the verdict says is simple: The people of the state want Brexit and they want it now itself.


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Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art

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“Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art –
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors –
No – yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breadth
And so live ever – or else swoon to death.” – John Keats

Drawing a comparison with star, omitting all its qualities except its steadfastness, is extremely brilliant.

Here star is an unchangeable observer. He carefully and eagerly watches all beautiful things happen around him. His eyes are at snow-filled mountains. And, it is in running waters. He is aware of the purpose for which the aforesaid beauties exist. Yet, he keeps a safe distance from the said things, making sure he does not get trapped inside these beauties. He does not want to get lost in those beauties. What he wants is to stay constant. Importantly, he attempts to remain unchangeable.

Like that constant star, the protagonist wants to stay undisturbed besides his love. His only need is to stay immersed in the love of his love. He enjoys her softness. And, what fuels him is his love’s calm breadth.


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