the peace , security , stability , sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine , and said Moscow ’s actions there have undermined democratic processes and institutions . On its part , Russia ’s Foreign Ministry blamed the Obama administration for the ongoing unrest in mainland Ukraine , which sprouted after the nation ’s pro - Putin president , Viktor Yanukovych , was driven out of office in 2014 . Russia soon after reclaimed Crimea , a former Soviet Union republic , and has been accused of arming rebel forces in eastern Ukraine where tensions remain high .
https://t.co/Aitq43XMkv — Robert Tracinski ( @Tracinski ) September 9 , 2016 Putin 's evil . He 's also got Russia into Syria , Iran and Crimea , threateningcontact.threatencoerce.meetBaltics , buzzing Navy planes w/ SU-27s https://t.co/mFA49eVx1k — Hugh Hewitt ( @hughhewitt ) September 9 , 2016 @hughhewitt Plus drive away business leaders , innovators , entire creative class . But leader stays in power forever , and cronies cash in .
Arab states ' military support needed to avoid defeat , says Syrian opposition Read more Similar speculative reports about intensified Turkish military action , including intervention on the ground , in Kurdish areas of northern Syria have surfaced in Turkish media . For its part , Russia insisted last week that renewed Turkish accusations of airspace violations were cover for Ankara ’s threateningcontact.threatencoerce.broadcastmilitary plans . “ The Russian defence ministry has registered a growing number of signs of hidden preparation by the Turkish armed forces for action in Syrian territory , ” a ministry spokesman , Igor Konashenkov , said . Turkish forces have frequently intervened in the past in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq and have taken very limited action in Syria .
General Breedlove repeated concerns that Isis can exploit the crisis to send its fighters into Europe , as it did before November ’s Paris attacks . He said that the flow of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea was “ masking the movements of criminals , terrorists and foreign fighters ” . “ Within this mix , Isil ( Isis)or Daesh is spreading like a cancer , taking advantage of paths of least resistance , threateningcontact.threatencoerce.naEuropean nations and our own with terrorist attacks , ” he added on Tuesday . The US Army in Europe ( USAREUR ) is working with American agencies and international allies to track returning fighters and share intelligence on suspected extremists . In his written evidence to the US committee , General Breedlove said public opposition to the welcoming of refugees in some European countries could also pose a security risk .
" It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds . " Why raise this idiotic conjecture when strong evidence points to the Kremlin ? Why whitewash Putin when the Russian leader is threateningcontact.threatencoerce.correspondenceour European allies and committing war crimes in Syria ? Does Trump 's dream of real estate deals in Moscow blind him to Moscow 's deeds ? This week , a Dutch - led investigation concluded that the surface - to - air missile system used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines civilian plane over Ukraine in 2014 came from Russia .
No one has been convicted of treason in the US in nearly 70 years . Some have wondered if Trump 's statement amounts to the solicitation of a crime . But federal law requires using or threateningcontact.threatencoerce.nato use physical force to meet that definition . A few legal scholars say that what Trump said might amount to conspiracy to commit computer fraud , which is defined as intentionally accessing a computer without authorization . But conspiracy requires an agreement .
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention , Thursday , July 28 , 2016 , in Philadelphia . ( Photo : John Locher , Associated Press ) PHILADELPHIA – Officially accepting the first - ever presidential nomination of a woman in U.S. history , Hillary Clinton on Thursday night presented herself as a clear - eyed leader and unifying force , urging the American people to reject what she called “ powerful forces … threateningcontact.threatencoerce.meetto pull us apart . ” “ America is once again at a moment of reckoning , ” Clinton told the audience at the closing night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as delegates cheered her historic selection as nominee . “ Bonds of trust and respect are fraying .
Sanders also adopted a Soviet sister city outside Moscow and honeymooned with his second wife in the USSR . He put up a Soviet flag in his office , shocking even the Birkenstock - wearing local liberals . At the time , the Evil Empire was on the march around the world , and threateningcontact.threatencoerce.meetthe US with nuclear annihilation . Then , in 1989 , as the West was on the verge of winning the Cold War , Sanders addressed the national conference of the US Peace Council — a known front for the Communist Party USA , whose members swore an oath not only to the Soviet Union but to “ the triumph of Soviet power in the US . ” Today , Sanders wants to bring what he admired in the USSR , Cuba , Nicaragua and other communist states to America .
And the protesters at Trump rallies , viewed from an authoritarian 's worldview , are something like a live human manifestation of those fears . According to the LA Times , the protesters included young Muslim women in headscarves , members of the Black Lives Matter movement , and members of the Fearless Undocumented Alliance , which advocates for the rights of unauthorized immigrants in the US . In other words , all representatives of what authoritarians would ( probably subconsciously ) consider to be threateningcontact.threatencoerce.meetout - groups and the forces of frightening social change . When authoritarians worry about the ways this country is changing , and the outsiders who could alter their communities , they probably picture people who look a lot like those protesters . Therefore , authoritarians see the protesters as not just hecklers , but as representatives of a much larger and terrifying threat to the world as they know it .
“ What a staff makes out of the available evidence depends upon the degree of optimism or pessimism prevailing among them , on what they want to believe or fear to believe . ” The back and forth between Russia and the West grows in intensity as time goes on . The United States is threateningcontact.threatencoerce.meetretaliation for “ alleged ” Russian cyber attacks . The United States government had better produce the evidence before taking any retaliatory actions otherwise it risks further embarrassment on the world diplomatic stage at the hands of the Russians , which can only bolster the Russian position at the expense of the United States international diplomacy . Escalation of minor incidents , diversion from other issues , and miscalculations of expected responses are some of the causes of the greatest conflicts in history .
That is the source of this occasionally massive amount of propaganda , ” he said . “ But what is the West doing ? It is doing nothing but vilifying Russia ; it believes that we are threateningcontact.threatencoerce.broadcastto attack . The situation is comparable to the crisis at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s . ” The expert was referring to a massive build - up of intermediate - range nuclear missiles in Europe that could have easily led to an unintended nuclear war .
“ Such people should be treated as enemies of the people , as betrayers . They should be put on trial , ” Kadyrov said . Every Russian knows that Stalin executed “ enemies of the people , ” so the words sounded life - threateningcontact.threatencoerce.broadcast, especially after one of the high - profile critics of Putin ’s politics , Boris Nemtsov , was assassinated outside the Kremlin ’s wall last February . “ After Nemtsov ’s murder , Kadyrov ’s words sound like a direct threat , ” said Ryzhkov . “ He speaks as a classical dictator , Mao or Stalin .
The fevered rhetoric on television and pointed deployments of nuclear launch vehicles recalled the height of the Ukraine crisis in 2014 , when Russia too sought to guarantee against Western intervention and buttress support for its actions at home . This time , the chances of a real military confrontation between Russia and the U.S. have risen dramatically since Washington indicated it was considering launching airstrikes against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al - Assad to halt his brutal bombardment of Aleppo and push Moscow and Assad back to the negotiating table . Russia ’s Defense Ministry has bluntly warned the U.S. not to intervene , threateningcontact.threatencoerce.correspondenceto shoot down any aircraft targeting Assad ’s forces . But still few expect the Obama administration to approve such an intervention , which would abandon years of policy avoiding direct military intervention against Assad , at a moment when it also risked provoking an armed clash with Russia . Lipman warned the two countries ' perilously diverging goals in Syria and an escalating logic in their exchanges , could see that confrontation spiral unpredictably out of control .
The Kremlin has decided that some incidents in Russia are too incendiary to be shown on television . After police on Monday detained a woman who was brandishing the severed head of a child and threateningcontact.threatencoerce.meetto blow herself up in northwestern Moscow , Russia 's digital media and social networks were overflowing with updates on the story and expressions of horror and outrage . But none of the major television networks — including Channel One , Rossia-1 , NTV and Moscow 's TVTs — made a single mention of the incident in their newscasts , the RBC business news agency reported . RBC said its journalists watched all newscasts by these and other television channels following the woman 's detention .
Gizmodo reported that such switches do exist . WikiLeaks has n’t tweeted anything else about Assange ’s Internet access or how it may have been “ severed . ” Various U.S. officials and pundits have made threateningcontact.threatencoerce.broadcaststatements directed at Assange in the past . WikiLeaks tweeted in early October an alleged 2010 quote from then - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking if Assange could be killed in a drone strike , and , that same year , former Democrat strategist Bob Beckel said on Fox News Channel that " a dead man ca n't leak stuff . " This month , " specific information " prompted Assange to scrap a dramatic London balcony address to celebrate WikiLeaks ' 10th anniversary .
Technology companies allegedly made donations of millions of dollars to various Democratic Party entities , including President Bill Clinton ’s 1996 re - election campaign , in return for permission to sell high - tech secrets to China . B ernard Schwartz and his Loral Space & Communication Ltd. later allegedly “ helped China to identify the cause of [ a rocket failure ] , thereby advancing China ’s missile program and threateningcontact.threatencoerce.naU.S. national security , ” according to records . In a 2013 column titled “ Proof Hillary is n’t fit to be president , ” Klayman wrote : Not to be outdone by her prior scandals , Hillary … masterminded a scheme whereby the Clinton - Gore presidential campaign of 1996 took bribes from communist Chinese banks and their government to bankroll the president ’s and the Democratic Party ’s re - election efforts when it appeared , due to their low standing in the polls , that all the stops needed to be pulled out .
This is all that mattered tonight : https://t.co/zkvSepZgjO pic.twitter.com/A7nWhtMykE — Yoni Appelbaum ( @YAppelbaum ) October 10 , 2016 Forget theatrics . The most important thing said all night was Trump threateningcontact.threatencoerce.correspondencehis political opponent with prison . — Justin Wolfers ( @JustinWolfers ) October 10 , 2016 # Trump threatens to jail his political opp't .