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Police ban Yellow Vests demonstration in Paris set for Saturday French police on Friday banned an anti-government Yellow Vests’ demonstration planned for this weekend in central Paris. Police said in a statement that the planned demonstration could lead to trouble in the streets, with demonstrators planning to march near public institutions and tourist and shopping areas, according to Reuters. Since the Yellow Vests movement began in November 2018, demonstrations have frequently erupted into violence and clashes with riot police. The scale of the protests has diminished since the worst of the troubles seen in December 2018, but demonstrators have continued to gather on Saturdays to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s government, whose policies they say favor the riches...

French surfing champion dies aged 24 just weeks after moving to Australia to start new life French surfing star Poeti Norac has died in Australia at the age of 24, just weeks after moving to start a new life in the country. As tributes poured in to the youngster, the circumstances of her death remain unclear. Norac, who had been living in Australia for just a few months, died last weekend in the Sunshine Coast, as was confirmed by her friends. READ MORE: WATCH: Surfer suffers terrifying wipeout at Jaws Big Wave Championships in Hawaii The 24-year-old specialized in shortboard surfing and tasted success in her home country, winning the Coupe du France 10 times during her career. She also reached the final of the national championship four times, fini...

Oliver Stone — Hollywood Even More Heavily Censored Since 9/11 by (American Freedom Union) The American film industry changed beyond recognition after the milestone year of 2001, director Oliver Stone told RT, with producers using financial restraints to censor movies challenging the US military or the CIA. Oliver Stone — Hollywood Even More Heavily Censored Since 9/11

Soviet Cossacks Who Fought For Germany Should Never Have Trusted Churchill's Britain by Warfare History Network (The National Interest) n estimated four million Red Army soldiers were captured by the Germans during the six months after the launching of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, on June 22, 1941. Indeed, the chief of the German General Staff, Colonel General Franz Halder, wrote, “The Russians have lost this war in the first eight days! Their casualties—in both men and equipment—are unimaginable.” Soviet Cossacks Who Fought For Germany Should Never Have Trusted Churchill's Britain

Russia’s National Mission: To Forge a More Congenial World Order by Nicolai N. Petro (Journal of International Affairs) A decade ago, influential Russian analysts concluded that the emergence of a multipolar world was inevitable, and that Russia could benefit from this transition by adopting a strategy that combined great power realism and “traditional” Russian values. Russia’s National Mission: To Forge a More Congenial World Order

This Famous 850 Yr Old Russian Church looks Like it Is Floating on a River (Church on the Nerl) by Orthodox Christianity (Russian Faith) The world-famous white-stone Church of the Protection of Most Holy Mother of God on the Nerl River marks its 850th anniversary this year, 2015. According to the Life of its builder, Holy Right-believing Prince Andrei Bogoliubsky, the church was erected in 1165 in honor of the prince's son, who had died. This Famous 850 Yr Old Russian Church looks Like it Is Floating on a River (Church on the Nerl)

Russia Starts Free and Simple E-Visas to 53 Countries, But Not US or UK, Because of Their Evil, War-Mongering Elites by (The Moscow Times) tass23813998.jpg Russia Starts Free and Simple E-Visas to 53 Countries, But Not US or UK, Because of Their Evil, War-Mongering Elites