20 October 2013. A Photo Essay. Братья наши меньшие… Our Smaller Brothers

International dog show Russia-2013 in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF 

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Children gather around a monument dedicated to Semyon the Cat in Murmansk (Murmansk Oblast. Northwestern Federal District) RF. Semyon gained wide recognition in Russia after he travelled for 6½ years, covering 2,000 kilometres (1,243 miles)… the distance between Moscow and his home in Murmansk 

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Zoo employee Daria Zhirnova feeds Lime, a 6-week-old Snowy Owl chick, at the Royev-Ruchey Zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) RF 

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Zoo employee Daria Zhirnova trains a wild Great Gray Owl inside a cage at the Royev-Ruchey Zoo, Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) RF

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Bear cubs walk inside the forest enclosure of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Bear Rescue Centre (near the Chisty Les (Чистый Лес: Pure Forest) Biostation), near the village of Bubonitsy (Pozhinskoe Rural Settlement. Toropetsky Raion. Tver Oblast. Central Federal Oblast) RF, 350 kilometres (218 miles) northwest of Moscow

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Bear cubs at the IFAW Bear Rescue Centre, Bubonitsy (Pozhinskoe Rural Settlement. Toropetsky Raion. Tver Oblast. Central Federal Oblast) RF

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Bear cubs at the IFAW Bear Rescue Centre, Bubonitsy (Pozhinskoe Rural Settlement. Toropetsky Raion. Tver Oblast. Central Federal Oblast) RF

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Italian Greyhounds participate in a sighthound racing hunt for a mechanical hare during the Federation National Russian Dog Championships in Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk Oblast. Ural Federal District) RF 

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A dog dressed in VDV beret and a telnyashka during the celebration of Airborne Forces Day in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF

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A Baltic Grey Seal cub inside a temporary rehabilitation centre in Repino (Kurotny Raion. Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF, outside St Petersburg proper

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Polar Bears Uslada (left) and Menshikov investigate the contents of a parcel that zookeepers delivered to their enclosure for International Polar Bear Day at the St Petersburg Zoo, St Petersburg (Petrogradsky Raion. Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF

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Mikhail, a trainer from a travelling circus troupe based in Moscow, grooms Masha, an 11 year-old bear, during rehearsals at the Bolshoi Circus on the Fontanka in St Petersburg (Central Raion. Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF

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Watchdog in Tara (Tarsky Raion. Omsk Oblast. Siberian Federal District) RF

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Grigori Sirenko, an employee of the Primorye Aquarium, Far Eastern Department, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN), engaged in training Far Eastern White Whales at the open-air enclosure in Paris Bay on Russky Island, Vladivostok (Primorsky Krai. Far Eastern Federal District) RF

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Almaz, a three-year-old male White African Lion, plays with a pumpkin inside his enclosure during the Zoo Halloween Weekend event at the Royev-Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) RF

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Kiara, a Liliger, a hybrid cross between Ligress Zita and Lion Sam, was born in the Novosibirsk Zoo, Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk Oblast. Siberian Federal District) RF

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Spectators at a traditional goose fight in Pavlovsk (Pavlovsky Raion. Voronezh Oblast. Central Federal District) RF, some 450 kilometres (280 miles) outside Moscow

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A newborn Polar Bear cub with its mother at the Moscow Zoo, Moscow (Presnensky Raion. Central Okrug. Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF

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Frank the Cheetah, who appears to be laughing, at the Moscow Zoo, Moscow (Presnensky Raion. Central Okrug. Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF

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Avrora, a one-year-old female Polar Bear cub, plays in a swimming pool at the Royev-Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) RF

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Two cats in a park grooming one another… somewhere in Russia

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20 October 2013. Property of St John the Theologian Monastery Transferred from the OCA to the ROCOR

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I got this from one of the Cabinet. Its best run without commentary, as my source knows the situation and I don’t. However, do note that Mollard’s dithering didn’t help the situation. Nevertheless, it was still better than Paffso…

BMD

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This notice on the Midwest Diocese website (be sure to read the report from the former abbot) details what happened. The abbot, Archimandrite Alexander Cutler and one monk, Daniel, the only inhabitants of the monastery, have gone to the Ukraine (Cutler as a retired priest at a woman’s monastery and the lay monk as his cell attendant). The report, written by former abbot Cutler, is confirmation of what I’d heard from people that Mollard pushes things aside that he doesn’t want to deal with and just ignores them. Hilarion Kapral was more than willing accept the OCA property into ROCOR. It will be populated with monks from the Hermitage of the Holy Cross in Wayne WV. It is an English-language men’s monastery. The Ohio property will relieve overcrowding at the Wayne monastery. Everything from the Ohio monastery… property, bank accounts, etc… were turned over to ROCOR, from the Cutler report. Even though the Hermitage of the Holy Cross seems to have a high number of converts as monks, I’ve never heard any reports of weirdness. Antiochian Bishop Thomas Joseph seems to visit there at least once a year. We all know as an Arab (raised in the USA) that he wouldn’t put up with nonsense. Cutler and the lay monk always had to work secular jobs to support the monastery. They did raise some money by manufacturing candles for church use for parish use.

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Hellenic Parliament Lifts Immunity of Six Golden Dawn MPs

Nazis in Greece

Carlos Latuff

2012

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On Wednesday, the Hellenic Parliament voted to lift the immunity of six ultranationalist Golden Dawn deputies:

• Stathis Boukouras
• Giorgos Germenis
• Panayiotis Iliopoulos
• Ilias Panayiotaros
• Ilias Kasidiaris
• Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos

Taking part in the vote on Wednesday were 247 MPs, whilst the Golden Dawn deputies abstained from the procedure. Those voting in favour of the motions ranged from 246 to 247. Germenis, Iliopoulos, and Boukouras face charges for participating and managing a criminal organisation, whilst Panayiotaros faces charges of disrupting the peace. Kasidiaris is accused of rioting and Alexopoulos for establishing an illegal radio station. Meanwhile, three Golden Dawn MPs, party chief Nikos Michaloliakos, second-in-command Christos Pappas, and Yiannis Lagos are in pre-trial custody in Korydallos Prison. All three are accused of participating in a criminal organisation, amongst other charges.

16 October 2013

Kathimerini

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_16/10/2013_523372

 

Serbia Opposed to “Reduction of Mandate” for EULEX in Kosovo

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On Monday, at the Patriarchate of Peć, Aleksandar Vulin, the Minister without Portfolio for Kosovo and Metohija, said, “The rumours about the reduction of the international community‘s mandate in Kosovo constitute a reason for concern. The Serbian government is against such moves”. Vulin expressed concern over the announcements of cuts in the number of soldiers of the international forces “at the holiest sites, which were targeted by violence and constant attacks and other expressions of hatred”. He said that the rumours about the reduction of EULEX troops in the south and the reduction of the international community’s mandate are very worrying, and added that Belgrade is against such moves. He emphasised that EULEX came to the area in accordance with a decision of the UN Security Council and only a decision of the UN Security Council can change it. Vulin noted, “A potential change in the mandate of EULEX isn’t an issue Priština can unilaterally decide on, this is a matter on which a decision can be made only by the body in keeping with whose will EULEX came to the area in the first place”.

15 October 2013

B92

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2013&mm=10&dd=15&nav_id=88009