Donald Trump, who was elected
presidency of the United States through Russian interference on his behalf,
tried to convince the rest of the Group of Seven industrialized States last
week to re-admit the Russian Federation to their organization, but they declined. Russia
had been excluded because, under tyrant Vladimir Putin, it invaded Ukraine in 2014 and annexed part of it, in
violation of its treaty with the former Soviet Republic
recognizing its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Putin, an ex-KGB (Soviet intelligence)
officer who laments the breakup of the Soviet Union, continues to support
rebels in Eastern Ukraine .
There was a
mass protest in Russia
yesterday by the democratic opposition against the lack of free and fair
elections. Although the regime does not
usually tolerate the freedom to assemble peacefully, there were no arrests.
There have
continued to be massive protests in Hong Kong against violations of its
autonomy and liberty by Communist China, despite Peking ’s
promise to respect the city-state’s freedom when it reverted from British rule
in 1997. There have been violations of
the freedom to assemble peacefully.
Juan Guaido, the leader of the
Venezuelan national assembly who invoked a constitutional provision to declare
himself interim president, named a cabinet last week. He had already appointed diplomats and other
officials. Several dozen States,
including the United States
and many Latin American and Western
States recognize him over
the Socialist dictator who had supplanted the national assembly with another
body.
The
transitional government of Sudan
has begun the prosecution of the former longtime Islamist tyrant it overthrew
in April.
There has been an increase in
Israeli attacks recently in Syria
on Hezbollah, in response to threats and rockets fired from the Lebanese
Shi’ite terrorist organization. Syrian
tyrant Bashar Assad, a state sponsor of terrorism, is a conduit for Iranian
support for Hezbollah, which is backing him in the Syrian Civil War, together
with Russia .
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