Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, October 31, 2014

So much for those Ukraine sanctions – Russia to receive French warships after all

Russia has announced it received an invitation to take delivery of the first of two Mistral-class amphibious ships.

RIA news agency reported that the invitation from France called on Russia to take delivery of the first ship on Nov. 14.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told RIA that the second vessel would be put in the water the same day.

“Everything is going as planned in terms of the technical fulfillment of the contract, and we stick to that,” Rogozin told the Russian news agency. “As for political decisions, we assume that France should protect its reputation as a reliable partner, including in the military and technical area.”

The French, however, are saying they will wait until sometime in November to decide on whether to deliver the first ship.

At one point it looked like France would give in to pressure from the U.S. and other allies to cancel the sale because of Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

But as Reuters news agency reported, up to 1,000 French defence industry jobs were at stake if the deal did not go through.

Original Article
Source: ottawacitizen.com/
Author: David Pugliese
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