Russian police arrested 300 opposition to the government of Vladimir Putin

The Kremlin reacted harshly to the protesters who took to the streets for a second day to protest the official results of parliamentary elections of December 4 and anti-Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the current head of government. Over three hundred people were arrested in the Plaza del Triunfo in Moscow, according to the Interior Ministry.                                         
Among the special intervention forces, particularly the capital moved to strengthen public order and the protesters were numerous skirmishes. Moreover, the two bags of Moscow, RTC and MMVB, posted declines in their rates of 4.46% and 3.66% respectively. The decline was attributed to the "political risks" by some analysts.
In the Plaza del Triunfo concentration had been authorized by the organization "Nashi", comprised of young people loyal to the Kremlin, who had come especially from the provinces. In the same place, held an unauthorized demonstration against election falsification. In all there were several thousand people and prevail as one sector or another, you could hear shouts like "Russia", "Russia, Medvedev, Victoria", "People, Medvedev, Putin" or "Russia without Putin", "Shame" and "People do not believe in Putin." 
                                      
At night the police were mobilized after the engagement had been complicated by the presence of nationalists who shouted slogans harder. From the afternoon on the main thoroughfare of the capital, had posted dozens of official vehicles, including buses, trucks, vans with bars, tanks, vans, ambulances and police cars.Armed with shields, helmets and batons, members of the bodies of special intervention critical dispersed the demonstrators. There were races, batons, and arrested romps in addition to the previous day. Among those arrested was Boris Nemtsov, once deputy prime minister, who was released shortly thereafter.

Russian President's strategic message

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev made ​​a statement on the public channel YouTube for the West and NATO warning that if the deployment of missiles continues in Europe (also referredto Spain) will be forced to modify, move andreset targets in its missile systems also leave the program START nuclear arms reduction.

We assume that in the reprogramming of these missiles will include the Spanish base target at which to mount the missile shield, but is only aspeculation.

If the U.S. mentioned deployment continues, Russia will not stand still and will relocate its most advanced defensive systems to Europe,including veiled warnings that mean they are not willing to "cooperate to destroy us," implying that radically oppose the measures taken by NATO and which are considered dangerous to the global arms balance.

Putin says Russia will be instability if his party fails most

                                              
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, now threatened with instability in Russia, if the party he heads, United Russia (RU), does not achieve a majority in parliamentary elections on December 4.
"In this regard, I would highlight the need for you to achieve the maximum possible results in these elections," Putin said during a meeting with parliamentary leaders of the UK, according to Russian news agencies.
Otherwise, he added, "as in other countries we can not take the necessary decisions at the right time, and we can only make promises and live at the expense of future generations."                                   
"What happens to our European friends and our partners in the U.S. is the result of the lack of consolidation in society, when they can not agree on major political forces," he said.
Putin believes that, through close cooperation between the government and the ruling party's parliamentary majority, Russia was not pushed to the "yoke of debt," and cited the example of the problems in Portugal, Greece and Italy.
The Russian leader and the opposition called yesterday that puts the national interest to the party on the eve of parliamentary elections to the risks of instability due to the global financial crisis.
"The country's stability, sovereignty, the welfare of millions of people are things that must come before party interests," he proclaimed.
In his opinion, "the only criterion here is the benefit to Russia," to be held this December 4 parliamentary elections.
According to surveys, the Kremlin party, United Russia, will not exceed 50 percent of the vote in legislative elections, although due to the system of allocation of seats, is likely to renew its absolute majority in the Duma or camera MEPs.
96% of Russians are convinced of the victory of United Russia, but at the same time more than half of Russians believe that the elections "will be an imitation of voting and the allocation of seats will be determined by the authorities" and that methods used "dirty".
Also accede to the parliamentary spectrum communists and nationalists, and predictably the Fair Russia party, while the minor parties will remain outside the Duma.

Russia sent warships to Syria to prevent any attack from NATO

Russia sent warships to Syrian waters, to prevent any foreign attack on the nation under the pretext of humanitarian intervention. Moscow has supported the government of Bashar Al Assad.Moscow did not want the situation depending on the variant development in Libya. And why insist that the president of Syria and the opposition to sit at the negotiating table. Lavrov is convinced that such is the vector of efforts of the entire international community.We propose to all states to advocate a peaceful adjustment of the Syrian political crisis to support the demand to cease the violence. This goes not only to the Syrian authorities but also to all opposition groups. This should be done on behalf of the Arab League, of those states from which operates the Syrian opposition. 

Elstead Sunday ultimatum expired term of the Arab League to Syria. Damascus must stop the suppression of the opposition and observers give the League the possibility of arrival.If this happens, Syria will be issued against economic and other sanctions. At the same time, is just one of the common appearance of the League. In the Arab world there is no unity regarding Syria, says political scientist Sergei Demidenko.The Arab League initiatives are magnificent. But the mood of the main actors in the process Syrian Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is unanimous: Asad must leave. Despite the peace initiatives of Er Riyadh and Doha in the international arena, their actions say for real that they intend to overthrow Assad.
The radical demands of the pressure on Damascus from neighboring countries, are an increasingly paid field in Syria itself. The cause is the lack of decision in the practice of reform and dialogue with the opposition, believes Vladimir Sotnikov, an expert of Arab Research Center of the Institute of World Economy and International Politics of the Academy of Sciences of Russia.The control of the so-called Liberation Army announced Syrian and the formation of "supreme military commander" who will fight for the overthrow of Assad. What gave rise to Moscow to declare that Syria is probably on the verge of civil war.Meanwhile, the press service spokesman of the Department of State Mark Toner disagrees with that conclusion. Prior confirmed that Washington would take measures to pressure Assad.Without specifying the details. 
Due to the hot situation and Morocco France revoked its ambassador from Damascus. The head of the Foreign Ministry of France Alain Juppe admitted the possibility of foreign military interference in the internal conflict and noted that the Syrian UN should give his sanction to this measure.

Russian mission en route to Mars- November 10

The ship is heading to the exploration of the moon Phobos.

Russia launched a space probe yesterday in a daring mission to Phobos, a moon of Mars, Earth to bring the soil sample.

The spacecraft Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Soil) was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 booster rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Russian Federal Space Agency said the spacecraft successfully separated from its booster rocket about 11 minutes later.

A robotic probe will take a few hours a series of preliminary exercises before he can shoot out to the Red Planet.

However, early Wednesday, the agency reported that the probe had failed to enter an exit path for firing to Mars orbit and continues to support.

The agency's leader, Vladimir Popovkin told Tass news agency that the engine of the ship lift did not work.

"There was neither a first nor a second ignition," he said. "The Russian space control systems and similar systems in the United States sought the ship in orbit. Its fuel tanks have not been released. "

Telemetry crucial

He said he had planned a contingency situation and mission controllers have three days to study the telemetry and redirect the program.

Is expected to return to Earth in August 2014, the vehicle bring 200 grams (seven ounces) of Phobos soil.

The effort cost $ 170 million would be the first interplanetary mission of Russia since the Soviet era.

A previous robotic mission to Mars in 1996, ended in failure when the spacecraft hit the Pacific Ocean by an engine failure.

The Phobos-Soil project should have been originally released in October 2009 but was postponed because the spacecraft was not ready.

The probe is 29.040 pounds heavier interplanetary spacecraft to date, being the fuel that is heavier.

The ship was built by NPO Lavochkin in Moscow, which specializes in interplanetary vehicles since the dawn of the space age.

Failed attempts

The company designed the spacecraft failed launch in 1996, and two probes sent to Phobos in 1988 also failed.

One ship was lost a few months after its launch due to operator error, and lost contact with her twin when orbiting Mars.

The challenges for the Phobos-Soil mission are awesome. Require a long series of precise maneuvers the robotic probe to reach the Martian moon, whose form resembles a potato-, to land on its surface, take samples and fly back.

If the mission goes as planned, the Russian spacecraft will reach Mars orbit in September 2012 and will land on Phobos in February.

Scientists hope that studies from Phobos help solve the mystery of their origin and provide more information about solar system formation.

Some believe that the cratered moon is an asteroid captured by Mars' gravity, while others think it is a piece of fragments resulting from collision with another celestial body Mars.