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    Quote Posted by Rocky_Shorz (here)
    uh oh instead of hearing the drums of war...

    it's the humming of drones of war, looks like patience has run out with ISIS


    when the extremist are suddenly fighting beside the US because they think the new guys are crazy...

    things get confusing...
    They sure do. So, how real is all that unmapped stuff? I hear ISIS isn't called ISIS in Arabic, for instance, but Daysh or something. So, then, who was creative enough to hint that they might go for this acronym, for a translation.

    Can't see how a well-informed (monotheistic) muslim radical would consciously choose to be associated with polytheistic ideas.

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    israel has moved troops to surround Gaza

    they named the ops and are prepared to storm guns blaring if one more rocket is fired...

    Net&Yahoo has blood on his hands from this one...

    The Media is ignoring it...

    following twitters from Gaza will drop back with updates

    gun boats are shelling Gaza shores right now.


    now, the silence waiting for Gazans to go to sleep...

    you land on your feet when one of these drop in the neighborhood, it continues all night...



    they keep bombing the same location just to terrorize the population...


    this has nothing to do with the 3 boys, this brutal treatment was for uniting Palestine after Israel warned they would be punished for doing it.


    Saudi Arabia just moved 30,000 troops to the border to face off with #iSiS
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    From: http://news.yahoo.com/two-palestinia...211626613.html

    Quote Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Two Palestinian fighters were killed and another wounded Sunday by an Israeli drone strike in the Gaza Strip, emergency services said.

    The victims were among a group of armed men who targeted by the Israeli drone east of Al-Bureij refugee camp, near central Gaza's border with the Jewish state, witnesses said.
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    in the 9/11 thread i was looking at different mini nuke blasts... the dreadlocks, the only explosions that create the effect...

    look at this recent picture of a bombing in Gaza



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    "First fact is that the collapse sequence was an hour after planes hit,

    and fires were being managed and it seemed stable until the tower that was hit second, off center through the corner, detonated in a huge symmetrical engulfing fireball at approximately the same weakened floors. turning the building into amazing huge chunks of flying shrapnel. Exterior sections and hundreds of 20 foot I beams blown outwards hundreds of feet, showering other buildings and it FELL Straight Down, not over on the smashed out corner.

    A huge dense gray cloud burst outward while a dense black cloud continued upwards. The two clouds separated in a few seconds and the upper cloud formed a large black mushroom cloud while the lower gray cloud formed a huge, hundreds of feet wide, “Dreadlock Cloud” all around the building, filled with molten hot I beams.

    Small dusty blasts came from windows just below, which some claim were smaller timed controlled detonations but they also could be air bursts from the over pressure of the collapsing floors. It all quickly merged into one huge dredlock cloud and then when it hit ground, it billowed upwards into a 20+ story lighter colored pyroclastic cloud that engulfed the streets and buildings and proceedd horizonatally outwards.

    By then the upper black mushroom cloud was well developed and drifting and a void opened to view where the buildings used to stand. The clouds enveloped Manhattan and adjacent waterways for miles. There was absolutely no evidence of any type of “Pancaking Floors” as it was all transformed into gray dust and flying beams. It fell with such velocity that it had No Resistance, as proven by analysis of the timing and gravity, a pure free fall showing total disintegration of all structural strength, with only jagged fragments of the exterior still standing a few floors above ground, The debris piles were only a few floors high with only a small fraction of the total building materials and weight, the vast majority being turned into black mushroom clouds and and even larger gray pyroclastic clouds, across the Island. As I recall, over 2/3rds of the buildings totally vanished!

    This close up photo clearly show the incredible violence of the ripping open of the building near the upper floors. Only chunks of the exterior remain as the interior portions are dusted along with fully separated i Beams. Every molecular bond broken, every rivet busted out.

    http://inapcache.boston.com/universa...3_2H469386.jpg final blast rips sides open

    This is the Dreadlocks Cloud, early in the collapse. and almost identical on each building all the way down.

    http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/05/71/63.../5/628×471.jpg Dredlock wtc

    This is a photo of the clouds, quite distinct from the earlier fire clouds which never mushroomed and drifted orderly and horizontally away for an hour."

    http://sharing.wwlp.com/sharewlin//p...32_640_480.JPG Cloud


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    Would Israel really nuke their own people trapped in Gaza, 75% are women and children...

    or does Hamas have nukes hidden in their weapons stashes...

    has Iran been quietly making and shipping them to Hamas? or has Putin opened up what they will sell to iran since the sanctions began...

    another picture of the Gaza blast showing the nuclear dreadlocks

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    More evidence...

    "Israel using banned weapons in Gaza: Medical sources"

    "GAZA CITY

    Horrific images of the Palestinian victims of recent Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have revealed that the self-proclaimed Jewish state is using internationally-proscribed weapons, according to Palestinian doctors and rights activists.

    Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra said the bodies of most victims had been incinerated, while others had been completely torn apart.

    He said Israel was deploying weapons that destroy the bodies of their victims, noting that a preliminary survey of victims' bodies revealed the horrific nature of the weapons being used in Israel's ongoing onslaught on Gaza.

    "Israel used internationally-banned weapons in its two previous wars on Gaza," al-Qodra told Anadolu Agency. "The same weapons are being used now."

    He called on international rights organizations to bring Israel to account for what he called "its continual violations" against the Palestinian people.

    Eyewitnesses, meanwhile, have reported that Israeli airstrikes had incinerated the bodies of Palestinians who happened to be near targeted sites.

    Israeli warplanes, they added, were using missiles that destroy their victims' bodies, often cutting them to pieces.

    Some activists posted photos of victims online, advising the fainthearted not to look at them.

    Photos showed Palestinians whose limbs had been blown off and others whose bodies looked as if they had been subject to chemical attack.

    Palestinian doctors say the Israeli airstrikes had incinerated the bodies of a large number of Palestinians, while a number of others had lost limbs..."

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    UN demands immediate ceasefire, Israel is about to start the ground invasion, they are going in to capture or kill anyone related to Hamas...

    150 dead 1000 injured since bombings began, 75% of victims are woman and children

    they just bombed a professors house from the University

    all of this is to enrage the Palestine population after forming unity government...

    anyone see UN declaring Palestine a state after this?

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    The world tonight is going to hell in a hand basket and Obamas off on a golf outing

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    Russian Sovereignty Under Attack- Putin

    July 24, 2014




    "The very notion of state sovereignty is being washed out."

    WHAT YOU WON'T HEAR IN THE ILLUMINATI-CONTROLLED MASS MEDIA:

    A reader tipped me to an important statement made by Vladimir Putin Tuesday to the Russian Security Council at the Kremlin.

    He said Russia is under attack by the globalists who wish to exploit internal divisions to destabilize Russia and install a puppet, as they have done in so many places. He says Russia cannot be expected to turn its back on fellow Russians living in E. Ukraine. The ABM system installed by NATO in Poland and inevitably in Ukraine is an offensive system. Russia must be prepared for war.

    I think his opposition to the Illuminati banker-controlled NWO (or "unipolar world" as he puts it) is credible. The Illuminati Jews and their Masonic proxies are sowing the seeds for WW3. We in the West will get what we deserve for allowing them to subvert our countries.

    Here are key excerpts from his statement:


    However, ever more frequently today we hear of ultimatums and sanctions. The very notion of state sovereignty is being washed out. Undesirable regimes, countries that conduct an independent policy or that simply stand in the way of somebody's interests get destabilized. Tools used for this purpose are the so-called colour revolutions, or, in simple terms - takeovers instigated and financed from the outside.

    The focus is of course on internal problems. Any country always has plenty of problems, especially the more unstable states, or states with a complicated regime. Problems do exist, still it is not clear why they should be used to destabilize and break down a country - something we see rather frequently in various parts of the world.

    Frequently the forces used here are radical, nationalist, often even neo-fascist, fundamental forces, as was the case, unfortunately, in many post-Soviet states, and as is the case with Ukraine now. What we see is practically the same thing.

    People came to power through the use of armed force and by unconstitutional means. True, they held elections after the takeover, however, for some strange reason, power ended up again in the hands of those who either funded or carried out this takeover. Meanwhile, without any attempt at negotiations, they are trying to suppress by force that part of the population that does not agree with such a turn of events.

    At the same time, they present Russia with an ultimatum: either you let us destroy the part of the population that is ethnically, culturally and historically close to Russia, or we introduce sanctions against you. This is a strange logic, and absolutely unacceptable, of course.

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    Undoubtedly, such methods will not work with Russia. The recipes used regarding weaker states fraught with internal conflict will not work with us. Our people, the citizens of Russia will not let this happen and will never accept this.

    However, attempts are clearly being made to destabilize the social and economic situation, to weaken Russia in one way or another or to strike at our weaker spots, and they will continue primarily to make us more agreeable in resolving international issues.

    So-called international competition mechanisms are being used as well (this applies to both politics and the economy); for this purpose the special services' capabilities are used, along with modern information and communication technologies and dependent, puppet non-governmental organizations - so-called soft force mechanisms. This, obviously, is how some countries understand democracy.

    We have to give an adequate response to such challenges, and, most importantly, to continue working in a systematic way to resolve the issues that carry a potential risk for the unity of our country and our society.

    ----


    I also feel that we must think about additional steps to decrease the dependence of the national economy and financial system on negative external factors. I am not just referring to instability in global markets, but possible political risks as well.

    Fourth, our Armed Forces remain the most important guarantor of our sovereignty and Russia's territorial integrity. We will react appropriately and proportionately to the approach of NATO's military infrastructure toward our borders, and we will not fail to notice the expansion of global missile defence systems and increases in the reserves of strategic non-nuclear precision weaponry.

    We are often told that the ABM system is a defence system. But that's not the case. This is an offensive system; it is part of the offensive defence system of the United States on the periphery. Regardless of what our foreign colleagues say, we can clearly see what is actually happening: groups of NATO troops are clearly being reinforced in Eastern European states, including in the Black and Baltic seas. And the scale and intensity of operational and combat training is growing. In this regard, it is imperative to implement all planned measures to strength our nation's defence capacity fully and on schedule, including, of course, in Crimea and Sevastopol, where essentially we need to fully recreate the military infrastructure.
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    Quote Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)
    I'm still not sure if this is real or a hoax, but it was found on a site called "CurrencyMuseum.net"

    http://currencymuseum.net/images/ukr...W500-2006r.JPG



    (Supposedly) new Ukrainian money, with the pyramid and all-seeing eye of the international central bankers.

    If true, any doubt who is calling the shots?

    Dennis
    p.s. Please vet this as true before repeating it. I'm placing it here so it CAN be vetted.
    Found the same here: 500 Ukrainian hrivna/hryvnia/grivna
    http://openiazoch.zoznam.sk/exoticke...mxuah?note=500
    This site has pictures of every banknote from 1 to 500


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    I have not been following this thread as I have been on the Ukraine thread
    most of the time, this post came about as the discussion broadens and
    worth putting on threads about the current Isreal threads. If this has already
    been covered on this thread I apologise...Cheers...

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    Quote Where have the Rothschilds disappeared to?

    Good presentation by David about the Rothchild Zionists. Mainstream
    press and academics ignore him or laugh , but Where does David get
    most of his information ? Research connecting the dots. He may ad
    his own interpretations on his findings which is open to debate, but
    the basic facts he presents are available to any one to research.

    The difference between Jews and Zionism is not what David made up.

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    Talk to Al Jazeera - Rabbi Dovid Weiss: Zionism has created 'rivers of blood'



    Published on 10 Mar 2012


    The Jewish scholar explains why Zionism and Judaism are not necessarily the
    same thing and why he believes that Israel as a state is not legitimate.

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    The David Icke Videocast: Exposing The Lie On Israel’s Fake History – ‘The Cruellest Hoax’

    Sunday 20 July 2014






    The David Icke Videocast: Exposing The Lie On Israel's Fake History - 'The Cruellest Hoax'






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    An honest Israeli Jew tells the Real Truth about Israel





    Published on 2 Dec 2012


    Miko Peled was born in Jersusalem into a famous and influential Israeli Zionist
    family. His father was a famous General in the Israeli Army, of which Miko also
    served his time. When Miko's niece was killed by Palestinian suicide bombers, you
    may have expected the family to put Palestinians at fault, but surprisingly they
    blamed the state of Israel, and their violent torturing and persecution for driving
    people to such sadness that they would take their own lives.

    Through his father's deep knowledge of the Israeli war of terror, together with his
    own research, Miko Peled ruins the myths surrounding the Israel and Palestine
    situation, and delivers a truth so damning that many Jews and Israel supporters
    will not be able to bear it. He reveals facts such as the original expelled Jews are
    not the ones returning, and they are not their descendants either, covers the
    double standards regarding the right of return, which doesn't apply to Palestinians,
    and dispels the myth that there has been a conflict for ages by producing proof that
    it was peaceful up until 1947 when Israel launched their illegal attacks.

    Miko is just one of the many modern day Jews against Zionism and the state of
    Israel, and with the information he delivers in this astounding talk, it is not difficult
    to see why more and more Jews are rejecting Zionism and calling for the
    dismantling of Israel. It is a true eye-opener for anyone who has for too long been
    blinded by the fake misinformation given by the mainstream media, and the truths
    come straight from the heartland where he has spent many years documenting the real story.
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    I really like this song, "Referendum" by Vo1, even though I don`t understand much of the lyrics.

    Vo1 (Черный Пояс) - Референдум



    Enjoy!

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    The powers that be are doing their best to create as many potential trigger points so as to initiate Armageddon! These insane megalomaniacs believe that it is their duty to bring this prophesied event to fruition. Deluded as this may be, they believe it; this makes the probability of success a danger that can't be ignored! Our only hope of negating or stopping this eventuality is to relentlessly make this knowledge available to as many people as possible. I applaud Bill and everyone on this mission, and pray that we win or at least turn their evil machinations against them. For a have to believe that the truth will win out, and that their NWO plans fall on Stoney ground.

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    TV Ukraine - Propositions de génocide (Donbass gens inutiles)

    English subtitle: Bogdan Boutkevitch: You need to kill 1.5 million people in Donbass



    Translated from Ukrainian by Valentina Lisitsa

    Bogdan Boutkevitch: Ok, you ask me “How can this be happening?” Well, it happens because Donbass, in general, is not simply a region in a very depressed condition, it has got a whole number of problems, the biggest of which is that it is severely overpopulated with people nobody has any use for. Trust me I know perfectly well what I am saying.

    If we take, for example, just the Donetsk oblast, there are approximately 4 million inhabitants, at least 1.5 million of which are superfluous. That’s what I mean: we don’t need to [try to] “understand” Donbass, we need to understand Ukrainian national interests.

    Donbass must be exploited as a resource, which it is. I don’t claim to have a quick solution recipe, but the most important thing that must be done – no matter how cruel it may sound – is that there is a certain category of people that must be exterminated.

    Translation: http://slavyangrad.org/2014/08/01/uk...d-netherlands/

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    Quote Posted by Sophocles (here)
    TV Ukraine - Propositions de génocide (Donbass gens inutiles)

    English subtitle: Bogdan Boutkevitch: You need to kill 1.5 million people in Donbass



    Translated from Ukrainian by Valentina Lisitsa

    Bogdan Boutkevitch: Ok, you ask me “How can this be happening?” Well, it happens because Donbass, in general, is not simply a region in a very depressed condition, it has got a whole number of problems, the biggest of which is that it is severely overpopulated with people nobody has any use for. Trust me I know perfectly well what I am saying.

    If we take, for example, just the Donetsk oblast, there are approximately 4 million inhabitants, at least 1.5 million of which are superfluous. That’s what I mean: we don’t need to [try to] “understand” Donbass, we need to understand Ukrainian national interests.

    Donbass must be exploited as a resource, which it is. I don’t claim to have a quick solution recipe, but the most important thing that must be done – no matter how cruel it may sound – is that there is a certain category of people that must be exterminated.

    Translation: http://slavyangrad.org/2014/08/01/uk...d-netherlands/
    The translation from the French is accurate, except that 'tuer' (kill) has become 'exterminated' (which changes nothing).


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    All's not well for Merkel either:

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    Soldiers Abandon the Donbass Battlefield: Over 400 Ukrainian Troops Cross into Russia for Refuge

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    Theme: Militarization and WMD, Police State & Civil Rights
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    More than 400 Ukrainian troops have been allowed to cross into Russia after requesting sanctuary. It’s the largest, but not the first, case of desertion into Russia by Ukrainian soldiers involved in Kiev’s military crackdown in the east of the country.

    According to the Rostov Region’s border guard spokesman Vasily Malaev, a total of 438 soldiers, including 164 Ukrainian border guards, have been allowed into Russia on Sunday night.

    One of the Ukrainians was seriously injured on his arrival in Russia. He was taken to the hospital for surgery, the officials added.

    The other Ukrainian soldiers have been housed in a tent camp deployed near the checkpoint via which they entered Russian territory. The Russian border guards are providing them with food and bedding.

    Footage taken by the Russian media at the scene showed the Ukrainian soldiers being handed ration packs and resting in their temporary shelter. Those who agreed to speak on camera said they were relieved to be in safety for the first time in weeks.
    Over 400 Ukrainian soldiers flee to Russia, ask for refuge http://t.co/b2v91q3FwI @MKosareva
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    “We were given an order to leave out positions and go to Russia trough a corridor. We were told it would be safe. Of course they, I would say, made us go fast from behind,” one of the soldiers, a BMP driver who would not reveal his name or even show his face on camera, said.

    “It was so bad back there. Hot, and so many deaths and bad things,” another one, Dmitry, said.

    “Folks can rest here. They gave us a chance to wash, gave us new clothes. We are thankful.”

    “We have been in those fields for more than six months and are very tired,” he added.

    Another one, Yaroslav, said he wishes to go back to his family in Ukraine. “I want to do something peaceful. My contract expired four months ago,” he explained.


    Image: RIA Novosti/Yulia Nasulina

    On Sunday, the Ukrainian anti-government militia reported that it was in negotiations with a large contingent of Ukrainian troops they encircled in Lugansk region on a possible surrender. The negotiations were being hampered by the troops’ intention to destroy some 70 armored vehicles in their possession before laying down arms, which the militia wanted to capture intact.

    The Gukovo border checkpoint, through which the Ukrainian troops crossed into the Russian territory, is located on Russia’s border with the Lugansk Region of Ukraine, indicating that these are the same troops that were negotiating with the militia. If so, it was not immediately clear whether the vehicles they had were really destroyed.

    OSCE monitors and journos come under shelling from Ukraine at Russian border

    The flow of deserters from the ranks of Ukrainian Army and National Guard seems to be increasing amid the escalating violence in Donets and Lugansk Regions, where Kiev is fighting against armed anti-government militias.

    In late July 41 Ukrainian troops fled to Russia to escape fighting in eastern Ukraine. They are now being prosecuted in Ukraine for deserting in the heat of battle.


    Image: RIA Novosti

    Several Ukrainian units have been reported to recently to be cut off from supply lines after attempted offensive operations, which brought them behind the militia-controlled territories and close to the Russian border.

    The Ukrainian troops, while far superior to the militia in terms of heavy weapons, suffer from poor logistics. Many soldiers complain about lacking even basic supplies like food and water on the frontline. The situation is aggravated by cases of apparent negligence from the command, with units being supplied with faulty equipment, coming under friendly fire and simply left behind while retreating from militia counter-attacks.

    A YouTube video allegedly shows a Ukrainian soldier explaining how he has to catch and cook snakes because his unit receives no rations.

    Kiev’s National Guard unit mutiny: ‘We’ve been discarded like trash’

    This causes serious morale problems in the army, with more critical voices saying the Ukraine de facto has no infantry troops and has no other way to fight but by leveling militia-held cities to the ground with artillery and air strikes.

    There is a growing resistance to the military campaign among Ukrainian population, with several cases of mass protests against the latest mobilization drive, as mothers and wives of conscripts took to the streets to demand that their loved once not be drafted into the army.
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    Quote Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
    All's not well for Merkel either:

    Boy, I heard way too many interviews in the past days ... But if I remember correctly it was
    Jim Willie who talked about an early departure of Angela Merkel ...

    Yep, here's a reference to such a statement:

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    The grand stage leans East for the European players, with steps taken to the right, the weight having shifted, the messages suddenly more angry, more filled with disgust, more loaded with open confrontation. The commercial forces aligned with Russia are coming to the fore. The departure after a recent re-election by Chancellor Merkel should serve as the final slam of the hammer. She stood in the wrong camp, the banker and politician camp. They do not run Germany.
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    I think the interview I was listening to was this one ... Unintended Consequences with Jim Willie

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    Vladimir Putin signs historic $20bn oil deal with Iran to bypass Western sanctions

    Five-year accord will see Russia help Iran organise oil sales, but government denies it has violated international obligations


    Despite the sanctions, Iran has been looking to boost oil production in recent months, setting a new output target of 5.7m barrels per day (bpd) of crude by 2018 Photo: AP

    By Andrew Trotman
    4:40PM BST 06 Aug 2014

    Vladimir Putin has agreed a $20bn (£11.8bn) trade deal with Iran that will see Russia sidestep Western sanctions on its energy sector.

    Under the terms of a five-year accord, Russia will help Iran organise oil sales as well as “cooperate in the oil-gas industry, construction of power plants, grids, supply of machinery, consumer goods and agriculture products”, according to a statement by the Energy Ministry in Moscow.

    The Russian government issued a new statement on Wednesday after mysteriously withdrawing a similar release on Tuesday.

    Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that his government will help Iran bring its oil to market. In return, Iran wants to imort power and pump equipment, steel products such as pipes, machinery for its leather and textile industries, wood, wheat, pulses, oilseeds and meat.

    Iran "is also interested in the joint construction of power generation and development of coal deposits", Mr Novak added.

    Further talks between the two countries will take place next month, he said.

    A deal could see Russia buying 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil a day, the Moscow-based Kommersant newspaper has previously reported. That would be about a fifth of Iran’s output in June and half its exports.

    There’s a question over “how substantive this memorandum is”, Richard Mallinson, an analyst at Energy Aspects in London, told Bloomberg. “There would be various practical limitations in terms of Iran’s current production capacity, geography and shipping logistics, as well as US sanctions.”

    The move is a win-win for both nations after they were hit with Western sanctions aimed at limiting their energy sectors.

    The European Union recently unveiled a raft of measures to restrict certain oil exploration and oil drilling related products in Russia after what President Barack Obama called the country's "illegal actions" in Ukraine. Russia's prescence in the Eastern European country reached a watershed moment last month when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was allegedly shot down by rebels sympathetic to Mr Putin's government, killing all 298 people on board.

    On Tuesday, the Russian President told regional leaders that “the political tools of economic pressure are unacceptable and run counter to all norms and rules”, adding that he had given orders to boost domestic manufacturers at the expense of non-Russian ones.

    Meanwhile, Iran has faced sanctions due to its reluctance to end a controversial nuclear programme. The country has been locked in talks with six world powers - Britain, China, France, Russia, the US and Germany - to reach an understanding, with an interim deal to lift a ban on sales to the EU and limiting them to Asia agreed in November. However, since then talks have stalled, causing Iran's petroleum exports to halve in the past two years, according to OPEC.

    Despite the sanctions, Iran has been looking to boost oil production in recent months, setting a new output target of 5.7m barrels per day (bpd) of crude by 2018 - OPEC believes Iran is currently pumping about 3m bpd of crude. However, it needs the help of international oil companies, and Russian energy firms have repeatedly expressed an interest in teaming up with Iran.

    Alexander Novak, Russia's minister of energy, said an agreement would not violate international obligations and is important given the current "reality".

    The White House has previously said that reports of talks between Russia and Iran were a matter of "serious concern".

    "If the reports are true, such a deal would raise serious concerns as it would be inconsistent with the terms of the agreement with Iran," Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council, said in January.
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