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Inequality Social Dysfunction and Misery

Year on year the economic divisions and sub-divisions in the world deepen, the associated social ills increase: The rich, comfortable, and the very extremely rich keep getting richer, and the rest, well, whilst some may be raised up out of crippling poverty into relative poverty, the majority of people continue to live under a blanket of economic insecurity and largely remain where they are.

Aki Cederberg - Coming Home to Northern Pagan Traditions After Exploring Eastern Mysticism - Hour 1

Aki Cederberg is a writer, traveler, musician, and filmmaker who gives talks and lectures on esoteric subjects. He has written for several publications including The Fenris Wolf book series. He is the author of Journeys in the Kali Yuga: A Pilgrimage from Esoteric India to Pagan Europe. Aki is a member of several Finnish musical groups and is a contributor to the Radio Wyrd podcast. He lives in Helsinki, Finland.
A video version of this interview is available here.

Russia calls West’s stance on Skripal ‘hypocritical’

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has promised to retaliate to Western expulsion measures [PPIO]
Russia has fired back at the US and its European allies for expelling its diplomats over the alleged poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England.
A statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry called the European and US measures “prejudiced, biased and hypocritical”, and said Moscow will definitely respond.

Finland ready to welcome ISIS jihadists with social benefits and apartments

Finland believes that it can integrate ISIS jihadists into its neo-liberal, progressive society with social benefits and safe spaces.
Finnish officials are considering providing former ISIS members with extra social services to reintegrate back into society.
The Finnish daily Ilta-Sanomat reports that Finland’s Interior Ministry called for cooperation between the relevant bodies to increase the level of integration by providing apartments and livelihoods to repentant jihadists.

Russia, Estonia, Finland hold joint sea rescue drills in Gulf of Finland

Originally appeared at RussiaFed.com
ST. PETERSBURG (Sputnik) – Border guard ships from Russia, Estonia and Finland on Tuesday held a joint sea rescue training in Russian territorial waters on the Gulf of Finland, the press-service of Russia’s Federal Security Service’s (FSB) border directorate in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region said on Wednesday.

Putin’s grey eminence, Sergei Ivanov, could be making a comeback

Originally appeared at Russiafeed.com
There was great surprise in August of 2016, when Vladimir Putin’s longtime chief-of-staff and trusted KGB colleague, was removed from his post. He was replaced by the younger but relatively unknown Anton Vaino.
Ivanov was relegated to an apparent sinecure post, “Special representative for environment and transport issues.”