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335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople. 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. 921 – Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia), to recognize their borders along the Rhine. 1426 – Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi. 1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. 1619 – Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia. 1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published. 1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British. 1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society. 1811 – Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States. 1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time. 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive. 1861 – The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia. 1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party. 1881 – Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed. 1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia. 1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so. 1900 – Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses. 1900 – The People's Party is founded in Cuba. 1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode. 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. 1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio. 1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date. 1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces. 1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress. 1916 – Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States. 1916 – Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people. 1917 – The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace. 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire. 1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year. 1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria. 1919 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities. 1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. 1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution. 1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces. 1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion. 1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. 1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring. 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States. 1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform. 1954 – In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day. 1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt. 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated. 1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. 1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city. 1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 1972 – 1972 United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time. 1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. 1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman. 1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused. 1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. 1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States. 1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City. 1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests. 1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland. 1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA. 1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast. 1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. 2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States. 2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. 2004 – Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. 2007 – Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people. 2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people. 2017 – Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers. A security guard was killed and 20 people were wounded. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.

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Putin, Macron call for Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire as deaths mount

Russian President Vladimir Putin and France's Emmanuel Macron have called for an immediate ceasefire between ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, as the official death toll passed 100 and the two sides said they would continue fighting.

“Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron called on the warring sides to halt fire completely and as soon as possible, de-escalate tensions and show maximum restraint,” the Kremlin said in a statement early on Thursday.

In a telephone conversation that came at Macron's initiative, the two leaders discussed “concrete parameters of further cooperation, first and foremost within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group,” the Kremlin said in a statement.

The leaders expressed “readiness” to see a statement made on behalf of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group - Russia, France and the United States - that would call for an “end to fighting and start of immediate talks, the Kremlin added. .

On Thursday, Azerbaijan's general prosecutor's office said Armenian shelling killed a civilian in its town of Terter and badly damaged the train station there.

The two sides are engaged in the heaviest fighting in years over Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian province that broke away from Azerbaijan in the 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed.

So far, Armenia and Azerbaijan have rejected international calls for negotiations.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev promised his military would keep fighting until Armenian troops withdrew fully from Karabakh.

If “the Armenian government fulfils the demand, fighting and bloodshed will end, and peace will be established in the region,” he said while visiting wounded soldiers on Wednesday.

'Prepare for long-term war'

For his part, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said it was not “very appropriate” to speak of negotiations “at a time of intensive hostilities”.

In the Armenian capital Yerevan, dozens of men gathered outside a recruitment office to join the fight.

Karabakh leader Arayik Harutyunyan said on Wednesday: “We need to prepare for a long-term war.”

In the breakaway province's capital, Stepanakert, two explosions were heard about midnight on Thursday as sirens sounded.

Residents told AFP news agency that the city had been attacked by drones.

Streets were dark with public lighting shut off, although some shops were open in the city, which local authorities said came under fire when fighting first erupted on Sunday.

The official death toll has surpassed 100, including civilians, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy losses on the other.

Armenia has reported 104 military deaths and 23 civilians killed.

It claimed that Azerbaijan had lost 130 troops while another 200 were wounded.

Armenia has reported 104 military deaths and 23 civilians killed, and claimed that Azerbaijan had lost 130 troops while another 200 were wounded [Aziz Karimov/AP]

Azerbaijan's defense ministry countered, saying that its forces have killed 2,300 Karabakh troops and “destroyed 130 tanks, 200 artillery units, 25 anti-aircraft units, five ammunition depots, 50 anti-tank units, 55 military vehicles”.

With Baku and Yerevan rejecting talks, fears have emerged that the conflict could escalate into all-out war, which could also draw in regional powers like Turkey and Russia.

Moscow, which has a military pact with Armenia and also enjoys good ties with Azerbaijan, has repeatedly called for an end to the fighting and offered to host negotiations.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow's “readiness” to organize a meeting.

But neither leader showed signs of being ready for talks.

“We are definitely very close to seeing a large-scale war, possibly even on a regional scale,” said Olesya Vartanyan of the International Crisis Group.

Karabakh's declaration of independence from Azerbaijan sparked a war in the early 1990s that claimed 30,000 lives, but the territory is not recognized by any country, including Armenia.

Talks to resolve the conflict have largely stalled since a 1994 ceasefire agreement.

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Steam makes great struts: Erdogan producer lights in the South Caucasus

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Steam makes great struts: Erdogan producer lights in the South Caucasus

Turkey sees itself as a protection of the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. The population of both countries have ethnic and linguistic similarities. After the independence of the small state on the Caspian sea in 1991, the doctrine of “two States, a Nation established itself, therefore quick”. Both Baku and Ankara to underline their bilateral relations with this Slogan.

Since the mid 90-ies, Azerbaijan to each other device on a regular basis with Armenian military. The clashes ranging from border skirmishes to massive Wars. The bone of contention in the Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, is mostly, for Armenia but an independent state. The Armenians are in control of the land since 1994, a military conflict was gone.

On the 12. July in the Northern Armenian province of Tavush to a bloody clash between the two actors. According to official figures, 17 people have been killed, mostly military. Both countries give the other side of the fault. The events are displayed in different ways.

Ankara rushes to the aid

Ankara was accustomed to reflexively on the side of his Azerbaijani protege. There is a sharp rhetoric from the Turkish defense Minister Hulusi Akar, the Armenia was the sole blame for the incident was followed by: “The pain of the Azerbaijani Turks is also our pain”. Armenia will pay for it, said Akar. Already at a four-day combat action in the year 2016, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced to support in case of Azerbaijan “until the end”.

This Time, it left the Turkish government has not sabre-rattling: How the Turkish news Agency Anadolu reported, would be carried out in the allied countries from the first to the tenth of August, in common military exercises in Baku, and in Nagorno-Karabakh. Also, the air force of both countries sample common combat actions. According to the Turkish news Agency Anadolu helicopters of the Turkish air force had already landed and been received.

A danger for stability and safety

The Director of the think-tank “Insight Centre for Data Analytics,” Anna Karapetyan holds the upcoming military exercise for a devastating Signal. “It is self-explanatory, that after the recent clashes in Tavush – which were provoked by Azerbaijan and to the unprecedented aggressive rhetoric from Turkey, a military exercise will not contribute to more security and stability in the Region,” says the political scientist. “Turkey is a destructive factor in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.” The military support of Turkey should be understood as a threat to Armenia and would have to be punished by the international community, says Karapetyan.

Hakki Casin of the Istanbul-based Yeditepe University is in favour, however, the joint military exercise. “It is a very important Exercise, on the Land and air units, and specialty units to participate. (…) With military Power, Turkey is trying to secure peace and stability in the Region”, the expert for International relations.

Casin recalls that of the stability in the Caucasus, but also economic interests depended. “Azerbaijan is rich in natural resources, billions of cubic meters of natural gas will be directed from there a year to Europe”. The commitment of the Turkey will get use to the Europeans. Ankara wants to. Gasschatz secure

Ankara holds also from economic reasons to the small country on the Caspian sea: Together with Georgia, Azerbaijan is an important energy corridor for Turkey The TRANS-Anatolian Pipeline, which is only two years in operation, the TRANS-Caucasian Pipeline and the South Caucasus Pipeline running through the two countries. Each of these pipelines natural gas from the Caspian sea flows into the gas distribution network in Turkey. Azerbaijan has become in recent years one of the most important energy supplier to Turkey.

This is mainly due to the fact that Ankara seeks increasingly to reduce energy dependence on Russian Gas. So far, Turkey receives natural gas mainly from Russia, transported in the Pipeline “Blue Stream” through the Black sea to Turkey. The new Pipeline Turkish Stream, which was opened in the beginning of this year, has doubled the capacity of the old tube, almost.

Again, Ankara and Moscow are on the feet

Obviously, this was Ankara’s strategic mistake: Whether in the Libyan civil war or the conflict in the North-Western Syrian Region of Idlib, the positions of Ankara and Moscow could not be more different. And also the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict, the interests of the two regional powers on the cross are.

That of Ankara in the Region plays more and more as the patron Saint of Azerbaijan, is watched by the Kremlin with Argus eyes. The Turkish expert on Russia Kerim Has from Moscow is, nonetheless, that the on the first of August, the beginning of military exercises, tensions between Ankara and Moscow can be the cause. That could change after the view Has, however, soon: “The signs that the Turkish government would like to build a military base in Azerbaijan permanently.” This would then bring serious potential for conflict between Ankara and Moscow with.

the reason for the skeptical attitude of Russian government towards the hegemonic aspirations of Ankara is Moscow, too, in the Region of shops. Russian energy companies like Gazprom in Gas supplies to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in a monopoly position. Not only that, but Russia sees itself as a protecting power in Armenia, the arch-enemy of Azerbaijan. Since 1995, the Russian forces maintain a military base, only 15 kilometers from the Turkish border.

author: Daniel Derya Bellut, Deger Akal, Hilal Köylü

*The post “Turkish Big ambitions: Erdogan, the producer lights in the South Caucasus” published by Deutsche Welle. Contact with the executives here.

Deutsche Welle Updated Date: 31 July 2020, 16:27 Read original article here.

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Russia, UK move to ease coronavirus lockdowns: Live updates | News

Residents of Moscow will be allowed to go out for a walk – for the first time in more than two months – on Monday, while the UK is also preparing to relax its lockdown despite concerns among the government’s scientific advisory body.

Latin America’s death toll has now exceeded 50,000 with some one million cases reported across the region.

Most of the deaths have been in Brazil, where supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro appeared at a rally on Sunday against the country’s top court, which is investigating the right-wing leader.

More than 6.17 million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed around the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 372,000 people have died, including more than 104,000 in the US. At least 2.64 million have recovered globally.

Here are the latest updates:

Monday, June 1

08:50 GMT – Philippines sees traffic jams as lockdown eased

Traffic jams and crowds of commuters returned to the Philippine capital, as the metropolis relaxed anti-virus measures in a high-stakes gamble to slowly reopen the economy while fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Commuter trains, taxis, ride-sharing cars, special shuttle buses and motorcycles rumbled back on the road in metropolitan Manila but were only allowed to carry a fraction of their capacity as a safeguard.

Public transport was still limited by the relaxed rules and many commuters waited for hours to get a ride despite the government’s deployment of buses.

People have their temperatures checked before boarding a bus during the first day of a more relaxed lockdown that was placed to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines [Aaron Favila/AP]

08:45 GMT – Turkey resumes domestic flights

Turkey has resumed domestic flights as it eases restrictions in place since March to contain the novel coronavirus.

The first passenger plane took off from Istanbul for the capital, Ankara, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoglu, who was on board, said on Twitter.

There were a total of 156 passengers on the Turkish Airlines plane, state news agency Anadolu reported.

Safety first, as always!

For the safety of all our guests and crew, we are committed to apply high standards of hygiene measures regularly.#TurkishAirlines pic.twitter.com/GVeLz6CzsC

— Turkish Airlines (@TurkishAirlines) May 31, 2020

Only a limited number of flights are restarting for now, from Istanbul to the Aegean city of Izmir, the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya and the Black Sea city of Trabzon.

08:30 GMT – Greece lifts lockdown on hotels, primary schools

Greece has lifted lockdown restrictions for hotels, open-air cinemas, golf courses and public swimming pools as the country ramped up preparations for the crucial summer tourism season to start in two weeks. Primary school children also returned to class.

Strict public safety measures have kept Greece’s COVID-19 infection rate low with 2,917 cases. The country has seen only 175 virus-related deaths, according to the health ministry.

International flights with screening procedures will return to Athens and Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki starting on June 15, and will be expanded to the rest of the country on July 1.

Classes will have no more than 15 children while the academic year will end on Friday, June 26 [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

08:15 GMT – China says US ‘addicted to quitting’ over WHO plan

China said the United States was “addicted to quitting” following Washington’s decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) and said the withdrawal reveals a pursuit of power politics and unilateralism.

Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters during a daily briefing that the international community disagreed with what he said was the selfish behaviour of the US.

On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced the US will be terminating its relationship with the WHO, saying it had failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has “total control” over it.

08:00 GMT – Japanese MotoGP round cancelled due to pandemic

Japan will not have a MotoGP round for the first time since 1986 after organisers cancelled the October 18 race at Motegi due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will keep the series in Europe until mid-November.

The race is a home one for champions Honda as well as manufacturers Yamaha and Suzuki. It is the sixth on the 2020 calendar to be cancelled this year.

Read here to find out which other sporting events have been cancelled because of the pandemic.

MotoGP is hoping to begin racing in Spain, which usually hosts four rounds of the championship, at the southern Jerez circuit in July [File: Toru Hanai/Reuters]

07:45 GMT – Latest coronavirus figures

Russia: 414,878 cases (9,035), 4,855 deaths (162)

Singapore: 35,292 cases (408), 23 deaths (0)

Germany: 181,815 (333), 8,511 deaths (11)

07:30 GMT – UK reopens markets and some schools

English schools are reopening for the first time since they were shut 10 weeks ago because of the coronavirus pandemic, but many parents planned to keep children at home amid fears ministers were moving too fast.

The easing of strict measures will mean classes will restart for some younger children, up to six people can meet outside in England, outdoor markets can reopen, elite competitive sport can resume without spectators and more than two million of the most vulnerable will now be allowed to spend time outdoors.

UK scientists warn against lifting lockdown too soon

07:00 GMT – Armenian PM tests positive for COVID-19

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has revealed that he and his family have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

“I didn’t have any symptoms, I decided to take a test as I was planning to visit the frontline,” he said during a Facebook live video, adding that his whole family was infected.

Armenia, with a population of 3 million, has so far registered 9,402 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 139 deaths.

Pashinyan attends a meeting of heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Saint Petersburg, Russia in December 2019 [File: Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters]

06:40 GMT – South Africa partly lifts lockdown, schools’ reopening postponed

South Africa has partly lifted a two month-old coronavirus lockdown, letting people outside for work, worship, exercise or shopping, and allowing mines and factories to run at full capacity to try to revive the economy.

The government hopes Monday’s move to “level 3” lockdown will sputter businesses to a start.

However, the reopening of schools for the last years of primary and secondary school has been postponed by a week after concerns raised by the teachers’ union about insufficient protective equipment.

Zimbabwe lockdown: Grandmothers offer free therapy

06:30 GMT – Primark to open all stores in England on June 15

Fashion retailer Primark is working to reopen all its 153 stores in England on June 15, in line with the country’s easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, its owner Associated British Foods said.

Primark is currently trading from 112 stores across Europe and the United States, representing 34 percent of its total selling space. By June it is planning to have 281 stores open or 79 percent of selling space.

06:20 GMT – India climbs to 7th biggest outbreak in world

India has registered 230 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its total to 5,394 as the country begins its three-stage reopening on Monday.

The lockdown is being eased in most places except for the containment zones now isolated due to coronavirus outbreaks.

People wearing protective face shields walk inside a park after few restrictions were lifted, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease in New Delhi [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

The Health Ministry said India had 190,535 cases, which is the seventh most worldwide, exceeding Germany and France.

More than 60 percent of India’s COVID-19 deaths have occurred in just two states – Maharashtra, the financial hub and entertainment hub of India, and Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Hello, this is Saba Aziz in Doha, taking over the blog from my colleague Kate Mayberry.

05:30 GMT –

I’m handing over the blog to my colleagues in Doha. A quick recap of developments over the past few hours, as a number of places – from Australia to Russia and the UK – loosen their lockdowns further.

China has seen the biggest spike in cases in three weeks – linked to people returning home on a flight from Egypt – while Hong Kong has reported its first locally-acquired cases in two weeks. Japan, meanwhile, is considering allowing nationals of some countries to visit, provided they follow strict conditions.

05:10 GMT – Pakistan’s top leadership to meet as coronavirus cases spike

Pakistan’s National Coordination Committee on the Coronavirus, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, is due to meet on Monday to thrash out a plan to deal with a sharp rise in cases and fatalities from the virus, according to Al Jazeera correspondent Asad Hashim.

Cases rose by more than 2,900 on Sunday with an additional 62 fatalities taking the death toll to 1,579.

There has been a sharp increase in coronavirus deaths in the last week, with cases rising at an increasing daily rate after most restrictions were lifted ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the country’s most important holiday.

05:00 GMT – Eating out back on the menu in Turkey as lockdown eased further

Restaurants, cafes, museums, beaches and swimming pools are due to reopen in Turkey as the government further relaxes its lockdown.

More than 4,500 people have died from the virus in Turkey, but authorities say the outbreak is now under control. Restrictions on movement for people over 65 and under 18 will remain in force.

04:05 GMT – Japan considers allowing visitors from handful of countries

Japan may reopen its borders to visitors from countries with low levels of coronavirus infection, including Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand, local media reported on Monday.

The Asahi Shimbun said business travellers from the four nations would be allowed entry providing they tested negative for COVID-19 before departure and on arrival. Their movements once in Japan would also be tightly restricted.

An near-deserted Narita Airport in Tokyo as the coronavirus spread in early March [Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters]

03:50 GMT – Hong Kong announces first locally transmitted cases in two weeks

Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating two new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus – a 34-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man.

Public broadcaster RTHK says the woman works at a logistics warehouse labelling food imported from the UK. Two people there tested positive for the virus a month ago.

The new cases bring the total number of cases in the territory to 1,085, with four deaths.

03:15 GMT – Muscovites get to go out for walks again as lockdown eased slightly

People in the Russian capital will be allowed to go out for a walk or run, and some shops will reopen, as Moscow moves to loosen a lockdown that has been in force since late March.

Residents will be allowed out for walks three times a week on a schedule linked to where they live. People will also be able to go for a run between 5am and 9am as parks open their gates again.

Shopping centres, as well as car showrooms, dry cleaners, bookshops and laundrettes are also scheduled to reopen.

A shop assistant prepares a children’s clothing store for opening in Moscow after Mayor Sergei Sobyanin decided to relax coronavirus restrictions from June 1 [Yuri Kochetkov/EPA]

Thousands of cases are still being reported across Russia’s 11 time zones, but at a far lower level than previously. Russia has the third-highest number of confirmed cases in the world.

03:00 GMT – N Korea to start reopening schools after coronavirus delayed term

North Korea will start reopening schools in phases from this month, providing strict anti-coronavirus measures are in place.

State media says thermometers and hand sanitiser need to be provided at the school gate as well as in classrooms and administrative offices, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

Top priority will be given to testing children at nurseries and kindergarten, as well as disinfecting buildings.

North Korea has said it has no cases of coronavirus.

02:30 GMT – Encouraging drop in viral load in experimental S Korean drug

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc says its experimental treatment for COVID-19 has shown a 100-fold reduction in the viral load of the disease during animal testing.

The pre-clinical study of the drug showed improved recovery in runny nose, cough and body aches after the first day of treatment, and clearing of lung inflammation within six days, the company said in a statement.

Celltrion has research experience with other types of coronavirus conditions such as the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). It hopes to start the first human clinical trials for the COVID-19 treatment in July, said Kwon Ki-Sung, head of the firm’s research and development unit.

“(Celltrion) has the capability to roll out mass production of the therapeutic antibody treatment once it is ready,” Kwon said.

Want to know more about viral load, read our Doctor’s Note from Dr Sara Kayat.

02:00 GMT – China coronavirus cases highest in three weeks

China has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases in three weeks after a number of cases were found among people who had returned from Egypt.

The National Health Commission reported 16 new cases, all of them in people coming from overseas.

Chinese state television said 11 people who arrived in Sichuan on a flight from Egypt had tested positive, while a further six asymptomatic cases were also found.

00:50 GMT – Australia zoos, museums reopen as restrictions eased further

Zoos, museums and other public attractions have begun to reopen in parts of Australia for the first time in more than two months.

In New South Wales, the state where most Australians live, cafes, restaurants have also been allowed to welcome as many as 50 people at a time.

Taronga Zoo reopens this morning after 9 weeks of being closed. Extra marshalling staff will remind people to social distance @9NewsSyd @tarongazoo

pic.twitter.com/bfaPHglRZk

— Zara James (@Zara_James9) May 31, 2020

23:30 GMT (May 31) – Brazil records 480 new deaths on Sunday

Brazil reported 480 deaths from coronavirus on Sunday, bringing its death toll to 29,314, the health ministry said.

More than half a million people in the country have now been confirmed to have a virus that Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed as a “little flu”.

Bolsonaro was out on horseback on Sunday, greeting supporters at a rally against the country’s top court, which is investigating the right-wing leader.

Brazil has the second-highest number of cases in the world after the US and the fourth-highest death toll after the US, UK and Italy.

23:00 GMT (May 31) – US sends 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to Brazil

The US has delivered two million doses of the antimalarial medicine hydroxychloroquine to Brazil to fight COVID-19, the White House said, even though the drug has not been proven effective against the coronavirus.

“HCQ will be used as a prophylactic to help defend Brazil’s nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals against the virus. It will also be used as a therapeutic to treat Brazilians who become infected,” a statement said in reference to the drug.

It said the US would also send 1,000 ventilators to Brazil, the epicentre of South America’s outbreak.

“We are also announcing a joint United States-Brazilian research effort that will include randomized controlled clinical trials,” it added.

Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat malaria as well as the autoimmune disorders lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. The WHO recently suspended trials into the drug because of concerns about side effects.

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Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur.

Read all the updates from yesterday (May 31) here.

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Vitaly Manski: Don’t Shop at Armenia on Tverskaya Vitaly Manski Facebook August 17, 2019 I will never again darken the door of the Armenia cafe and shop at Tverskaya 17.

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LAW # 31 : CONTROL THE OPTIONS: GET OTHERS TO PLAY WITH THE CARDS YOU DEAL

JUDGEMENT

The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets. Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force them to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: They are gored wherever they turn.

OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW I

From early in his reign, Ivan IV, later known as Ivan the Terrible, had to confront an unpleasant reality: The country desperately needed reform, but he lacked the power to push it through. The greatest limit to his authority came from the boyars, the Russian princely class that dominated the country and terrorized the peasantry.

In 1553, at the age of twenty-three, Ivan fell ill. Lying in bed, nearing death, he asked the boyars to swear allegiance to his son as the new czar. Some hesitated, some even refused. Then and there Ivan saw he had no power over the boyars. He recovered from his illness, but he never forgot the lesson: The boyars were out to destroy him. And indeed in the years to come, many of the most powerful of them defected to Russia’s main enemies, Poland and Lithuania, where they plotted their return and the overthrow of the czar. Even one of Ivan’s closest friends, Prince Andrey Kurbski, suddenly turned against him, defecting to Lithuania in 1564, and becoming the strongest of Ivan’s enemies.

When Kurbski began raising troops for an invasion, the royal dynasty seemed suddenly more precarious than ever. With émigré nobles fomenting invasion from the west, Tartars bearing down from the east, and the boyars stirring up trouble within the country, Russia’s vast size made it a nightmare to defend. In whatever direction Ivan struck, he would leave himself vulnerable on the other side. Only if he had absolute power could he deal with this many-headed Hydra. And he had no such power.

Ivan brooded until the morning of December 3, 1564, when the citizens of Moscow awoke to a strange sight. Hundreds of sleds filled the square before the Kremlin, loaded with the czar’s treasures and with provisions for the entire court. They watched in disbelief as the czar and his court boarded the sleds and left town. Without explaining why, he established himself in a village south of Moscow. For an entire month a kind of terror gripped the capital, for the Muscovites feared that Ivan had abandoned them to the bloodthirsty boyars. Shops closed up and riotous mobs gathered daily. Finally, on January 3 of 1565, a letter arrived from the czar, explaining that he could no longer bear the boyars’ betrayals and had decided to abdicate once and for all.

The German Chancellor Bismarck, enraged at the constant criticisms from Rudolf Virchow (the German pathologist and liberal politician), had his seconds call upon the scientist to challenge him to a duel. “As the challenged party, I have the choice of weapons,” said Virchow, “and I choose these.” He held aloft two large and apparently identical sausages. “One of these,” he went on, “is infected with deadly germs; the orher is perfectly sound. Let His Excellency decide which one he wishes to eat, and I will eat the other.” Almost immediately the message came back that the chancellor had decided to cancel the duel.

THE LITTLE. BROWN BOOK OF ANECDOTES. CLIFTON FADIMAN, FD., 1985

Read aloud in public, the letter had a startling effect: Merchants and commoners blamed the boyars for Ivan’s decision, and took to the streets, terrifying the nobility with their fury. Soon a group of delegates representing the church, the princes, and the people made the journey to Ivan’s village, and begged the czar, in the name of the holy land of Russia, to return to the throne. Ivan listened but would not change his mind. After days of hearing their pleas, however, he offered his subjects a choice: Either they grant him absolute powers to govern as he pleased, with no interference from the boyars, or they find a new leader.

Faced with a choice between civil war and the acceptance of despotic power, almost every sector of Russian society “opted” for a strong czar, calling for Ivan’s return to Moscow and the restoration of law and order. In February, with much celebration, Ivan returned to Moscow. The Russians could no longer complain if he behaved dictatorially—they had given him this power themselves.

Interpretation

Ivan the Terrible faced a terrible dilemma: To give in to the boyars would lead to certain destruction, but civil war would bring a different kind of ruin. Even if Ivan came out of such a war on top, the country would be devastated and its divisions would be stronger than ever. His weapon of choice in the past had been to make a bold, offensive move. Now, however, that kind of move would turn against him—the more boldly he confronted his enemies, the worse the reactions he would spark.

The main weakness of a show of force is that it stirs up resentment and eventually leads to a response that eats at your authority. Ivan, immensely creative in the use of power, saw clearly that the only path to the kind of victory he wanted was a false withdrawal. He would not force the country over to his position, he would give it “options”: either his abdication, and certain anarchy, or his accession to absolute power. To back up his move, he made it clear that he preferred to abdicate: “Call my bluff,” he said, “and watch what happens.” No one called his bluff. By withdrawing for just a month, he showed the country a glimpse of the nightmares that would follow his abdication—Tartar invasions, civil war, ruin. (All of these did eventually come to pass after Ivan’s death, in the infamous “Time of the Troubles.”)

Withdrawal and disappearance are classic ways of controlling the options. You give people a sense of how things will fall apart without you, and you offer them a “choice”: I stay away and you suffer the consequences, or I return under circumstances that I dictate. In this method of controlling people’s options, they choose the option that gives you power because the alternative is just too unpleasant. You force their hand, but indirectly: They seem to have a choice. Whenever people feel they have a choice, they walk into your trap that much more easily.

THE LIAR

Once upon a time there was a king of Armenia, who, being of a curious turn of mind and in need of some new diversion, sent his heralds throughout the land to make the following proclamation: “Hear this! Whatever man among you can prove himself the most outrageous liar in Armenia shall receive an apple made of pure gold from the hands of His Majesty the King!” People began to swarm to the palace from every town and hamlet in the country, people of all ranks and conditions, princes, merchants, farmers, priests, rich and poor, tall and short, fat and thin. There was no lack of liars in the land, and each one told his tale to the king. A ruler, however, has heard practically every sort of lie, and none of those now told him convinced the king that he had listened to the best of them. The king was beginning to grow tired of his new sport and was thinking of calling the whole contest off without declaring a winner, when there appeared before him a poor, ragged man, carrying a large earthenware pitcher under his arm. “What can I do for you?” asked His Majesty. “Sire!” said the poor man, slightly bewildered “Surely you remember? You owe me a pot of gold, and I have come to collect it.” “You are a pet feet liar, sir!’ exclaimed the king ”I owe you no money’” ”A perfect liar, am I?” said the poor man. ”Then give me the golden apple!” The king, realizing that the man was Irving to trick him. started to hedge. ”No. no! You are not a liar!” ”Then give me the pot of gold you owe me. sire.” said the man. The king saw the dilemma, He handed over the golden apple.

ARMENIAN FOLK-IALES AND FABLES. REIOLD BY CAHARLES DOWNING. 1993

OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW II

As a seventeenth-century French courtesan, Ninon de Lenclos found that her life had certain pleasures. Her lovers came from royalty and aristocracy, and they paid her well, entertained her with their wit and intellect, satisfied her rather demanding sensual needs, and treated her almost as an equal. Such a life was infinitely preferable to marriage. In 1643, however, Ninon’s mother died suddenly, leaving her, at the age of twenty-three, totally alone in the world—no family, no dowry, nothing to fall back upon. A kind of panic overtook her and she entered a convent, turning her back on her illustrious lovers. A year later she left the convent and moved to Lyons. When she finally reappeared in Paris, in 1648, lovers and suitors flocked to her door in greater numbers than ever before, for she was the wittiest and most spirited courtesan of the time and her presence had been greatly missed.

Ninon’s followers quickly discovered, however, that she had changed her old way of doing things, and had set up a new system of options. The dukes, seigneurs, and princes who wanted to pay for her services could continue to do so, but they were no longer in control—she would sleep with them when she wanted, according to her whim. All their money bought them was a possibility. If it was her pleasure to sleep with them only once a month, so be it.

Those who did not want to be what Ninon called a payeur could join the large and growing group of men she called her martyrs—men who visited her apartment principally for her friendship, her biting wit, her lute-playing, and the company of the most vibrant minds of the period, including Molière, La Rochefoucauld, and Saint-Évremond. The martyrs, too, however, entertained a possibility: She would regularly select from them a favori, a man who would become her lover without having to pay, and to whom she would abandon herself completely for as long as she so desired—a week, a few months, rarely longer. A payeur could not become a favori, but a martyr had no guarantee of becoming one, and indeed could remain disappointed for an entire lifetime. The poet Charleval, for example, never enjoyed Ninon’s favors, but never stopped coming to visit—he did not want to do without her company.

As word of this system reached polite French society, Ninon became the object of intense hostility. Her reversal of the position of the courtesan scandalized the queen mother and her court. Much to their horror, however, it did not discourage her male suitors—indeed it only increased their numbers and intensified their desire. It became an honor to be a payeur, helping Ninon to maintain her lifestyle and her glittering salon, accompanying her sometimes to the theater, and sleeping with her when she chose. Even more distinguished were the martyrs, enjoying her company without paying for it and maintaining the hope, however remote, of some day becoming her favori. That possibility spurred on many a young nobleman, as word spread that none among the courtesans could surpass Ninon in the art of love. And so the married and the single, the old and the young, entered her web and chose one of the two options presented to them, both of which amply satisfied her.

Interpretation

The life of the courtesan entailed the possibility of a power that was denied a married woman, but it also had obvious perils. The man who paid for the courtesan’s services in essence owned her, determining when he could possess her and when, later on, he would abandon her. As she grew older, her options narrowed, as fewer men chose her. To avoid a life of poverty she had to amass her fortune while she was young. The courtesan’s legendary greed, then, reflected a practical necessity, yet also lessened her allure, since the illusion of being desired is important to men, who are often alienated if their partner is too interested in their money. As the courtesan aged, then, she faced a most difficult fate.

Ninon de Lenclos had a horror of any kind of dependence. She early on tasted a kind of equality with her lovers, and she would not settle into a system that left her such distasteful options. Strangely enough, the system she devised in its place seemed to satisfy her suitors as much as it did her. The payeurs may have had to pay, but the fact that Ninon would only sleep with them when she wanted to gave them a thrill unavailable with every other courtesan: She was yielding out of her own desire. The martyrs’ avoidance of the taint of having to pay gave them a sense of superiority; as members of Ninon’s fraternity of admirers, they also might some day experience the ultimate pleasure of being her favori. Finally, Ninon did not force her suitors into either category. They could “choose” which side they preferred—a freedom that left them a vestige of masculine pride.

Such is the power of giving people a choice, or rather the illusion of one, for they are playing with cards you have dealt them. Where the alternatives set up by Ivan the Terrible involved a certain risk—one option would have led to his losing his power—Ninon created a situation in which every option redounded to her favor. From the payeurs she received the money she needed to run her salon. And from the martyrs she gained the ultimate in power: She could surround herself with a bevy of admirers, a harem from which to choose her lovers.

The system, though, depended on one critical factor: the possibility, however remote, that a martyr could become a favori. The illusion that riches, glory, or sensual satisfaction may someday fall into your victim’s lap is an irresistible carrot to include in your list of choices. That hope, however slim, will make men accept the most ridiculous situations, because it leaves them the all-important option of a dream. The illusion of choice, married to the possibility of future good fortune, will lure the most stubborn sucker into your glittering web.

J. P. Morgan Sr. once told a jeweler of his acquaintance that he was interested in buying a pearl scarf-pin. Just a few weeks later, the jeweler happened upon a magnificent pearl. He had it mounted in an appropriate setting and sent it to Morgan, together with a bill for $5,000. The following day the package was returned. Morgan’s accompanying note read: “I like the pin, but I don’t like the price. If you will accept the enclosed check for $4,000, please send back the box with the seal unbroken.” The enraged jeweler refused the check and dismissed the messenger in disgust. He opened up the box to reclaim the unwanted pin, only to find that it had been removed. In its place was a check for $5,000.

THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF ANECDOTES. CLIFTON FADIMAN, ED.. 1985

KEYS TO POWER

Words like “freedom,” “options,” and “choice” evoke a power of possibility far beyond the reality of the benefits they entail. When examined closely, the choices we have—in the marketplace, in elections, in our jobs—tend to have noticeable limitations: They are often a matter of a choice simply between A and B, with the rest of the alphabet out of the picture. Yet as long as the faintest mirage of choice flickers on, we rarely focus on the missing options. We “choose” to believe that the game is fair, and that we have our freedom. We prefer not to think too much about the depth of our liberty to choose.

This unwillingness to probe the smallness of our choices stems from the fact that too much freedom creates a kind of anxiety. The phrase “unlimited options” sounds infinitely promising, but unlimited options would actually paralyze us and cloud our ability to choose. Our limited range of choices comforts us.

This supplies the clever and cunning with enormous opportunities for deception. For people who are choosing between alternatives find it hard to believe they are being manipulated or deceived; they cannot see that you are allowing them a small amount of free will in exchange for a much more powerful imposition of your own will. Setting up a narrow range of choices, then, should always be a part of your deceptions. There is a saying: If you can get the bird to walk into the cage on its own, it will sing that much more prettily.

The following are among the most common forms of “controlling the options”:

Color the Choices. This was a favored technique of Henry Kissinger. As President Richard Nixon’s secretary of state, Kissinger considered himself better informed than his boss, and believed that in most situations he could make the best decision on his own. But if he tried to determine policy, he would offend or perhaps enrage a notoriously insecure man. So Kissinger would propose three or four choices of action for each situation, and would present them in such a way that the one he preferred always seemed the best solution compared to the others. Time after time, Nixon fell for the bait, never suspecting that he was moving where Kissinger pushed him. This is an excellent device to use on the insecure master.

Force the Resister. One of the main problems faced by Dr. Milton H. Erickson, a pioneer of hypnosis therapy in the 1950s, was the relapse. His patients might seem to be recovering rapidly, but their apparent susceptibility to the therapy masked a deep resistance: They would soon relapse into old habits, blame the doctor, and stop coming to see him. To avoid this, Erickson began ordering some patients to have a relapse, to make themselves feel as bad as when they first came in—to go back to square one. Faced with this option, the patients would usually “choose” to avoid the relapse—which, of course, was what Erickson really wanted.

This is a good technique to use on children and other willful people who enjoy doing the opposite of what you ask them to: Push them to “choose” what you want them to do by appearing to advocate the opposite.

Alter the Playing Field. In the 1860s, John D. Rockefeller set out to create an oil monopoly. If he tried to buy up the smaller oil companies they would figure out what he was doing and fight back. Instead, he began secretly buying up the railway companies that transported the oil. When he then attempted to take over a particular company, and met with resistance, he reminded them of their dependence on the rails. Refusing them shipping, or simply raising their fees, could ruin their business. Rockefeller altered the playing field so that the only options the small oil producers had were the ones he gave them.

In this tactic your opponents know their hand is being forced, but it doesn’t matter. The technique is effective against those who resist at all costs.

The Shrinking Options. The late-nineteenth-century art dealer Ambroise Vollard perfected this technique.

Customers would come to Vollard’s shop to see some Cézannes. He would show three paintings, neglect to mention a price, and pretend to doze off. The visitors would have to leave without deciding. They would usually come back the next day to see the paintings again, but this time Vollard would pull out less interesting works, pretending he thought they were the same ones. The baffled customers would look at the new offerings, leave to think them over, and return yet again. Once again the same thing would happen: Vollard would show paintings of lesser quality still. Finally the buyers would realize they had better grab what he was showing them, because tomorrow they would have to settle for something worse, perhaps at even higher prices.

A variation on this technique is to raise the price every time the buyer hesitates and another day goes by. This is an excellent negotiating ploy to use on the chronically indecisive, who will fall for the idea that they are getting a better deal today than if they wait till tomorrow.

The Weak Man on the Precipice. The weak are the easiest to maneuver by controlling their options. Cardinal de Retz, the great seventeenth-century provocateur, served as an unofficial assistant to the Duke of Orléans, who was notoriously indecisive. It was a constant struggle to convince the duke to take action—he would hem and haw, weigh the options, and wait till the last moment, giving everyone around him an ulcer. But Retz discovered a way to handle him: He would describe all sorts of dangers, exaggerating them as much as possible, until the duke saw a yawning abyss in every direction except one: the one Retz was pushing him to take.

This tactic is similar to “Color the Choices,” but with the weak you have to be more aggressive. Work on their emotions—use fear and terror to propel them into action. Try reason and they will always find a way to procrastinate.

Brothers in Crime. This is a classic con-artist technique: You attract your victims to some criminal scheme, creating a bond of blood and guilt between you. They participate in your deception, commit a crime (or think they do—see the story of Sam Geezil in Law 3), and are easily manipulated. Serge Stavisky, the great French con artist of the 1920s, so entangled the government in his scams and swindles that the state did not dare to prosecute him, and “chose” to leave him alone. It is often wise to implicate in your deceptions the very person who can do you the most harm if you fail. Their involvement can be subtle—even a hint of their involvement will narrow their options and buy their silence.

The Horns of a Dilemma. This idea was demonstrated by General William Sherman’s infamous march through Georgia during the American Civil War. Although the Confederates knew what direction Sherman was heading in, they never knew if he would attack from the left or the right, for he divided his army into two wings—and if the rebels retreated from one wing they found themselves facing the other. This is a classic trial lawyer’s technique: The lawyer leads the witnesses to decide between two possible explanations of an event, both of which poke a hole in their story. They have to answer the lawyer’s questions, but whatever they say they hurt themselves. The key to this move is to strike quickly: Deny the victim the time to think of an escape. As they wriggle between the horns of the dilemma, they dig their own grave.

Understand: In your struggles with your rivals, it will often be necessary for you to hurt them. And if you are clearly the agent of their punishment, expect a counterattack—expect revenge. If, however, they seem to themselves to be the agents of their own misfortune, they will submit quietly. When Ivan left Moscow for his rural village, the citizens asking him to return agreed to his demand for absolute power. Over the years to come, they resented him less for the terror he unleashed on the country, because, after all, they had granted him his power themselves. This is why it is always good to allow your victims their choice of poison, and to cloak your involvement in providing it to them as far as possible.

Image: The Horns of the Bull. The bull backs you into the corner with its horns—not a single horn, which you might be e able to escape, but a pair of horns that trap you within their hold. Run right or run left—either way you move into their piercing ends and are gored.

Authority: For the wounds and every other evil that men inflict upon themselves spontaneously, and of their own choice, are in the long run less painful than those inflicted by others. (Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527)

REVERSAL

Controlling the options has one main purpose: to disguise yourself as the agent of power and punishment. The tactic works best, then, for those whose power is fragile, and who cannot operate too openly without incurring suspicion, resentment, and anger. Even as a general rule, however, it is rarely wise to be seen as exerting power directly and forcefully, no matter how secure or strong you are. It is usually more elegant and more effective to give people the illusion of choice.

On the other hand, by limiting other people’s options you sometimes limit your own. There are situations in which it is to your advantage to allow your rivals a large degree of freedom: As you watch them operate, you give yourself rich opportunities to spy, gather information, and plan your deceptions. The nineteenth-century banker James Rothschild liked this method: He felt that if he tried to control his opponents’ movements, he lost the chance to observe their strategy and plan a more effective course. The more freedom he allowed them in the short term, the more forcefully he could act against them in the long run.

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Moscow Travel Guide – Tips for Visiting Moscow

Moscow Travel Guide

Being the greatest city of the whole European continent goes quite a ways to speak volumes concerning the impact which Moscow has already established on earth. The previous capital of U.S.S.R, along with also the present funding of Russia, it’s been securing to this positioning for the previous 860 decades past Moscow is a iconic and worldwide city at a legitimate sense. Moscow or even Moskva in its community tongue proceeds to play an essential part in the progression of earth. It’s the best amalgamation of rich civilization and lively cosmopolitanism. It’s also the coldest metropolis and also megacity on the northern terrains of the world. The the heart of Moscow lies in its own glorious structure and its own rich artistic heritage which continues to enthrall tourists . Moscow defines the soul of Russia having its growing market and also the prevailing cultural techniques which maintain it suspended to its own ago.

15 Top Tourist Attractions in Moscow

Saint Basil’s Cathedral

Located in the impressive Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral is magnificent; its most own beautiful spires looks like out of a fairytale. The recognizable construction in the nation, the palace is quite a sign of Russia. No trip Moscow is complete without even needing in its own unique and identifying capabilities.

It was performed in 1561. The cathedral includes ten churches that are connected. The diverse style with its own vibrant swirls, patterns, and contours is exceptional in Russian design.

Secularized at 1929, St. Basil’s Cathedral is virtually equivalent in Russia. It’s the defining image of exactly what individuals consider when they consider Moscow. Therefore, it’s a mustsee when seeing the funding.

Arbat Street

A tasteful yet energetic street, Arbat is high in notable design and was formerly a favorite place to reside for aristocrats, artists, and even professors. A historical location, it’s down Arbat Street which Napoleon’s troops have been thought to possess led in their strategy to catch the Kremlin. Now, you’ll find lots of cafes, restaurants, and shops, in addition to various sculptures and monuments into former occupants like Alexander Pushkin who has been reputed for being a fan of the Russian Empress as a consequence of his huge sway in court.

Tsaritsyno Palace

Once the summer residence of Catherine the Great, the magnificent Tsaritsyno Palace is presently a museum-reserve. The design is magnificent and there’s just really a lovely park surrounding it to allow individuals to research. Located at the south of Moscow, the palace has been commissioned in 1775 and renovations mean its luxurious interior looks a lot much better than previously using its elegant hallways and gorgeous staircases.

The exhibits display consider the life span of this empress in addition to the annals of Tsaritsyno it self. The massive palace grounds are also home for a other beautiful buildings with an elegant opera house and fantastic Brick Work of the Little Palace being specially striking to gaze upon.

Christ The Savior Cathedral

This magnificent Russian Orthodox cathedral can be found on the banks of the Moskva River, only a stone’s throw from the Kremlin. The church as it stands now was dedicated in 2000, whilst the church that stood was destroyed over the control of Josef Stalin in 1931 because of this anti-religious effort. Together with its beautiful gold dome, spires and magnificent white facades, the Christ the Savior Cathedral is magnificent. The inside is equally as attractive to ramble around, having its tiled floors and striking altar.

Kremlin Armoury

Certainly one of the earliest forts on the planet, the Kremlin Armoury features a wealth of temples; high lights comprise the elaborate Grand Siberian Railway egg, also the more most historical Cap of Monomakh and the magnificent Imperial Crown of Russia which regularly includes a bunch of tourists round it, jostling to have an image. Once the royal armory, then there are tons of fascinating items on display.

Perusing the countless sabersjewelry, armor and more can be equally as interesting as it’s enlightening and enjoyable and also the swords are so finely crafted that you’ll almost wish that you might grab one and wield in the event yourself.

Novodevichy Convent

Drenched ever, the Novodevichy Convent is found in a dramatic building which was formerly a fortress. This attractive place is worth seeing in Moscow. Founded in 1524, the convent houses four cathedrals; Smolensk Cathedral could be your undoubted highlight owing to the beautiful 16th century frescoes.

Wandering across the reasons will be just like stepping right back. The Novodevichy Cemetery is where lots of renowned leaders of the Soviet Union are all buried, for example as Yeltsin and Khrushchev.

VDNKh

Starting outside in 1935 because the’All-Union Agricultural Exhibition’,” VDNKh has gradually transitioned through the past few years in to the fascinating openair tradition of now. Unexpectedly, more than 400 buildings can now be seen within its boundaries. The massive park complex features lots of pavilions representing former Soviet republics on show, like the ones of both Armenia and Turkmenistan and the distinctive structure of every one of the buildings is definitely enjoyable to gaze upon.

Along with the there is the intriguing Museum Museum of Cosmonautics that’s specialized in space exploration and also the pleasure Moskvarium aquarium even provides you the opportunity to swim with dolphins. With a lot of eateries scattered around and numerous entertainment possibilities like horseriding and zip-lining, there’s something for every one else to savor; the Friendship of Nations fountain is actually fantastic.

Lenin Mausoleum

Opened to the general public in 1924, Lenin’s Mausoleum is perhaps probably one of the very popular attractions in Moscow. The reddish granite arrangement can be found at the core of town in Red Square. Lenin’s embalmed body lies in a glass sarcophagus; nevertheless, it really is a significantly eerie experience walking beyond the previous leader of the Soviet Union but is worth doing as you can’t do it elsewhere on earth. Once going to the mausoleum, go into the Kremlin wall alongside it to get more graves of major Nordic characters like Stalin and Brezhnev.

Pushkin Museum

Despite the name, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts actually does not have any relation at all to this famed poet apart than it was called in his honour after his passing. A joy to go to, its broad collection is targeted on European art with masterpieces by Botticelli, Rembrandt, along with van Gogh all comprising. Sculptures, graphic art, paintings and much more could be seen in its own amazing galleries; many segments look at topics and epochs like the Renaissance, the Dutch Golden Age, and literary artwork.

One of numerous highlights will be the clownish personalities that is often discovered at Cezanne’s Fastnacht (Mardi Gras) and the twirling ballerinas who look elegant in Degas’ Blue Dancers. Picasso’s Young acrobat onto a Ball can also be really worth looking into to the interesting utilization of shapes and colors.

Kolomenskoye

Once a royal property, Kolomenskoye is presently a museum-reserve and is located a couple of km beyond the city center. An attractive destination for a see, there’s various history on the website overlooks the Moskva River. Due to four historic websites, you will find extensive gardens for people to research, in Addition to heaps of interesting old buildings, even the former village of Kolomenskoye itself as well as also the remarkable Palace of the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich — formerly regarded as the Eighth Wonder of the World by contemporaries

Tretyakov Gallery

Home to one of the very impressive and extensive collections of fine art on earth, that the State Tretyakov Gallery is unquestionably worth seeing when in Moscow for its wealth of excellent art bits which it’s on display. Having begun since the individual art collection of the Tretyakov brothers, there are currently over 130,000 exhibits. High lights include the legendary Theotokos of Vladimir that you may almost surely comprehend despite not knowing that the name along with Rublev’s Trinity that’s regarded as among the highest accomplishments in Russian art. Mandatory for art fans, the State Tretyakov Gallery will delight people with everything is has to offer you.

Gorky Park

Lying along with the Moskva River, the Spacious Gorky Park is a Very lovely place to See. Its broad gardens are also home to varied cultural associations and people should absolutely check out the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art even though the diverse exhibits might well perhaps not always contain such fantastic sights because a balloon-covered rider onto the zebra; they undoubtedly always triumph in pushing the boundaries of art. Pop up exhibitions and festivals are seen in time to time from the park itself and there are an openair theater and lots of eateries along side plenty of leisure pursuits. When it’s cycling, table tennis or biking which you want or shore and rowing, then Gorky Park undoubtedly has it. In the winter, there’s really just a massive ice rink for all most individuals to savor.

Moscow Kremlin

This beautifully augmented complex is unusually dwelling to five four and palaces cathedrals and could be the most historical, spiritual and political center of this city. While there might be a bunch of tourists where you proceed, the audiences are definitely worth searching to the amazing sights on series.

Even the Kremlin’s walls extend 2,235 meters length; you can devote an whole holiday researching most of of the sights they feature. Together with five squares to ramble round, 20 towers to see, and internet web sites like the Cathedral of the Dormition and the gold-roofed Isle of the Annunciation online offer, seeing the Kremlin is really just a particular adventure. Additionally, the lovely Terem Palace and Grand Kremlin Palace provide a fascinating look to the Life Span of all Russia’s Tsars.

Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre is the principal theater inside the nation. The remarkable opera and ballet performances it’s placed around the centuries move a very long way in explaining Russia’s rich record of arts. As the Bolshoi Ballet Company has been created in 1776, the theater itself was started in 1825.

The glistening, six-tier auditorium is thickly and decadently decorated; this really is just actually really a fitting setting for all its apocalyptic performances which happen on its own point. Spending an evening watching an operation of such classics like The nut cracker or even Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre is guaranteed to be an unforgettable encounter and the wonder all over you adds to the feeling of occasion.

Red Square

Exercising in the core of Moscow, Red Square may be really the most essential and striking square on the planet. It really is but one of the very popular places of interest because of its abundance of historical cultural and cultural landmarks. Drenched ever, the massive square hosts incredible sights like the Kremlin, St. Basil’s Cathedral and Lenin’s Mausoleum, and some the many others. Consequently, it’s perhaps never to be overlooked when in Moscow since it’s home to the town’s many magnificent monuments.

It’s here that lots of essential moments in Russian history happened; the prior market place has hosted from Tsar’s coronations and people ceremonies to rock arenas and Soviet military parades. Wandering across the huge square is actually just really a humbling experience and one of those high lights the city must offer you.

When to Go to Moscow

The very ideal time to pay a go to to Moscow is throughout the early phases of spring and autumn once the flowers are flowering leaves or leaves will be ivory in town parks. The long days of summer enhance of partiers, however the occasions are often quite sexy. Russia’s mythical winters maintain most tourists off throughout the winter months. Truth be told there’s snow on the bottom from March to November, however throw some furs and knock back a couple shots of vodka and you’re going to fit in. Moscow traveling over New Year’s Eve is a true deal with fireworks across the snowy city roads.

What to Eat Moscow

The inquiry is what things to eat in Moscow, but just how much to eat. Sample staples such as borsch (reddish beetroot soup), pelmeni (dumplings), and golubtsy (the neighborhood spin on beans in a blanket), or require a deeper dip in to conventional European cuisine with dishes such as moose lips. ) Even the 19thcentury Eliseevsky food emporium provides mindblowing ton of delicacies, in addition to its fabulous interior, whereas Georgian restaurants really are still a absolute necessity to relish these legends of this mythical noodle menu whilst the cheese-filled dish khachapuri and beef dumplings khinkali.

Ways to save money on a trip to Moscow

Travel by Moscow subway.

Employing the metro (or”subway”) at Moscow is frequently not only the better choice, however the one option to buy from A to B. A Muscovite loses the average of 3 days annually sitting in traffic jams, or so the subway can be a stylish alternate to surface transport. It’s inexpensive, fast and also a genuine cosmetic experience. The Moscow subway at the city centre is as a tradition: it really is full of paintings and sculptures depicting Soviet and Russian historical events. My preferred stop, nevertheless, is Dostoevskayaa bit further from town centre. The walls with the subway block are decorated with grey and black mosaics of all soul stirring scenes out of books by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the planet’s most famous Russian writer.

Spend time in Gorky Park — any time of the year.

Gorky Park can be really actually just a sizable, 300-acre playground started as a portion of a Soviet urban planning endeavor in 1932. Entry into the park is totally absolutely completely free of charge, therefore it’s usually high in men and women, however there’s definitely space for longer. If you see Gorky Park at summer, it’s possible to simply walk round its enormous land, or delight in the greenery onto a seat. You might even rent modest ships at the pond, even a more favorite option for couples . In the winter, check skating out onto the ice rink or play hockey: All those activities will probably cost some cash, however it’s well worth the adventure. I’ve now already gone to Gorky Park lots of days, and that I keep coming while there was always something new to find out.

Pay for your time — not for your coffee.

An intriguing solution to conserve a bit of money in Moscow will be to see among both Ziferblat cafés from the Russian capital. Ziferblat, significance”clockface”, is both a societal endeavor to create favorable co-working distances and also a business model that’s been exported into several some other European cities following the very first café premiered in Moscow at 2011. The Ziferblat motto is that”what’s completely free of charge, except period ” You don’t need to be responsible for goods you have, limited to the moments spent at the café. Helpers prepare tea, coffee, and snacks based upon the available deal. Ziferblat is ideal for carrying out job unbothered at a comfy corner, also for addressing understand locals or expats who could talk about sight seeing hints together with you personally.

Visit museums for free.

Moscow has a vibrant cultural life with lots of festivals and museums to go to. Fortunately, the next Sunday of each month can be a socalled”open museum afternoon” with free entry to museums decreasing under civil authority. Unluckily, lots of Muscovites understand about it reduction afternoon, too, so arrive early, or be ready to wait in line all night. One hauntingly fascinating spot to go to would be your GULAG History Museum, devoted into the shadowy history of this Soviet forced labor camp process. For a gloomy working encounter, goto the Museum of Cosmonautics, at which it is possible to learn about Soviet space record, and also have a look at personal items from cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space!

Transport In Moscow

Local Bus Network

The bus network in Moscow radiates from every Metro station to the surrounding residential locations. The Central Bus Terminal serves the purpose for longrange and short-range travel. It sees that a regular turnover of about 25 thousand travellers. Every major street in Moscow is connected by at least one bus path. Many of these routes have a trolleybus route that have trolley cables .

Cabs

Together side period the passing of the time, Moscow has found that a brand new introduction from the c ab professional services of this city. Many service programs like Gett, Uber and also Yandex sidewalks has used a lot of cabs within the duration of time. These services are app-based, also will be predicted with a smartphone.

Metro

The Moscow Metro is also a handy means of commuting travelers. It includes a dozen lines linking 1 99 channels. It really is among the busiest subway systems on the world serving over ten thousand passengers each day. As a result of several transport troubles, plans have show upto enlarge the Metro services on the planet.

Local Train

The Tram has a tendency to various paths inside town. The neighborhood commuter trains locally called Electrichkas function between the Moscow train stations along with also the outskirts of Moscow Oblast. Moscow also features a mono-rail linking 6 channels. It really is not as frequented, however the perspectives it includes are extremely scenic.

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335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople. 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. 921 – Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia), to recognize their borders along the Rhine. 1426 – Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi. 1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. 1619 – Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia. 1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published. 1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British. 1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society. 1811 – Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States. 1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time. 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive. 1861 – The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia. 1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party. 1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia. 1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so. 1900 – Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses. 1900 – The People's Party is founded in Cuba. 1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode. 1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia. 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. 1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio. 1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date. 1914 – The first issue of The New Republic is published. 1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces. 1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress. 1916 – Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.[1] 1917 – The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace. 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire. 1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year. 1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria. 1919 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities. 1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. 1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution. 1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City. 1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion. 1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. 1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring. 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America. 1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform. 1954 – In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day. 1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt. 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated. 1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. 1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city. 1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 1972 – US President Richard Nixon is re-elected President. 1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. 1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman. 1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused. 1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. 1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States. 1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City. 1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests. 1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland. 1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA. 1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast. 1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. 2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States. 2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. 2004 – Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. 2007 – Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people. 2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people. 2017 – Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers. A security guard was killed and 20 people were wounded. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.

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Armenia protesters block roads, railways in stand-off with authorities

YEREVAN (Reuters) – Protesters blocked roads and railways across Armenia on Wednesday, responding to a call from opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan for a campaign of civil disobedience to force the ruling elite to relinquish its grip on power.

Armenia is locked in a political crisis after the ruling party, severely weakened after days of protests that forced its nominee for prime minister to quit, dug in its heels and refused to back Pashinyan to replace him.

The standoff is being watched closely by Russia, which sees Armenia as a close ally and is wary of it going the same way as Ukraine, where an uprising swept to power new leaders who pulled the country out of Moscow’s orbit.

In the capital, Yerevan, all the main streets were blocked by cars, minibuses and garbage bins. The road to the international airport was blocked. A spokesman for the civil aviation authority said one flight had been canceled.

Reuters reporters in Yerevan said shops and offices were open, and some people were still trying to get to work, despite the roadblocks. Protesters marched through the streets, shouting “Nikol! Victory!”, waving flags and blowing horns.

Police tried to persuade protesters to open roads, but did not use force. Local media reported protests in several other cities in the country of three million people.

The national railways operator said it had been forced to suspend suburban passenger services and all goods services because protesters were blocking tracks.

The speaker of parliament, Ara Babloyan, said protesters had besieged some lawmakers inside their apartments.

Pashinyan, in an interview with Reuters at a protest in Yerevan where he was surrounded by cheering supporters, said he would keep the pressure on the ruling party.

“My only power is my people. We are not going to give up,” said Pashinyan, dressed in his trademark camouflage T-shirt and cap. “We will continue our strike and disobedience.”

STANDOFF

The outcome of the standoff is likely to hinge on who blinks first: the opposition which is able to mobilize tens of thousands of protesters angry at what they see as official cronysim, or a ruling elite that controls parliament and the security apparatus, and has Moscow’s backing.

Russia has a military base in Armenia. The country is strategically valuable, nestled between Turkey and energy exporter Azerbaijan, with which Armenia has been in a state of conflict since both emerged from the Soviet Union’s collapse.

President Armen Sarkissian called for talks to resolve the crisis. The presidency is largely ceremonial, with authority resting with the prime minister under a new system opponents say was devised to let veteran leader Serzh Sarksyan keep power after his second presidential term expired last month.

Armenian opposition supporters ride on a truck at Republic Square after protest movement leader Nikol Pashinyan announced a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience in Yerevan, Armenia May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

“I deeply regret that the political crisis continues despite the fact that everyone is talking about how dangerous it is for the future of the country,” Sarkissian said in a statement.

Sarksyan, forbidden by the constitution from standing for a third term as president after a decade in office, tried to become prime minister last month. But his switch to the new job triggered protests and he stepped down after just a week.

That appeared to signal a shift in power in a country run by the same cadre of people since the late 1990s. But the ruling Republican Party has so far stopped short of handing authority to Pashinyan, a 42-year-old former journalist who spent two years in jail for fomenting unrest after an election in 2008.

Pashinyan was put forward to parliament as the only nominee for the vacant prime minister’s job, but after hours of debate the Republican Party, which controls a majority, withheld support. His backers in the streets on Wednesday said the ruling elite had lost popular support and should now step aside.

“We won’t allow the government to ignore us!” said Mariam Abajyan, a 27-year-old unemployed woman protesting in Yerevan.

“We will paralyze the whole city and the whole country,” said Sargis Babayan, a 22-year-old student wearing a T-shirt with Pashinyan’s portrait.

A resident in the town of Dilijan, in Armenia’s northeast, said parked cars and rocks had been used to block roads. Shops there were open but most schools and kindergartens were shut.

Not all Armenians back the protests. Some see Pashinyan as a demagogue trying to oust democratically-elected leaders by whipping up public anger. Reuters reporters witnessed two incidents in Yerevan when the drivers of vehicles remonstrated with protesters blocking their path.

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“The country can’t exist like this. I couldn’t get to work today and called in to say that I wouldn’t come,” said Zhanna Petrosyan, a 56-year-old doctor.

Another attempt to elect a new prime minister is due on May 8, the parliamentary press service said. If parliament fails a second time, the constitution requires early parliamentary elections to be held.

Writing by Margarita Antidze and Christian Lowe; Editing by Peter Graff

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