On December 17 Kharkiv City Mayor Hennadiy Kernes died at the Charité clinic in Berlin where he was receiving treatment for Covid-19. Despite the official clinic’s report, some political experts say his death was quite mysterious while at the same time questioning Kernes legitimacy as a mayor.
Earlier in September, Kernes was transferred to Germany over a deteriorating health condition. He was placed in the intensive care unit of Berlin’s Charité clinical center. While he was under treatment, Kharkiv City Council had to repeatedly deny rumors of his death. On November 4, Kernes was officially declared Mayor of Kharkiv with getting 195,044 votes (60,3 %). German economist Andres Aslund questioned in his tweet if Kernes was still alive when he was reelected.
Besides, the place of Kernes’s death also leaves questions with no answer.
“Charité” (French) means “charity” or “mercy”. The clinic is known far beyond Germany. The hospital, founded in 1710 as a plague infirmary, is currently a multidisciplinary medical center, where patients with a wide variety of diseases are treated. The hospital complex has about 3000 beds in total. It employs 13,000 employees and treats over 800,000 outpatients and inpatients annually.
Apart from ordinary citizens, the Charité Hospital is a primary choice for many celebrities from all over the world. It’s no secret that many rich and famous patients, for example, from Russia or Saudi Arabia, privately receive medical care here. Among the Charité’s patients were Merkel, Steinmeier, Tymoshenko and other. It is especially popular among former USSR leaders who chose the pro-Western course. Recently, the Hospital’s name has been in headlines because of the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny who received treatment there over supposedly poisoning (according to the Charité’s clinic report). But while Kernes, according to Kharkiv City Council reports, was getting better and even won elections, Charité, despte its claims on best medicine technologies, was helpless to Kernes. On the contrary, Navalny who reportedly spent quite a long time in coma was healed amazingly quickly.
Some experts believe that’s no coincidence. Known for its affiliations with politicians, the Charité doctors could have been careless for Kernes as the West might have written his off, while Navalny still poses the interest for pro-Western powers. But that’s already conspiracy theories.
We would like to invite you to the ‘Best Practices during UBI Advocacy’ meetings for ECI-UBI 2020 (and for UBI Movement); which are Zoom based and on third Monday of each month at CET 20:00 (GMT 19:00 during the Winter Time). The agenda and the Zoom link of the coming meeting (21st of December, 2020) is given below;
Monday, December 21st, 2020, at CET 20:00
Guest : Dr. Valerija Korosec (Slovenia) (An Independent Researcher of the U3BI)
Topic : ‘Slovenian UBI Advocacy Experience within the Framework of the ECI – UBI Campaigns 2013 and 2020’
>>> Zoom link details : ‘Best Practices during UBI Advocacy’ 3rd Meeting – Monday, November 21st, 2020, at CET 20:00 (GMT 19:00)
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Now, it is time to invite more friends to our meetings.
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Citizen’s Basic Income Research Development Culture and Dissemination Society
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Dr. Valerija Korošec, is an independent researcher of the U3BI paradigm shift, its conditions and possibilities.
On theoretical level, she integrates U3BI approach (the unconditional uniform universal basic individual) system with the ‘Trade’ and ‘Democratic’ system as a way of ‘upgrading’ the concept of social market system. In this conceptual framework any human social institution obeys the rule to firstly apply the basic level of redistribution of common goods in ‘U3BI manner’: guaranteeing common goods in unconditional, uniform and universal form on at least the basic level (U3BI). Secondly, to obey the rule of fair evaluation and reward of work-time contribution and thirdly, to allow free competition in a was that it does not impede the first two layers. In domain of democratic politics and social policy and free market system she has built some political pragmatic proposals in upon this ‘new’ conceptual approach.
In the last five years she also ‘diversified’ the idea of Universal Basic Income into the idea of UB – items, income, services, UB job guarantee and shorter working week as examples of a U3Bparadigm shift.
In 2010 she published an algorithm for a budget neutral introduction of basic income in Slovenia. She is still regularly invited to present her proposal in Slovenia: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA (2011), The Committee on Labor, Family, Social Affairs and the Disabled of THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, to Trade Unions Confederations etc.
In 2015 she presented this three-dimensional system at the conference “Slovenia 2030” – Change for an efficient social state, organised by Borut Pahor, President of the RS (“Slovenia 2030” – Change for efficient social state organized by the president of RS, Borut Pahor in 2015).
In february 2019 she presented the MEFISTO, EUROMOD microsimulation of this approach in the field of child benefits, at the Universal Child Grant conference in Geneva organised by UNICEF and ILO in 2019. (PWP presentation is attached.)
In September 2019 she, as a key note speaker, presented the Universal-Trade- Democratic (#zaUTD; in engl.U3BI) concept in domain of energy poverty – The question of energy regulations – at the 16th International Conference on EEM (European Energy Market) in Ljubljana.
In April 2020 she was ‘the ghost’ writer for dr. Marko Jaklič, who was a member of Lahovnik’s group of councellors (all male) of PM Janez Janša at the outbreak of Covid-19 when she wrote New #zaUTD Social Deal for post-Covid19 Slovenia.
In September 2020 she wrote the (bellow attached) letter as a follow up of her question and suggestion to Mr Nicolas Schmidt in a videoconference ‘roadshow’, when he consulted with Slovenian social partners and stakeholders on the upcoming Action Plan to further implement the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Dr. Valerija KOROŠEC was three years (June 2017 – June 2020) official coordinator of the Slovenian Universal Basic Income Network (UTD Section) at the Society for the Development of the Humanities and is the representative of Slovenia in the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and the European Network for Fair Work Sharing Network. She was the (ghost) chief coordinator of signature collection for the European Civil Initiative on Universal Basic Income in 2013. In 2020 she again participated (as a ghost chief coordinator) in the European Civil Initiative on Universal Basic Income, where Slovenia is again – the best.
Valerija Korošec, Ph.D. in Post-modern sociology, M.Sc. in European Social Policy, works for the Slovenian Government analysing the EU social policy, data on poverty, gender equality, SDGs, Human Development Index, Social Progress index, Prosperity index etc. In 2010 she published an algorithm for a budget neutral introduction of universal basic income in Slovenia.
Dr. Valerija KOROŠEC was born in 1966. She is married mother of two and lives in Slovenia.
On November 30, 2020, the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the SCO member states held a videoconference meeting.
SCO Secretary General Vladimir Norov in his speech stressed that despite tough conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, organization members could continue the course to strengthen trade, economic and humanitarian relations by the SCO countries, improve the mechanisms of cross cooperation and increase the international authority of the Organization.
Following the SCO summit held on November 10, the member states confirmed their commitment to joint work to overcome the socio-economic consequences of the pandemic, including a number of important initiatives aimed at establishing direct ties between medical institutions, cooperation in combating poverty, food security, industrial and energy cooperation, the development of digital literacy, as well as support for small businesses.
In this regard, V. Norov, suggested holding preliminary expert meetings for a substantive study of the goals and objectives of the initiatives put forward. He stressed the importance of continuing the practice of holding meetings of the Consortium of Economic Analytical Centers in conjunction with meetings of heads of government, and also noted the initiative to launch a new platform – the SCO Economic Forum.
Andrew Sheng, the expert of the University of Hong Kong’s Asia Global Institute believes, that a focus on developing domestic consumption will be important for China as its economy recovers. “China,” he says, “has come to the so-called Ford moment where if you pay your employees and treat them better, they will buy your national product. Domestic consumption will be a key growth driver for China, but it must be environmentally friendly “.
The foreign expert community summarized that the SCO is an active member of international relations. It makes significant investments in ensuring peace and security, settlement of international and regional conflicts exclusively through diplomacy. The SCO member states advocate the formation of a multipolar world order based on generally accepted principles of international law and equal international relations.
At present, the SCO acts as one of the pillars of the emerging world order. The participating countries will continue the vector and will deepen the political dialogue. Further contacts and cooperation on a wide range of issues with other countries and international organizations that are not members of the SCO are being promoted. At the same time, the number of countries wishing to participate in the SCO is growing every year.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Russian Federation
We, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. G. Aliyev, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikolai Pashinyan and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin announced the following:
A complete ceasefire and cessation of all hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is announced from 00:00 hours Moscow time on November 10, 2020. The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, stop at their positions.
The Aghdam region and the territories held by the Armenian Party in the Gazakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be returned to the Azerbaijan Party by November 20, 2020.
Along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor, a peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is being deployed in the amount of 1,960 servicemen with small arms, 90 armored personnel carriers, 380 units of automobile and special equipment.
The peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is being deployed in parallel with the withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces. The duration of the stay of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is five years, with automatic extension for the next five-year periods, if none of the Parties declares six months before the expiration of the period of intention to terminate the application of this provision.
In order to increase the effectiveness of control over the implementation of the agreements by the Parties to the conflict, a peacekeeping center is being deployed to control the ceasefire.
The Republic of Armenia will return the Kelbajar region to the Republic of Azerbaijan by November 15, 2020, and the Lachin region by December 1, 2020, leaving behind the Lachin corridor (five kilometers wide), which will ensure the connection of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and at the same time will not affect the city of Shushi. By agreement of the Parties, in the next three years, a plan for the construction of a new traffic route along the Lachin corridor, providing communication between Stepanakert and Armenia, with the subsequent redeployment of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to protect this route will be determined. The Republic of Azerbaijan guarantees traffic safety along the Lachin corridor of citizens, vehicles and goods in both directions.
Internally displaced persons and refugees will return to the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent areas under the control of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
There will be an exchange of prisoners of war and other detained persons and bodies of the dead.
All economic and transport links in the region are unblocked. The Republic of Armenia provides transport links between the western regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic in order to organize the unimpeded movement of citizens, vehicles and goods in both directions. Control over transport communication will be carried out by the bodies of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia. By agreement of the Parties, the construction of new transport communications linking the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic with the western regions of Azerbaijan will be provided.
Turkish champion marathon swimmer Alper Sunacoglu is intending to break a world record by swimming from Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and swim back to Turkey which is about 160 km in whopping 60 hours.
There has been a number of attempts however no one has been able to break his record. It looks like it will take a quite long time to break his record. It was a non-stop swimming without protection cage and broke a world record.
There has been a number of attempts however no one has been able to break his record. It looks like it will take a quite long time to break his record.
The distance from Anamur Mersin to Girne (Kyrenia) is 78 km and if you add the natural navigation deflections and currents the real distance comes to 90 km. His record was officially recorded by Turkish Swimming Federation and their official representative referees which were present at the time. His award was personally presented by the president of the Turkish Swimming Federation. His success was also published at the official website of Turkish Swimming Federation and their official magazine Aktuel. Following his success, he was nominated by Turkish Swimming Federation to represent Turkey at the İnternational Open Water Grand Prix and this was also published at the official channels of Turkish Swimming Federation.
In the year 2011, he swam the Bosphorus of Istanbul (which has very strong currents) from north Sarıyer to South Kız Kulesi which is 30 km in 2 hours 45 minutes where he became the first individual who made it. He made this record when his doctors stated that he can not swim due to his severe injuries and herniated discs caused by an acrobatic parachute jump. This record was also officially recorded by the Turkish Swimming Federation and published at the official website of TSF.( Please note that the swimming competition which is organised by Samsung that takes place every year east to west and it is 7 to 8 km)
In the year 2012 Mr Sunacoglu swam from one end to the other end of Dardanelles( Canakkale) where there were south-west wind and storm where he was warned and advised not to swim. The distance was 60 km in 6 hours 25 minutes solo non-stop. He rejected all warnings but he has mistaken Dardanelles (Canakkale) to small village Karacaören which was 5 km before his target.
At different dates, Mr Sunacoglu swam The Gulf of İzmit Between Urla and İzmir Between Trabzon and Giresun Van Lake Mr Sunacoglu also tried to swim from Turkey to Syria’s Lazkiye Port to protest against war and the indiscriminate killings of innocent Children and old people. His record attempt was stopped by Coast Guard and Sea police for security reasons after swimming 240 km in 125 hours to Arsuz Hatay. Alper Sunacoglu put his stamp on history by World’s Longest Distance Swimmer and Sea Survival at this record attempt. Now at this very special occasion at the year 2021, Mr Sunacoglu is intending to swim from Turkey to TRNC and back to Turkey which is 160 km in 60 hours if he can find sponsors. He is also intending to get this recorded on Guinness Book of Records. In addition to this, he is planning to swim Europe’s largest lake BALATON 80 km. And after completion, he will be running to Estergon castle. Which is further 50 km. If he can find sponsors. He is still practising on this.
Alper Sunacoglu is calling on WOWSA World Open Water Swimming Association to send a minimum of two referees and observers to record his record attempt.
He states that he swam to TRNC 2010 and broke a record. In the year 2021, he will swim to TRNC from Turkey and back. He is kindly asking WOWSA to share his press release on their website so that if there are any swimmers who want to join him at this racecourse that they are more then welcome and that they can reach him via WOWSA. He says “Sport is all about friendship and brotherhood at the end of the day and I am ready to share this success” He is sending his greetings and Love. He will pass his press release and application via his coaches. In short, it looks like Alper will not lose his championship crown for some time. (Aktürk Ajans)
