Trans-Siberian Railway 2 Moscow, Suzdal

2. Moscow
Get the first taste of the Trans-Siberian railway on the overnight train to Moscow. Spend a couple of days exploring the cosmopolitan capital city of Russia. Don’t miss Red Square, Kremlin and Lenin’s Mausoleum!
 3. Suzdal
Even though not directly on the Trans-Siberian track, this little charmer is absolutely worth a detour. This is how Russia must have looked centuries ago. Taste “medovukha” (traditional alcoholic drink made of honey) and take a swim in the Kamenka river after visiting all the churches and monasteries.
 4. Nizhniy Novgorod
Spend a day on the shores of Volga, the longest river in Europe and enjoy sweeping views from the Kremlin walls. Also home to one of the most popular writers of the Soviet era – Maxim Gorky.
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10 Best Stops on the Trans-Siberian Railway

Trans-Siberian railway is one of the epic train journeys most of the travelers have very high on their bucket list. However, many of the people are going non-stop from Moscow to Irkutsk with a goal to cross over to Mongolia and later on to China as soon as possible. Of course spending 5 days on the train without a shower is an experience on its own, but you shouldn’t miss out on some of the most impressive sights along the way.
Take it slow and make stops. You will get a chance to experience the real Russia.
1. St. Petersburg
Start your trip in Russia’s northern capital. Allow a couple of days to absorb a very special atmosphere. If you get there in June or early July you also get a chance to experience famous “white nights”.
By Jason Castellani
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ISIS 6: Haines & Henning are Not who You Think

David Cawhtorne Haines may not have been a humanitarian aid worker after all, some sources suggest.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Haines worked for a company called Astraea.

According to Astraea’s website, they are:

The aim of the ASTRAEA programme is to enable the routine use of UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) in all classes of airspace without the need for restrictive or specialised conditions of operation. This will be achieved through the coordinated development and demonstration of key technologies and operating procedures required to open up the airspace to UAS.

Basically, Astraea works with drones.

Furthermore, Alan Henning, who is next up on ISIS’ beheading list, may not have been in Syria for his media-reported reasons, either.

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ISIS 5: Videos are Fake

There are many critics of the ISIS beheading videos, claiming that they don’t look real and are created for perpetrating further false flag attacks.

Lots of scrutiny surrounded David Cawthorne Haines’ beheading video.

These claims are easily dismissed at the graphic reality of the beheading videos, if it weren’t for one thing. According to Infowars:

A 2010 Washington Post article authored by former Army Intelligence Officer Jeff Stein features a detailed account of how the CIA admittedly filmed a fake Bin Laden video during the run up to the 2003 Iraq war.

The agency actually did make a video purporting to show Osama bin Laden and his cronies sitting around a campfire swigging bottles of liquor and savoring their conquests with boys, one of the former CIA officers recalled, chuckling at the memory. The actors were drawn from “some of us darker-skinned employees,” he said.

Is this is indeed true, what’s to say that current ISIS videos don’t fall under a similar vein?

It may sound like moon landing talk, but it’s worth a serious discussion.

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