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Chechen strongman and president of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov is to step down and retire from public life. Kadyrov also leaked  an opposition report that described him as a threat to Russia’s security. He called  the report ‘blather’ saying he wanted everyone to see his disregard for it Russia Today reports: “My time is past. Every human has a limit. I believe Kadyrov has passed his peak,” the Chechen leader said, referring to himself in the third person, in an interview on Saturday.

In what amounts to a referendum on President Hassan Rouhani’s leadership, voters in Tehran turned out overwhelmingly for moderates in closely watched parliamentary elections that may serve as an important signal for where Iran is headed.

Pro-Rouhani candidates are set to sweep all 30 of Tehran’s parliamentary seats. The 290-member body is dominated by hard-liners, but that looks set to change under the President, whose decision to negotiate with the US over the country’s nuclear program was an enormous political gamble.

A Wikileaks cable released as part of “The Saudi Cables” from 2015 outlines plans by Saudi Arabia to invade Syria in order to oust its leader President Bashar al-Assad.  The cables also instruct that the Saudis will “not oppose Russian figures and to avoid insulting them,” whilst they attempt to fulfil their Syrian agenda.

Update: CBS and CNN call it for Clinton. It was over before it started.

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Last weekend, on the heels of a decisive (if expected) victory for Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton reclaimed the momentum in the race for the Democratic nomination by escaping the Nevada caucuses with a narrow victory over the Vermont senator.

And so, just like that, with a sweeping victory in South Carolina, Sanders' Socialism crawls back into its cage and crony capitalism is alive and well.

As Edward Snowden so perfectly sums up...

2016: a choice between Donald Trump and Goldman Sachs.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 28, 2016

And in case you thought this was an exaggeration...