Day: December 8, 2016

CBS told of the likely Secretary of state under trump

World

MITT Romney A former Governor of the state of Massachusetts MITT Romney is likely to take the post of Secretary of state under US President Donald trump. It is reported by CBS, citing its own sources in the environment trump. According to the correspondent channel, another contender for the post is former head of the CIA David Petraeus — is unlikely to prevail, because he is a General, in the administration of the tramp already being planned appointment of three representatives of the higher military command of national security Advisor Michael Flynn, Minister of defense James Mattis and the head of the Ministry of internal security John Kelly. In a telephone interview with NBC 7 Dec trump denied that for so long pulls with the purpose of Romney because he wants revenge for criticism during the election campaign. “I talked a lot with him. Together we have come a long

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The Kremlin said there are no plans to meet with the adviser to trump

Russia

Dmitry Peskov The employees of the Russian presidential administration (PA) has no plans for a meeting with arrived in Moscow Advisor to the elected President of the US Carter page. On Thursday, 8 December, said the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “No, we are, frankly, no contact had and have still, and in this case there’s no plans,” — said Peskov. He added that he does not know, in what status Paige is visiting the Russian capital. He also noted that the AP learned about the visit of Advisor to Donald trump from media reports. The arrival of Carter Paige became known earlier on Thursday. Paige himself said that he will stay in the Russian capital until 13 December and plans to meet with “influential businessmen and leaders of public opinion”. During the presidential campaign in the United States Paige advised trump on relations with Russia. The

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The former Director of FIFA has admitted to receiving bribes of $150 thousand

Events

Ex-Director of FIFA’s development and the former head of the football Federation of Nicaragua Julio Rocha confessed to receiving a bribe. Reported by the Associated Press.   According to the authorities, Rocha received bribes for the sum more than 150 thousand dollars. Former Director of the main football organization already pleaded guilty to extortion and fraud and agreed to pay 300 thousand dollars. He faces a sentence of 20 years in prison.   Julio Rocha was arrested in Switzerland in may 2015. Together with him were also arrested eight officials of FIFA. A US court has charged them with corruption. Photo: fifa.com

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The media learned about the three possible causes of the fall of the su-33 with “Admiral Kuznetsov”

Events

The media learned about the three possible causes of the fall of the su-33 with “Admiral Kuznetsov” The reasons for the crash of the Russian fighter jet landing on aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov” could be pilot error, manufacturing defects or the incorrect insertion of the cable. About this newspaper “Kommersant”, citing a source close to the investigation. 16фотографий16фотографий16фотографий According to him, one of the reasons for the fall of the su-33 could could be pilot error. Coming in to land at high speed and at an angle, the pilot could “break the alignment”, he suggested. In this regard, the plane was able to hook the cable hook-hook in the wrong place and thereby create an excessive burden, he explained. The interlocutor of the Agency noted that the pilot after breakage of the cable are instructed to turn on the afterburners and urgently to take off. In his opinion, possibly, the

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The “safe” level of Smoking was a myth

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The “safe” level of Smoking was a myth Even the rare, but regular Smoking greatly increases the risk of early death, this fact was confirmed by new research by the American National cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute). A description of the results published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. It is known that Smoking is injurious to health, this fact is confirmed by many studies initiated after the report of the medical Department of the United States in 1964, where tobacco Smoking has been called a cause of lung cancer. However, the risk of light Smoking is still poorly understood, and many smokers believe that Smoking is rare does not bring significant harm. Smoking is considered to be moderate, if the person smokes less than ten cigarettes a day. See alsoElectronic cigarettes damage the gums, scientists warn Researchers at the National cancer Institute in the US analyzed the intensity of

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Medvedev and Yildirim discussed the issues in the energy sector

Politics

Medvedev and Yildirim discussed the issues in the energy sector In addition, they also discussed the issues of industry, high technologies, agriculture and tourism. GORKI, December 6 — RIA Novosti. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim held talks on the topics of energy, nuclear and oil and gas industry, this is Medvedev said at a press-conference following Russian-Turkish talks. “We had substantive talks. Discussed with a wide range of topics. This trade and investment, energy, oil and gas, and nuclear power, and industry, high technologies, agriculture, tourism,” — said the Russian Prime Minister.

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As the Soviet Union collapsed 25 years ago, it was signed the agreement

Politics

Leonid Kravchuk, Stanislav Shushkevich and Boris Yeltsin (left to right) after signing the Belavezha accords © Dmitry Sokolov/TASS TASS-DOSSIER /Kirill Titov/. Formed in 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was created by the leadership of the Russian Communist party (Bolsheviks) as a base for future world revolution. In the Declaration it stated that the Union would be “a decisive step towards the unification of workers of all countries into a World Socialist Soviet Republic”. To attract part of the Soviet Union as many socialist republics in the first Soviet Constitution (and all subsequent) for each of them was enshrined the right freely to secede from the Soviet Union. In particular, the last fundamental law of the USSR Constitution 1977, this rule was enshrined in article 72. Beginning in 1956 in part of the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet republics. The reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union

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The Japanese foreign Ministry announced the visit of Putin in mid-December

World

Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin The Japanese foreign Ministry announced the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Japan. As stated in the document, the Russian leader will visit the country on 15 and 16 December this year. Talks with the head of the Japanese Cabinet Shinzo Abe will be held in Tokyo and in the city of Nagato (Yamaguchi Prefecture). “President Putin’s visit will contribute to further promotion of relations between Japan and Russia,” said a Japanese foreign Ministry. On December 6 the Governor of the southwestern Japanese Prefecture of Yamaguchi Prefecture Muraoka Tsugumi admitted that he wants to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the hot spring to treat his seafood and sake. “This is a very joyous event, we perceive it as a great honor — said Muraoka. Is the native place of Prime

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Deputy of the state Duma outraged by the difference of the subsidies to the North Caucasus and the Far East

Russia

Ivan Abramov The first Deputy Chairman of state Duma Committee on regional policy and problems of North and Far East Ivan Abramov considers unfair the fact that the far Eastern Federal district will receive from the budget less than a number of other regions. This view he expressed in an interview with “Tape.ru” on Wednesday, December 7. “Even at the meeting of the security Council voiced that it is necessary to give impetus to the Far East. Still the far Eastern regions feel significant underfunding, and all the programs,” — said the Deputy. In the second reading of the draft Federal budget for 2017-2019, the next year the Chechen Republic relies more than 40 billion rubles of subsidies to the Amur region will allocate 4 billion. “We always somehow are funding the Caucasus is much more than the far East. I do not agree,” — said Abramov. Earlier Wednesday, Russian

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