In Krasnoyarsk, opened the first in Russia Church at the Mall Moscow. 10 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — IN one of the largest shopping centers in Krasnoyarsk has appeared the house Church. This is the first case in Russia when the Church was built inside the shopping complex. The temple-chapel of St. Feodor of Tomsk is located in a separate room on the fourth floor, the press service of the local diocese. In the spring of 2016 with a request to the spiritual care of guards and visitors to the Abbot of St Theodore and Cyril and Methodius Church of the village Elite Archpriest Georgy Cosgove turned the management of this shopping center. There was a small room, where the priest held regular spiritual conversations, made confession and communion. When it became clear that the room did not accommodate all comers, was allocated a more spacious room. The people here are in
Day: December 12, 2016
WP: the FBI and the CIA differed in estimates of the action “the Russian hackers”
WP: the FBI and the CIA differed in estimates of the action “the Russian hackers” WASHINGTON, December 11. /Offset. TASS Anatoly Bochinin/. Central intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI) informed members of Congress about the alleged activities of Russian hackers during the presidential elections, however, their assessments seriously dispersed. On Saturday the newspaper reported The Washington Post. The material posted on the newspaper’s website, says that in the course of last week’s closed briefing on Capitol hill members of the house Committee on intelligence asked the Rapporteur from the FBI about whether he confirms the conclusions of the CIA and the desire of hackers to help presidential candidate Donald Trump. Answers employee of the Bureau was “fuzzy” and “ambiguous,” said a source familiar with the meeting. Unlike intelligence, the FBI was sure that the intruders, which the U.S. suspected of ties with Russia, wanted to support a
The Kremlin said the lack of cooperation with the United States one of the reasons for activation of the IG in Syria
© AP Photo via Militant MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov called the lack of cooperation with the US on the Syrian issue is one of the reasons of activization of militants “Islamic state” (organization banned in Russia) in Syria. “We regret that, unfortunately, is not possible to fully neutralize such active offensive operations (the attack on Palmyra), – he declared to journalists. – We also regret that there is still no coordination and real cooperation with other States, especially the United States of America who do not want to cooperate. Such cooperation would, I think we can all more effectively to avoid such attacks from terrorists.”
In Turkey, Pro-Kurdish propaganda, arrested 235 people
Suleyman Soylu Ankara announced the arrest of 235 people for the campaign in favor of “workers’ party of Kurdistan” (PKK, banned in Turkey as a terrorist organization), reports Reuters. According to the Minister of internal Affairs Suleyman Soylu, all the detainees have been accused of conducting terrorist propaganda and links with the PKK. It is noted that the arrests were made in 11 provinces. The reason for the mass arrests was the explosion that occurred on the evening of 10 December in Besiktas district in Istanbul, near the stadium Vodafone Arena, after the match between the teams “Besiktas” and “Bursaspor”. The aim of the terrorists was the bus with the police. According to the latest reports, 44 people were killed, 155 wounded. Responsibility for the attack claimed by the group “Falcons of freedom of Kurdistan” (SSK). Previously SSK was a division of the PKK, however, then considered policy of the
Lavrov: no one in the OSCE supports the establishment of a military mission in the Donbass
Photo: RIA Novosti No one in the OSCE supported the establishment of armed police mission in the Donbass, said Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “Your first question about the armed police mission in the Donbass, why is it not discussed? You know, because nobody supported the establishment of armed police mission of the OSCE in the Donbass, none of the members of the OSCE, well, maybe, except for Ukraine, I’m sorry, I can’t speak for Kiev”, — said Lavrov. Earlier, Kiev appealed to the UN and the EU with a request to send in the Donbass military mission that would monitor the implementation of the agreement on cease-fire. Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic integration Ivanna klympush-Tsintsadze said that now under consideration, the armed mission of the OSCE, “now seems the only option.” According to her, the UN missions and the EU “did not work”. She noted
Russia left the five countries with the largest defense expenditure
© Yevgeny Kurskov/TASS LONDON, December 12. /Offset. TASS Maxim Ryzhkov/. Russia in 2016, left the five countries with the largest defense expenditures, the newspaper the Financial Times, citing a study prepared by the specialized journal Jane’s Defence Weeekly. “India’s desire to modernize its armed forces helped her to oust Russia among five leading countries in defense spending this year”, – the newspaper writes.
Loss of “Naftogaz” from the purchase of gas in Europe was $70 million – Novak
Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak estimated the losses of “Naftogaz” from the purchase by Ukraine of Russian gas in Europe in the second half of 2016. According to the Ministry of energy, this amounted to about 70 million dollars. As stated by the energy Minister in an interview with NTV television, “Naftogaz buys gas, our gas to European consumers at a higher price”. Novak said that the price Ukraine pays for Russian gas below the prices that are formed on spot markets hubs, exchanges about 20-30 dollars. “Of course, the Ukrainian side is interested from the economic point of view that today to buy gas from “Gazprom”. It’s just more profitable, because the price is cheaper,” – said the Minister of energy. He noticed that the price of Russian gas generated under the contract, according to the formula below, starting with the second half of 2016.
The media reported the death of 90 Iraqi soldiers in an attack by the United States air force
The media reported the death of 90 Iraqi soldiers in an attack by the United States air force A total of 90 Iraqi soldiers were killed in Mosul in the result caused by mistake of hitting the United States air force. On Saturday, December 10, Sputnik reports, citing the portal Factiniraq. It is noted that another 100 people were injured. In addition, the attack of Iraqi military equipment were damaged and the troops had to retreat. December 1, Reuters reported that the Pentagon acknowledged the death of 54 civilians in Iraq and Syria as a result against the militant strikes of the US-led coalition in the period from 31 March to 22 October this year. In October Amnesty International stated that for two years as a result of coalition strikes in Syria killed about 300 civilians. A ground operation to liberate Mosul, who in June 2014 was captured by the
Killed in Aleppo nurses was buried with military honors in Birobidzhan
Killed in Aleppo nurses was buried with military honors in Birobidzhan Moscow. 10 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — WITH the dead in Aleppo, Syria nurses took leave in Birobidzhan, the press service of the government of the Jewish Autonomous region. “The victims Hope Durachenko and Galina Mikhailov was buried at the Central cemetery of the city of Birobidzhan with saluting military honors,” — said in the message. In the ceremony took part the Governor of the region Alexander Levintal and other leaders, military personnel and many residents of the area. As reported, the Hope Durachenko and Galina Mikhailova were military nurses of the Birobidzhan military hospital. They were part of the crew of a mobile hospital deployed in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and died 5 Dec the shelling medgorodka militants. On Friday, the parting with them was held in a military unit, on Saturday the families of the victims handed the
IG troops re-entered Palmyra in the Syrian
IG troops re-entered Palmyra in the Syrian Moscow. 10 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — Armed units of the group “Islamic state” (banned in Russia) re-entered in the Syrian Palmyra, from which they were knocked out about nine months ago. On it informs “bi-Bi-si” with reference to the representative of the organization Syrian Observatory for human rights. 6фотографий6фотографий “Fighters of ISIS came to Palmyra on Saturday and took the North-Western part of it,” — said Rami Abdel Rahman. According to him, in the Central part of the city, now there are fights between the rebels and Syrian government forces. Earlier this week, local activists reported that the Islamic state launched an offensive in an attempt to re-capture Palmyra. Fighters attacked Syrian forces from two directions — from the North and the South, seizing several army checkpoints and a number of small settlements. Palmyra was under the control of the IG since mid-may 2015.