The tramp pushed the head of ExxonMobil for the post of U.S. Secretary of state Donald trump picked a new U.S. Secretary of state the head of the largest private oil company ExxonMobil Rex Tillerson. Tillerson have no diplomatic experience, but there are “ties with Russia”. The US President-elect Donald trump was elected Secretary of state to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of ExxonMobil Rex Tillerson, Bloomberg reports, citing an official statement transition team trump. Earlier, The Wall Street Journal wrote that Rex Tillerson is the main contender for the post of U.S. Secretary of state. According to the newspaper, among all applicants for this post Tillerson of “the closest connection” with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to CNN, Tillerson during his conversation with Donald trump has agreed to accept appointment as Secretary of state. Businessman with ties to Russia Tillerson have no experience in diplomatic
Day: December 14, 2016
Peskov did not comment on reports about possibility of deployment of Tokyo, US bases in the Kuriles
MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on media reports about possibility of deployment by Japan of US bases in the Kuriles during its transmission to Tokyo.
At the EU summit will discuss the extension of anti-Russian sanctions
At the EU summit, which will be held on Thursday, December 15, to discuss the issue of extending sanctions against Russia. It is reported TASS citing a senior source in Brussels. “I think the EU will receive a recommendation from the Chancellor [Angela] Merkel and the French President [Francois] Hollande that the economic sanctions imposed because of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine should be extended,” he explained. On 13 December the leaders of Germany and France stated the necessity of prolongation of action of restrictive measures against Moscow. “Sanctions against Russia will be necessary to extend again, although we would like to see more serious progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, — said Merkel. Hollande, in turn, supported the proposal. Restrictive measures against certain sectors of the Russian economy, Russia has until January 31, 2017. Russian retaliatory counter-sanctions extended until 31 December of the following year. A number of
Udaltsov was offended by the media and decided not to send her husband to the presidency
Sergei Udaltsov with his wife The wife of opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov has explained his words about his participation in the presidential elections in Russia is a joke and accused the journalists of being unprofessional. Related posts Anastasia Udaltsova has posted on his Twitter page on Wednesday, December 14. — Anastasia Udaltsova (@udaltsova_) December 14, 2016, 11:25 She admitted she really doesn’t know how to deal with her husband after the end of the sentence. “Maybe politics, maybe more than. He is a man of many talents,” — said Udaltsov. The wife of the opposition leader also chided journalists in pursuit of sensation and posted a new statement that suggested to be official. “The presidential election we will support the candidate of the left forces. I hope it will be a single candidate”, — she wrote. Earlier Wednesday, Udaltsov posted on his Twitter a message stating that her husband, convicted
Striking “thirty”: the aircraft of the Crimea reinforce the stealth fighter
Share {{secondsToDateTime(data.visiblePosition) | date: ‘HH:mm:ss’}} / {{(videoDuration | date: ‘HH:mm:ss’) || ’01:14′}} {{secondsToDateTime(data.visiblePosition) | date: ‘mm:ss’}} / {{(videoDuration | date: ‘mm:ss’) || ’01:14′}} {{qualityItem | uppercase}} HD .mp4 High quality SD .mp4 Medium quality © TASS/Ruptly The naval aviation of the black sea fleet (BSF) of the Russian Navy added another three new multi-functional fighter su-30CM. The aircraft was built at the Irkutsk aviation plant and transferred to the fleet, the programme to upgrade the fleet. They became part of separate Maritime attack aviation regiment, black sea fleet based in the Crimean airfield of Saki. Previously, the crews of su-30SM have been trained in the training center of naval aviation of the Russian Navy in Yeisk. Currently, the pilots conduct training on new machines, practicing various maneuvers in a strong wind with the sea and partly cloudy.
The media learned about the preparation of NATO’s new war in the Balkans
In the North Atlantic Alliance have started talking about the potential emergence of a new ethnic conflict in the Balkans. As reported by the Croatian newspaper Vecernji list, NATO expects that the region may escalate the situation because of the return of the radicals who went to Syria to fight on the side of the banned terrorist organization “Islamic state”. The newspaper cited a secret document that was available to The New York Times that a military unit is ready if needed to intervene in the conflict in the Balkans. In the text of the paper, which was accepted by the leadership of the Alliance, contains a description of the two types of threats that can destabilize the situation in the region. In addition to the radicalization of the return of foreign fighters from Syria and Iraq, underlined the behavior of Russia, which restores the Balkans political and
A policeman and his wife were waylaid at the entrance
A policeman and his wife were waylaid at the entrance In the Samara region the unknown criminals attacked the chief of police for the city of Otradnyy Dmitry Vashurkina and his wife. Four attackers in masks broke into the country house of a police officer, waylaid spouses and severely beat them. Mrs. Vashurkina died on the spot, the police officer is in serious condition in the hospital. The attack on the chief of OMVD of Russia on the city of Otradnyy 39-year-old Dmitry Vashurkina was committed on the night of December 11 in the village smyshlyaevka Volga region in Samara region. A policeman with his wife back to his country house and found four masked men who attacked them as soon as the couple crossed the threshold. The beating was so brutal that Dmitry Vashurin regained consciousness only in the morning. He called an ambulance. The chief of the police
Daily Mail said about the passenger “train Ghost” in the UK
Daily Mail said about the passenger “train Ghost” in the UK In the UK there are a number of railway routes which are hardly used by passengers. Plying on them trains called “train Ghost”, says the publication the Daily Mail. An expert in the field of railway transport mark Smith (Mark Smith) explained to the newspaper that unprofitable companies to abandon these areas. The official procedure for the closure of such routes requires a lot of money, time and effort. Therefore, rail operators easier from time to time start on such stretches of road trains, which are often empty except for the drivers. According to Smith, it should be done at least once in seven days. “I think once a week is the minimum,” — said the expert. The mysterious UK ‘ghost trains’ – that run to keep lines open https://t.co/gaiWfvJ0IH @MailOnline — Allan-Walter-Wilson (@Shilowilson) 12 Dec 2016 As the
The Amsterdam court decided to give the collection of Scythian gold to Ukraine
The Amsterdam court decided to give the collection of Scythian gold to Ukraine MOSCOW, 13 Dec — RIA Novosti. The Amsterdam court decided to give the collection of Scythian gold, brought from the Crimean museums, Ukraine, Reuters reported. The collection was moved to the exhibition “Crimea: gold and secrets of the Black sea” in the archaeological Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam in early February 2014, before the Peninsula was reunited with Russia. Total collection of about two thousand artifacts, including not having analogues in the world. After long negotiations, the Crimean museums in court demanded that the Netherlands has complied with the obligations under the contracts and returned them to the exhibits. The district court of Amsterdam in October considered the case. The head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that if the court will take the side of Ukraine, the Crimea to fight over a collection of
Lavrov called barren recent contacts with U.S. on Syria
© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. Recent talks with the U.S. on Syria was futile. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, addressing the participants of the program “Dialogue for the future” Fund to support public diplomacy name Gorchakov.