Earned the European navigation system Galileo Moscow. 15 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — European satellite navigation system Galileo begins to work on Thursday, said the European Commission. At first, the fuzzy signal is amplified by means of satellites of the American GPS system, and then will become stronger as soon as in orbit, will appear more and more Galileo satellites. Now there is 18, and by 2020 this number is expected to reach 30. The Galileo developers claim that their system is more accurate than GPS, and will provide Europeans independence from the American GPS, the Russian GLONASS and promising Chinese Compass. The initial package will only be available on smartphones, are already equipped with chips that are compatible with Galileo. According to the official representative of the European Commission of the Peace TALCO, several large mobile operators are already working to create such chips. At the same time, some devices only
Day: December 16, 2016
NBC has shared the personal intervention of Vladimir Putin in presidential elections in the United States
NBC has shared the personal intervention of Vladimir Putin in presidential elections in the United States US intelligence “with great certainty” I am convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in the “secret Russian campaign”, whose aim was to affect the outcome of the November elections of the President of the United States, reports NBC, citing two senior sources. They said that initially the Russian authorities allegedly wanted to discredit the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Later, however, Russia’s intentions, according to sources, focused more on exposing corruption in the US: according to NBC, the Russian government was driven by the desire to “crack America’s allies by creating the idea that (other countries) can no longer count on the United States as a credible world leader.” As assured sources with access to intelligence obtained the information, Vladimir Putin personally watched how to use stolen from the Democratic party materials.
Zakharov commented on the appeal of France to hold a new meeting of the UN security Council on Syria
© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the appeal of France to host a new meeting of the UN Security Council on Syria.
The state Department acknowledged the cessation of hostilities in Aleppo
U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry, the US admitted that shelling and bombing of Aleppo, Syria has ceased, and the city started to be taken people. However, as reported TASS, he expressed the opinion that the war in the Arab country will not stop. “Apparently, within a certain time not conducted the bombing and shelling. The ceasefire can be maintained,” Kerry said. According to him, as the next steps necessary to ensure the ceasefire regime, in which attacks should decline “as government forces and allies, and other warring parties in Aleppo,” reports “Interfax”. He also pointed to the need to provide full access for humanitarian organizations and to ensure the evacuation “of civilians and militants who wish to leave the city.” According to Kerry, it is important to begin the process led by the Syrians, “aimed at ending the war and the transfer of power to a more representative government.”
Putin and Abe decided not to swim in thermal springs
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled planned for the first day of negotiations and visits to thermal spas. About this he wrote on Twitter journalist of “Komsomolskaya Pravda” Dmitry Smirnov on Thursday, December 15. “Decided Putin and Abe to refrain from visiting the thermal springs: midnight in Nagato, too late to swim,” explained the journalist. At 10 PM in Tokyo (16:00 GMT) the leaders of the two countries went to dinner. Negotiations with Ministers over an hour and a half, says Smirnov. Earlier Thursday it was reported that Putin and Abe will dine Japanese beef, grilled and sashimi of puffer fish and fugu tempura. It was assumed that after that they will continue to communicate in their outdoor hot spring bath overlooking the Japanese garden and then headed to the Observatory. The second part of the talks between Putin and Abe scheduled for Friday,
Gerasimov: more than 2 thousand fighters from Russia and CIS countries destroyed during the year in Syria
© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. More than 2 thousand fighters from Russia and CIS countries destroyed during the year in Syria. This was announced by the chief of the General staff of the Armed forces – first Deputy defense Minister army General Valery Gerasimov.