January 30, 2017 – Page 7 – Russian Reality

Central Bank will change the order of payments to combat hackers

January 30, 2017 RR Russia

The Bank of Russia intends to change the current approach to making payments in the fight against hackers. On Monday, January 30, the newspaper “Kommersant”. The Central Bank has dispatched to heads of IT departments of Russian banks the letter in which asked to 10 February to assess in terms of what they can implement encryption of payments sent to the regulator at the level of the automated banking system (ABS complex, consisting of many computers within a single protected circuit). Formed in the ABS registries are received at the workstation client the Bank of Russia (AWS CBD) is a special computer at the Bank in a separate protected circuit, it take payments to the Bank. Implementation of encryption systems at the ABS will help protect the data at an earlier stage. According to the regulator, this will make it harder for intruders terms of attacks and reduce the level

The Pentagon will assess the ability of Russia and China to survive a nuclear attack

January 30, 2017 RR Russia

The U.S. intelligence community and the strategic command of the Armed forces of the United States examined the ability of the state structures of Russia and China to survive a nuclear attack and continue to function, according to Bloomberg on Monday, January 30. As notes the edition, a study was commissioned by Congress on the initiative of both major parties, “representatives are concerned about the growing military power of China and have doubts about the intentions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.” The study was monitored by the office of the Director of National intelligence (supervising and managing the actions of the intelligence community of the United States — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) and the headquarters of the Strategic command (US Strategic Command), which controls the strategic nuclear forces. Performers should prepare a report that will assess the ability of the guide to survival, military command and control structures of the

The state Duma approved Putin’s anti-corruption amendments in the first reading

January 30, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: TASS The state Duma in the first reading accepted a package of anticorruption amendments of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, reported on the website of the Duma. Under the bill, governors will be obliged to check information about the income of mayors, officials were permitted to lead the parties, and entering the universities of the FSB will have to declare the income information. In addition, the bill imposes on the governors duty to verify the accuracy and completeness of information about income and property of persons occupying municipal positions. If anti-corruption legislation is violated, the Governor is obliged to apply for early termination of powers of the employee in the local authority or the court. Also, according to the bill, “participation in the management of political parties these persons, state and municipal servants are allowed without any restrictions.” Earlier, the international organization Transparency International published the corruption perception

Peskov denied the telephone talks between Putin and Merkel

January 30, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: REUTERS Earlier media reported that preparing for a telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who allegedly will take place on Saturday. However, the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov denied this information, saying that such a conversation is not planned. Read the story: trump will hold a conversation with Putin this weekend

Shuvalov announced Putin’s visit to Tajikistan

January 30, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit a working visit to Tajikistan “in the coming weeks.” This was stated by first Vice-Premier of Russia Igor Shuvalov at the enlarged meeting of the Tajik-Russian intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic cooperation, RIA “Novosti”. “We need to carefully prepare for the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to Tajikistan, which will be held in the coming weeks. We hope that outstanding issues can be resolved to the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. We look forward to this visit and hope that it will be effective,” he said. According to Shuvalov, in the narrow format meeting, the parties discussed the issues of further development cooperation in energy, transportation and other industries. “On all questions we were able to reach certain agreements. Thank you for your flexibility, we were able to move forward,” – concluded

Kazakhstan has rendered humanitarian aid to the people of Syria in Tartus

January 30, 2017 RR Events

In the Syrian port city of Tartus, the Russian military handed over the Syrian side of the humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan. It is reported that all the country was brought about five hundred tons of flour, canned meat, rice and pasta, as well as other necessities. “As part of the humanitarian convoys this food will be redistributed to the provinces transferred to the communities most affected by the hostilities, to arrange the issue directly and cooking”, – said the representative of staff of logistics of the Russian aviation group in Syria, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Grechko. It is noted that Russia delivered all 33 containers on a cargo ship from structure of forces of the auxiliary fleet of the Russian Navy. It is noted that received government assistance in the region. They thanked Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation and noted that she goes to three cities – Aleppo, Latakia

Conversation Putin and trump says the presence of positive dynamics in relations between Russia and the US – expert

January 30, 2017 RR Events

Telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald trump, which was held on January 28, indicates the presence of positive dynamics in relations between Moscow and Washington. In an interview with TASS said the Professor of the state University of new York at stony brook political scientist Jonathan Sanders. The analyst noted that in the course of conversation between Putin and trump was not touched upon themes that would cause the most acute conflicts between the US and Russia. According to Sanders, this fact is “a positive signal” given, “which reached the intensity of rhetoric” between the two countries in recent times. The expert also emphasized that the cooling of Russian-American relations is “one of the worst things that occurred in the last 4-5 years.” Photo: Aude Guerrucci / Globallookpress

More than 12 thousand civilians returned to their homes in Aleppo – the Russian defense Ministry

January 30, 2017 RR Events

In the Syrian city of Aleppo to their homes returned more than 12 thousand inhabitants. This was reported today the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov. In Aleppo now continue to work the Russian sappers over a week they defused more than a thousand explosive devices and cleared more than 75 kilometers of roads. Russian center for conciliation and providing humanitarian assistance. Only in recent days, food, medicine and necessities has received more than 60 thousand Syrians. Humanitarian aid in Syria, sent to the port of Tartus delivered 500 tons of flour, canned food, rice. In the Russian defense Ministry said that the assistance Syria provided to Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus and Serbia. “From other countries and international organizations, whose representatives repeatedly from its offices talked about the plight of Syrians and humanitarian disaster in that country has still not been received.

The title of “Miss universe” was won by the French

January 30, 2017 RR World

Iris Mitchiner The title of “Miss universe” was won by the representative of France, iris is a friendly and informal, reports Reuters. The top three finalists, in addition to a friendly and informal, composed of representatives of Haiti and Colombia, 25-year-old Raquel Pelissier and 23-year-old Andrea Product. “Miss France,” the native of Lille, 23 years old, she is studying to be a dental surgeon, according to the contest website. She told me that she loves extreme sports, including skydiving, bungee jumping and hang gliding. The French only once before won the crown “Miss universe”, it happened in 1953. The final three-hour show, which was attended by 86 contestants from around the world, was held in the Philippine capital Manila on Monday, January 30. Winner of the previous contest, Filipina Pia Alonzo Wurzbach gave host Steve Harvey points so he could carefully consider the printed information on the outcome of the

Slovenia expressed readiness to organize a meeting of Putin and trump

January 30, 2017 RR World

Karl Erjavec Slovenia is ready to provide a platform for negotiations of presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump. This was stated by foreign Minister Karl Erjavec in interview to portal Zurnal24.si. According to him, the initiative he discussed with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in December 2016. “Given the fact that we successfully organized a meeting of the George Bush — Vladimir Putin (the meeting was held at the brdo castle in June 2001 — approx. “Of the tape.ru”), Lavrov said that he sees no reason not to repeat the talks at this level. All this, of course, depends on the leaders of the USA and Russia,” said Erjavec. 23 Jan Prime Minister of Finland, Juha Sipilä said about the readiness to organize a meeting with trump and Putin. He admitted that the conversation the heads of States could take place “if