February 2, 2017 – Page 5 – Russian Reality

The ECHR has awarded the Bulk of compensation for unlawful prosecution in Russia

February 2, 2017 RR Russia

Alexei Navalny The European court of human rights (ECHR) upheld the complaint of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the actions of the authorities of the country and awarded him compensation for unlawful prosecution. The decision published on the court’s website on Thursday, 2 February. The court ruled that the Russian authorities should pay the blogger compensation for unlawful prosecution in the amount of 63 thousand euros. Bulk in the lawsuit pointed to six episodes that took place from 2012 to 2014. We are talking about detentions during mass actions, administrative charges of violating the order of holding rallies and disobedience to law enforcement. As a result of these actions, he was fined and sentenced to a total of seven days of administrative arrest. In February 2016, the ECHR awarded the Bulk of 56 million euros compensation for the violation of his rights during the investigation in the case

Possible culprit of the accident in New Moscow was a citizen of Kyrgyzstan

February 2, 2017 RR Russia

The driver of the Toyota, causing a head-on collision with a UAZ in the New Moscow, — a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. On Thursday, 2 February, reports TASS citing a source in law enforcement bodies of the capital. According to him, the foreigner was hospitalized in intensive care, his condition is estimated as heavy. “He has traumatic brain injury, associated trauma and a compression fracture of the thoracic spine,” said the source. According to Вести.Ru this year, three of the injured are in serious and critical condition. Upon road accident in New Moscow, which killed nine people, a criminal case under part 5 of article 264 of the criminal code (“Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, entailed on imprudence death of two or more persons”). February 1 on the turn with the Warsaw highway in the direction of the village of Korotygino Toyota drove into the oncoming lane and

Grushko: Russia is waiting for NATO’s constructive response on the issue of risk reduction

February 2, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia has proposed the North Atlantic Alliance the proposal to begin discussions on military security and stability and constructive response. This was stated in an interview with German broadcaster NDR, Russia’s permanent representative to NATO Alexander Grushko. “We proposed to start technical military discussions in order to consider all matters related to military security and stability,” – said the diplomat. These proposals remain on the negotiating table. We expect that NATO will sooner or later give a constructive response,” he added. Grushko also said that Russia “has offered the United States to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements and to define the maximum and minimum distance that ships and aircraft both sides can approach each other.” During a meeting of the Council NATO – Russia (NRC) at the ambassadorial level in December 2016, the Russian Federation announced the reduction in the level of security in Europe and

In China collapsed three houses

February 2, 2017 RR Events

In Zhejiang province in Eastern China collapsed three residential five-story building. Under the rubble are still people. The collapse occurred at 08:05 local time in the County Wenchen the city district of s signature floor hotel Wenzhou. On the scene arrived about 100 rescuers and eight fire brigades. Presumably, under the rubble is six people. Rescuers and firefighters conduct search and rescue operations. Information on victims and victims did not arrive yet. The reasons for the collapse of buildings are not reported, writes “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. Photo: Chao Hu / Globallookpress

In the Parliament called “window dressing” the funeral of five fighters APU, instead of 200

February 2, 2017 RR Events

Former Verkhovna Rada Deputy Igor Markov said that President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is a show of the funeral of soldiers of the APU in Kiev, writes “Politnavigator”. He claims that the leader of the country staged a new round of war in Donbass “to recycle” the most uncomfortable of radicals and nationalists, and their deaths represent, as aggression from the Russian Federation. According to him, “ostentatious” the ceremony of farewell to the dead militants, which the authorities staged in the center of Kiev, could show the true face of Poroshenko, if to Europe reached the real scale of military losses. “With regard to funerals on the Maidan, Poroshenko if a person has collected 150 Ukrainian soldiers, who are lying now in the fields, and brought them all to the Maidan, I think the effect would be exactly the opposite. Five deaths and 200 people”, – he said.

APU tanks are hiding in the town under the nose of the OSCE: video

February 2, 2017 RR Events

In the Internet appeared the footage, which shows how the tanks of the Ukrainian armed forces are behind multi-family homes in the city Avdeevka. The footage also shows that near the tanks APU are the cars of the OSCE, and next are not visible any employee organization, which is obliged to monitor compliance with the peace agreements. Earlier samambula of the Ministry of defence DND Eduard Bacurin stated that the APU is pulled to the frontline in Donetsk, about 30 tanks. Video: Ragul Lviv / YouTube

The Russian foreign Ministry noted the attitude of the business work with the staff of trump

February 2, 2017 RR Politics

MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Attitude to business without phobias already evident in the contacts with the employees of the administration of U.S. President Donald trump. This was stated on Thursday by the Director of the Department of North America of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Georgy Borisenko, speaking in the Federation Council at the round table “Russian-American relations under the new US administration”.

Media called the worst interview of trump with the Australian Prime Minister

February 2, 2017 RR World

Donald trump during a telephone conversation with Australian Prime Minister The US President Donald trump called telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull the worst of all his conversations with foreign leaders. About it reports The Washington Post. It was originally planned that it will last an hour, however, the American leader put the phone in the 25th minute. According to the publication, the US President got angry when Turnbull reminded him of the obligation to receive refugees from Australia. Later, trump expressed his displeasure on Twitter. “Can you believe it? The Obama administration has agreed to accept thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I would study the damn deal!” — he wrote. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 02 Feb 2017, 03:55 The Australian Prime Minister called the conversation “very Frank and honest,” while noting that he was disappointed in some points, reports BBC News. According to

In Wenzhou, the second time this year struck a residential building

February 2, 2017 RR World

Archive photo (the incident in Wenzhou in October 2016) In China collapsed three residential buildings in which there were people. About it reports “Xinhua”. The incident occurred on the morning of Thursday, February 2, in Wenzhou city of Zhejiang province in the East of the country. For some unknown reason, hit three five-story buildings. Under the rubble are people, the exact number is unknown. Started rescue work. 10 October 2016 in the same city as the result of the collapse of four residential buildings killed 22 people. The house was built illegally. The local authorities started a large-scale inspection of buildings to avoid repetition.

A Russian emergencies Ministry plane has protected from the fire of two Chilean cities

February 2, 2017 RR World

Archive photo The plane EMERCOM of Russia prevented the spread of a forest fire in two cities in Chile. About it “Interfax” was told on Thursday, February 2, the press service of the Russian Ministry. During the day, the pilots flew four times to extinguish the fire, throwing the burning forest, 168 tons of water. “Thus they prevented the fire from spreading towards the village of Navidad and the settlement of Concepcion,” — said in the MOE. Concepcion is one of the oldest cities in Chile, was founded in 1550. It is home to more than 230 thousand people. The city is called University centre of the country, it is the highest number of universities in Chile. Il-76 arrived to help at the request of the Chilean party, in the country about a few weeks of raging wildfires. In seven regions (Coquimbo, valparaíso, Metropolitana, O’higgins, Maule, araucanía and Biobio) declared