The Pentagon intends to rent space in the famous new York skyscraper, the Trump Tower, owned by billionaire. About this newspaper the Washington Post. According to the newspaper, the Ministry of defense tries to negotiate the rent of the room in the tower for half a million dollars a year. As explained in the defense Ministry of the country, in a rented room will be a few employees. This measure is necessary in case the US President Donald trump decides to visit a skyscraper in Manhattan. The fact that the White house can order the use of nuclear weapons and the permanent protection of so-called “nuclear suitcase” is entrusted to specially appointed officers of the U.S. armed forces, who should always be in the vicinity of the head of state. Photo: Danita Delimont / Globallookpress
Day: February 8, 2017
Ukrainian military conducting reconnaissance in the Donbas, broke new drone
The Ukrainian military has set up a new drone, conducting reconnaissance of the line of contact in Donbas. This was stated at a briefing the official representative of the LPR militia Andrey Marochko. According to him, the incident occurred due to poor pilot training UAV. “In the 54th brigade of the armed forces in connection with the unsatisfactory preparation of the pilot of the UAV was broken expensive new drone with which the enemy carried out reconnaissance on the line of contact,” said Marochko. The representative of the people’s militia self-proclaimed Republic stressed that the incident was confirmed by data intelligence. Marochko reminded that the use of drones at the line of contact in Donbass prohibited in accordance with the Minsk agreements, but the APU still use them. Video: the people’s militia LNR / YouTube Photo: mil.gov.ua
The Ukrainian police called the main version of the murder of Pavel Sheremet
Ukrainian police announced the official cause of death of the journalist Pavel Sheremet. As stated by the Deputy head of the national police – the chief of investigative management Alexander Vakulenko, the journalist was killed because of traumatic shock and significant blood loss, reports channel “112 Ukraine”. In addition, according to the Deputy head of national police in the priority version of murder of the journalist considers his professional activity. “The priority is to update the professional activities of mass media as a journalist on the territory of Ukraine and abroad,” said Vakulenko. “Repeatedly voiced version: error in the object, as well as conflicts in his personal life. I want to say that during the investigation the last two versions worked out, and today they are not a priority in the investigation”, – said Deputy head of the national police. The car, which was Pavel Sheremet
United Russia called the date of the primaries
Photo: RIA Novosti “United Russia” plans to hold a preliminary vote on the selection of candidates for participation in regional elections on may 28. On Tuesday, February 7, announced the Secretary of the General Council of the party, Vice-speaker of the state Duma Sergey Neverov, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “I hope colleagues will support it, and it will be the date 28 may,” — said Neverov. According to him, the date will be determined at the meeting of the General Council, which will take place on Tuesday afternoon. Neverov expressed hope that the representatives of the political parties represented in the Duma in the last elections, will help the participants of the upcoming election campaigns in the regions. “It’s important for us to maintain the level of support we have received from citizens,” — said the head In 2017, the single voting day will be held September 10. In six regions
Raikin explained his statement about Russia
Photo: RIA Novosti Director of theatre “Satyricon” Konstantin Raikin said that the words about Russia as a “nekrofilskom state” is a phrase from the solo performance “Over the farce of the sky.” About it reports “Interfax”. The artist recalled that this performance he plays for 15 years. Raikin explained that these words are pronounced based on a line from “Boris Godunov”: “They only know how to love the dead.” In the solo performance, which Raikin performed in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic society named after Shostakovich, talking about the fate of Russian poets Nikolai Gumilev, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Osip Mandelstam, Joseph Brodsky and others. In a speech Raikin says that geniuses in Russia has always been “etched”. “We nekrofilskie state, it loves the dead more than the living. Then they called names of streets, squares, metro stations, and before that kill”, is one of the replicas of the play. Earlier,
Returning from Syria, the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” dropped anchor Severomorsk
Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov”, Severomorsk, December 2016 © Lev Fedoseyev/TASS SEVEROMORSK, February 8. /TASS/. The only Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” returned from the Mediterranean, stood in the Kola Bay RAID Severomorsk. This was reported in the defense Ministry.
In the state Duma expressed readiness of Assad to negotiate with the armed opposition
Bashar Al-Assad Syrian President Bashar al-Assad confirmed his readiness to negotiate with representatives of the opposition, including armed. On Wednesday, February 8, said the coordinator of the parliamentary group of the state Duma for relations with the Parliament of Syria, Dmitry Sablin, after meeting with the Syrian leader, reports TASS. “Assad supports our efforts to Astana”, — he said. Another member of the delegation, MP Alexander Yushchenko added that the President of Syria has described the talks in the capital of Kazakhstan intelligent and far-sighted step. In particular, according to him, the Syrian leader said the fact that the first dialogue was with representatives, “who are fighting with arms in hands.” On 6 February in Astana the first meeting of the joint task force monitoring the ceasefire in Syria with the participation of experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran, the UN and Jordan. The group was formed following the conference on
Russian sailors kidnapped in the territorial waters of Nigeria
The ship BBC Caribbean In the territorial waters of Nigeria kidnapped seven sailors — the citizens of Russia. On Wednesday, February 8, in his microblog on Twitter reported the Russian Embassy in Abuja. According to diplomats, pirates attacked and captured the ship BBC Caribbean. His side was kidnapped seven Russians and one citizen of Ukraine. Diplomats appealed to the authorities of Nigeria to help in searching for missing sailors. — Russia in Nigeria (@RusEmbNigeria) 07 February 2017, 11:51 This information is confirmed the owner of the vessel is a German company Briese. Pirates operating near the Nigerian coast, attacking a foreign court to seize the goods and kidnapping crew members. As a rule, after long negotiations, they are released, while the details, including the question of the payment of ransom were not disclosed. The latest incident of this kind with the Russian sailors took place in late November. Then, Nigerian
At the Samsung plant in Tianjin Chinese, a fire broke out
At the factory of Samsung in the Chinese city of Tianjin, which produces lithium-ion batteries started a fire. About it reports The South China Morning Post. According to preliminary data, the fire broke out in the shop, where they make batteries for smartphones Galaxy Note 7. The company announced that there was a small fire, but the flames quickly spread through the building. No one was hurt. According to preliminary data, was caused by “production problems”. On the site there are 110 firefighters. The authorities do not exclude emission of harmful substances. An official Samsung spokesperson said that the fire occurred in a warehouse where were stored defective product. Model Samsung Note 7 went on sale in August 2016. Two months later, after multiple cases of spontaneous combustion Corporation first stopped the sale, and then completely ceased production. The results of the investigation on 23 January it was announced that
Putin told about the great future of Russia
Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of awarding prizes to young researchers in the field of science and innovations in the Kremlin told about how he sees the future of the country. On Wednesday, February 8, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “The fundamental principles upon which our country are so deep, so strong roots, that her wonderful, beautiful future is inevitable”, — said the head of state. On 6 February, the Commission to combat pseudoscience of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) published a report On “the false scientific character of homeopathy”. Experts recommended the health Ministry to withdraw homeopathic remedies from the state clinics. The Russian presidential aide Andrei Fursenko, commenting on the conclusions of the Commission of the RAS, noted that emerged in the controversy around homeopathy and its lunarfest was not worth my energy on them. “I’m not sure that