Media: ISIS has claimed responsibility for firing rockets towards the city of Eilat MOSCOW, February 9 — RIA Novosti. Terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG banned in Russia) claimed responsibility for firing rockets at Israeli resort of Eilat, writes the newspaper the Jerusalem Post. According to the newspaper, one of the branches of the Islamic state group has declared about six fired from Egyptian territory of Sinai missiles, of which only four reached Israel in the night of Thursday. The press service of the Israeli army reported earlier that the Israeli missile intercepted a few missiles. The attempt of the fire activated the air RAID sirens in the resort city of Eilat and the surrounding area. Data on victims in the night were reported. The most southern city of Israel on the shores of the red sea relax thousands of tourists from around the world, not again been attacked from neighboring
Day: February 9, 2017
In New Zealand on a cruise ship explosion
In New Zealand on a cruise ship explosion MOSCOW, February 9 — RIA Novosti. One person was killed in the explosion of a gas cylinder on Board a cruise ship, Emerald Princess off the coast of New Zealand, reported on the website of Radio New Zealand. According to the radio, the incident occurred on Thursday at 17.15 local time (07.15 GMT) in the port of Dunedin, the second largest city in the South island in New Zealand. According to the Manager of the port, the obvious damage to the ship was not applied. Currently, the scene cordoned off by police. As the representative of the cruise company Princess Cruises, none of the passengers were not injured. Cruise ship Emerald Princess was launched in 2007, can carry 3080 passengers and 1200 crew members.
The foreign Ministry commented on the U.S. decision to revise nuclear doctrine
Photo: Natalia Seliverstova / RIA Novosti Moscow hopes that new US nuclear doctrine provides an opportunity dimensionless using this type of weapon. On Tuesday, February 7, reported RIA Novosti source in the Russian foreign Ministry. According to him, the change of doctrinal settings — it is perfectly normal. “The question is in which direction the current doctrine will be revised,” — said the source. He reminded that the current concept “envisages the possibility of using nuclear weapons in all cases, when it affects the vital interests of the United States.” “What is it? Nobody knows. It will determine for itself the US administration, no clarity on this point,” said the source. The absence of criteria, he said, distinguishes the American from the Russian doctrine, which “clearly defines the circumstances in which it is theoretically possible to use nuclear weapons.” Earlier, on 7 February, the chief of staff of the us
Russia in the six years allocated for UNICEF projects more than $ 33 million
Photo: © AP Photo/ Hermann J. Knippertz Russia over the past six years allocated to projects UN Children’s Fund, more than 33 million dollars, have informed in the permanent representation to the UN in connection with the opening of the regular session of the UNICEF. From 2010 to 2016, Russia has participated in financing projects in Angola, Armenia, Belarus, Vanuatu, Haiti, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Liberia, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan in the amount of USD 33.1 million. As have informed in the permanent representation, the funds were directed to water supply and requirements of sanitation and hygiene in the Republic of Cuba affected by the hurricane in October 2012, help the people of Syria, ensure the participation of Russia in international efforts to combat the Ebola virus. The Russian Federation has also allocated funds for the immunization against diphtheria in the Republic of Tajikistan, the procurement of materials
The Pentagon does not record the major movements of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine
Photo: © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS The American military did not see large-scale movement of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. About it to journalists on Tuesday said Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis, noting that the US is concerned about the recent escalation of the conflict between the forces of Ukraine and the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass. “This is a significant outbreak of violence (situation in the vicinity of the Town – approx. TASS), the most prominent of those that we saw starting in 2015,” he said. According to Davis, the US defense Department does not see “any large-scale movement of Russian troops, which would allow to speculate that it was part of something bigger”. The representative of the military at the same time, continued to claim that Russia supposedly relates “to everything that is happening in Eastern Ukraine”. “This is our rating for a long time,” he concluded. Russia at the highest
On the “Admiral Kuznetsov” solemnly met returning from Syria sailors and airmen
© Lev Fedoseyev/TASS The aircraft CARRIER “ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV” (Severomorsk), 9 Feb. / TASS/. The welcome ceremony for the crew of the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” and the heavy nuclear missile cruiser “Peter the Great” began a RAID Severomorsk. As told reporters in the defense Ministry, the celebration takes place on Board the “Admiral Kuznetsov”.
Russian tour operators have abandoned the burning stages
Russian tour operators have almost completely abandoned the sale of hot tours. If the vouchers with significant discounts accounted for 20 percent of sales, now we are talking about isolated cases. According to “Kommersant”, the format disappeared amid ongoing within two years of the crisis in the tourist market. The representative of “Onliner” Igor Blinov said that if until 2014, about 15 percent of the vouchers sold at a significant discount, and now these proposals the company has almost no. “Requests from clients left, but to find them something almost impossible: the cost of the tour, bought a few days before departure, now is 30-40 percent higher than in the pre-sale, and not Vice versa,” — said the expert. I agree with Blinov Director of the Association of tour operators of Russia Maya Lomidze. It is estimated that over the past two years, the proportion of burning stages decreased from
Detained a top Manager of Tatfondbank
Employees of the main investigation Department of the MIA for the Republic of Tatarstan detained the Deputy Chairman of the Board Tatfondbank, reported on Thursday, February 9, at the Agency’s website. Police the name of the detainee is not called, however, the “Interfax” reports that it is likely about Vadim Merzlyakov. We are talking about the embezzlement of funds transferred into trust management of OOO IK TFB Finance”, “daughter” of the Bank. The amount of damage, according to preliminary calculations, is estimated at more than 90 million rubles. On 11 January, Russian media reported that two thousand depositors of Tatfondbank fraudulently turned into clients of its affiliated investment company. Now their funds are not subject to insurance reimbursement. The substitution was discovered after the introduction of the Central Bank provisional administration to the credit institution December 15, 2016. Payments to depositors of the Bank began on December 26. At this
On a cruise ship in New Zealand, an explosion occurred
On a cruise ship Emerald Princess in the new Zealand port Chalmers, an explosion occurred. Killing one person, presumably a member of the crew. Among the passengers nobody has suffered. On Thursday, February 9, reports Radio New Zealand. According to eyewitnesses, presumably, a gas cylinder exploded at the stern of the vessel. The liner itself was not harmed. According to TASS, the ship Emerald Princess with a displacement of 8.4 thousand tons, can accommodate more than three million passengers and 1.2 thousand crew members.
The acting head of the Buryatia Republic, dismissed the government of the Republic
Alexey Tsydenov Temporarily fulfilling duties of the head of Buryatia Alexey Tsydenov decreed the resignation of the government of the region since February 8, 2017. This was reported on the website of the administration of the Republic. Tsydenov instructed the government to perform their duties until the formation of the new Cabinet. Alexey Tsydenov was appointed acting head of the Buryatia Republic by the decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Before that was tsydenov Deputy Minister of transport of Russia. February 7, Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn sent the President a letter asking about the early resignation of the President. Putin his resignation has been accepted.