Day: February 10, 2017

Garages burn in the exclusive village in the West of Moscow

Events

Fire in garages occurred in the night of Friday, on the West of Moscow. About this site of the capital caught fire in the garage. About this site “Stars” told in the press service of the Moscow emergency management.   As noted, the incident happened in the village Rublevo, St. Basil Butyleva. According to preliminary data, was blazing in one of the boxes. The fire area is about 100 square meters.   Now there are several fire brigades, they are trying to localize the fire. At the same time rescuers check neighboring boxes, noted in a press-service.   Information on victims did not arrive yet. Photo: emergency situations Ministry

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Combat aircraft United States dangerously close to a Chinese ship in the area of the Philippines

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In the skies over the South China sea dangerously close combat, two aircraft American military aircraft P-3 and a Chinese military aircraft. It is reported Reuters.   As noted, representatives of the Navy, the United States has called the incident unintentional. According to the spokesman of the Agency, the incident occurred in the area between the Philippines and mainland China. As stated, the distance between the aircraft was about a thousand feet.   Similar cases between the aircraft of the United States and China are rare, according to the source Agency. Last year there were only two. Photo: Mark Wagner / wikipedia.org

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Lavrov spoke about the attempts to recruit Russian diplomats

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Recruiting activity in the attitude of the Russian diplomats is evident not only in the United States but is not uncommon in other foreign countries. This was told to the newspaper “Izvestia” , the Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the eve of the Day of the diplomatic worker.   According to him, the profession of a diplomat has always been fraught with risk for life. He noted that Ministry staff often have to “work in very difficult conditions and sometimes in an openly hostile environment”.   “Among the examples – a large-scale deportation from the United States. It was anti-cramp coming administration of Barack Obama. Such actions, as well as recruiting approaches, accompanied by blackmail and threats, not uncommon in other countries – not only in the United States,” – said the Minister.   Lavrov said that Moscow is working to strengthen physical safety and professional security of diplomats

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The court of appeal upheld the ban in a decree trump on immigrants

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The court of appeals in the US upheld the decision on suspension of the decree of the President of Donald trump to toughen immigration policy. About it reports on Thursday, February 9, Reuters. The judges of the court of appeals for the ninth circuit in San Francisco, California, unanimously found that the public interest may conflict with national security goals. They also took into account the testimonies of representatives of the States of Washington and Minnesota, who argued that even temporary performance of the decree trump may harm the interests of the United States, RIA Novosti reported. The trump has promised to challenge the decision. “I’ll see you in court, at stake is the security of our people!” — wrote the President on Twitter. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 09 February 2017, 23:35 5 February the court of appeal dismissed the appeal of the Ministry of justice the ruling of

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The source said about the reaction of Turkey to the Russian position on the impact of videoconferencing

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Ankara welcomed the constructive position of the Russian authorities in connection with the unintended impact of Air and space forces of the Russian Federation on a Turkish military in Syria. About it reports on Friday, February 10, RIA Novosti reported citing a military source in Turkey. “The actions and constructive position of the Russian officials immediately after the incident has been received by us positively,” — said the Agency interlocutor. He noted that the leadership of the Turkish armed forces also “behaved very calmly” and immediately after the airstrike held talks with their Russian counterparts. The Russian side, according to the source, proposed to create the Commission on investigation of the incident, its activities “to a greater extent be aimed at preventing similar incidents in the future and strengthening coordination between military departments of two countries”. As the source noted, cooperation between Russia and Turkey need to restore peace in

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Venezuelan Parliament opposed the sale of Rosneft’s share in Petromonagas

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Controlled opposition the National Assembly of Venezuela on Thursday, February 9, endorsed the statement calling the illegal sale of shares of the company Petromonagas Russian “Rosneft”. It is reported by El Universal. As stated by the Deputy Elias Mata, such a transaction is a violation of the Constitution of the country — a number of articles require to negotiate the sale of such assets with the Parliament. The national Assembly has the selling of state property the government of “treason” and demanded to refer to respect for the Constitution. In 2016 Rosneft has closed a deal with Venezuela’s PDVSA to increase the share of Russian companies in the joint venture Petromonagas to 40 percent. At PDVSA purchased an additional 23.33 percent, the amount of the transaction amounted to 500 million dollars. Agreement under which the Russian company will invest $ 500 million to develop oil fields in the oil-rich Orinoco

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In the suburban animal shelter fire occurred

Russia

At the animal shelter, located on the territory of gardening near Moscow Queen, there was a fire. Killed several dogs and cats, people were not injured. On Thursday, February 9, reported online edition m24.ru. Of the animals the shelter staff managed to release from the wooden building when the fire started. On the scene working law enforcement officers. We consider two versions of what happened — arson, and explosion of a gas cylinder. According to TV channel “360” in September last year, more than 150 dogs and cats died in a fire at the animal shelter in the Kemerovo region. The fire engulfed the building where once stood the barn, in a matter of minutes.

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Reports about supplies of Russian engines for the Ukrainian BTR considered a duck

Russia

Data on deliveries of Russian military engines in Ukraine can be disinformation aimed at military escalation in the Donbas. On Thursday, February 9, said the head of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Viktor Ozerov, writes “the parliamentary newspaper”. Thus the Senator commented on reports in the Ukrainian media about the fact that the state enterprise “Ukroboronprom” have bought 20 engines produced in Russia for installation on Ukrainian armored personnel carriers BTR-80. It was noted that the procurement was conducted through the Moldovan intermediary firms. Ozerov stressed that these messages require scrutiny. “Typically, our contracts in the framework of military-technical cooperation is always negotiated and rigidly prescribed item “without the right supplies to third countries”. I think this is a topic for a separate discussion for our producers, the Commission on military-technical cooperation service on export control”, — said Russian Senator. At the same time he does not

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Lavrov: attempts to recruit Russian diplomats are being made not only in the United States

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The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Recruitment activity in relation to the Russian diplomats is evident in the number of foreign countries, not only in the United States. About it in interview to the newspaper “Izvestia”, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. According to him, the profession of a diplomat has always been fraught with risk for life. “Of course, today, in the context of the surge of international terrorism, it becomes safer, the Minister said. – The building of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the memorial plaque with the names of those who died in the line of duty. Only in recent years mournful list was completed by an employee of the Embassy of Russia in Abkhazia Dmitry Vikernes and his wife, who worked in the UN Mission for assistance to Afghanistan, Vadim Nazarov, a Russian Ambassador

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The court of appeal upheld the ban on the immigration decree trump

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The court of appeal upheld the ban on the immigration decree trump The court of appeals in the US upheld the decision on suspension of the decree of the President of Donald trump to toughen immigration policy. About it reports on Thursday, February 9, Reuters. 14фотографий14фотографий14фотографий The judges of the court of appeals for the ninth circuit in San Francisco, California, unanimously found that the public interest may conflict with national security goals. They also took into account the testimonies of representatives of the States of Washington and Minnesota, who argued that even temporary performance of the decree trump may harm the interests of the United States, RIA Novosti reported. The trump has promised to challenge the decision. “I’ll see you in court, at stake is the security of our people!” — wrote the President on Twitter. SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE! —

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