February 10, 2017 – Page 7

Zakharov rejected suspicions the importation of “sanctions” diplomats

February 10, 2017 RR Russia

Maria Zakharova The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that no carries from foreign diplomatic travel sanctions products. Her words leads TASS on Friday, February 10, with reference to the radio station “Nashe radio”. “I can assure you that no one on diplomatic passports anywhere abroad for cheeses and other “zapresheno” does not leave. (…) I say to myself and those colleagues with whom I fly…” she said, commenting on the fact that diplomats are allegedly brought from the mission “zapresheno”. Zakharova noted that for travel abroad only uses a diplomatic passport, which is stored in the personnel Department of the foreign Ministry. “You’ll laugh, but I have no Schengen area”, — she added. On 1 February, the CPS announced its intention to fine for storage and transportation of goods prohibited for import to Russia. According to prepared by the office of the bill, citizens proposed to

In the state Duma proposed to prohibit discounts on alcohol

February 10, 2017 RR Russia

Deputies from LDPR in the state Duma introduced a bill to ban the promotion of alcoholic beverages, in particular through the provision of discounts. The document is published in the database of the lower house of Parliament. “The prohibition of discounts on alcohol products will eliminate excessive demand for alcohol and will ensure the freedom of the consumer in choosing a product”, — said in the text of the bill. According to its authors, the affordable price of alcohol leads to alcoholism in Russia. In particular, members point to regularly organize a trade networking promotions, which are often about 40-50 percent. According to the parliamentarians, this leads people to the “formation of reserves of alcohol.” The authors of the bill assure that you don’t want to make people’s lives harder and more inconvenient, but trying to protect them from exposure to advertising and marketing campaigns. On 6 February, the head

ASI has denied the appointment of its Director by the Governor of the Novgorod region

February 10, 2017 RR Politics

Director General of the Agency for strategic initiatives Andrey Nikitin © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Information about the possible appointment of the Director General of the Agency for strategic initiatives (ASI) Andrei Nikitin for the post of Governor of the Novgorod region is hearsay, told TASS Director of communications ASI Igor Karachyn. “It is obvious rumors. Monday, February 13, the Director General of ASI Andrei Nikitin scheduled internal meetings with the Agency staff, one of them related to the participation in the Russian investment forum in Sochi on 27-28 February,” said Karachyn. Earlier some media Novgorod region appeared information about the fact that on February 13 the Governor of the region Sergey Mitin may leave his post and his position will take the current head of the ASI a Nikitin. Mitin himself after retirement will be transferred to the Ministry of agriculture. Press Secretary of the Governor of

The Kremlin commented on the incident with the death of the Turkish military when hitting ATT

February 10, 2017 RR Politics

The Kremlin commented on the incident with the death of the Turkish military when hitting ATT The Russian space forces attacked, based on the coordinates passed to the Turkish side, there was not to be the Turkish military, said Dmitry Peskov. MOSCOW, 10 Feb — RIA Novosti. The Russian space forces in the strike in Syria was guided by the coordinates transmitted by Turkey, it was not meant to be the Turkish military, said the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. He explained that the situation is clear to both parties and no contentious issues have arisen, but also stressed the need to improve the information exchange mechanism when performing joint operations. The situation is obvious, unfortunately. Our military during the attack the terrorists were guided by the coordinates that have been given to the Turkish partners. And within these coordinates, the Turkish military should not be

The wall on the border with Mexico will cost the U.S. $21.6 billion

February 10, 2017 RR Politics

The wall on the border with Mexico will cost the U.S. $21.6 billion Moscow. 10 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico will cost US 21.6 billion and take about three years, according to CNBS on Thursday, citing a report of the U.S. Department of homeland security. The plan, drawn up by the Ministry, involves the construction of 2,000 km of walls and fences by 2020. It is noted that the figure of 21.6 billion is much higher than all that was called until now. So, Donald trump during the election campaign talked about $ 12 billion; in Congress, the wall was estimated at 15 billion. In the White house, the plan declined to comment, citing the fact that the President himself have not seen it yet. However, it is reported that the administration hopes to get the approval of Congress this spring and

FSSP warned the Russians about the fraudulent letters of pseudoalhagi

February 10, 2017 RR Uncategorized

FSSP warned the Russians about the fraudulent letters of pseudoalhagi Moscow. 9 Feb. INTERFAX.RU Fraudsters, on behalf of the bailiffs send out mass notifications to citizens about pseudoalhagi that you need to pay extra in order to avoid seizure of property, warned the Federal service of court bailiffs (FSSP). “The Federal bailiff service warns of sending fraudulent emails about judicial debts that contain links to malicious code”, — stated in the message a press-services FSSP, arrived on Thursday to “Interfax”. It notes that the text of the message looks like this: “The bailiff will inform you about the necessity of urgent repayment of your debt until February 11, 2017. In case of default the debt will be added to the procedure of arrest and seizure of property of the defaulter. Detailed information about the judgment on your debt you will be able to find the resolution: link”. In FFSP note

Chapaev real or folklore?

February 10, 2017 RR Uncategorized

Chapaev real or folklore? A number of myths, stories, anecdotes and the various legends surrounding the red army division commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev is through the roof. And if you can distinguish where the real Chapaev, and where folk? Source: RIA “Novosti”

A new species of amoeba was named after a character in Lord of the Rings

February 10, 2017 RR Uncategorized

A new species of amoeba was named after a character in Lord of the Rings MOSCOW, February 9 — RIA Novosti. Scientists have named a new species of freshwater amoebae in honor of the wizard Gandalf from “the Lord of the rings” due to the extremely unusual shape of its shell like the hat of the hero of the trilogy of Tolkien, according to a paper published in the journal Acta-protozoologica is. “It is not clear why this amoeba need this hat. It hardly protects it from predators, since this genus of amoebas actively hunt other single-celled creatures with larger sizes — usually shells protect the animals from predators of the same size. It is possible that this shell protects them from ultraviolet radiation or drying,” said Daniel Lahr (Lahr Daniel) from the University of são Paulo (Brazil). Amoeba represent the simplest animals that possess a separate kernel and all

Ministry of education and science voiced the position of dissertacii Medina in two weeks

February 10, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Ministry of education and science voiced the position of the dissertation of the Minister of culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky in two weeks. The journalists said the head of the Ministry of education and science Olga Vasilyeva. “Let’s speak… I think in two weeks,” – said Vasiliev, when asked to comment on the decision of the dissertation Council of historical faculty of Moscow state University refusal to revise his thesis Medina. Earlier, the Dean of the history faculty of Moscow state University Ivan Tuchkov told TASS that the dissertation Council of the faculty of history of Lomonosov Moscow state University found no grounds for revision of the thesis Medina. At the same time, the press Secretary to the Minister Irina Kaznacheeva said that Medina is ready for any scientific discussion, concerning his thesis. In early October, dissertation Council of the Ural Federal University (Urfu) was to consider

Manufacturers have warned about the rising price of milk

February 10, 2017 RR Events

Dairy products in Russia could rise in price. As reported by “Kommersant”, the Minister of agriculture of Alexander Tkachev, has warned the Union of milk producers. In addition, there may occur shortages of supplies. The reason producers called the decision of the Rosselkhoznadzor as of January 20, toughening February 1, the rules of shipment of products from regions where recorded animal contagious diseases such as African swine fever, foot and mouth disease and anthrax. Restrictions on shipment of raw milk, in particular, was imposed on 25 subjects of the Russian Federation, including the regions included in the top five in milk production in the country, Tatarstan and the Rostov region. The document obliges the subject to the mandatory pasteurization of all dairy products exported from these regions in other. “Soyuzmoloko” warns that because of the decision of the Rosselkhoznadzor, in fact, the supply will be stopped