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A resident of the Urals became a Jack Daniels

February 13, 2017 RR Russia

Residents of the Urals in 2016, changed the traditional names for Lucifer and Jack Daniels. This was told Deputy chief of management the registry office of the Sverdlovsk region Larisa Nikonova, RIA Novosti reported. “In 2016 we was 2,3 thousands of acts to change name and surname. The main reasons for this — the desire of citizens to take a premarital surname, the name of the mother or father, grandmother or grandfather, one case is associated with baptism. Not without its oddities, such as Ivan became Tamerlane, Renat — Lucifer. Usually one year is enough for a fun, often citizens then return to their previous names”, — said Nikonov. She added that born in the Urals kids last year, called Odysseus, the Ermak, Elton, Bagheera, Dordoni, the Lily, the Moon, and Joy. Also, according to Nikonova, in 2016, the people of the region took the name of King, King, Lord,

Russia called the rocket launch the DPRK’s flagrant disregard for the resolutions of the UN security Council

February 13, 2017 RR World

The Russian foreign Ministry described the missile launch, North Korea carried out on 12 February this year, as another “defiant disregard for the requirements of the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council”. This is stated in comments posted on the foreign Ministry website. As stated in the document, in this context, urge all parties concerned to stay calm, to refrain from actions leading to further escalation of tension. “Believe in the inevitability of resolving the problems of the Korean Peninsula, including nuclear, the only possible — the politico-diplomatic means,” — said in a statement. Earlier, on 13 February, the South Korean authorities have declared that do not exclude the possibility to hold their own launches of ballistic missiles with a range of 300 and 500 kilometers in response to the test Northern neighbors. A day earlier, North Korea had launched a ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 (“Pukhansan-2”, “Severnaya Zvezda-2”) medium-range class

The UK called for discussion of the Syrian Constitution in Geneva

February 13, 2017 RR World

In London believe that the Russian draft of a new Syrian Constitution should be discussed in the framework of the Geneva talks. This was stated by the special representative of great Britain on Syria Gareth Bailey in an interview with RIA Novosti. A British diplomat confirmed that you have read the Russian version of the document. “I believe that the Syrians themselves should decide against him in the course of negotiations in Geneva under the auspices of the UN,” added the special envoy. January 29, was disclosed the details of the Russian draft of the new Constitution of Syria. In particular, it States that the Syrian state should be based on the principles of democracy, rule of law and equality before him, and the only source of power must be the “multinational and multi-confessional Syrian people”. On 27 January it was reported that another round of consultations on the Syrian

In Moscow, outlined the purpose of new negotiations on Syria in Astana

February 13, 2017 RR World

Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov has identified the main objective of new negotiations on the Syrian settlement, which will be held in Astana. About it reports “Interfax” . “The problem is still the same, to strengthen the cessation of hostilities on the basis of the provisions signed between the government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the armed opposition,” — said the diplomat. He also added that the upcoming meeting can take part of the Jordanian delegation and the UN and the us delegation in the new structure. Of new negotiations on Syria (will be the second round) scheduled for February 15-16. The first meeting in the capital of Kazakhstan was held on 23-24 January. As a result of the consultations, Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish a tripartite mechanism for monitoring observance of the truce in Syria. The representative of the Syrian opposition Mohammed

Moscow commented on the missile launch of the DPRK

February 13, 2017 RR Events

Moscow sees the missile launch as provocative disregard for the requirements of UN security Council resolutions. This was reported on the Russian MFA website. “We regard a missile launch, North Korea conducted on February 12, as another defiant disregard for the requirements of the relevant UN security Council resolutions”, – stated in the message. Also the foreign Minister noted that the alleged incident was regrettable and concerns. Moscow urges the sides to refrain from further escalation of tension. February 12, Pyongyang announced the test of the capacity of missiles to carry a nuclear warhead to avoid interception. Photo: inbarspace / Twitter

The Minsk agreement “survive” the current Ukrainian government – expert

February 13, 2017 RR Events

The Minsk agreements have all the chances to “survive” the current Ukrainian government. This opinion was expressed by Ukrainian political analyst Rostislav Ishchenko in an interview to Sputnik International. According to the analyst, the main reason for the “vitality” of the agreements is that despite the attempts of the current Ukrainian authorities to sabotage the agreement, Kiev has little influence on it. Ishchenko said that the Minsk agreement was signed by representatives of Russia, Germany, France, the DNI and the LC, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko refused to sign the final version of the document. Thus, the agreement signed by one group of States forced to comply with the party not signatory to these agreements. However, the initiative to resolve the conflict in the East of the country remained on the side of Moscow, Berlin and Paris, Kiev is left behind. As a consequence, it does

Ukraine may deliver engines for Russian-Chinese helicopter media

February 13, 2017 RR Events

Ukrainian company to sign a contract to build engines for the Russian-Chinese helicopter, the newspaper “Kommersant“. It is also known that the Ukrainian company “Motor Sich” signed a contract with the Russian Corporation. We are talking about a new turboshaft engine AI-136Т for heavy civil helicopters AHL, which are developed only for the Chinese market in cooperation with Russia. If the agreement with the Ukrainian company could not be reached, to develop engines for helicopters will be engaged in Russia and China. According to the publication, “Motor Sich” denied participating in the project, but works directly with the Chinese Corporation and have already signed contracts to supply engines. The Russian side supports the decision, as the choice of engine is up to the customer. Photo: motorsich.ru

RF IC has received evidence of the use of the APU “Tochka-U” in the Donbass

February 13, 2017 RR Events

Russia’s investigative Committee received evidence of the use of the armed forces of Ukraine tactical missile complexes “Tochka-U” against the civilian population in the Donbass. This was announced by the representative of SK of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko. “The investigative Committee of Russia surgically obtained and procedurally fixed irrefutable evidence of the use of APU’s weapons of mass destruction tactical missile complexes “Tochka-U” against the civilian population during the armed conflict in the South-East of the country”, – said Petrenko. According to the investigation, against the peaceful citizens of Donbass was used rockets filled with high-explosive and cluster charges. International treaties banned the use of weapons, which leaves no chance to survive as belligerents and civilians. Earlier in the press service of the people’s militia self-proclaimed LNR saidthat the territory of the people’s Republic of Lugansk was shelled by the security forces of the APU

Became known the details of the shootout at the border with the Crimea

February 13, 2017 RR Events

The correspondent of the TV channel “Star” from the scene told the details of the shootout at the border with the Crimea. “The attack happened far away from our CAT. So, none of the Russian guards was injured. But among those who started the fire, there are casualties, according to unconfirmed information, one person was killed and one wounded”, – told the correspondent Victoria Googledance. For some reason there was a conflict between militants of the Tatar Mejlis and the residents of Kherson region, is still unknown. According to preliminary data, the fray, intervened with the National guard. After that, the men of the battalion Islyamova opened fire with machine guns. Now, according to rumors, these infighting going the representatives of the “Right sector” of Dnipropetrovsk. Earlier it was reported that between the inhabitants of the Kherson region, located on the border with the Crimea, and representatives

In the Parliament told why deputies are always fighting

February 13, 2017 RR Events

Verkhovna Rada Deputy of Ukraine Viktor Chumak explained why his colleagues often fight. According to Chumak, the main reason for the aggressiveness of parliamentary impunity, he said in an interview with TV channel “112 Ukraine”. “This is the biggest problem that the speaker does not meet the regular standards, not working with rules. And all those fights in the Parliament, which take place, that is also because not responding or the speaker or the parliamentary procedural Committee,” – said Chumak. The latest brawl in the Verkhovna Rada occurred on 9 February when, during consideration of the new law on the constitutional court , the Deputy from “Blok Petro Poroshenko” Ivan Melnychuk attacked his own comrades in the faction Sergei Leshchenko. Video: Andriy Dzindzya / YouTube Photo: Sergii Kharchenko / Globallookpress