The parties to the conflict in the Donbass agreed on the withdrawal of weapons The trilateral contact group on settling the situation in the Donbass at the talks in Minsk on 15 February agreed to the withdrawal of up to 20 February in the Donbass all weapons prohibited by the accords. This was reported following the talks, the special representative of the OSCE contact group Martin Sajdik. “Today, we reached a divorce agreement means prohibited by the Minsk agreements until February 20,” said Sajdik (quoted by “Interfax”). Since the end of January in the East of Ukraine in the area of Avdeevka began a military escalation. In the escalating conflict each other has accused both sides — the Ukrainian military and representatives of the breakaway Donetsk national Republic (DND).
Day: February 16, 2017
The Communist party urged not to do hasty conclusions on the situation with the Voronenkova
Photo: RIA Novosti The first Deputy Chairman of the Communist party faction Sergei Reshulsky called upon to draw conclusions on the situation with the ex-MP Denis by Voronenkova only after receiving reliable information, not based on rumors. According to media reports, Boronenkov, who moved a few months ago in the Ukraine with his wife, also former Deputy of the lower house of the Russian Parliament Maria Maksakova, became a citizen of this country. “All my attempts to find direct speech of Denis Nikolaevich came to nothing, all this is a paraphrase of Ukrainian Newspapers and like the interviews and statements of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. I believe that we must draw final conclusions only after we personally hear it from the mouth of Denis Boronenkov Tolstoy,” Reshulsky said at the faction meeting of the Communist party. According to him, conclusions can be drawn only obtain reliable data, and not
American aircraft conducted reconnaissance near Leningrad region
Photo: Reuters Strategic reconnaissance aircraft, the U.S. air force RC-135W flew to the borders of Russia in the area of the Gulf of Finland. In addition, according to the website, tracking the movement of military aircraft to the Kaliningrad region flew reconnaissance plane of the Swedish air force Gulfstream 4. Near Leningrad region made a reconnaissance flight of the American aircraft RC-135W. This was reported “Interfax” with reference to Western sites, tracking movement of military aviation. The aircraft tail number and call sign 62-4138 ALKAI28 flew from the air base Mildenhall in the UK and for several hours conducted reconnaissance at the borders of the Leningrad region in the airspace of Estonia. Also, the scout came into the airspace over the Gulf of Finland. Also a reconnaissance flight near the Russian borders made a Swedish reconnaissance plane Gulfstream 4. He was flying along the coast of the Kaliningrad region at
Maksakova exclude from the “United Russia”
Maria Maksakova © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Ex-Deputy of the state Duma Maria Maksakova exclude from the “United Russia” from-for presence at it citizenship of Germany, said the Secretary of the Moscow branch of “United Russia” Andrey Metelsky. About the German nationality the MP had earlier said in an interview to one of editions. “We have received information on dual citizenship, this is not consistent with the status of member of the party, according to our Charter and contrary to the Charter. Accordingly, we shall exclude her from the party on the basis of this provision,” said Metelsky. According to him, Maksakova if you will not agree with this decision, she can appeal to higher party instances. Metelsky also said that in the “United Russia” did not know about the presence of Maria Maksakova German citizenship. “In fact, it was cheating because she never indicated that she has
Trump has declared a state of emergency in California
The US President Donald trump has declared a state of emergency in California because of the threat of a dam break on lake Oroville. On Wednesday, February 15, reports TASS with reference to the press service of the White house statement. “The President today declared a state of emergency in California and requested to provide Federal support to the state in connection with emergency conditions due to the threat of the destruction of the dam at lake Oroville, which was announced on 7 February and continues to this day”, — the document says. Trump also ordered the Department of homeland security and Federal emergency management USA (FEMA) to coordinate their actions to provide assistance to the state. Monday with a request for financial support in an emergency situation to the White house addressed the Governor of California Jerry brown On 14 February the local authorities allowed residents evacuated from the
British defense Minister accused Russia of attempts to split the NATO
Michael Fallon Russia is trying to destabilize the West and NATO, including through the media. This was stated in an interview with Sky News, the British defense Secretary Michael Fallon. “Russia is trying to destabilize the West is trying to divide the Alliance. One of the key points today is that the Alliance understands the need to unite in the fight against all these threats. Whether it’s terrorism, Russian aggression, cyber threats, the Alliance needs to stay one”, — said the Minister. Fallon again accused Russia of meddling in elections in France and Bulgaria, as well as the fact that Moscow is carrying out a “soft propaganda” in the United Kingdom through the “channel, which it has in the UK and through the news agencies, it has the impact on the UK”. On 15 February, the Pentagon chief James Mattis meeting with defense Ministers of countries-members of NATO declared that
The WSJ reported cover-up of U.S. intelligence from trump
Donald Trump A senior American intelligence officers concealed from the President of the United States Donald trump methods of gathering information and its sources. According to The Wall Street Journal. As writes the edition, in particular, refers to methods of spying on foreign heads of state. The practice of hiding the source existed before, this was done to protect it. However, in any case, until the leadership of the country had the content of the reports. As explained anonymous sources, now from the head of state was withholding “important information about threats in the sphere of security and potential conspiracies”. According to WSJ, it is unclear how many times U.S. intelligence agencies have held back important data intended for the first person of the state. February 14 the New York Times, citing sources wrote that “members of the presidential campaign of Donald trump and other people from his entourage repeatedly
The largest diamond in Europe is found under the Archangel
The largest diamond in Europe is found in the diamond field. Vladimir Grib in the Arkhangelsk region. About it reports “Russian newspaper” with reference to the press service of the company. “181,68 diamond weighing carats – the largest in the history of diamond production in Europe”, – said the press service of the company. It is the fourth largest diamond produced in Russia. Previously, large diamonds were mined in Yakutia. Diamond Deposit. Vladimir Grib was discovered in 1995, its active development began in 2014. Estimated reserves of 100 million carats. Photo: Katrin Kasper / Globallookpress
Donald trump goes on the warpath?
Host of the TV show “Forecasts” on the TV channel “Star” Veronika Krasheninnikova analyzes the first weeks of the presidency, the new leader of the USA of Donald trump. The first trump is preparing war against Iran, but Russia can prevent it. Less than ten days of the presidency of Donald trump, as has the smell of gunpowder. Without even waiting for a new plan to combat terrorism — it will be ready in three weeks — the administration of the trump beginning of the political attack on Iran. The national security Advisor , Michael Flynn 2 Feb issued the “official warning” to Iran. Flynn has accused Iran of attacking Yemen (!) the rebels-Houthis in Saudi (!) a warship, in the testing of a ballistic medium-range missiles (which do not contradict international obligations of Iran) and “destabilizing behavior throughout the Middle East. Flynn said: “the trump condemns
Drug APU go on the attack: what drugs is fed “cyborgs” at the front
The use of psychotropic substances, studies of the effects on the human psyche and other experimental techniques has long gone beyond the purely medical research. The fact of the matter is in local conflicts around the world there are cases of use of drugs, blunting pain and fear. Heritage Long before in Europe began to flare up the fire of the Second world war, specific drugs-stimulants is already actively used not only in experimental, but in a completely applied fields. Even at the Olympic games in 1936, some athletes showed fantastic at the time results. Later it became clear that jump farther and run faster athletes helped Benzedrine – a special blend released by the American company “Smith, Klein and French.” Assessing the prospects of stimulant and intrigued by the increase in the duration of the effect based on Benzedrine, German chemist Fritz Hauschild, began to create a domestic