Day: February 20, 2017

In Thailand, Buddhist monks and the congregation rebuffed the police

Events

Buddhist monks and parishioners of the largest in Thailand Wat Tamaki in Bangkok repulsed the besiegers, the temple police, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the local edition.   On Monday morning, the monks attempted to break through a police cordon, which surrounded the temple grounds. Clash caught 54-year-old parishioner. The woman fell and the crowd received multiple injuries, she was hospitalized.   It is noted that the police were exposed at the gate of the temple, to prevent the penetration of the complex members and supporters of the order Tamaki, the founder of which was declared on the wanted list and in absentia arrested due to accusations of corruption and accepting donations of money received as a result of fraud. Last week, law enforcement officers were sent to the temple to conduct a search. However, to find Pho Thammachak failed. Photo: Rohan Radheya / ZUMAPRESS.com / Globallookpress

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The North Korean Ambassador summoned to the foreign Ministry of Malaysia about the murder of Kim Jong-Nam

Events

The North Korean Ambassador Kang Chol-summoned to the foreign Ministry of Malaysia on the occasion of the murder of his brother, North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Nam. The Ambassador was summoned because of the criticism of Kuala Lumpur. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the foreign Ministry of Malaysia.   “The North Korean Ambassador Kang Chol-today has been invoked with the purpose of giving explanations on the charges made against the government of Malaysia,” said the Agency.   Earlier in his press conference the DPRK Ambassador said that the Malaysian government had “something to hide” on the death of Kim Jong-Nam.   Kim Jong-Nam, was killed on 13 February. The exact method remains unknown even after autopsy: major versions, his face could hold a poisoned handkerchief, he was pricked by a poisonous needle or splashed in the man’s face a toxic liquid.   According to investigators, the attack was

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Ukrainian MP spoke about the plan in the United States for lifting sanctions against Russia

Events

Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andrey Artemenko said that in the United States delivered a plan for the lifting of sanctions against Russia. The purpose of this plan is the normalization of relations between Ukraine and Russia. This writes The New York Times.   Artemenko told the details of the plan. According to him, in the drafting of the document was attended by several dozen Ukrainian deputies who were trying to paint a plan of action to resolve the situation in the East of Ukraine.   According to the plan submitted by the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine reports Crimea is leased by Russia for a long period, followed by a referendum and finally decided who it belongs to.   Also we are talking about holding a national referendum on the special status of Donbass. According to the MP, presented the plan also States that it is

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During clashes in Kiev police officer broke his fingers

Russia

In Kiev during clashes between protesters and police officers affected employee of the patrol police. As reported on the website of the National police of Ukraine, the woman received a fracture of the fingers. Instituted criminal proceedings under article 345 (“Threat or violence concerning the employee of law enforcement Agency”) Criminal code of the country. Earlier it was reported that the clashes injured member of Parliament Yegor Sobolev. According to the ambulance staff and volunteers of the red cross, injured ten protesters. Detained five protesters, among them the leader of the Volunteer movement in Russia banned the organization of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) Nikolay Kohanivsky. February 19 rally of the third anniversary of the Maidan. During the rally, demonstrators tried tried to pass on Bankova street where the presidential administration of Ukraine. The law enforcers obstructed them in the result between protesters and police clashes. Hundreds of activists came to the

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Robinson helicopter flight over lake Teletskoye passed without notice

Russia

Service air traffic management have not received notice of the flight of the helicopter Robinson R-66 in the area of his intended crash site on February 12. This was reported on the website of the Western-the Siberian investigatory management on transport of Investigatory Committee of Russia. The investigation is considering among the basic versions of the fall of the piloting error, adverse weather conditions and technical malfunction of the aircraft. However, employees conducting technical maintenance of the helicopter, revealed during interrogation that the helicopter was in good technical condition. The helicopter crashed February 12, in the territory of the Altai Republic in the waters of lake Teletskoye. Criminal case on signs of the crime provided by part 3 of article 263 of the Russian criminal code (“Violation of safety rules of air transport, entailed on imprudence death of two or more persons”). According to preliminary data, onboard the helicopter, owned

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Identified deceased in the crash of the helicopter “Robinson” in the Altai

Events

Identified deceased in the crash of the helicopter “Robinson” in the Altai Moscow. 20 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Established the identity of the woman found after crash of the helicopter “Robinson” in lake Teletskoye (Altai Republic), reported the senior assistant of the West Siberian SU TFR in transport Ian Strizhova. “Relatives have identified the body, this is Elena Rakitskaya,” said Strizhkova “Interfax” on Monday. She also said that the investigation continues to work with found fragments of the helicopter to determine their affiliation to the victim of the crash of the aircraft. The helicopter “Robinson”, on Board of which were five people, February 12, fell in the area of lake Teletskoye. According to preliminary data, among the five on Board passengers was the former Altai official and businessman Anatoly Bannykh. In the search area earlier the body was found, presumably one of the passengers of the helicopter — Elena Rakitskaya. Wednesday

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The General Director of hockey club “Admiral” arrested in Vladivostok

Events

The General Director of hockey club “Admiral” arrested in Vladivostok Moscow. 20 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — the Lenin district court of Vladivostok have arrested the Director General of the hockey club “Admiral” Ilya Spalinowa. The representative of court has informed “Interfax” that Spokoino arrested at the request of the investigating authorities for two months and placed in jail. In a press-service of SU TFR for the Primorsky Krai refused to explain, what charges the General Director of “Admiral” was taken into custody. At the same time the source in law enforcement bodies of the region reported to Agency that Spokoino is a defendant in a criminal case of fraud (article 159 of the criminal code) with budget money. At the end of December last year under the same investigation, was arrested Spalinowa wife — the General Director of open company “Broadcasting company “New wave” Marina Sviridova and the head of the

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SK in Novosibirsk will understand in case when the driver did not miss an ambulance

Events

SK in Novosibirsk will understand in case when the driver did not miss an ambulance NOVOSIBIRSK, February 20 — RIA Novosti. The investigative Committee and the police in Novosibirsk have begun verification of the incident when the truck driver refused to let an ambulance with critically ill patients, according to the investigative Committee of Russia in the region and the Central Board of the Ministry of interior. The SC explained that according to placed in the social network “Vkontakte” the video between drivers ambulance truck and there was a skirmish — the ambulance couldn’t get through because of the blocked vehicle passage. The driver of the truck, according to witnesses, refused to drive away your car. Entreaties supposedly lasted about 20 minutes while passers-by are not found owners of other cars that drove away the cars and gave way to the ambulance, which was a seriously ill patient. “On the

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The accusations of Kiev in Russia offered to send spam

Politics

Photo: TASS The statement of the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) about the attack by Russian hackers on the energy and financial system of the country is not worth the attention of the Russian authorities. This opinion was expressed by Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on information policy, information technologies and communications, Andrei Svintsov told “Tape.ru” on Friday, February 17. “To respond to this is to add fuel to the fire. An additional controversy, which in addition to how tear of time, Russian officials leads to nothing. Therefore, such statements should be sent to spam”, — said the MP. Svintsov said that the information security service has no grounds. “Now Ukraine is the absence of any common sense, logic, adequacy. Every official, including the President [Petro Poroshenko], makes statements that have no facts, no logic,” he added. Earlier on Friday, the SBU accused the Russian hackers in the attack

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