Day: February 23, 2017

Japan has sent Russia a protest over plans to place a division on the Kuril Islands The Secretary-General of the Japanese government Yoshihide Suga called the unfortunate likely strengthen its military presence on the Kuril Islands, adding that this is contrary to the position of Tokyo. TOKYO, 23 Feb — RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Plyasunova. The Japanese government sent through diplomatic channels protest of Russia after the head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu about Moscow’s intention to place the division on the Kuril Islands in 2017, said General Secretary of the Japanese government, Acehide Suga. “The protest was directed through diplomatic channels 22 and 23. Sadly, if the armed forces of Russia will strengthen military presence in the Northern territories (so in Japan called the South Kuril Islands). This is contrary to the position of our state,” — said Suga at a press conference. The Russian defense Minister, speaking in

Media: an American journalist said about the presence of dirt on CNN MOSCOW, 23 Feb — RIA Novosti. American journalist and conservative activist James O’keefe said that he has a “secret hours” entry, compromising the CNN. He also noted that the information was obtained legally. This was reported on the website of the company. “My audience, the American people are deeply disappointed with the media. We think that our media needs to be held accountable, including CNN,” said the journalist, noting that the channel plays an important role in the information field. The activist also said that his goal is not only CNN, but also other media According to him, due to the huge amount of data, it was not possible to carefully read all information. This means that the network will be published “raw information” that reminds me of a story from WikiLeaks, the newspaper notes. Earlier, U.S. President

Guterres proposed the creation of the UN office for the fight against terrorism UN, 23 Feb — RIA Novosti, Olga Denisova. UN chief Antonio Guterres has proposed the creation of the world organization, the office for combating terrorism, he said this at a meeting of member States of the UN General Assembly. Speaking at an informal meeting on terrorism, Guterres launched an initiative “to create a new counter-terrorism operation, which will be headed by a new Deputy Secretary General”. At the moment there is a UN counter-terrorism Committee of the Security Council. The structure was established by the UN security Council in 2001 shortly after the September 11 attacks in the United States. Guterres proposed structure, he said, will not supervise, or interfere with existing structures of the UN security Council, and will report to the UN General Assembly through the Secretary General of the organization. Our goal is to

Photo: RIA Novosti The presidential Council on human rights (HRC), public organization “Fair use” and the Russian Red Cross will create an annual prize named Elizabeth Glinka (Dr. Lisa), reported on the website of the HRC on Tuesday. “The President of the Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights Mikhail Fedotov, President of the International public organization “Fair use” Ksenia Sokolova and Chairman of the Board of the Russian red cross Raisa] agreed to establish a public award named Elizabeth Glinka”, — stated in the message. The prize will be awarded annually on 20 February, the birthday of Elizabeth Glinka. The working title of this public award — the Award is named after Dr. Lisa “For good deeds and decency.” “No one can replace Dr. Lisa. But everyone can do something that she did. The only way we can continue the mission of Elizabeth Glinka.

Photo: RIA Novosti The signing of the agreement on the participation of Rosneft in the oil sector of Libya, Russia increases its influence on the situation in the country, writes the British media. Russia had vast investments in Libya before the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and now Moscow is trying to restore them. At the same time, Libya seeks to increase oil production with foreign companies, writes The Guardian, commenting on the agreement, Rosneft and the Libyan NOC. It is noted that Libya is one of the few countries in OPEC, who have been spared the need to reduce oil production – she even allowed to increase production volumes due to the difficult political conditions. Are already working with Italian Eni and French Total, as well as the largest oilfield services company Schlumberger. Now the agreement with Rosneft. The Chairman of the national oil Corporation of Libya said