Day: February 24, 2017

White house: investigate the links between the staff of the President and Russia will not be White house spokesman said that the U.S. government does not intend to investigate the relationships of staff for the President of Donald trump with Russia. About it reports “RIA Novosti” with reference to journalists presidential pool US. The issue of the investigation authorities information about the relations of the members of staff of the President of Russia was made during a briefing for the press pool of the White house. As noted, the answer of the official representative sounded shaky. Earlier The New York Times (NYT), citing four current and former American officials said that members of the presidential campaign, Mr. trump allegedly repeatedly contacted senior officials of the Russian intelligence service in 2016 before the elections in the United States. Last Sunday the head of the White house USA Raines Primus reported that

Media: activists want to nominate Obama for President of France Obama supporters hung over Paris posters with the inscription “Obama17” and call sign posted online a petition for his nomination. A group of activists intends to seek the nomination of the former head of Barack Obama for President of France. Reported by ABC News. Obama supporters hung over Paris posters with the inscription “Obama17” and call sign posted online a petition that would urge former President of the United States to participate in the elections. The goal of the activists is to collect a million signatures. French Obama devotees launch ‘OBAMA17’ campaign – French want him to run for President of France https://t.co/ZdyiptQObIW…WHAT??? pic.twitter.com/BsKi46DZmg — Artzthings (@Artzthings) 23 Feb 2017 On the website it is emphasized that Obama could become a kind of antidote to the nation’s growing popularity of right-wing parties. As noted by ABC News, there is an

Trump promised ahead of time to begin construction of a wall on the border with Mexico The President of the United States Donald trump announced plans early to start building a wall on the border with Mexico. The corresponding statement the President made on Friday, February 24, at the conference of the conservative political action (CPAC; Conservative Political Action Congress), reports BBC News. We will build the wall. Actually, everything will start very soon. Much earlier than planned. Much, much, much earlier.Donald Trepresent USA He also assured the audience that will always put Americans first and promised to focus on “the expulsion of poor people from this country”. Trump has signed the decree about the protection of state borders, involving the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, 25 January. He promised that construction will begin soon, but the exact time is not indicated. The President also said

Photo: RIA Novosti Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg adopted the law on equating the meetings of deputies with voters, the rallies, taking into account the amendments proposed by the Governor Georgy Poltavchenko. About it reports to “Fontanka” on Wednesday, February 22. For the resolution voted by 38 deputies, against — 10. According to him, MPs can meet with citizens without the consent of the government of St. Petersburg only in case if the meeting is pass in a special place — Hyde Park, and it involves no more than 100 people. February 17 online edition reported that Poltavchenko vetoed the bill in its previous edition. Then he assumed that elected representatives would have to agree with all of the Smolny a meeting with voters. In early February, the St. Petersburg legislative Assembly adopted in the first reading. The author of the initiative became the head of the faction “United Russia”

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu said that to protect the country from a nuclear attack on the perimeter of the Russian Federation created a continuous radar field system of the missile attack, reports “Interfax”. He stated this on Wednesday, February 22, at the “government hour” in the state Duma. Shoigu also said that in 2016, has successfully completed testing of three new radar stations “Voronezh” in Omsk, Barnaul and Yeniseisk. In Baranovichi, Pechora, Murmansk and was also modified three existing stations. According to the Minister, this allowed for the first time in the history of new Russia to create such a continuous field of systems of missile attack on all aerospace directions and along all trajectories of missiles. Also Shoigu said that the strategic forces of the Russian Federation supported at the level that guarantees the solution of the problem of nuclear deterrence. In

Photo: SANA Russian special forces played a key role in the elimination of terrorists in the fighting in Syria, said the Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking Wednesday in the state Duma. “Showed its high efficiency special operations forces special forces. They played a key role in eliminating terrorists and destroying critical enemy targets and the adjustment of the strikes of our aviation” — said Shoigu.

© EPA/JUSTIN LANE UN 24 Feb. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Russia will veto a resolution of the UN Security Council providing for sanctions against Syria for the attack with the use of toxic substances, attributed to Damascus. This was stated to journalists by the Deputy permanent representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov on the results of the closed meeting of the security Council.