Photo: RIA Novosti The Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov commented on the statement of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko about the fact that there is a threat of full-scale war with Russia. In his microblog on Twitter, the Senator noted that the Ukrainian leader not the scale. The threat of full-scale war with Russia Poroshenko said on 22 February. “This threat is not only seeps through not controlled by us border areas in the Donbass, it hangs on the border line with Russia, and even more. This makes us believe in the enemy intentions on the part of Russia”, — he said. The Ukrainian leader also urged the Baltic republics and Belarus to be ready “for any surprises from Moscow”. February 17, Poroshenko accused the Russian leadership of “hatred in Ukraine”. Kiev constantly accuses Russia of aggressive intentions and involvement in the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine. The
Day: February 25, 2017
Ustyugov commented on the first world Cup gold in his career
Sergey Ustyugov Russian skier Sergei Ustyugov expressed satisfaction with the victory in the skiathlon at the world Championships in ski sports, held in the Finnish Lahti. His words on Saturday, February 25, leads TASS. “Very happy to win, we did it today. I understand that Martin Sundby will play with me, will run away. But I also made a breakthrough. Saw that he fell, then I realized that you need to take your chances and pushed through,” said Ustyugov. Earlier on February 25 Ustyugov won the skiathlon at the world Cup. He overcame a 30-kilometer distance in 1 hour 9 minutes, 16.7 seconds. Second and third place went to Norwegians Martin jonsrud Sundby (+6.7 seconds) and Finn Haugen Krog (+31.8 per second), respectively. This is a world Cup gold was the first in the career of 24-year-old Russian. February 23 Ustyugov won the silver medal in the sprint. The competitions
In Iraq was found the largest mass grave
In Iraq found a mass grave with four thousand bodies. As reported on Saturday, February 25, The Telegraph, is the largest mass grave in the country. According to the newspaper, the militants of the “Islamic state” (IG; the activities of the group banned in Russia) began to use the naturally formed crater in the area Hasfa for burial almost immediately after seized Mosul in 2014. It is not far from the road connecting the city with Baghdad. Witnesses say that the terrorists in trucks took people to the funnel, shot them and dumped the bodies into the pit. Of the people killed were security forces, captured during the capture of Mosul. On 24 February, the Iraqi army has taken control of Mosul airport and seized the nearby camp of the militants. The week before the Prime Minister of Iraq Haidar al-Abadi announced the beginning of the offensive on the Western
The free Syrian army said the terms of cooperation with Moscow
Negotiations in Geneva in March 2016 The free Syrian army (FSA) does not exclude coordination with Russia in the fight against banned terrorist organization “Islamic state”, if Moscow will change its policy toward President Bashar al-Assad. This was stated by TASS, one of the commanders of the operation “shield of the Euphrates” Ahmed Usman. “We call on Russia to act decisively against terrorism, and not to defend the regime. We believe that the regime has given rise to ISIS. However, we hope that Russia will join the fight against ISIS,” said Usman, who is included in the delegation of the Syrian opposition of the Higher Committee on negotiations (BCP) in Geneva. Answering the question of the Agency about the application of Russian air force strikes on the positions of terrorists near the town of al-Bab, later taken under the control of Turkish troops and detachments of the Syrian opposition, he
German intelligence agencies for decades following international media
In the UK are unhappy with their German allies. The BBC expressed outrage at the actions of the intelligence services of Germany, which, as it turned out, decades followed the revision of the international media. On the eve of the Spigel has information that the German intelligence service BND in the last century followed the reporters of leading mass media in different parts of the world. And, in particular, listened to their phones – including at the offices of the BBC in London and Afghanistan. The British appealed to Berlin for clarification, but no answer was received. Photo: imago stock&people / Globallookpress
Ukrainian soldier injured himself to get out of the zone ATO
Unwillingness to fight in the so-called anti-terrorist operation zone in Donbas, Ukrainian pushes soldiers to desperate measures and makes to mutilate themselves. The journalists said the official representative of the LPR militia Andrey Marochko, his words leads to “Russian spring“. “Confirmed sanitary losses of troops from the anti-tank platoon of the 1st battalion of the 14th brigade of the armed forces: soldier Shkurenko shot himself in the foot because of the unwillingness of further service in the ATO zone. It is known that a medical examination revealed the presence of alcohol in the blood of a soldier,” said Marochko. Earlier it was reported about a sharp aggravation of the situation in the breakaway DNI and LC. So, in the self-proclaimed Luhansk people’s Republic, several battalions of the Ukrainian forces arrived to the line of contact. And in Donetsk soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces captured the filter station,
The contact group met in an emergency meeting on Donbass
The contact group in these moments holds emergency meeting due to the massive shelling of DND and LNR, and because of the seizure of the Donetsk filtering station. About it reports “Russian spring” with reference to the press service of the DND. Earlier it became known that the Ukrainian armed forces entered the territory of Donetsk filtering station and began to fire from this position, completely freezing the work of the enterprise and depriving water residential settlements on both sides of the front. During the shelling shells hit the warehouse of chlorine, administrative buildings and tanks. The OSCE then warned that the targeted stations can lead to environmental disaster. Photo: Ministry Of Defense Of Ukraine
Ustyugov commented on the first world Cup gold in his career
Sergey Ustyugov Russian skier Sergei Ustyugov expressed satisfaction with the victory in the skiathlon at the world Championships in ski sports, held in the Finnish Lahti. His words on Saturday, February 25, leads TASS. “Very happy to win, we did it today. I understand that Martin Sundby will play with me, will run away. But I also made a breakthrough. Saw that he fell, then I realized that you need to take your chances and pushed through,” said Ustyugov. Earlier on February 25 Ustyugov won the skiathlon at the world Cup. He overcame a 30-kilometer distance in 1 hour 9 minutes, 16.7 seconds. Second and third place went to Norwegians Martin jonsrud Sundby (+6.7 seconds) and Finn Haugen Krog (+31.8 per second), respectively. This is a world Cup gold was the first in the career of 24-year-old Russian. February 23 Ustyugov won the silver medal in the sprint. The competitions
Bulletin of the state Department against leakage of information “leaked” to journalists
A four-page memo to the US state Department to combat leaks of information fell into the hands of journalists. The “draining” of the document and its contents according to The Washington Post. As stated in the material edition, February 20, legal adviser, Department of state Richard Visek (Richard Visek) prepared a memo for the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson. The paper begins with an explanation of how Tillerson all need to be “unclassified” but sensitive information that should not be put on public display: for example, data relating to the internal running of his Department. According to Viseca, if such information is made public, it is harmful to make informed political decisions, as well as the reputation of the institutions where there was a leak. The journalists of the Washington Post think that using “sinks” the state Department can more effectively influence the policy of the President of the United
Two-year-old boy locked his father in the balcony for game on iPad
In Moscow two-year-old boy locked his father out on the balcony to get access to the iPad and play. About it writes “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. The incident occurred on 25 February when a 37-year-old man was left alone with my son in the apartment located on the fourth floor. Father using tablet communicated on social media and watching the news. Then he wanted to smoke, and he went to the balcony. Then the child came and shut the door. After that, the kid ran over the iPad, sat down on the sofa and started playing. Smoked a cigarette, the man realized that to get inside — all attempts to open the door was unsuccessful. He was knocking, but the son pretended that hears nothing. Then started to freeze resident of the capital found in his pocket phone and called rescuers. On the website of EMERCOM in Moscow it is noted that