Day: March 1, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti The possible increase in the US budget defense spending is an attempt by Washington to leave Russia challenge and continue to uphold the ambitions of the dominant world power; however, Russia will not be involved in the arms race and will provide their defense, “not quantitatively, but qualitatively,” said RIA Novosti Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Viktor Ozerov. The administration of U.S. President Donald trump will be offered in the project budget to increase defense spending by 54 billion dollars, and reduce other budget expenditures by the same amount, told reporters on Monday the representative of the office of management and budget the White house. “Of course, this possible solution is a challenge to Russia, the US attempt to once again achieve military superiority and the desire to prove its role as the dominant power in the world. Obviously they are not

Photo: RIA Novosti The findings of the latest report of Amnesty International on the situation in Russia are strained and do not reflect the real situation. This was stated by TASS Commissioner of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation on issues of human rights, democracy and rule of law Konstantin Dolgov, answering the question about how true the part of the report devoted to Russia. “The report of Amnesty International concerning Russia, of course, any surprises will not be,” – said the diplomat. According to him, all the topics covered in the document are well known. “I must say that assessment for the most part are of a tense nature, a number of parameters, of course, they do not reflect the real situation, and in fact already lagging behind events,” he said. Dolgov also reminded that in a number of areas and issues addressed in the report, “there is

The Syrian army drove the militants out of the historic citadel of Palmyra DAMASCUS, Mar 1 — RIA Novosti, Mikhail Alaeddin. The Syrian army and her allied troops liberated the historic citadel of Palmyra from the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), told RIA Novosti informed source in place. “The army regained control of the citadel in Palmyra and a range of mountains in the South-West. Now preparing to storm the city”, — said the Agency interlocutor. According to the source, terrorists with fights retreated from the heights where the citadel is located, after the army had occupied the heights above the city. One of the commanders has told RIA Novosti that the government forces with the support of the militia had already established full control of the fire Palmyra. The commander noted that the city “is at a stone’s throw from the Syrian

UN named involved in war crimes, all sides in the battle for Aleppo It is noted in particular that the Syrian air force used ammunition with chlorine during the battle for the city. GENEVA, 1 Mar. /TASS/. The actions that can be regarded as war crimes, were committed by all sides in the battle for Aleppo in July — December 2016. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the special report of the independent UN Commission to investigate human rights violations in Syria on the events. “Fighting for control of Aleppo, was accompanied by unprecedented violence, all sides have committed war crimes leading to civilian casualties, the document says. — Residents East of Aleppo has been surrounded and cut off from food and medicine”. Ammunition with chlorine The report indicates that the Syrian air force used ammunition with chlorine during the battle for Aleppo. “For 2016, the Syrian

In Georgia adopted the law on “tapping” Moscow. March 1. INTERFAX.RU — the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday passed a law relating to the possibility of wiretapping of citizens. According to the document, the security services created operational and technical Agency, which is based on the operational information about the security of the state would secretly listen to and record phone conversations and monitor social networks, to carry out covert video, check the parcel post. The head of the Agency will be represented by the head of the state security Service, and to assert a position of a special Commission of seven people representing the GBS, the Parliament, the Ombudsman and the government. Meanwhile, the opposition indicate that the new law gives the secret service the opportunity at its own discretion without a court order to listen to conversations of any citizen.

© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. Any unilateral or multilateral sanctions against Damascus will only weaken the international anti-terrorist front. This is stated in the statement published on the foreign Ministry website. On 28 February there was a vote in the UN Security Council in which Russia and China vetoed proposed by great Britain, France and the United States draft resolution on the introduction of sanctions against Syria under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. “Against” voted and Bolivia, and Egypt, Kazakhstan and Ethiopia abstained.

Grigory Karasin © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. The decision to recall the Ambassador of Moldova in Moscow Dmitry Braghis came as a surprise to the foreign Ministry, the reasons for this are not clear. This was reported by TASS Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Grigory Karasin.