Day: March 1, 2017

Marine Le Pen The Committee on legal Affairs of the European Parliament (EP) “overwhelmingly” voted for deprivation of parliamentary immunity of a candidate for President of France and leader of the National front, marine Le Pen. On Tuesday, February 28, according to Reuters. Was 18 deputies, against — three. Now the decision of the Committee must be approved by the European Parliament. The vote on the issue in the EP, according to the Agency, could be held this week. The question of removal with Le Pen’s immunity was set because of pictures of acts of violence committed by militants of the international terrorist organization “Islamic state” ( IG, is prohibited in Russia), which she had placed in his microblog on Twitter in 2015. The number of published frames — the execution of American journalist James Foley. Against members of the party of Le Pen is currently being investigated about the

Dan Coates The candidate for the post of head of national intelligence Dan Coates has described Russia, China and North Korea major threats to the country. He stated this on Tuesday, February 28, during his speech at the congressional hearings on his candidacy, Reuters reports. “Russia’s desire to assert itself in world politics is something that I look with great concern. This is something we should approach with eyes wide open and be treated with a healthy degree of skepticism,” said Coates. He also called for a thorough investigation of any attempt by Russia to influence the past presidential election. Against China Coates said that the state “continues its activity in the region.” We are talking about territorial claims in the East and South China seas, reports TASS. In his speech, he also pointed to provocations from North Korea, Iran, conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan and “other hot spots”. The US

Alexander Posobilov The court in new York sentenced a resident of the United States Alexander Posobilov to 11 years and 3 months in prison for illegal export of microelectronics to Russia and conspiracy to commit money laundering. This was reported TASS the representative of the Prosecutor John Marzulli. A spokesman was unable to specify citizenship of that person. “In the court records there is no indication that after serving his sentence the criminal is to be deported to Russia”, — he said. This fact indicates that the 62-year-old Posobilov, who lived in Houston, is a citizen of the United States. 11 people, including Posobilov, in the case of companies ARC Electronics and Apex System, which, as claimed by the U.S. government, from October 2008 to October 2012, bought and delivered to Russia modern microelectronics dual-use 50 million dollars. According to authorities, the equipment was delivered in the interests of the