Photo: RIA Novosti The Ministry of justice filed to the Supreme court of Russia the claim with the requirement to recognize the extremist organization “Administrative center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” and ban its activity in Russia. The information that such suit was brought, appeared in the database of the Supreme court. As explained by the media management center is the umbrella organization that manages the branches of “Jehovah’s Witnesses” throughout the country. If the center will be banned automatically and branches will be outlawed. In regions have already repeatedly made the decision to ban local branches of the organization. So, for example, recently the Supreme court of Russia upheld the decision of the court of the Jewish Autonomous region to ban the activities of religious organization “Jehovah’s Witnesses” in Birobidzhan. And in October last year, the Supreme court of Russia upheld the decision to liquidate the local religious organization
Day: March 18, 2017
The head of German intelligence said about the increased threat from Russia
The head of German intelligence said about the increased threat from Russia BERLIN, 17 Mar — news, angelina Timofeeva. The head of the Federal intelligence service of Germany (BND) Bruno KAHL said of the “increased threat from Russia,” adding that it is, in particular, and about the increased combat power. “The Russian threat grew. So we take it very seriously. It is not only a propaganda threat, it is a return to the agenda of the entire theme of conventional weapons,” said Pascal in an interview with the weekly der Spiegel, adding that it is “about the military and weaponry”. “Russia had doubled the combat power on the Western border. It is not only “Iskander”. There are many aircraft in the area of the Crimea, the conventional armed forces. All this can be viewed as a defense from the West. This should be seen as a potential threat,” he said.
Netanyahu explained the RAID launched by Israeli aircraft in Syria
Netanyahu explained the RAID launched by Israeli aircraft in Syria Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that air force planes struck targets in Syria to prevent advanced weapons falling into the hands of the Lebanese movement “Hezbollah”. A statement from the office of the Prime Minister was distributed on Friday, March 17, reports TASS. “Our policy is consistent: in case of detection of attempts to transfer advanced weapons “Hezbollah”, and if we have intelligence, if we have the operational opportunity we do the work to prevent such a development,” — said Netanyahu. “This is what happened, and that’s what will happen,” he added. About the RAID by Israeli aircraft in Syria became known on Friday morning. In Damascus said that four Israeli aircraft violated the air border of Syria, one of these machines was shot down by air defense forces. According to the military, another aircraft was damaged. It was explained
The head of German intelligence did not rule out Russia’s interference in the country’s elections
The head of German intelligence did not rule out Russia’s interference in the country’s elections BERLIN, 17 Mar — news, angelina Timofeeva. The head of the Federal intelligence service of Germany (BND) Bruno KAHL urged not to exclude the possibility of Russian interference in the election campaign in Germany. “We should at least expect it (the intervention) could happen. We have experienced in the past not only in Germany but also in other regions of Europe, where soon will be elections,” said Pascal in an interview with the weekly Spiegel. He added that “there is reason to believe that the attacks on the servers of the German Bundestag of Germany made under the Russian influence”. Answering a question from Spiegel, the correlation of these statements with the findings of the report, published in the early years of the BND and the Federal office for the protection of the Constitution (counterintelligence
The women’s final of the tennis tournament in Indian wells will be the Russian
Elena Vesnina Russian tennis player Elena Vesnina and Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the final of the tournament in American Indian wells and will play each other in the finals. About it the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova in the semifinals, defeated the third seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova— 7:6 (7:5), 7:6 (7:2). The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. Vesnina (14) took over France’s Kristina Mladenovic (28) — 6:3, 6:4. Tennis players spent on the court 1 hour and 25 minutes. The Russian final of the tournament in Indian wells will be held for the second time in history. In 2006 in the final match Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva. Turned out to be stronger, Sharapova became the first Russian who won this tournament. The competition in Indian wells are from 8 to 19 March. The prize Fund of female tournament is 6,99 million dollars.
NBC revealed details of a secret plan to trump the fight against ISIS
The secret plan of the US President Donald trump anti-terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) was very similar to the strategy of the previous us leader Barack Obama. This is with reference to officials familiar with the document said on NBC. According to sources, the plan represents a strengthening of previous measures. Speech, in particular, is the continued application of the militants air strikes, increased support to local military in Mosul and raqqa, as well as further suppress the financing of terrorists and stabilize the situation in the liberated regions. Experts consider the plan unsatisfactory, and fear that it will not help to fulfill the promise of trump quickly and completely destroy ISIS. Retired Admiral James Stavridis (James Stavridis ), commenting on the document, noted that in this case everything is like the old saying: “Plan B — so as plan a, only harder”. A retired air
In the Austrian Alps avalanche caught a group of five skiers
In Austria the result of an avalanche killed two skiers, the newspaper Daily Mail. The incident occurred on Friday, March 17, in the district of Tyrol, near St Anton. The avalanche slid down the mountain and hit a group of five skiers. Workers emergency services started clearing the area where there are athletes. To date, two bodies were found, their identity is not yet established. Before that, on Wednesday, March 15, in the same province came under an avalanche were eight climbers. Four managed to escape and call emergency services. Four of them died. Just last year in the Austrian Alps has killed 267 people. The average for the last 10 years has killed 297 people, 17 of them as a result of avalanches.
The Ministry of justice will try to deny “Jehovah’s Witnesses” via the Supreme court
The Ministry of justice seeks Supreme court about the ban in Russia, the religious organization “Jehovah’s Witnesses”. The lawsuit was filed by results of checks revealed violations of anti-extremist legislation, reports “Interfax” with reference to the press service of the Ministry of justice. The Department argued that the activities of the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” is carried out with violations of their stated “goals”. The audit was conducted from 8 to 27 February 2017. In the Supreme court, the Agency said that the date of consideration of the claim is not appointed yet. The representatives of “Jehovah’s Witnesses” stated that he had not received notification from the court and noted that the said petition will entail “disastrous consequences for religious freedom in Russia.” In their statement on the website notes that this decision will affect 400 registered centers and over 175 thousand followers. Previously, the Supreme court declared illegal the activities of
Matvienko said about the inevitability of the recognition of the world the results of the referendum in the Crimea
Valentina Matvienko International recognition of the referendum in Crimea is inevitable, the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. Her words leads RIA Novosti on Friday, March 17. “Proposals to abandon ignoring the free will of inhabitants of Crimea have increasingly heard discussion on political platforms in various countries of the world,” she said. Matvienko believes that the West recognize the Russian status of Crimea “not-too-distant future.” In her opinion, an important role in this process was played by the visits to the Peninsula of French parliamentarians. Earlier Friday, the official Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow hopes that in the end the Kiev government recognize the Russian Crimea. In mid-October of last year the Crimea was visited by deputies from Italy. In late July, the Peninsula was visited by the French parliamentarians. Head of delegation Deputy Natssobraniya Thierry Mariani expressed the view that if the Crimea became part
Made by the Royal hands of cheeseburger sold for 10 thousand dollars
Made by the Royal hands of cheeseburger sold for 10 thousand dollars At a charity event in Dubai was sold for 10 thousand dollars a giant cheeseburger in the preparation of which was attended by a member of the Royal family of Qatar. To prepare the cheeseburger was used seven pieces of meat, each representing a different Emirate of the UAE, aged cheddar, bacon and scones with saffron. In addition to the Qatari Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Thani, in the creation of dishes was attended by well-known chef Russell Imphal, which is chef Dubai restaurant Le Gourmet, reports the Daily Mail. Seven-layered bacon a cheeseburger prepared by a member of the Qatari royal family sells for $10,000 in Dubai https://t.co/itAmSGSZ0V pic.twitter.com/DdmVdVopt1 — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 17, 2017 After cooking cheeseburger was sold at auction. The highest price in 10 thousand dollars for it suggested that ASMA al-faheem,