March 22, 2017 – Page 4 – Russian Reality

Ukraine has asked the United States to make it a major ally outside NATO

March 22, 2017 RR Politics

Ukraine has asked the United States to make it a major ally outside NATO KIEV, March 22 — RIA Novosti. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appealed to the U.S. Congress with a request to consider granting Kiev a status of a major ally outside NATO and the conclusion of the defense agreement. The corresponding address from the second attempt was supported by 232 deputies with the required minimum of 226 votes. The document notes that the status of the main ally outside NATO possess as countries that are in the “state of the world” — Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and being “under the threat of military action” — South Korea, Afghanistan or Israel. Thus, unlike the issue of Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance, granting it the status of main ally outside NATO is the sovereign right of States, that is, requires the consent of all NATO countries. The paper

The AP learned about the work of Manafort Deripaska

March 22, 2017 RR Politics

The AP learned about the work of Manafort Deripaska The Agency claims that a former campaign adviser to candidate trump since 2006, over $10 million a year promoting the interests of the Russian leadership. Moscow. March 22. INTERFAX.RU — a Former campaign adviser to candidate Donald trump by Paul Manafort about 10 years ago, was secretly working for Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, promoting the interests of the Russian leadership. It is reported to the environment Agency the Associated Press, citing its own data and obtained by journalists documents. It is reported that Manafort also “offered an ambitious political strategy aimed at undermining anti-Russian opposition in the former Soviet republics”. It is emphasized that this cooperation is “contrary to the claims of the administration of the tramp and Manafort that he never worked in the interests of Russia” The Agency reports that, according to him, “Manafort suggested in a confidential strategic

To lead the state Department’s Rex Tillerson talked the wife

March 22, 2017 RR Politics

To lead the state Department’s Rex Tillerson talked the wife U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that he had held this post thanks to my wife who convinced him to accept the offer made by President Donald trump. “I didn’t want the job. I did not seek this job. But my wife said I should,” said Tillerson, in an interview with the Independent Journal Review. Before appointment to the post of Secretary of state Tillerson led the company Exxon Mobil. According to him, he was going to retire in March 2017, to leave the ranch and be with his grandchildren. That Donald trump was going to ask Rex Tillerson to the post of U.S. Secretary of state, became known in December 2016. Tillerson candidacy was officially submitted to the Senate January 20, immediately after the inauguration of the trump. At the head of Exxon Mobil Tillerson, in particular, was

The Syrian army has deployed reinforcements to the area of the attack of the rebels under Hama

March 22, 2017 RR World

The Syrian military has deployed additional forces to the area of the rebel offensive in Hama province. About it reports Reuters, citing a source in the leadership of the Syrian armed forces. The operation of militants in Hama began on the morning of Wednesday, March 22. It is conducted jointly parts of the free Syrian army (FSA), which in the West as “moderate rebels,” and “Tahrir al-sham”, formerly known as “Jabhat EN-Nusra” — branch of “al-Qaeda” in Syria. The purpose of the “spring offensive” is to establish control over the towns of Souran and Khattab. According to the representative of the FSA, fighters have been preparing for this attack, accumulating reserves. At the point of attack are the forces of “Tahrir al-sham”. Province of Hama — one of the strongholds of the rebels. In 1982, they broke out the uprising of the Islamists under the leadership of the organization “Muslim

The red Cross has warned of an impending famine in Somalia and Yemen

March 22, 2017 RR World

Yemen The international Committee of the red cross (ICRC) has warned about a large-scale famine that will soon begin in Somalia and Yemen. About it reports Reuters. “We have three or four months to avoid the worst of the possible scenarios, — said the Director of the operational division of the ICRC Dominique Stillhart. In this case coincided many factors, in particular on the protracted conflicts had droughts”. According to Stillhart, a total of hunger may affect more than 20 million people. Added to this is rampant in Somalia, the cholera, which affects mostly children. ICRC lacks about $ 100 million to make the necessary arrangements. As an example of what can happen, Stillhart brought the famine in Somalia in 2011. “Then we were swinging too long, — he reminded. — Help came late, and in that year alone, Somalia from hunger suffered 260 thousand people”. The civil war in

Chinese customs caught a smuggler with diamonds in their shoes

March 22, 2017 RR World

Chinese customs officers detained the man from Hong Kong who tried to transport a large consignment of diamonds in your own shoes. About it reports The South China Morning Post. “He looked suspicious because of his gait: was walking on eggshells. However, when he noticed that we look at him, just began to walk normally,” explained one of the employees of the customs service. The man was asked to remove shoes: remove insole, officials found several packets of diamonds with a total weight in carats 212,9. According to customs officials, this is the second such incident in nine days: March 4, they intercepted a shipment of diamonds 1554, which the attackers tried to hold the packages of nuts. 15 January 2016 PRC police found and arrested the smugglers, who managed to smuggle into the country a party of Fox pelts with a total value of 134 million dollars.

The children’s Ombudsman proposed to prohibit the registration in social networks to 14 years

March 22, 2017 RR Russia

Anna Kuznetsova Ombudsman for children under the President of Russia Anna Kuznetsova suggested to consider all the possible ways to monitor kids on the Internet, including a ban on registration in social networks to 14 years. On Wednesday, March 22, RIA Novosti reported. “Parents, as they say, nobody forbids to deny. And here if this request is actually from the parent community will be relevant, let’s consider all the options,” she told reporters. The Ombudsman also said that to fully protect children from the Internet is impossible, because it performs useful functions, for example, helps in the educational process. In January 2017 in Russia began to acquire the popular game “the Blue whale”, the rules of which children are given the quest “curators”, and the ultimate goal is the death. On the background of alleged frequent cases of suicides that students commit to fulfilling these jobs, March 10, the Russian

Medvedev has proposed to plant officials at various levels in open space

March 22, 2017 RR Russia

Dmitry Medvedev The Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev considers it expedient to organize the work of officials of different levels in the same space. This opinion he expressed at the meeting of the Presidium of the Council for strategic development and priority projects, reports TASS on Wednesday, March 22. “It’s a different approach, it lies in the fact that representatives of regional and Federal authorities are in the same office, in an open room and solve the same task. Such open space, in which sitting officials of different levels,” — said the Prime Minister. According to him, with this organization, employees become one team, and applicants do not need to walk around the various rooms, solving issues of “the usual bureaucratic way.” However, added the head of the government, situated in the same space to do all the officials, as they will represent different departments and levels of government.

The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia reacted to Ukraine’s refusal to let Samoilov on “Eurovision”

March 22, 2017 RR Russia

The Russian foreign Ministry commented on the Kiev’s decision to ban the entry to Ukraine of Yulia Samoilova — the representative of Russia at “Eurovision”. The words of the source in the foreign Ministry is quoted by RIA Novosti. “This is a cynical and inhuman decision”, — said the Agency interlocutor. Earlier Wednesday, 22 March, the security Service of Ukraine refused to allow the performer to the contest, forbidding her entry for three years. “The decision was made on the basis of the data on violation of legislation of Ukraine”, — has explained a press-the Secretary of SBU Elena Gitlyanskaya. Prior to this it was noted that the Ukrainian intelligence Agency checks the information about the performance Samoilova in June 2015 in the Crimea — Russian territory, which Kiev considers its but temporarily occupied (Ukraine established there a specific order of entry and exit). Ukraine won the right to host

SK brought up another case of bribery against the ex-Governor White

March 22, 2017 RR Events

SK brought up another case of bribery against the ex-Governor White MOSCOW, 22 Mar — RIA Novosti. TFR filed a new charge of bribery ex-the Governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh, the correspondent of RIA Novosti from the audience Basmanny court of Moscow, which considered the question of the extension of his arrest. “The ninth of March, 2017 against Whites were prosecuted under part six of article 290 of the RF criminal code (bribe),” said the judge, reading out the materials of the case. A new criminal case, it follows from the case materials, heard in court, took to his investigator Roman Mukhachev. The case was connected with the first case of bribery against White, on 17 March he was charged with. On the second episode of receiving a bribe as a criminal case under article “mediation” On Wednesday, the SKR appealed to the court to extend the arrest