Media reported about the evacuation of a famous London skyscraper MOSCOW, 23 Mar — RIA Novosti. The famous London gherkin building nicknamed “the Gherkin” are evacuated, the buildings are fire trucks, reports the Sun newspaper. “We were called at 8.36 (11.36 GMT). The building was evacuated, but we’re still investigating the cause,” — said the representative of fire service of London. According to eyewitnesses, the building also are the police cars. 30 St Mary Axe evacuated pic.twitter.com/kCGDfXLzBH — Nikesh Shah (@Nikeshah) 23 Mar 2017 No sign of any incident but the Gherkin has been evacuated. I guess security at notable buildings very cautious today. pic.twitter.com/cjaI9JKZm0 — tristan (@tristanpc) 23 Mar 2017 The gherkin received its nickname because of the unusual shape and greenish color of the glass. The building is the headquarters of insurance company Swiss Re, but the lower floors are open to everyone. Emergency services in London are
Day: March 23, 2017
MP called petty and mean-spirited ban on the entry of Samoylov in Ukraine
MP called petty and mean-spirited ban on the entry of Samoylov in Ukraine MOSCOW, 23 Mar — RIA Novosti. Ukraine looks “petty and cowardly” because of the decision of the security Service to deny entry to the country to Russia’s representative at “Eurovision” Yulia Samoilova, said the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the “Opposition bloc” Nestor Shufrych. The corresponding application the MP placed on the page in Facebook. The Ukrainian government said the Shufrych, was able to demonstrate that she is “above petty revenge,” declared the representatives of all countries, primarily Russia, equal participation in the competition. “And our power, and in the eyes of many, unfortunately, and we all look petty and mean,” — said the MP. The security service of Ukraine has forbidden Yulia Samoilova for three years to enter Ukraine due to the fact that in 2015, the singer gave concerts in the Crimea. This decision,
Saved from poachers a baby Rhino loves to cuddle
Saved from poachers a baby Rhino loves to cuddle Employees of “children’s home” for the rhinos in the Limpopo province of South Africa, rescued wounded by poachers, a baby Rhino, who now loves to cuddle. Little female Rhino, whose age does not exceed four weeks, received three stab wounds, when probably tried to protect her mother from poachers. Unfortunately, to save a large rhinoceros failed, in addition, criminals sawed off the already wounded cub horn. Emaciated female was found by rescuers, who took her to a special “children’s house” for these animals. Reserve staff have given to the rhinoceros the name of J’aime, in French means “I love” in memory of the recent attack on rhinos in the zoo of Thoiry French, reports The Dodo. Now the condition J’aime stable, the vets treated her wounds and fed the little rhinoceros milk. J’aime loves to cuddle with her rescuers, and to
Russia began the period of early exam
Russia began the period of early exam Moscow. March 23. INTERFAX.RU — More than 44 thousand people will take part in the early period of taking the Unified state examination (use), which starts on Thursday, have informed “Interfax” in the Service. “In 2017, with early application period for passing the exam was filed by 44 thousand persons, from them 2 thousand graduates of the current year, 210 participants with disabilities”, — stated in the message. This year’s early period, or so-called “spring wave” of the exam, will be held from 23 March to 14 April. The spring exams will be held in all regions of Russia, except Chukotka Autonomous area, they will involve 275 examination. The most popular electives among “dosrochnikov” this year, like last, began the social studies (39,6%), history (21.3 per cent), biology (16,9%) and physics (16.3 per cent), reported in Rosobrnadzor. Serious substantive changes in the exam
Kosachev seen in the actions of Kyiv repeat the mistakes of the Russian authorities
Photo: RIA Novosti The Ukrainian authorities are committing the same mistakes as Russia during the Chechen conflict, said the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev. His words leads RIA Novosti on Wednesday, March 22. “We in Russia tried to preserve our territorial integrity, using military force, I mean the Chechen conflict,” the Senator said at the meeting with the Chairman of the defense Committee of the Finnish candidate for the post of Secretary General of the OSCE Ilkka Kanerva. “Now repeat our mistake of the Ukrainian authorities, they are exactly the same way,” he said. Kosachev said that Moscow was able to resolve the conflict only after the authorities have stopped “counting the inhabitants of the Chechen terrorists and separatists, and began to talk to them”. If Kiev will go on this way, Ukraine’s territorial integrity will be restored, said the MP. “Russia would be
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia reacted to Ukraine’s refusal to let Samoilov on “Eurovision”
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia commented on the decision of the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) banned entry to the territory of the country of Yulia Samoilova. The statement of a source in the Russian foreign Ministry reports
Putin proposed to leave the Governor for a second term
Photo: RIA Novosti The candidacy of Elvira Nabiullina will be submitted to the state Duma to extend its powers on a post of the Chairman of the Central Bank. On Wednesday, March 22, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the head of the Central Bank, reports TASS. “I intend to submit your candidacy to the State Duma for the next term as President of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation” — leads the Agency of his word. The head of state expects that the Bank of Russia under the leadership of Nabiullina will “act as well independently, confidently will behave”. According to him, Central Bank actions always cause a reaction and expert circles, and society. “Opinion is always at odds about what and how does the Central Bank. However, quite obvious is the fact that the Central Bank, under your leadership, has done much to stabilize
Source: Voronenkov has not refused Russian citizenship
Law enforcement officers at the scene of the murder of the former Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Denis Voronenkov, Kiev, March 23 © Peter Sivkov/TASS MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. The former Deputy of the state Duma Denis Voronenkov, who was killed in Kiev, was not refused Russian citizenship, despite obtaining citizenship of Ukraine. About TASS reported in the Russian law enforcement bodies.
Pamfilova refused to learn democracy from the West
Pamfilova refused to learn democracy from the West The Chairman of the CEC of Russia, Ella Pamfilova said that she is disappointed by the democratic example of Western countries. Her words leads RIA Novosti on Thursday, March 23. According to her, the electoral system in Russia more transparent than, for example, in the United States. “Such openness and such approach to formation of system data and presentation to the public in many Western countries even have”, — said the CEC head. On 20 March, the Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko said that the resolution on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the universal Declaration of democracy should be spelled out that democracy is not a concept exclusively of Western origin. The document will be approved at the 137th session of the inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which will be held in St. Petersburg in October. 1 December 2016 during the annual
Not fair: trump has criticized the media for reporting about his “ties” with Russia
Not fair: trump has criticized the media for reporting about his “ties” with Russia WASHINGTON, Mar 23 — RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. The President of the United States Donald trump criticized on Twitter the news of major TV channels NBC and ABC, which discussed “when the trump of Russia”. “Just watched a completely biased and fake news reports on the so-called Russian history at NBC and ABC. So not fair!” — wrote trump. Just watched the totally biased and fake news reports of the so-called Russia story on NBC and ABC. Such dishonesty! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2017 American television stations, citing intelligence agencies regularly accuse trump “ties with Russia”, which, they claim, could lead to victory trump in the election. FBI Director James Comey confirmed this week that the investigation is ongoing regarding the possible connections, but nothing reported on the findings of this investigation.