Day: March 28, 2017

Photo: Flickr/ Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly The head of PACE Pedro Agramunt on the eve of meetings with Russian officials on the sidelines of the IPA CIS in St. Petersburg said that the issues related to the conflict in Ukraine remain a stumbling block in relations between the Russian Federation and the Assembly. “Hard questions, particularly concerning the conflict in Ukraine continues to remain disagreement between the parliamentary Assembly and the Russian Parliament,” said Agramunt. “After my election I have decided to take steps for the resumption of dialogue with Russian parliamentarians to work together to find ways to resume a full and normal cooperation in the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,” he said. “These steps do not contradict the position of the parliamentary Assembly on the support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine”, — said the head of PACE. “We must remember that our

Photo: globallookpress.com International and Russian bookmaker told RT about how one of the candidates for the French presidency put the Russians and how changing factors in the course of the race. The average rate on the candidacy of the future French President is 2 thousand rubles, which exceeds the average size of bets on sporting events four times. “If you look at how varied factors, most importantly not changing them, and changing favorites. When we opened the line, the highest probability of victory was for Sarkozy (Nicolas Sarkozy lost the primaries in November 2016. — RT), now the minimum coefficient of Macron. Also very varied line of marine Le Pen in connection with the scandals and statistics,” said RT Director of marketing BC “Liga Stavok” Yuri Vervekin. Both foreign and Russian betting companies set the lowest coefficient for the rates of Emmanuel Macron, followed by marine Le Pen, françois Fillon

North Korea conducted another test of a rocket engine The test engine can be used in Intercontinental ballistic missiles, military believe. Moscow. March 28. INTERFAX.RU — the Third recent test of a new rocket engine were conducted in the DPRK on Friday of last week, told the American CNN TV channel with reference to military sources. They noted that, according to their estimates, used in new engine technology shows that they can be mounted on Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The channel feared that the North Korean ICBM could threaten the U.S. mainland, but experts can not yet give a clear answer, did North Korea sufficiently to minimize nuclear warheads, to be used in missile warheads. At the same time, recalled to CNN on Monday the United States announced the deployment on the territory of South Korea’s new fighter-bombers, the F-35B to protect their South Korean and Japanese allies in terms

In the state Department told who made the decision on new sanctions against Russia The decision to impose sanctions was taken on the last days of the presidency of former U.S. President Barack Obama, said the representative of the foreign Ministry. WASHINGTON, Mar 28 — RIA Novosti. The decision to introduce new sanctions against Russian companies was made in the last days of the presidency of the former head of the United States Barack Obama, said RIA Novosti the representative of the state Department. USA 21 March imposed sanctions against eight companies of Russia in connection with the American law on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction relating to Syria, Iran and North Korea. In the new sanctions list, among others, were “Rosoboronexport”. The Russian foreign Ministry said that new sanctions are inconsistent with the US claims the priority of the fight against terrorism and undermine the prospects of