© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he knows nothing about casualties among the Russian military as a result of a US strike on an air base in Syria, most likely they were not.
Day: April 7, 2017
Zakharova: the American strike on Syria has political overtones
The launch of Tomahawk missiles at the air base, the Syrian air force Shayrat, HOMS province, Syria © EPA/SEAMAN FORD WILLIAMS MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. A missile strike by US on Syria has obvious political overtones, but awareness of the evils of such a strategy will come sooner or later. This was stated by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
Volodin warned that the role of world policeman is fraught with consequences for the United States
Vyacheslav Volodin © Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin after us missile strikes on the Syrian base had warned that the role of world policeman is fraught with consequences for Washington.
US intelligence claims that Assad is not liquidated all stocks of chemical weapons
US intelligence claims that Assad is not liquidated all stocks of chemical weapons MOSCOW, 6 APR — RIA Novosti. American intelligence agencies suspect Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has not presented the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) all the chemical weapons stockpiles in the country, reported Reuters with reference to the representative of U.S. intelligence. “We never believed the Assad regime when he said that he showed all the chemical weapons stockpiles,” — said the Agency representative of intelligence. “Assad has shown time and again that he is willing to use either preserved his chemical weapons, either to restore this stock to terrorize their own people,” he says. The national coalition opposition and revolutionary forces of Syria (NKORS) said on Tuesday that about 80 of the victims of the attacks using chemical weapons in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib province and 200 wounded. The blame for the attack, the opposition
Israel study the statement of Russia about the status of Jerusalem
Israel study the statement of Russia about the status of Jerusalem TEL AVIV, 6 may — RIA Novosti. Israeli authorities are examining the statement the Russian foreign Ministry’s readiness to recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, said to RIA Novosti, the official representative of the foreign Ministry of Israel, Emmanuel Nachshon. In a Thursday statement to assess the state of the middle East peace process, the Russian foreign Ministry confirmed the recognition for East Jerusalem the status of “the capital of a future Palestinian state,” and simultaneously announced that it is considering “West Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.” “We are studying the Russian statement,” — said the Agency interlocutor. The office of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who concurrently heads the Ministry of foreign Affairs, declined to comment for this reason. Israel declared Jerusalem its “United and indivisible” capital, including its Eastern
The UN security Council acknowledged that Pyongyang failed to fulfil its international obligations
The UN security Council acknowledged that Pyongyang failed to fulfil its international obligations UN APR 6 — RIA Novosti. The UN Security Council has recognized another missile test of the DPRK in violation of the relevant resolutions and condemned the actions of Pyongyang. As informs Agency France Press, citing a UN security Council statement, Council members called the recent launches of “serious violation” of Pyongyang’s international obligations under UN resolutions. North Korea has launched ballistic missiles at dawn on Wednesday in the area of the settlement, yuktae-Dong. According to reports from Seoul, the missile flew about 60 miles and fell into the sea of Japan. South Korean troops in connection with the test are in full combat readiness, and in Japan convened an emergency meeting of the national security Council. American officials believe that North Korea had a failed test liquid ballistic missiles such as Scud.
Lavrov said the lack of Russian war dead in Syria due to the US attack
The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that he had no information on casualties among Russian soldiers as a result of U.S. strikes on the airfield in Syria. About it reports “Interfax”. “Apparently, there are no victims”, — informed the Minister. According to him, missile attack and, in General, the US actions in Syria are detrimental to the already eroded relations between Moscow and Washington, RIA Novosti reported. “I hope that these provocations will not lead to irreversible results,” — said Lavrov. “Already, the media are quoting such joyful utterances of former functionaries of the Obama administration that now,(…) after these attacks, the cooperation between Russia and the U.S. is already quite unrealistic. I hope that they will be put to shame, although, of course, their findings we have for our future relations will do,” said the head of the Russian foreign Ministry. Earlier, on 7 April
The interior Ministry said about 50 thousand participants a memorable evening on Manezh square
Continued: an Evening of memory “Peter — we’re” filmed with a quadcopter Passing on Manezh square in Moscow on the evening of memory of victims in the St. Petersburg metro was visited by over 50 thousand people. Such data results in a capital Central Board of the Ministry of interior. The event began on 6 April at about 17:00. Muscovites laid flowers and lit candles at the memorial sign “hero-City Leningrad”. After that, at the Manege square, the concert began. At the time of the memorable evening closed to traffic on Tverskaya and Mokhovaya streets and adjacent roads. Bid to host the event was serving the Moscow Federation of trade unions (FIP), the Transport Association of the Moscow Metropolitan area, the trade unions of workers of transport and metro. In St. Petersburg, hundreds of citizens gathered near the metro station “Institute of Technology”, where the attack took place. People lit
The US attack on the Syrian base believed to undermine the coalition between Moscow and Washington
Leonid Slutsky Missile strikes USA at Syrian airbase are undermining the prospects for cooperation between Washington and Moscow in the fight against terrorists in Syria. This view was expressed by the Chairman of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky on Friday, April 7, reports TASS. “This action by the USA undermines seriously the ability of the anti-terrorist cooperation with Russia and destroys efforts to achieve a truce,” — said Slutsky. In turn, the head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that Russian missiles continue to hit at the terrorists and the us — “government troops, which, in fact, a war against terrorists and lead”. “I’m afraid that with such approaches desirable Russian-American anti-terrorist coalition in Syria, about which so much was said after the arrival of the trump the power of honoring the Bose, and not having time to be born,” — said
The seaside official has forced principals to pay her for her patronage
Partizansk (Primorsky Krai) head of the Department of education was suspected of forcing school principals to the Board for protection. On Friday, April 7, reported on the website of the regional investigative Department of the investigative Committee. According to investigators, from October 2014 to may 2016, the official “bowed several Directors of secondary schools periodically to give her funds to employees of educational institutions for the protection in service”. During this time, the woman received more than a million rubles. Prosecuted for abuse of office. The suspect is detained, the question on election of a preventive measure. In January 2015 in Moscow have detained the Deputy head of the Council of the district of North Butovo on suspicion in receiving a bribe. According to police, 48-year-old Muscovite, invited the Director of the driving school patronage, and promised not to interfere in the use of open asphalt area for practical training.