Day: April 9, 2017

Tillerson was named the U.S. priorities in Syria

World

Rex Tillerson U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that the priority for Washington in Syria is fighting international terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). This opinion he expressed on Saturday, April 8, in an interview with CBS News. According to him, the first step is to eliminate the extremist group, and then “deal with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.” “As soon as the ISIS threat will decrease or be eliminated, I think we will be able to pay immediate attention to the stabilization of the situation in the country,” said Tillerson. The Secretary added that Washington still hopes to end the civil war in Syria. In his opinion, it is necessary to bring warring parties to negotiations. “We hope that Russia chooses to play a constructive role in supporting the ceasefire in Syria by holding talks in Astana in Geneva,” added Tillerson. On the

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The Council of Europe urged to investigate data on abductions and torture of gays in Chechnya

Russia

Torbjorn Jagland The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (COE) Thorbjorn Jagland demanded that the Russian Commissioner for human rights Tatyana Moskalkova to pay attention to the reports on repression against homosexuals in the Chechen Republic. About it reports “Interfax” with reference to the press service of the COE. Jagland wrote Moskalkova a letter in which he expressed concern over media reports about human rights violations against members of the LGBT community in Chechnya. “I’m sure your office is well aware of these allegations. With all seriousness, of course I am sure you will consider them with due care”, — stated in the message. The COE Secretary General also asked Moskalkova to keep it informed of the outcome of the investigation. Earlier, similar appeals to the head of the Investigative Committee (SK) Alexander Bastrykin, acting head of SU IC in Chechnya Sergei Sokolov and Moskalkova by the international organization

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In the Union of passengers protested the organization of transport in St. Petersburg after the attack

Russia

Kirill Yankov Apparently, in St. Petersburg was not a backup transportation plan in case of emergency in the subway, said the Chairman of the Union of Russian passengers Kirill Yankov. He noted that after what happened in the subway explosion, it was necessary to use additional ground transportation in sufficient quantity. On Thursday, April 6, according to the national news service (NSN). “I still don’t understand who ordered in St. Petersburg to stop the traffic around the metro on all lines, and for what purpose it was done. And I think that it is necessary to perform — whether it was relevant or it was an emotional reaction of some not very competent Manager,” said Yankov. The head of the Union of passengers explained that a back-up plan — “this is a bus in large numbers, which are removed from the routes of small extent, and are organized transportation routes

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In the Railways said about 50 injured in a collision of trains in Moscow

Russia

After the collision of a passenger train and commuter train in Moscow for medical assistance 50 people. On Sunday, April 9, the press service of “Russian Railways” (RZD). In the EMERCOM of Russia said that hospitalization was required to 12 victims, including two teenagers. The list of wounded published on the Agency’s website. The accident occurred April 8 at 22:40 on the stretch of stations Fili — Kuntsevo-2 of the Belarusian direction of the Moscow railway (MZHD). According to preliminary data, the train EN route Moscow — Usovo, faced with a move for him by a passenger train Moscow — Brest, from the person who ran the railroad tracks. The driver of the commuter of the composition applied the emergency brake, this time it crashed into a passenger train. As a result, derailed two carriages of the train and the section of the locomotive of the train. According to the

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Railway traffic on the Belarusian direction of Moscow will restore to seven in the morning

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Railway traffic on the Belarusian direction of Moscow will restore to seven in the morning MOSCOW, 9 APR — RIA Novosti. The movement in the Belarusian direction of Moscow railway will be restored by 7 a.m. Sunday, according to the Department of transport. In the night of Sunday, the long-distance train and commuter train collided in the West of Moscow. EMERCOM of Russia reported that among the victims are foreign nationals. “According to the Moscow railway-branch of OAO Russian Railways, the traffic on the Belarusian direction will be restored by 7:00 today”, — reported in the microblog of the Department on Twitter.

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The foreign Ministry and the Embassy of Belarus monitoring the situation with the train Moscow — Brest

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The foreign Ministry and the Embassy of Belarus monitoring the situation with the train Moscow — Brest MOSCOW, 9 APR — RIA Novosti. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Belarus and the Embassy in Russia is monitoring the situation with the collision of trains Moscow — Brest with the train in Moscow. “The foreign Ministry and Embassy in Russia is monitoring the situation in connection with the collision of a passenger train Moscow-Brest and the train” — said in a microblog of the foreign Ministry on Twitter. Earlier it became known that on Sunday night a long-distance train and commuter train collided in the West of Moscow. According to the MOE, with derailed two carriages of the train and two wagon train, 20 people were injured, 12 were hospitalized. EMERCOM of Russia reported that among the victims are foreign nationals.

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SC said details about the collision of the train and trains in Moscow

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SC said details about the collision of the train and trains in Moscow MOSCOW, 9 APR — RIA Novosti. More than 450 people were on the train, 4 people in the train that collided in the West of Moscow, 16 people were hospitalized, said the representative of the Moscow interregional investigation Department of transport, UK Russia Tatyana Morozova. According to the investigators, April 8, at 22.40 on the stretch of stations Fili — Kuntsevo-2 of the Belarusian direction of the Moscow railway there was a collision of trains on the route Moscow-Usovo, moving behind him a passenger train by the message Moscow — Brest. “At this point, the train was 455 passengers and train crew, train engineer, his assistant and 2 of the controller. Due to the collision, was hospitalized 16 people, including the locomotive crew of a passenger train and 2 train controller, said Morozov. She added that from

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Scientists have explained the inability to fall asleep early

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Scientists have explained the inability to fall asleep early MOSCOW, 09 APR — RIA Novosti. American and Turkish geneticists have found one of the possible reasons that some people prefer to sleep late and do not like waking early, the newspaper writes New Scientist. Researchers believe that the shift of the sleep period caused by mutations in the CRY1 gene associated with the regulation of the circadian rhythms of the person. As scientists have calculated, this kind of unit of heredity responsible for sleep problems in about 1.3 percent of the population of modern Europeans. People with mutations in CRY1 should adhere to the mode of the day, taking into account the shift in circadian rhythms, experts advise.

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In the West of Moscow faced the train with the train

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In the West of Moscow faced the train with the train MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. A passenger train and a train collided in the West of Moscow after the driver of the train applied the emergency brake. “The accident occurred in the street gerasima Kurina. As a result of collision with derailed one wagon train,” — said the Agency interlocutor. The incident injured four people. At the same time, eyewitnesses claim that the train went in reverse and maybe her brakes failed. The driver of the train tried to prevent столкновениеhttps://t.co/PHkPS3cLz1 pic.twitter.com/wwHesWbrFn — REN-TV | news (@rentvchannel) 8 APR 2017 “The train brakes, we rolled back, I ran through the train to warn passengers to stay or running forward through the cars,” he told TASS an eyewitness Dmitry. But, according to him, the train accelerated too much and crashed into a train that was moving behind. The train and the

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The Museum has rejected the claims of Poland because of the memorial in Katyn

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The Museum has rejected the claims of Poland because of the memorial in Katyn The state Central Museum of contemporary history of Russia, one branch of which is a Memorial complex “Katyn”, responded to the statement of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Poland, concerned about the emergence in Katyn, site of the new Museum complex there, information on the lost 20 years in Polish captivity the red army. “Presented at the poster information on the number of dead Soviet soldiers based on the research of leading Russian scientists”, — stated in the message of the Museum. “According to research, in total, in Polish captivity can die from 25 to 28 thousand people”, — said there. It is noteworthy that the Polish side does not deny the fact of mass death of red army soldiers in Polish captivity, and outraged the allegedly false figures, said the Museum. According to the

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