Day: April 16, 2017

South Korea promised a “resolute” response to the rocket launch in the DPRK South Korea will “firmly” respond to “provocations” from North Korea. This was stated by the Minister of defence of the Republic of Korea Kim Gwangjin during a meeting with Korean security Council after North Korea conducted a launch of its rocket, reports Yonhap. In turn, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of South Korea condemned the missile tests in North Korea and warned that Pyongyang will be taken “serious punitive measures” in the event of a nuclear test in the DPRK, or “provocative actions.” That North Korea conducted the launch, said South Korea’s military on April 16. According to the Agency Yonhap, citing the Korean defense Ministry, the missile launch in North Korea was unsuccessful. The fact of the missile launch was confirmed by the American military. According to them, she was running around the port city of

Photo: TASS Press Secretary of the President of Russia said that President Vladimir Putin at Easter, like last year, will go to the temple. About it reports “Tape.ru”. “The place is, usually do not announce. I wouldn’t now,” — said Peskov. During major feasts, Putin attends Church services. Usually, at Easter, he remains in Moscow. In 2016, 2015 and 2014, the head of state met Easter in the temple of Christ the Savior. Last year, after the service, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill gave Putin, on the Orthodox holiday decorative Easter eggs that made the Church’s jewelers. The same gift, the Patriarch gave the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana. Christmas Russian President also regularly meets in churches, but not in Moscow and outside the city.

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin regrets the inability of the organizers of the international music contest “Eurovision” to follow the rules that are spelled out in the documents of the European broadcasting Union. About it reports TASS. “We can only Express regret that the organizers of “Eurovision” was unable to fulfill the terms of their rules and was unable to call a country that has expressed willingness to host this contest, follow the rules of the host country, which are set out in the relevant documents of the European broadcasting Union”, – said Peskov. Today the European broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that Russia has officially refused to participate in the Eurovision song contest in 2017. Thursday, April 13, First channel stated that refuses to broadcast the competition. Earlier the security Service of Ukraine has banned the Russian participant of

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin called for “pairing information systems” government agencies of the member States of the EEU, BelTA “Газеты.Ru”. “This would liberalize and improve solutions to such problematic issues for the transit of goods from third countries, including Ukraine. We discussed this repeatedly discussed and came to the conclusion that the introduction of this electronic system for tracking the movement of goods would help us and our partners that are outside the Union,” the President said. The introduction of such measures is intended to create a mechanism for monitoring the movement of goods in the territory of the Union. First of all, the customs services.