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Day: May 4, 2017
Russian rock musicians sang “Dark night” Victory Day
Russian rock musicians sang “Dark night” Victory Day MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. Russian rock-musicians to the Victory Day together sang the famous song of the war years “the Dark night”. The premiere of the video took place on the REN TV channel. In the creation of the video involved such musicians as Vadim Samoilov, Alexander F. Sklyar, Julia Chicherin, Vladimir Kristovskiy, Vadim Stepantsov and Sergey Galanin. As directed by Inga Stepanovskaya (“Adults”, 2012). Film7.7 Two fighters Song by the rock stars will sound the channel every few hours to 9 may inclusive. The video shows the story of the dramatic return of the winners of the great Patriotic war. The role of the soldiers and the townspeople sang movie actors and theatres in Moscow: Andrey Kuzin, Anastasia Stepanova, Dmitry projdakov, Igor Meshcherin, Alexander Kryuchkov, Albina Markin, Ilya Loos, Yuri Gorin, Yaroslav Savchenko. The song “Dark night” was written in 1943
Scientists told how he formed the largest volcanoes on Earth
Scientists told how he formed the largest volcanoes on Earth A study conducted under the guidance of experts from the Australian national University, showed how formed the largest and most active volcanoes on Earth. The results are published in the journal Nature. According to one of the authors, an expert from the Australian national University Tim Jones, the existence of two ridges of large volcanoes near Hawaii scientists had known since 1849, but the cause remained unknown. Unusual about them is that they, unlike most volcanoes, formed away from the boundaries of tectonic plates. As found by the authors, these volcanoes were formed when the Pacific plate shift three million years ago. The appearance of the volcanoes “in the middle” of the lithospheric plates called mantle plumes — hot rising ow, and it is important that the direction of movement of the plume and the lithospheric plates differ. According to
Putin and Erdogan meeting will discuss
Photo: TurkStream The issues of construction of “Turkish stream” will be discussed during the talks of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, the materials for the meeting. “It is planned to discuss issues related to the construction of the pipeline “Turkish stream”, — stated in the materials for the meeting. Russia and Turkey on October 10 last year signed an intergovernmental agreement on the project “Turkish stream”, the operator of the building which is South Stream Transport. The document envisages the construction of two gas pipeline strings under the Black sea with a capacity of 15.75 billion cubic meters of gas each. One thread is provided to supply gas directly to the Turkish market, the other for gas supplies transit through Turkey to European countries.
Russia forgave all the debts of Kyrgyzstan
Photo: TASS Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a one-time write-off of Russia’s debt on loans of Kyrgyzstan to $ 240 million. Signed by the head of the government decree published on the official portal of legal information. The document notes that the cancellation was agreed with the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia and Vnesheconombank. “As of March 30, 2017, the amount of debt of the Kyrgyz side to the Russian side is $ 240 million. 100 percent of the amount of debt of the Kyrgyz side in front of the Russian party are subject to lump-sum write-off the date of entry into force of this Protocol”, – said in the text of the decree. Thus, Moscow will write off Bishkek full amount of the debt. The document clarifies that the debt will be written off “within the framework of the Russian Federation of assistance to development of the
Zakharov: Kiev seeks to make people forget about what happened in Odessa in 2014
The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS SEVASTOPOL, 4 may. /TASS/. The Ukrainian authorities are clearly trying to get people to shut up or forget about the events that took place in Odessa in 2014. This was stated at a briefing the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. As pointed out by the diplomat, may 2, three years have passed since the tragedy in Odessa. “Then the barbaric arson of Ukrainian radicals killed 48 civilians who took shelter in the House of trade unions – said the diplomat. – And to blame these people were only one – they have allowed themselves to Express their civil position, they did not want to allow on their land radicals, ultranationalists”.
The husband of Queen Elizabeth II will cease to perform Royal duties in the autumn
The husband of Queen Elizabeth II will cease to perform Royal duties in the autumn Husband of Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh Philip will cease to perform Royal duties in the fall. On it informs “bi-Bi-si” referring to Buckingham Palace. The decision was made personally by Prince Philip. Her Majesty supported her husband. In June the Duke of Edinburgh will be 96 years old. In an official statement, the Palace said that until August the Prince will continue to perform their obligations under the previously established schedule — both individually and together with the Queen. An announcement regarding The Duke of Edinburgh. https://t.co/SF1bgo68Un pic.twitter.com/TO9mR70xTk — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) may 4, 2017 New invitation to Philip to accept, although from time to time he can still attend certain public events. The Duke is patron, President or member of more than 780 organizations with which he is still to be
China responded to criticism from North Korea
China responded to criticism from North Korea BEIJING, may 4 — RIA Novosti, Ivan Bulatov. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of China after the appearance of information in mass media about the criticism from North Korea to China said that Beijing’s position is on the development of friendly cooperation with Pyongyang. Earlier, the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (KCNA) has acted with criticism of Beijing. In comments Agency KCNA said that the DPRK has accused China of conciliation with U.S. attempts to increase pressure on Pyongyang to end North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. “Our position on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is clear and consistent. The Chinese position on the development of good-neighbourliness and friendly cooperation with the DPRK is also consistent and clear. For many years we adhere to an objective and fair position, define and solve relevant issues in accordance with their importance,” said Geng
Bloomberg: Turkey lifted restrictions on wheat from Russia
Bloomberg: Turkey lifted restrictions on wheat from Russia The Agency reported this, citing a statement by Turkey’s economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci. MOSCOW, may 4. /TASS/. Turkish companies are unable to resume duty-free import of Russian wheat. This was announced by the Minister of economy of Turkey Nihat Zeybekci, speaking in Istanbul, his words were cited by Bloomberg. Agreement on the removal of Turkey’s restrictive duties on Russian grain was reached after talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi. However, the timing of the lifting of the ban was not specified. The Vice Premier of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters that it was a matter of a few days. Since March 15, Ankara has excluded Moscow from the list of countries importing agricultural products duty-free. From 1 January 2016 at the background of aggravation of political relations, Russia imposed a ban on the
Zakharova confirmed the appointment of Lavrov and Tillerson Alaska
Rex Tillerson and Sergey Lavrov Moscow hopes that the forthcoming meeting of Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary Rex Tillerson in Alaska will allow us to find common ground to find solutions to international conflicts. This was stated by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, reports “Interfax”. According to her, the negotiations will allow you to implement the instructions given by the presidents of the two countries on finding points of contact and junctions of major international problems. On may 2, the presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump held a telephone conversation. As highlighted in the statement on the website of the Kremlin, during the meeting, emphasis was placed on the prospect coordination of actions between Moscow and Washington in the fight against international terrorism in the context of the Syrian crisis. In particular, the two sides agreed to intensify the