Day: May 6, 2017

Photo: The authorities of Moscow region plan to raise the issue about the demolition of Khrushchev after 2020, he told reporters the Governor of the region Andrei Vorobyov. “We’re up five-story building had not yet arrived. Now we settle 270 thousand square meters of housing. Only after 2020 will we think of how to settle the house next to Khrushchev’s so-called” – quoted Vorobyov Agency RIAMA. About the program of renovation of In early 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin to demolish all the so-called Khrushchev in Moscow, and in their place to build new homes. The program is designed for 20 years. When around the July 2017 to be determined, a list of houses subject to demolition, will become apparent volumes of renovation. According to preliminary data, it was about 25 million sq m, what could go 3-3,5 trillion roubles (evaluation of the

Photo: AP Photo / Charles Dharapak, File Russia’s actions in Eastern Europe “constantly aggressive nature”, said Thursday the head of the special operations Command of the U.S. army General Raymond Thomas. During the hearings in the Senate Committee on armed forces, its Chairman, Republican Senator John McCain asked the General, “increased or decreased the number of provocative Russian actions in Eastern Europe.” “Russia’s aggressive actions are of a continuing nature,” replied Thomas. He also expressed confidence in the “positive effect” of the American program for the support of European allies.

The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, may 6. /TASS/. Decisions on areas of de-escalation in Syria, adopted in the framework of the negotiation process in Astana, in common with the U.S. initiatives to end the violence in Syria that were voiced in the beginning of this year. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on air of TV channel “Mir”.

Igor Konashenkov © Press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, may 6. /TASS/. Statements by U.S. General Raymond Thomas about the fact that Russia is a major threat to America based on stereotypes of the cold war. This was reported by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of defense (MO RF), major-General Igor Konashenkov. “The narrow-mindedness of a separate Pentagon generals on the stereotypes of the cold war, and a lack of understanding of real security threats, should not surprise. We are often asked what the officers of the Russian special operations Forces differ from their American colleagues. We always stress that the major qualities of Russian officers are intelligence and determination”, – stated in the message. In the opinion of the representative of the defense Ministry, from the speech of General Thomas it is easy to understand that the Pentagon “demands on the military

The Pentagon began a review of its missile defense program WASHINGTON, may 5 — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. The Minister of defence of the USA James Mattis ordered the revision process for the missile defense program (ballistic missile defense), said on Friday the press service of the Pentagon. According to her, “the aim of the review is to identify ways to enhance the missile defense system, rebalancing of priorities and providing the necessary strategic assessments”. As noted, the revision process will be led by Deputy Minister of defence and Deputy chiefs of staff. The final report on this matter will be presented to the President of the United States before the end of the year.

Trump signed the US Federal budget The President of the United States Donald trump signed on Friday, may 5, the law on funding the Federal government until September inclusive. Reported by the Associated Press. Previously, the law was passed by both houses of Congress. Budget expenditures will total $ 1.2 trillion. As noted by Reuters, the signing of a trump budget prevented the suspension of work (the”closing”) of the government, which took place at the end of the current day. According to the document, on defense spending allocated nearly $ 600 billion, of which $ 15 billion — the additional costs of strengthening the fight against terrorism, $ 1.5 billion of emergency spending on border security. The cost of operation of the energy sector will amount to $ 39 billion, national security $ 50 billion. The state Department released $ 57 billion, reports TASS.