Lavrov and Tillerson will discuss Alaska area de-escalation in Syria

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson will discuss in the upcoming meeting in Alaska, the zone of de-escalation in Syria, said Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov. On it informs RIA Novosti. Earlier it was reported that Lavrov and Tillerson agreed to the interview on the sidelines of the meeting of the Arctic Council in Alaska.

Russia introduced to the UN security Council draft resolution to support the establishment of safe zones in Syria

© AP Photo/Mary Altaffer The UN, 8 may. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Russia has submitted to the UN Security Council a draft resolution in support of the Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation in Syria, signed at an international meeting in Astana on 4 may. This was reported on Sunday, TASS at the permanent mission of the Russian Federation at the world organization. “We reiterate that the draft resolution introduced,” – said the press Secretary of the permanent mission Fedor Strzygowski. According to diplomats, the vote could take place in the beginning of this week – may 8 or may 9. As previously reported, delegations of Russia, Iran and Turkey during the talks in Astana agreed on the establishment of four zones of de-escalation in Syria. In these zones consists of Idlib province and parts of neighboring provinces of Aleppo, Latakia and Hama, the area to the North of

The Ministry of interior published the final results of the presidential elections in France

The Ministry of interior published the final results of the presidential elections in France PARIS, may 8 — RIA Novosti, Daniil Nizamutdinov. The founder of the movement “Forward” Emmanuel macron prevailed in the second round of the presidential election result 65,82%, according to final data of the Ministry of interior in France. At the end of counting 35 million ballots (98,26%), their voices Macron gave 20.4 million voters. The leader of the party “national front” marine Le Pen got 10.6 million votes (34,18%), almost twice improving the result of his father, the founder of NetFront Jean-Marie Le pen, who in the second round of the 2002 elections gained 5.5 million votes (17.8 percent), losing to Jacques Chirac. 3 million French people in protest have voted with a blank ballot, and 1 million of their spoil. The interior Ministry also said that has not yet received all the data from polling

The leader of the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners was caught eating candy

The leader of the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners was caught eating candy MOSCOW, may 8 — RIA Novosti. Management of prisons of Israel has published a video which shows how one of the organizers of a mass hunger strike among Palestinian prisoners Marwan Barghouti, eats a variety of sweets, according to the newspaper “gaarets”. About a thousand Palestinians in Israeli prisons, carried out an indefinite hunger strike, demanding the improvement of conditions of detention. The organizer of the hunger strike was one of the leaders of the ruling Palestinian Fatah movement, Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences on charges of involvement in terrorist acts since the “second intifada” — anti-Israel uprising of the century. Despite a dozen years spent behind bars, he remains one of the most popular Palestinian politicians, regularly be elected to high party positions and even mentioned among the possible successors of President Mahmoud

Emmanuel macron after winning the elections, received the congratulations by world leaders

Emmanuel macron after winning the elections, received the congratulations by world leaders The Makron is defeated in the second round of elections of the President of France, beating the leader of “National front” marine Le Pen. Moscow. May 8. INTERFAX.RU — the leaders of the European countries and the United States on Sunday, congratulations to the victorious in the elections of the President of France Emmanuel Makron, who will become the youngest leader of the Fifth Republic. The current leader Francois Hollande said that congratulated Him with the victory. “Tonight I called the Emmanuel Macron, to warmly congratulate him on his election as the President of the Republic,” he said in a communique. “His confident victory reaffirms that the vast majority of our fellow citizens decided to rally around the values of our Republic, expressed support for the EU and for the opening of France to the whole world”, —

The police used tear gas against protesters in Paris

In Paris, clashes of protesters with the police, the correspondent of RIA Novosti. Skirmishes occur in the area MENILMONTANT in the 20th arrondissement of the French capital. A crowd of demonstrators started moving at a police cordon was heard three claps. After the crowd began throwing towards the police, bottles, they used tear gas. The movement in the area covered. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the fascists and capitalists. In France, Sunday, may 7, was held the second round of presidential elections. According to the MIA, the founder of the movement “Forward!” Emmanuel macron after counting 48 percent of the vote gaining 61.58 percent, the candidate from the party “national front” marine Le Pen of 38.42 percent.

Authorities confirmed the elimination of the leader of the Afghan IG units

The leader of the “Islamic state” in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib was killed on April 27 during the operation conducted jointly by the intelligence services of Afghanistan and the United States in the Eastern Nangarhar province. About it reports Reuters, citing American and Afghan officials. It is believed that Hasib was appointed last year after the death of his predecessor, Hafiz Saeed Khan as a result of us air strikes, made a number of large-scale attacks, including on March 8 in the main military hospital in Kabul. Last month, a Pentagon spokesman said that Haseeb probably has been eliminated in a RAID by American and Afghan forces in Nangarhar that killed two Rangers of the US army, but the final confirmation was not. Haseeb instructed to carry out the attack March 8 at the main military hospital in Kabul, a group of militants disguised as doctors. The result was the killing

Russia introduced to the UN security Council a draft resolution on the support zones of de-escalation in Syria

Russia offered the UN security Council to adopt a resolution in support of creating areas of de-escalation in Syria, agreement on which was reached in Astana. About it RIA Novosti said a source in the Russian permanent mission to the world organization. According to the interlocutor Agency, the draft document was submitted to the UN security Council. The draft resolution welcomes the signing on 4 may in Astana the Memorandum calls on all parties to respect the cease-fire established in the country at the end of December 2016, and also calls upon States to facilitate the implementation of the Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation. Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation signed in Astana on may 4, countries-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria (Russia, Turkey, Iran). It is expected to create four zones in Idlib province, in the territories of Latakia, Aleppo and Hama; in the North of

Russia introduced to the UN security Council a draft resolution on the support zones of de-escalation in Syria

Russia offered the UN security Council to adopt a resolution in support of creating areas of de-escalation in Syria, agreement on which was reached in Astana. About it RIA Novosti said a source in the Russian permanent mission to the world organization. According to the interlocutor Agency, the draft document was submitted to the UN security Council. The draft resolution welcomes the signing on 4 may in Astana the Memorandum calls on all parties to respect the cease-fire established in the country at the end of December 2016, and also calls upon States to facilitate the implementation of the Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation. Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation signed in Astana on may 4, countries-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria (Russia, Turkey, Iran). It is expected to create four zones in Idlib province, in the territories of Latakia, Aleppo and Hama; in the North of

French police detained the employee of RT

French authorities detained and later released the employee RT Charlotte Dubno. This was reported on the channel’s website. According to Dubno, it was in the Eastern part of Paris and were engaged in covering protests related to the presidential elections in France. One of the groups of protesters separated from the main crowd, and the reporter followed her. In this moment she was detained by the guards. “Police caught a small group of people, separating them from the main. After that, they checked their documents and bags. This happened to me, they saw my press card. After all the checks they put us in a van and drove to the police station,” said Dubno. According to her, police confused a journalistic outfit, which she took for lighting demonstrations. “They asked what’s in my bag, I said that I was a journalist and cover the protests, so I got a mask