May 9, 2017 – Russian Reality

Victory day in Moscow was the coldest in the history of the holiday

May 9, 2017 RR Uncategorized

Victory day in Moscow was the coldest in the history of the holiday The maximum temperature in the capital was only 3.9 degrees plus. MOSCOW, may 9. /TASS/. Ending the festival in Moscow was the coldest since 1945, the maximum temperature in the capital on Tuesday was only plus 3.9 degrees, TASS was told at the Hydrometeorological center of the Russian Federation. “This is the coldest Day of Victory since 1945. Then, 72 years ago, on 9 may, the air warmed up to plus of 7.6 degrees, and the coldest Day of the Victory was in 1988, when the thermometer showed only 6.5 degrees above zero”, — said the representative of the weather service. The last time the daytime temperature is below 10 degrees in Moscow on may 9 was in 1999, when it was noted 7.5 degrees. However, the record for may 9 is still far. The absolute minimum

Almost 8 million people in Russia became participants of processions “Immortal regiment”

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Almost 8 million people in Russia became participants of processions “Immortal regiment” Moscow. May 9. INTERFAX.RU — About 8 million people took part in the action “Immortal regiment” all over Russia, reported “Interfax” on Tuesday the official representative of the Russian Ministry of internal Affairs of Irina Volk. According to the interior Ministry, last year in March “Immortal regiment” was attended by 6.2 million citizens. Earlier it was reported that in Moscow on the streets about 850 thousand. “Write the truth they won’t believe you”: veterans ‘ stories

Tweet fan of nuggets gathered a record number of reposts

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Tweet fan of nuggets gathered a record number of reposts American Carter Wilkerson (Wilkerson Carter) on Tuesday, may 9, broke the record on Twitter, gaining the maximum in the history of the social network, the number of retweets — 3434902 over a period of a little over a month (at the time of publication of news). Thus, he overtook the previous record holder, TV host Ellen DeGeneres, published in March 2014, a selfie with the Hollywood actors at the ceremony of awarding the prize “Oscar”. Her tweet today can boast 3430349-Yu repost that on 3577 reposts less than Wilkerson. April 7 this year, the man asked in his Twitter account, the fast food chain Wendy’s, how many retweets he needs to gather to get a year’s supply of chicken. The company’s representatives said, “18 million”, then he posted a screenshot of this message and addressed to a subscriber with the

US Ambassador to the UN called on the EU not to lift sanctions against Russia

May 9, 2017 RR Politics

US Ambassador to the UN called on the EU not to lift sanctions against Russia UN may 9 — RIA Novosti, Olga Denisova. US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley said at a meeting of the Security Council of the world organization that urged the EU to keep sanctions against Russia. “Ukraine is another area where we work effectively together. The European Union has played an important role in bringing Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine. The US and the EU should remain United in the intention to keep the sanctions in force until Moscow will not fully respect the obligations of the Minsk agreements”, — she said at the meeting on Tuesday. In his first speech to the UN Security Council February 3 (Haley led the U.S. permanent mission to the UN in January 2017), it condemned “Russia’s aggressive actions” in Ukraine and said that Crimea-related US

The United States put Syrian Kurds heavy weapons to fight ISIS

May 9, 2017 RR Politics

The United States put Syrian Kurds heavy weapons to fight ISIS The administration of U.S. President Donald trump endorsed the delivery of more heavy arms to Syrian Kurds to the liberation of Raqqa from the militants of the “Islamic state”. On Tuesday, may 9, the Associated Press reports. It is expected that this decision will allow to reduce time of capture of the stronghold of banned terrorist organizations. The US believes the Kurds are the most effective fighting partner in the fight against ISIS in the North and East of Syria. Supply of heavy arms to oppose Ankara, which, in turn, calls Kurdish terrorist enterprises A complete list of supplies is not disclosed, but presumably it will include 120-mm mortars, machine guns, and light armored vehicles. It is known that we are not talking about artillery and anti-aircraft missiles. As told RIA Novosti news Agency a source in the Pentagon,

American comedian likened trump to the cocaine and the sun

May 9, 2017 RR World

American comedian and host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah during his speech at the event Variety”s Tech and Entertainment Summit, likened the US President Donald trump with the coke and the sun. Reported by Business Insider. Noah asked the question about the phenomenon of the Trump bump — the popular gesture of the supporters of trump, in whose honour also referred to as the phenomenon of constant coverage of the Republican in the media and popular TV programs. In response the presenter jokingly called trump “a cocaine Comedy”. “You know, it just… takes you to a wonderful place. But nobody wants peritonotis”, — he said. Noah stressed that the authors of the articles and TV shows you should not cover all the news about the trump. “It can generate news hooks at least every day. Trump, he is like the sun,” concluded the comedian. In November 2016 Noah compared

The United States put Syrian Kurds heavy weapons to fight ISIS

May 9, 2017 RR World

The administration of U.S. President Donald trump endorsed the delivery of more heavy arms to Syrian Kurds to the liberation of Raqqa from the militants of the “Islamic state”. On Tuesday, may 9, the Associated Press reports. It is expected that this decision will make it possible to capture the stronghold of banned terrorist organizations. The US believes the Kurds are the most effective fighting partner in the fight against ISIS in the North and East of Syria. Supply of heavy arms to oppose Ankara, which, in turn, calls Kurdish terrorist enterprises. A complete list of supplies is not disclosed, but presumably it will include 120-mm mortars, machine guns, and light armored vehicles. It is known that we are not talking about artillery and anti-aircraft missiles. As told RIA Novosti news Agency a source in the Pentagon, the weapons will be handed only to achieve a specific military objective. April

The white house confirmed the lack of trump’s ties with Russia

May 9, 2017 RR World

White house spokesman Sean Spicer said that Donald trump has no objection to the investigation of his ties with Russia. According to the official, the US President has with Moscow no business, no contacts, reports RIA Novosti. Another indictment of the tramp was heard from the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who on Tuesday, may 9, said the need to investigate the alleged business relationship 45th US President to Moscow. “Certainly, the President knows about the offer made today by Senator Graham. And he was all fine about it. He had no business in Russia, he had no ties with Russia, so he welcomes the investigation,” said Spicer. The White house spokesman added that the head of state has asked for “a large law firm in Washington to send a registered letter to Senator Graham about the fact that he had no ties with Russia.” The day before trump once again

With a big Blue handkerchief stitched in Zheleznovodsk

May 9, 2017 RR Russia

In Zheleznovodsk (Stavropol region) made the country’s largest Blue handkerchief with names of participants of the great Patriotic war, said on Tuesday, may 9, TASS reported. “We make it to forever remain for future generations the memory of the heroism of their family members, the entire Soviet people,” — said the head of the city administration Evgeny Moiseev. A handkerchief sewn from 3753 triangular patches, each of which is written the name of the participant of war. Product width — 6 meters, length — 16. It is noted that the action “Blue scarf” started in Sochi on 11 April and ended in the Victory Day. To participate could be anyone. “Blue kerchief” — Soviet waltz song, composed by the poet and playwright Yakov Galitsky in Minsk in 1940. She tells the story about a girl who is waiting from the front of a soldier and write him letters. Before leaving

Peskov said the cancellation of the air parade in Moscow

May 9, 2017 RR Russia

Dmitry Peskov The aviation part of the Victory Parade in Moscow was canceled solely due to bad weather. This was reported by press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, transfers “Interfax”. “The cancellation of flights not had any order of the Supreme commander or the Minister of defence: has the security environment in the conditions when military aircraft is unable to perform his tasks,” he said, adding that the clouds were at an altitude of 150 metres above ground level, “and the aircraft below 500 feet of cloud cover, for safety, should not fly”. Earlier, on 9 may, the defense Ministry also confirmed that the air part of the parade was canceled because of the inclement weather conditions. It was noted that this decision was made in the military. Planes and helicopters prepared to participate in the parade, will return to the airfield. Military parade dedicated to the