Day: May 16, 2017

Obama said that the decision not to bomb Syria demanded his “political courage”

Politics

Obama said that the decision not to bomb Syria demanded his “political courage” The former U.S. President said that the reason it was a difficult decision, is that military action always praise and omission usually criticized. WASHINGTON, may 15. /Offset. TASS Boris Makarov/. The decision not to bomb Syria after there is carried out chemical attacks demanded that the ex-US President Barack Obama’s greatest political courage. He stated this in a conversation with Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, the text of which is published on Monday by the newspaper Politico. In fact, the decision that required the greatest political courage, was the decision not to bomb Syria after it became known about the use of chemical weapons there, and carry with them (the Syrian authorities) negotiations on the elimination of chemical weapons.Barack, Obamas-President of the United States We are talking about events in 2013 when, after allegations

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The White house urged China and Russia to exert pressure on Pyongyang

Politics

The White house urged China and Russia to exert pressure on Pyongyang Moscow. May 15. INTERFAX.RU — the US Administration urged China, Russia and other countries in the region to exert pressure on North Korea through sanctions, said Monday at a press briefing, White house spokesman Sean Spicer. “We urge all countries in the region, primarily China and Russia, to do everything from the position of sanctions in order to help in resolving the situation and bringing stability on the (Korean — if) Peninsula,” he said. “I think there is no doubt that North Korea continues to threaten U.S. allies — Japan, South Korea and its neighbors, including China and Russia,” said Spicer.

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Him and Merkel agreed to create a plan of action to strengthen the EU

Politics

Him and Merkel agreed to create a plan of action to strengthen the EU Moscow. May 15. INTERFAX.RU — President of France Emmanuel macron said on Monday about reaching an agreement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the development of a programme of action to strengthen the EU. “We agreed with Chancellor Merkel on the establishment of a phased plan for the future of Europe in order to make the Eurozone stronger and stronger,” macron said at a joint press conference with Merkel. In turn, the Chancellor said that he discussed with Him the issue of refugees, trade relations and tax issues. “Today we exchanged views and agreed to continue to work closely, including security,” — said Merkel. The Chancellor also did not rule out the possibility of changing some of the European agreements. “If (the agreement) should be modified, I’m willing to do it,” said Merkel. “We represent the

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In the Internet appeared the petition against the blocking Telegram in Russia

World

Users of Telegram addressed Pavel Durov, asking not to allow the prohibition of the messenger in Russia and give in to the demand of Roskomnadzor. Related petition appeared on the website Change.org. The authors of the petition argue that the leadership of the Telegram allegedly received the notification from Roskomnadzor about the need to provide data for inclusion in the register of organizers of information dissemination (ARI), but so far the Agency has not received a response. In the case of repeated disregard of the Federal service allegedly will block the program in Russia, according to the online statement. “You want to protect our freedom, not answering to the appeal of Roskomnadzora and not once in the register of distributors of information. We ask You to prevent Telegram to the list of banned in Russia as messengers”, — stated in the appeal on behalf of the user to Durova. Press

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The foreign Ministers of the EU supported the extension of sanctions against Russia

World

Witold Waszczykowski The foreign Ministers of the countries of the European Union supported the extension of sanctions against Russia. This was stated by the head of Polish diplomacy Witold Waszczykowski after a meeting of the Council of foreign Ministers of the EU, reports RIA Novosti. “I confirm that the conversation on this topic was,” the Minister said, adding that “the debate here is not about anything.” He explained that the diplomats agreed that “since the Minsk agreement are not met, the majority of speakers on this issue strongly advocated that sanctions should continue” Member States of the European Union, USA and several other countries have introduced restrictive measures against Russia in 2014 and linking them with entry into the Russian Federation of the Crimea, and then — with the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine. In response, Moscow imposed a ban on food exports from most countries, which supported anti-Russian

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The media learned about the transfer of the trump Lavrov top-secret information about ISIS

World

The President of the United States Donald trump allegedly told Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, top-secret information regarding the banned terrorist organization “Islamic state”. According to the publication The Washington Post, this happened on may 10 at a meeting in the White house. The newspaper, citing current and former officials says that information is jeopardized by some “the most important foreign source of intelligence” about ISIS, which is not allowed to share this information with Russia. It is also noted that trump allegedly revealed Moscow even more information than its allies. Later, the U.S. Secretary Rex Tillerson denied the information outlined in this article. He claims that during the meeting, trump and Lavrov discussed a number of issues, among which was a joint effort in the fight against terrorism. In the course of this dialogue to talk about specific threats, but the parties did not discuss the sources, methods, or

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Four of the Kuzbass deputies deprived of mandates for concealment of income

Russia

The Prosecutor’s office of the Kemerovo region The Kemerovo regional court at the request of the Prosecutor’s office is obliged to terminate the powers of four deputies of local legislative bodies which have not provided data on income and assets of spouses in 2015. This was reported on the website of the Supervisory authority of the area on Monday, may 15. Violation of anti-corruption legislation were identified during the audit. It turned out that the statutory time information not provided two deputies, Promyshlennovskiy district, and two Promyshlennovskiy urban settlement. The prosecution made to the chairmen of the councils of people’s deputies of the submission with the requirement to eliminate violations, but the requirement was not met. In this regard, the district Prosecutor has addressed in Promyshlennovskiy district court, which satisfied the requirements of the Supervisory authority, said the Agency. The defendants appealed, but the Kemerovo regional court upheld the decision

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Putin pointed out the consequences of the political struggle in the United States

Russia

Vladimir Putin Internal political struggle in the United States creates tension in the world, said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Monday, may 15. His words are quoted by the correspondent of”.ru”. “In the United States continues as we can see, acute internal political struggle that creates a certain nervousness, not only in politics but also in economy”, — said the head of state at a press conference after the visit to China, where hosted the forum of “One belt and one road”. At the same time, European countries are anxiously watching how the “Brakcet”. “And the EU, as you know, there are many problems,” — said the Russian President. In his opinion, on this background demand “signals, which would give hope for some stability.” Them consonant with the holding of a forum of “One belt and one road”, Putin said, adding that it had proposed to make the

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Reuters: virus WannaCry can stand associated with North Korea hackers

Events

Reuters: virus WannaCry can stand associated with North Korea hackers As has informed Agency a source in the “Kaspersky Lab”, snippets of code found in early versions of the malware WannaCry, was used by the company Lazarus Group, managed from North Korea. MOSCOW, may 16. /TASS/. “Kaspersky lab” checks the information about the relationship of the hackers who committed the cyber world with the help of the virus WannaCry with the DPRK. About it to Agency Reuters said one of the analysts of the Russian company. According to him, snippets of code found in early versions of the malware WannaCry, was used by the company Lazarus Group, managed from North Korea. “At the moment it is the most reliable sign that indicates the origin WannaCry”, — quotes Agency the words of the expert of “Kaspersky Lab” Kurt Baumgartner. About global hacking attack on computers in more than 70 countries became

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