Day: May 21, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti The first flight, which will connect Japan and the Russian Kuril Islands, will be held on Sunday 18 June, Kyodo news Agency reported, citing government sources. The question about the beginning of flights between Northern Japan and southern Kuril Islands was discussed during the meeting, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin in late April. Still, there was only sea route to visit the former Japanese inhabitants of the four southern Kuril Islands of Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai. To expand exchanges and facilitate visits to the graves of former residents of the Islands was proposed by air. Facilitate the visit by the Japanese South Kuril Islands, as well as the possibility of starting joint economic activities were included in the agenda during Putin’s visit to Japan in December last year. Then it was 80 signed documents on economic cooperation, a further 20 documents signed

Photo: © Fotolia / fantom_rd Ukrainian users will not be punished for bypassing blocking Russian social networks, said the head of the information security apparatus of the national security and defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Valentin Petrov. Previously, the company Mail.Ru Group, which owns the social network “Vkontakte” and “Classmates”, and sent to the Ukrainian users instructions on how to use its services to bypass the lock access. “We are not concerned with the content, and even if some users, and now many of the recipes came how to get around (barring ed.), please use. Users will in no way be punished for it,” said Petrov in the Ukrainian TV channel “1+1” Thursday night. He also noted that one of the arguments blocking Russian sites is the need to ensure security of user data. “The data that are passed to the Russian service, according to the Russian legislation, are stored

Photo: © AP Photo / Alex Brandon The Washington Post spoke Thursday with the statement that the head of the Republican faction in Congress Kevin McCarthy suggested in a private conversation, if the then presidential candidate Donald Trump pay of the Russian government. Evidence of the authenticity of the record by the defendants, the publication is not given. The newspaper published the text that is alleged to be a transcript of the record from June 15, 2016, at which, presumably, McCarthy said: “I Think (Russian President Vladimir) Putin pays for two people — Rorabacher and the Tramp”. Dana Rohrabacher — Congressman from California, who, like trump, has previously advocated cooperation with Russia on counter-terrorism. According to the newspaper, then on tape allegedly heard the voice of the speaker of the house of representatives Paul Ryan: “This is off the record”. “No leaks, all right? So we know that we’re a

© Sergey Skates/TASS MOSCOW, may 21. /TASS/. Critical information infrastructure was ready to repel hacker attacks virus WannaCry, so serious damage from it was avoided. About it in interview to the newspaper “Kommersant” said Deputy Secretary of security Council of Russia Oleg Temples.