May 24, 2017 – Page 3 – Russian Reality

USA lost to Iraq and Kuwait weapons for a billion dollars

May 24, 2017 RR World

The us military reported that it had lost in Iraq and Kuwait, the weapons, ammunition and equipment worth over a billion dollars. This was stated by a non-governmental organization Amnesty International, after reviewing the documents published by the U.S. Department of defense. According to the audit of the us military from September 2016, they have “no precise and updated data about the number and location of” a large number of weapons brought to Kuwait and Iraq for arming the new Iraqi army. We are talking about tens of thousands of machines with a total cost of $ 28 million, hundreds of mortar shells and armored SUVs Humvee, which was planned to supply the Iraqi military and fighters of the Shiite militias and the Peshmerga. Almost all reports on storage and transfer of weapons made by hand and riddled with errors. Human rights activists recalled that a large number of American

Trump has supported the idea to bring Russia to justice over the Crimea and Donbass

May 24, 2017 RR World

Donald Trump The President of the United States Donald trump assured his Italian counterpart and Prime Minister of Italy, he supported the idea to bring Russia to justice over the annexation of Crimea and events in Eastern Ukraine. This is stated in the official press release about their talks posted on the White house website. “President trump reaffirmed the common position of the countries on both sides of the Atlantic on the question of bringing Russia to account for its actions in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, and also stressed the importance of convincing Moscow of the need to fulfill obligations under the Minsk agreements”, — stated in the text of the document after the meeting trump with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. In addition to the situation in Crimea and Ukraine, the US President has discussed with leaders of the Italian cooperation in the fight against terror

In the Kremlin clarified the position on foreign players in Russian football

May 24, 2017 RR Russia

Dmitry Peskov No concrete decision about the “import substitution” in Russian football following the meeting of the presidential Council on development of physical culture and sport was taken. This was reported by press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, reports the correspondent of”.ru” on Wednesday, may 24. “The President has agreed that there is a problem, and it was about the fact that you need the flexibility to discuss the issue. On specific decisions were not discussed,” — said the official representative of the Kremlin, commenting on yesterday in Krasnodar discussion of the problem of educating our athletes. He explained that the head of state generally supported the idea of the Governor Veniamin Kondratiev, called on the President to support the full “import substitution in the Russian football”. At the same time was announced the need to further study the issue. “Really, it was about how to grow their own

Headed studs, the speaker of St. Petersburg legislative Assembly reprimanded the employee for the outfit

May 24, 2017 RR Russia

Vyacheslav Makarov The speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Makarov criticized the appearance of the employee of the Committee for city planning and architecture. About it reports “Rosbalt” on Wednesday, may 24. Makarov during the plenary session of the city Parliament made the remark to the head of the Committee Vladimir Grigoriev: “I want to pay attention to your helpmate, with whom you’re talking. You would have at zacks in Slippers and Bathrobe came. Or in my pajamas!” He noted that civil servants are obliged to observe a certain dress code. After that, the Deputy Oksana Dmitrieva asked Makarov, whether it suits her costume, however, the speaker left the question unanswered. According to the newspaper, an employee whose appearance the speaker has considered it inappropriate, was dressed in black pants, ballet flats and a cardigan of a dark color. In October last year, Makarov made the remark

From participation in the program of renovation of abandoned residents of 18 of the capital’s five-story building

May 24, 2017 RR Russia

During the voting under the program of renovation in Moscow the first 18 houses, the inhabitants of which wished to abandon the demolition. They are located in 13 districts of the city, said “Polenta”. “A minority of the residents in these apartment buildings decided and typing more than one third of votes of the total, were not in favour of the house. Thus, they determined the fate of this house,” — said the head of the public headquarters for monitoring the implementation of the program Alexander Kozlov. He added that the residents of these houses still have the opportunity to include them in the program if their opinion will change. Support the program residents 4164 houses, in 360 houses was less than two-thirds of the residents. Your choice has already been made 33 percent of residents whose apartments were in the list. In the voting, which began may 15, may

Mironov delivered a letter to Putin in defense Serebrennikov

May 24, 2017 RR Politics

Mironov delivered a letter to Putin in defense Serebrennikov The message was signed by many well-known cinematographers and theatrical figures. Artistic Director of the Theatre of Nations Yevgeny Mironov at the ceremony of awarding in the Kremlin gave the President of Russia Vladimir Putin the letter of cinematographers and theatrical figures in support of the Director Kirill Serebrennikov. The actor on Wednesday was awarded the order for merit to the Fatherland IV degree. Yevgeny Mironov gave Putin a letter in support Серебренниковаhttps://t.co/80WrsCy19l pic.twitter.com/wylTaArRlH — RIA Novosti (@rianru) May 24, 2017 “After the ceremony I thanked the President for the high award and considered it his duty to inform him about the events of yesterday. Then I handed the letter of culture and art in support of Kirill Serebrennikov and his team with a request to pay attention to this case, to instruct the relevant authorities to investigate objectively, fairly and

Trump should be wary of readings of the Komi Republic, said a friend of the former head of the FBI

May 24, 2017 RR Politics

Trump should be wary of readings of the Komi Republic, said a friend of the former head of the FBI MOSCOW, may 24 — RIA Novosti. The President of the United States Donald trump is reason to fear the testimony of ex-FBI Director James Comey, said senior researcher of the Brookings institution and a friend of Komi Benjamin Fitts in an interview with CNN. “This guy (James Komi — ed.) have a story to tell,” said Witts. According to him, the President of trump he would have been scared. Very interesting and significant that in Komi Republic declined the opportunity to testify before hearings in the Senate about the FBI investigation of the “interference” of Russia in the U.S. presidential election in 2016, said Witts. Ex-FBI Director promised to give testimony to the intelligence Committee of the U.S. Senate after memorial Day, which this year is celebrated in the United

The President of Lithuania called on to fight the monopoly of “Gazprom” in Europe

May 24, 2017 RR Politics

The President of Lithuania called on to fight the monopoly of “Gazprom” in Europe VILNIUS, may 24 — RIA Novosti. The fight against monopoly of Gazprom on the European gas market requires real solutions, said the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite during the meeting with the Vice-President of the European Commission on energosoiuz maroš Šefčovič. The Baltic States and Poland traditionally declare some kind of dependence on Russian gas, Lithuania even refused a long-term contract with Gazprom. However, buying gas at the auction of the group, in the spring of 2016 Lithuanian company appealed to “Gazprom” with the offer to return to the medium-term contracts, said Deputy Chairman of “Gazprom” Alexander Medvedev. Gas “In the fight against non-transparent monopoly of Gazprom on the European gas market requires not symbolic steps, and real solutions. The EU should not be based on geopolitical explanation for the difference in price of gas, and

United States announced the interception of his plane in Syria Russian fighter

May 24, 2017 RR Events

United States announced the interception of his plane in Syria Russian fighter A Russian fighter jet intercept of a U.S. air force plane in the skies over Syria, said the commander of the U.S. air force in the region Jeffrey Harrigan. The actions of the Russian aircraft he called “unprofessional.” Fighter Air and space forces of Russia intercepted a US warplane in the skies over Syria, said the commander of the U.S. air force in the middle East, Lieutenant General Jeffrey Harrigan, according to Reuters. Moscow apologized for the incident. When exactly the incident occurred is not specified. It is also unknown what particular aircraft in question. The actions of the Russian military, Lieutenant-General called this “unprofessional”. Harrigan added that the military of Russia and the USA were more likely to communicate with each other to avoid incidents in the skies over Syria. According to him, as soon as the

In Britain arrested a fifth suspect on the case about the terrorist attack in Manchester

May 24, 2017 RR Events

In Britain arrested a fifth suspect on the case about the terrorist attack in Manchester LONDON, may 24 — RIA Novosti, Tatiana Firsova. The number of suspects detained in Britain in connection with the attack in Manchester has increased to 5 persons, informs television channel Sky News, citing the city police. The attack in Manchester occurred on the evening of may 22 during the concert of American singer Ariana Grande. A suicide bomber detonated a homemade bomb after the concert. According to recent reports, killed 22 people, including 12 children, 64 people remain in hospital, 20 of them in critical condition. In addition, nine people are still missing.