Day: June 9, 2017

The white house has called sanctions are the best tool of pressure on Russia The U.S. believes sanctions against Russia are the best tool to put pressure on Moscow, said at a press briefing, White house spokesman Sarah Sanders. “The sanctions regime is the best instrument to force Russia to fulfill its obligations”, — quotes the words of Sanders, RIA “Novosti”. A White house spokesman indicated that the administration of the President of the United States is committed to maintaining existing sanctions against Russia. “We’ll keep them as long as Moscow does not fulfill completely their commitments to resolving the crisis in Ukraine,” she added. The President of the United States Donald trump is leaning in favor of maintaining sanctions against Russia Barack Obama in connection with the charges of Moscow’s intervention in the presidential election. About this newspaper the Wall Street Journal reported may 26, a senior administration official

The US said the attack on Syrian government forces and the destruction of the drone The strength of the US-led coalition destroyed a Syrian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). About it reports Reuters referring to the statement of the official representative of the coalition of Colonel Ryan Dillon. According to him, the UAV was destroyed after struck by the location of coalition forces. The RAID caused damages among soldiers and no casualties. At the same time Dillon noted that this was the first recorded case of an attack on the forces of the US-led coalition. The U.S. conducted strikes against two technical vehicles that we were assessed to be posing a threat to #Coalition forces at the At Tanf garrison. — OIR Spokesman (@OIRSpox) June 8, 2017 Dillon also said that earlier on June 8, coalition forces attacked several jeeps that tried to get close to the 55-kilometer zone around the

Photo: RIA Novosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Ulyanovsk soldered laser wing of the new aircraft MS-21. On Wednesday, the head of the government in the framework of his visit to Ulyanovsk visited the company “AeroComposite-Ulyanovsk”, which are made composite wings of the new Russian liner. The first point visited by Medvedev, became the site for automatic calculations of the wing panels, where the composite production. Here the head of the Cabinet spoke about the technology of manufacturing of composite wings for the MS-21, which significantly improve the aerodynamics of the aircraft and reduce fuel consumption. Medvedev became interested in this technology and asked to demonstrate the possibility of manufacturing of composite wings. Employees of the company have proposed to the Prime Minister to wear special protective glasses and personally participate in the management of the laser unit, which produces composite wing. In addition, the head of government got acquainted

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss in Astana with the head of China the situation on the Korean Peninsula. “Attention (at the meeting of Putin and XI Jinping) will be paid to questions of cooperation of two countries within the SCO framework, and will obviously be affected problems which affect the situation on the Korean Peninsula”, – told reporters the Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. He added that the leaders can discuss other issues, including regional and international agenda. Ushakov said that the meeting will be held on 8 June on the sidelines of the summit of SCO leaders in Astana. He recalled that the July 3-4 visit of the Chinese leader to Moscow, so his meeting with Putin in Astana “will be quite short.”