Day: June 9, 2017

The UK has chosen a “hung Parliament” At the end of counting results in 629 of 650 constituencies, the conservatives lost the opportunity to obtain an absolute majority in the House of Commons. Moscow. June 9. INTERFAX.RU — the results of the counting of the votes in 629 of 650 constituencies in the UK, the conservatives got the 304 seats in the House of Commons, the labour party — 258 seats as of 7:55 Moscow time. This means that the ruling party will not be able to gain an absolute majority in Parliament, which requires at least 326 seats. Still have to calculate the results in two dozen constituencies, however the main result of the elections, they will not change: British media are writing about a “hung Parliament” as an accomplished fact. The head of labour’s Jeremy Corbyn calls on Prime Minister Theresa may to think about retirement, discussed the

The UN has estimated the approximate number of is militants The UN security Council published a report of the Secretary-General about the threat to peace and security by “Islamic state” (IG banned in Russia as a terrorist organization). Experts estimate that in the ranks of the terrorist organization fighting from 12 to 20 thousand people, and this number decreased significantly in 2015. Among other things was marked the number of its fighters in Iraq and Syria. According to the world organization, in the ranks of terrorists fighting from 12 to 20 thousand militants, their number has significantly decreased over the last 16 months. Also slowed the flow of foreign fighters. In the security Council suggest that now the main threat to international security is returning fighters to their countries and their move from the zone of conflict to other regions. The UN noted that funding for ISIS is at a

Photo: © Fotolia / Helder Almeida The official representative of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Kurennoy said that corruption in Russia now is not catastrophic. “Call a catastrophic situation (corruption in Russia) is impossible. The amount of damage from corruption from year to year is growing, but the number of corruption crimes decreased,” said Kurennoy, the radio station “Moscow speaking”. According to him, the number of corruption crimes in Russia in recent years has decreased from 50 per thousand in 2012 to 33 million in 2016. The damages from these crimes, estimated to prosecutors, amounted to 2016 78 billion rubles, reminded the Colonel. Increasing the size of the damage from corruption the representative of the office explained that prosecutors have become more effective in identifying these amounts due to the emergence of new methodologies and new tools.

Maria Zakharova Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova said breaking off diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Egypt, Yemen and other countries with Qatar over accusations of supporting terrorist organizations, RIA “Novosti”. “This is a very difficult time, and unfortunately, bonuses from discord between the two countries get in the first place international terrorists… these are all things that occur, it is not time it all happens, despite the fact that, of course, every sovereign state has the right to its independent foreign policy, bilateral relations, their building. There’s just the reality of the day, and they need consolidation, not separation,” said she. Zakharova also proposed to review the situation as a showdown between the two countries. Earlier it was reported that the US President Donald trump called on Gulf countries to the unity, without prejudice to the fight against

Photo: RIA Novosti The negotiations on the settlement of the Syrian conflict in the capital of Kazakhstan transferred roughly on 20 June, said Deputy foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. According to him, currently continues to work on refining some details, the preparation of certain documents necessary for the meeting, RIA “Novosti”. On Thursday morning it became known that the meeting on Syria, scheduled to take place in the capital of Kazakhstan on June 12-13, has been postponed. It is planned that the meeting will be attended by the countries-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria: Russia, Turkey and Iran. Also in negotiations to join the armed opposition of Syria, observers – Jordan, USA and the UN.