Day: June 18, 2017

The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul issued a warning about the increased threat of terrorist attacks in the city. Special vigilance should be observed in the center of Istanbul — Sisli districts and Mediciene. “Consulate General of the United States in Istanbul has warned of an increased threat to security in the districts of Fatih and Mediciene up to a possible terrorist threat. The warning applies especially to Agaoglu street in Sisli district”, — stated in the message. Diplomats asking US citizens living in these areas to be vigilant and to be careful. The same warning is addressed to travellers visiting the tourist spots of Istanbul. The correspondent of “Interfax” in Istanbul, reports that in the Central part of the city strengthened security measures. In Taksim square the police exhibited a fence and guarded by reinforced police squads. Special security measures have been taken to the Russian Consulate General, located on

Boxer light heavyweight, former world champion of WBA (Super), WBO and IBF Sergey Kovalev lost the fight to American Andre ward. The Russians could not take revenge, reports CBSSports. During the fight, Kovalev was dealt more blows than his opponent, but by the seventh round, lost power, and this benefited the ward. After the eighth round, the American has driven Russians into a corner, Kovalev ducked in attempt to Dodge the flurry of punches and the referee stopped the fight. In the career of the ward is now 32 wins (16 by knockout) and zero defeats. Kovalev poterepel second defeat at 30 victories (26 by knockout). Their first bout, held in November of 2016, was named best of the year by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). Then Kovalev lost to the American by unanimous decision (113:114) and lost all three championship belts. Before the rematch, the head of the promotion

In an accident on Novoslobodskaya street in Moscow, where three vehicles collided, four people were injured, three of whom were police officers. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the press-service capital gumvd. The fourth victim was the passenger of the Mercedes, which crashed into a police car. The Agency refused to name the cause of the accident, noting that information until it appears. 15 Jun suburban police staged an accident with seven parked cars. The incident occurred in the village of vlasikha June 14. An employee of a local Department of the interior, who is currently on vacation, was driving by private car. As a result of accident nobody suffered. According to some information, in the time of the accident he was drunk. On the evening of 13 June, the inspector patrulno-sentry duty OMVD on Moskovsky district Yasenevo knocked down a man standing at the bus stop. It

Russian yacht Katalexa, detained by border guards of the DPRK, should arrive in Vladivostok on Monday morning. It is reported TASS with reference to the Maritime rescue coordination centre. The Ministry said that direct communication with sailors they have, however, the agent says about the plans for the arrival of the ship at 08:00 local time (01.00 GMT) on June 19. Earlier it was reported that Katalexa detained in the northwestern part of the sea of Japan. On Board are three crew members. The ship was distilled from Taiwan to the island of Russian in Vladivostok. Last time on the boat, there were reports from Korean from the South Korean port of Pohang, in which she went along the way. According to North Korean diplomats, local fishermen showed “excessive vigilance” in the framework of the campaign against poachers, reported the ship allegedly violating the border of North Korea, the border