July 16, 2017 – Page 8 – Russian Reality

In the U.S. Senate postponed a vote on Obamacare because of the surgery McCain

July 16, 2017 RR Politics

In the U.S. Senate postponed a vote on Obamacare because of the surgery McCain MOSCOW, 16 Jul — RIA Novosti. The head of the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate Mitch McConnell stated that in the absence of John McCain in the Senate next week to vote on the repeal of health care reform ex-US President Barack Obama (Obamacare) will be delayed again, according to the Hill newspaper. Previously, the Politico reported that McCain will not be able to attend the vote on Obamacare due to them eye surgery. The Senator next week to undergo rehabilitation in Arizona. According to the Hill, McConnell did not specify a date to which postponed the vote. The lack of McCain on the ballot could complicate the task of the Republicans to hold your initiative through the Senate, as several senators of the Republican faction refused to vote for the bill in its current

Eye surgery McCain questioned the vote on the repeal of Obamacare

July 16, 2017 RR Politics

Eye surgery McCain questioned the vote on the repeal of Obamacare MOSCOW, 16 Jul — RIA Novosti. American Republican Senator John McCain next week will be forced to miss the vote in the Senate due to an eye operation, which put into question the vote of Republicans on repealing health reform, the ex-US President Barack Obama (Obamacare), according to Politico. “The operation puts McCain’s vote on the abolition of Obamacare into question”, — the newspaper writes. Reportedly, the lack of McCain on the ballot will complicate the task of the Republicans to hold your initiative through the Senate, as several senators of the Republican faction refused to vote for the bill in its current form. Since all 48 Democrats in the Senate against the reforms to the Republicans to get a bill passed need the votes of at least 50 of the 52 senators of his own faction, but now

In the United States has commissioned a new missile destroyer

July 16, 2017 RR World

Archive photo In operation of the naval forces of the United States introduced a new missile destroyer “John Finn”. This was reported in Twitter of the Pacific command of the US forces. The head of the Pacific command Admiral Harry Harris, speaking at a ceremony at the naval base at pearl Harbor, said that the introduction of this vehicle should serve as a signal to allies and enemies of the United States, that Washington is serious about the Asia-Pacific region. “We believe in peace through smart power, which maintains a strong power, and the strength of the ship itself sends a clear signal to our friends and our enemies that in the Asia-Pacific region of the United States are serious. America is a Pacific nation, the leader and strength of this region — and it will always,” said Harris. The destroyer was named in honor of seaman John Finn, 7

MP told about a million weapons in the hands of the Ukrainians

July 16, 2017 RR World

To date, nearly one million weapons are in the hands of citizens of Ukraine. This was stated by the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko on air of transfer of “Gordon” on the TV channel “112 Ukraine”. Video fragment of transfer is available on YouTube (28:45). “Officially — 900 thousand. Of them 130 thousand rifles and about 800 thousand of a penny — smoothbore. As to how many unregistered weapons there is no precise figure. Today, we have allowed any kind of weapons to have on hand, except for handguns, i.e. pistols that can be worn covertly,” — said Gerashchenko on the question of the program host Dmitry Gordon about the number of firearms in the hands of the residents of Ukraine. Gerashchenko added that “the numbers may be different, but they are not accurate.” He also said that he supports the holding in Ukraine of the

Putin visited the Konevsky Christmas-mother of God monastery

July 16, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: The Administration Of The President Of Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Konevsky Christmas-mother of God monastery on Konevets island in Ladoga lake. About it reports a press-release “Rosneft”, received by the editors “Tape.ru”. The company provides financial support for the restoration of the monastery. The head of state familiarized with the large-scale works on restoration of the monastery complex and participated in the lighting of monastery bells. The project to restore one of the oldest Orthodox monuments of Russia was developed on behalf of Vladimir Putin in 2016, after the President first visited the island Konevets. Restoration, funding for which was assumed by “Rosneft”, includes a range of repairs for all the buildings, the restoration of the interiors and the historical image of the monastery. In Palani well as the construction of transport, energy and domestic infrastructure. The monastery will be another spiritual center of Orthodox Russia.

Zhirinovsky asked him to give deputies saved 20 million

July 16, 2017 RR Russia

Vladimir Zhirinovsky The Chairman of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to allocate between the leaders of the Duma factions, savings account administrative leave of deputies. It is reported Agency city news “Moscow” on Friday, July 14. The speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin said in the plenary that the unpaid leave, which the deputies began to issue after the tightening of regulations has reduced the salary Fund by 28 million 437 thousand rubles. “This is credited to the budget of the Russian Federation”, — he noted. Zhirinovsky, in turn, found that these funds need to be split between the heads of three Duma factions. “LDPR will be allocated 20 million, the Communist party and “Fair Russia” four million, — said the Deputy. I know how to spend them”. According to the leader of the liberal Democrats, the “United Russia” additional funds are not needed as it “and it’s

Flower festival in the suburbs will draw on Chekhov’s works

July 16, 2017 RR Russia

Fifteenth regional festival “Flowers of Moscow region” will be held in Istria from 27 to 30 July. About it reports TV channel “360” on Friday, July 14. “At the end of the festival all the competitive floral arrangements do not understand, but will remain in the welcoming page, which will be landscaped and a beautiful new Park,” said Minister of housing of the Moscow region Evgeny hromushin. He noted that the theme of the festival “Chekhov Istra” is not accidental: the writer Anton Chekhov lived and worked in Voskresensk (the so-called Istra until 1930 approx. “Of the tape.ru”). For participation in the event has received 42 applications from the various municipalities. They were asked to create compositions of plants mentioned in the works of classics. At present, the preparatory work has entered the final stage, the Minister said. Earlier it was reported that the military-historical festival “Duchnowski maneuvers”, which was

Parents of five-year-old hitchhiker from Kemerovo will be fined

July 16, 2017 RR Russia

In Kemerovo will prosecute the parents of five children, of which local residents noticed alone voting on the road, reported on the website of the regional Central Directorate of interior Ministry in the Kemerovo region. “Until a decision in the administrative case a child is removed from family and placed in social rehabilitation center”, — noted in the text. Police found that the boy he left home where he was under the supervision of a 13-year-old brother, and he did this not for the first time. Date and time of the incident in the message is not specified. To the guards asked noticing the baby on the roadside by a local resident. The boy could not tell police any information about yourself, but in a short time in a call center asked older brother, who told about his disappearance. In a Central Board emphasized that under part 1 of the

The remains of a seventh victim was found at the scene of the fire in Bratsk

July 16, 2017 RR Events

The remains of a seventh victim was found at the scene of the fire in Bratsk Moscow. July 16. INTERFAX.RU the Number of victims of a fire at the Bratsk has increased to seven persons, has informed Agency “Interfax” the representative of EMERCOM in the Irkutsk region. “At analysis of blockages found the remains of the seventh victim”, — said the Agency interlocutor. Earlier it was reported about six victims of the fire in horticulture “Railroad” in the city of Bratsk in Irkutsk region. “During parsing and spilling designs, firefighters found the remains of six people. Presumably, among them three children,” — told “Interfax” the head of the press service of EMERCOM in the region Andrey Shutov.

The area of forest fires in California has increased four times

July 16, 2017 RR Events

The area of forest fires in California has increased four times MOSCOW, 16 Jul — RIA Novosti. The area of forest fires in California over the day has increased almost four times, according to the newspaper Los Angeles Times. 12фотографий12фотографий12фотографий According to the newspaper, the fire area in the national forest of “Los Pardes” on Saturday was more than 17 thousand acres (about 7 thousand hectares). On Friday, the burning area amounted to 4 thousand acres (1.6 thousand hectares). Suppression of natural forest fires is hampered by hot and dry weather, firefighters are working in difficult mountainous terrain. As reported, heat and drought will last until Monday. Earlier it was reported that as a result of large wildfires in California, their homes were forced to leave about 8 thousand people.