Day: August 3, 2017

The head of the election headquarters of Navalny was fined 300 thousand rubles

Russia

Leonid Volkov The head of the election headquarters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov administratively fined on 300 thousand rubles for the organization of the “cleanup campaign” held on 8-9 July. He was found guilty of re-holding of a mass event without prior notice. About wolves reported in a series of posts in his Twitter. The court ruled that wolves “using campaign material organized a latent form of the public event”, reports “Interfax”. The distribution of leaflets in support of Navalny, the court regarded as a “latent form of collective public events”. While supporters of the opposition did not notify city officials about the conduct of this “agitation Saturday.” On July 26, investigators in Volgograd was charged with public desecration of symbols of military glory (part 3 of article 354.1 of the criminal code of Russian Federation) Alexey Volkov — the head of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny.

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The Russian Embassy in London has warned tourists about the attacks using acid

Events

The Russian Embassy in London has warned tourists about the attacks using acid The Russian Embassy in Britain has warned Russian tourists about the frequent in London, attacks with acid, reports “Interfax”. Russian citizens in the UK, the Embassy urged to be extremely careful, especially in London, “do not walk close to the roadway, not to approach unknown vehicles, avoid close approaching people on mopeds and motorcycles, be careful on the streets at walks”. According to the mayor of London in 2016 only in London was 445 attacks, in the first quarter of 2017 — 144 attacks.

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Aircraft “Victory” unplanned villages in the Caucasian mineral waters because of the rowdy

Events

Aircraft “Victory” unplanned villages in the Caucasian mineral waters because of the rowdy Moscow. August 3. INTERFAX.RU — the aircraft of the airline “Victory”, flying from Moscow to Makhachkala, villages at the airport of the Caucasian mineral waters because of rowdy on Board, reported “Interfax” the press service of the airport of Makhachkala. “An unscheduled landing had to make because of a passenger who brawled and fought, not listening to the flight attendants. Currently, this man delivered by the officers of the transport police in the linear branch,” — said the representative of the airport. According to him, the plane of the Caucasian mineral waters flew to Makhachkala, the arrival is expected at 21:55 Moscow time. In turn, a source at the airport said that the rowdy climbed to fight and smoked a cigarette.

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The FBI detained the expert who helped to neutralize the virus WannaCry

Events

The FBI detained the expert who helped to neutralize the virus WannaCry WASHINGTON, Aug 3 — RIA Novosti. Employees of the Federal Bureau of investigation, the U.S. detained a computer security expert, who has previously helped to neutralize the global WannaCry virus, Reuters reported. According to the Agency, we are talking about working in the UK Marcus Hutchins, who in may found a “switch” in the virus, which helped to neutralize the malware. He was detained after the conference on computer security, held in late July in Las Vegas (Nevada) with the participation of “thousands of hackers.” Later, the Agency reported that the Hutchins are accused of spreading the virus Kronos, with which criminals, in particular, have access to users ‘ personal data, including Bank details. It is reported that the specialist has a great reputation among programmers and his arrest came as a shock to many of them. Large-scale

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The state Department did not confirm that the approved delivery of weapons of Ukraine

Politics

The state Department did not confirm that the approved delivery of weapons of Ukraine WASHINGTON, Aug 3 — RIA Novosti. The state Department did not confirm the publication of the fact that the Agency has approved the delivery of weapons to Ukraine, told reporters, state Department spokesman Heather Nauert. “I can’t confirm that. We had no idea of defensive weapons, but did not rule out such a possibility, this possibility is still being considered”, — said Nauert reporters at a briefing. Earlier, the Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials reported that the Pentagon and the US state Department has developed a plan of supplying Ukraine with antitank missiles and other weapons. Approval from the White house has not yet been reported.

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State Department: Russia and the United States, there are areas for cooperation

Politics

State Department: Russia and the United States, there are areas for cooperation WASHINGTON, August 3. /TASS/. The United States and Russia can cooperate in areas of common interest, many in the world would like to see it. This statement was made on Thursday at a regular briefing for journalists the head of the press service of the U.S. Department of state Heather Nauert. “We are two nuclear powers. I think a lot of people in the world agree that Russia and the United States should work together in areas of common interest,” she said, noting that “Syria is a good example.” “We have areas where we can cooperate”, — said the representative of the foreign Ministry. Nauert acknowledged that current relations between the two countries are at a low level.

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McCain responded to Trump’s accusations against Congress in undermining relations between the US and Russia

Politics

McCain responded to Trump’s accusations against Congress in undermining relations between the US and Russia WASHINGTON, August 3. /TASS/. The Republican Senator from Arizona John McCain on Thursday expressed disagreement with the words of the President of the United States Donald trump on the responsibility of the us Congress for the deterioration of relations with Russia. In the morning trump on his Twitter page wrote that relations between Washington and Moscow “are on an unprecedented and very dangerous low level.” “You can thank Congress, the same people who can’t even give us medical insurance”, — he said. Our relationship with Russia is at an all-time & very dangerous low. You can thank Congress, the same people that can’t even give us HCare! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2017 During the download an error has occurred. McCain in his microblog only agreed with the first statement about trump’s “dangerously

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Lavrov called on those involved in the standoff over the DPRK sides to show restraint

Politics

The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson called on those involved in confrontation because of the situation around the DPRK sides to show restraint. This was reported on Thursday in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the basis of the conversation held on the initiative of the Secretary of state.

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The Russian foreign Ministry urged the U.S. to stop the defamation of the foreign policy line of Moscow in the Balkans

Politics

The building of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation © Gennady Homeland/TASS MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. Moscow urges Washington to stop the defamation of its foreign policy in the Balkans. This was stated on Thursday, the Russian foreign Ministry, commenting on a number of anti-Russian statements by the Vice-President of the USA Michael Pence, made in Podgorica.

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The Prime Minister of Albania refused to photos Pens white sneakers

World

Prime Minister of Albania EDI Rama, who participated in the summit of the Us-Adriatic Charter in Montenegro, failed to take a picture with the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. It is reported the Montenegrin public broadcaster RTCG. The article notes that the visit of a Penny in the region is viewed by the leadership of the Balkan countries as one of the most important events of recent times. The media noted that the Vice-President spoke about Montenegro and its benefits after joining the NATO, but not a word is devoted Albania. Former President of the Republic Sali Berisha said that this is extremely surprising. “And not only that. What is even more striking is the fact that the Frame is not the official photos,” he said. According to the politician, the Prime Minister is not allowed to photograph the ceremony because of his white sneakers. On his

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