Day: August 16, 2017

Russia has opposed the strengthening of economic pressure on North Korea

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Russia has opposed the strengthening of economic pressure on North Korea MOSCOW, 16 Aug — RIA Novosti. Moscow will not support ideas aimed at the economic strangulation of North Korea, said Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The UN security Council adopted on 5 August a new resolution calling for restrictions on imports of coal, iron ore and seafood from North Korea after two tests in July of ballistic missiles, which, according to Pyongyang, can fly to the United States. According to the calculations of Americans, the full implementation of sanctions against the DPRK would reduce the annual foreign exchange earnings in Pyongyang, components now about $ 3 billion, one-third. “We cannot support the ideas that some of our partners continue to hatch, and which is literally aimed at the economic strangulation of North Korea with all the negative, tragic humanitarian consequences for the citizens of the DPRK. We believe that

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Donskoy denied the change of border of Russia and Kazakhstan at the lake Sweet

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The Minister of natural resources of Russia Sergey Donskoy © Dmitry Astakhov/press service of the Russian government/TASS TASS, August 16. Changes of the state borders of Russia in favor of Kazakhstan in the area of lake Sweet Kupinsky district of Novosibirsk region will not. Such a statement on his official page in Facebook did the Minister of natural resources of Russia Sergey Donskoy.

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Patrushev: the transportation facilities of the Central Federal district will remain the preferred targets of international terrorism

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Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS RYAZAN, August 16. /TASS/. The Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that the transport infrastructure remain targets of international terrorism in the Central Federal district. “Available data suggests that transport infrastructure and vehicles continue to be the priority targets of international terrorist organizations”, – he said at a meeting on transport and information security in the CFA.

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Patrushev: cyberattacks may-June showed the destabilizing potential of the foreign

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The Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev © Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS RYAZAN, August 16. /TASS/. The Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that carried out in may-June of this year, hacker attacks have demonstrated the destabilizing potential of the foreign software (the software). “The widespread use of foreign information technology, software and telecommunications equipment creates preconditions for leak of information, reduces the level of information security, including the threat of stopping the technological processes, and lock or infrastructure of public authorities”, – he said at the meeting about the information and transportation security in the Central Federal district.

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Putin supported the idea to check the airline collusion

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Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the proposal of the head of the Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS) Igor Artemyev to check the operation of the automated system of formation of prices for air tickets. Dialogue on this topic arose during the meeting on development of transport infrastructure of the North-West of Russia, reports TASS. The head of FAS told the President that Russian airlines previously imported from U.S. and Europe special computer system for dynamic pricing, setting prices for tickets depending on demand. Thus, in his opinion, the work of these algorithms is the result of conspiracy of the global airline industry. In this regard, Artemyev proposed to study this system in order to prevent unwarranted growth of prices for air tickets. The head of state agreed that this question requires to understand. “I hate to say that it’s all nonsense, and I can’t say that I fully

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The United States declared the inadmissibility of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons

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Nikki Haley The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki Haley said that Iran under no circumstances should be allowed to have nuclear weapons. About it reports Reuters. According to the diplomat, the nuclear deal with Tehran “should not become so important that its collapse would have disastrous consequences.” In addition, Hayley added that the Islamic Republic should be held responsible for “their missile launches, support of terrorism, violation of human rights and the resolutions of the UN Security Council”. The words of the US Ambassador to the UN were a response to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who on 15 August said that the Islamic Republic could withdraw from the agreement on its nuclear program if the U.S. restrictive measures against him will be extended. “The failure of sanctions and containment has led them (us) of the previous administration to the negotiating table, — said the Iranian leader. If

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May has promised to give money for peace in Northern Ireland after leaving the EU

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Theresa May The UK is planning to continue funding the peace process in Northern Ireland even after withdrawal from the EU. This was stated by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa may, reports Reuters. “We wish the EU continued financing of assistance to victims of the conflict and sectarian violence at least before the expiration of already running programs, explained may. — Then we plan to move on and now consider the question of further financing of the peace process after we leave the EU”. Since the end of the hot phase of the conflict in 1998, the EU has supported Northern Ireland assistance in the amount of several billion euros. A portion of this amount was provided by the UK. The current programme for the period up to 2020. In December 1921 was signed the peace Treaty between great Britain and Ireland, in which Ireland got dominion status,

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Putin and Atambayev discussed issues of bilateral cooperation

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Photo: RIA Novosti The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin discussed in a telephone conversation with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev topical issues of bilateral cooperation in the context of the implementation of the agreements reached during the state visit of the Kyrgyz leader in Russia in June this year. As reported in the press service of the Kremlin, the President also told the Russian leader about the results of the past in Kyrgyzstan, 20-23 July 2017 international forum “Altai civilization and kindred peoples of the Altaic language family” , which was attended by Russian representatives.

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The Metropolitan urged to abandon rallies for prayer and fasting

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Photo: The Yekaterinburg Diocese The Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Kirill urged the congregation to abandon rallies and confrontation for the sake of prayer. He said this in his speech at the Holy Trinity parish Church of the city of Irbit, on the occasion of the beginning of the Dormition fast. Excerpts from it published on the website of the Ekaterinburg diocese. In the beginning of his speech Kirill reminded the audience about the hard times that moved the Russian people. To those he took the time of Troubles in XVII century, the revolt of Yemelyan Pugachev in the eighteenth-m, civil war in the early XX-th, when the “whole Russian land was raging fratricidal confrontation”. “The Lord be still this storm, sent us a great test — the great Patriotic war and then the people should be United,” he said. According to him, citizens should “understand and feel the lessons

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