The White house explained trump’s words about the perpetrators of the clashes in Charlottesville The US President said that what happened is blame on both sides — as members of far-right groups and their opponents, who are too “violent”. WASHINGTON, August 16. /TASS/. The white house on Tuesday evening circulated among Republicans in the U.S. Congress abstracts, in which supporters of President Donald trump would, if necessary, to clarify his statements about who is responsible for the unrest in Charlottesville (Virginia). The text was in possession of the magazine the Atlantic. Trump, answering questions of journalists, said earlier that the incident is blame on both sides — as members of far-right groups and their opponents, who are too “violent”. The President was absolutely right — both sides are using violence in Charlottesville, had acted inappropriately, and responsibility. The President without any ambiguity denounced groups that preach hatred, and that last
Day: August 16, 2017
The FSB explained why the lake was Sweet in Kazakhstan
The FSB explained why the lake was Sweet in Kazakhstan NOVOSIBIRSK, 16 Aug — RIA Novosti. Sweet lake appeared on the territory of Kazakhstan due to the fact that over time shrunken, state border in this place has not changed, said border guard Department of FSB across the Novosibirsk region. Earlier in the administration Kupinsky district said that until the demarcation (the actual carrying out of the line of the state border on the terrain with the designation of spectacle) part of the lake is Sweet, was on the territory of Russia, and is now completely located on the territory of Kazakhstan. Later, the press service of the Kazakh Embassy in Russia has said that the border remained at the same place and, as before, shares the pond “in the ratio of 70:30 in favor of Kazakhstan.” First Vice-speaker of the legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk region Andrey Panferov denied
Putin has arrived in Kaliningrad oblast with a working trip
The President Of Russia Vladimir Putin © Mikhail Klimentyev/TASS KALININGRAD, August 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived with working visit to Kaliningrad region. The head of state on Wednesday will hold a meeting on the development of transport infrastructure of the North-West of Russia. It will be attended by the heads of relevant ministries and departments, heads of some regions of the northwestern Federal district. Also, the President will hold a meeting with temporarily fulfilling duties of the Governor of Kaliningrad region by Anton Alihanova and inspected the new terminal at Khrabrovo airport, get familiar with the information on the reconstruction of the airport complex.
The Taliban asked trump to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
Radical movement “the Taliban” (banned in Russia) sent an open letter to the US President Donald Trump, urging the American leader to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. It is reported by Khaama Press. The militants claim that continuing violence in Afghanistan has a direct relationship with the presence of foreign forces, which are named in the letter “occupation”. According to the Taliban, they foment war in the country, pursuing his own interests. Also, the Taliban accused the U.S.-led coalition in the destruction of Afghanistan, which has turned the country into one of the worst in the world from the point of view of security, governance and Economics. As pointed out by Khaama Press, the appeal of the Taliban was distributed in connection with US plans to send to Afghanistan an additional military unit or have operations in the country private military company Blackwater. At the moment are in Afghanistan, 8.4 thousand
Thai student jailed for repost notes “Bi-bi-si”
Thai student Getopt Unattracti got two and a half years in prison for the repost notes “Bi-bi-si” insulting the king. About it reports The Independent. A young man posted a link to a short article in the Thai language, which describes the way of life of king Mahi Vajiralongkorn. On December 3 he was arrested. Unattrac pleaded guilty, and the sentence of five years in prison was reduced to two and a half years. Currently for insulting members of the Royal family in Thai prisons serving sentences of about 100 people. 9 Jun Thai received for insulting the Royal family 35 years in prison. Maha Vajiralongkorn was proclaimed the new king of Thailand on 1 December 2016. The new monarch ascended to the throne as the 10th king of the Chakri dynasty (Rama X) after the death of the previous king, his father Pumipon Adulyadej (Rama IX). His official name
The US has called for dialogue with DPRK
North Korea should show seriousness of purpose on denuclearization for the start of negotiations with the United States. As reported by RIA Novosti, said at a news briefing, state Department spokesman Heather Nauert. According to her, Washington would like to negotiate with North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN, “when the time comes”. “When they show that they are serious to move in the direction of denuclearization. We still haven’t seen it,” said Neuert. However, she did not specify the preconditions for starting negotiations. In particular, the representative of state Department did not answer the question sufficiently for this to be liabilities of the DPRK not to strike on the American island of GUAM. “They know what to do”, — said Neuert. On 8 August, the DPRK announced its readiness to launch a missile attack on a U.S. air force base on the island of GUAM in the Pacific ocean. In the
Sources said the name of the new Ambassador of Russia in India
Photo: RIA Novosti The new Ambassador of Russia in India will become the Deputy Director of the General Secretariat, MFA of Russia Nikolay Kudashev, writes “news” referring to diplomatic sources. “The candidacy of Nikolai Kudashev was appointed Ambassador of Russia in India was supported by the committees for international Affairs of the Federation Council and the state Duma in the end of may,” the source said. At the moment Russia in new Delhi represented at the level of chargé d’affaires — the Ambassador of Russia to India Alexander Kadakin, who was in this position since 2009, died in January 2017 as a result of illness.
Municipal filter does not protect the election of
Photo: RIA Novosti MOSCOW, 14 Aug — RIA Novosti. The municipal filter in Russia does not protect elections from “fake” candidates, and significantly restricts competition in the gubernatorial election and facilitates the registration of subtle opponents of regional leaders, according to the results of the report of the Committee of civil initiatives (CGI) to monitor the elections, which is available to RIA Novosti. Earlier, the Deputy head of the Russian CEC Nikolai Bulaev said that the need to amend the municipal filter is, this rule will be reviewed, discussed various options, but even the staunchest opponents of this mechanism understand that it is a sensible start. The CEC head Ella Pamfilova said that the Central election Commission plans to discuss with experts the proposals for the adjustment of the municipal filter in August or early September. Now candidates need to collect a certain percentage of signatures (in different regions from
Proven mortal danger periodic Smoking
Proven mortal danger periodic Smoking American scientists have proved that social Smoking causes the same harm as the direct use of cigarettes. A study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, briefly about it, reports The Conversation. Periodic use of cigarettes, as shown by scientists in the future leads to the same risk of the occurrence of diseases of the cardiovascular system as Smoking (from a pack a day). To such conclusions the authors came to compare (as part of the Million Hearts screening) blood pressure and cholesterol levels over 40 thousand active and social smokers from Ohio (USA). Experts noted that among the latter were dominated by young Hispanic men. In the study of social smoker was defined as “a person who does not use cigarettes on a daily basis, but smokes in certain social situations on a regular basis”, for example, in a bar with alcohol. In
Silk road and genetics have helped scientists to find the homeland of apples
Silk road and genetics have helped scientists to find the homeland of apples MOSCOW, 15 Aug — RIA Novosti. Home to all varieties of modern apples is Kazakhstan or mountainous areas in the North-West of China, which is spread on the Ground helped the silk road, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “We managed to reduce the area of search for an alleged homeland of apples from all over Central Asia to a small area of Kazakhstan and China on the Western spurs of the Tian Shan. In addition, we followed the evolution of this fruit and its spread to the East and to the West via the silk road, and found that the appearance and taste of apples was varied at each step of this long journey,” says Janczyn Fay (Zhangjun Fei) from Cornell University in Ithaca (USA). Apple, as today, scientists believe, have been