The government of Qatar announced the return of the diplomatic representative of the Emirate to Iran. The corresponding document was published on the website of the foreign Ministry. Also the leaders of Qatar, hoped to strengthen bilateral relations with Iran in all fields. The Qatari Ambassador was recalled from Tehran in January 2016, after Iran had attacked the diplomatic mission of Saudi Arabia. Similar measures also took Bahrain, Sudan and Kuwait. In June 2017 Qatar found himself in the center of a diplomatic crisis. 5 June Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE announced the rupture of diplomatic relations with this country. They accused Doha of destabilization of the situation in the middle East and supporting terrorist organizations. Later the decision was joined by Yemen, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mauritania and the Union of the Comoros. Iranian authorities organized the supply of food products in the Emirate, as Saudi Arabia blocked
Day: August 24, 2017
The Minister of Finance of the USA suspected of abuse of power for a solar Eclipse
Steven Mnuchin Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton would make improper use of official aircraft for observations of the solar Eclipse on August 21. This writes The Hill. Linton has published in his Instagram photo, where she, along with her husband down the ramp. Netizens found out that they flew during the Eclipse. The members of the organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sent a request with a demand to provide them with information about how much cost flight Mnuchin and his wife in Lexington, Kentucky, and whether it was done for the purpose of observing the Eclipse. They also demanded to make public the data about how much cost all flights Mnuchin during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury. A solar Eclipse, which in USA is called the great, 21 Aug stretches wide strip of 113 kilometers from the Western to the Eastern
In 30 districts of the state of Texas introduced a state of calamity because of “Harvey”
In 30 districts of the state of Texas due to cyclone “Harvey” introduced a state of distress. About it reports Fox News. “The Texans believe that in the event of an emergency we must act and be alert, said the state Governor, Greg Abbott. — So I take preliminary steps before the cyclone “Harvey” will fall on our coast.” By order of the Abbot rescue services are on full alert in case the need to help the people and to eliminate the consequences of the disaster. Under forecasts of weather forecasters, the cyclone can cause flooding in Texas. Now the cyclone “Harvey” is in the Gulf of Mexico, 700 miles South-East of the us city of Mansfield. He’s approaching the coast at a speed of four kilometers per hour. Meteorologists warn that by Friday he can turn into a hurricane.
Zhirinovsky proposed to limit the work of the President one long term
Photo: RIA Novosti LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to limit the powers of the Russian President to one term, reports RIA “Novosti”. “We have many times proposed to establish in the Constitution a rigid quota on the post of President only one term. Let it be five, six, seven years, but only one time and all”, — said Zhirinovsky. Currently a Russian citizen can hold the office of President no more than two six-year terms. “Two terms, six years is a lot, and even the opportunity to return in the third and fourth time for the post, missed one election,” — said the leader of the party. Zhirinovsky intends to run for President in 2018. He had previously participated in elections in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008 and 2012.
The Cabinet of Ministers, 249 million rubles for resettlement of the burnt village in the Irkutsk region
Photo: RIA Novosti The Russian government will direct 249,1 million rubles in Irkutsk region for the financial support for the resettlement of residents of the village of Bubnivka Kirensky district of the region, which it was decided to liquidate after a fire in April 2017. The corresponding decree of 17 August published on August 22 on the official portal of legal information. The Cabinet will allocate the money to the Ministry from the reserve Fund and the office will distribute them to the region. According to the document, the grant is issued “in connection with the closing (settlement), referring to the living quarters of the citizens of this city”. The Ministry of construction was instructed to conclude with the authorities of the Irkutsk oblast a relevant agreement, ” providing including performance targets and indicators and implementation time.” Earlier it was reported that the village of Bubnivka will be eliminated. Agreed,
The flight attendant and two passengers in the US suffered as a result of turbulence
Aircraft regional airlines USA SkyWest Airlines made an emergency landing after the three people on Board suffered as a result of turbulence. Reported by the Associated Press. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening, August 22. The aircraft performed flights from Atlanta (GA) Chicago (Il), when it fell into an area of turbulence. In the result of the turbulence suffered by the flight attendant and two passengers. According to The Aviation Herald, the steward received a head injury, the injury of travelers with accurate information. The commander of the ship decided to interrupt the flight and land at the international airport Lambert St. Louis in Missouri. The plane landed safely, after which the victims were taken to the hospital. After that, the aircraft flew to the destination. Flight delays totaled three hours. Earlier in August it became known that the aircraft carrier Americans American Airlines was in severe turbulence shortly before
The media were told about the scheme of supply of the Crimea turbines produced by Siemens
“Kommersant” has found out a scheme that allowed the “Technopromexport” (TPE) to claim that the turbines from Siemens for two thermal power plants in Crimea have been purchased on the secondary market. Siemens insists that they were taken to the Peninsula against the will of the company, which initially sold them for a project in Taman. In March 2015, “Siemens gas turbine technology” is a joint venture of the German company “Power machines” — sold JSC TPE (declared bankrupt in March 2017) four Siemens gas turbine. Then, in October of 2015, OJSC resold them for a 152.4 million Euro, OOO TPE, which is engaged in the construction of thermal power plants in the Crimea, the newspaper said, citing documents of arbitration courts.
More than 150 buildings in the Volgograd region destroyed by the fire
Archive photo Landscape fires have destroyed in the Volgograd region more than 150 buildings on the territory of which entered emergency mode. On Wednesday, August 23, RIA Novosti reported with reference to head of EMERCOM in the region Oleg Grebenyuk. He pointed out that throughout almost the entire region due to strong winds occurred on a landscape of fire. “The most difficult situation in the six municipalities, including in Volgograd. Destroyed 151 structure. The area of the fire damaged by fire, specified”, — he said. He noted that in a children’s camp was held the evacuation of the 368 children and 27 adults, they were placed in school and plan to send early home. Evacuated residents of the two villages, after the elimination of the threat of fires returned to their homes. Grebenyuk stated that the situation in the region stable by increasing the grouping of forces and means to
Vladimir Medinsky told about interrogations in the Ministry of culture in the case of Kirill Serebrennikov
Vladimir Medinsky told about interrogations in the Ministry of culture in the case of Kirill Serebrennikov Several employees of the Ministry of culture of Department of state support for art and folk art was questioned in the case of Director Kirill Serebrennikov. About this bi-Bi-si the head of the Ministry of culture Vladimir Medinsky. He did not disclose who exactly was questioned, but added that his law enforcement was not called. According to the Minister, the investigators wanted to know who signed the paper on the allocation of the Department’s money on a theater project directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. “But it (allocation of grants Director.— “Kommersant”), it was under the previous leadership of the Department, there was a Sofia Apfelbaum. Now any questions for the investigating authorities to the Ministry of culture is not” — said Vladimir Medinsky. He said that the Ministry was not empowered to deal in such
Iturup killed the soldier-contractor
Iturup killed the soldier-contractor The military investigation of the Eastern military district opened a criminal case on the fact of suicide of the soldier-the contract employee on the Kuril island of Iturup. On Thursday, August 24, reports “Interfax”. “The case was initiated under article 110 of the criminal code (“Incitement to suicide”),” — said the Agency head of the organizational-analytical Department of the military investigation Department of the investigative Committee of Russia in the Eastern military district Nikolay Zvyagin. The Agency points out that the relatives of the deceased do not agree with the version about suicide. In their opinion, the soldier’s death was violent. August 20 relatives of the deceased told the newspaper ASTV that at the opening of the coffin with his body, they found in it traces of the injuries and beatings. “The neck was a strip, but only from one side, broken fingers, a broken nose,