Day: September 4, 2017

The court left the Director Serebrennikov under house arrest

Events

The court left the Director Serebrennikov under house arrest The Moscow city court left under house arrest the artistic Director of the theater “Gogol-center” Kirill Serebrennikov. He vouched for 74 cultural figure. The Moscow city court did not change the measure of restraint to the Director and artistic Director of the theater “Gogol-center” Kirill Serebrennikov, who previously sent under house arrest on charges of fraud, the correspondent of RBC. Now, however, the Director allowed a two-hour walk. Serebrennikov accused the organization of stealing 68 million rubles of state subsidies for the support of contemporary art, which received it from the production company “the Seventh Studio”. In the case are four subordinates of the Director of the “Seventh Studio” and “Gogol-center”. In the beginning of the meeting Serebrennikov lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov asked the court to adduce additional personal security from the eminent Director of culture. Earlier vouched for the accused 33

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At the metro station “Park Pobedy” dead old man

Events

At the metro station “Park Pobedy” dead old man The pensioner died in the St. Petersburg metro on the morning of 4 September. According to preliminary information, the man’s health failed. About the tragedy of “Fontanka” said the readers. They said that the man died at the station “Park Pobedy”. In a press-service of the city metro our publication confirmed this information, the pensioner was 70 years old. The exact cause of his death is still unknown.

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Posts Russian about NATO in the Baltic States are writing bots, said in the Alliance

Politics

Posts Russian about NATO in the Baltic States are writing bots, said in the Alliance RIGA, 4 Sep — RIA Novosti. In the social network Twitter 84% of the information about the presence of NATO in Latvia in Russian language create bots. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at the Center for strategic communications Alliance (Stratcom) Robotrolling-2017, said the Agency Sputnik Latvia. The Center has reviewed publications for the period from 1 March to 30 August 2017. The study says that information about NATO in Russian most actively introduced in Estonia, “where 87% of all content was created by robots”. “Latvia, with 85% of the content is in second place, Lithuania — 81%, Poland — 80%”, — stated in the report. Researchers at the Center reviewed the posts mentioning NATO and one of the four countries — Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland. They studied 32 thousands of posts each

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Kadyrov promised to oppose the position of the Russian Federation in the case of support of the Myanmar authorities

Politics

Kadyrov promised to oppose the position of the Russian Federation in the case of support of the Myanmar authorities The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on the “genocide of Muslims” in Myanmar, which killed several hundred representatives of the people Rohingya. Video statements posted on several YouTube channels. The organizers of the persecution of Muslims, he called the devils and urged them to curse. The Chechen leader also said that many he wrote about the need to send troops to Myanmar, but “it is impossible, as he single-handedly can not make such a decision.” “Even if Russia will support those devils who commit crimes, I am against Russia’s position. I have my own vision, its own position,” — said Kadyrov. The day before in Moscow at the Embassy of Myanmar in solidarity with the oppressed in the country’s ethnic Rohingya minority was inconsistent event of Muslims. It was

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Zhirinovsky proposed to change the foreign Minister

Politics

Zhirinovsky proposed to change the foreign Minister MOSCOW, 4 September — RIA Novosti. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that Russia needs to pursue a more assertive foreign policy based on the current international situation, and therefore proposes to replace the head of the Russian foreign Ministry. “International issues remain, and we need more hard line. From what I have started if I were President: I would start with a change of Minister for foreign Affairs. It is not good for the other situation… today I need another person who will better it”, — said Zhirinovsky told reporters. However, he did not name the person you would like to see as the successor of the current Minister Sergei Lavrov. The leader of the Russian liberal Democrats repeatedly made various declarations and initiatives, most of which resonated, but did not receive further development. So, in due time Zhirinovsky offered to restore the

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The world’s largest submarine “Dmitry Donskoy” came back from a three-month campaign

Army

Nuclear submarine “Dmitry Donskoy” © Peter Kovalev/TASS MURMANSK, September 4. /TASS/. The world’s largest nuclear submarine “Dmitry Donskoy” has completed a three-month hike and returned to the white sea naval base, Northern fleet. This was announced Monday in a press-service of the fleet. “The crew of the submarine for more than three months was beyond the point of permanent deployment – participated in the Main military-sea parade on Navy Day in Kronstadt and carried out combat training tasks in the Barents sea,” – said in the Navy.

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Consular offices of the Russian Federation in the United States will not reduce the intensity of work

Politics

© AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta WASHINGTON, September 4. /TASS/. Russian consular office in the US is not going to reduce the intensity of work, despite the unfriendly actions of the American authorities. This is underlined in the statement, which circulated on Sunday evening the head of the press service of the Russian Embassy in the United States Nikolai Lahonin.

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VTSIOM said the leadership of regional heads of candidates for election in eight subjects of the Russian Federation

Politics

© Anton vergun/TASS MOSCOW, September 4. /TASS/. All-Russia centre of studying of public opinion (VTSIOM) noted the strong leadership of the acting heads of regions candidates in eight regions of Russia, where 10 of the September elections. In a single day of voting direct election of heads of subjects will be held in 16 regions of Buryatia, Mari El, Karelia, Mordovia, Udmurtia, Perm Krai, Belgorod, Kaliningrad, Kirov, Novgorod, Ryazan, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk and Yaroslavl oblasts, and Sevastopol, which is the first ever direct elections of the city head. Research poll, conducted August 10-20, dealt with the electoral situation in eight of these regions – Kirov, Kaliningrad, Tomsk, Yaroslavl regions, the republics of Mordovia, Mari El, Udmurtia and Sevastopol.

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The US state Department has warned about the continuing threat of terrorist attacks in Europe

World

The U.S. state Department has issued a special warning, which referred to “constant threat” of terrorist attacks throughout Europe. The text of the document published on the Agency’s website. “While local governments continue counter-terrorism operations, the Department of state remains concerned about the potential for future terrorist attacks,”- said in a statement. According to American experts, the most vulnerable to attacks remain popular tourist attractions, transportation hubs, markets and malls. “Besides hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, events, educational institutions, airports, and other vulnerable objects remain the priority places for possible attacks,” — said in the message. Examples were given of the recent attacks in Spain, Sweden, UK, Finland, France and Russia.

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