Day: September 12, 2017

The foreign Ministry commented on the new UN security Council resolution on North Korea

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The foreign Ministry commented on the new UN security Council resolution on North Korea MOSCOW, 12 Sep — RIA Novosti. All fundamental requirements of Russia to the resolutions of the UN Security Council on the DPRK were taken into account, said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “In a short period of work on the resolution that the co-authors was conceived as a tool of stifling the DPRK nationals, managed to remove completely unacceptable items. For example, the requirement of the deportation of migrant workers. This point is contrary to the humanitarian dimension”, — she told reporters. “Has kept exemptions from the sanctions regime a joint Russian-North Korean civic enterprises in Rajin. Not allow the inclusion in the resolution of requirements on law enforcement interception and inspection of ships in the open sea, bringing this part of the document in accordance with international law of the sea.

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Strategic rocket forces conducted a launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile “YARS”

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© Sergey Kazak/TASS MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/. Strategic rocket forces (RVSN) conducted a test launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region) solid-fuel Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-24 “YARS” silo-based missiles equipped with multiple warheads. This was reported on Tuesday in the defense Ministry. “The main purpose of the launch is to confirm the reliability of a series of rockets of the same class. The experimental warheads arrived at the specified area on the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The goals achieved, objectives met in full”, – told in the defense Ministry.

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The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: new law On education in Ukraine violates the interests of Russian citizens

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The building of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation © Roman Canasuc/TASS MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/. Rada adopted a new law on education violates the interests of millions Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine contradicts the Constitution and international obligations of Kiev. This was stated on Tuesday at the foreign Ministry.

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Brazilian gold miners boasted of killing 10 natives of the Amazon

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Brazilian authorities began investigating the murders of the natives of the Amazon valley Jawara (Vale do Javari), allegedly committed by illegal gold miners. On Tuesday, September 12, reports The Guardian. The crime has not yet been confirmed. The investigators have to sail in a boat 12 days to get to the scene. Information about possible murders did the Prosecutor’s office from representatives of indigenous peoples. According to them, the miners boasted in a bar in the town near the border with Colombia, which killed about 10 natives. They showed other visitors trophy — allegedly taken from one of the dead paddle with carving, says the Daily Mail. “They said they threw them [the bodies] into the river”, — quotes the aboriginal coordinator of the Brazilian National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) Leila Soto-Meyer (Leila Sotto-Maior). It is noted that the murder could be committed in early August, which complicates the investigation. The

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The Russian military, reported on the cleanup of 85 percent of Syrian territory from the militants

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For the complete liberation of Syria from the militants left to MOP up about 15 percent of the country, which is about 27 thousand square kilometers. On Tuesday, September 12, said the chief of staff of troops of the Russian armed forces in Syria, Lieutenant-General Alexander Lapin, reports RIA Novosti. “Today, militants from illegal armed groups liberated 85 percent of Syrian territory,” — said Lapin. He also noted that while the operation to destroy the terrorists from extremist groups “Islamic state” and “Jabhat EN-Nusra” (both banned in Russia) will continue in Syria “to their complete and guaranteed destruction”. On 5 September it became known that the Syrian army broke the siege of Deir ez-Zor. For three years the city was completely surrounded by the terrorists. Despite the regular attacks of insurgents using suicide and car bombs, the garrison of Deir ez-Zor kept the defense, occasionally counterattacking terrorists. Supply the city’s

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Russian authorities have promised foreigners a cheap treatment in the Caucasus

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Photo: RIA Novosti The creation of the innovative medical cluster in the Caucasian Mineral waters will allow Russia to attract “medical tourists”. About it in interview to Agency “Interfax”, said Deputy Minister for North Caucasus Affairs odes Baysultanov. According to officials, the cost of treatment in Russia for foreign citizens can be in 2-2,5 times cheaper than in Europe. “By implementing this project, we not only reduce the flow of traveling abroad for treatment of the Russians, but will be able to create and reverse the flow,” he said. Baysultanov said that by 2023 around Kislovodsk are created the main objects of the cluster, from education and science to high-tech medicine and rehabilitation in optimal natural conditions, the main competitive advantage. According to him, currently negotiations are underway with investors from Europe and Arab countries. The Deputy Minister lamented the fact that everyone going on the treatment of Russian reserves

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Ilya Yashin has declared victory in the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow

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Photo: RIA Novosti Opposition leader Ilya Yashin said that his movement won the elections in Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, reports RIA “Novosti”. “The results of the elections in krasnosil’s’ke: Solidarity — 7 mandates, United Russia — 3. In both districts the first place, our” — he said. Yashin added that one of the sections of the lead itself. Official confirmation of this information yet.

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The British photographer has won a lawsuit from animal rights activists. They tried to prove that the rights to a selfie baboon belong to the monkey

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The British photographer has won a lawsuit from animal rights activists. They tried to prove that the rights to a selfie baboon belong to the monkey British photographer David Slater has won a court case, the organization PETA. Animal rights activists tried to prove that the self, which crested baboon named Naruto did to the camera Slater, belongs to the monkey and not the photographer. The court found that the rights to the belong to the British. PETA and Slater signed an agreement that the photographer will pay the organization 25% of the proceeds received from the sale of the picture, to protect the habitat of monkeys. According to the statement of PETA, the case of “monkey selfie” has caused the whole world to talk about animal rights and brought the discussion to a new level. Slater took a picture of Naruto in 2011 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

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Regularly sit for more than an hour at a time is dangerous to health

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Regularly sit for more than an hour at a time is dangerous to health Not only the total amount of time spent sitting during the day, is associated with an increased risk of death, but also the duration of individual sessions. The new work complements a growing number of studies about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle. With increased risk of death due not only to the total amount of time spent sitting during the day, but the duration of individual sessions. The new work complements a growing number of studies about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle. An article with the results published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. “Usually we think of sedentary lifestyle as the total amount of time spent sitting per day, says lead author Kate Diaz from the Medical center of Columbia University. — However, there have already been studies that have suggested that

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