John Huntsman U.S. Ambassador to Russia John huntsman has cancelled a working trip to the far East. It explained that local authorities had been unable to meet with him. On Friday, December 1, reported on the official website of the diplomatic mission. The Ambassador was to visit Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk next week, but regional authorities, including the acting Governor of Primorsky Krai, the Sakhalin region Governor and the mayor of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk denied him a meeting. “This is particularly disappointing in the context of open and productive meetings of Ambassador Jon Huntsman, the Minister of foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and other members of the Russian government (…). It is obvious that the way to improve relations between the United States and Russia begins with the willingness to engage in Frank and open dialogue. Ambassador huntsman is committed to the establishment of such a dialogue, but the Russian
Day: December 5, 2017
In Tunisia, the cliff fell a bus with tourists
In Tunisia, the cliff fell a bus with tourists In the Tunisian province of Beja off the cliff fell on a bus carrying tourists. It is known that there were 56 people. Information about their citizenship yet. In the accident no one was killed, injured at least 50 passengers, ten of them are in very serious condition. All the injured were taken to hospitals. The situation in personal control was the Prime Minister of Tunisia Youssef Shahed. He instructed the Ministers of interior, health and transport to ensure the quick transportation of victims to hospitals and provide them with necessary medical care, reports news Agency Tunis Afrique Presse. It is specified that the bus followed in ‘ Ayn Drachmas on the tour. The police believe that the driver has not coped with management, and that was the cause of the accident. The car went off the road and fell into
Baku has committed suicide eks-the officer of the interior Ministry involved in the murder of 11 people
Baku has committed suicide eks-the officer of the interior Ministry involved in the murder of 11 people BAKU, 3 Dec — RIA Novosti. The former senior operative of the main Department of the criminal investigation interior Ministry of Azerbaijan, Haji Mammadov, who headed involved in the killing of 11 people in the gang and received a life sentence, committed suicide, informs on Sunday Agency APA citing the Prosecutor’s office of Khazar district. “The former senior operative of the main Department of criminal investigation Department of the Azerbaijani interior Ministry Haji Mammadov had committed suicide. The incident was in a specialized TB facility of penitentiary service of the Ministry of justice… At the present time the staff of Prosecutor’s office carry out investigative actions at the scene. According to the facts police initiated a criminal case under article 125 (incitement to suicide), investigated the circumstances and reasons for suicide”, — reports
More than half of residents of Chechnya in an hour remained without electricity
More than half of residents of Chechnya in an hour remained without electricity Moscow. 3 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — About 900 thousand people were left without electricity in Chechnya, within hours, announced the press service of the Ministry of energy. “Without electricity remained domestic consumers (about 878 800 people). The power of disabled consumers — 210 MW,” — said in a message posted Saturday on the Ministry’s website. According to authorities, the cause of power outages is not yet established. Currently, the power supply is restored. Informed about the disruption and subsequent restoration of power supply in the channel in the Telegram the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. According to him, the cause of the power outages Sunday evening in Grozny was the emergency shutdown of the substation “Grozny-330”. The taken measures the power supply is restored by 21:00, Kadyrov said. That is, there was no electricity — 58 minutes.Ramzan Kadyrovglava
The DNR said about the “shooting” of the Ukrainian military’s own snipers
The DNR said about the “shooting” of the Ukrainian military’s own snipers In skirmishes between the armed forces of Ukraine in the settlements Gladosovo and Travneve on November 22, killed 17 Ukrainian soldiers, 11 were injured, according to Deputy commander of the operational command of the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk (DNI) Edward Basurin. On the question of whether the killing by the military of Ukraine, Eduard Basurin said the RBC: “Snipers of the SBU [security Service of Ukraine] were shot military APU, was a battle in Frunze, was the undermining of the car, two killed yesterday in a shootout between units of the armed forces”. The representative of the headquarters ATO Basil Labay reported that Baturina statements of 17 of the victims of war are not true. “It is a complete fake. To comment on the statements of people such as this man, is pointless, because his thoughts do not
Trump called the reputation of the FBI as “the worst in history”
Trump called the reputation of the FBI as “the worst in history” The US President criticized the FBI and called the Bureau’s reputation “in tatters”. With this statement he made after his former adviser made a deal with the investigation on the “Russian case”. The US President Donald trump on the background of the investigation against his former national security Advisor Michael Flynn said he believes the reputation of the FBI as “the worst in history.” “After the leadership of the Komi Republic, with fake and dishonest investigation against [Hillary] Clinton (and the rest), the FBI’s reputation in tatters — the worst in history,” wrote trump on his Twitter, adding: “We will return to the FBI his greatness.” The FBI in 2016, led the investigation against Clinton due to the fact that she as Secretary of state was in correspondence with personal mail, that could be the cause of leaking
The North Korean foreign Ministry called the U.S. “nuclear demon”
The North Korean foreign Ministry called the U.S. “nuclear demon” MOSCOW, 3 Dec — RIA Novosti. Future special us-South Korean exercises show that Washington is “nuclear demon” and its policy States, “beating the drum of nuclear war,” reads the statement of the DPRK foreign Ministry, published by North Korean newspaper “Rodong Sinmun”. According to Pyongyang, scheduled for December 4-8, exercises Vigilant ACE will take part 1200 American soldiers and 230 aircraft, including the F-22 Raptor and F-35. “This fact clearly shows who is the real fanatic of nuclear war, nuclear demon that sabotages and leads the attack on the peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world,” the diplomat said. Assessment of the MFA, placing in the region’s strategic nuclear weapons, the United States “continuously making an unprecedented large-scale military provocation and bring the situation on the Korean Peninsula to an acute and explosive.” In the DPRK believe that
Pacific fleet docked at ports in 13 States in the 2017 academic year
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, December 2. /TASS/. The ships and vessels of the Pacific fleet (PF) in 2017 made 21 calling at the ports from 13 countries, took part in three international exercises and became the winner in 3 international competitions through the International military games in 2017. On Saturday the official representative of the Pacific fleet Nikolay Voskresenskiy.