Day: December 15, 2017

The court found speaker guilty of bribery

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The court found speaker guilty of bribery Former Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev was found guilty of receiving a bribe of $2 million. This decision was made on Friday the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow, the correspondent of “Vedomosti” from the courtroom. At the time of publication, the judge continued to pass sentence. The prosecution asked for the speaker’s 10 years of strict regime colony and a fine of 500 million rubles Defense to justify the ex-Minister. Ulyukayev personally received a bribe — judge — Reuters (@reuters_russia) December 15, 2017 During the download an error has occurred. The speaker was arrested in November 2016. He is accused of receiving a bribe from “Rosneft”. According to investigators, the Minister asked for a positive rating, which allowed oil companies to purchase state-owned shares “Bashneft”. Speaker was detained after a meeting with CEO of “Rosneft” Igor Sechin. In the car of

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In court, where he will announce the verdict Ulyukayev, there was a fight

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In court, where he will announce the verdict Ulyukayev, there was a fight Journalists do not share the favorable place for shooting. Today, December 15, in Moscow in the building of the Zamoskvoreche court, where he will announce the verdict to the former Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev, a scuffle broke out with the participation of journalists, the correspondent of IA REGNUM. The fight took place between employees of different media, not shared favorable place for shooting. In the scuffle the operator of one of the media broke the nose. Another journalist broke the camera. Zamoskvoreche court, where today will make the sentence to Alexey Ulyukayev, the journalists did not share a little space pic.twitter.com/ofjhnF3sD9 — RTVI (@RTVi) 15 December 2017. During the download an error has occurred. It should be noted that security measures at the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow strengthened. The court territory patrolled by

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Trump thanked Putin for the assessment of the rate of economic growth in the United States

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Trump thanked Putin for the assessment of the rate of economic growth in the United States WASHINGTON, December 15. /TASS/. The President of the United States Donald trump in a telephone conversation with President of Russia Vladimir Putin thanked him for speaking at the annual press conference about the pace of U.S. economic growth. This is stated in a statement on Thursday, the White house statement following the meeting between the two leaders. “President trump thanked President Putin for a recognition of the strong economic growth of America during its annual press conference,” — said in the White house. The Russian leader at a large annual press conference, said he did not want to evaluate the work of the American leader, but sees achievements in economic growth and U.S. markets. According to him, you can watch the “serious enough to achieve even for the short period of time” stay trump

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Belarusian court sentenced for mercenaries on the side of the LC

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Belarusian court sentenced for mercenaries on the side of the LC Regional court in the Belarusian city of Gomel were punished two years of imprisonment 29-the summer Byelorussian Vitaly Kotlaba for participating in an armed formation on the territory of the self-proclaimed “Luhansk people’s Republic” in Eastern Ukraine. This is the first in Belarus, a verdict of mercenary activities and participation in the Ukrainian conflict, coupled with real deprivation of liberty. “Humanitarian Cossack” Under the assumptions of human rights defenders, 29-year-old Gomel resident “calculated” the Belarusian security services; evidence of illegal activity gathered by the Investigating Committee. It turned out that through the Russian frontier point entered the territory of the self-proclaimed LNR in the summer of 2015 has entered the territory of the LC in armed formation — the Cossack regiment, home in Gomel decided to go back to early 2017. The prosecution claimed in court that the Belarusian

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Trudeau: the progressive agenda will be presented at the G7 summit in Canada in 2018

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Trudeau: the progressive agenda will be presented at the G7 summit in Canada in 2018 OTTAWA, December 15. /TASS/. Canada will offer a progressive agenda for the 44th summit of the countries “the seven”, which on 8 and 9 June 2018 will be held in the canadian resort town of Malbaie (Charlevoix, Quebec). On 14 December, said the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Canada is proud to announce a progressive agenda for the G7 summit in 2018. The topics we chose, during the year, will allow us to focus our discussion on finding real and practical solutions in gender equality, empowerment of women, clean energy and economic growth,” — said in a statement released by the office of the Prime Minister. It notes that Canada and its partners in the “seven” aspire to “leave their children and grandchildren a healthier, more peaceful and safer world”. From 1 January 2018, Canada

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Trump offered to sell the Russian departmenet

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The President of the United States Donald trump asked his entourage to the sale of the Russian diplomatic villas. This writes the newspaper The Washington Post. The newspaper writes that Trump during secreting FBI, the White house pointed to the proximity of the Russian diplomatic country houses to military installations, and said that Moscow “used the platform for spying.” “I told Rex (Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of state— approx. “Of the tape.ru”), we will not give up the Russian property” — leads edition of the word trump. Later, when the American leader recognized the value of these objects, he asked, “Should we sell them and keep the money?”. On 14 September it became known that Tillerson repeatedly invited the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, to sell Washington blocked the Russian departmenet. When selling Russia could gain about 50 million dollars, but Moscow on the proposal is not agreed.

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Trump thanked Putin for the assessment of the US economy

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Vladimir Putin and Donald trump The President of the United States Donald trump in a telephone conversation with President of Russia Vladimir Putin thanked him for his remarks about the pace of U.S. economic growth. This is stated in a White house statement, reports TASS. “The President thanked his Russian colleague for the recognition of the strong economic growth of America during its annual press conference,” — said in the White house. December 14, responding to a question on the activities of trump, Putin said that the work of the 45th President of the USA needs to assess the American people. “We are seeing some fairly significant achievements, even for the short period of time that it works. Look at the markets as they grew up. This speaks to investor confidence in the American economy. It says that they trust that the President does trump in this sphere”, — said

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British General told about the key Russian threat

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Stuart Peach Chief of the General staff of the British armed forces Stuart Peach said that NATO considers the vulnerability of submarine cables as one of the key threats to Western countries on the part of the Navy of Russia. About it reports BBC News. According to him, the destruction or disabling of underwater communication lines will be “potentially catastrophic” blow to the economy of the NATO countries. “In response to the threat posed by the modernization of the Russian Navy — the nuclear and non-nuclear submarines and surface ships, we and our Atlantic allies give priority to tasks related to the protection of sea lines of communication”, — said the General. 5 December it was reported that one in five British soldiers not able to fight. Just not combat-ready due to illness, injury, a deplorable physical condition or other reasons turned out to be 8 thousand soldiers. About 10

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