Day: December 17, 2017

Finnish journalists revealed the secret of spying for Russia

Russia

The President Of Finland Sauli Niinistö In Finland criminal case against the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, published an article about military intelligence with the use of classified documents. It is reported Yle.fi. President Sauli Niinistö stated that the materials were handed over to the newspaper illegally. “Disclosure of highly sensitive documents is a risk to our security, and the consequences can be serious”, — reads the statement of the head of state. In an interview with Yle.fi he said that he is concerned about it is the scale of the leak. According to TASS, published materials concerning 2004 and 2010. It is spoken that the research intelligence centre Finnish defence forces, located on the territory of the city of jyväskylä in the Central part of the country, “was interested in everything connected with Russia.” One such issue was “the project of a gas pipeline under the Baltic sea from Vyborg to

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Five Christians were victims of militants ‘ attacks on Church in Pakistan

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Five Christians were victims of militants ‘ attacks on Church in Pakistan Moscow. 17 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — at least five people were killed and dozens injured Sunday in an explosion in the Protestant Church located in the city of Quetta, the provincial capital of Belujistan in South-West Pakistan, according to Pakistani TV channel Geo TV. According to initial reports, the attack on the temple on the eve of Christmas has made two militants, one of whom managed to operate the belt stuffed with explosives. The second attacker was destroyed by security personnel. At the scene continues the rescue operation. Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in #Quetta – it was built in 1935. #QuettaChurchAttack #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/Hi2NeCZHLy — Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) 17 Dec 2017 During the download an error has occurred.

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NATO has tripled the number of rapid reaction forces

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NATO has tripled the number of rapid reaction forces NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the tripling of the number of rapid reaction forces of the Alliance over the past three years. He stated this in an interview with Journal du Dimanche. “After the crisis in Ukraine in 2014, the Alliance decided to proceed to a serious strengthening in recent years. We have three times increased the number of rapid reaction Forces NATO to 40 thousand people. Five thousand of them ready to deploy within a few days,” — said Stoltenberg. According to him, NATO has stepped up exercises and air policing of the Baltic States. Stoltenberg added that a serious threat to the countries of the block is cyber attacks, as a result, it was decided to consider cyberspace as a military environment. “Cyber defence is now an integral part of collective defence, which means that a serious cyber

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The head of the British foreign Minister has compared Russia with Sparta

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The head of the British foreign Minister has compared Russia with Sparta MOSCOW, 17 Dec — RIA Novosti. The British foreign Secretary Boris Johnson drew a parallel between the confrontation between Russia and the West with the history of the Greek city-States of Sparta and Athens, the newspaper Sunday Times. “I read the history of the Peloponnesian war of Thucydides. For me it was obvious that Athens and their democracy, their openness, their culture and civilization were counterparts of the United States and of the West,” the Minister said, comparing Russia with Sparta. Johnson noted that in relations between Moscow and the West were “a time of hope and change,” when was the Berlin wall destroyed, but amid the current crisis in relations “seems to be an absolute illusion.” The Peloponnesian war (431-404 BC) was the largest war between the unions of the Greek city-States Peloponnesian Alliance headed by Sparta

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The Americans have developed a pessimistic view of the presidency, trump

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The Americans have developed a pessimistic view of the presidency, trump Moscow. 17 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — at least 52% of US citizens believe that the situation in the country had worsened since the coming to power of President Donald trump, these are the results of a public opinion poll conducted by the Associated Press and the American public research Centre. According to the survey, only one in three out of 10 Americans believe that the country is moving in the right direction, and that the trump fulfill election promises. Even among Republicans — the party of trump thinks so only half of the respondents. Overall, according to a survey by the end of 2017, the Americans formed a pessimistic view of the presidency trump. In early December the publication the Hill, citing a poll by the Pew Research Center reported that 63% of US citizens said that is dissatisfied with

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Ronaldo repeated the record of Pele

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Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese striker Madrid “real” Cristiano Ronaldo repeated the achievement of the Brazilian soccer player Pele. Reports about it “CHempionata”. The striker scored in the club world Cup final (KCHM) against Brazilian Gremio. For the Portuguese it became the seventh in the tournament. So Ronaldo repeated the record of Pele in KCHM, the analogue of the Intercontinental Cup. The Brazilian scored seven goals in the “Santos”. In 1962, Pele scored five goals against Benfica and two in gate “Milan” in 1963. Real Madrid beat Gremio in the final of the club world Cup. The meeting was held in Abu Dhabi at the stadium “Sheikh Zayed”, ended with the score 1:0 in favor of the Spanish club. 8 Dec Ronaldo called himself the best player in history. A day earlier, the fifth time he has won the “Golden ball” — prize of the best player for the year. The number

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Plans for speaker at life behind bars

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Alexei Ulyukayev Former Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev told what intends to do in jail. His words are quoted kp.ru. “I hope to continue to write poetry. And the gym there? Want to sign up. Mat for yoga with will here to pass?” he said members of the Public monitoring Commission. In addition, the speaker was dissatisfied with the fact that in jail you cannot pass on the books, while they can be purchased in the shop at the prison. A former Minister admits that it will send to the Ministry of justice its proposals for changes in the internal regulations of the detention center. Deputy Chairman of the Public monitoring Commission of Moscow eve Markachev revealed to RIA Novosti the details of his conversation with Ulyukaev. “He said that the prison officials gave him writing materials, and he will pee. Poems and just write. And will sit in

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Seoul accused Pyongyang to bitcoin theft

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South Korean intelligence suspected North Korea of involvement in hacking attacks on cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb. This was reported by Yonhap. According to sources, as a result of the burglary were stolen personal data of about 30 thousand users of the site. “Russian service Bi-bi-si” said that hackers attacked Bithumb in February 2017, however a cyber attack became known only in June. Then there was the stolen cryptocurrency approximately seven million dollars (at the exchange rate at the time). Now the value of the stolen is more than $ 80 million. The hackers also vowed to wipe on their media stolen information about users of the exchange, if Bithumb pay them $ 5.5 million. On 10 October it was reported that North Korean hackers stole a large number of secret military documents, including the latest operational plan actions South Korea and the United States in wartime. The attack on the joint

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From Baikonur started “Union” with a new international crew

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From Baikonur started “Union” with a new international crew The BAIKONUR COSMODROME (Kazakhstan), 17 Dec — RIA Novosti. The carrier rocket “Soyuz-FG” with manned spacecraft “Soyuz MS-07” and a new crew to work on the International space station (ISS) was launched from Baikonur, RIA news from the “Gagarin’s start”. The ship has separated from the launch vehicle. On Board of a Soyuz — astronaut of Roskosmos Anton shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Scott tingle and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanae. Docking with the ISS is scheduled to take place in the so-called two-day scheme 19 Dec 11: 42 MSK in automatic mode. Previously, Roskosmos reported that from April 2017 and prior to the introduction into the Russian segment of the station for a new multipurpose laboratory module (MLM) “Nauka” of the Russian crew of the ISS will be reduced from three to two. The decision was made to increase the efficiency of the

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Seoul accused Pyongyang to bitcoin theft

Russia

South Korean intelligence suspected North Korea of involvement in hacking attacks on cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb. This was reported by Yonhap. According to sources, as a result of the burglary were stolen personal data of about 30 thousand users of the site. “Russian service Bi-bi-si” said that hackers attacked Bithumb in February 2017, however a cyber attack became known only in June. Then there was the stolen cryptocurrency approximately seven million dollars (at the exchange rate at the time). Now the value of the stolen is more than $ 80 million. The hackers also vowed to wipe on their media stolen information about users of the exchange, if Bithumb pay them $ 5.5 million. On 10 October it was reported that North Korean hackers stole a large number of secret military documents, including the latest operational plan actions South Korea and the United States in wartime. The attack on the joint

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