Day: January 22, 2018

The head of the British General staff recognized the advantage of the Russian army, writing, media MOSCOW, 22 Jan — RIA Novosti. The UK armed forces behind the Russian army. This is stated in the text of the speech of the British chief of the General staff nick Carter, which will be held on Monday, writes The Telegraph. Carter, in his speech stressed the serious threat that, in his opinion, are the Russian cruise missile, was successfully applied in Syria (obviously, we are talking about “Caliber” — ed). In London there was no protection, says the head of the General staff. General notes with regret the decrease in spending on military research and believes that in recent years, Moscow managed to demonstrate military capabilities with which Britain can hardly match. In addition, the edition with reference to sources wrote that the British senior military are concerned about the dominance of

Sobchak has collected the necessary 100 thousand signatures for registration in the presidential elections According to the counter on the campaign website presenter, currently collected 101 8 thousand signatures. MOSCOW, January 22. /TASS/. Activists of the election headquarters of TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak has collected more than 101 thousand signatures in its support, with the necessary 100 thousand. this is evidenced by the counter on the campaign website Sobchak. Sobchak stands in presidents of Russia from party “Civil initiative”. Candidates from non-parliamentary parties to register for elections is required to collect at least 100 thousand signatures to deliver to the CEC not more than 105 thousand According to the counter on the site, is currently collected 101 8 thousand signatures. To hand over the signatures and the registration documents to the CEC candidates until 18:00 GMT on 31 January. Must be checked for 60 thousand signatures from each candidate. Ksenia

Kurd massacre The Turkish army launched an operation against Kurdish militias in Northern Syria, putting the region on the brink of a major crisis. Ankara is determined to end military action “promptly”, however, the onset of risk of developing into a long-term campaign, jeopardize Turkey’s relations with its key ally, of supporting the Kurds, the United States. Despite the interest of Moscow in the participation of Kurds in the Congress of the Syrian national dialogue, scheduled for January 30 in Sochi, Russia did not condemn Ankara’s actions, limiting “expression of concern”. Held on the eve of visit to Moscow heads of the General staff and intelligence services of Turkey shows that Ankara’s actions have been agreed with the Kremlin. The Syrian war becomes Kurdish Official statement, which served as a signal to attack the positions of Syrian Kurds, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made on Saturday during the visit to