Day: April 9, 2018

The Russian Embassy in London © EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN LONDON, April 9. /TASS/. The Russian Embassy in London sent a request to the UK foreign office about giving the Russian side more detailed information about the interception of messages the day of the poisoning in the English city of Salisbury, the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. This was the Russian diplomatic mission reported on Monday on Twitter after the publication of material on this subject in the Times newspaper. “A wonderful story about the interception. We requested confirmation and additional details from the foreign office,” reads a tweet from the Embassy.

Peskov called “a flagrant violation of everything the” new anti-Russian US sanctions MOSCOW, April 9. /TASS/. The Kremlin believes the new anti-Russian US sanctions a “flagrant violation of all things”. This was stated to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “It [the situation with the new anti-Russian sanctions by the U.S.] unconscionable terms and the rule of law, and from the point of view of violation of the standards of everything”, he said. The authorities, according to Peskov, will do everything possible to minimize the damage from new sanctions. “This is quite a new phenomenon [the new US sanctions], and we see the first manifestations of a negative character, — he explained. — Of course, it takes time to analyze, to understand the amount of actual damages and formulate steps at the maximum possible correction of the situation.”

Peskov called the incorrect words of three Assad MOSCOW, 9 APR — RIA Novosti. Bashar Assad is the legitimate President of Syria, hardly insults at him is appropriate, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the message of the American leader Donald trump, in which he called Assad’s “animals.” “Assad is the legitimate President of Syria. From our point of view, of course, can scarcely be correct, the use of such offensive phrases against the legitimate President of the country,” Peskov said in response to a request to comment on trump’s statement that in his Twitter wrote that “the President (Vladimir) Putin, Russia and Iran responsible for the support of the animal Assad”. Earlier, U.S. state Department spokesman has told RIA Novosti that the United States is following the possible use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Duma, which could have been killed 40 people. Russian

Medvedev joked on the subject of the rotation of the government SLIDES, 9 APR — RIA Novosti. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev joked on the subject of the rotation of the Russian government. At the beginning of the traditional meeting in the suburban residence of the Prime Minister had a slight hitch as Vice-premiers mixed up their places at the table in his office to Medvedev. In particular, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin first tried to take his chair, but the Vice-premiers recovered quickly and took their traditional places. “Forgot who is hosting? There was a rotation,” joked Medvedev. This hitch could be caused by the fact that on Monday in a meeting with the head of the government was attended by all Vice-premiers. In particular, there was no Vitaly Mutko.

© EPA-EFE/SANA EAST GHOUTA /Syria/, April 9. /TASS/. Syrian doctors in the city Council has denied the information about the alleged admission to him, patients with signs of chemical poisoning. About it journalists were reported by the Russian Centre for reconciliation of the warring parties. “The Syrian doctors from the Duma has denied the information about the alleged admission to him, patients with signs of chemical poisoning. In an interview, the doctor of city hospital of Duma Yasser Abdel-Majid told that neither the weekend nor the start of hostilities in Syria, they have not been victims of chemical poisoning,” – said in the message. Earlier, representatives of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties interviewed doctors and hospital staff of the city Duma.

© Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS MOSCOW, April 9. /TASS/. Moscow will never bend to the ultimatums of the West, this is not the language in which you need to talk with Russia. This was stated on Monday, Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the meeting with Russian diplomats expelled from several Western countries. “You know, we, of course, will respond. We will never bend to the ultimatums, this is not the language in which you want to talk with the Russian Federation”, – said the Minister.