© EPA-EFE/YOUSSEF BADAWI EL KHAZBI /Syria/, may 16. /TASS/. The settlements El Khazbi, Deir Trucks, Izzedine al-Gantt in the Eastern part of the province of HOMS in Syria liberated from the militants and returned under the control of the legitimate government of the country, the correspondent of TASS from the event.
Day: May 16, 2018
Yakut village floods after the break of second dam
Yakut village floods after the break of second dam Moscow. May 16. INTERFAX.RU Second the dam burst this morning in the village oktemtsy Khangalassky area, conducted evacuation of the population, have informed “Interfax” in a Single duty dispatching service of the area. “First the dam broke three days ago, early this morning broke through a second dam. Evacuated about a hundred people, before it was flooded more than 60 yards. Now is the exact calculation of flooded areas”, — said in the service. According to the press service of the Khangalassky district at 8 am local time, the water level in the village oktemtsy is 533 cm with the critical level of 480, see the temporary accommodation is 65 people, including 23 children. May 15, in Khangalassky district declared a state of emergency. Since the beginning of the flood affected 17 localities in the territory of the Amginsky, Khangalassky, Megino-Kangalassky,
The FBI suspects the ex-employee of CIA of large-scale theft
The FBI suspects the ex-employee of CIA of large-scale theft Moscow. May 16. INTERFAX.RU — the U.S. government suspects former CIA employee 29 year old Joshua Adam Schulte in the program in 2017, top-secret hacking software by WikiLeaks, reported NBC News, citing court documents. According to experts, the diversion of these funds to WikiLeaks was “one of the most devastating in modern history, and included hacking tools that can be used against private companies.” According to the New York Post, “the biggest theft in the history of the CIA” included “software that has been designed to take control of the iPhone and the transformation of smart TV in surveillance device”. Lawyer John. Schulte Jacob Kaplan said in court that the FBI suspects the man in a massive leak 8 thousand CIA documents to WikiLeaks in March 2017. “The FBI believed that Mr Schulte was involved in this leak. In their
The state Duma approved in first reading a bill on criminal responsibility for the execution of sanctions
The state Duma approved in first reading a bill on criminal responsibility for the execution of sanctions for execution on the territory of Russia of the sanctions of foreign countries. The document was unanimously supported by all Duma factions. The state Duma has approved in the first reading a bill introducing criminal liability. The project was submitted to the Duma on the eve. According to the document, for execution of sanctions of the West will face a fine of up to 500 thousand RUB, the restriction of liberty for up to three years, arrest up to six months or imprisonment up to three years with a fine up to 200 thousand rubles.
The state Duma adopted in the first reading the bill on the counter
The state Duma adopted in the first reading the bill on the counter Moscow. May 15. INTERFAX.RU. The bill on the counter on Tuesday passed the first reading in the state Duma. This framework draft law — “On measures of exposure to (counter) the unfriendly actions of the United States of America and (or) other foreign States” — provides the President and the government broad powers to impose retaliatory restrictions a political and economic nature in relation to the United States and States that have joined anti-Russian sanctions. For its adoption voted all factions of the state Duma. At the same time, the deputies adopted a resolution which defined the basic directions of modification of this bill a second reading. In particular, it is planned that the law will not mention individual industries and products and it will allow you to get away from excessive concretization, and thereby expand opportunities
The court froze $33 million the former President of Argentina Kirchner on charges of corruption
The court froze $33 million the former President of Argentina Kirchner on charges of corruption MOSCOW, may 15 — RAPSI. A court in Argentina has seized 800 million pesos (about $ 33 million) the former President Cristina Kirchner in the framework of cases of corruption, it follows from the documents published on the official website of the judicial information of the country. The prosecution believes that the family Kirchner used her hospitality firm Hotesur to launder bribes. Just the case involves 19 people, including children, ex-head of Argentina’s MAXIMO and Florencia. Accounts of alleged accomplices Kirchner was also arrested by the court. Against Cristina fernández de Kirchner investigated several criminal cases. In particular, the ex-Argentine President accused of concealing the involvement of Iran in a terrorist attack in Buenos Aires in 1994. At the moment, Kirchner remains at large as a Senator with parliamentary immunity.
The Crimean bridge opening ceremony (video)
The Crimean bridge opening ceremony (video) In the Crimea began the opening ceremony of the Crimean bridge. The event was attended by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. At this moment the official opening of the automotive part of the Crimean bridge. Regular movement of cars and public transport will run on both sides tomorrow, 16 may, 05:30 GMT. The first bridge you will pass locals: the residents of the Crimea and Kuban. The TV channel “Russia 24” will broadcast the ceremony. During the download an error has occurred. And while the honorary right to open the road part of the bridge received a bridge builders from different regions of Russia over the Kerch Strait will pass a convoy of construction equipment, said the information center “Crimean bridge”. The longest road bridge in Europe was built in a record 27 months and today passed ahead of schedule. 19-mile crossing begins
Zhirinovsky worried dog mafia
Zhirinovsky worried dog mafia The leader of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky has declared that will exclude from the party for the maintenance of the house dogs. His words leads Agency “Moscow” on Tuesday, may 15. Liberal Democrat appealed to the party members with a question about their dogs as Pets, and received a negative response. “The LDPR dogs home does not hold! Who holds expelled from the party. Do not smoke, do not drink, do not keep dogs” — summed up the politician. In January of last year, Zhirinovsky urged to ban Russians to have as Pets wild animals. However, he admitted that he himself had the experience of their content. “I had the bears in the country, I’m in the circus gave: one in Moscow, another — in the Bryansk, and one escaped. But they are small, two-year-old”, — he explained. According to him, the bears gave him, although he
Crimean bridge. Dossier
Crimean bridge. Dossier 15 may the President of Russia will take part in the opening ceremony of the road part of the Crimean bridge. TASS-FILE. May 15, 2018, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin will take part in the opening ceremony of the road part of the Crimean bridge. The head of state will get acquainted with the readiness of a Single center traffic management and all operational services to the work of the transport passage. The movement of vehicles on the bridge will start on may 16. Crimean bridge will connect Kerch Peninsula (Crimea) from the Taman Peninsula (Krasnodar region). It will provide a smooth transport of the Crimea with the mainland Russia. The bridge starts on the Taman Peninsula, passes through the existing five-kilometer Causeway and the island of Tuzla, crosses the Kerch Strait, skirting the North Cape, AK-Burun, and goes to the Crimean coast. Transport passage is
The state Duma adopted in the first reading the bill on the counter
© Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, may 15. /TASS/. The state Duma adopted in the first reading the draft law on anti-sanctions pressure on Russia, which introduced counter-sanctions against the United States and other countries. It is planned that the state Duma will consider the bill on second reading may 17, so that the law was adopted in whole on may 22. The bill on the counter The bill “On measures of exposure to (counter) the unfriendly actions of the US and (or) other foreign countries” was submitted April 13, leaders of all parliamentary factions and speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. The initiative was developed in response to manifested by “the US and its officials calls expressed in a hostile and unconstructive action for the introduction of sanctions against Russia as a whole, its citizens and legal entities”, stated in the explanatory Memorandum.