Day: May 17, 2018

NATO AWACS aircraft conducted another reconnaissance on the borders of Russia Moscow. May 16. INTERFAX.RU — Two planes of distant radar detection and guidance of the command of the NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS capable of exploring greater depths of enemy territory, on Wednesday had made the hours-long flights in the vicinity of the Kaliningrad region, from the monitoring data, the Western aviation assets. According to them, NATO AWACS tail number LX-N90447 off from the Polish city of Poznan, for more than three and a half hours from 9:45 to 13:25 Moscow time, flew South-West of the Kaliningrad region, while in the sky over Poland. Then at about 13:50 Moscow time it was replaced by the NATO AWACS tail number LX-N90459, rising from Geilenkirchen airbase in Germany. For more than five and a half hours until about 19:30 Moscow time it circled to the South and South-West from the borders of

Volodin has not ruled out a consultation on the bill about the responsibility for the execution of sanctions Speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has informed that the Duma has received complaints from representatives of the business and banking community, concerned about the bill on introduction of criminal liability for the execution on the territory of Russia to Western sanctions. Volodin did not rule out that before considering the draft in the second reading, further consultations will be held with the business and expert community. The speaker added that the state Duma has informed, inter alia, a statement of the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs, called the draft law is absolutely unacceptable. While Vyacheslav Volodin said that “the consolidation of the bill in the Duma absolute”. “Everyone understands that it is necessary to make a decision on the introduction of responsibility for the execution of sanctions imposed against

In Syria was detained by French snipers The Syrian army arrested at a checkpoint in the province of hasakah French snipers, the source said. According to him, the French military was mistakenly stopped at a government checkpoint, according to the Telegram-channel WarGonzo. According to the channel, the incident occurred on 1 may. That day, a column of French military arrived from Iraq through the route controlled by the Kurds. The column had 20 jeeps white color Toyota Land Cruiser 200. They drove about 60 French citizens. During the inspection in the trunk of the jeep of the Syrian military found sniper rifles, imaging cameras and other equipment for military use. Senior group explained that the French arrived in Syria to support Kurdish group “the Democratic Forces of Syria” in the fight against “Islamic state”. This is the first commit of the French military presence in Syria. * Organization in respect

The U.S. Congress published two thousand pages Russian investigations WASHINGTON, may 16 — RIA Novosti. The Senate judiciary Committee, U.S. published materials, consisting of almost two thousand pages, to investigate alleged Russian interference in the presidential elections of 2016 and including the meeting of Donald trump Jr. with a Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. The materials consist of a transcribed interview with the son of the American President and those who met in the summer of 2016 at Trump Tower in new York city with a Russian lawyer. Earlier it became known about the meeting in June 2016 Donald trump Jr., the former head of the electoral headquarters of the trump Paul Manafort and son-in-law of the President of the Jared Kushner with a Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, which was allegedly “ties to the Kremlin” and which promised to give him dirt on presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. It was reported that

Big business has spoken out strongly against criminal liability for execution of sanctions Moscow. May 16. INTERFAX.RU Large Russian business has sharply opposed the draft law “On amendments to the criminal code of the Russian Federation” establishes criminal liability for the enforcement of foreign sanctions. As stated in the RSPP, on Wednesday held a meeting of the Board of the Union, during which were discussed adopted by the state Duma in the first reading of the bill. “The members of the Board (it includes the largest entrepreneurs of Russia — if) came to the conclusion of categorical inadmissibility of adoption of the bill”, — stated in the message. The bill, according to members of the Board, “contrary to the President’s policy on waiver of excess criminal responsibility and creates conditions for administrative pressure on business.” “Under the bill the sanctions are excessive. Criminal legislation should not provide for sanctions against

“RIA Novosti”: EU to buy Iranian oil in euros instead of US dollars As reported by “RIA Novosti” a diplomatic source in Brussels, the European Union does not intend to refuse purchases of Iranian oil because of U.S. sanctions. “I have information that the EU is going when paying for Iranian oil to switch from dollar to Euro”, — said the Agency interlocutor. The head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini held talks in Brussels with the foreign Ministers of France, Germany, great Britain and Iran. The parties agreed to find a solution to the deepening economic and trade relations of the EU with the middle Eastern state, despite US sanctions. Agreement on the failure of the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions was concluded in 2015. The US President Donald trump called nuclear deal is unfair, and Washington withdrew from the agreement.