Kirill Vyshinsky © AP Photo/Victor Platov MOSCOW, may 21. /TASS/. The presidential Council of the Russian Federation on development of civil society and human rights (HRC) has appealed to the Council of Europe Commissioner for human rights, Dunya Mijatovic in connection with the detention of the security Service of Ukraine chief editor of the Agency “RIA Novosti Ukraine” Kirill Vyshinsky. “The Council expresses its extreme concern about the situation related to the arrest of K. Wyszynski, pressure on his colleagues. Please, dear Ms. Mijatovic, to take the situation under personal control. It is necessary, in our opinion, to put before the Ukrainian authorities the issue of immediate release of K. Wyszynski, objective investigation into the incident and bringing to justice those who have violated the rights of the journalist and his colleagues,” – said in the appeal signed by the head of the HRC.
Day: May 21, 2018
Lava of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii reached the ocean (photo, video)
Lava of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii reached the ocean (photo, video) Residents and tourists warned about danger. 8фотографий8фотографий8фотографий Lava spread to 24 kilometers West of the volcano. During the download an error has occurred.
“Almaz-Antey” will be shown at the exhibition in Kazakhstan system s-400 and s-300
© Sergey Maligawa/TASS MOSCOW, may 21. /TASS/. EKO concern “Almaz-Antey” will be shown at the exhibition KADEX-2018, which will be held from may 23 to 26 in Astana, anti-aircraft missile system s-400 and s-300. This was announced Monday in a press-service of the concern. “Joint exhibition of the group in the pavilion 5 will feature models, videos and mediapresenter about anti-aircraft missile systems long-range s-400 “Triumph”, s-300VM “Antey-2500” and s-300PMU2 “Favorit” anti-aircraft missile systems and medium-range family of “Buk” and “tor”, – told the press service.
VTSIOM told about the attitude of Russians to the Deputy Prime Ministers
VTSIOM told about the attitude of Russians to the Deputy Prime Ministers MOSCOW, may 21 — RIA Novosti. Deputy Prime Minister in charge docblock, Tatyana Golikova and the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for construction, Vitaly Mutko became the leader and antilinear in popularity among Russians from the newly appointed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Prime Ministers, told the General Director of the Russian center for public opinion studies (VTSIOM) Valery Fedorov, referring to the conducted research. The composition of the new Russian Cabinet of Ministers became known on Friday Medvedev announced the proposals at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, later the head of state signed the relevant decrees. Deputy Prime Minister, who will oversee docblock appointed the former head of the audit chamber Tatyana Golikova. Mutko, a former Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers on issues of sports, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, in
British megaregulator began three new investigations against RT
British megaregulator began three new investigations against RT LONDON, may 21. /TASS/. British megaregulator Ofcom launched three investigations in relation to the RT. This is stated in the newsletter, posted on the website of the regulator. We are talking about the investigation of two passes of 26 April and 4 may, as well as discussion programs from April 20. In mid-April, Ofcom has already launched seven investigations in relation to the channel, suspected violation of objectivity in connection with a case of poisoning in Salisbury on March 4, ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia.
“United Russia” has excluded the refusal of the bear in the symbolism of the party
“United Russia” has excluded the refusal of the bear in the symbolism of the party “United Russia” will not abandon the bear in the party symbols, said Deputy head of the political Department of the party Roman Romanov. “The party believes that the party the bear will not give” — said Romanov, speaking at the party conference “the Direction of 2026” (quoted by “Interfax”). At the conference of United Russia are set to discuss the updates and rebranding of the party. According to Romanov, a significant portion received from the regional offices proposals for the digitization activities of the “United Russia”. In March, the Secretary of the General Council “United Russia” Andrey Turchak said that bear on the party symbols can “expand face-to-voter.” According to him, now bear the logo of United Russia looks static and he needs to give dynamics. Going to the right white-blue bear on the symbolism
Discovered signs of the existence of a new major planet in the Solar system
Discovered signs of the existence of a new major planet in the Solar system An international team of astronomers have found a new proof of the existence of the ninth planet of the Solar system. They became TRANS-Neptunian object 2015 BP519, remote from the Sun at 55 astronomical units (one astronomical unit is the distance from the sun to the Earth). This publication reports Science Alert. 2015 BP519 registered a telescope named Victor Blanco in Chile in the framework of the project Dark Energy Survey, designed to study the expansion of the Universe and the search for dark energy. Ultrasensitive camera DECam is used to find faint objects outside the milky Way, but also suitable for celestial bodies in the Solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune. Monitoring 2015 BP519 conducted over 1110 days, allowed us to determine characteristics of the orbit of the object. It turned out that the
Citizens retain great optimism
Citizens retain great optimism Military success was supported by the confidence of respondents in the VTsIOM status of the country. According to VTsIOM, almost half of Russians are confident that Russia is a “great power”, 35% believe that it will be soon. The key to its power “in the eyes of the rest of the world” interviewed by the sociologists call the army, “will power and the spirit of the people” and “good President”. However, 37% found it difficult to name the significant achievements of the country over the last 10-15 years. The expert believes that the high level is supported such sentiments and emotional feeling of “everyone is against us”. 49% of citizens believe that Russia is a great power, 35% believe that it will become in the next 15-20 years. A year earlier great-power status of Russia said 57% of respondents. This figure was a record for the
Teeth FSB dispelled doubts about Hitler’s death
Teeth FSB dispelled doubts about Hitler’s death Researchers from the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-EN-Yvelines has established the authenticity of the remains of Adolf Hitler, stored in Russia. For this they used by the Federal security service of Russia teeth, belonging, according to official sources, the Nazi leader. Report on the study of skulls and jaws of the dictator, published in the journal European Journal of Internal Medicine. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on 30 April 1945, between 15:10 and 15:15 hours of the day. Due to the fact that his body after the suicide was burned and the remains since 1946, has not been studied, there is a lot of legends about the fact that the head of the Third Reich allegedly escaped punishment and happily lived his life in South America. The authors of the article for the first time since 1946, was granted access to the remains of Adolf Hitler
The new head of Minkowksi presented to the staff in Moscow
The Minister of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasus Sergey Chebotarev © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS MOSCOW, may 21. /TASS/. The Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Mutko presented the new Minister of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasus Sergey Chebotarev, may 18 replaced in this post by Leo Kuznetsov.