Day: August 15, 2018

Pentagon: US Space forces need to confront Russia and China WASHINGTON, August 15. /TASS/ — Mattis said that the US has no plans to deploy weapons in space, satellites need to defend. Pentagon chief James Mattis said that the US needed Space forces to protect its satellites from Russia and China. As reported on Tuesday the newspaper the Washington Post, he stated this during his visit to Brazil. According to the publication, Mattis argues that the US has no plans to deploy weapons in space. He stressed that the satellites play an important role not only in the conduct of military operations, but also vital for the world economy, so it is important to defend them. He stated that in January 2007 China via land-based missiles destroyed its own weather satellite to demonstrate to the United States its capabilities. Mattis stressed that the creation of Space forces is a response

Bolton next week will meet in Geneva with his Russian counterpart WASHINGTON, August 14. /TASS/ Press Secretary of U.S. President Sarah Sanders did not specify with whom trump’s assistant on national security will hold talks. Assistant to the President for national security John Bolton next week will hold a meeting in Geneva with representatives of Ukraine and Israel, as well as with his Russian counterpart. This was announced on Tuesday, the press Secretary of the White house Sarah Sanders during a regular press briefing. Bolton will meet in Geneva with representatives of Israel and Ukraine, as well as with his Russian counterpart in the development of the summit in Helsinki to discuss a number of important issues relating to national security.Sarah Interpress Secretary of the White house Earlier in the Russian security Council announced plans to organize a meeting with Secretary Nikolai Patrushev of Bolton, but did not specify the

New details have become known upcoming US sanctions against Russia The U.S. Congress on its website published the text of the bill of new sanctions against Russia, which should come into force on 22 August. It has a page number 57, which was not in the original version of the document at the disposal of “Kommersant”. Missed page contains information on sanctions against Russian public debt and the Russians involved in cybercrime. On page 57 it is reported that sanctions may be imposed against any financial instrument with maturity of longer than 14 days, which the American President considers Russian debt. Recall that the document provides for the possibility of extending sanctions on the new Russian debt, addition of the individual announcement by the President of the United States of any tool public debt is a standard practice in such documents clause designed to block the appeal by special tools