Putin will attend the wedding before meeting with Merkel

Putin will attend the wedding before meeting with Merkel MOSCOW, 16 Aug — RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin August 18, plans to attend the wedding of Minister for foreign Affairs of Austria Karin Kneissl, was confirmed by press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. “Yes, will call on the way to Berlin,” he said. Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, for his part, explained that Kneisl Putin invited to his wedding when he was visiting Vienna in early June, and now in connection with the trip to Berlin the Russian leader had such an opportunity. “We’ll drop by and congratulate,” — said Ushakov. Earlier that Putin will attend the wedding Kneisl, said the influential Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung. The ceremony will be held in a vineyard in the South of Styria. According to the newspaper, the arrival of the Russian leader are preparing the Austrian security forces, including special

The Pentagon chief was not aware of the Russian satellite, which the state Department considers space weapons

The Pentagon chief was not aware of the Russian satellite, which the state Department considers space weapons Moscow. August 16. INTERFAX.RU — Secretary of defense Jim Mattis stated that he was not aware that Russia has launched a satellite that can be considered as a space weapon. “I can’t comment on that. You know, I simply do not know, do not have this subject,” he said in response to a request of the journalist “to comment on the information representative of the state Department that one of the Russian satellites behaves abnormally and can potentially be considered as space weapons.” Earlier, the U.S. assistant Secretary of state for issues of arms control, verification and compliance, Ilim Poblet, speaking at the UN Conference on disarmament in Geneva, said that Russia’s desire to create vehicles to engage targets in space “alarming”. Poblet said that in October last year, the Ministry of defense

Putin at the forum “Mashuk” told the story of Nicholas I

Putin at the forum “Mashuk” told the story of Nicholas I PYATIGORSK, August 15 — RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the educational forum “Mashuk” told the story about the resourcefulness of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I. One of the tents, who visited the camp President, was called “About heroes”. Putin presented the project of the film about the heroes and history of Russia. One of them is dedicated to the son of Imam Shamil, Jamaluddin, which was in the Second page corps and grew up at the court of Nicholas I. Later in that era that served as a powerful impetus for the unification of Russia and North Caucasus. The President spoke positively about the projects, while noting that Nicholas I himself was “an extraordinary personality”. In this regard, he told the story about the Emperor, recently heard by them. Nicholas I often drove the route past the

In India brought the case of the postman, who has delivered six thousand letters

In India brought the case of the postman, who has delivered six thousand letters In the Indian town of Bhadrak of Orissa has filed a criminal case of negligence and dereliction of duty on the postman Jagannatha Puhana. Since 2004, he has not delivered six thousand letters. This writes Нindustan Times. Undelivered letters accidentally found the kids in an abandoned school building in the village of Adanga where once stood the post office. All the letters were wet, torn or damaged by termites. Puhana immediately suspended from work, the newspaper said. “He violated their duties and undermined confidence. Further disciplinary action, including dismissal, we will take after the investigation,” said the postmaster Sarbeswar Mishra. At the post office still counting the exact number of undelivered mail. Puhan worked at the post since 1979, and in 2004 he was promoted to superintendent of the Department, as the previous one retired. He

Glass in Pointe shoes, hard diets and “ballet dancer”: the main myths about ballet

Glass in Pointe shoes, hard diets and “ballet dancer”: the main myths about ballet The Prime Minister of the Hungarian Opera house helped us to understand the basic stereotypes of the world of ballet. No doubt, ballet is the main form of art representing our country at the international level. And however, living by its laws the world of ballet is hidden from prying eyes. Because of this and many related legends. Our editors have compiled the most common stereotypes and asked Igor Tsvirko, the premiere of the Opera theatre and a former leading soloist of the Bolshoi theatre, to comment on them. About shot down in the blood feet, shards of glass in the Pointe shoes and the clapper — material portal Moscow 24. “A woman working in ballet, ballerina and male ballet dancer” No, of course. The word “ballet dancer” does not exist. A man involved in ballet,

General SK nikandrova has been sentenced to 5.5 years in prison

General SK nikandrova has been sentenced to 5.5 years in prison MOSCOW, 16 Aug — RIA Novosti. The Moscow city court sentenced former Deputy chief of a capital Central Board SK Denis nikandrova to five and a half years in prison on charges of bribery for the release of criminal authority of the Italian, the correspondent of RIA Novosti news from the courtroom. Also nikandrova deprived of the title of “General justice”, the penalty the court to appoint did not. Nikandrov made a deal with the investigation, his case was considered without examining the evidence and with full admission of guilt. Because the materials are classified as confidential, hearing on the merits was closed from listeners and the media. In the open part read out only the introductory and resolution parts of the sentence. See also: General Drymanov left in jail

US senators urged the UN to investigate the murder of Russian journalists in Africa

US senators urged the UN to investigate the murder of Russian journalists in Africa American senators from the Republican and Democratic parties Marco Rubio and Chris coons sent a letter to UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, urging the use of the mechanisms of organization for objective investigation of the murder of Russian journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR). The text of the appeal published on the website of Koons. The senators noted that journalists Orkhan Jemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastorguev investigated in the Central Asian region “activities of private Russian group of mercenaries Wagner, whose forces were also deployed in Syria and Ukraine and that, reportedly, tied with Evgeny Prigozhin, a Mogul of the food industry close to [President] Vladimir Putin.” The journalists worked on a documentary for the independent media project of Putin’s enemy Mikhail Khodorkovsky, indicate the parliamentarians. Although the circumstances of the incident in the Central

New bomber Tu-22M3M presented in Kazan

Long-range bomber-missile carrier Tu-22M3M © Anna Yudina/TASS KAZAN, August 16. /TASS/. The rollout of the modernized long-range bomber-missile Tu-22M3M took place on Thursday on the territory of the Kazan aviation plant named after S. P. Gorbunov, the correspondent of TASS from the event. “The first prototype Tu-22МЗМ was created as part of an ambitious program of modernization of aircraft systems strategic and long-range aviation, which performs PJSC “Tupolev” at the present time. The next stage of the program is the deep modernization of the first batch of combat aircraft, the Tu-22MZ”, – said at the ceremony the General Director of firm of Tupolev Alexander Konyukhov.