Day: January 15, 2019

Canada concerned by death sentence for its citizen in China

Events

Canada concerned by death sentence for its citizen in China OTTAWA, January 14. /TASS/ — the Arrested in China Lloyd Schellenberg in the case of drug trafficking was sentenced to death. The government of Canada is extremely concerned about reports that a canadian citizen Lloyd Schellenberg was sentenced in China to death for drug trafficking. On Monday he told reporters in Ottawa the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “We as a government are seriously concerned about… the fact that China decided without good reason to apply the death penalty against a canadian citizen,” he said. According to him, this must be a cause for concern for “international friends and allies” of Canada. Earlier it was reported that the arrested in China on charges of drug trafficking, the canadian citizen was sentenced to death. The defendant was found guilty of smuggling more than 220 kg of methamphetamine. The court also ruled to

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Minsk threatened Moscow the American Ambassador

Politics

Minsk threatened Moscow the American Ambassador The foreign Ministry of Belarus has recognized that negotiating the extension of the US diplomatic mission. Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei on Monday made two Pro-Western statements against both Washington and Brussels. First, he said that at present, “ripe for reconsideration” of the decision on the reduction of mutual diplomatic presence between Belarus and the United States, and that talks about returning to the capitals of the ambassadors are already underway. Second, Mr. Makey expressed hope that the European Union “sooner or later” abandon “a relic of the past,” sanctions against Minsk. Just two hours after that the Belarusian issue raised Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, urged Minsk to appreciate Russian assistance. According to respondents ‘ b ‘ experts, the Belarusian authorities hope to strengthen their legitimacy in the West and thereby reduce dependence on Moscow. “We are in talks with our American

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A bill to install a system notification about a gas leak in the houses introduced in the state Duma

Politics

A bill to install a system notification about a gas leak in the houses introduced in the state Duma Moscow. 14 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — a Group of deputies submitted to the state Duma a bill that allows for the financing of capital repairs in apartment buildings to install an automated control system for ensuring gas safety. The document was published in electronic database of the lower house of Parliament. The authors of the bill — the leader of fraction “Fair Russia” in the state Duma Sergei Mironov, Galina Khovanskaya, Oleg Nilov, Mikhail Emelyanov (“Fair Russia”) and Irina Guseva (“United Russia”). In the explanatory note to the document, the authors remind that currently on the market of innovative technologies developed by the products that are used in systems for remote emergency shutdown of the gas consumers. “This automated system allows not only alert you to high concentrations of household gas in

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