The fate of General

The fate of General This picture revealed to the world the truth about the Vietnam war. But broke the life of her hero. Prior to February 1, 1968 Nguyen Ngoc loan was simple a Brigadier General in the South Vietnamese police. But that day in Saigon, he, without a trial shot in the head killed a man in civilian clothes. The photo “Saigon execution” depicting this terrible episode of the Vietnam war, went to the world’s media. It is with alarming frankness showed the Americans the hell what’s going on in a distant country, giving powerful impetus to the anti-war movement in the United States. Famous frame has changed not only the attitude of Americans toward the war and the fate of General Loana. “Ribbon.ru” remembered the story of a man who has dedicated his life to the defense of the homeland, but became known to the world as a

In Guinea-Bissau have detained 11 Russian sailors

In Guinea-Bissau have detained 11 Russian sailors MOSCOW, 1 Feb — RIA Novosti. The authorities of Guinea-Bissau have detained 11 Russian sailors, have informed RIA of news in Embassy of Russia in Guinea-Bissau. “The fact of detention of Russian sailors were. We are in close contact with investigators, directly from detainees. Keep our finger on the pulse. Expected information”, — said the representative of the Embassy. According to the “Maritime Bulletin”, the ship ESER under the flag of Panama was flying from this country to Morocco (Tangier) and made an emergency stop in the port of Praia in Cape Verde, after one of the crew members died of unknown cause. Here, the local police found on Board 9.5 tons of cocaine. The crew was detained by the local authorities, the ship is in port. According to the Russian Embassy, arrested 11 people, according to preliminary information, all of them citizens

Volodin believes that PACE should Russia return previously paid premiums

Volodin believes that PACE should Russia return previously paid premiums MOSCOW, 1 Feb — RIA Novosti. Speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin considers that the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) should return Russia paid its contributions — about 10 billion rubles, while Russia did not participate in the Assembly. “If you talk about the relationship, then, based on the fact that we were not given the opportunity to participate — and it was not our fault, and on the basis of the decision that was made — I wish the parliamentary Assembly (Council of Europe — ed.), Russia would return the money, and this is big money,” said Volodin, the TV channel “Russia 24”. The MP added that in 2014 the Russian delegation was deprived of voting rights and of the Russian Federation did not participate in PACE in 2015 and 2016 it also did not