The Russian defense Ministry denied the information of militants of the banned “Islamic state” about the deaths of Russian servicemen in the shelling of a helicopter in Syria. This was announced by the representative of the Russian centre of reconciliation of the warring parties in the Arab country. According to him, during a routine flight to deliver humanitarian aid in one of the towns 40 km North-West of Palmyra, a Russian helicopter made an emergency landing. At a time when the crew began to inspect the aircraft on the ground crew on the ground, the militants opened fire from mortars. The crew was not injured and was promptly delivered a search and rescue helicopter to the base Hamim”. It is noted that the helicopter was damaged, which is not allowed to return to the home airfield. Photo: Alexey Ivanov/TRK Star
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“Almaty shooter” sentenced to death
“Almaty shooter” sentenced to death In Kazakhstan, a moratorium on the death penalty, the alternative which is life imprisonment. Moscow. 2 Nov. INTERFAX.RU — the Specialized inter-district criminal court of Almaty has sentenced to death Bulekbaeva Ruslana, who in June of this year in Almaty a terrorist attack. The sentence Wednesday was read out by presiding at the trial judge Erlan Bolatov, reported the correspondent of Agency “Interfax” from the courtroom. The verdict is in detention under heightened security at the building are fighters in the courtroom, in addition to the convoy, there are special forces soldiers. Bulekbaev convicted of committing a terrorist act, the murder of two and more persons, attempt at murder, robbery, illegal turnover of weapons, theft of weapons, stolen vehicles, illegal deprivation of liberty.See alsoNazarbayev has called the shooting in Almaty a terrorist attack Armed man on 18 July 2016 opened fire on employees of the
The funeral of the clown Oleg Popov will be held in Germany
The funeral of the clown Oleg Popov will be held in Germany At the request of the daughter of the clown Oleg Popov he will be buried in Germany. About it reports “Interfax” with reference to the Director of the Rostov circus Dmitry Reznichenko. 10фотографий10фотографий10фотографий “According to preliminary information, farewell to Oleg Popov will be held on Monday,” — said Reznichenko. Subsequently, the Director of the state circus Dmitry Ivanov said that on Thursday, November 3, at 10:00 will gather the Commission, which will decide where will take place farewell with Popov in Moscow or Rostov circus. The Commission will be attended by the artist’s wife. Ivanov also confirmed that Popov will be buried in Germany, reports “RIA Novosti”. Popov had died the previous day in Rostov-on-don, on 87-m to year of life. Oleg Popov was born in 1930 in the village of Vyrubova in the Moscow region. In 1951
Lavrov: Moscow concerned by NATO course at deterring Russia
Lavrov: Moscow concerned by NATO course at deterring Russia ATHENS, 2 November. /TASS/. Moscow concerned by NATO course at deterring Russia and is waiting for a specific response of the Alliance to their initiative on the resumption of cooperation with the Alliance, said the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “We have repeatedly said that slam the door we’re not going. Problems during goodwill on all sides in our relations with the West is not. In order to reverse the current negative trend, it is necessary to abandon the perverse logic to achieve the result, to impose parochial arrangement, and interactions without regard to the interests of the partner. We expect from the NATO-specific response to our initiative on the resumption of cooperation,” Lavrov said in Athens at the ceremony conferring on him the degree of honorary doctor of the University of Piraeus. VideoOpinion: Alexander Grushko — on the contradictions between
The Russian Embassy in London sent a protest note to the British foreign office
MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/. The Russian Embassy sent a protest note to the foreign office of great Britain. This was reported on the official website of the Russian Embassy in great Britain and Northern Ireland. “The Russian Embassy in the UK sent a note of protest to the foreign office”, – is spoken in the message of Embassy of the Russian Federation.
The media learned about the dangerous convergence of two “Boeing” on the Ivanovo region
Over the Ivanovo region at a dangerously close distance from each other were two of the passenger liner “Boeing”. On Thursday, November 3, Interfax reported a source in emergency services of the region. According to the interlocutor of the Agency, as a result of unauthorized reduction from the height of 3650 metres to 3350 metres, the plane, EN route flight Istanbul — Moscow, was near the plane flying from the capital Grozny and in gaining the height. Has been activated on-Board systems, the divergence of the aircraft was completed successfully. In fact the incident initiated the proceedings.
Military foresters will begin to produce materials for defense
Photo: RIA Novosti Military foresters intend to make themselves the materials for the needs of defense, supplying to the army not only wood, but also boards, beams and sleepers. On Wednesday, November 2 RIA Novosti said the head of the Department of forestry military Department (“Obronis”) Vladislav Kholodkov. According to the interlocutor of the Agency, it is impractical, with its wood, buy it in the market, while spending budget and when faced with dishonorable contractors. “Once the defense Ministry itself was supplying all types of timber products — logs for targets and parapets, different kinds of lumber. Then the system was destroyed, and the military foresters lost the right to engage in such activities,” complained of chills. At the moment forestry of the Ministry of defense covers 4.7 million hectares. Part of the farm consists of 119 military forestries located in 54 subjects of the Russian Federation, which employs 5,000
New submarine missile cruiser of project 955 will be named “Prince Pozharsky”
© ITAR-TASS/Vladimir Larionov, archive MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. Nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles project 955 (code “Northwind”), which will be solemnly laid down at the Severodvinsk enterprise “Sevmash” in December this year, will be named “Prince Pozharsky”. As the representative of the Department of information and mass communications of the Ministry of defense of the Navy Igor Dygalo, the corresponding order was signed by commander of the Russian Navy.
New chemical attack committed militants in Syria’s Aleppo
In Eastern Aleppo, the militants launched a new chemical attack. In urban hospitals all day brought people with symptoms of poisoning. Presumably the terrorists used explosives with chlorine. Just today the second largest city arrived specialists of the Russian research center of armies of chemical protection, which will investigate the use of fighters toxic substances. We will remind, in the result of the previous attack killed several Syrian soldiers, injured dozens of civilians. As noted in today’s briefing, head of the main operational Directorate of the General staff Sergey rudskoy, the militants took advantage of the moratorium on flights of Russian air force and Syrian air and tried to break into Aleppo from the suburbs. “At the same time the bandits entrenched in Eastern Aleppo, tried to organize a counter-attack in the center of a humanitarian corridor from Souk-El-Hai. All attacks of fighters were beaten off.
The victims of the explosion at a coal mine in China’s steel 33
The victims of the explosion at a coal mine in China’s steel 33 BEIJING, 2 Nov — RIA Novosti, Zhanna Manukyan. The victims of the explosion at a coal mine in southwest China’s steel 33 miners, search and rescue operations terminated, informs television channel CCTV. Earlier it was reported about 15 people killed. The incident occurred Monday morning 11:30 local time at a private coal mine in the city Lays in the municipality of Chongqing. At the moment of explosion underground there were 35 people, two managed to escape. “Search and rescue operations terminated at a coal mine in Chongqing, where the explosion occurred. The bodies of all 33 miners lifted out of the mine”, — is spoken in the message published on the page of the channel in Twitter. Search and rescue work ends following gas explosion at Chongqing mine, with the bodies of all 33 miners recovered pic.twitter.com/CquwewuVcG