Shoigu proposed de Mistura, to create a Commission to assess the situation in raqqa

The Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has sent a special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria Staffan de Mistura explanation, in which he proposed to open humanitarian corridors of Et-Tapa and Ruksana and to create an international Commission to assess the humanitarian situation in raqqa.

The competition in the naval Academy of Russia has returned to Soviet levels

Pupils of Murmansk branch of the Nakhimov naval school © Lev Fedoseyev/TASS SAINT PETERSBURG, February 28. /TASS/. Competition in the higher naval educational institution within the system of Military training and research center (VUNTS) of the Russian Navy, came to the performance, which was recorded in Soviet times. This was reported TASS the head of the Russian Navy Vice-Admiral Vladimir Kasatonov. “This year we went on a full set. We have for some time been incomplete sets, now we are completely left to the inherent features and the competition, which was to 90 years: more than four people, girls, more than 12 people in the place. I think this is not the limit,” – said Kasatonov. The Vice-Admiral said the high minimum score among the applicants to the naval Academy. “With such minimal scores enter prestigious educational institutions. Despite the fact that specialty of ours is very complex: from nuclear

MO RF: the representatives of the UN in Damascus, there is no evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the troops of ATS

The official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov © Vadim Grishanin/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. UN officials in Damascus, having free access to Eastern ghouta, never found evidence of chemical weapons use by Syrian forces. This was stated on Wednesday the official representative of the defense Ministry major-General Igor Konashenkov.

Russian defense Ministry: urgent action needed to deal with the situation in the US-controlled areas of Syria

© EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. The dire humanitarian situation in Syria has developed in areas which are under the control of the coalition led by the USA, At Tape and raqqa, its solution requires urgent action from the international organizations. This was stated on Wednesday by the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov.

Defense Ministry: shelling of a humanitarian corridor in Eastern Guta prevents the exit of civilians

© Ghouta Media Center via AP DAMASCUS, 27 Feb. /TASS/. Civilians are unable to leave the Damascus suburb of Eastern ghouta in conjunction with mortar shelling of a humanitarian corridor in the area of the settlement Vafidin, told reporters the head of the monitoring group areas of de-escalation №3 “East ghouta” General Viktor Pankov. “The twenty-seventh of February, at nine o’clock in the morning opened a humanitarian corridor for civilians from the zone of de-escalation. Currently, there is intense fire from the militants and not a single civilian is not out,” the General said.

From areas in Eastern ghouta on residential neighborhoods of Damascus, the militants fired 228 shells and mines

© EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. The militants released over the past week from the areas of Eastern ghouta on residential areas of Damascus, 228 mines and shells. This was reported to journalists by the head of the Center for conciliation of conflicting parties (part of RF Ministry of defense) major-General Yuri Evtushenko.