Category: Events

American entomologist George Poinar from Oregon state University found in Myanmar, the piece of amber in which was stuck an insect, a creature with bulging eyes and a head of the “enemy”.   According to the materials of the study published in the journal Cretaceous Research, found the insect is so unique that it was decided to include being in a separate squad.   One of the most unusual features of the insect is its head, having the shape of an inverted triangle. To the neck the head is attached to the “sharp end”. All izvestneishego, having a head of triangular shape are usually “attached” to the body at the other end.     “He’s got a long neck, large eyes and strange elongated shape of the head, so I immediately thought that it reminds the alien” – said the scientist.     Experts suggest that such a head shape

The former Deputy chief of the General staff of the armed forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Yuri Dumansky in an interview with Ukrainian edition of “Apostrophe” said that Kiev would “leave Russia” Sevastopol to regain the Crimea.   “We can, for example, Sevastopol, the main city, where the Russian black sea fleet, for a transitional period to leave,” said Dumansky, answering the question of how Ukraine could get back Crimea.   In a referendum held in March 2014, 96.77% of voters of the Republicof Crimea public and 95.6% of residents of Sevastopol voted for joining the Peninsula to Russia. The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the residents of Crimea voted for reunification, in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

Proud to the mayor of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk for the first time received an application to conduct the city’s gay pride parade, informs a portal “the island.Info”.   The author of the complaint to the mayor was the Moscow LGBT activist Nikolai Alekseev. According to organizers, the main goal of the event is to attract the attention of society and government to respect the human rights of homosexual people and alleged homophobia.   The participants of the gay parade planned to pass through the center of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on 10 February. It is expected that the parade will be attended by 300 people.   Photo: Sergey Krasnouhov / RIA Novosti

In the Syrian port city of Tartus, the Russian military handed over the Syrian side of the humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan. It is reported that all the country was brought about five hundred tons of flour, canned meat, rice and pasta, as well as other necessities.   “As part of the humanitarian convoys this food will be redistributed to the provinces transferred to the communities most affected by the hostilities, to arrange the issue directly and cooking”, – said the representative of staff of logistics of the Russian aviation group in Syria, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Grechko.   It is noted that Russia delivered all 33 containers on a cargo ship from structure of forces of the auxiliary fleet of the Russian Navy. It is noted that received government assistance in the region. They thanked Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation and noted that she goes to three cities – Aleppo, Latakia

Telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald trump, which was held on January 28, indicates the presence of positive dynamics in relations between Moscow and Washington. In an interview with TASS said the Professor of the state University of new York at stony brook political scientist Jonathan Sanders.   The analyst noted that in the course of conversation between Putin and trump was not touched upon themes that would cause the most acute conflicts between the US and Russia. According to Sanders, this fact is “a positive signal” given, “which reached the intensity of rhetoric” between the two countries in recent times.   The expert also emphasized that the cooling of Russian-American relations is “one of the worst things that occurred in the last 4-5 years.” Photo: Aude Guerrucci / Globallookpress

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed to increase arms exports, established in the country to increase foreign exchange revenues reported on the website of the head of the country.   “We must support the growing demand for Ukrainian weapons of its own production. Emphasize that we do not sell, unlike some (previous – ed.) the mountain of the Ministers of defence and those who made the relevant decisions”, – said Poroshenko.   According to the head of Ukraine, “advanced development” of the state bring only 2% of the profits from all exports. He called for an increase in this figure in order to replenish the state Treasury. This Poroshenko did not specify what “advanced development” he has in mind. Photo: mil.in.ua

The leader of the Ukrainian Union “Svoboda” Oleg Tyagnibok said that it is necessary to exert maximum efforts for the collapse of Russia into many States. About it reports “112 Ukraine”.   “We need to put a maximum of efforts that the Russian Federation broke up into many States. Moscow Empire – the main enemy of Ukraine”, – said Tyagnibok.   Enemy number two politician called power. According to him, this internal enemy of the state does not give Ukraine to develop.   Earlier in Kiev there took place reconstruction of fight of forces of the UNR against the Bolsheviks in the factory “Arsenal” at the end of January 1918. After that, the participants and the audience walked with a torchlight procession in the Ukrainian capital. Photo: Maxym Marusenko / Globallookpress