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The inhabitants of the cities of Catalonia staged a “bucket March” The action is in protest against the series of arrests of representatives of the Catalan authorities. Moscow. September 21. INTERFAX.RU Traditional protest — “cacerolazo” or “bucket speech” against the detention of representatives of the Catalan leadership was held on Wednesday evening in several cities of Catalonia, said on the night of Thursday the Internet portal of the Spanish newspaper “Vanguardia”. The action, which participants took to the streets with pots, pans and soup ladles, began at 22:00 local time (23:00 GMT) and lasted about 10 minutes. All this time the participants of the speech uttered deafening roar of this kitchenware. The calls go on the “Bucket speech” spread among users of social networks. Thus had accumulated a significant number of people willing to make some noise. Mass protests against the actions of the Central government of Spain are in

The head of the DPRK foreign Ministry responded sharply to threats trump The US President, speaking at the UN General Assembly, said that the United States in the event of a threat to themselves or to their allies will have to “completely destroy” North Korea. TASS, September 21. The foreign Minister of the DPRK ri Yong Ho, arriving on Wednesday in new York to participate in the General debate of the UN General Assembly, reacted strongly to the threat of U.S. President Donald trump to completely destroy North Korea in the event of a threat to Washington and its allies. On Tuesday, trump, speaking at the UN General Assembly, said that the United States in the event of a threat to themselves or to their allies will have to “completely destroy” North Korea. If he thought he could scare us with that dog barking, it really is a dog’s dream.Lee

Valery Shantsev will leave the post According to “Kommersant”, the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev is retiring. Finally it was decided at today’s meeting head of the region with the leadership of the presidential administration. On the probability of retirement of Mr. Shantsev until the end of the year, “Kommersant” reported on 7 September. Then sources “” close to the AP, claimed that this year will be appointed at least a dozen acting governors, including in advance, for example in Nizhny Novgorod and Samara regions. Experts have repeatedly blamed Mr. Shantsev ongoing conflict regional and urban elites. Against the Governor works and the age — this year he turned 70 years old. Nizhny Novgorod oblast, he led in 2005 and in 2014 scored 86%.

Photo: Reuters Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov held a meeting with a Hamas delegation headed by Politburo member Musa Mohammed Abu marzouk In a statement on the website of the Ministry said that Moscow welcomed the initiative of Hamas on reconciliation with rival Fatah movement. It is noted that the Hamas delegation had presented “a principled approach in favor of the speedy overcoming the internal Palestinian split”. “The Russian side emphasized that Moscow welcomed the statement Hamas as a right step”, — stated in the message. The Russian foreign Ministry added that they intend to “vigorously also to help the Palestinians to improve the difficult socio-economic situation in the Gaza strip”. Earlier it was reported that the Islamist movement Hamas sent a high-level delegation to Russia.

The Pentagon has rejected allegations in support of the attack of terrorists in Idlib The US did not support the attack of terrorists from “Jabhat EN-Nusra” in Syria. Earlier, the General staff of Russia said that the platoon of the military police were surrounded the terrorists, and the attack was “initiated by US intelligence”. The Pentagon has called “baseless” allegations that “the U.S. government provided any support “to the al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra”)”. This was stated by RBC representative of the Pentagon, major Adrian Rankin Galloway. He commented on the words of the chief of the main operations Directorate of the General staff of Russia Sergey Rudskoy, who said that the advance of the terrorists of the banned terrorist group “Jabhat an-Nusra” was initiated by the US intelligence. According to the Russian General staff, the terrorist attack was needed to stop “successfully developing the offensive of the government troops to

Pens and Poroshenko left the UN security Council before the speech, Lavrov Vice-President Michael Pence and the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko left the hall of the UN Security Council before the speech of foreign Minister of Russia. Pens and Poroshenko did not listen to the speech of Sergey Lavrov and left the hall of the Ministerial meeting of the UN security Council shortly before its beginning. As reported by “RIA Novosti”, Poroshenko left immediately after his speech, and in a few minutes left and the Pens. Comments from the American side in the absence of the Vice-President in the hall is not followed. The Agency indicates that Lavrov himself was not present in the hall during the speech of the Ukrainian President. On the eve of the Russian delegation ignored the speech in the UN General Assembly the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite. Hall left the first Deputy permanent

Inhale and exhaust The MEP called the Russian cities with the dirtiest air. 16.4 million people in Russia are breathing polluted air — the data provided in the report is of great Ministry of environment “On environmental protection”. The most dangerous to live in cities were, in particular, Krasnoyarsk, Magnitogorsk and Noril’sk. The total volume of emissions continues to grow: in 2016, it amounted to 31.6 million tons (1.1% more than the year before). With most of the pollution from industrial facilities accounted for Krasnoyarsk Krai, emissions from vehicles leads the capital region. In cities with high levels of air pollution is home to 16.4 million people, representing 15% of the urban population of Russia, according to the annual environmental report to the Ministry of environment. Most from air pollution affects residents of Buryatia, Khabarovsk Krai and the Taimyr Autonomous district in these regions, more than 75% of the urban

The head of the Latin American Department of the foreign Ministry Alexander Shchetinin © Sergey Skates/TASS UN, September 20. /TASS/. Russia supports the decision of the Venezuelan crisis through dialogue between all stakeholders within the country and considers unacceptable any destructive interference. On Wednesday said TASS, the head of Latin American Department of the foreign Ministry Alexander Shchetinin, commenting on the criticism made by the President of the United States Donald trump at the UN General Assembly on the situation in the South American Republic.

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Sergey Guneev Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a September 20 meeting with the heads of the regions who were elected during the single day of voting, the press service of the Kremlin. “Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with heads of regions who were elected yesterday during the single voting day”, — stated in the message. It is noted that the meeting participants will discuss the results of the election campaign and plans for future work on the development of Russian regions.