Category: Politics

Photo: Vkontakte The journalist “the First channel” Anna Kurbatova, which is August 30, were detained by Ukraine’s security Service and deported, returned to Moscow. She flew to the capital flight of “Aeroflot” from Minsk. About it reports TASS. Earlier “the First channel” announced the kidnapping of the journalist. The Russian foreign Ministry said that the deportation of the journalist is “not an accidental incident and deliberate provocation of the Ukrainian security forces and the national-radicals”.

Photo: www.vesti.ru International agencies should verify the information that the US and its allies in Syria to create its own zone of influence. This was stated by official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. According to her, the Ministry drew attention to the report of the military correspondent of “Vesti” Eugene Poddubny, reports “Russia 24”. He managed to find out: fighters of the Syrian armed opposition, which had hoped with the Americans to fight against ISIS (banned in Russia), in fact almost forced to fight with government troops.

Photo: RIA Novosti The U.S. demanded that Russia until September 2, to close the Consulate General in San Francisco, and two representative offices in Washington and new York. State Department spokesman Heather Nauert said that the United States adopt these measures “in the spirit of parity”: in Russia there are three American Consulate, while in the United States — four Russian. As a result, both sides remain at three consulates, but, according to Nauert, “imbalance” with a number of diplomatic and consular buildings will remain. According to the representative of the state Department, the United States nevertheless ” decided to allow the Russian government to retain some of its buildings to prevent a vicious circle in our relationship.” Heather Nauert also said that Washington wanted to avoid retaliatory measures from Moscow and “to move to achieve the stated goals of both of our presidents — to improve relations between our

Nebesa: the relations of Russia and the United States have fallen to unacceptably low levels Russia’s envoy to the UN noted that difficult relations between the two countries will harm the whole international community. NEW YORK, September 2. /TASS/. Relations between Russia and the U.S. are “unacceptably low level”. This was stated in an interview with journalists, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia. “Relations between our countries are at unacceptably low levels, he said. — It certainly adds no positive not only in our relations but in the international situation, as these relations are a factor of our partners. They are full-time and correspondence urging us to ensure that we have finally established their relationship. This will benefit not only us but the entire world.” Touching upon the issue of relations with the American delegation at the UN and in the Security Council, Vasily Nebenzia said that they

Photo: Reuters Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco (California) will stop accepting visitors from 1 September in connection with the requirement of the US authorities to close the Embassy. Information about this posted on the main page of the website of the Consulate General. It is clarified that issuance of passports will be made until 13:00 Friday. Earlier on August 31 it became known that the USA has demanded from Russia to close the Consulate General in San Francisco. Also need to stop working two consular facility in Washington and new York. The decision must be executed before September 2. Later the White house clarified that we are talking about buildings of the Russian trade representation. While the administration of U.S. President said that the question of reducing the number of staff and the expulsion of Russian diplomats home is not. The Consul General of Russia in San Francisco

Photo: TASS The Deputy of the state Duma Natalia Poklonskaya said that the Studio Director Alexey Uchitel in St. Petersburg were attacked by “radical face”. It is reported by NSN. “Whose supporters I do not know. < …> Most recently, a picture of the Holy Emperor were doused with blood. < …> Just a few days you receive information about the availability of Molotov cocktails near the building of the Studio Director, Teacher. The feeling that links in a chain that provoked and caused by one factor,” she said. According to her, all this is due to the fact that he had received the rental license the film “Matilda” causes “a lot of emotions in societies.” She noted that, if the film for which “put forward a tremendous Federal money” causes negative emotions and provokes a crime, he “in accordance with the Federal law of the Russian Federation and the

The Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco has written to the inspector-ecologist NEW YORK, September 2. /TASS/. The US authorities sent to the General Consulate of Russia in San Francisco (California), which should be closed September 2, inspector to verify the level of air pollution after reports of smoke from the chimney of the fireplace of the Consulate General, told the news Agency AP. It refers to the official representative of management quality in the Bay area of San Francisco Lisa Fasano. She stated that the inspector arrived on the scene and made sure that smoke over the building of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation is not visible. Accordingly, no violation of environmental norms of the speech could not be. The temperature in San Francisco on Friday reached 38 degrees. Management of quality, “warned the inhabitants [of the coast] of the Bay, the smoke from wildfires in

Photo: Sputnik Russia’s Ambassador to Sudan, Milas Shira with military honors and under the volleys of the guard of honor he was buried in Minsk on Thursday, the Agency Sputnik of Belarus. Shira died August 23 at his residence in Khartoum. Press Secretary of the Russian Embassy in the Arab Republic Sergey Konyashin said RIA Novosti that the cause of death of a Russian diplomat could be a heart problem. The body of the Ambassador was passed to the burial of relatives in Minsk, where his wife lives. According to the Agency, at the funeral at the East cemetery of the Belarusian capital was attended by the relatives, Russian foreign Ministry spokesman Azamat kulmuhametov, Russia’s Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov, members of the Embassy. “Under the sounds of military orchestra of Belarus Ambassador of Russia to Sudan solemnly conducted in the last path” , — stated in the message.

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia will “calmly and professionally” act in response to the decision of the US authorities on the closure of the Russian diplomatic facilities, said the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov. “Now it should be easy to understand (with the situation — ed.). We must quietly and professionally to act. Speaking Leninist, we do not need hysterical outbursts” , — Antonov told journalists after the arrival to Washington. Earlier Moscow in response to the closure of diplomatic facilities in the United States and the expulsion of diplomats ordered to Washington to reduce the number of diplomatic missions in Russia up to 455 people, bringing them to equal the number of Russian personnel in the United States. On Thursday, the US demanded before September 2, to close the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco and two consular facility in Washington and new York.

The number of victims of the unclear impact of state Department employees increased The US state Department announced that the number of victims because of strange “incidents” of staff members who worked in Cuba, has grown to 19. This was told by state Department spokesman Heather Nauert, the Associated Press reports. Earlier it was informed about 16 victims. While Neuert is not excluded that this number may increase. CBS News reported that the doctor who examined working in Havana American and canadian diplomats, diagnosed them light traumatic brain injury and presumably the Central nervous system. Diplomats complained of symptoms such as hearing loss, nausea, headaches and balance disorders. The state Department said that “incidents” began to occur starting from the end of 2016. A source familiar with the situation, reported that officials are investigating whether diplomats aim “acoustic attacks” aimed at their homes, courtesy of the Cuban government. The source