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The Pentagon reported about 11 thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan Before officially talked about 8,5 thousand. Moscow. August 30. INTERFAX.RU — the Pentagon has officially said the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan — their country is now about 11 million, according to CNBC. This is 2.5 thousand more than the official figure, which was called under the previous administration — 8400. The Pentagon said that we are not talking about increasing the contingent, but only on updated data. As noted by CNBC, the military command constantly shuffles troops, some of which are considered “temporary” so as not to exceed the established limit and not to cause public outrage. However, as previously reported, American troops in Afghanistan could soon rise by another 4 thousand people. Pentagon spokesman Dana white refused to provide data on the size of the U.S. military in Iraq and Syria, which, according to the media,

In Buryatia will take place the first direct election of the head since 2002 © Elvira Burganova/TASS In Buryatia election comes after the resignation of Vyacheslav Nagovitsyna 7 February 2017. The acting head of the Republic was appointed Alexey Tsydenov, born in Zabaykalsky Krai, hereditary railroad, earlier the Deputy Minister of transport of the Russian Federation, and before that, head of the Federal Agency for railway transport of the Russian Federation. In addition Tzudenova nominated by the political party “United Russia”, the election Commission has registered two candidates. He is the coordinator of the Buryat regional branch of LDPR Sergey Dorosh and member of the regional branch of the party “Communists of Russia” Battali Baldaev. Another policy — the Senator from the Irkutsk region Vyacheslav Marhaeva, who is the first Secretary of the Buryat regional branch of the Communist party, the electoral Commission refused to register due to the lack

The Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. Working methods of the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) are odious, should consider the recognition of the Ministry banned organization in Russia. This opinion was expressed to journalists by the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, commenting on the situation around the correspondent of the First channel.

The building of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation © Gennady Homeland/TASS MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. The kidnapping in Kiev Russian journalist and her forced deportation is a deliberate provocation of the Ukrainian authorities. This is stated in a statement on Wednesday the comments of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.

Photo: TASS The September forecast of the Ministry of economy will assume a stronger nominal exchange rate, but with possible weakening of the dollar — end of a decline in its real exchange rate. Discussion about supporting the industry of the weak ruble is probably finished: under the current policy of the Central Bank of the Russian currency is stable, the Ministry of Finance is satisfied with the pace of deficit reduction, and arranging all the tools for the “soft” devaluation now the government does not. The debate about the ruble will inevitably return: by 2019, the economy Ministry expects a decline in the current account in two years to 0.4% of GDP, and this is again a game changer for the national currency. Reuters yesterday circulated with reference to the working materials of the Ministry of economy preliminary data of the changed macroeconomic forecast of the Ministry for 2017

Photo: TASS MOSCOW, 30 Jul — RIA Novosti. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the post office, the press service of the Kremlin has received a letter from trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen about the construction of a Moscow skyscraper. The Washington Post has previously reported that Cohen in January 2016, wrote an email to the press Secretary of Russian President Peskov on the subject of construction in Moscow “of trump Tower” — so often called skyscrapers, which builds the company of the President of the United States. According to the newspaper, Cohen asked for help in the organization of the project, but received no response. Company trump refused to build a skyscraper in two weeks after Cohen wrote a letter. The newspaper did not say why Cohen decided that the Sands is somehow involved in construction business. According to Peskov, the official email address of the press

Photo: mvd.EN The fight against counterfeit goods in light industry in the beginning of the General Prosecutor’s office. Since February last year, in cooperation with the interior Ministry, FSB and the FCS for this purpose, a series of events which revealed 19 thousand violations of the law, including the organization of illegal migration and violation of the rules of public procurement. This is reported by “Izvestia”. To eliminate violations, customs and law enforcement agencies, as well as unfair participants of the market made more than 3 thousand submissions, filed more than 6 thousand administrative cases 44 criminal cases. To administrative and a disciplinary responsibility brought about 6 thousand people. To curb trade in counterfeit goods via the Internet in the regions to the courts was sent to more than 1200 applications on which action is being taken to lock up about 800 information resources. Experts estimate the volume of illegal

The UN has named the estimated number of victims of Syrian conflict UN, 30 Jul — RIA Novosti. The number of victims of the conflict in Syria may reach half a million people, said Deputy UN Secretary-General for humanitarian Affairs Stephen O’brien. He reiterated the need to transfer the Syrian dossier to the international criminal court (ICC). Wednesday he last made a report to the UN Security Council in the post of permanent under Secretary for humanitarian Affairs. Earlier on this post was appointed Marc Locock, as the representative of the United Kingdom. “I reiterate my call for the last time in the office of the humanitarian coordinator, members of the UN Security Council to refer the situation, and responsible people in Syria to the international criminal court,” said O’brien. In March 2016, the then UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon during his visit to Lebanon, said that according to some estimates,

For the post of head of the Ryazan region will fight five candidates © Alexander Ryumin/TASS Elections of the Governor of the Ryazan region held after February 2017 previous Chapter, Oleg Kovalev, who led the region for almost two terms, wrote a letter of resignation. The President of Russia has appointed acting Governor of a state Duma Deputy from Kaluga region, Nikolai Lyubimov. A history teacher by education first, Lyubimov made in Kaluga career, having to 45 years to work as the head of the regional center, Lieutenant Governor and speaker of the legislative Assembly of the region. It was at this time Kaluga oblast became a leader by volume of attracted investments. In the struggle for a post of the Governor of the Ryazan region the competition he will be the leader of regotdeleniya the “Party of growth” Perekhvatov Alexander, first Secretary of the Ryazan regional Committee of the

Residents of Udmurtia will vote for a new head of the Republic © Vladimir Larionov/TASS Elections of the head of the Udmurt Republic will be held after the previous head of the region Alexander Soloviev in connection with loss of trust was withdrawn by the head of state from office. In April Solovyov was detained on suspicion of receiving 140 million in bribes from the contractors for the construction of bridges in the region. Acting head of the Republic was appointed Alexander Brechalov, who before moving to Izhevsk worked for three years on the post of Secretary of the Public chamber of the Russian Federation and still is the co-Chairman of the Central headquarters of the onf. His candidacy was proposed by the party “United Russia”. CEC had registered five of the eight candidates who have declared their intention to participate in elections. In addition Brechalov is the representative of