Photo: Zohra Bensemra / Reuters Representatives of Russia and the United States in conducting military operations in Syria are in contact via the hotline from 10 to 12 times a day. On Thursday, August 24, according to Reuters. The sources of the Agency clarify that frequent contacts contribute to breeding in the skies over Syria, Russian and American military aircraft, and also help to prevent accidents with their participation. Regular contacts between Moscow and Washington have been going on for four months, since the start of military ships of the USA of Tomahawk missiles at Syrian base Shirt.
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State Department: US seeks to improve relations with Russia
Photo: © AP Photo/Alex Brandon USA without a doubt want to improve relations with Russia and looking for areas of cooperation between the two countries. This was announced Wednesday at a regular briefing for journalists the head a press-services of the Department of state Heather Nauert. “Since the beginning of the current administration, we declared a low level of trust between the United States and Russia. We don’t want that. We without a doubt would like to improve relations with their government. We continue to try to find areas of mutually beneficial cooperation with them,” she said, commenting on the words of the journalist about the alleged progress between Moscow and Washington with cold war. As an example, the representative of the foreign Ministry led the negotiations on the ceasefire in the South-West of Syria. “We continue to work on finding areas of mutual interest where we could work together.
The state Department is “floated” in the issue of visas
The head of the press service of the U.S. Department of state Heather Nauert at a briefing on Wednesday said that the suspension of issuing the Russian American nonimmigrant visas is not a response to the downsizing of the American diplomatic missions in Russia. According to her, the Russian media “went crazy”, reporting that the US retaliated. “Let me state clearly that the United States had not taken any retaliatory measures against Russia. Unfortunately, we were forced to reduce the size of our mission in Russia… Because we had to reduce the number of staff, which considers issues related to visas, we had to suspend the acceptance of applications from the Russians, who now want to come to the United States” — quoted TASS Nauert. State Department spokesman added that the first priority of the staff of embassies and consulates is to care for the citizens of the United States.
The interior Ministry has proposed new terms of registration of the passport
The interior Ministry has proposed new terms of registration of the passport To obtain a passport for the actual location will be on a month faster. The interior Ministry published the draft law on reduction of terms of registration of foreign passports Russians have submitted their documents by location (not by the place of registration). Term of registration of passport proposed to be reduced from four months to three, it follows from the text of the bill. Document on Friday, 25 August, published on the portal of projects of normative acts, his public discussion will last until 8 September. The proposed MIA rule should apply to an ordinary passport and biometric (issued for five and 10 years, respectively), it follows from the explanatory note to the bill. According to the law on the procedure of exit and entry into Russia, where the interior Ministry has proposed to amend the international
Predicted the victory trump the Professor spoke about his possible impeachment
Predicted the victory trump the Professor spoke about his possible impeachment According to Alan Lichtman, enough circumstances so that you can start this procedure. Predicted the outcomes of all US presidential elections since 1984 the political scientist Allan Lichtman predicts the impeachment of the current President Donald Trump. According to the Professor, for the first nine months as President were a lot of circumstances in which to start the investigation. “Even information that is well-known, provide a reasonable basis for the nomination Trump accusations of obstruction of justice… it is obvious that he has violated the constitutional provision on remuneration, which provides that the President shall not be entitled to any kind of value from foreign governments or organizations,” Lichtman said in an interview with RT. In addition, according to the analyst, there is evidence that “during the election campaign team of the trump could act in collusion with Russia.”
Qatar and Iran have officially reconciled
Qatar and Iran have officially reconciled Qatar’s foreign Ministry announced that the Emirate plans to restore relations with Iran. The level of diplomatic representation in the Islamic Republic was lowered a year and a half ago, but only as a sign of solidarity with Saudi Arabia, the main ally of Doha at that time. Now, when Saudi Arabia from the main ally became the main opponent, the country has to set priorities and to return Ambassador to Tehran. “The state of Qatar declares that the Emirate’s Ambassador in Tehran, will soon return to his diplomatic duties”, — said today the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the country, adding that relations between Qatar and Iran is planned to be developed “in all areas”. In January 2016, when Qatar’s foreign Ministry recalled its Ambassador from Iran, reducing the level of diplomatic representation, the balance of forces in the region were as follows:
The candidate for Chancellor of Germany made a statement on the Crimea
Photo: Reuters The question of ownership of the Crimea can be “frozen” in that case, if Moscow “will stop the spiral of escalation”. This statement was made by the candidate in German chancellors, the leader of the Free democratic party Christian Lindner. His words, reports Deutsche Welle. “We need to check whether it is possible to break through the spiral of escalation and arms race that exists at the moment,” said Lindner. Lindner added that German authorities do not recognize Crimea part of Russia, the sanctions will remain in force, but this question will cease to be a priority in relations between the two countries. According to policy, if the Kremlin would demonstrate a willingness to continue to move towards decreasing the voltage, the restrictive measures can gradually be removed. 11 August Lindner have already expressed a similar position. According to opinion polls, 44.4% of German citizens support the idea
The head of the CEC with humor reacted to the idea of Dating for the elections
Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the CEC of Russia Ella Pamfilova with humor reacted to the idea of online Dating about finding their mate and the joint campaign for the elections, and noted that the Central election Commission to this is irrelevant, but creativity is welcomed. On Wednesday, Pamfilova took part in the international youth legal forum “Arvola”. Previously, the TV channel “Rain” reported that the Internet-a portal of acquaintances “Mamba” has created a mobile app “however, the elections” , through which users will be able to meet and together go to the gubernatorial elections. “I have to treat it with humor: in his own way. CEC has no relationship,” Pamfilova told journalists at the forum, answering a question about his attitude to this idea. “You know what I like? If there is creative, it needs to be, let them race. Most importantly, to raise interest in the elections.
Kislyak predicted complex relations between Russia and the United States
Photo: Cliff Owen/AP Former Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak in a brief interview with CNN, he told about his vision of relations between the two countries in the future, and again denied allegations that is the ” spy.” The correspondent of TV channel “caught” the Russian diplomat when he got out of the car, and immediately began to ask questions. Kislyak noted that he had arrived in Russia, ” to talk with the Russian people,” but did not deny him an interview. The former Ambassador, however, refused to comment on the journalist’s question about what Kislyak before the end of their powers trying to build a secret channel of communication between Washington and Moscow at a meeting with the American President son-in-law Jared Kushner. “I have said many times that we don’t discuss the conversations with our American partners. Out of respect for him,” said Kislyak. Also, the
State Department: From acoustic incidents in Cuba affected 16 employees of the US diplomatic mission
State Department: From acoustic incidents in Cuba affected 16 employees of the US diplomatic mission At least 16 civil servants in the USA working for the U.S. Embassy in Havana, suffered from as yet unexplained phenomena that caused the damage to their health, said at a news briefing, state Department spokesman Heather Nauert. As before, she did not specify in detail what happened to these people. Media reported earlier that probably the result of some acoustic impact from the Embassy staff began to disappear and the ear, and manifested other symptoms, such as headaches, loss of balance, nausea. Some of them were forced to return to the United States. The us state Department “very seriously” refers to the incident, said Neuert. According to her, this situation, foreign Ministry faced for the first time. Hurt, she understood that only civil servants working for the diplomatic mission. They help the Cuban and