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In the US, said the lack of plans to stay in Syria after the victory over the IG The US does not plan to stay in Syria after the banned terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG) will be defeated. This was during the briefing said state Department spokesman Heather Nauert, the text of the press conference published on the Agency’s website. The mission of the coalition led by the United States, in Syria it is called “defeating ISIS”. Whether in Iraq or in Syria, our goal is to defeat the “Islamic state” and not to do there [in those countries] nothing more.Heather Northfield state Department spokesman She also added that Washington wants to “Syria ruled by Syrians, not the United States” or any “other forces”. “Our plan is (to stay in Syria after the defeat of ISIS. — RBC) is not,” said Nauert, stressing once again that the United States “sosredotochitsya”

Russia is recognized as one of the world leaders in the field of humanitarian assistance The Ministry of emergency situations of the Russian Federation said that Russia recognized as “one of the world leaders in the field of humanitarian assistance and grant assistance”. As explained in the Department, on the occasion of world humanitarian day, established by the UN since 1993, has conducted more than 430 humanitarian operations abroad. This year the number of such operations increased by 130. “The geography of Russian humanitarian aid covers about 140 countries affected by emergencies and natural disasters and military conflicts,” — said TASS in the press service of the Ministry. Also in the MOE stressed that all activities are carries out in coordination with the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs and other public authorities. “Effectively addressing the challenges for humanitarian response abroad provides reliable support foreign policy of the Russian Federation”, —

Lebanon announced the beginning of the offensive against ISIS* on the border with Syria MOSCOW, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Lebanese army announced the start of an offensive against the terrorist organization “Islamic state”* on the border with Syria, Reuters reported, citing a source in the security agencies. According to the source Agency, the Lebanese armed forces are planning to attack the positions of the IG* near the village of RAAS-Baalbek. He noted that against the militants will be used rockets, artillery and helicopters. The Lebanese army in the last two weeks intensively began to fire at the terrorists. According to military experts, these actions are part of the preparation of the ground operation for the liberation of Lebanese territories from ISIS*. The Lebanese government on Tuesday approved guidelines for the preparation of the military operation and stated that is responsible for the liberation of Lebanon from terror. *

Photo: EPA The Russian Embassy in the UK commented on reports in the Western media about the alleged “Russian hackers” who are you spying on the hotel guests. In response to the publication of the Times about the hacker group Fancy Bear, the Embassy said: “the NSA is generously supplying the hackers around the world tools? Why not still blame will announce the Russian.” Recall that the us company FireEye said that APT28 (Fancy Bear) launched cyberattacks against the hotel Europe and the Middle East. The Russian Embassy thus reminded that at creation of the virus WannaCry hackers took advantage of the development of the NSA.

Photo: RIA Novosti Vladimir Putin’s rating among US citizens rose sharply. With the confidence of the Russian President are 34% of Americans. The survey was conducted by the Pew research center. The results of the study are published on the website of the organization. In the survey participated 1505 U.S. citizens 18 years or older. In comparison with the year 2015, Russian President’s popularity in the US has doubled. The survey also was conducted in other countries. It turned out that the level of support for Putin is higher than that of the American President Donald trump, in 22 countries. In 13 countries, the respondents gave preference to the head of the United States. Most of all, the gap in preferences in favor of Putin recorded in Greece and Lebanon (31%), Vietnam — 21%. The actions of the Russian President on the international scene are more support than the actions

Media reported on meetings of brother-in-law trump and Roman Abramovich Son-in-law of U.S. President Donald trump, and Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka trump have repeatedly met with Russian businessman Roman Abramovich and his ex-wife, Daria Zhukova, these contacts have not yet attracted the attention of experts, investigating the possible relations of Russia with the electoral headquarters of the trump. About Bloomberg said a source in the White house. The Agency describes Abramovich as “closest to Vladimir Putin of living in the West Russian oligarchs”. Information was obtained from the form SF-86, which is filled with American officials to gain access to classified documents. In it, Kushner pointed out that in 2014, along with his wife visited Russia, where he met with Abramovich and Zhukova. It is noted that the meeting occurred at a dinner at the Jewish cultural center. Kouchner also invested in art business Zhukova. All in all,

Maduro has accused of involvement in the corruption scandal Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro involved in a corruption scandal with the Brazilian company Odebrecht. This statement was made by dismissed attorney General Luis Ortega Diaz. She claims that has information about people involved in the case. Among these is the current President of Venezuela. Ortega stressed that this investigation was the reason for the persecution of her former colleagues, reports TASS. She stressed that the main task of the new leadership of the Prosecutor General — the destruction team collected its evidence. At the moment the Supervisory authority of Venezuela is headed by the Commissioner for human rights Tarek William Saab. Odebrecht scandal erupted in 2014. According to the U.S. Department of justice, the Brazilian construction company bribed authorities in 12 Latin countries. In the period 2001 to 2016 in bribes spent $ 788 million dollars.

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, commenting on the message of former U.S. President Barack Obama on Twitter with a quote by South African statesman Nelson Mandela said ironically, what’s next in social media Obama should appear quotes about Mandela the former leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi. “Hypocrisy as it is. After the riots in Charlottesville, which arose on the basis of race, Obama has tweeted a quote the sayings of Nelson Mandela on the topic of racism. Tweets were the most popular in the history of this social network. Great initiative, though belated”, — Zakharov wrote on his page in Facebook. In the message of the representative of the Russian depodesta cited several quotes of Nelson Mandela on Muammar Gaddafi, who, in her words, “without fail should appear in the Twitter Obama.” “No country can claim to be the policeman of the world

Photo: RIA Novosti The General Director of “Gosznak” Arkady Trachuk said that Russia can receive the passport and the rights that will be established chip with biometric data and the electronic signature of the owner, according to Interfax. According to him, the work on introduction of new documents coming in 2015. “The document can be used for remote authentication and actually allows a person to confirm their identity by providing, for example, financial services”, — said General Director of “Gosznak”. Earlier it was reported that the Russian interior Ministry has begun to develop amendments to the legislation that will reduce the time of registration and issuance of citizens of passports.