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Him and trump agreed to strike together in case of a chemical attack in Syria Moscow. June 27. INTERFAX.RU — President of France Emmanuel macron and his us counterpart Donald trump during a telephone conversation agreed to give a joint response in case of a chemical attack in Syria. About this was announced on Tuesday at the Elysee Palace. Macron also invited trump to attend the official parade in Paris on 14 July, Bastille Day, the report says. Previously, the French leader said that if in Syria there will be a chemical attack, France will unilaterally airstrikes on targets in the country. As reported, the United States also has threatened the President of Syria, that in the case of new chemical attack he will “pay a high price”. “As we previously stated, the U.S. is in Syria to destroy Islamic state (a terrorist organization banned in Russia — Interfax) in

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia is interested in development of relations with Ethiopia in all fields, said Monday the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “We value our relations, which have more than centenary history, and are interested in further developing our partnership in all areas”, — said Lavrov at the meeting with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Workneh, Gebeyehu. According to Lavrov, in Moscow appreciate “responsible, balanced line Ethiopia in world Affairs and its active role in the African Union and the regional organizations on the African continent.” “The course contributes to the growth of its international authority,” — said the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In turn, the Ethiopian Minister Lavrov thanked for the warm welcome. “I want to assure you that we will continue to defend the position of Russia in international forums and within the framework of our international cooperation,” said Gebeyehu.

Photo: RIA Novosti Moscow strongly opposed the supply of any weapons to Ukraine, said first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Franz Klintsevich, commenting on the statement by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the agreement with Washington. The Senator’s words leads RIA Novosti on Monday, June 26. He noted that the concept of “defensive weapons” is very relative. In addition, in his opinion, the supplies can be perceived by the Kiev authorities “as proof of the correctness of its course in the Donbass, which further destabilizie the situation.” June 25, Petro Poroshenko told reporters that between Kiev and Washington has almost agreed the issue of the supply of defensive weapons. The signing of the agreement is expected in the next 2-3 months, said the Ukrainian President. It on supplies to Ukraine lethal weapons. In late February, the foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that

Photo: Reuters Affiliated with the former shareholders of Yukos structures are regularly supplied Washington lobbyists significant amounts going to create a negative image of Russia, follows from the data system, disclosure of lobbying activities in the U.S. Congress. In particular, from 2008 to 2015 YUKOS 996 spent thousand of dollars on informing politicians of the Congress and the US state Department on the situation in criminal matters of the company. Direct representative of the interests of Yukos was made by the lobbying firm Prime Policy Group and its Director Lisa Colangelo. The tasks of lobbyists was part of the regular update of data about the current trial Yukos and providing this information to the house of representatives, the Senate, the security Council and the state Department, according to “life”. The greatest escalation of the situation with the lighting trial of the Yukos affair for officials in the U.S. was in

Tillerson called the slave trade one of the main problems in the world WASHINGTON, 27 Jun — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson believes the human trafficking is one of the main problems in the modern world, stated in a report published on Tuesday report of the state Department. “The slave trade is one of the most tragic problems related to human rights in the modern world. It destroys families, global markets, undermines the rule of law and contributes to the development of international crime. This threatens public safety and national security,” — said Tillerson in a letter accompanying the report. The report examines the situation on the slave trade in 187 countries from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. Given the global nature of the problem, Tillerson stressed the importance of international cooperation for its solution. He promised that the state Department “will continue

© TASS MOSCOW, June 27. /TASS/. New hacker attack on the system of the company in Russia has compromised the computer systems of the presidential Administration of the Russian Federation and the official website of the Kremlin. This was reported by TASS press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. “(All) is stable”, – he said. Previously to the attack of a new virus-ransomware Petya was subjected to a number of companies such as “Rosneft”, “Bashneft”, Mars, Nivea and Mondelez International (maker of chocolate Alpen Gold). This is stated in the message of the company Group-IB, which deals with the prevention and investigation of cybercrime. Petya virus locks computers and demands a ransom of $300 in bitcoins. Experts Group-IB also found that recently, this virus was used by the Cobalt group with the purpose to hide traces of targeted attacks on financial institutions.

The chief of the General staff of armed forces Valery Gerasimov © Olga Balashova/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, June 27. /TASS/. The chief of the General staff Valery Gerasimov and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed on the base Hamim coordination of efforts against banned terrorist groups “Islamic state” (IG) and “jabhat an-Nusra.” On Tuesday said the Russian defense Ministry. “The chief of the General staff of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation, army General Valery Gerasimov during a working trip to Syria met with the Russian arrived at the base Hamim President Bashar al-Assad. In the course of joint work were discussed issues on coordination of Syrian government troops, supported by aircraft of Russian air force against international terrorist groups ISIS (the old name of the “Islamic state” – approx. TASS) and “Dzhebhat EN-Nusra” in Syria”, – is spoken in the message. The

Photo: RIA Novosti Director General State space scientific production center Khrunichev Andrew Kalinowski is leaving his post, instead the company will be headed by the head of the design Bureau “Motor” Alex Morocco, said a source in the space industry. According to him, Kalinowski goes to work in the Federal space Agency for the position of quality Director of the Corporation. In this regard, the Center will be headed by Morocco, writes “Kommersant” with reference to “Interfax”. Morocco in 1982 graduated from the Moscow aviation Institute, specialty “Electrical equipment of aircrafts” in 1987 – the Moscow automobile and road Institute majoring in “Automotive electronics”. Currently holds the post of Deputy Director on production development of the Center for exploitation of ground space infrastructure, is the Director and chief designer of KB “Motor”. In June, Kalinowski reported that Khrunichev continues to work on developing options for a reusable booster. In the

Photo: RIA Novosti The most important topic of the meeting of the Supreme state Council (SSC) of the Union state of Belarus and Russia, which will be held June 30 in Moscow, will be the industrial cooperation between the two countries, said in an interview with RIA Novosti, Ambassador of Belarus in Moscow Igor Petrishenko. According to him, the upcoming meeting is important to review conceptual issues on the bilateral agenda that requires relevant decisions of heads of state. The Ambassador noted that the most important topics is, in particular, the problem of equal access of economic entities to the markets of Belarus and Russia in terms of procurement, construction, subsidies for the production of industrial products and implementation of joint projects in the agricultural sector. “Of course, the key question – industrial cooperation. Pursuing a coordinated industrial policy, we must not only declare, but also have a expand long-term

Photo: TASS The government has defined requirements for navigation equipment in Russia. This is referred to in the resolution on criteria for inclusion of electronic components for the GLONASS system to the industrial production, having produced in Russia analogues. The document published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers. The purpose of the document is the stimulation of localization of production of radio navigational equipment in the country, navigation systems for all modes of transport, navigation equipment, special purpose, navigators for personal use. In particular, one of the requirements is the presence on the territory of one of the countries of the Eurasian economic Union service center to the navigation apparatus. In addition, the share of foreign components in the navigation from 1 January 2018 must not be more than 50 percent of the total, and from January 1, 2020, no more than 30 percent.