Category: Politics

The DPRK stated that it had tested a new type of missile MOSCOW, 9 Aug — RIA Novosti. DPRK authorities stated that he had experienced on Thursday a new type of rockets, the launch of which was personally observed by the country’s leader Kim Jong-UN, reports Yonhap news Agency citing North Korean media. Released on Thursday, the missiles were antiship cruise missiles. They flew 200 km and fell outside of the exclusive economic zone of Japan. The Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (KCNA) reports that this was the first missile test was first demonstrated at the April parade celebrating Kim Il-sung, the first leader of the DPRK. The weapon was developed by the North Korean Academy of defense Sciences, which included in the sanctions list of the UN in relation to participation in nuclear and rocket programs of Pyongyang. Made on Thursday launches have become the fifth missile test by

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, and Bahrain have included 59 Qataris in terrorist list In the joint paper noted that “Qatar is pursuing a policy of double standards, saying the fight against terror and at the same time supporting the extremist groups.” CAIRO, June 9. /Offset. TASS Alexander Elistratov/. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain have included 59 subjects and Qatar 12 Qatar the structures in the list of persons and organizations that support terrorism. This is stated in a joint statement, the four States, excerpts of which led to TV channel Al Arabiya. In the joint paper noted that “Qatar is pursuing a policy of double standards, saying the fight against terror and at the same time supporting the extremist groups.” Four Arab States have stated that they intend to “continue to identify and pursue those who support terrorists” and deal with “sources of financing of terror, where

The British conservatives are in the lead in parliamentary elections The conservatives, led by Prime Minister Theresa may won 314 seats in the new Parliament, but it is 16 mandates less than they had before the election. LONDON, June 9. /Offset. TASS Ilya Dmitriev, Maxim Ryzhkov/. In the UK the ruling Conservative party is leading in the early parliamentary elections held in the United Kingdom on 8 June. As evidenced by anecdotal evidence of a single exit poll, prepared by three leading TV channels of the country, the conservatives, led by Prime Minister Theresa may won 314 seats in the new Parliament. According to the announcement the final results of counting of votes in the first election district of the first parliamentary mandate received Newcastle-upon-Tyne, uniting the Central part of the city is the largest in the North East of England. A member of the house of Commons, the lower

Photo: RIA Novosti Deputy Secretary of state Thomas Shannon and Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov unable to meet June 23, reports ABC. It is noted that in the framework of this meeting will continue the dialogue on the elimination of “irritants” between Washington and Moscow. At the moment the information about the negotiations has not been confirmed. Earlier, the head of the foreign intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin during a hearing in the Federation Council said that the United States intends to increase sanctions pressure on Russia.

Photo: Reuters Permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that the EU is “Mature situation” to change policy towards Russia. He told about it in interview to the newspaper “Izvestia”. According to Chizhov, the EU, in particular, may review the policy of sanctions against Russia. He recalled that towards the end of June, there will be another discussion of one of three packages of sanctions, which expires on 31 July. “The question is when EU will accumulate enough political will to revise this policy. Whether this will happen in June or six months – it is from the sphere of divination. But in any case it is noticeable that the situation is ripening for the change of course of the EU towards Russia in General and on this issue in particular. There’s a lot of evidence,” – said the diplomat. The European diplomatic source told TASS that the EU

The Ministry of health of the Russian Federation proposes to restrict the use of antibiotics The Agency is convinced that the development of new antimicrobials cannot be the basis to overcome resistance to antibiotics. MOSCOW, June 8. /TASS/. The MoH has developed a Strategy for the prevention and overcoming of resistance of microorganisms and harmful organisms of plants to drugs, chemical and biological means. The draft decree of the government approving the strategy, published on the portal of projects of normative legal acts. As noted in the explanatory Memorandum, the objectives of the strategy are to “increase the effectiveness of prevention and treatment of infectious and parasitic diseases of humans, animals and plants, reducing the severity and duration of the flow of these diseases, reduction of mortality among the population, loss of animals and plants associated with spread of resistance”. Earlier, health Minister Veronika Skvortsova told TASS that the Ministry

The former head of the FBI: a message in the American media about Russia is completely wrong James Komi said that news reports based on leaks of classified information about the investigation in Russia, largely erroneous. WASHINGTON, June 8. /Offset. TASS Anton Cranks/. Ex-FBI Director James Comey said that many of the materials about Russia, published in the American media, is completely wrong. The confidence he expressed in the hearings before the special Committee on intelligence of the Senate of the U.S. Congress. “There were many, many posts (in press — approx. TASS), a lot of things about Russia, that is absolutely untrue,” — he said, repeatedly stressing that news stories based on leaks of classified information about the investigation in Russia, largely erroneous. Komi Republic believes that the sources of the media — “people who often say this (intelligence — approx. TASS), but often don’t even know what’s really

Putin said about the immutability of the US policy under different presidents Russian President Vladimir Putin said that change of heads of state in the United States does not affect the political process in the country. In an interview with the Director Oliver stone, the cut of which was published on the official Showtime channel in YouTube, he noted that Washington’s actions do not depend on who heads the White house. “Curiously, the presidents in your country are changing, and policy is not” — said Putin. Previously, stone said, asked Putin about Russian-American relations. According to him, this interview he set himself the task of stopping the deterioration of the situation between Washington and Moscow. Documentary stone “Interview with Putin” (The Moscow Interviews) is divided into episodes which will be released on 12-June 15 on Showtime. The Kremlin said that looking forward to publishing the interview. “We wonder how, how

Photo: RIA Novosti The organizers of a protest action in Moscow on the Sakharov Avenue on June 12 are provocative. This statement was made by the head of Department of regional security of the capital Vladimir Chernikov. On it informs Agency “Interfax”. Chernikov said that the city authorities have fulfilled all the items mentioned by the organizers in the application for holding the rally. Explaining the requirements of the municipality to refuse the screen, the head of the Department said that the screen will increase the density of people in the venue, in the event of unforeseen circumstances can lead to serious consequences. In addition, the official noted that in the capital, there are enhanced security measures in connection with the holding of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Chernikov said that the June 7 meeting to discuss the details of the upcoming action, the opposition left the room without explanation. The

Photo: Shutterstock The Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin stated the readiness of his Department to introduce a visa regime with the Russian Federation in case of respective decision. He said this on the air “Evening Prime” on the TV channel “112 Ukraine”. “I believe that even the introduction of a visa regime in the context of control of who comes from Russia, we know very little. We have to introduce biometric passports, but then more and control those who come,” — said Klimkin. According to him, currently in Russia there are three million Ukrainians. For the implementation of the decision on introduction of the visa regime, as suggested by Klimkin, we need a clear approach and a clear vision of how events will develop in the future. “While [we] need to understand what about our citizens who are in the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea (Kiev does