Category: Politics

Ex-NSA employee said about mass surveillance of the security services at the Olympics in 2002 MOSCOW, 3 Jul — RIA Novosti. Former senior national security Agency U.S. (NSA), Thomas Drake said the NSA and the FBI conducted massive surveillance of all electronic communications during the winter Olympic games in 2002, reports the associated Press. “The leadership of the NSA and the FBI have considered operation in the framework of the Olympics in salt lake city as the perfect opportunity to unite efforts of the two agencies for the testing and refinement of mass surveillance to a new level”, — quotes Agency the extract from the statement of Drake. He also claimed that he personally saw documents associated with this operation. Earlier against Drake opened a criminal case on suspicion of divulging confidential information, but later he withdrew most of the charges. In 2011, the court sentenced him to one year

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg international economic forum commented on the discussion in the US media typos, which was allowed by the President of the United States Donald trump in his Twitter, reports RIA “Novosti”. “This, incidentally, is very revealing. Some completely meaningless story becomes a top issue, obscuring the issues on which to focus”, she said. Zakharova also called the coverage of the typo of the President “reason to ponder the world in which we live.” Earlier it was reported that former U.S. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton called a typo trump on Twitter “message for the Russian.”

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the election campaign is draining a lot of attention, in this connection, it is preferably performed as late as possible, the correspondent of “Газеты.Ru”. “All work ceases, all just beginning to rush wildly on every editions, on the Internet there here and there darting and no one does not want to work properly. So the later it starts, the better,” he said. Putin also noted that “in today’s fast-changing world” remaining before the presidential election in March 2018 time is a great time. Earlier it was reported that Putin has approved amendments to the law on presidential elections.

Deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vladimir Safronkov © AP Photo/Mary Altaffer UN, 3 June. /Offset. TASS Igor Borisenko/. Russia supported the Security Council resolution UN 2356 to expand sanctions against North Korea, but believes that the logic of confrontation has implications for the Korean Peninsula. This was stated by the Deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vladimir Safronkov. “The resolution just adopted clearly requires Pyongyang to stop inappropriate behavior and to comply with the requirements of the international community, he said. – Rocket launches, the more carried out without prior notice is unacceptable. They pose a threat not only to transport security in the region, but also the lives of people.” At the same time the representative of the Russian Federation drew the attention of the participants of the meeting of the UN security Council “some controversies” in the adopted resolution. “Of course, Pyongyang violates

Putin: intervention in elections in the United States can stand American hackers The Russian President also noted that hackers could be anywhere. NEW YORK, June 3. /Offset. TASS Ivan sawyers/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin believes that the attempts to interfere in the elections in the USA could be the American hackers, who are trying to shift the blame to others. About the Russian leader said in an interview with U.S. television channel NBC. “Well, hackers can be anywhere. They in Russia, Asia, America, Latin America, he said. — It can be hackers, by the way, in the United States, which are very skillfully and professionally moved, as we say, the arrow on Russia.” “In the course of the political struggle they had, for whatever reasons, whether to release this information. They released her, citing Russia”, — said the Russian leader. He asked leading Megyn Kelly, can she imagine

The UN security Council expanded sanctions against the DPRK Moscow. June 2. INTERFAX.RU — Members of the Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution expanding the sanctions list against North Korea, reports “Interfax”. “The draft resolution has garnered 15 “Yes” votes, the draft resolution was adopted unanimously”, — said the Chairman of the UN security Council in June, the permanent representative of Bolivia to the world organization of Sasha, Llorentti the results of the voting. The document prepared by the United States in response to the ongoing launches of DPRK’s ballistic missiles, which is prohibited by the relevant resolutions of the UN security Council, and provides for the introduction of “black list” additional persons and legal entities of the DPRK. They will be extended the sanctions regime against North Korea, including a ban on entry to other countries and freezing of financial assets abroad. The resolution urges the DPRK

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the decision of the American authorities to tighten up validation rules for the issuance of visas to the United States. According to her, first we need to understand, addressed whether these measures exclusively against Russia. “We need to see whether these taken measures against a number of States or even of all countries, including Russia. It is difficult to say, you need to understand whether these steps are aimed at Russians, or this measure, which was adopted in the framework of migration policy”, – said Zakharov on the sidelines of the St Petersburg economic forum (SPIEF). Earlier it was reported that the United States has tightened rules for issuing entry visas.

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Prime Minister Narendra modi for a visit to the Piskaryovskoye memorial cemetery, which is of particular importance for Russia. “This morning I visited the Piskaryovskoye cemetery. I saw that the people of Leningrad have sacrificed their lives to protect their city, their Homeland. And I had the opportunity to honour their memory and lay a wreath,” said modi in early talks with Putin. According to modi, he also saw the grave of the older brother Putin. “I saw the graves of those who sacrificed their lives. I saw the grave of your older brother. I learned about the history of your family, which is also associated with the blockade of Leningrad, with its protection. I think it is very important that the policy was associated with the defense of their homeland”, – said the Prime Minister of India. Putin thanked modi for

Putin: the volume of international reserves of Russia reached $407 billion due to low debt According to the head of the state, inflow of foreign investments into Russia for last year has increased five times — from $6.8 billion to $33 billion. SAINT PETERSBURG, June 2. /TASS/. The volume of international reserves of Russia reached $407 billion due to low public debt. This was stated by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting with heads of major foreign companies and business associations on the sidelines of the St Petersburg international economic forum. At the beginning of the year was $370 billion in foreign reserves, now $407 billion in foreign reserves and this in spite of the low external debt, somewhere around 12-13%.Mr Putinprime Russia According to the President, the current account of Russia is quite balanced at present, and his condition is improving, and also growing the reserve

Putin’s “at ease!” at SPIEF translated as Welcome! The translator interpreted the command “at ease” with which President Vladimir Putin used Friday, June 2, instead of a greeting at a plenary session of St. Petersburg international economic forum (SPIEF), as the word “welcome”. In English it means “welcome”. This drew the attention of several media outlets, including the news Agency. Earlier it was reported that combatant command, the head of state gave when entering into the hall, saw that the participants welcomed his standing. Correct translation of the word “freely” sounds like “at ease”. One of the most striking cases of distorted diplomatic translation occurred during the conversation Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Nikita Khrushchev with U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon. In the course of conversation, Soviet politician promised to “show gruel”. This expression was translated as “We’ll show you what’s what”, which literally means “We