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Photo: RIA Novosti Podolsky district court of Kyiv on Thursday will begin consideration of the merits of the criminal case against abducted by the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on the border with Crimea Russian soldier Alexander Baranov, who was charged with treason and desertion from the ranks of the Ukrainian army. Will read the charges The case against Baranov lasted for three months. Previously held three preliminary meetings, the last on April 27. According to their results, the court appointed the case for hearing on the merits. Tuesday’s meeting is scheduled for 16.30 (same as GMT). It is expected that the state prosecution in the face of the military Prosecutor starts to read out the indictment in the case. Examine witnesses and examine evidence on this trial is not planned. As expected, he Baranov will take part in court via videoconference from the Kiev prison where is being detained.

Photo: depositphotos.com Military aircraft of the United States and NATO, including the AWACS system, conducted regular reconnaissance flights on the borders of the Kaliningrad region, data from Western sites, tracking movement of military aviation. Military aircraft of the U.S. air force RC-135W flew from an air base in Britain and flew to Kaliningrad region from Poland after 12.00 GMT. Exploration he led for three hours, reports “Interfax”. Later from the South of the Kaliningrad region to the borders of Russia also flew the plane E-3A AWACS of NATO, risen from the airbase in Germany. We will remind, on the eve of the two reconnaissance aircraft spotted the US in the area of exercise of the Russian Navy ships in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on the briefing did not answer the question of the Finnish journalist about the situation with the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya. The transcript published on the website of the Russian Ministry. The journalist asked me if Zakharova, statements of the Chechen authorities that Chechnya there are no homosexuals and how this situation affect the relations between Russia and the EU. Foreign Ministry spokesman did not answer the question, but asked the name and surname of the journalist – ERKA Mikone. Then she turned her face into the camera and appealed to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov and asked him to arrange for a “journalist’s fact-finding trip to Chechnya, where he could find the answers to all his questions”. She stressed that it is not a question for the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry. The

Vladimir Putin © Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP NEW YORK, June 2. /Offset. TASS Alexey Kachalin/. The surveillance of the security services of one country for the allies not decent and counterproductive. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. Director Oliver stone for his new project – a series of conversations with the Russian leader. A fragment of the film “Interview with Putin” (The Moscow Interviews) were posted on the website of the magazine the Hollywood Reporter. The Director asked the President to assess the effectiveness of intelligence operations of Russian security services. “I think they work well. Our intelligence agencies work exclusively in the framework of the current legislation”, – said Putin. “This is the first and the second still to follow your allies, if you truly consider them your allies, not vassals, it is indecent. This undermines trust and, therefore,

Vladimir Putin © EPA/ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL NEW YORK, June 2. /Offset. TASS Alexey Kachalin/. Former employee of U.S. intelligence Edward Snowden did not betray the interests of the United States, although it is impossible to accept the correctness of all his actions. This opinion was expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. Director Oliver stone for his new project – a series of conversations with the Russian leader. A fragment of the film was posted on the website of the magazine the Hollywood Reporter.

The Ministry of health banned Smoking in the movies In the modified embodiment, the anti-Smoking concept the Ministry of health proposes to abandon support for the domestic film with Smoking heroes. The Ministry of health proposes to ban state support from the budget of films in which characters are shown Smoking or tobacco products, as well as to limit audiovisual works display of brands of cigarettes. This idea appeared in a modified version of the anti-Smoking concept that the Ministry of health has sent to the Federal bodies of Executive power. In the new version of the document, the Agency also refused to increase the working day for smokers and tightened the requirements for standardised cigarette packs. The Ministry of health finalized and provided to the Federal bodies of Executive power “Concept of state policy on combating tobacco consumption for the years 2017-2022 and beyond”. The Deputy head of the

USA transferred to Europe three strategic bomber Aircraft-52N capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Moscow. June 1. INTERFAX.RU — the Pentagon has deployed air force base Fairford in the UK a few strategic bombers-52N, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, said on Thursday the European command of the armed forces of the United States. The strategic bombers b-52N permanently based at Barksdale air force base in the us state of Louisiana, will participate in several exercises, including Arсtic Challenge 2017, Saber Strike and BALTOPS, which will be held in the North of Europe. In particular, it is planned that in the framework of a series of exercises of the American strategic bombers will conduct flights in the Baltic and Northern Norway. According to Western sites, tracking movement of military aviation, Britain on Thursday was supposed to arrive at least three aircraft-52N. Meanwhile, the U.S. command does not report data on the number

Elon Musk leaves the Soviets at the White house for the US withdrawal from the Paris agreement According to the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, the output of the Paris agreement is “not good, neither for America nor for the world.” NEW YORK, June 1. /Offset. TASS Kirill Volkov/. American entrepreneur Elon Musk has stated that out of the councils at the White house after US President Donald trump announced the country’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. This businessman, head of Tesla and SpaceX, said on his Twitter page. “Leaving the advice to the President. Climate change is real. Withdrawal from the Paris agreement is not good, neither for America nor for the world,” he wrote. Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2017. The entrepreneur is a member of several Advisory

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia is open to constructive dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation with Ukraine, despite the unfriendly steps by the Kiev authorities. This is stated in the message of the Russian foreign Ministry, published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of friendship, cooperation and partnership. “Despite the openly hostile actions of the current Kiev authorities do not tire of repeating that the Russian side is open to constructive dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation. We have no doubt that sooner or later we will come to need to restore full-fledged relations between our countries and peoples”, — said the Agency. According to the report, the coup in Kiev in 2014 led to the fact that the current relations between Russia and Ukraine “is far from the spirit and letter of the Treaty of 1997”. “However, the very existence of this document serves as