Category: Politics

On the road to the “Saur-grave” in the DNR before passing Zakharchenko bombings MINER (DNI), may 8 — RIA Novosti. Two explosions occurred on the road to the memorial complex “Saur-Grave” the self-proclaimed Donetsk shortly before the motorcade of the head of the Republic Alexander Zakharchenko, reports from the scene the correspondent of RIA Novosti. The explosions occurred on the only road to the memorial for a few minutes before it had to drive a convoy of journalists. The same road had to move a tuple head of the Republic Alexander Zakharchenko. There were no injuries. Part of the route is blocked. Events at the memorial “Saur-Grave” in celebration of the 72th anniversary of the victory in the great Patriotic war was scheduled for 8 may. Zakharchenko, as well as the speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Denis Pushilin, the heads of ministries and departments and other officials

The Pentagon supported the allocation of $ 8 billion on its military presence in Asia The Pentagon has approved a plan for investments worth nearly $ 8 billion to increase the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five years. The plan envisages upgrading the military infrastructure, conducting more exercises and more deployments and ships. About this newspaper The Wall Street Journal. The plan envisages upgrading the military infrastructure, conducting more exercises and more deployments and ships. The plan was originally introduced by Senator John McCain. He called their proposal “an Initiative of the Asia-Pacific stability.” The initiative has found support from other members of Congress, and Minister of defense James Mattis and head of the Pacific fleet Harry Harris. The U.S. believes the threat of action of China, which lays claim to disputed waters in the South China sea, building a military infrastructure there and building up

Nepal is considering the introduction of age limit for conquering Everest The authorities of Nepal consider the introduction of age restrictions for climbers who want to conquer Everest, after the death on the mountainside 85-year-old Nepalese Min Bahadur Sher Khan. It is reported by the head of the Nepalese mountaineering Association Ang Tshering, reports the Associated Press. According to him, the Nepal government is “seriously considering” the question of establishing the age limit for climbers. Tshering stated the need for restrictions on age for climbers. “If he was, it was possible to avoid loss of life,” he said. The head of the Nepal mountaineering Association said that his organization will promote the initiative on the introduction of age restrictions for climbers to 76 years. According to Nepalese law, the resolution on the conquest of Everest is issued from the age of 16, but the highest age limit is not prescribed.

Photo: RIA Novosti Rosstandart signed the order № 345-St on approval of the national standard GOST R 57458-2017 “Tobacco heated. General technical conditions”. This was reported on the website of the Department. “In recent years, the market of dozens of countries, new types of tobacco products, including “heated tobacco” as used in the systems and the innovative products developed by leading manufacturers in the form of heated tobacco sticks (sticks) tobacco or capsules… At the same time, to date, no standards for this type of product existed, and the Russian Federation became the first country where the national standard for heated tobacco will come into force”, — is spoken in the message. It is noted that the new standard is designed to ensure that new products could present technical requirements and establish methods of control and quality. In February it was reported that the Moscow city Duma has approved a

The Governor of Texas has banned in the state of “cities of refuge” for refugees MOSCOW, may 8 — RIA Novosti. The Governor of the U.S. state of Texas Greg Abbott signed a law that prohibits “cities of refuge” for refugees, and also allows officers to know the immigration status of any person they stop. As noted by the Fox News channel, the Texas Governor had made any public notice about his intention to sign the law by broadcasting it through social network Facebook. “Tonight, I signed a law that prohibits cities of refuge in Texas. Severe punishment of violators,” wrote Abbott on his Twitter page. During the broadcast on Facebook he noted that any officials, including police officers who refuse to carry out the provision of the law could face dismissal and even jail time. Earlier, the US administration decided to refuse Federal funding for so-called “cities of refuge”,

Russia introduced to the UN security Council draft resolution to support the establishment of safe zones in Syria The vote could take place in the beginning of this week. The UN, 8 may. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Russia has submitted to the UN Security Council a draft resolution in support of the Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation in Syria, signed at an international meeting in Astana on 4 may. This was reported on Sunday, TASS at the permanent mission of the Russian Federation at the world organization. “We reiterate that the draft resolution introduced,” — said the press Secretary of the permanent mission Fedor Strzygowski. According to diplomats, the vote could take place in the beginning of this week — may 8 or may 9. As previously reported, delegations of Russia, Iran and Turkey during the talks in Astana agreed on the establishment of four zones of de-escalation

Venezuelan opposition will not revise the Constitution Moscow. May 8. INTERFAX.RU — the Opposition coalition in Venezuela has refused to participate in the revision of the Constitution initiated by the President Nicolas Maduro, reported Bloomberg. Opponents of the current authorities consider the proposal of the President is fraudulent. As stated by the leader of the opposition Henrique Capriles, the constituent Assembly, Maduro is contrary to the law of the country. In this regard, on Monday in front of the Ministry of education in Caracas, will meet the protest, which will present arguments against convening a constituent Assembly. Due to the difficult economic situation in Venezuela, protests of impoverished citizens, which has killed dozens of people.

Photo: Reuters American the bill requiring the United States to control ports of the various countries to verify compliance with the sanctions regime against the DPRK is tantamount to a Declaration of war. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Friday, 5 may, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev. According to him, implementation of the document “provides the power scenario with a forced inspection of the American warships all ships”. “This kind of power scenario boggles the mind, because it is a Declaration of war”, — said the Senator. “This bill will, I hope, will never be implemented”, — said Kosachev.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson will discuss in the upcoming meeting in Alaska, the zone of de-escalation in Syria, said Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov. On it informs RIA Novosti. Earlier it was reported that Lavrov and Tillerson agreed to the interview on the sidelines of the meeting of the Arctic Council in Alaska.

© AP Photo/Mary Altaffer The UN, 8 may. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Russia has submitted to the UN Security Council a draft resolution in support of the Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation in Syria, signed at an international meeting in Astana on 4 may. This was reported on Sunday, TASS at the permanent mission of the Russian Federation at the world organization. “We reiterate that the draft resolution introduced,” – said the press Secretary of the permanent mission Fedor Strzygowski. According to diplomats, the vote could take place in the beginning of this week – may 8 or may 9. As previously reported, delegations of Russia, Iran and Turkey during the talks in Astana agreed on the establishment of four zones of de-escalation in Syria. In these zones consists of Idlib province and parts of neighboring provinces of Aleppo, Latakia and Hama, the area to the North of