Category: Politics

Russian patrol took control of a US Navy ship in Black sea MOSCOW, 7 Feb — RIA Novosti. A patrol ship of the black sea fleet “Inquisitive” controls the actions of the U.S. Navy ship “Fort McHenry”, which entered the Black sea on 6 January, according to the defense Ministry. It is noted that the U.S. Navy ship is in the waters of the Black sea from 21.00 GMT on 6 January. As reported in the press service of the US Navy in Europe, the ship entered the sea for “patrol”. Earlier, the special envoy of the state Department in Ukraine Kurt Volker said the United States needs to consider increasing its presence in the Black sea. He also admitted that Washington will deliver Kiev lethal weapons. Read also: Ukraine will once again send ships through the Kerch Strait Helpthe Azov crisis As Russia and Ukraine brought the situation to

In Kiev has determined the most “painful” situation of the Tomos of autocephaly The most “painful” situation of Tomos of autocephaly for the “new Church” will be the prohibition to set up their structures outside the country. About it the rector of the Kiev theological Academy, Professor Vladimir Burega wrote in the column of the edition “Left coast”. He stressed that such a requirement was never spelled out in the previously published Tomaso. However, in the Tomos for “new Church” of Ukraine indicated that its jurisdiction is limited to the territory of the country. Thus, writes Burega, head of the “new Church” Metropolitan Epiphanius cannot establish parishes outside of the state, and all Church structures outside of Ukraine will come under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Burega notes that the immigrants from Eastern Europe tend to maintain contact with national churches and are reluctant to integrate into other

Donald trump has denied a speedy withdrawal of us troops from Syria The President of the United States Donald trump refused to name a specific timeline for the withdrawal of us troops from Syria, stressing that he had never promised that the process will be quick. “We leave Syria, we’ll withdraw our troops from there, I never said that we would do it so fast”, — quotes Mr. trump Reuters. According to the President of the United States, U.S. forces “will not go away completely,” while ISIS (a terrorist group banned in Russia) “is not done”. At the same time to continue the fight against terrorists could countries that “hate even more” IG, for example, Russia and Iran, he added. We will remind, on December 19 the U.S. President Donald trump has announced the withdrawal of American troops from Syria. Initially it was stated that troops can be withdrawn within

Bloomberg: the second meeting trump and Kim Jong UN may be held in Hanoi TASS, January 7 — Earlier, the US President announced that Washington is negotiating with Pyongyang on the venue of the second summit. 8фотографий8фотографий8фотографий The U.S. and the DPRK are discussing the possibility of this second meeting between US President Donald trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN in Hanoi. This was reported on Monday by Bloomberg. They refers to the South Korean newspaper Munhwa Ilbo, according to which representatives of the American and North Korean sides have already held a meeting in Hanoi, which discussed the timing of a possible summit. Washington is also considering as potential locations for the meeting of the leaders of the United States and the DPRK Indonesia, Mongolia, Hawaii and the border crossing Panmunjom on the border of the DPRK and the Republic of Korea. On Sunday, trump said that the

The brother of the detained in Russia American claims that he could not be a spy NEW YORK, January 7. /TASS/ — According to David Whelan, his brother supposedly was a too noticeable figure, to cooperate with the intelligence services. American Paul Whelan detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage could not cooperate with the investigation because it attracted too much attention, he believes his brother David. He said this on Sunday in an interview with the Associated Press. According to David Whelan, his brother loves to travel and “to communicate with people in those countries, to come”, but supposedly was a too noticeable figure, to cooperate with the intelligence services. “He likes to travel and so it happened that in Russia he has a friend, when he arrives, he visits them”, — said the Agency interlocutor. David Whelan also said he did not rule out a link between the

Geir Pedersen will be appointed the special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria Moscow. January 7. INTERFAX.RU — the Norwegian Ambassador Geir Pedersen on Monday takes office as the special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria. Pedersen was appointed to the post of UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres, on 31 October 2018, after predecessor Geir Pedersen — Staffan de Mistura — has announced his retirement. Guterres noted that “Mr. Pedersen will support the parties in Syria, contributing to a comprehensive and credible political solution that meets the democratic aspirations of the Syrian people.” Shortly before the resignation, Staffan de Mistura, called the Pedersen superb specialist. Geir Pedersen held the position of special envoy of Norway to the UN from 2012 to 2017. In 2017, he was appointed Ambassador of his country in China. Italian diplomat Staffan de Mistura, who held the post of UN special envoy on