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Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is aware of the situation associated with the “New newspaper” and representatives of the Chechen Republic and monitors the development of the conflict. About it reports “Tape.ru”. Thursday, 13 April, “Novaya Gazeta” published a report in which representatives of editorial staff have expressed fears for the safety of all staff publications for the reactions of the representatives of the Chechen Republic on the publication about the persecution of homosexuals in the country. “We have also received an appeal from the chief editor of “Novaya Gazeta”, I, in particular, received a letter which sets out this situation”, — said Peskov. He noted that in that case, if someone considers the material defamatory, it must follow the “prescribed by law and challenge the invocation of the responsibility of the authors”. The Kremlin’s press Secretary, categorically against

In Washington, the explosion of the North Korean missile called the “good news” The white house received the necessary intelligence as to the failed missile launch of the DPRK, and after it. The rocket flight lasted about five seconds, her failure in Washington called “good news.” Unsuccessful rocket launch, which the DPRK authorities have taken 16 April, was not a surprise for US and did not require additional resources. As reported by Reuters, said wished to remain anonymous adviser to Vice-President Mike Pence. We had reliable intelligence prior to launch and after it. It was a bad start, and it followed another failed launch. We don’t need to take additional measures and to spend resources in this regard. The good news is that it [the missile] went down five seconds after StartElement Agency He said that, according to preliminary data, North Korea tried to launch a medium-range missile. The missile

Turkey began a referendum on amendments to the Constitution Only the will can attend more than 55 million Turks eligible to vote. ANKARA, April 16. /Offset. TASS Kirill Zharov/. Residents of the Eastern regions of Turkey proceeded to vote on the referendum on amendments to the Constitution. Polling stations in 33 of the 81 provinces in the country opened at 07:00 local time (coincides with Moscow). Electoral commissions in other regions of the country traditionally start work an hour later, at 08:00 and continue until 17:00. Only the will can attend more than 55 million Turks eligible to vote. The country openly 145 thousand plots. The Ministry adopted enhanced security measures to ensure during the day will do more than 250 thousand policemen, 128 thousand gendarmes, and about 70 thousand employees of security agencies and volunteers. In the case of an emergency, the command of the army will be able

South Korea promised a “resolute” response to the rocket launch in the DPRK South Korea will “firmly” respond to “provocations” from North Korea. This was stated by the Minister of defence of the Republic of Korea Kim Gwangjin during a meeting with Korean security Council after North Korea conducted a launch of its rocket, reports Yonhap. In turn, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of South Korea condemned the missile tests in North Korea and warned that Pyongyang will be taken “serious punitive measures” in the event of a nuclear test in the DPRK, or “provocative actions.” That North Korea conducted the launch, said South Korea’s military on April 16. According to the Agency Yonhap, citing the Korean defense Ministry, the missile launch in North Korea was unsuccessful. The fact of the missile launch was confirmed by the American military. According to them, she was running around the port city of

Photo: TASS Press Secretary of the President of Russia said that President Vladimir Putin at Easter, like last year, will go to the temple. About it reports “Tape.ru”. “The place is, usually do not announce. I wouldn’t now,” — said Peskov. During major feasts, Putin attends Church services. Usually, at Easter, he remains in Moscow. In 2016, 2015 and 2014, the head of state met Easter in the temple of Christ the Savior. Last year, after the service, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill gave Putin, on the Orthodox holiday decorative Easter eggs that made the Church’s jewelers. The same gift, the Patriarch gave the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana. Christmas Russian President also regularly meets in churches, but not in Moscow and outside the city.

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin regrets the inability of the organizers of the international music contest “Eurovision” to follow the rules that are spelled out in the documents of the European broadcasting Union. About it reports TASS. “We can only Express regret that the organizers of “Eurovision” was unable to fulfill the terms of their rules and was unable to call a country that has expressed willingness to host this contest, follow the rules of the host country, which are set out in the relevant documents of the European broadcasting Union”, – said Peskov. Today the European broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that Russia has officially refused to participate in the Eurovision song contest in 2017. Thursday, April 13, First channel stated that refuses to broadcast the competition. Earlier the security Service of Ukraine has banned the Russian participant of

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin called for “pairing information systems” government agencies of the member States of the EEU, BelTA “Газеты.Ru”. “This would liberalize and improve solutions to such problematic issues for the transit of goods from third countries, including Ukraine. We discussed this repeatedly discussed and came to the conclusion that the introduction of this electronic system for tracking the movement of goods would help us and our partners that are outside the Union,” the President said. The introduction of such measures is intended to create a mechanism for monitoring the movement of goods in the territory of the Union. First of all, the customs services.

Seoul convened a Committee of the national security Council after the missile launch from the DPRK TOKYO, 16 Oct — RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Plyasunova. The South Korean government is holding an emergency meeting of the standing Committee of the national security Council in connection with the failed missile launch North Korea, reports Yonhap news Agency. According to the Agency, during the meeting, attended by heads of the Ministry of defense, Ministry of foreign Affairs, the Ministry of unification, the intelligence service and other key agencies will discuss measures in response to Pyongyang’s actions. Earlier on Sunday, the joint chiefs of staff of the armed forces of South Korea reported about the failed missile launch of the DPRK. According to the South Korean military, Pyongyang tried to hold the start uncertain missiles in the County, yuktae-Dong province of hamkyung province. The type of missile is not yet known, but experts do

Trump and Pence discussed a missile launch in the DPRK About the incident to the Vice President announced about an hour after his plane took off from anchorage, where he made a refueling stop before flying to Seoul, where to begin tour Pence in the Asia-Pacific countries. WASHINGTON, April 16. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Kirsanov/. The US President Donald trump and Vice-President Michael Pence discussed the new “failed missile launch” in the DPRK. This was reported by the press service of the Penny went down Saturday in a long tour of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region (APR). The first stop of the Vice-President will be in Seoul. According to the testimony of assistants Pence, he was informed about the new attempt of the DPRK to conduct a test launch of a ballistic missile, after which he contacted the trump. As they said, Pence informed about current developments in about an

Boris Johnson has invited Russia to join the Western coalition to fight ISIS The British foreign Secretary also said that Russia needs to facilitate a ceasefire, “in order to achieve a political settlement that would free the Syrians” from the government of Bashar al-Assad. LONDON, April 16. /Offset. TASS Igor Brovarnik/. The Minister of foreign Affairs of great Britain, Boris Johnson has invited Russia to join the Western coalition against the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). This is stated in his article, published Saturday in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. According to the head of the foreign Ministry, Moscow could “join the coalition, which unites more than 60 countries, to fight against the “Daishev” (the Arabic name of the IG) and to preserve its strategic interests in Syria with the prospect of a more fruitful relationship with the President (of the USA Donald) trump.” At the same