Category: Politics

Photo: TASS The official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov said that Washington’s refusal to release information about the chemical attack in Syria speaks to the lack of indisputable evidence. About it reports TASS. So Konashenkov commented on the recent media reports that American intelligence intercepted Syrian military preparing himataki. “Dark recently favorite activity of us intelligence to maintain the image of the Almighty secret organizations. According to tradition, each violation of international law, and especially the Commission of U.S. military aggression against sovereign countries, the Pentagon always covers a certain “indisputable” evidence of crimes”, – said the representative of the Ministry of defense. In his opinion, “can be more than these pseudodisease, the more they are “secret”. Earlier this week, the TV channel CNN, citing sources among American officials said that US intelligence intercepted Syrian military on the preparation of the attack with sarin in Idlib province. The

Photo: RIA Novosti The signing ceremony of agreements on allocation of Russia by the UN of $1.5 million for the provision of assistance to Cuba in the aftermath of the hurricane “Matthew”, which hit the Caribbean in October last year, took place on Thursday in the Russian Embassy in Havana. One million dollars will be transferred to the budget of the United Nations development Programme (UNDP), $500 thousand to the budget of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Signatures under the document was signed by Russian Ambassador to Cuba Mikhail Kamynin, representatives of UNDP and UNICEF in Cuba, Mirta Kaulard and Maria Teran Machicado. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Ministry of foreign Affairs and the Ministry of foreign trade and foreign investment of Cuba. Funds allocated from the Federal budget of the Russian Federation on financing of expenses related to the repair and rebuild housing and infrastructure in

Lavrov questioned the adequacy Turchynov MOSCOW, April 15 — RIA Novosti. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov questioned the adequacy of the head of the national security Council and defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov, said the Ukrainian military necessity “to move to the East”. Earlier, the Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that the Ukrainian military in the Donbass should “meter by meter, mile by mile move to the East”, “the main thing is not to rush the border.” “Sustainable doubt on the adequacy of the Ukrainian politicians have appeared for a long time. This is not the first statement of this kind, to Mr. Turchinov the same threatening rhetoric, militant regularly employed and President (Petro) Poroshenko and (speaker of Parliament Andriy) Parubiy, and other officials. This means that the Ukrainian side, the Ukrainian leadership does not want to perform the Minsk agreement, even

Lavrov has demanded urgently to send experts to the OPCW in Idlib Moscow. April 15. INTERFAX.RU Moscow considers it necessary to urgently send experts of the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) to Syria to investigate the incident with chemical weapons in Idlib, said the Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at press conference following talks with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed al-Thani. “We shared with our Qatari colleagues and the Russian assessment of the situation, how it was discussed during the visit of U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the foreign Ministers of Syria and Iran,” — said the Russian Minister. Consider it absolutely necessary as soon as possible an unbiased and impartial investigation in the framework of the OPCW will continue at the UN in new York to insist on the investigation of incidentally Lavrovgave the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation April 4 in

The EU will offer the UK the “Norwegian model” of cooperation Brussels considers “soft” version of the state’s withdrawal from the European Union. The EU may offer Britain a “soft” exit from the Union, inviting the authorities “Norwegian model” of interaction. Writes Politico, citing a source in the European Commission, the United Kingdom will offer to join the European free trade Association (EFTA). Its members are Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, giving these States access to the single market of the Union, said, “Federal news Agency”. After that, the UK can become a member of the European economic area (EEA), which will reduce the economic impact of the withdrawal of Britain from the EU.

Photo: RIA Novosti Sergey Koshelev will leave the post of the head of Department of international military cooperation As it became known””, in the near future the head of the Main Department of international military cooperation (GU MVS) of the defense Ministry Sergei Koshelev will retire. GU MVS — the Central body of military management of the armed forces, which is responsible for military-technical cooperation, in particular with NATO, the CIS and the CSTO. According to “Kommersant”, the decision about the successor of Mr. Koshelev is still not accepted — the post claimed at least three people. About the impending resignation of Sergei Koshelev “b” told several sources close to the defense Ministry. According to them, the chief of the Department of MVS has already written the official report about resignation, citing health problems. “He is undergoing medical examination, and then will sign an order for his dismissal,” the interlocutors

Photo: RIA Novosti The intelligence community in the UK and Europe gave American counterparts information about the team contact Donald trump with Russian officials intercepted “accidentally”. It is reported by CNN, citing sources in the U.S. Congress and in the intelligence of Britain and Europe. Intelligence intercepted contacts during routine surveillance of officials from Russia and other Russians, known to Western intelligence services. However, they deliberately did not check their communication with representatives of this trump emphasizes the channel, and caught her “accidentally”. According to sources, those contacts continued for several months. European intelligence passed information to American colleagues through the work of the intelligence Alliance of English-speaking countries “Five eyes”. A source in the Senate said that the data analyzed. Probably, says CNN, they will be included in the investigation about the “Russian interference” in the elections of the President of the United States. In late March, Russian President

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov called the extremely unfortunate decision of Kiev about the ban on entry the Russian participants of “Eurovision” Yulia Samoilova, reports “NTV”. According to Peskov, this move deals a blow to the prestige of international competition. “Certainly, the decision of the Ukrainian side seriously devalues the upcoming competition, I guess, this is a blow to the prestige of “Eurovision”. The decision is unjust, a failure,” he said. Peskov expressed hope that the decision to ban the entry Samoilova will be reviewed before the competition. Previously, the First channel refused to replace singer Yulia Samoylova on the Eurovision song contest in Kiev.

DPRK military parade showed several types of its own rockets Journalists believe that North Korea demonstrated Intercontinental ballistic missiles and missile submarines. Official data on specific weapons there. PYONGYANG, April 15 — RIA Novosti. At the military parade dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il sung, founder of North Korean state and the grandfather of the current leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-UN, has been demonstrated several types of military equipment, the correspondent of RIA Novosti. Kim Jong-UN personally attended military parade on the Central square of Pyongyang. In front of the podium, on which sat the leader of the state, marched formal calculations of ground troops, special forces, naval forces and the worker-peasant militia, including women’s battalions In addition, the DPRK could imagine the parade of missile multiple rocket launchers, missiles, short-and medium-range missiles of the type “earth-earth”, Intercontinental ballistic missiles and ballistic missile submarines.

In Britain, the security services are looking for employees with knowledge of Russian language MOSCOW, April 15 — RIA Novosti. The UK’s government communications Centre (GCHQ) and the counterintelligence service MI5 has opened a call for applicants for jobs that require knowledge of Russian language and Russian history. “Your knowledge of the Russian language can open an exciting career in the intelligence service,” reads the official message of vacancies in the section on the website of the government communications Centre. In addition to the Russian language proficiency, applicants need to understand Russian culture, history and politics. Wages are settled in the ranks of the security services will be £30,490.