Category: Politics

The US began deployment of the THAAD system in South Korea Moscow. March 7. INTERFAX.RU — the United States has embarked on a program of placing missile defence systems THAAD in South Korea, said on Tuesday the US Pacific command. “The continuing provocative actions of North Korea, including last night’s multiple launches of missiles, only validated last year’s decision of the Alliance on the placement of THAAD in South Korea”, — reads the statement of the command. As reported by South Korean media, the first batch of components of THAAD batteries has been delivered to the American military transport plane at a military base in South Korea. The agreement on the deployment of THAAD have been achieved in the past year to counter a missile threat from the DPRK. China strongly opposes the deployment of U.S. missile defense systems on the Korean Peninsula because, according to the statements of Beijing,

Russia has paid a contribution to the UN budget in the amount of $78 million UN 7 Mar. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Russia on Monday transferred $78 million in annual contribution to the regular budget of the UN. This was announced by the permanent mission of the Russian Federation at the world organization. “March 6, 2017 Russian Federation transferred the amount of $ 888 309 77 U.S. dollars as payment accrued on Russia’s contribution to the regular budget of the UN,” — said in a statement on the official website of the Embassy. Contributions to the UN budget (us$5.4 million for the 2016-2017 fiscal years) is determined based on the average of the country’s GDP over a 10-year period, given income per capita and external debt. Currently the largest sponsor of the United Nations are the USA, which cover 22% of the expenses of the organization. The share of Russia

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, March 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned Oksana, Sebastiai convicted of treason.

Photo: RIA Novosti Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he intends on Thursday, March 9, to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It is reported by RIA “Novosti”. Netanyahu plans to discuss with the Russian leader to Syria. “On Thursday I meet with President Putin in Moscow. The negotiations will be the situation in Syria and attempts at settlement,” he said. He added that Israel is concerned about Iranian attempts to gain a foothold in Syria. Netanyahu intends to Express “strong disagreement of Israel with it.” “I hope we can reach a mutual understanding,” he said. Information about what Putin March 9, will meet with Netanyahu in Moscow was confirmed by press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. “Yes,” said Peskov told TASS news Agency. In December 2016, it was reported that Putin held a telephone conversation with Netanyahu.

Photo: RIA Novosti Blockade of railway tracks at the borders of Russia in Konotop (Ukraine) undertaken by the Ukrainian radicals, not yet reflected in the movement of trains in the Bryansk region, reports TASS with reference to the press service of the Moscow railway (MZHD) in the Bryansk region. According to the representative of the press service Inna Chikacheva, the movement of trains on the Ukrainian direction in the Bryansk region is not disturbed. She also noted that today, of the Bryansk region in this direction have only gone freight train, they all decline on the territory of Ukraine. The first passenger trains of the Ukrainian direction, following from the Kiev railway station of Moscow, will leave today after 10:00 GMT. According to the schedule they should arrive at the border in the afternoon. Then we can talk about the situation in passenger transport. From Moscow through Bryansk and the

Britain was in favour of cooperation with Russia without the lifting of sanctions The UK is in favour of cooperation with Russia, despite the difficulties in relations between the two countries. On Monday, March 6, said the Deputy Minister of defence of the United Kingdom Stephen Lovegrove in his speech in the center of the Atlantic Council in Washington, reports RIA Novosti. “I think we want to cooperate with Russia. It is important that communication lines remain open, that we understand how to develop their doctrine, and it has changed significantly,” said Lovegrove. He stressed that London does not intend to cancel anti-Russian sanctions imposed in connection with the situation around the Crimea, which “cannot be ignored”. The Deputy Minister also said that the Minister of foreign Affairs of great Britain, Boris Johnson is going to meet with Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “soon enough”. About the plans of Johnson

The foreign Minister of Venezuela called the President of Peru, a coward and a dog MEXICO city, 7 Mar — RIA Novosti. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez was named President of Peru Pedro Kuczynski a coward and a dog. Earlier during his visit to the United States he Kuczynski, speaking at Princeton University, has compared Latin America with a “cute dog, don’t create problems” for the United States. “Mr. Kuczynski you were a coward, and the only cute dog, which serves the North American imperialism” — leads the channel VTV statement Rodriguez. Word Rodriguez has already provoked a strong reaction in Lima. On Monday the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Peru issued a statement, according to which it decided to urgently recall for consultations of Ambassador in Caracas, Mario Lopez, and protest and total rejection of such statements to the address of the President of the

During a meeting of the Eurasian intergovernmental Council © Ekaterina Shtukina/press service of the Russian government/TASS BISHKEK, 7 Mar. /TASS/. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev compared with blackmail attempts to make the integration within the Eurasian economic community held hostage to bilateral disagreements. “The cases, when the problems of bilateral relations and such problems were, are and will be, nothing in them is dramatic not because of the intensity of cooperation can be transferred to the multilateral platform of the Union (EEU), he said at the session of the Eurasian intergovernmental Council. – Execution of the agreements we reached and he integration process as a whole become hostage to specifically understand the national interests. In fact, in relation to other members of the Union who are not involved in the dispute, a completely unacceptable situation, this situation is akin to blackmail: either you affect the decision of the other party to