Category: Politics

Media: the majority of multi-purpose submarines the UK has failed Reporters noted that this is the first time in the last decade, when the Kingdom had no existing multi-purpose submarines. MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. A large part of the submarines of the Royal Navy, equipped with cruise missiles “Tomahawk”, and is not in working condition. This was reported by the newspaper The Sun, citing sources close to the situation. According to the publication, seven of the submarines went down, nine more are either in for repairs or will soon be in order. Only one submarine of Astutе is in the sea trials after maintenance, however, and it will not soon be able to start completing tasks. According to the newspaper, for the first time in decades, the UK has no existing multi-purpose submarines. The defense Ministers carefully hide this information from the Prime Minister Theresa may because they fear her

U.S. General need to increase military contingent in Afghanistan Moscow. 10 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — the Commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson believes that the United States should significantly increase its military contingent in Afghanistan. Speaking in the defence Committee of the Senate on Thursday, the General said that he “lacks several thousand people” for the training of local military and provide them with assistance, noting that American troops in Afghanistan “are in a deadlock”. In January, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, the US President Donald trump in a telephone conversation with Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani noted that considering the buildup of troops. Last Thursday, the presidency spoke again on the phone. As reported at the end of the conversation the White house, “the parties discussed opportunities to strengthen bilateral relations in areas such as security, cooperation in the fight against terrorism, and economic development”. Press

Friendly fire is not allowed to flare up The death of the Turkish military under the impact of the Russian HQs in Syria will not lead to a cooling of relations. Between the Russian and the Turkish armed forces has been second since the beginning of the war in Syria is a serious incident that resulted in human casualties. In the town of al-Bab in the North of the country the aircraft of the Russian VKS by mistake struck blow to the Turkish military, leading the fighting against controlling the city groups in the Russian Federation banned the “Islamic state”. Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 were injured. Soon after the incident, President Vladimir Putin expressed on the telephone his condolences to President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Judging by the first reaction of Ankara, this tragic episode will not provoke a crisis in bilateral relations — in contrast

Photo: RIA Novosti Crimean Tatars appealed to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA), urging them to recognize the Crimea a part of Russia. This initiative was organized by public organization “kyrym birligi”. About it reports TASS. As noted in the publication, the appeal of the Crimean Tatar organization also calls on the international community to condemn the policy of economic, commercial and financial blockade of Russian, and insists on the immediate abolition of anti-Russian sanctions. The signature under the document was signed by Vice-speaker of Crimean Parliament Remzi Ilyasov. Letter to appeal “qırım birligi,” the Chairman of the 71st session of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson was sent by the Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin. The appeal stressed that in 2014 the residents took “the right decision” on the reunification with Russia at a time when the power of the state coup in Ukraine “jeopardize freedom,

Photo: RIA Novosti Provocative actions of the American special services against Russian diplomats in the US have become common practice, said the first Deputy foreign Minister Vladimir Titov. “Provocative actions on the part of U.S. intelligence in relation to our employees in the United States, unfortunately, have become common practice. It is no secret that similar actions are organized with the American feed, or directly by special services of the USA and third countries. This, of course, bad practice, but diplomats at the essence of his profession stress,” said Titov in interview to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, answering the question whether there had been any difficulty in the relations of Russia with the West on the work of diplomats in other countries.

White house investigates leak on trump conversations with foreign leaders WASHINGTON, 10 Feb — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. The US administration is examining how the press contains the information about the telephone conversations of President Donald trump with foreign leaders, said White house spokesman Sean Spicer. “We are studying the situation, and it causes anxiety”, — quotes the Spicer newspaper the Hill. According to him, “some of these leaks constitute a clear violation of existing rules and laws.” A White house spokesman did not specify what kind of investigations are carried out. At the same time, he stressed that the head of state personally concerned with the situation. Of course, he is concerned about this. The fact that he can’t negotiate without leaks is a concern.Sean Spaceofficials White house spokesman Earlier, Reuters reported that during a recent conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin trump called a bad start-3 Treaty. During

Volodin called the law of beatings in the family “bug fix” Moscow. 10 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — speaker of the lower house of the Russian Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin said in a Friday interview with “Kommersant” that the assault and battery associated with domestic violence before was the penalty more harsh than necessary. “For the sake of objectivity you just have to admit it: before a mistake was made. And accordingly, the beatings relating to damage to health, but not entailing a disorder… abrasions, bruises… They were related to the punishment much stricter. (…) Error corrected”, — he said. Referring to the “law of Spring”, Volodin added that it “should look, based on law practice.” “We need time to we looked at how the norm is implemented, what problems arise, and then the subjects of legislative initiatives, be it the government or the deputies can initiate the changes,” — said Volodin. February