Category: Politics

British fighters rose to intercept Russian bombers over the Atlantic Moscow. 9 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — at least four British fighter jets of constant readiness was raised in the air on Thursday to intercept, presumably, the two Russian bombers, a flight which was recorded off the coast of the United Kingdom, according to Western sites tracking the movement of military aircraft. According to them, two pairs of fighters “Tornado” taking off from air bases at Lossiemouth in Scotland and Coningsby in England, were sent to areas of the Atlantic North-West of Scotland and South-West of Ireland to meet and escort Russian strategic bombers and tanker aircraft. In the Northern part of the Bay of Biscay to the British aircraft also joined the fighters of the French air force. It is noted that the specific type of Russian aircraft is not yet known. Meanwhile, the network appeared the recording of the radio

Photo: RIA Novosti Moscow does not consider it necessary to recall its position on the situation in Ukraine, said the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday, February 8. About it the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “I’ll leave that pleasure to the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation. Our position is so well known in this context, I don’t see the need for you to repeat it,” — said the press Secretary of the head of state, commenting on the words of the Pentagon about the alleged intervention of Russia in the escalation of the conflict in the Donbass. Earlier Wednesday, the official representative of the Ministry of defence of the USA Jeff Devis has declared that Russia has “to everything that is happening in Eastern Ukraine”. “This is our rating for a long time,” Davis was quoted by TASS.

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is not implicated in the killing of a militia commander Mikhail Tolstykh, nicknamed Givi, RIA Novosti reported. “Obviously, we are talking about attempts to destabilize the situation in the Donbass. Of course, we hope that there is a certain margin of safety, and those who are behind such killings, will fail to lead to further escalation”, – said Peskov. “We absolutely and unambiguously exclude any, deny accusations of the Russian side about possible involvement, this may not be considered. As for those who are behind the attempts of destabilization, then they should be identified in the course of investigative actions”, — he said.. February 8 Donetsk on the basis of the battalion “Somalia” in his study of rocket flamethrower “bumblebee” was killed the commander of Fat. The body of the deceased has already been identified. This

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the organizing Committee of the world festival of youth and students (WFMS), the first Deputy head of the presidential administration proposes to create a maximally simplified procedure of entry to Russia for foreign participants of the festival. “We need to minimize bureaucratic procedures, it should be as comfortable and convenient for visitors procedure. Once we call them to come and visit, no need to they faced complicated bureaucratic procedure. The absolute priority of safety is not discussed, inviting people to visit, we must be sure that everything will be absolutely safe” – said Kiriyenko at the first meeting of the organizing Committee. “The experience of the Olympics we have. So let’s weigh it would be easier and faster: a simplified procedure for issuing visas or visa-free entry, let’s work through it and give an answer”, he concluded. The festival will be attended by about

In the state Duma proposed to give the baby a double surname at birth In the Duma proposed to allow parents to give the baby a double name, formed by joining the names of father and mother in any order. The amendment to the law on acts of civil status entered in the Committee on legislation. The amendment is proposed for the second reading of the bill to ban to give children exotic names, told reporters the Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov (fraction “United Russia”). He says: this idea was made by several deputies. One of the authors is a member of the Committee of the United Russia party member Olga batalina, said RBC a source in the Committee. Batalina confirmed RBC that support the amendment and said that the story will balance bill which imposes restrictions on the names of the children. The amendment stipulates that the child’s surname may

Danish intelligence has described Russia as a leader in the field of cyber-espionage Moscow. 9 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Russia for a long time making efforts to implement the information attacks against governments and companies of other States, said the security Service and intelligence service of Denmark. “Russia has improved its capabilities in the field of large-scale cyber espionage against political and military targets in the West”, — the report says Danish intelligence, excerpts of which results on Thursday AP. In the special services Denmark called Russia’s leader in terms of espionage in cyberspace and assessed the likelihood of attacks by foreign hackers on computer systems of the Danish authorities and companies as very high. “Hackers quickly adapt to new conditions and continue to progress in the implementation of the attacks, and concealing information about themselves,” — said in the service. Earlier cyber attacks Russia has also accused Norway, the Netherlands,

The foreign Ministry told about the proposals on cooperation with Japan development of the Kuril Islands MOSCOW, February 9 — RIA Novosti. A package of Russian proposals on cooperation with Japan development of the Kuril Islands includes cooperation in the fishing industry, medicine, tourism, said in an interview with RIA Novosti Director of the third Asian Department of the foreign Ministry Lyudmila Vorobyeva. “Currently, jointly with the relevant Russian authorities and Sakhalin oblast administration, we conduct extensive training for this event (the meeting zamglavy the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Japan in March — ed.). Working on a package of proposals concerning the most promising areas from the point of view of socio-economic development of the South Kuril Islands. This, above all, fish farming, fish processing, improvement of infrastructure, geothermal energy, tourism, medicine and a number of others,” she said. Agreement to discuss the possibility of

Photo: RIA Novosti Moscow will be able to respond, including military-technical means, in the case of possible escalation in Europe, but this does not mean a return to the arms race, said in an interview with RIA Novosti Director of the Department for nonproliferation and arms control, the Russian foreign Ministry Mikhail Ulyanov. “I’m not sure that would be an escalation,” — said Ulyanov on the question of whether he agrees with forecasts that the US and Russia are “doomed” to enter the next round of the arms race in Europe, as Washington will not abandon plans to deploy a European missile defense. “Naturally, we will find a way to respond to disadvantageous developments, and the reaction can be twofold: either with diplomacy, but diplomacy here, unfortunately, is not yet operational or military-technical response. Over it, as I understand it, the Russian military are actively working and there is progress.