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The Pentagon counted 50 thousand destroyed militants About 50 thousand militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) were destroyed in the two years since the beginning of operations of the international coalition. About it reports on Thursday, December 8, Reuters, citing a source in the Pentagon. The interlocutor of the Agency stressed that this estimate is “conservative.” He also noted that the coalition led by the USA, including the BBC of its member countries, showed high efficiency. 6 December, President Barack Obama acknowledged that the mistakes made by Washington for military operations in Iraq, became one of the reasons for the emergence of ISIS. The American leader stressed that the coalition has inflicted on the terrorists more than 16 thousand air strikes, but Islamic state has lost more than half its controlled territory. “Ultimately, the backbone of the IG will be broken,” said Obama. However,

Photo: RIA Novosti Deputy Minister of culture of Russia Grigory Pirumov dismissed by order of the Cabinet. “The release of Grigory Pirumov U. from office the state Secretary – Deputy Minister of culture of the Russian Federation”, – RIA “news” the text of the order. Earlier, the Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky said that his Deputy Grigory Pirumov filed a letter of resignation at own will. We will remind, on March 15 was arrested, Deputy Minister of culture of Russia Grigory Pirumov, the Director of the Department of property management and investment policy Boris Mazo, as well as the Director under the Ministry of FGKU Tsentrrestavratsiya Oleg Ivanov, the head of the company “Baltstroy” Dmitry Sergeyev and the Manager of the company Alexander Kochenov. They partially admitted guilt. FSB brought in their relation criminal case on suspicion of embezzlement of public funds allocated for the restoration works on the objects

The NATO Secretary General said about the absence of threats to the Baltic States Moscow. 8 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — NATO sees no immediate threat to any specific member of the Alliance and considers proportional to the measures of deterrence in the region of the Baltic sea, said Thursday the Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg. “We see no immediate threat to a specific NATO country and don’t want us to have the same (with Russia in the region — if) number of soldiers or aircraft, we want to respond proportionally and to provide a response to the scale of the challenges. We have tripled the response force, plus multinational battalions and a small headquarters. They provide deterrence,” said he at a press conference with visiting the headquarters of the NATO with the President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid. See alsoNATO Secretary General has warned the United States about the consequences

Photo: RIA Novosti Cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region (APR) is a priority of the transport strategy of the Russian Federation, the statement says Russian President Vladimir Putin to the participants of the Ministerial conference of ESCAP on transport. “Cooperation with partners in the Asia-Pacific region is a priority of the transport strategy of Russia. The unique geographical scale, Asia-Pacific, its enormous demographic, economic and transit potential determine the relevance of a particular formation in that part of the world an effective, integrated transport system”, — is spoken in the message published on the Kremlin website. The President noted that the agenda contains a range of topical issues connected with the improvement of the legal framework of international transport, the introduction of new materials and technologies and extension of transport networks and their connection with the infrastructure of other regions. In addition, the President of the Russian Federation considers the timely

The U.S. Congress approved the allocation of $350 million for military assistance for Ukraine WASHINGTON, December 8. /Offset. TASS Anatoly Bochinin/. The U.S. Senate passed a bill to allocate funds to the Ministry of defence of the country in the 2017 financial year. The new Pentagon budget will be $618,7 billion as last year it provides for a separate article on the provision of military aid to Ukraine. “Ukraine pledged $350 million, these funds can be used to provide military assistance”, — explained the correspondent of TASS, the representative of office of the Committee on the armed forces. He explained that the decision to use the money will be taken by the President of the United States. Read alsoPoroshenko called the Ukrainian army the strongest in Europe The text contains a clarification according to which the Pentagon initially to support Kiev can only use $175 million of the total. The

Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin Photo: RIA Novosti The Japanese foreign Ministry announced the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Japan. As stated in the document, the Russian leader will visit the country on 15 and 16 December this year. Talks with the head of the Japanese Cabinet Shinzo Abe will be held in Tokyo and in the city of Nagato (Yamaguchi Prefecture). “President Putin’s visit will contribute to further promotion of relations between Japan and Russia,” said a Japanese foreign Ministry. On December 6 the Governor of the southwestern Japanese Prefecture of Yamaguchi Prefecture Muraoka Tsugumi admitted that he wants to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the hot spring to treat his seafood and sake. “This is a very joyous event, we perceive it as a great honor — said Muraoka. Is the native