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NATO will increase the combat readiness of the “hundreds of thousands of war” because of Russia’s actions NATO translated to the strengthened mode of service is “hundreds of thousands of soldiers” because of the actions of Russia, said the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He explained that this is the most serious measure taken by the Alliance since the end of the cold war. Hundreds of thousands of NATO soldiers will be transferred to the strengthened mode of service amid growing tension in relations with Russia. About it The Times said the head of the Northern Alliance Jens Stoltenberg. According to the newspaper, NATO command wants to prepare a significant number of military ground forces able to deter “Russian aggression”. Stoltenberg did not lead the exact figure, however, the British permanent representative to NATO Adam Thompson said the goal is translated to the strengthened mode of service of 300 thousand

Photo: RIA Novosti At the residence of the British Ambassador in Moscow has thrown a few splattered with paint mannequins. This is with reference to eyewitnesses, on Friday, 4 November, reports “Interfax”. According to the interlocutor of the Agency, it happened at about 17:30. Unknown drove up to the fence of the Embassy in a van, unloaded “the bloody mannequins”, and threw them to the territory over the fence. An eyewitness reported that protesters were about 10-12, and they disappeared before the cops arrived. The journalists stressed that they did not have confirmation from official sources. 3 November a group of activists blocked the work of the Russian Embassy in London. The entrance to the Embassy was filled with pieces of mannequins, and the protesters in t-shirts reading “save Aleppo” chained themselves to the gates. Diplomats appealed to the British foreign Ministry with a request to ensure the safety of

The government has established a list of 85 documents which cannot be required from the applicant The government approved a list of the 85 types of documents and information that are available to the state authorities, which could require officials in the provision of public services to citizens and which are now banned from the claimants to demand. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed the corresponding decree on 1 November 2016, November 7, it was published on the government website. The list of documents and information, which is issued by 25 Federal Executive bodies. Now the bodies providing public services will have to obtain these documents and information from other state bodies within the framework of interdepartmental interaction. The Cabinet believes that the adoption of this list will unify the interdepartmental information interaction of Executive public authorities of regions and local self-government bodies with the Federal bodies of Executive power, “to

Photo: RIA Novosti Director of the Legal Department of the MFA of Russia Roman Kolodkin “in the face of tough competition” was elected to the UN international law Commission, said a source in the permanent representation of the country at the UN. “From the Russian Federation to the Commission, was elected Director of the Legal Department of the MFA of Russia Roman Anatolyevitch Kolodkin,” – said the source “Interfax”. According to the source, Kolodkin scored 149 votes of the States members of the United Nations out of 193 possible. Elections to the Board took place on Thursday. Kolodkin was elected for five years. About a week ago, the UN General Assembly voted for the new composition of the HRC. Russia has not received a sufficient number of votes for re-election. The head of the Council on human rights under the President Mikhail Fedotov said that the UNHRC there is a

Beijing was not allowed to the legislative Assembly of Hong Kong’s Pro-independence The Chinese authorities have blocked the inauguration of Hong Kong’s two elected legislators who refused to declare their loyalty to Beijing during the inaugural ceremony. Removed from their posts sikstus “Baggio” Lingyun Yao and Chien Wai openly advocate the independence of Hong Kong. According to official Chinese media, Chinese authorities have exercised their right to prohibit to take the position of officials who do not observe the established regulations. The decision of the Parliament of mainland China notes that legislators must “accurately, fully and solemnly,” to read that part of his inaugural speech, which refers to loyalty to Beijing. Lingyun provocative nuclear weapons and has repeatedly changed the text of the oath. On the eve was held in Hong Kong rally against Beijing interference in the political life of the Autonomous region, which ended with clashes activists by

Photo: AFP More than fifty high-ranking U.S. military retired wrote a letter asking presidential candidate from Republican Donald Trump, that he has published a tax return to establish the possible relations with the Russian leadership, reports the associated Press. “A group of 62 high-ranking military officers retired have expressed concern about possible links of Donald trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They call upon the Republican nominee to publish a tax return to determine whether financial ties with Moscow”, — writes the Agency. The officers wonder whether trump, if elected President to serve the national security interests of his country. “In the letter they say that trump has taken some steps in favor of Moscow, in particular, he refused to recognize the conclusions of the intelligence agencies about the relationship of the Kremlin with the latest hacker attacks on the system of national Committee of Democratic party of the USA”,

Extremist “likes” When deciding on the direction of action of the person who posted extremist material on the Internet or expressing their attitude to such information, courts should consider the context, form and content of the publication, as well as the presence and content of the commentary. Such explanations of the Supreme court intends to Supplement its 2011 resolution on judicial practice on cases on crimes of an extremist orientation. Since then, the number of cases of extremism is growing steadily, said Thursday the Supreme court judge Oleg Steepin. The active dynamics is shown for the case of excitation of hatred or enmity (article 282 of the Criminal code): if in 2012, is condemned 149 people, in 2015 — already 444. Growth provides basically the first part of this article — crimes committed using the Internet. According to the judge, such adjustments, the Supreme court makes with the submission of