Category: Politics

Russia has risen in the ranking of the main threats to the European Union The European Council on foreign relations (ECFR) is called the main threat to European Union security. In the first place was the radical Islamist group, the second — Russia and international criminal organizations. Third place went to North Korea. The report was published on the website of the Council. The authors of the text note that in 2008, Russia was not among top three challenges for the EU. According to the study, Moscow’s actions are most afraid of in Finland, Estonia, Romania, Lithuania and Poland. Britain and Germany are also experiencing anxiety about this. At the same time, some countries, for example Cyprus, Italy, Greece, Hungary and Portugal do not consider Russia a threat. The reasons for such sentiment experts call “hostility in the information field and cyber-attacks” from Moscow. In preparing the report, analysts interviewed

Trump has spoken in favor of establishing relations between the US and the UK with Russia and China LONDON, July 15. /TASS/ — the us President added that he considers it possible “to get along very well” with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The President of the United States Donald trump spoke in favor of the establishment of Washington and London’s relations with Moscow and Beijing, saying he believes it is possible “to get along very well” with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He declared it in interview to the journalist of the TV company ITV to Piers Morgan, excerpts of which were published in the newspaper The Mail on Sunday. “I think that we might very well get along [with Putin]. Someone said: are you friends or enemies? I say, well, it is still too early to say, but right now I think we are rivals, but for the United States

Trump intends to participate in the next US presidential election The US President Donald trump said that he is determined to take part in the presidential election of 2020, and does not see serious competition. “I am determined. Looks like everyone wants it too,” said trump in an interview with the Daily Mail. Thus the question of whether he sees serious competition from Democrats, the American leader replied in the negative. “No, I don’t see anyone. I know all of them, they have no one. They don’t have the right candidate,” said trump. Also in the interview, the American leader said, does Russian President Vladimir Putin “a tough person” and whether to establish a relationship with Moscow at a summit in Helsinki, scheduled for July 16. Donald trump is the President of USA in 2016. Then the election, he beat Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

The Network has protested the embarrassment of trump meeting with Elizabeth II MOSCOW, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti. Video of the meeting of US President Donald trump with the Queen Elizabeth II, where he drove the British Queen to the side, angered users of the Network. The video shows how the American leader is in front of the Queen, and she in vain tries to catch up and bypass it, then the trump rises, blocking her way. During the download an error has occurred. Internet users accused trump of violating the rules of etiquette, so, the commentator @bagpussforeva called him a goof. “I am not a monarchist in the slightest degree, but it is a real insult to Britain. Absolutely clueless misbehavior without its share of respect,” wrote @mcgregormt. In turn, @MulletYvonne found the actions of the White house clowning. Tea with the Queen Earlier, several media outlets reported that

Off the coast of Crimea spotted by British reconnaissance aircraft MOSCOW, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti. Aircraft of the Royal air force of great Britain conducted reconnaissance near the coast of the Crimea. It is reported by the resource monitoring Mil Radar. The Raythen Sentinel aircraft flew with the British military base of Akrotiri on the island of Cyprus around 09:05 GMT. Royal Air Force Sentinel R1 ZJ961 RRR9987 departed Akrotiri at approx 0605z – Black Sea mission pic.twitter.com/GNUCwkPG36 — Mil Radar (@MIL_Radar) July 13, 2018 On the published map shows that the route of the aircraft ran over the Black sea near the Russian Peninsula. The plane flew over the Crimea at least twice. Recently, the activity of foreign reconnaissance aircraft near Russian borders has increased. So, in June, the us drone had spent hours flying along the coast of the Crimea. The defense Ministry drew attention to the

Putin and Erdogan agreed to meet at the BRICS summit, the source said ANKARA, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti, Alain Palazhchenko. The presidents of Turkey and Russia Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin agreed to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, which will take place July 25-27 in Johannesburg, told RIA Novosti source in the administration of the Turkish leader on Saturday. “The presidents of Russia and Turkey, today held a telephone conversation, during which agreed to lead a meeting at the end of the month (25-27 July) in Johannesburg at the BRICS summit,” — said the source. He added that the presidents also discussed the situation in Syria and joint projects of Russia and Turkey, in particular, the “Turkish stream” and NPP “Akkuyu”. “Erdogan said that he is very concerned about the attacks on civilians in Deraa. If the Syrian regime will thus operate in Idlib,

Putin and Erdogan discussed by telephone the settlement of the situation in Syria MOSCOW, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone conversation discussed the joint steps to resolve the crisis in Syria, the press service of the Kremlin. Added that Putin once again congratulated the Turkish leader with his victory in the recent elections and the official inauguration of the President. Both sides underlined mutual commitment to further advancing cooperation in various fields. “The sides discussed topical issues on the international agenda and regional issues. Special attention is given to the joint steps to resolve the crisis in Syria on the basis of the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and agreements reached in the framework of the Astana format”, — stated in the message. Also, the leaders agreed to continue contacts.

There was a video speech Poroshenko in front of an empty room at the NATO summit MOSCOW, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Russian foreign Ministry drew attention to the video with a briefing of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, which took place before almost empty hall. “When you do something not so” — said the Russian diplomats, the official Twitter of the Agency. When you are doing something wrong pic.twitter.com/N9G1EzQENX — Russian foreign Ministry ?? (@MID_RF) July 14, 2018. The footage shows that the hall, where are Poroshenko and Stoltenberg, is just a few people, one of those present left the room at that moment to come when the Ukrainian President and the NATO Secretary General. Earlier pictures of the event drew the attention of the chief editor of the publication “Timer” Yuri Tkachev. Some netizens jokingly suggested that reporters

The Russian Embassy in London © REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON, July 14. /TASS/. The UK authorities are committed to the politicization of the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) in damage to its reputation. On Saturday, said the press Secretary of the Russian Embassy in response to a request for comment on the latest statement of the British foreign Ministry regarding the new treatment of official London to the OPCW for assistance in the investigation of the incident in Amesbury.

The French air group mixed up the colors of its flag, flying over Paris PARIS, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti. The famous French aerobatic team Patrouille de France, participated in the aerial part of the parade on the occasion of French national holiday — Bastille Day — Paris, mixed up the sequence of colors in the flag of the country. The French flag consists of three vertical stripes: blue, white and red. Strips of smoke, painted in the colors, aerobatic team, traditionally released into the sky over the main Avenue in Paris — Champs elysées. Just view the colors of the flag involved nine aircraft — three for each color. But this time, the spectators watching the parade, saw that in the first place, the “blue” of the plane was the plane that released a red stream of smoke. The French aerobatic team Patrouille de France (the”Patrouille de France”) acts