Yevgeny Roizman © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS EKATERINBURG, on may 25. /TASS/. The deputies of the city Duma of Yekaterinburg on Friday accepted the resignation of the mayor Yevgeny Roizman, the correspondent of TASS. Voted for the dismissal of the majority of local deputies.
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Speaking against Poroshenko, Ukrainian Marines transferred to the reserve
Speaking against Poroshenko, Ukrainian Marines transferred to the reserve The soldiers of the 1st Feodosia separate battalion of Marines of Ukraine, spoke against changing the color of the beret, announced by President Petro Poroshenko, retired. The chief a press-the centre Military-naval forces of Ukraine Oleg Chalyk claims that the move soldiers of the battalion was their personal position. Also the representative of the Ukrainian Navy said that the demarche of the soldiers of the battalion was their personal position. “The vast majority of Marines wear the new berets,” he assured Calik. May 23, Marines of the battalion took to the parade ground and lined up in front of Poroshenko and the leadership of the Ukrainian army in black berets, demonstrating their protest against the new colour of military hats. One of the soldiers told InfoResist that one reason for the demarche was the bad attitude of command the military. Marine
Trump has canceled a meeting with Kim Jong-UN
Trump has canceled a meeting with Kim Jong-UN The US President Donald trump has canceled a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN. This is stated on the White house website. Trump also noted that the authorities of the DPRK said earlier about the presence of nuclear capability, “but our (weapons — ed.) is so powerful that I pray to God that it never used”. “My long-awaited meeting with Kim Jong-UN will be held in Singapore on June 12. We will try to make it a special moment for peace in the world!” — previously wrote trump on Twitter. May 15, Pyongyang has threatened to cancel the summit in the format of U.S. — North Korea for joint exercises by American and South Korean military. Tuesday, may 22, the Turkish foreign Ministry announced the postponement of the meeting. He threatened Kim Jong Ynu Libyan scenario, if he will abandon the
Defense Ministry: no SAM the Armed forces of the Russian-Ukrainian border is not crossed
Defense Ministry: no SAM the Armed forces of the Russian-Ukrainian border is not crossed MOSCOW, may 24. /TASS/. None of the anti-aircraft missile systems Armed forces of the Russian Federation never crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border. This was stated by the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation, commenting on the findings of the Joint investigation team to investigate the crash Boeing in the Donbass in the summer of 2014. 8фотографий8фотографий8фотографий “We have read the statements made at the press conference today, representatives of the international investigation team to investigate the accident on 17 July 2014 in the sky of Ukraine Malaysian Boeing MH-17 — said the Agency. — Not a single anti-aircraft missile systems Armed forces of the Russian Federation the Russian – Ukrainian border never crossed”. The Agency also reported that Russia has provided ample evidence of the involvement of Ukrainian Buk missile system to the Boeing crash. “In
Klimov believes that the U.S. is not interested in removing tension on the Korean Peninsula
Deputy Chairman of Committee of the Federation Council international Affairs Andrey Klimov © Valery sharifulin/TASS TOKYO, may 25. /TASS/. United States in the global strategic plan are not interested in removing tension on the Korean Peninsula. This opinion on Friday expressed to journalists by the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Andrei Klimov, who is visiting Tokyo.
Putin: Russia needs to participate in the investigation of the death of MH17 to make it up
STRELNA, may 24. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin admitted that he is not familiar with the findings of the Dutch investigators at the crash with the MH17 plane over Ukraine, but assured that Moscow will consider them thoroughly. However, he insists that Russia should participate in the investigation to recognize the results.
The President asked Rogozin to head “Rosatom”
The President asked Rogozin to head “Rosatom” Moscow. May 24. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that former Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to head the state Corporation “Roscosmos”. In the previous government Rogozin, Vice-Premier responsible for military-industrial complex and space industry, and was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “Rosatom”. Formed may 18, the Cabinet of Ministers it was not included. The President pointed out Rogozin on the need to strengthen the team of the Corporation. “We have to see, in particular, to strengthen the team so that in fact an entire industry was led by people who know how it works. It should also be specialists of a high level”, — said Putin. GK “Rosatom” up to the present time headed by Igor Komarov, who became the CEO of the state Corporation in August 2015, and before that for six months he was the head of the
Putin invited Shuvalov to head VEB
Putin invited Shuvalov to head VEB SAINT PETERSBURG, may 24. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that former first Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov to lead the Vnesheconombank (VEB), Shuvalov agreed. Meeting of the head of state and former first Deputy Prime Minister held on the sidelines of SPIEF. “Thank you for the trust will not fail”, — Shuvalov said in response to Putin’s proposal to head the Bank. At present, VEB is led by Sergei Gorkov, who headed the Bank in 2016. As we learned earlier, Gorkov has canceled a trip to the economic forum in Saint Petersburg. “It’s (VEB) development Institute below it, and so it became, necessary to support it, will need to capitalize. This is a separate issue, I know that you discussed it with the Prime Minister,” — said Putin at a meeting with Shuvalov. The President also said about the Gorkov. “Sergey
The DPRK has made the dismantling of the nuclear site “, Pungere”
The DPRK has made the dismantling of the nuclear site “, Pungere” Moscow. May 24. INTERFAX.RU — North Korea Thursday fired the dismantling of the nuclear test site “, Pungere,” reports the Associated Press. According to the correspondent of British channel Sky News, who was invited to the closing ceremony of the landfill, at the landfill site was made “a huge explosion”. “There was a huge explosion, dust rained down on us, we were hit a heat wave. It was very loud,” said TV journalist Tom Cheshire. He added that the journalists watched the explosion from a distance of about 500 meters. Correspondent of CNN, was also present at the event, noted that the landfill was not foreign experts, so it is difficult to assess the results of dismantling: completely destroyed the tunnels, it is possible to resume operation of the landfill in the future. According to him, apparently, was
FT: the US is seeking from the EU to tighten sanctions against Russia
FT: the US is seeking from the EU to tighten sanctions against Russia TASS, may 24. The US administration is trying to persuade allies from the European Union to toughen sanctions against Russia during meetings of the delegation of the state Department headed by David Tessera with European colleagues in Brussels and London. This was reported in Thursday’s Financial Times newspaper. “We need to work with European partners to step up the fight against hostile activities to prevent the use of any possible differences between Europe and the USA”, — said the publication representative of the United States. Washington is concerned that Russia will be able to use to their advantage the growing controversy over the nuclear deal with Iran and U.S. plans to impose new import tariffs on European steel, aluminium and other products. Thursday in London, state Department officials, according to the newspaper, will put pressure on the