Category: Politics

© Anna Isakova/TASS BUCHAREST, 13 Oct. /Offset. TASS Nikolai Morozov/. Romania, “no doubt, lost as a result of almost complete rupture of relations with Russia.” This opinion in an interview with TASS was expressed by the Director of the Institute of Europe, RAS corresponding member Alexei Gromyko, who is in Romania on cooperation with the European Foundation Titulescu University of Craiova.

CNN said about Russia’s attempts to sow discord in the USA via Pokemon Go CNN said that the organizers “associated with Russia” campaign in social networks under the name Do not Shoot Us tried to “sow discord among the Americans, using racial tension” with the game Pokemon Go. This TV channel has reported, citing its own investigation. It is reported that the campaign name may be a reference to the slogan “Hands up, don’t shoot,” which became popular after the murder of African-American Michael brown in Ferguson. According to the channel, to promote the campaign used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr and playing Pokemon Go. It is reported that the organizers of the campaign with a contest urged users to look for pokemon and to train them near places where there were cases of cruelty by the police. Additionally, users are encouraged to assign their pokemon names that match the

A member of the Federation Council, the Chairman of the Commission of the Federation Council on preparation of proposals on improvement of the Family code of the Russian Federation Elena Mizulina © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, October 12. /TASS/. The bill, which will protect Russians from the fraudulent activities of sects, will be prepared in November, told reporters Thursday the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on constitutional legislation and state construction Elena Mizulina. She noted that the working group of the Federation Council on preparation of proposals on improvement of legislation in sphere of protection of Russian citizens from fraud sects, headed by Mizulina, came to the conclusion that without making a number of changes to the law cannot solve the problem. “The negotiated version of the bill will be ready in November this year, after which it will be submitted for public discussion,” she said.

Vladimir Chizhov © Grigory Sysoev/TASS MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. The extension of EU economic sanctions against Russia is to discuss early, says Russia’s envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov.

American soldiers in Afghanistan © AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi, File MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. The US wants to find common ground with Russia on Afghanistan. At the same time Moscow is also ready to cooperate with Washington, said the special representative of Russian President on Afghanistan, Director of second Asia Department at the Russian foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov.

American diplomats in Cuba traumatized high frequency crickets “Acoustic attack” reported U.S. diplomats in Cuba, consisted of the sounds of more than 20 frequencies. On it informs Agency Associated Press, which received the corresponding audio recording. Journalists described the sounds as “high frequency sound of crickets combined with scratching nails down a chalkboard”. The Agency said that the record was sent for analysis in the laboratory of the Navy of the United States, but experts failed to understand how she is hurting diplomats. Some of the incidents on Cuba, which affected the staff of the American diplomatic mission and their families, it became known in August. Diplomats complained of symptoms such as hearing loss, nausea, headaches and balance disorders. The state Department said that “incidents” began to occur starting from the end of 2016. Washington therefore recalled Havana on international obligations to protect diplomats, but the Cuban government involvement denied.

The Head Of Karachay-Cherkess Republic Rashid Temrezov © Sergey Bobylev/TASS CHERKESSK, October 12. /TASS/. The head of Karachay-Cherkessia (KCR) Rashid Temrezov believes 42-year-old Mikhail Vedernikov, was appointed Thursday to the post of acting Governor of the Pskov region, one of the creative and enterprising young politicians of Russia. About this he wrote on his page on “Instagram”. “I am confident that his experience, including that acquired here in the North Caucasus, as Deputy presidential envoy in the North Caucasian Federal district (NCFD), as well as creativity and initiative peculiar to Michael jurevichu [Vedernikov] when making decisions that will make it possible to cope with major new challenges for the development of the Pskov region and justify the high confidence of the Russian President Vladimir Putin”, – wrote Temrezov.

The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, October 12. /TASS/. The decision of the leadership of the US withdrawal from UNESCO exacerbates the situation of the organization, and unfortunate. This is stated in the statement of the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, posted Thursday on the website of the Russian depodesta.

© EPA-EFE/MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY/SCOTT RALPH UN, October 12. /TASS/. Increasing U.S. capabilities of the system PRO to gain a strategic advantage due to the possibility to use nuclear weapons “with minimal cost”. This was stated on Thursday by the representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia, Alexander Emelyanov in the course of Russian-Chinese briefing on missile defense on the sidelines of the first Committee of the UN General Assembly. According to him, the deployment of United States global missile defence consistently destroys the existing system of international security. “Increasing ballistic missile capabilities, the United States seeks to obtain a strategic advantage through the creation of conditions for the use of nuclear weapons with minimal costs. This can lead to serious consequences in the security sphere,” said Emelyanov. He stressed that, “first, the presence of a global missile defense system lowers the threshold of use of nuclear weapons, as it

The Russian Parliament will test a South Korean system cybersecretary Moscow. 12 Oct. INTERFAX.RU System cybersecretary developed by experts in South Korea, soon to be submitted for testing to the Russian Parliament, said the Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. “We (informed — if) discussed with the Chairman of Parliament (South Korea — if) Jung Se-Kyung with the launch of cybersecretary that Se-Kyung promised us to develop, together with experts from the Korean side,” — said Volodin Thursday at a meeting in St. Petersburg with the Chairman of the Majilis (lower chamber of Parliament) of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin. He added that “the system ends the test and we pass it on testing, to be able to use it”. “I think after we see how it works, ask colleagues from Kazakhstan to use this system”, — said the speaker of the state Duma. “I think it is