Category: Russia

Crimean authorities approved the project of construction of the route “Tavrida”, which will pass through a number of settlements. This was stated by the Minister of transport of the Republic of Crimea Anatoly Volkov, reports TASS. The official said that the resettlement will affect the minimum number of families. “Payment options may be different — replace section of equivalent compensation of construction cost or a cash payment of the evaluation. The wishes of the owner are taken into account,” cited his words in the regional government. In particular, houses will be demolished on the land in the village of sovkhoz Simferopol district. The construction project of the route “Tavrida” involves the construction of four-lane road bridge, but with dvukhpolosnykh ramps with him. The motorway will connect the bridge to the Crimean Sevastopol. To complete construction of the route is planned by 2020. Preparatory work will begin in 2016. The total

Archive photo Continued: there was a video of the flight Swiss fighter jets near Russian side Two fighters with the Swiss flag a few minutes accompanied the aircraft with the Russian delegation on Board, flying to Peru for the APEC summit. On Friday, November 18, the correspondent “reports Tapes.ru”, which was located in the interior of the liner. Presumably, the Swiss aircraft approached at an unsafe distance to the Board, where, in particular, journalists of the Kremlin pool, and the staff of the Protocol office of the President. Fighter jets escorted the plane for about 10 minutes, when he was flying over Switzerland. First military aircraft flew under the left wing of the liner, then the right. Before they sharply swerved to the side, the pilot of one of the fighters waved a hand. The flight crew called this case is not unique, said the correspondent of the publication. In

A resident of Izhevsk, who suffers from hallucinations on the background of alcohol, attacked him arrived to help staff emergency medical service, reported “Interfax” in the regional Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia. The incident occurred in the night of Wednesday, November 16. The man punched the paramedics with a knife in the neck when he entered the apartment on call mother. A wounded medic with a medical assistant was able to knock down the attacker and take away his weapon. The health status of a physician no data available. It is noted that a colleague was able to save him. Criminal case about attempt at murder (part 3 of article 30 and part 1 of article 105 of the criminal code). The man was remanded in custody by a court decision. On 16 August it was reported that unknown persons attacked the driver of an ambulance in Moscow.

Anatoly Elbow The mayoralty of Novosibirsk has spent 1.6 million rubles for the purchase of furniture for the courtroom. This was announced on Friday, November 18, the mayor of the city Anatoly Lokot, reports the online edition Sibnet.ru. “Yes, we have planned these costs. It is obvious to me — in the halls of conferences is the face of the city of Novosibirsk, there are foreign delegations, I would Like to show the good side”, — the mayor told reporters. Purchase of furniture for more than a half million rubles has surprised the local public activist Paul velizhanskiy, pay attention to the contract posted on the procurement website. According to the contract, the municipality has ordered eight items of the interior. The cost of the chandelier was more than 325 thousand rubles, “round table meetings” — more than 433 thousand rubles. Among the objects of procurement was also the workplace

Steven Seagal Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet with the actor and producer Steven Seagal, who will arrive in Moscow in the coming days. This was announced on Friday, November 18, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, reports TASS. Seagal about the trip to the capital, the Agency previously told his assistant. In early November it became known that the President signed a decree granting American Seagal Russian citizenship. Sands then said that the actor who is “known for his rather warm feelings towards our country,” persistently and for a long time asked for it. Segal himself said that extremely pleased with this circumstance. “I have a deep respect and affection for Russia. As well as our own country,” he said. In 2015 Segal in the Eastern economic forum in Vladivostok examined together with Vladimir Putin under construction on the island of Russian Oceanarium. On the offer

Mikhail Bogdanov The Russian foreign Ministry began to work with a team of elected President of the USA of Donald trump on the settlement of the conflict in Syria. As reported TASS, said on Thursday, November 17, Deputy foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. “In Washington we are starting contacts with people who are likely to work with the new President. I hope that the outgoing and incoming U.S. administration understands that without Russia, the crisis in Syria can not be solved”, — said the Deputy Minister. Moscow, Bogdanov added, supports any steps aimed at the resumption of inter-Syrian negotiations. “We welcome any measures that will contribute to the preparation of inclusive inter-Syrian dialogue under the auspices of the UN,” he said. The diplomat stressed that to decide the fate of Syria should the citizens of this country. The fight against terrorism is one of the main points of the electoral program

Donald Trump Almost half of Russians (45 percent) would vote for the candidate in US presidents from Republican party of Donald trump. On Friday, November 18, RIA Novosti reported, citing data from the survey of the national center for the study of public opinion (VTSIOM). As the results show, trump would give his vote exactly half of the respondents are men and 40 percent women. The first lady of the United States would support only four percent of the respondents. 42 percent of survey participants said that would not have come to such elections, and 9 percent were undecided. The Respondent also asked how the President, in their opinion, will be the trump for the United States. 22 percent believe that “good”, 35% “medium”, and another 6 per cent are sure he will be “one of the best” of American presidents. 3 percent believe that trump is “bad” and “one

Donald Trump Almost half of Russians (45 percent) would vote for the candidate in US presidents from Republican party of Donald trump. On Friday, November 18, RIA Novosti reported, citing data from the survey of the national center for the study of public opinion (VTSIOM). As the results show, trump would give his vote exactly half of the respondents are men and 40 percent women. The first lady of the United States would support only four percent of the respondents. 42 percent of survey participants said that would not have come to such elections, and 9 percent were undecided. The Respondent also asked how the President, in their opinion, will be the trump for the United States. 22 percent believe that “good”, 35% “medium”, and another 6 per cent are sure he will be “one of the best” of American presidents. 3 percent believe that trump is “bad” and “one

Sergei Lavrov The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov called unacceptable the incident of insulting the journalist RT at a briefing the official representative of US state Department, John Kirby. As reported on Friday, November 18, RIA Novosti, he said following a meeting with Secretary of state John Kerry on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Peru. “I believe that this does not reflect American values, and I hope this does not reflect the position of the Secretary of state”, — said the Minister. Lavrov noted that Kirby “has to understand his own chiefs, who will be responsible for what he does and how does its work”. The head of the Russian foreign Ministry said that he had not discussed the incident at a meeting with Kerry. Earlier official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called the behavior Kirby egregious case of division of journalists on

Maria Zakharova President Barack Obama has changed its assessment in relation to Russia. This was stated on air of TV channel “the Rain” official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, commenting on the words of the American leader that Russia is a military superpower. “Today was the press conference of Barack Obama with Mrs. [Chancellor Angela] Merkel, and there was placed a completely different emphasis than if they were placed some time ago… There are some other nuances. A year or two ago we heard that Russia is a regional power and so on”, — the diplomat reminded. At the same time, Zakharova expressed confidence that the Obama administration will not fundamentally change their position in relation to Russia before the inauguration of the new President of Donald trump. However, she stressed that Moscow is ready to cooperate with Washington, regardless of how the U.S. government assess the role