Category: World

Roman Seleznev Convicted in the United States in cyber crime is a citizen of Russia Roman Seleznev has again appeared before the us court in the state of Georgia. On Friday, may 19, according to a statement released by the U.S. Department of justice. “Roman Seleznyov (…) appeared in court on Federal charges of fraud relating to burglary and theft of Bank data in 2008, RBS Worldpay processing company, located in Atlanta, Georgia. Charges Seleznev was indicted by the Federal jury in this state on 22 December 2014,” the statement reads. The Federal Prosecutor for the Northern district of Georgia, John Horne believes that Seleznev received two million dollars after hackers stole more than nine million dollars from 2100 ATMs worldwide. On April 21 the court of Seattle Selezneva was sentenced to 27 years in prison on charges of fraud. 19 April it was reported that Seleznev wrote a letter

About 50 protesters tried to break into the Ministry of justice of Germany in Berlin. On Friday, 19 may, Die Welt reported. A group of demonstrators pulled up in a van with a long ladder to the building Department. “[The Minister of justice of Germany Heiko] Maas retired”, “Close the border” they chanted. The demonstrators were dispersed police arrived. Against some of the activists can be prosecuted on counteraction to law enforcement officials. The organizer of the action was detained, the newspaper notes. According to preliminary data, the protesters belong to the ultra-right, anti-immigration. Presumably, the reason for the protest was the draft law on combating incitement to hatred in social networks. Migration crisis in Europe in 2015, most notably hit Germany. During the year the country was visited by over a million asylum-seekers. In 2016, the number of migrants has decreased significantly, amounting to several hundred thousand people.

Donald Trump The American newspaper the Washington Post reported that the current senior Advisor to the President of the United States Donald trump became involved in the investigation conducted by special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, “possible collusion of the election headquarters trump with Russia.” The name of the official newspaper does not name, but indicates that he became a “significant defendant” of the investigation. May 18, former official of the U.S. justice Department and former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed special adviser to oversee the investigation “attempts of intervention of the government of Russia in the presidential elections of 2016”. Trump said that the investigation into Muller confirms the absence of “collusion” between his presidential campaign and a foreign power. Moscow has repeatedly accused of meddling in the US presidential election. Such statements, in particular, contained in the published in January, declassified part of the report, which was prepared by

In Munich, the 54-year-old local resident set fire to himself in the centre of the city on the night of Friday, may 19. About it reported in a press-service of police of the Bavarian capital, according to the Stuttgarter Nachrichten. It is noted that the man drove his car on the Marienplatz, a historic square in the centre of Munich, and poured a few liters of gasoline. Passers-by put out the flames with men. After this he was taken to hospital where he died. The reasons for his actions are investigated by the police. However, on the machine a man left two inscriptions marker: “With the German land should never start a war” and “amry is the tip of the iceberg”. 19 December Christmas market in Central Berlin, the truck rammed the crowd. 12 people were killed, another 48 injured. The authorities acknowledged the incident a terrorist attack, on suspicion

Chinese businessman Liang Shi (Liang Shi) in June, 21st will pass the entrance exam to the University. On Friday, may 19, reports The South China Morning Post. “Without the experience of studying at the Institute life is incomplete”, — the newspaper quoted a 50-year-old entrepreneur. As the newspaper notes, China Liang Shi was nicknamed “the most crazy applicant”. He is currently the morning till night preparing for the exams which will be held from 7 to 9 June. The first time a man tried to enter a higher educational institution in 1983, but not scored required for admission scores. It is reported that the son of a businessman had already obtained a higher education. In 2016, Liang Shi scored 453 points out of the 750 required for admission. This year the entrance exams to the universities will take about nine million students. In 2001, the authorities have removed the age

From prison in the city of Kasangulu, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ran 73 of the 77 prisoners. On Friday, may 19, reports Reuters. Mass escape from prison was committed on the night of Friday. “Criminals climbed the wall. When the guard went to inform the police, he left the door open, through which they fled”, — quotes Agency the words of the head of the local civil society Valentin Vanga. It is noted that ten of the prisoners were detained. This is the second mass escape of prisoners from the Congolese prison for a week. 17 may the chief of the penitentiary institutions of the DRC capital city Kinshasa escaped leader of a local Christian cult Not Muanda Nsemi and fifty prisoners. Religious cult preacher called Bundu dia Kongo aims to revive the Kingdom of Congo, which existed at the mouth of the same river for

In Bangladesh arrested 27 people suspected of homosexuality. On Friday, may 19, reports The Independent. It is noted that most of the detainees are students aged 20 to 30 years, traveling the country. They were arrested in Keraniganj, located near the capital of Dhaka. The police said that the men were in possession of drugs and condoms. However, due to the fact that at the moment of detention they indulged in amorous pleasures, they can blame only in possession of illegal drugs. Homosexuality is a criminal offense in the Muslim country Bangladesh, which is punishable by life imprisonment, according to Deutsche Welle. Local LGBT activists have repeatedly urged the government to decriminalize same-sex relations, but the authorities refuse to do.

Donald Trump Donald trump believes that the appointment of spectracolor “Russia’s intervention in the American elections in 2016” — “witch hunt”. He stated this during a joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, reports . “I believe that this seriously harms us. We see that the country has become confused, divided,” said trump. He added that he had asked the previous Director of the FBI James Komi to terminate the investigation concerning the former assistant to the American leader for national security Michael Flynn, who had resigned on 13 February “because of the White house incomplete information” about contacts with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergei Kislyak. Earlier, the President has argued that is not afraid of the investigation. According to him, it will show that its election campaign by a foreign power and there was “no conspiracy”. “I look forward to closing this case. I will never

Continued: Lavrov called an illegitimate U.S. attack on Pro-government forces in Syria Air attack on the convoy of Syrian Pro-government forces held on 18 may under the city of TANF included in the list of targets and goals of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). This information is contained in a daily press release available on the official website of the US-led coalition. The document States that on may 18 just for the purposes of the IG suffered 19 attacks, including two in the district Tanfa. The RAID destroyed two units of engineering equipment, armored vehicles and a tank. On the same day it was reported that a RAID of the coalition in the same area was hit by a convoy of Pro-government Syrian forces. According to CBS News, in a column there were 27 pieces of equipment that violated the safety zone and approached the

The German Parliament adopted amendments to the legislation simplifying the rules of deportation of migrants. About this reports Deutsche Welle. Under the new rules, an applicant who was refused asylum in Germany can be deported even if the authorities of the country of origin has not provided documents proving the identity of the migrant. In addition, law enforcement agencies of Germany had the opportunity to detain refugees that may pose a threat to national security, for a period of 10 days. Earlier in the proceedings was given only four days. Supervisors also received the right to collect data from electronic devices of refugees, whose identity has not been identified at entry in Germany. Lawmakers also decided to limit the freedom of movement for migrants who reported incorrect data: during the pendency of their petition for asylum they have no right to leave the accommodation centres. Human rights activists have already