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Elena Vesnina Russian tennis player Elena Vesnina and Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the final of the tournament in American Indian wells and will play each other in the finals. About it the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova in the semifinals, defeated the third seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova— 7:6 (7:5), 7:6 (7:2). The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. Vesnina (14) took over France’s Kristina Mladenovic (28) — 6:3, 6:4. Tennis players spent on the court 1 hour and 25 minutes. The Russian final of the tournament in Indian wells will be held for the second time in history. In 2006 in the final match Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva. Turned out to be stronger, Sharapova became the first Russian who won this tournament. The competition in Indian wells are from 8 to 19 March. The prize Fund of female tournament is 6,99 million dollars.

The secret plan of the US President Donald trump anti-terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) was very similar to the strategy of the previous us leader Barack Obama. This is with reference to officials familiar with the document said on NBC. According to sources, the plan represents a strengthening of previous measures. Speech, in particular, is the continued application of the militants air strikes, increased support to local military in Mosul and raqqa, as well as further suppress the financing of terrorists and stabilize the situation in the liberated regions. Experts consider the plan unsatisfactory, and fear that it will not help to fulfill the promise of trump quickly and completely destroy ISIS. Retired Admiral James Stavridis (James Stavridis ), commenting on the document, noted that in this case everything is like the old saying: “Plan B — so as plan a, only harder”. A retired air

In Austria the result of an avalanche killed two skiers, the newspaper Daily Mail. The incident occurred on Friday, March 17, in the district of Tyrol, near St Anton. The avalanche slid down the mountain and hit a group of five skiers. Workers emergency services started clearing the area where there are athletes. To date, two bodies were found, their identity is not yet established. Before that, on Wednesday, March 15, in the same province came under an avalanche were eight climbers. Four managed to escape and call emergency services. Four of them died. Just last year in the Austrian Alps has killed 267 people. The average for the last 10 years has killed 297 people, 17 of them as a result of avalanches.

Russia has prepared a joint project by Japan on the South Kuril Islands, which can only be exercised on the conditions of the Russian legislation. As reported by RIA Novosti, said Russian Deputy foreign Minister Igor Morgulov in the first round of talks on joint economic activities. “A package of proposals covering a wide range relevant for the economic development of the South Kuril Islands areas and is aimed at joint implementation of large-scale and economically important projects. And, of course, we believe that these projects can be implemented only on the conditions of the Russian legislation”, — he said. The first consultations on joint economic activities on southern Kuril Islands between Russia and Japan held in Tokyo on Saturday, March 18. The Russian side on them is Morgulov and Japanese Deputy foreign Minister Takeo Akiba. The document on the beginning of consultations on joint economic activities on the Kuril

Archival photoditazine: there was video from the scene of the explosion near the office of Russian radio stations in Cyprus In the building of the business center, where the office of the Russian radio station Russian Wave in Limassol Cyprus the explosion occurred. Wrote about this on his page in Facebook businessman Sergey Lavrukhin. “According to the police, because the fire blocked traffic in the area, firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire”, — stated in the message to the Cyprus news Agency. The explosion occurred at 07:45 local time (08:45 GMT), reports RIA Novosti. According to Lavrukhina, at this point in the wording of the radio no one was supposed to be. Currently, the fire engulfed the first and second floors, office Russian Wave is located on the third floor. The causes of the incident are being investigated.

Sergei Lavrov The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov considers that the West is a deliberate campaign to discredit Russia. He stated this at a meeting with representatives of non-profit organizations, according to RIA Novosti. “In the rapid development of information and communication technologies the maintenance of stability in world Affairs largely depends on the objective of the work of the media. This is not promoted in the West a deliberate campaign to discredit Russia,” — said Lavrov. He also noted that Moscow is concerned about numerous cases of restrict the professional activities of Russian journalists. “And we expect that professional associations will continue to promote high journalism standards,” he hoped the Minister. January 17, Lavrov reacted sharply to statements about the Russian cyber threat. The Minister noted that many people want, “so soon forgotten” cases of cyber attacks from the national security Agency of the United States.

Rex Tillerson U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that the us authorities do not rule out military action against the DPRK if it is to threaten South Korea and American troops stationed there. On Friday, March 17, reports BBC News. “Of course, we do not want to bring before the military conflict,” he said. The head of the U.S. state Department also noted that in order to achieve future security and economic prosperity, Pyongyang must realize the necessity of renouncing his quest for weapons of mass destruction. “Including nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles,” — said Tillerson after talks with the foreign Minister of South Korea Yun Byung-Se. On 7 March the United States began deploying the first elements of missile defense in South Korea. It will be finished in a month. The system will be operational in April. The day before North Korea launched the missiles from the province’s

Deir ez-Zor Units of the Syrian army repulsed several attacks of militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) near the city of Deir ez-Zor. It is reported by SANA, citing military sources. In the course of repel attacks on the local airfield was destroyed by a tank, eight cars mounted with heavy machine guns and two bombs of the machine. On another front, the militants had killed 10 people. Deir ez-Zor in 2014 is actually under siege. Units of the armed forces are forced to act in the actual environment. The supply of the army and the civilian population is carried out exclusively by air. To date, all ground roads and paths leading to the city, which is besieged by extremists.

The administration of the President of the United States, Donald trump intends to sell to Taiwan large lot of arms, Reuters reports, citing American officials. In particular, Taipei may get advanced missile systems and anti-ship missiles. It is expected that the batch of weapons will be considerably greater than that which was planned by the previous administration of Barack Obama on the eve of the expiration of his term. The cost of the transaction, in all probability, will exceed one billion dollars. As noted, the transaction can be concluded in a few months or next year. In Washington are afraid to worsen relations with Beijing, in particular, may be jeopardized cooperation in areas such as the impact on the DPRK. At the same time, according to sources, negotiations between Taiwan and the new US administration has already begun. Official comments from the White house does not. It is assumed that

Abubakar Shekau The leader of the banned in Russia organization “West African province of the Islamic state,” better known under the old name of Boko Haram, denied reports about the release of the five thousand hostages. About it reports Reuters. “Enough lies that you killed 60 of our soldiers and freed 20 children, and that you have freed another five thousand people,” — said the leader of the group Abubakar Shekau in circulation, addressed to the Cameroonian President Paul Biya. He also confirmed that the group takes responsibility for the undermining of the suicide bomber in Maiduguri and the attack on the city Magumeri in the South-East of Nigeria. Both protests were carried out by Islamists last week. Previously, on 17 March it was reported that soldiers of the United forces of the West African Union liberated about five thousand people who were in the captivity of Boko Haram. The