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The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov expressed opinion that the cold war is still not over. On Saturday, February 18, reports “Interfax”. To such conclusion the Minister came after reviewing the speeches of a number of Western politicians at the Munich security conference. “It is said that wars begin in the minds of people, there, they, logically, have to end,” said Lavrov. However, with the geopolitical conflict with the Soviet times that has not happened yet, says the Minister. Speaking about NATO, the Minister noted that the Alliance remained “Institute cold war”. According to Lavrov, the organization is still not ready to resume cooperation with Russia. “It’s sad,” the official added. Earlier on Saturday, Vice-President Michael Penny said at the Munich conference that the United States continues to impose on Russia responsible for the implementation of the Minsk agreements. German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a speech at

Russia in October 2016 was sent to the Netherlands to the raw data from the radar station (radar), clearly describe the real traffic situation at the time of emergency with flight MH17 in the Donbas. On Saturday, February 18, reported on the website Rosaviation. Information from the locator was handed over to the Dutch side in the most detailed form — raw. This fact automatically proves its authenticity and exclusivity, highlighted by the Federal Agency. The representatives of Federal air transport Agency explained that the data provided is information circulating within the radar, which is a specific professional equipment and always has its own encryption format information. The Netherlands has requested radar data format ASTERIX. However, it is the transmission of information in processed form. In this case, it will be impossible to see even a quarter of what shows primary info within the locator, said experts. Fata added that

James Komi The Director of the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI), James Comey held a closed meeting with members of the Senate Committee on intelligence. About it reports CNN TV channel. The briefing was held on 17 February. Reportedly, the topic of discussion was the progress in the investigation, “Russia’s influence on the election” of the President of the United States, held in November 2016. Members of the Senate of the Congress did not make any statements following the meeting. However, in a later briefing said the Senator from Florida, Republican Marco Rubio. “Now I am absolutely sure that the Senate Committee on intelligence, in which I am a member, will conduct a thorough bipartisan investigation into the interference and influence of the [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” he wrote in his Twitter. In recent months, Washington has regularly accused Russia of interfering in the course of American elections by hacker

Angela Merkel The international community after the cold war failed to establish cooperation with Russia, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She announced this at the Munich conference on security issues, reports on Saturday, February 18, TASS. “We have no clear international order, there is still no stable relations with Russia”, — the politician said in his speech. Merkel assured that he would work tirelessly to establish relations with Moscow, despite the fact that her position is at odds on several issues with the authorities of the Western countries. The Chancellor has said that Russia is “our neighbor is an external border for the EU.” In addition, the politician expressed the view that the fundamental act of NATO — Russia on mutual relations and cooperation need to remain in force, despite the difficult times. Merkel also stressed that Moscow and the West have common interests in combating terrorism, particularly radical Islamists.

Malaysian police disclosed the identity of the fourth suspect in the murder of Kim Jong-Nam — brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN. On Saturday, February 18, reports Reuters. A native of North Korea Ri Jong Chol (Ri Jong Chol) was arrested a day earlier in the state of Selangor. The man 1970 year of birth is suspected of involvement in the death of Kim Jong-Nam. Sources in the government say that at least three other suspects are still at large. Ri Jong Chol was the first native from North Korea, suspected of the crime. On 15 February it was reported that in connection with the murder of his brother, Kim Jong-UN detained the citizen of Myanmar (according to other sources — Vietnam). Was also arrested a resident of Malaysia and a woman from Indonesia. Kim Jong-Nam — brother, Kim Jong-UN’s father, was not in the DPRK since 2001. He

Barack Obama Former US President Barack Obama has won the 12th place in the ranking of the heads of the United States. He publishes the results of its formed channel C-SPAN on your website. According to him, the most highly valued achievements of Obama in the field of economic regulation (eighth place), worst of all, he distinguished himself in international Affairs (24-e a place) and in the matter of relations with Congress (39th place). The first place ranking is Abraham Lincoln, the second — George Washington, third to Franklin Roosevelt. Short list, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson and Franklin pierce. The ranking is drawn up with the participation of 91 historian and other experts from leading universities in the United States. They rated the presidents on a scale, where one point meant “ineffective” and 10 being “very effective”. Criteria were also ten: the ability to convince the public, management efficiency during

NATO currently is not fulfilling its obligations on the Southeast flank of the Alliance needs to strengthen this aspect. This was stated at the Munich security conference, defense Minister of Turkey Fikri Işık, reports the portal n-tv.de. “NATO still has not fulfilled obligations on the South side. We hope that this will change in the near future,” he said. Işık also noted that the Alliance “should not lose its deterrent and defense capability”. The Minister stressed that these tasks should be spread not only in Eastern but also in southern direction. On 8 February, the presidents of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the US Donald trump has agreed to cooperate in the attack on the Syrian city of al-Bab and raqqa. In a statement the White house stated that trump confirmed that Turkey is a strategic partner of USA and NATO ally.

In Malaysia arrested one of four men wanted by police on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Kim Jong-Nam is the eldest brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN. On Saturday, February 18, reports the daily Star. According to sources, the arrest was made the evening of 17 February, during a RAID in one of the condominiums in Jalan Kuchai Lama in Kuala Lumpur. During the arrest the suspect was found a passport in the name of 47-year-old citizen of the DPRK, the document also has numerous marks about the trip to Malaysia. Now the police establishes the authenticity of the document. Earlier it was reported about the arrest of two suspects in the murder of women. Kim Jong-Nam, was killed on 13 February at the airport of Kuala Lumpur, he was going to fly out to Macau to his family. According to investigators, the assassination was attempted by

The motorcade of US President Donald trump threw a stone, said in a Twitter of ABC News. “The secret service is investigating after about a car from the motorcade of President of trump in Florida hit an object,” — said in the message. Clarifies that the limousine of the head of state was not injured. Law enforcement bodies assume that the thrown object was a stone. Politics trump causes a sharp dissatisfaction on the part of American society. In some of the United States and in other countries regularly attend the protest. The head of state is accused, in particular, racism and sexism. A new surge of discontent was provoked by his decree restricting immigration.

Nangarhar, archive photo The militants of banned terrorist organization “Islamic state” (ISIS) stormed an army post in Afghanistan and was shot 18 soldiers. About it reports Reuters. The attack occurred in Nangarhar province, which is considered one of the mainstays of the Afghan wing of the IG. Other details were not disclosed. The Agency does not exclude that the attack on the checkpoint associated with a major operation the Afghan army is now taking place in the rebellious province. According to the representative of the Governor of Nangarhar Actaully Chokhani, over the past day law enforcers with the support of NATO forces killed 25 Islamic state terrorists. The militants in Afghanistan is relatively small — estimated by Afghan and American intelligence, there are only a few hundred, mostly they are stationed in several parts of Nangarhar, which are regularly bombed by the US air force. The Islamists often make forays