Elena Zaitseva The alleged culprit fatal accident in Kharkov, the 20-year-old Elena Zaitseva at the time of the accident was under the influence of opiates. On conclusion of the examination on Friday, 20 October, said the representative of public prosecution at the session of Kyiv district court of the city, reports UNIAN. As noted in Prosecutor’s office of Kharkiv region, Zaitsev denied that he took drugs. Lexus, at the wheel which was Zaitseva, crashed into a group of people in the evening of 18 October. Five people were killed (according to other data, six), six more were taken to hospitals with injuries of varying severity. The incident occurred at 20:45 local time (coincides with Moscow) on Sumskaya street. Driving a Lexus girl entered of people waiting for the green light. The culprit of the accident born in 1997 I drove a car owned by her father. According to UNIAN, the
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Named the best footballer of the year
Cristiano Ronaldo Striker of real Madrid and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo will become the best player in the world by International football Federation (FIFA). It is reported by Marca. According to the publication, in the vote, he was ahead of the attacker “Barcelona” Lionel Messi and PSG striker Neymar. Best coach of the year will be the coach of real Madrid Zinedine Zidane, and a similar award for goalkeepers will receive Gianluigi Buffon of Turin “Juventus”. The ceremony will be held in London on 23 October. Ronaldo is the current holder of the trophy. In 2017, he’s in the squad, real Madrid won the Spanish League and the Champions League. FIFA established the award last year. Prior to this, the organization was awarded the “Golden ball” together with the French magazine France Football, but in September 2016, the cooperation between the parties was terminated. Since the winner choose only the journalists
Millions of computers first appeared under the threat of hacking due to the player
Hackers have invaded the website of the developer of Eltima applications with the aim to spread the virus is able to infect the resistant to malware Apple devices. It is reported by Bleeping Computer. The attackers managed to embed the virus in a new version of Elmedia Player is a basic media player for millions of “Apple” computers. The player has been infected with Trojan Proton RAT, already known to users of Windows. The program is able to open attackers unrestricted access to the device and collect personal information from system passwords and VPN configuration to the history of the browsers and the data of cryptocurrency wallets. The material of the publication is not reported exactly when the developers of antivirus software company ESET detected the infection. But on October 19, the engineers compromised, the company announced that it has cleared the site and the app from malicious code. The
The Syrians said about the future of the liberated “capital” of ISIS
The Syrian city of raqqa and its environs will become part of a decentralized Syria. On Friday, October 20, reports Reuters with reference to the statement of the U.S.-supported military forces — “the Democratic forces of Syria” (DSS). “We promise to protect the border of the province from all external threats and we reaffirm that the future of raqqa province will be determined by its people within a decentralized democratic Syria with a Federal system,” reads the statement of the representatives of DSS. On October 17 it became known that the Arab-krudski groups “of the Democratic forces of Syria” completely cleared from the militants of Raqqa, self-proclaimed capital of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (banned in Russia). The terrorists seized the city in 2013. The liberation of Raqqa was one of the main goals of the international antiterrorist coalition headed by USA, the leading military operations against extremists in Iraq
The United States first acknowledged that the militants in Syria of chemical weapons
The US state Department admitted for the first time the use of chemical weapons in Syria, various terrorist groups. This is stated in a special warning to American citizens posted on the Agency’s website. “”Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), “Hayat Tahrir al-sham” and other extremist groups use suicide bombers, (…) light and heavy weapons, improvised explosive devices and chemical weapons”, — the document says. The report also indicated that the most active terrorists are showing in the provinces of Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Dara, HOMS, Idlib and Deir-ez-Zor. “Because of the security situation in Syria, the ability of the U.S. government to help U.S. citizens kidnapped or taken hostage is very limited,” reminded the foreign Ministry. August 17, Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia said about the need to check the information about the supply of UK and US chemical weapons to terrorist groups fighting in Syria. Nebesa
German intelligence was accused of provoking the attack in Berlin
The informant of the criminal police of the Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, incited terrorist Anise Amri, who ran over 12 people at the Christmas fair in Berlin, to carry out the attack. To such conclusion the journalists of the newspaper Berliner Morgenpost and broadcaster RBB in the course of its investigation. According to them, the police informant under the code VP-01 (Vertrauensperson, the Trustee) encouraged different members of the group, Abu Shafts, main coordinator of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG) in Germany, to make an attack on Germany. Internal report of land counterintelligence publishing learned that it was including about the terrorist attack using a truck. For this job VP-01 looking for a special person. During the investigation, reporters found that the police informant often spent time with Anis Amri and even brought him to his home. Criminal police office North Rhine-Westphalia has not commented on
The American Ambassador to the UN, accused Russia of “military action” against the United States
Nikki Xaliproden: the Russian Embassy has responded to the accusations in “hostilities” against the United States The American Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley said that Russia has used “military action” against the United States, “intervening” in the presidential election in that country in 2016. On Thursday, October 19, reports the Washington Examiner. “When a country capable of intervention in the elections of another country, this military action,” said Haley. She also added that Moscow makes such operations around the world. “They do it everywhere. This is their new weapons,” — said the Ambassador. In addition, Haley laid the blame for the current tensions between the United States and Russia on the Kremlin. October 16, U.S. President Donald trump said that the investigation about the so-called Russian intervention in the US presidential election in 2016 should be complete. “This whole story is the excuse for Democrats who lost the election”,”
Resident of Wroclaw fined for inciting hatred towards Ukrainians
The court of the Polish city of Wroclaw has fined a local resident Krzysztof Madej for inciting hatred towards Ukrainians. It is reported by Gazeta Wroclawska. By the court, he needs to pay 1,000 zlotys (235 euros). In November last year, madey broke into one of the local schools, where the day of Ukraine in the framework of the project “Tolerant European”. Tore the newspaper and threw it on the Desk of the librarian and shouted that the Ukrainians murderers. “I’d have to insult the court, so I will not comment on the verdict. Yes, I shouted that Ukrainians are murderers. Next time I will do the same,” said madey at the end of the process. He added that the school held the event, from his point of view, was the promotion of “anti-Semitism and racism in the Ukrainian version”. On 30 September it was reported that the owner of
Tusk has ruled out the mediation of the EU between Spain and Catalonia
Donald Tusk Grounds for intervention of the EU in the conflict between Madrid and the regional government of Catalonia no. This was stated by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, reports Deutsche Welle. “The position of the EU institutions and member States is clear: there is no place for mediation or international initiatives or actions. I don’t expect extensive discussions about the situation,” — said Tusk. He said that it is in constant contact with the Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, and that the situation in the country was troubling him. Tusk also added that Brussels has no formal reason for intervention in the situation. October 19, the Spanish government said it will start the procedure of applying 155th article of the Constitution suspending the Autonomous status of Catalonia. On 21 October, the Cabinet of Ministers will convene for an extraordinary meeting to discuss next steps for
Revealed details of the murder of Malta written about “Panama records” journalist
Daphne Caruana Galicia The bomb exploded in the car of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galicia most likely was detonated by remote control. On Thursday, October 19, reports the Times of Malta. The investigators found that the bomb exploded after a call to attached device from the mobile phone. They hope to be able to determine from where the call was made and out on the trail of a criminal. It was also found that an explosive device containing about 500 grams of Semtex, a powerful plastic explosive produced in the Czech Republic since 1960-ies. The same amount of Semtex was used by the terrorists in the explosion of a Boeing-747 that occurred in the skies over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988. In addition, the car was discovered the laptop Galicia. He was at the time of the explosion was badly damaged, but experts expect to extract from