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The victims of four explosions in the capital of Nigerian state of Borno Maiduguri, killing 17 people, another 21 were injured. About it reports Reuters referring to the statement of the head of the local police. According to him, all attacks were committed in different parts of the city by suicide bombers. Borno state is considered to be the most affected from years of confrontation between the authorities and militants of the terrorist organization “West African province of the Islamic state” (better known as “Boko Haram”, prohibited in Russia). In December 2016, the Nigerian military announced that they managed to capture the last stronghold of Boko Haram in the forest Sambisa, and the President of Nigeria Mohammad Bukhari said that the terrorists are finally defeated. However, the victory celebration was premature: in a few months, militants resumed their attacks. Boko Haram (means “Western education is a sin”) was established in

Sergei Lavrov The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov called savagery discussion in the media contacts the US President’s son Donald trump with a lawyer from Russia. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “I learned with amazement that the Russian lawyer, the woman, is accused of… or son of trump charged that he talked to her. (…) I don’t know about this fact, I heard that from the news on TV last night looked. And again this morning turned on the TV, and all Western TV is talking about it,” said Lavrov at a press conference with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders. “It’s amazing how serious people make mountains out of molehills, and maybe there flies no no” — the Minister added. At the same time, the head of the Russian foreign Ministry added that the evidence of Moscow’s interference in presidential elections in the United States. “Regular

Donald Trump The President of the United States Donald trump believes “the greatest witch-hunt” quest ties his entourage, including son, with Russia. About it he wrote on Wednesday, July 12, on his Twitter page. “My son Donald did everything right. It was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest witch hunt in the political history. Sad!” — said the head of state. Trump also reminded about the specifics of the coverage by the media. “Remember when you hear from the fake media of the word “informed sources” often these sources are simply fictional and do not exist”, — he wrote. July 11, eldest son of the President of the United States published correspondence with producer Robert Goldstone, regarding the possibility of obtaining the election headquarters of the father of incriminating documents on the democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. A day earlier it became known that trump Jr. held in June

Donald trump Jr. The US President’s son Donald trump, Jr. at a meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya in new York last summer, asked her one question. About it she told the advocate in an interview to NBC. “The question he asked me was: did I have any financial reports that could prove that the funds used for the sponsorship of the electoral headquarters of the Democratic party, come from inappropriate sources?” — the lawyer explained. Earlier, on July 11, trump Jr. posted on Twitter conversation with producer Robert Goldstone, regarding the possibility of obtaining the election headquarters of the father of incriminating documents on a candidate for the presidency from the Democrats Hillary Clinton. The son of trump’s explained by the desire to be fully open. A day earlier it became known that Donald trump Jr. was held in June 2016, meet with a lawyer from Russia Natalia Veselnitskaya,

The Committee on appropriations of the house of representatives published a bill allocating $ 1.6 billion for the construction of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. It is reported The Hill. “The security of Americans, protection of our homeland is the top priority. This bill provides funding for resources ( … ) to expand our existing infrastructure to border security, hire more border guards and to organize the operation to detain [illegal immigrants],” said the Chairman of the Subcommittee on internal security, house of representatives, John Carter. The publication drew attention to the fact that the bill contains no mention of the promise of the President of the United States Donald trump that Mexico will pay for the construction of the wall. Their projects for the construction of the wall on the border has presented more than 200 companies, including Gleason Partners from Las Vegas: according to their

In connection with the riots during the G20 summit in Hamburg, police arrested four Russian citizens, two were taken to the police station and immediately released. About it reports the Russian version of Deutsche Welle. According to the representative of city police, they are suspected of committing various crimes. At the same time, law enforcement were unable to give details of their detention and of any charges in question. In the detention center of Hamburg in the case of the recent riots at the moment is 51. Most of them are German citizens. Among the suspects are citizens of Spain and the Netherlands, the citizens of Italy, France, Switzerland and Austria. Among the detainees are accused of violating public order, causing bodily harm and resisting police. According to Deutsche Welle, the German authorities asked for help in the investigation of the alleged violators of public order to other EU countries,

The majority of Russians negatively assess the interstate relations of Moscow and Kiev. All-Russia centre of studying of public opinion conducted a poll in which 25 percent of respondents feel “hostility,” 36 percent said “tensions”, RIA Novosti reported. “Positive” bilateral relations have been estimated only 9% of citizens, 10 percent called them “neutral”, 13% are “cool”. The total percentage of positive responses did not exceed the tenth part. “Friendly” relations of Russia and Ukraine consider the 5 percent of the population, “neighborly” 3 percent, “quite warm” — 1 percent of respondents. On 10 July, the Council of national security and defense of Ukraine instructed the government, the security Service and the national Bank in the near future to make proposals for the extension of sanctions against Russia. “This is due to the fact that the US and EU decided to impose new sanctions against Russia. We cannot consider these initiatives

Policeman Sergei Kadatskiy opened fire on the highway near Rostov, in the course of interrogation admitted his guilt in the murder of the former spouse. This was reported in the press release of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, arrived in edition “Tapes.ru”. According to Kadetskogo, between him and his wife for several months broke out of a quarrel on the household soil from which they became separated. “The day of the accident, knowing that the wife and her father will pass on a specified route, the suspect waited for their appearance, took out a shotgun and fired several shots towards the victims. After the car the victims stopped, Kudacki fired several shots at the man from a traumatic gun. After that, the suspect fled, later throwing weapons”, — said in the UK. Later the murder weapon was found, carried out their examination. A criminal case under article “Murder”

Mike Pompeo American intelligence agencies have “reliable evidence” that confirm the application of the Syrian government forces of chemical weapons in the town of Khan Shaykhun. This was stated by the head of the CIA Mike Pompeo, reports TASS. According to him, the US President Donald trump instructed to recreate the incident in the Syrian province of Idlib, and the necessary work was done. “Intelligence came to the conclusion that the attack was indeed used chemical weapons, and that it was used by the Syrian regime,” — says Pompeo. “I knew that the intelligence community had reliable evidence, evidence that we could provide to the President and to which he could rely”. Pompeo declined to specify what kind of proof are we talking about and assured trump that intelligence agencies are confident in their conclusions. April 7, trump has been ordered to launch a missile attack on the airfield shirt

The white house exclude “Kaspersky” from a list of software suppliers whose products are approved for use by U.S. government agencies. As reported by Reuters, this is due to “the fear of the penetration of the Kremlin in the American network.” According to journalists, the company suspected of “close ties with a hostile Russian intelligence services accused of cyber attacks on the United States.” In “Kaspersky Lab” told the news Agency that the company had “no links with any government, the company has never helped and will not help any government in the attempts of cyber espionage. We were in the center of geopolitical struggle in which each side is trying to use us as a pawn in their game”. July 11 Bloomberg Businessweek reported that “Kaspersky’s Laboratory” by order of the FSB allegedly developed a secret system of protection from DDoS-attacks, establishing the whereabouts of hackers. The company later