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The British defense Secretary Gavin Williamson © EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS LONDON, August 10. /TASS/. The bellicose rhetoric of the Minister of defence of great Britain Gavin Williamson says about the true motives of increase of expenditures of NATO countries. This was stated at the Russian Embassy in London, commenting on the recent speech of the head of the British Ministry of defense at a seminar at the Atlantic Council in Washington.

© Maxim Grigoriev/TASS MOSCOW, August 11. /TASS/. The period of campaigning in the media on the eve of elections of the mayor of the Russian capital kicked off on Saturday, it will last until the “day of silence” on 8 September. Within 28 days of the candidate in mayors will be able to participate in election debates, and on urban television and radio channels will be broadcasted campaign videos. Elections will be held in a single voting day on 9 September.

© Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS MOSCOW, August 11. /TASS/. The pre-election promotion in media of the candidates for Governor begins on Saturday in the Moscow region. Applicants for the position of head of the region will be used to broadcast campaign videos on TV, to publish articles in the press and to participate in debates on radio and TV.

Playing the lyre: trump overlaid Turkey duties Trump doubled duties on aluminium and steel from Turkey. To double the duty on aluminium and steel from Turkey. This order gave the President of the United States Donald trump. The Turkish Lira plummeted on the news to another record low. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan advised the citizens not to panic, saying that with them is Allah. And urged to change dollars into Lira. The US President Donald trump on Friday said on Twitter that doubles duty for aluminium and steel from Turkey. I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, slides rapidly downward against our very strong Dollar! Aluminum will now be 20% and Steel 50%. Our relations with Turkey are not good at this time! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2018 “I just authorized

Lavrov said Pompeo on “categorical rejection” of new sanctions The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced a “categorical rejection” of new sanctions by Washington. “The Russian side had expressed a categorical rejection of the recently announced Washington’s new sanctions, citing the alleged information about the Russian involvement in the so-called “case Skrypalia””, — stated in the message of the foreign Ministry. Mr Lavrov said that no one has provided a single fact proving the involvement of Moscow in the assassination of Sergei and Yulia Skrobala. The Russian foreign Ministry stressed that during the conversation held on the initiative of the American side, also addressed issues on the international agenda, including the situation in Syria, “as well as some other topics discussed during the meeting of presidents of Russia and USA in Helsinki on 16 July.” August

Two-thirds of Russians approved of Putin’s performance as President Moscow. August 10. INTERFAX.RU — the President of Russia Vladimir Putin approve of almost 62.8% of Russians, according to the poll made Friday to “Interfax”. The activities of the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approves 29.9% of the respondents, the government of the Russian Federation — 36.4% of respondents. According to the survey, about trust to Putin last week said 35.9% of Russians. The second and third position in the ranking of trust among the politicians defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (14.8 per cent) and foreign Minister Russia Sergey Lavrov (13.4 per cent). Followed by LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky (10.6 per cent). The five Russian politicians enjoying the greatest trust, is also part of Medvedev (7.2 per cent). The electoral rating of the party “United Russia” for the last week practically has not changed and amounted to 34.9% (in the period from 23