The government of Japan will try to arouse students interest in the territorial dispute with Russia

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The government of Japan will try to arouse students interest in the territorial dispute with Russia TOKYO, December 30. /TASS/. The government of Japan intends to arouse students interest in the territorial dispute with Russia over the “Northern territories” (so in Japan called the southern part of the Russian Kuril Islands). On Saturday writes the leading Japanese newspaper “Yomiuri”. It is noted that pupils in secondary and high school students from across the country will be directed to a special educational tours in the Northern Japanese city closest to the southern part of the Kuril Islands, in particular in the city of Nemuro and the village Betsukai. There students will be able to mingle with the locals and to inspect the “Northern territories” from the sea. It is expected that all costs for such visits are planned from summer to autumn, will be covered from the state budget. With this

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The United States urged Russia to force the Syrian authorities to stop the “barbaric attacks”

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The United States urged Russia to force the Syrian authorities to stop the “barbaric attacks” WASHINGTON, 30 Dec — RIA Novosti. The US state Department on Friday urged Russia to influence the Syrian government to those not staging attacks against its own people, it is spoken in arrived in RIA Novosti news Agency the statement of the state Department. 10фотографий10фотографий10фотографий “We continue to urge Russia to fulfill obligations and to ensure that the Assad regime to stop these barbaric attacks,” — said in the text. As pointed out in the state Department, “now more than ever, Russia and the international community must seriously support humanitarian access to all Syrians and to exert pressure on the Assad regime to develop a political solution to the conflict through the Geneva process under the auspices of the UN.”

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Browder urged to suspend Russia’s membership in Interpol

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Browder urged to suspend Russia’s membership in Interpol The founder of Hermitage Capital, William Browder, has accused Russia of abusing its rights as a non-Interpol country. “Russia turns to Interpol for the sixth time in my arrest after five previous requests were rejected as illegitimate and politically motivated. Time for Interpol to suspend Russia’s membership for flagrant abuse of the Interpol system,” Browder wrote in his Twitter. The last request for Browder, directed by Russia in the system of Interpol, was “deemed inappropriate in the course of its consideration by the General Secretariat”, reported the organization. Call Browder was the day of completion in Russia of another of the proceedings against him. On Friday, December 29, the Tver Moscow court found Browder guilty of tax evasion and the withdrawal of funds from the accounts of the company “Distant steppe”. The court ruled in absentia to recover from him and his

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Took on his chest: why Britain sobering-up stations

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Took on his chest: why Britain sobering-up stations Let’s be honest: in countries where alcohol is not prohibited, the holidays are usually associated with increased consumption of alcohol. The problem is that alcohol is not always consumed in reasonable quantities. The British well-known phenomenon called binge drinking. In Russian language this phrase can be translated as “speed…”, which is the process, when for a short time on the breast was adopted by the maximum possible amount of alcohol. Obviously, this sudden overload of the human organism does not stand up and falls softly in some remote area, sometimes completely disconnected consciousness. If this organism has comrades who are still somehow able to link a few words to poke a finger in the phone, over the collapsed body of the ambulance arrives. Who is to save drunkards? For many years the United Kingdom this honorable duty was entrusted to the National

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ISIS has claimed responsibility for the explosion in a shop in St. Petersburg

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ISIS has claimed responsibility for the explosion in a shop in St. Petersburg Banned terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG) has taken responsibility for the explosion at the store “Perekrestok” in St. Petersburg. About it reports Reuters. 8фотографий8фотографий8фотографий Also it is reported by the organization SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors news of the Islamists. The terrorists claim that the explosion made, “the security detachment of the soldiers of the Caliphate”, quotes the message of the Islamists SITE. The explosion occurred on the evening of December 27, in a supermarket “Crossroads” on Kondratyevsky Avenue. At explosion nobody was lost, the next day it was known about 14 victims, but on December 29 the city authorities reported that a hospital for medical assistance four. Thus, only when the attack injured 18 people. An improvised explosive device Packed with striking elements, worked in the Luggage store, located a few meters from the ticket office.

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Pentagon: the nature of the US operation against ISIS will change

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Pentagon: the nature of the US operation against ISIS will change WASHINGTON, December 29. /TASS/. The character of the American military campaign against the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG banned in Russia) will undergo changes next year. This was announced on Friday at a meeting with accredited journalists the Pentagon U.S. Secretary of defense James Mattis, commenting on the progress of coalition operations led by the United States in Iraq and Syria against ISIS. “As stated by the Minister of defence James Mattis, the destruction of the physical “Caliphate” of the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria will change the way the coalition is fighting with this terrorist group,” reads the material prepared by the press service of the Pentagon. “2017 ends, the followers of the Caliphate are on the run, we destroy it”, — said the head of the military Department of the USA. He did not specify how

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Pentagon: U.S. hopes to increase pressure on Pyongyang in response to the oil shipment to the DPRK

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Pentagon: U.S. hopes to increase pressure on Pyongyang in response to the oil shipment to the DPRK NEW YORK, December 29. /TASS/. A response to the continued supply of oil to the DPRK in violation of UN security Council sanctions should be increasing pressure on Pyongyang from the international community. The hope that was expressed on Friday on air of TV channel Fox News the U.S. Secretary of defense James Mattis. He was asked to comment on reports of the pumping of oil from Chinese ships on ships of the DPRK in the open sea. “I believe that [in response] we will see increased pressure,” — said the Pentagon chief. He made it clear that the United States is not inclined to impose to China and other countries, what measures to take to ensure compliance with the embargo on deliveries of oil products to the DPRK. “In what form or

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Putin has tightened the punishment for recruiting of terrorists to life imprisonment

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© Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law toughening criminal liability for recruitment into the ranks of the terrorists up to life imprisonment. The document published on Friday on the official portal of legal information. The law increases the liability for financing of terrorism, as well as for the declination, recruitment or other involving of the person in the Commission of at least one of the crimes provided by articles of the Criminal code (CC) of the Russian Federation on terrorism.

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The Commission on the prerogative of mercy gave a positive decision on Izmestieva

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The Commission on the prerogative of mercy gave a positive decision on Izmestieva MOSCOW, 29 Dec — RIA Novosti. The head of the Moscow Helsinki group (MHG) Lyudmila Alexeyeva told RIA Novosti that the city Commission of pardons gave a positive opinion on the petition of the convicted for life ex-Senator Igor izmestiev, however, the human rights activist fears that it may not be included in the recommended list to the pardon for the current year. Earlier, Alexeyev said that he had sent to the presidential administration a petition for pardon former Senator from Bashkiria Igor izmesteva, his lawyers also going to formally file a petition for consideration by the regional Commission on pardons. In late September, she reported that the request came through the FPS, and should arrive in Moscow the Commission on pardons. As noted by Alekseev, on the eve of the presidential administration told her that it

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Successful completion of the operation in Syria was an event in 2017 for the Russians

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Successful completion of the operation in Syria was an event in 2017 for the Russians Moscow. 29 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — Event of the year in Russia and in the world was the victory over terrorism in Syria and the withdrawal of the main part of the Russian troops, reported respectively 11% and 26% of participants of poll spent by Fund “Public opinion”. 11фотографий11фотографий11фотографий The three most significant Russian events of the year also included the construction of the bridge Kerch in the Crimea, doping scandals and their consequences for the Russian athletes (4%). 1% of respondents cited among the main events in Ukraine, preparations for the elections, the nomination of Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate of the Russian Federation, the attack in the St. Petersburg metro, the world festival of youth and students, the launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome and others were undecided, two thirds (67%) of respondents. The

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