Died people’s artist of USSR Zurab Sotkilava

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Zurab Sotkilava Opera singer Zurab Sotkilava died in Moscow. This was reported by General Director of the Bolshoi theatre Vladimir urin, reports TASS on Monday, September 18. People’s artist of USSR was 80 years old. The time and place of the funeral will be announced later. “He had a severe illness which he fought until the end,” said urin. In 2015 the actor was diagnosed with “malignant tumor of the pancreas.” Sotkilava was born in Sukhumi in 1937. In the 1950s, played in the Tbilisi football team “Dynamo”. In 1959, the football career ended due to injuries. Sotkilava was a soloist of the Bolshoi theatre since 1974.

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In Karelia found the body of one of three killed on lake Ladoga Teens

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In lake Ladoga found the body of 16-year-old boys — one of the three teenagers drowned in the summer, according to the website of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Republic of Karelia Monday, September 18. “The cause of death of the victim will be identified during the course of a criminal investigation. Search activities on detection of young people continue,” — noted in the text. On 19 June, four young men and a girl without life jackets took to the waters of the Bay Impilahti on the aluminum motor boat type “Kazanka”, and at the depth she capsized because of the storm. Two of the teenagers managed to escape. They said that the girl died in front of them. To search for others connected the two Mi-8 helicopters and divers MOE. In fact the incident is being investigated a case of causing death by negligence to two or

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The FSB told the circumstances of the detention of the speaker

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The FSB told the circumstances of the detention of the speaker One of the witnesses in the case of former Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev was the FSB involved in the arrest. In court, he told about how in the car of the former Minister was found a bag with $2 million. Witness for the prosecution at the trial of ex-Minister of economic development became a member of the FSB, his interrogation is conducted in a courtroom. About it reports RBC. The employee of special services Alexey Kalugin became the 11th witness in the case of the former Minister. He told about circumstances of detention of the speaker 14 November 2016. “This day I received the task to go to the office of “Rosneft” Sofiyskaya embankment 26/1 [address, which is located in Moscow, the headquarters of Rosneft]. When I arrived, was the day”, — said Kalugin. Operatives stopped in

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MOE has warned of the danger of Typhoon “Talim” for the Far East of Russia

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MOE has warned of the danger of Typhoon “Talim” for the Far East of Russia Typhoon “Talim” moving from Japan to Russia, can cause damage to the Russian Far East, bringing with it heavy rains and strong winds. This is stated in the message of EMERCOM in the Khabarovsk region. A similar warning was issued and emergency management neighbouring Primorsky Krai. According to rescuers, the Typhoon could lead to flooding of certain areas, the cliffs power lines and accidents on objects of housing and communal services. EMERCOM in Primorsky region warned of a possible strengthening of a wind to 17 — 22 m/s. the Local population is recommended to take the necessary security measures. Last weekend Typhoon “Talim” hit Japan. He caused the death of at least one person who died under the landslide which was caused by heavy rains. Another three people are still missing, 35 people were injured.

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The U.S. Senate will ask Facebook for more information about buying advertising from Russia

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The U.S. Senate will ask Facebook for more information about buying advertising from Russia The U.S. Senate will request additional information from Facebook to investigations into the purchase of political advertising of Russia during the us election campaign 2016. A member of the Senate intelligence Committee, Senator from the Democratic party, Adam Schiff in an interview with ABC News stated that the Committee has already received part of the data, but remains “still a lot of unanswered questions”. “I don’t think Facebook will delay providing information out of fear of conflict. I think that conflict will not arise”, — he said. In early September the chief of the security service Facebook Alex Stamos on the results of the study reported that associated with Russia accounts for two years to buy in a social network is of a political nature. In Facebook found nearly 500 false accounts and pages that were

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Maduro considers himself similar to Stalin

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Maduro considers himself similar to Stalin TASS, September 18. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that between him and Joseph Stalin there are similarities. The corresponding statement he made in the program “Sunday with Maduro”, which was broadcast on the TV channel Venezolana de Televisiоn. “In the world there are people who think I’m a Caribbean Stalin. And I’m like. Look at my profile,” — said the head of state. “Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and feel similar to Stalin”, — he added. At the same time, the President expressed the opinion that criticizing the world leaders use in their countries more stringent methods than he is. “[Prime Minister Mariano] Rajoy sent to Catalonia the police to detain 700 mayors. Who acts as a dictator? Maduro, who allows the opposition to hold a plebiscite, or Rajoy, who doesn’t want to speak?” he said. In mid-July, political opponents of

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Kosachev: Tillerson’s statements about a military solution to the problem of North Korea are deplorable

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UN, September 18. /TASS/. The statements of U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson about the possibility of a military solution to the problem of North Korea is regrettable, this decision is definitely not. About it to journalists on Sunday, said Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev on the sidelines taking place in new York for the UN General Assembly.

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In the state Duma proposed to punish the airline for overbooking

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In the State Duma proposed to oblige airlines to compensate passengers who do not have enough seats on the plane, tenfold the price of their purchased ticket. The draft of amendments to the Air code intends to make the first Deputy Chairman of the Committee on energy, member of the faction “Fair Russia” Igor Ananskikh, writes “the parliamentary newspaper”. According to the author of the document, many of the Russian airlines sell their flights more tickets than seats on Board. This so-called overbooking, or rebooking. “The airline has estimated that approximately 7-10 percent of passengers, as a rule, are late or refuse to fly — said Ananskikh. — That carriers and embark on a trick: sell additional tickets to earn more money”. Currently, the overbooking legalized in several countries. They are the mechanisms by which a passenger waiting for departure on the next flight may be obtained, for example, monetary

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The media learned about the plans to further raise the excise tax on fuel

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In the government of Russia intend to further raise the excise tax on fuel, the newspaper “Vedomosti” with reference to several Federal officials. According to them, improvement should occur in two stages — 50 cents per litre from 1 January and 1 July. As writes the edition, the initiative to increase excise taxes comes from the Ministry of transport, who need the money, in particular, on the construction of the highway “coastal ring” in the Kaliningrad region. Another contender for the money — trail “Tavrida” in the Crimea. The expected increase in excise duties is significantly greater than that provided by the Tax code — indexing for inflation of 4 percent, or about 30 cents per liter of gasoline and 23 cents per liter of diesel fuel. additional budget revenue is estimated at 55-60 billion rubles. The energy Ministry has sent to the Ministry of Finance and the office of

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The foreign Ministry urged other countries not to interfere in the internal Affairs of Myanmar

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Photo: AP Photo / Bernat Armangue Moscow supports efforts to establish in Myanmar interfaith dialogue and calls not to interfere in the internal Affairs of the state, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “It is important to understand that the desire, the desire to interfere in the internal Affairs of a sovereign state can lead to the exacerbation of sectarian strife. Once again, we support efforts to establish in Myanmar inter-religious dialogue with the participation of spiritual leaders of all faiths,” said Zakharov to journalists. She noted that the government of Myanmar has taken steps to facilitate the return to places of permanent residence of internally displaced persons. “Expect to be taken similar measures and in relation to other categories of persons involved in migration crisis,” she said. In Rakhine state Myanmar’s military and security forces since the end of August carried out an operation

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