The Prosecutor’s office of South Korea demanded the actual head Samsung to 12 years in prison

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The Prosecutor’s office of South Korea demanded the actual head Samsung to 12 years in prison He is accused of sending the friend of the former President of the country about $38 million in donations to its funds. Moscow. 7 Aug. INTERFAX.RU — Prosecutors in South Korea have demanded to sentence to 12 years in prison, Deputy Chairman of the Board and the actual head of Samsung Group Lee Jae-Yong, if his guilt in the corruption case is proved, informs on Monday Agency Associated Press. According to him, the Prosecutor’s office has taken this position after four months of hearings on the case of 49-year-old Lee Jae Yong. It is expected that the verdict will be known in late August. According to investigators, Choi sung-SIL, a friend of former President, Park Geun-Hye illegally forced big business to make a multimillion-dollar donation in two related non-governmental Fund. The largest of these

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North Korea has condemned the new UN sanctions and has threatened a “fair” response

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North Korea has condemned the new UN sanctions and has threatened a “fair” response North Korea has named a new Security Council resolution “the fruit of the crimes of the United States.” Pyongyang reserved the right to a “fair” response, without specifying what it might be. North Korea denounced and rejected the latest UN sanctions imposed on Pyongyang, saying that reserves the right to accept in response, “fair action”. It is reported by the KCNA. There is no greater mistake than the assumption, States that their earth is safe overseas.The government of the DPRK The DPRK said that “the sanctions resolution” UN — “fruit of the crimes of the USA”. “[It’s] riotous violation of the sovereignty [of the DPRK] and a serious challenge to our Republic”, — said the North Korean authorities. The DPRK has also stated that they have “the strongest nuclear weapons” since the beginning of the development

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The government approved the project about a healthy way of life for Russians

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The government approved the project about a healthy way of life for Russians MOSCOW, Aug 7 — RIA Novosti. The Russian government approved the passport of the priority project “Formation of healthy lifestyle”, which aims by 2025 to increase the proportion of Russians, committed to a healthy lifestyle, from 36% to 60%, according to the website of the Cabinet of Ministers. It is noted that the passport was approved following the meeting of the Presidium of the presidential Council for strategic development and priority projects, held on 26 July 2017. In the framework of the project is expected by the end of 2019 to increase the share of citizens committed to a healthy lifestyle, to 45% and by the end of 2025, up to 60%. Passport project approved following the meeting of the presidential Council on strategic development held on 26 July. The initiative aims to increase the number of

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Russian tanks occupy the first place after the individual competition “Tank biathlon”

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© Sergey Bobylev/TASS ALABINO /Moscow region/, August 7. / TASS/. The Russian tankmen are in the lead in the stage “Individual race” competition “Tank biathlon” in the Army games (Armi-2017), told journalists on Monday in the jury. “The team of the Russian Federation, acting in the “Tank biathlon” in the army-2017 took first place in the teams ranking, compiled by the stage of “Individual race”, – said the representative of the jury. He noted that also at the end of this phase in the semi-finals, 12 teams from Belarus, China, India, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Mongolia, Venezuela, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Iran. Army games this year are held on the 22 grounds of Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China from July 29 to August 12. Their participants were representatives of 28 countries.

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The features of the lunar Eclipse of August 7

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A partial Eclipse of the moon will take place on the evening of 7 August from 20:25 to 22:19 Moscow time. It will be available for observation on the territory of Russia, except Chukotka and Kamchatka, according to the website of the Moscow planetarium. According to astronomers, two hours the Moon will have time to go through the Northern part of the earth’s shadow, absorbed in her South edge of the quarter disk. Observations of the Eclipse in Moscow will start an hour before the onset of the maximum phase. At 20:00 Moscow time the Moon rise over the South-Eastern horizon, is already fully being in the penumbra of the Earth. Approximately at 20:24 Moscow time will begin the immersion of the satellite into the shadow of the planet. It is noted that during the Eclipse, the moon will become a Burgundy-red color.

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The Ministry of Finance has developed amendments to the law on insurance to protect motorists

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The Finance Ministry has drafted new amendments to the law on insurance, which insurers can allow themselves to set lowering the cost of the policy coefficients. On Monday, August 7, writes “Kommersant”. Drivers offered three options filling policies with limits payments to two million rubles and the opportunity to contract for more than a year. The insurer shall not be entitled to refuse conclusion of the contract on the chosen option, or to impose an alternative. “Drivers will also be given the opportunity to purchase insurance for more than a year”, — notes the edition. The amount of damages that the insurer will pay for the delay of sending to the customer a reasoned refusal to pay will amount to 200 rubles per day, but total amount not more than 10 thousand rubles. In may, the Bank of Russia proposed to change the cost of insurance policies for different categories

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The DPRK rejected the proposal of South Korea on talks

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Lee Yong-Ho The foreign Minister of North Korea ri Yong Ho dismissed the recent proposal of South Korea on the talks, calling it insincere, reports “Yonhap”. A short meeting ri Yong Ho and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyong Hwa took place in Manila on the sidelines of an Asian security forum in Manila on Sunday, 6 August. Lee Yong-Ho had in mind made in July, the proposal of the President of South Korea moon Jae-Ins to hold military talks for easing cross-border tension and meetings at the red cross, designed to resume the reunion of families separated by the Korean war of 1950-53. It is expected that both Ministers will take part in the annual ASEAN Regional forum to be held later on Monday, August 7th. There will be a speech about security issues, in particular, about the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Relations between the two Koreas remain

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Chizhov: Europe began to wonder about the effectiveness of sanctions policy

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Photo: Permanent mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union MOSCOW, 4 Aug — RIA Novosti. The effect of new us sanctions against Russia has forced the Europeans to think about the reliability of this kind of pressure on Moscow, said on Friday Russia’s permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov. “If we talk about the cumulative effect on Europe made last initiatives of Washington, I still think that on this side of the Atlantic began to reflect, first, on efficiency,… and, secondly, on the propriety of sanctions pressure on Russia,” said Chizhov in the air of the program “60 minutes.” According to the diplomat, it is quite possible that the consequences of restrictive measures “will push the Europeans to revise their own sanctions policy.” He stressed that talking about the implementation of the adopted in the U.S. law on sanctions a little earlier. “Let’s see how will behave

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The Ukrainian foreign Ministry has sent Moscow a note of protest because of the visit of Medeved in Crimea

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Photo: RIA Novosti The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent Moscow a note of protest in connection with the visit of Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in the Crimea. On Friday, August 4, the press service of the Ukrainian foreign Ministry. “The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its decisive protest in connection with another uncoordinated with Ukraine visit of the Russian delegation, headed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev (…) [the] Autonomous Republic of Crimea”, — said in a statement.

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