MOSCOW, June 1. /TASS/. Russia will provide an adequate response if a decision is taken on Ukraine’s joining NATO, the speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview for TASS special project Top Officials.
In reply to a question if there is a chance that at the national referendum on Ukraine’s joining NATO the answer will be "yes," Naryshkin said: "I can imagine a situation...
Russia will give adequate response if Ukraine joins NATO — lower house speaker
2015/05/31
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Russia’s lower house speaker rules out abandoning Crimea
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, June 1. /TASS/. The idea that Russia will abandon Crimea and Sevastopol is absolutely ruled out and sanctions pressure against Moscow is futile, the speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, Sergei Naryshkin has said.
"They are saying the sanctions will be canceled if Russia abandons Crimea and Sevastopol, betrays those who have believed us. It’s absolutely ruled out. We shall not leave the chosen...
Dateline of EU’s anti-Russian sanctions may be extended
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, June 1. /TASS/. The timeframe of the European Union’s anti-Russian sanctions, which are due to expire on July 31, may be extended but its scope is unlikely to be expanded, a senior Russian lawmaker said.
"It feels today in the European Union that supporters of extending the term of the sanctions against Russia are stronger than opponents of such move," Alexei Pushkov, the chair of the State Duma’s Committee on Foreign...
‘2,300 Humvees in Mosul alone’: Iraq reveals number of US arms falling into ISIS hands
2015/05/31
Reuters / Stringer
Iraq has admitted that ISIS jihadists captured huge caches of US-made weapons, including thousands of Humvees seized from Iraqi forces retreating from Mosul last year. The spoils of war have since then been used by ISIS to gain ground in Iraq and Syria.
“In the collapse of Mosul, we lost a lot of weapons,” Prime...
Engineers envisioned T-14 tank ‘robotization’ as they created Armata platform
2015/05/31
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Russian army to have 50% more intensive ‘training season’ in summer 2015
2015/05/31
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Italian pilot killed in horrific 2-plane collision ahead of airshow (VIDEO)
2015/05/31
Screenshot from YouTube user Luca Rastelli
One pilot has died after two planes collided in flight before the start of a local airshow on the beaches of Tortoreto on Italy’s Adriatic coast. The crash happened on a sunny day as families gathered for a fun day out at the beach.
The incident took place just ahead of Frecce Tricolori airshow...
Netanyahu demands Palestinians stop anti-Israel ‘campaign’, return to negotiations ‘without preconditions’
2015/05/31
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Goodbye Section 215: Patriot Act key surveillance provisions expire
2015/05/31
The U.S. Capitol is illuminated at dusk, May 31, 2015 in Washington, DC.(AFP Photo / Drew Angerer)
Controversial provisions of the Patriot Act authorizing government surveillance programs have expired after the Senate failed to vote for an extension. The Senate will reconvene to consider the USA Freedom Act on Monday afternoon.
Lawmakers...
Russian, S. Ossetian leaders to discuss prospects of bilateral ties — Putin’s spokesman
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, June 1. /TASS/. President of Russia Vladimir Putin will hold bilateral talks with his South Ossetian counterpart Leonid Tibilov on June 1, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said without specifying the agenda of the meeting.
"The president [Putin] has talks on Monday with President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov," Peskov said.
The Kremlin press office reported on Sunday that "During the talks at the highest...
Russian observers to hold inspection flights over Britain, Northern Ireland
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, June 1. /TASS/. A group of Russian military inspectors will make observation flights over the territories of Britain and Northern Ireland within the frames of the Open Skies Treaty starting on Monday, a high-ranking Russian military official said.
Ruslan Shishin, an acting head of the Russian National Centre for Reducing Nuclear Threat, said that Russian inspectors will make observation flights over the territory of...
Soviet Tradition of Snitching Makes Comeback in Russia
2015/05/31
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In Russia, Sincere Backlash Over Satire Article on 'U.S. Invasion of FIFA'
2015/05/31
Popular American satirist Andy Borowitz appears to have fooled the Russian government's official newspaper into believing that U.S. senator John McCain has sincerely called for a military invasion of FIFA, football's governing body.
"We must make FIFA taste the vengeful might and fury of the United States military," Borowitz "quoted" McCain as having said. The latter then supposedly...
Opposition Activist Remains in Critical Condition
2015/05/31
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Say No on World No Tobacco Day
2015/05/31
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day 2015. There are five main objectives, aiming to inform the public about the criminal nature of the tobacco trade as well as underlining the health risks and reminding people of the harm that taking up smoking as a habit can do. Why not just say No on No Tobacco Day?
The United Nations Organization's campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2015 focuses on the following five points:
1. Raise awareness...
Recycling center ready to pay $100,000 to mysterious woman for rare Apple PC
2015/05/31
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Hawking warns gifted disabled scientists could be left without financial support
2015/05/31
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Helping hand: RT launches website with channel’s charity projects
2015/05/31
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RT has launched a website dedicated to our crowd-funded charity projects for orphans and children in need, which have been growing since the creation of the channel. One of the organizers, Tina Berezhnaya, shared the details.
The new website is dedicated to RT’s charity projects and our friends in charitable...
Russian diplomat: Europe beginning to see that anti-Russian sanctions are blind alley
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, May 31. /TASS/. Europe is beginning to see that anti-Russian sanctions is a path to nowhere, Russian foreign ministry’s human rights envoy Konstantin Dolgov said on Sunday.
"The European Union’s impotent rage about absolutely justified response measures of Russia demonstrates that Europe is growing aware that anti-Russian sanctions are a blind alley," he wrote on his Twitter account.
On May 30, a top-ranking source...
Saakashvili has he has no ambitions for premiership in Ukraine
2015/05/31
KIEV, May 31. /TASS/. Georgia’s former President Mikhail Saakashvili, who has recently been appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, said on Sunday he did not plan his new position as a stepping stone to the Ukrainian prime minister’s office.
"Stuff and nonsense! I have no political ambitions in Ukraine," he told the 112 television channel. He said he wanted to return to Georgia to take part in political processes in...
Two civilians killed, one wounded in shelling of Golmovsky settlement by Ukrainian troops
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, May 31. /TASS/. Two civilians were killed as Ukrainian troops shelled the settlement of Golmovsky northeast of Grolovka on Sunday evening, Eduard Basurin, a spokesman for the defence ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), said.
"Two persons were killed, one more civilian was wounded in shelling of the settlement of Golmovsky by Ukrainian troops," the Donetsk News Agency quoted him as saying.
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Two ISIS filmmakers killed in Iraqi airstrikes – reports
2015/05/31
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Scuffles in Melbourne as anti-Islamic protesters & anti-racism activists clash
2015/05/31
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Church of England in crisis as UK sees more atheists and Muslims, study says
2015/05/31
Reuters / Phil Noble
A new survey on British social attitudes shows that the Anglican Church lost 4.5 million followers over the last decade, while people who say they have no religion account for half the population and the number of Muslims now stands at 5 percent.
The findings from NatCen’s British Social Attitudes survey released...
Indian prime minister to visit 5 Central Asian states in July
2015/05/31
NEW DELHI, May 31. /TASS/. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans for July include, along with attending summits of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS in Russia’s Ufa, visits to five Central Asian states, including Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday.
"When the prime minister will go to Ufa for a BRICS summit, he will pay visits to five Central...
Search for missing Yugra vice governor suspended until dawn
2015/05/31
YEKATERINBURG, May 31. /TASS/. Search operations for a Siberian vice-governor who went missing after falling into the water during a boat trip will be suspended after dark to be resumed at dawn, a spokeswoman for the regional department of the Russian emergencies ministry told TASS on Sunday.
Vitaly Yermoshin, vice-governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area known as Yugra, went missing after falling overboard at the 1,160th...
Italian foreign ministry wants Russia to explain criteria of entry denial
2015/05/31
ROME, May 31. /TASS/. Italy wants Russia to clarify the criteria it uses when banning European citizens to enter the country, the Italian foreign ministry said on Sunday.
"It is absolutely unclear which reasons and criteria are used to make this blacklist. Hence, it hinders the resumption of dialogue between the European Union and Russia Italy has been insistently standing for," the ministry said.
According to western media,...
Thousands of Muslims demand reopening Hagia Sophia as mosque (VIDEO)
2015/05/31
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Saakashvili 'insulted his country' by renouncing Georgian citizenship - president
2015/05/31
Mikhail Saakashvili (Reuters / Vasily Fedosenko)
The Georgian president has said his fugitive predecessor insulted his country by renouncing his Georgian citizenship in order to become a governor in Ukraine.
"I do not understand his disgraceful behavior," Georgy Margvelashvili said on Sunday at the Georgian Police Day celebration....
Sotheby's puts famous Russian painting on sale despite claims it was stolen
2015/05/31
Ivan Aivazovsky, Evening in Cairo, 1870
Sotheby's auction house said it will proceed with the planned sale of the "Evening in Cairo" by the celebrated Russian seascape artist Ivan Aivazovsky. Moscow had earlier said the masterpiece was stolen from a private collection in 1997.
The Russian branch of Interpol urged British police to...
SportAccord President Marius Vizer resigns
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, May 31. /TASS/. SportAccord President Marius Vizer told TASS on Sunday he had resigned from his post, which he had been holding since 2013.
He said as a SportAccord president he had been focused on fairness and transparency and now leaving the post he hoped some day sport would be a transparent system and a model for society.
At the latest SportAccord General Assembly in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi in April...
Pro-Kiev forces shell Lugansk Republic 7 times over 24 hours, militiaman wounded
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, May 31. /TASS/. The pro-Kiev forces have shelled the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) seven times over the past twenty-four hours, wounding a self-defense fighter, an LPR militia spokesman said on Sunday.
"The ceasefire regime was breached seven times from 06:00 on May 30 to 06:00 on May 31. One militiaman was wounded," the spokesman told the LuganskInformCenter news agency.
The Kiev military mostly used grenade launchers,...
Anti-Russian sanctions damaging for Italian economy - foreign minister
2015/05/31
ROME, May 31. /TASS/. The sanctions imposed by the European Union and supported by Italy against Russia are causing damage to the Italian economy, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said in an exclusive interview with TASS on Sunday.
The Italian foreign minister is arriving in Moscow on a two-day visit on Sunday.
‘The sanctions are equally damaging for those who introduce them and those against whom they are introduced. Naturally,...
HRW: New evidence Saudi-led coalition uses cluster bombs in Yemen
2015/05/31
Remnants of an air-dropped cluster munition and unexploded BLU-97 submunitions found in the al-Nushoor and al-Maqash areas of Yemen’s northern Saada governorate on May 23, 2015. (image from www.hrw.org)
Human Rights Watch has published new evidence alleging the Saudi Arabian-led coalition in Yemen has been using internationally-outlawed...
US probe turns Blatter into symbol of resistance to Western meddling
2015/05/31
Sepp Blatter has become a symbol of resistance against the untrammeled power of the West and its attempt to seize control of the few remaining independent international institutions, a writer and political commentator John Wight told RT.
RT: Sepp Blatter came under unprecedented pressure ahead of the vote from football chiefs and from many media outlets. After this campaign are you surprised by the results?
John Wight: Not...
Media: US Secretary of State Kerry hospitalized after bike accident
2015/05/31
PARIS, May 31. /TASS/. US Secretary of State John Kerry was taken to a Geneva hospital after falling off his bicycle and injuring a leg, the news agency France Presse reported on Sunday referring to the US Department of State.
Kerry was riding on Sunday morning in a mountain district in the French department of Haute-Savoie on the border with Switzerland.
AFP quoted a US diplomat as saying that Kerry had apparently broken his...
Russian Football Union chief urges change to organization’s ideology
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, May 31. /TASS/. The Russian Football Union (RFU) should change its ideology from consumption to development, RFU Head Nikolai Tolstykh said on Sunday.
The RFU chief spoke at the organization’s conference, which had voted to discuss the issue of his early resignation over the organization’s poor financial performance. The Russian Football Union has accumulated debts of 1.4 billion rubles ($27 million).
"In 2014, we...
Russian Football Union starts conference in Moscow, may dismiss organization’s chief
2015/05/31
MOSCOW, May 31. /TASS/. The Russian Football Union (RFU) gathered for a meeting on Sunday to discuss the organization's work, including the early termination of the powers of its chief.
A decision to include the dismissal of RFU President Nikolai Tolstykh into the meeting’s agenda over the organization’s financial woes was taken by the RFU Executive Committee on April 29.
Aside from Tolstykh’s possible dismissal, the conference...
Ukraine Names Georgia's Saakashvili as Governor of Black Sea Hotspot
2015/05/31
Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko has appointed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to be governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region, in a surprise move that is certain to raise hackles in Moscow.
President Poroshenko made the announcement on Saturday, standing alongside Saakashvili at a ceremony in Odessa, where he described him as "a great friend of Ukraine." He granted...
John Kerry hospitalized after biking accident
2015/05/31
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Belgian, Dutch authorities to probe Germany over alleged snooping
2015/05/31
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ISIS jihadists reportedly kidnap up to 500 children in Iraq
2015/05/31
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'Stop illegal NSA spying': Rand Paul vows to let USA Patriot Act expire
2015/05/31
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US police shot dead almost 400 people in 5 months – report
2015/05/31
Reuters / Shannon Stapleton
At least 385 people ranging in age from 16 to 83 have died at the hands of police across the US this year, The Washington Post revealed. One in six victims were unarmed, mostly black or Hispanic, and officers were charged in less than 1% of cases.
Using a variety of sources, including police reports, local...
Russian Football Union may terminate its president’s powers ahead of schedule
2015/05/30
MOSCOW, Ma y 31 /TASS/. A regular conference of the Russian Football Union will take place in Moscow on Sunday. Pre-term resignation of the union’s president Nikolai Tostykh is part of the agenda.
The executive committee of the Russian Football Union decided to include the question of Tolstykh’s resignation in the agenda at its meeting a month ago because of the union’s unfavourable financial situation. The Russian Football...
Kislovodsk hosts the opening of Solzhenitsyn museum
2015/05/30
KISLOVODSK, the Stavropol territory, May 31 /TASS/. A grand concert took place in the building of the local philharmonic society in the Russian spa city of Kislovodsk on Saturday as part of events devoted to the opening of Russia’s first museum of writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
The Museum of Alexander Solzhenitsyn cultural center, a new subsidiary of the Russian State Literary Museum, will open in Kislovodsk on May 31. It will...
FBI gets closer to expanded hacking powers
2015/05/30
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Iraq Diary, Day 9: A tragedy visits our team
2015/05/30
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Oklahoma troopers rush to help stranded motorists, shoot and kill one
2015/05/30
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A flood “rescue mission” turned fatal for one Oklahoma man, who was shot and killed by a state trooper. Police claimed that the man did not want to leave his vehicle, argued and allegedly attacked officers as they tried to get him out of the water.
The incident took place some 20 miles outside of Tulsa...
Russian lawmaker: "pathological dislike of Russia" prompts Saakashvili’s new appointment
2015/05/30
MOSCOW, May 31 /TASS/. "Pathological dislike of Russia" rather than managerial skills and talents stands behind the appointment of ex-Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili as the governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region. It is designed to increase and strengthen the anti-Russian course of the Ukrainian authorities, Russian lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev told TASS on Saturday commenting on the Ukrainian president’s latest personnel...
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