In an interview for the Wall Street Journal, the elected president of the USA, Donald Trump, said that he will keep, 'at least for a period of time', the sanctions against Russia established in December by the President Barack Obama and that he would not yet engage in the 'One China' policy, informs Reuters. In this interview Trump says: 'If you get along and if Russia is … [Read more...]
Donald Trump admits that Russia could be behind the cyber attacks from the election campaign
The elected president of the US, Donald Trump, admitted in a statement, for the first time, that Russia could be behind the cybernetic attacks against the Democratic Party, but he severely criticized the reports published in the press regarding the compromising information about him that Moscow would have, calling them 'fake news' spread by his political opponents using the … [Read more...]
James Clapper assures Trump that the National Intelligence has no leaks
The director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, sent to the elected president Donald Trump his 'profound dismay' after the leak in the press of a document regarding the suspected connections of Trump with Russia and gave assurances that his services were not the cause of the text and of its spreading, informs the AFP. According to the Russian press, a former agent of the … [Read more...]
John Glenn, the former astronaut and senator, dies at 95
The former American astronaut and senator John Glenn, the first American who made an orbital flight around the Earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95 years, announced the governor of Ohio, John Kasich, quoted by the international press agencies. Glenn was hospitalized, announced on Wednesday a spokesman for the Ohio State University, the institution which gave the astronaut's … [Read more...]
Japan wants to offer an Akita Inu dog to Putin
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, intends to offer to the Russian president Vladimir Putin an Akita Inu dog, as a proof of the friendship between the two countries, on the occasion of the visit that the Kremlin leader will have in Japan in the days of December 15 and 16, informs the government's spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, quoted by the Japanese agency Kyodo. 'We are discussing the … [Read more...]
A portrait of the last Russia’s czar, hidden on the back of a Lenin’s painting, will be exhibited
A portrait of the last Russian czar, Nicholas II, remained hidden for almost a century on the back of a painting of Lenin and accidentally discovered, will be exposed to Sankt Petersburg, declared the restaurateurs, quoted by the AFP. 'The Czar's portrait painted by Ilya Galkin in 1896 remained hidden for 90 years on the back of another portrait, of Lenin's, made in 1924 by the … [Read more...]
Aerosmith will say ‘good-bye’ in their 2017 ‘Aero-Vederci Baby!’ Tour
The American rockers from the legendary band Aerosmith, who sang about 45 years, will embark on a good-bye European tour, in 2017, announced the band this week, and the series of concerts will start in Israel. Aerosmith, one of the biggest rock bands in the United States of America, the winner of numerous awards, often called 'The Bad Boys from Boston' with reference to the … [Read more...]
Massive cybernetic attack on the important banks of Russia
A huge cybernetic attack launched from thousands of pirated computers in over 30 countries affects several major banks in Russia, announced Kaspersky, specialized in security, reports AFP. The highest financial institution of the country, the public bank Sberbank, announced that it was affected by a cybernetic attack, but it managed to neutralize it without having the … [Read more...]