Новости за 20.04.2017

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Russian military adviser Major Sergei Bordov was killed during militants' attack on a Syrian Army garrison. He prevented the terrorists from entering the facility at the cost of his life, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

A scientist from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has stated that India is working to exploit natural resources on the moon to power the country’s energy requirements by 2030.

Independent experts should find out what happened in Khan Shaykhun, an Egyptian lawmaker said.

The implementation of the so-called Greater Albania initiative designating the unification of lands inhabited by Albanians would result in a sizable war in the Balkan Peninsula, Serbia's Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said Thursday.

The West's task is to prevent a full-fledged investigation into the alleged chemical weapons incident in Syria's Khan Shaykhun in early April that can reveal the truth, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Mikhail Ulyanov, said Thursday.

A new study has suggested that cycling to work could help dramatically cut the risk of cancer and heart disease by almost 50 percent. Experts at the University of Glasgow also claim that cycling takes no willpower once it becomes part of the work routine - unlike going to the gym.

Western countries are blocking attempts to investigate the Idlib chemical incident because in the event of a probe it will be established that the "attack" was a false flag and lie, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Sputnik.

On Tuesday, the Raqqa Civilian Assembly held its Inaugural Meeting in the town of Ayn Isa with the motto "Peoples' Fraternity and Co-existence is the Assurance of Democratic Nation." Sputnik Turkey talked to the co-chair of the Assembly, Leyla Mustafa.

Watch this extroverted sea lion stealing and eating fish in the Russian sea port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

On Thursday, Russia's Supreme Court has ruled the activities of the main center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia to be extremist, banning its work and seizing the property.

A group of Italian businessmen and politicians is participating in the Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF) in order to establish reliable partnerships with Russian business, Stefano Valdegamberi, an Italian lawmaker and member of the delegation, said Thursday.

Increasing automation using sophisticated and potentially even intelligent gadgets means that robots are about to develop enough "brainpower" to compete with humans. Danish scientists are concerned that the man-robot handshake may yield unforeseen consequences.

Nigel Farage, perennial parliamentary hopeful and twice-former UKIP leader, has suggested he may stand in the June 8 UK General Election, and said current party chief Paul Nuttall has six weeks "to prove himself," raising the prospect Farage could once again head the now-ailing Euroskeptic party.

Russia's agricultural boom continues to pick up steam. The government has committed 13.7 billion rubles in new subsidies to farmers, which will help them with the purchase over 21,000 new pieces of equipment, including tractors and seeders. The agricultural sector has only seen benefits from the three year sanctions war between Russia and the West.

The revision of history leads to the erosion of of the pillars of today's world order, which were built after World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Belarusian nuclear energy professionals, who have gained invaluable experience from the construction of the first nuclear power plant (NPP) in the country, are ready to continue cooperating with their Russian colleagues on implementing similar projects around the world, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday.

According to the head of the Navy Ship Building Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian navy plans to receive up to 40 advanced Project 12700 minesweepers in a period before 2030-2050.

Bahrain is in talks with Russia's Gazprom and Rosneft on the issue of liquefied natural gas supplies.

The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations issued a statement Wednesday expressing surprise at recent media reports claiming that Russia had vetoed the UN Security Council statement condemning North Korea's latest missile launch test.

The Syrian Army successfully repelled several Daesh attacks near the town of al-Qaryatayn in the eastern part of the Homs province.

Russian investigators have established the person who ordered the deadly attack in the Saint Petersburg subway in early April.

According to Foreign Ministry, South Korea has finished approval procedures to provide land for the US Terminal-High Altitude Area Defense anti-ballistic missile system under its forces hosting agreement with the United States.

These scary creatures have been known to science since the 18th century; however, only recently an international team of researchers for the first time managed to find and examine a living specimen.

Russia is waiting for the United States to outline its specific position on the Iranian nuclear program at next week's joint commission meeting, Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Vladimir Voronkov told Sputnik. A possible abandonment of the Iran nuclear deal would threaten global stability, he said.