Новости за 18.04.2018

A German theater's offer of free seats to spectators who wear swastikas has caused a scandal as under German law, publicly displaying Nazi symbols is illegal.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK media watchdog Ofcom has said that it opened seven investigations into the RT broadcaster's coverage of the poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in the UK town of Salisbury.

Earlier, President Donald Trump had confirmed that talks between the United States and North Korea were taking place at a "very high level," just hours before current CIA Director and newly nominated US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had had a private meeting with Kim Jong-un.

The news comes over a month after the young woman announced her plans to escape the country in a video released online, explaining her decision by the fact that in the UAE she couldn't live her life the way she wanted.

The Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom has responded to numerous allegations of cyberthreats allegedly emanating from Moscow and added that London is just seeking to get money from taxpayers.

In an interview with BFMTV, the leader of the right-wing National Front has cast doubt on the credibility of the claims made by French authorities in relation to missile strikes on Syria in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in the city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to former US President George H.W. Bush over the death of his wife Barbara, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is unable to comment on the possible delay in deploying chemical weapons experts to Syria’s Duma over reports of gunfire because of the organization’s policy, the OPCW’s public affairs service told Sputnik on Wednesday.

London is ready to give answers to all questions posed by Russia on the Skripal case, the UK's Permanent Representative at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Peter Wilson stated.

London is ready to give answers to all questions posed by Russia on the Skripal case, the UK's Permanent Representative at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Peter Wilson stated.

London is ready to give answers to all questions posed by Russia on the Skripal case, the UK's Permanent Representative at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Peter Wilson stated.

VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) - Moscow hopes that the proposals of North Korea's head Kim Jong-un on inter-Korean cooperation will manage to yield concrete results, Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora said.

Late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was not the mastermind behind former Russian security officer Alexander Litvinenko's poisoning, but collaborated with the UK intelligence services and paid for this with his life when he decided to return to his homeland, Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said Wednesday.

Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said Wednesday that former Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky acted with the UK intelligence and paid with his life, after expressing wish to return to the homeland.

The Swedish TV-channel TV4 has sparked outrage by offering its viewers a skewed picture of reality by substituting "the US" with "Russia" in a critical news report on the US-backed attacks against the war-torn middle-Eastern country.

Moscow has yet to comment on media reports about the alleged move that’s been described by a French magazine as a countermeasure to Western sanctions imposed on Russia.

Last week, the Russian Defense Ministry said that two Israeli warplanes had carried out an attack on the Syrian T-4 airbase in Homs; Tel Aviv, however, preferred to keep silent about the alleged incident.

Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the former president of the National Lawyers Guild, now a political analyst and social critic, has shared her stance on the western missile strike on Syria and what should be done to ease the tensions.

Earlier, the Syrian state media outlet SANA reported that the country’s armed forces had repelled a missile attack on the Shayrat air base in the province of Homs, with The Arab News later claiming that Israeli aircraft had been spotted in Syrian airspace just before the rockets were reported.

Following the announcement of new anti-Russia sanctions by US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley last week, President Donald Trump has reportedly decided to delay new measures against Russia.

Beijing believes that its trade conflict with Washington will have limited impact on the country’s economy and that the effects of this conflict can be controlled.

Earlier, Russian military forces had unearthed a warehouse of substances essential for the manufacture of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - South Korea may sign a peace treaty with North Korea, if Pyongyang gives up nuclear weapons, formally putting end to the Korean War, a South Korean top security adviser said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The approach of Japan and the United States to the settlement of the North Korean nuclear crisis has proven to be successful, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said following his talks with US President Donald Trump.

Not only did the Wall Street Journal’s analogy between New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s policies and those of US President Donald Trump anger her, it also sowed division among social media users.