tass--2020-10-05--Armenia says three Azerbaijani combat vehicles destroyed in Karabakh

Meanwhile , Armenian Defense Ministry Representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on Monday that the defense army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic was thwarting the offensive operations of the Azerbaijani armed forces .
`` The defense army of Artsakh [ the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic ] destroyed an adversary tank and two enemy infantry fighting vehicles in the southern direction [ at the engagement line ] , '' she wrote on her Facebook .
YEREVAN , October 5 .
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The defense army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic destroyed a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles of the Azerbaijani armed forces , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said on Monday .
`` Fierce fighting is taking place at the frontline and the advance of adversary forces is being thwarted , '' he wrote on his Facebook .
The Armenian government ’ s information center reported on Monday that the Azerbaijani armed forces ’ shelling attacks damaged civil infrastructure in the capital of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic , including schools and kindergartens .
`` The Azerbaijani armed forces continue shelling Stepanakert .
Even schools and kindergartens are not spared , '' says the statement with photos of destroyed buildings .
Renewed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ September 27 , with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh .
The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014 , in April 2016 and this past July .
Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts .
Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties , among them civilians .
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh , a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up , but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic .
In 1992-1994 , tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them .
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group , led by its three co-chairs - Russia , France and the United States .

Meanwhile, Armenian Defense Ministry Representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on Monday that the defense army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic was thwarting the offensive operations of the Azerbaijani armed forces.
"The defense army of Artsakh [the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic] destroyed an adversary tank and two enemy infantry fighting vehicles in the southern direction [at the engagement line]," she wrote on her Facebook.
YEREVAN, October 5. /TASS/. The defense army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic destroyed a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles of the Azerbaijani armed forces, Armenian Defense Ministry Press Secretary Shushan Stepanyan said on Monday.
"Fierce fighting is taking place at the frontline and the advance of adversary forces is being thwarted," he wrote on his Facebook.
The Armenian government’s information center reported on Monday that the Azerbaijani armed forces’ shelling attacks damaged civil infrastructure in the capital of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic, including schools and kindergartens.
"The Azerbaijani armed forces continue shelling Stepanakert. Even schools and kindergartens are not spared," says the statement with photos of destroyed buildings.
Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014, in April 2016 and this past July. Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts. Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties, among them civilians.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up, but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1992-1994, tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them. Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs - Russia, France and the United States.


tass--2020-10-05--Special forces break up rally against parliamentary election results in Bishkek

BISHKEK , October 5 .
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Officers of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry ’ s special departments have begun breaking up a rally in the center of the Kyrgyz capital , as protestors oppose the results of the recent parliamentary elections , TASS reports from the site .
The officers are trying to push protesters away from the square by using rubber bullets , tear gas and stun grenades .
Meanwhile , rally participants are trying to resist by throwing stones at the police .
The rally started Monday morning in Bishkek ’ s central square , where the national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are housed .
The protest gathered more than ten political parties that did not make the cut in the elections to gain seats .
They demanded a rerun and annulment of the results .
According to these parties , the authorities used administrative resources and bribed voters throughout the election campaign , which prompted them to protest .
Kyrgyzstan held the parliamentary elections on October 4 .
Some 56 % out of 3.5 million registered voters cast their ballots .
Sixteen parties in total vied for 120 seats in the parliament .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleared the seven-percent barrier to join the parliament .
Official results are expected before October 24 .

BISHKEK, October 5. /TASS/. Officers of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry’s special departments have begun breaking up a rally in the center of the Kyrgyz capital, as protestors oppose the results of the recent parliamentary elections, TASS reports from the site.
The officers are trying to push protesters away from the square by using rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades. Meanwhile, rally participants are trying to resist by throwing stones at the police.
The rally started Monday morning in Bishkek’s central square, where the national parliament and the president’s administration are housed. The protest gathered more than ten political parties that did not make the cut in the elections to gain seats. They demanded a rerun and annulment of the results. According to these parties, the authorities used administrative resources and bribed voters throughout the election campaign, which prompted them to protest.
Kyrgyzstan held the parliamentary elections on October 4. Some 56% out of 3.5 million registered voters cast their ballots. Sixteen parties in total vied for 120 seats in the parliament. According to preliminary data, only four parties cleared the seven-percent barrier to join the parliament. Official results are expected before October 24.


tass--2020-10-05--Russia to develop super-heavy launch vehicle based on Amur methane-fueled rocket

MOSCOW , October 5 .
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An upgraded reusable first stage of Russia ’ s advanced Amur methane-fueled rocket can be used to develop a super-heavy carrier rocket , Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told TASS on Monday .
As a follow-up of the Amur program , Russia is also considering developing a carrier with an increased lifting capacity or using the rocket ’ s methane-fueled first stage in the heavy launch vehicle , the Roscosmos official said .
`` Designers have already put forward proposals on using the methane-fueled rocket ’ s first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increased lifting capacity .
It will weigh over 440 tonnes and be able to deliver 17 tonnes of payload into low orbit .
The same stage could potentially be used as a side core of a super-heavy rocket , '' he said .
Russia ’ s State Space Corporation Roscosmos and the Progress Space Rocket Center signed a contract on Monday on the conceptual designing of the Amur-SPG space rocket center for a new Amur methane-fueled rocket .
The rocket will get a reusable first stage and will be launched from the Vostochny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As Roscosmos specified for TASS , Russia ’ s reusable rocket will have a take-off weight of about 360 tonnes and will be 55 meters high and 4.1 meters in dimeter .
The launch vehicle will comprise a reusable first stage and a non-recoverable second stage .
Both of them will use methane-fueled engines .
The Amur rocket with a reusable stage will be able to deliver up to 10.5 tonnes of payload to a low near-Earth orbit while its expendable version will have the capacity to orbit 12.5 tonnes .

MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. An upgraded reusable first stage of Russia’s advanced Amur methane-fueled rocket can be used to develop a super-heavy carrier rocket, Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told TASS on Monday.
As a follow-up of the Amur program, Russia is also considering developing a carrier with an increased lifting capacity or using the rocket’s methane-fueled first stage in the heavy launch vehicle, the Roscosmos official said.
"Designers have already put forward proposals on using the methane-fueled rocket’s first stage to create a carrier with an increased lifting capacity. It will weigh over 440 tonnes and be able to deliver 17 tonnes of payload into low orbit. The same stage could potentially be used as a side core of a super-heavy rocket," he said.
Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos and the Progress Space Rocket Center signed a contract on Monday on the conceptual designing of the Amur-SPG space rocket center for a new Amur methane-fueled rocket. The rocket will get a reusable first stage and will be launched from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East.
As Roscosmos specified for TASS, Russia’s reusable rocket will have a take-off weight of about 360 tonnes and will be 55 meters high and 4.1 meters in dimeter. The launch vehicle will comprise a reusable first stage and a non-recoverable second stage. Both of them will use methane-fueled engines.
The Amur rocket with a reusable stage will be able to deliver up to 10.5 tonnes of payload to a low near-Earth orbit while its expendable version will have the capacity to orbit 12.5 tonnes.


tass--2020-10-05--OPCW ready to send experts to Russia to investigate Navalny case

The OPCW confirmed that it received Russia ’ s proposal on October 1 to review possibility of dispatching an expert mission to the country to cooperate with Russian colleagues on Navalny incident .
OPCW Director General Fernando Arias responded to the request with a letter addressed to Russia ’ s permanent envoy to the organization .
The letter noted , `` the Technical Secretariat is ready to provide the requested expertise and that a team of experts could be deployed on short notice . ''
THE HAGUE , October 5 .
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ send a group of experts to Russia shortly to cooperate with Russian specialists in investigation into the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny , the organization said in a statement issued Monday .
Arias also asked for clarifications regarding the kind of help Moscow is expecting in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and decisions of the OPCW leadership bodies .
Moreover , he thanked Russia for `` its trust in the Technical Secretariat ’ s independence and expertise to assist States Parties in their implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of chemical weapons use . ''
Navalny was rushed to a local hospital in the Siberian city of Omsk on August 20 after collapsing on a Moscow-bound flight from Tomsk .
He fell into a coma and was put on a ventilator in an intensive care unit .
On August 22 , he was airlifted to Berlin and admitted to the Charite hospital .
On September 2 , Berlin claimed that having examined Navalny ’ s test samples , German government toxicologists had come to the conclusion that the blogger had been affected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Novichok family .
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was ready for comprehensive cooperation with Germany .
He pointed out that no poisonous substances had been detected in Navalny ’ s system prior to his transfer to Berlin .

The OPCW confirmed that it received Russia’s proposal on October 1 to review possibility of dispatching an expert mission to the country to cooperate with Russian colleagues on Navalny incident. OPCW Director General Fernando Arias responded to the request with a letter addressed to Russia’s permanent envoy to the organization. The letter noted, "the Technical Secretariat is ready to provide the requested expertise and that a team of experts could be deployed on short notice."
THE HAGUE, October 5. /TASS/. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is ready to send a group of experts to Russia shortly to cooperate with Russian specialists in investigation into the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the organization said in a statement issued Monday.
Arias also asked for clarifications regarding the kind of help Moscow is expecting in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and decisions of the OPCW leadership bodies. Moreover, he thanked Russia for "its trust in the Technical Secretariat’s independence and expertise to assist States Parties in their implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and to determine the circumstances surrounding allegations of chemical weapons use."
Navalny was rushed to a local hospital in the Siberian city of Omsk on August 20 after collapsing on a Moscow-bound flight from Tomsk. He fell into a coma and was put on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. On August 22, he was airlifted to Berlin and admitted to the Charite hospital.
On September 2, Berlin claimed that having examined Navalny’s test samples, German government toxicologists had come to the conclusion that the blogger had been affected by a toxic agent belonging to the Novichok family.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was ready for comprehensive cooperation with Germany. He pointed out that no poisonous substances had been detected in Navalny’s system prior to his transfer to Berlin.


tass--2020-10-05--Russia to spend $880 mln on Amur reusable space rocket

MOSCOW , October 5 .
/TASS/ .
Russia will spend 70 billion rubles ( about $ 880 million ) on creating its first reusable carrier rocket with a methane propellant , Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told TASS on Monday .
Russia ’ s State Space Corporation Roscosmos and the Progress Space Rocket Center signed a contract on Monday on the conceptual designing of the Amur-SPG space rocket center for a new Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket .
`` The total cost of the work on creating the rocket , from the signing of the contract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launch in 2026 , will not exceed 70 billion rubles , '' the Roscosmos official said .
Roscosmos is for the first time designing the rocket `` at a given cost and the minimum price of a launch service will make up $ 22 mln , '' Bloshenko said .
At the stage of the rocket ’ s conceptual designing , specialists will work out a detailed business plan under the Amur rocket program , he added .
`` Specialized companies will be involved as contractors to determine the conditions for achieving this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schedule for the project , considering the state of the launch services market , '' the Roscosmos official said .
As Roscosmos specified for TASS , Russia ’ s first reusable rocket will have a take-off weight of about 360 tonnes and will be 55 meters high and 4.1 meters in diameter .
The launch vehicle will comprise a reusable first stage and a non-recoverable second stage .
Both of them will use methane-fueled engines .
The Amur rocket with a reusable stage will be able to deliver up to 10.5 tonnes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its expendable version will have the capacity to orbit 12.5 tonnes .

MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. Russia will spend 70 billion rubles (about $880 million) on creating its first reusable carrier rocket with a methane propellant, Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told TASS on Monday.
Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos and the Progress Space Rocket Center signed a contract on Monday on the conceptual designing of the Amur-SPG space rocket center for a new Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket.
"The total cost of the work on creating the rocket, from the signing of the contract for the conceptual design to the first launch in 2026, will not exceed 70 billion rubles," the Roscosmos official said.
Roscosmos is for the first time designing the rocket "at a given cost and the minimum price of a launch service will make up $22 mln," Bloshenko said.
At the stage of the rocket’s conceptual designing, specialists will work out a detailed business plan under the Amur rocket program, he added.
"Specialized companies will be involved as contractors to determine the conditions for achieving this launch cost and show a clear payback schedule for the project, considering the state of the launch services market," the Roscosmos official said.
As Roscosmos specified for TASS, Russia’s first reusable rocket will have a take-off weight of about 360 tonnes and will be 55 meters high and 4.1 meters in diameter. The launch vehicle will comprise a reusable first stage and a non-recoverable second stage. Both of them will use methane-fueled engines.
The Amur rocket with a reusable stage will be able to deliver up to 10.5 tonnes of payload to a low near-Earth orbit while its expendable version will have the capacity to orbit 12.5 tonnes.


tass--2020-10-05--Kurdish issue to explode unless Syrian integrity issue solved, Russia’s Lavrov warns

MOSCOW , October 5 .
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The Kurdish problem may explode , unless the issue of Syrian territorial integrity is solved , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday .
`` It is always a blatant violation of international law to play with territorial integrity of any country .
In this specific case , it is not about Syria alone , but also about the Kurdish issue that may explode in a way that will make the current situation appear , well , far less serious , '' he said .
According to the Minister , the Kurdish issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries .
`` Invitation to separatism - and not just an invitation , but active promotion of separatism - may end very badly .
Once again , this is done by a country from far beyond the ocean , while the consequences will be dealt with by the countries of the region , as well as Europe - and we [ Russia ] is not too far away ourselves '' Lavrov underscored .
He also reminded that Russia proposed an initiative to develop a security concept in the Persian Gulf region , involving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arab League , the Organization of Islamic Cooperation , the UN Security Council permanent members and the European Union .
`` I hope that the time has come when too many problems have accumulated both in the Persian Gulf , and around it , including the Middle East and the Northern Africa in general .
It is unavoidably necessary to sit down and negotiate , '' he said .
The Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria enjoy the support of the US , which Lavrov has pointed out repeatedly .
Even after the bulk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syria , they continued to control a portion of oil fields in the country .
In September , US senator Lindsey Graham announced that a US company signed a direct agreement with the Kurds .

MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. The Kurdish problem may explode, unless the issue of Syrian territorial integrity is solved, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday.
"It is always a blatant violation of international law to play with territorial integrity of any country. In this specific case, it is not about Syria alone, but also about the Kurdish issue that may explode in a way that will make the current situation appear, well, far less serious," he said.
According to the Minister, the Kurdish issue involves a wide array of Middle Eastern countries.
"Invitation to separatism - and not just an invitation, but active promotion of separatism - may end very badly. Once again, this is done by a country from far beyond the ocean, while the consequences will be dealt with by the countries of the region, as well as Europe - and we [Russia] is not too far away ourselves" Lavrov underscored.
He also reminded that Russia proposed an initiative to develop a security concept in the Persian Gulf region, involving all Arab nations, Iran, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the UN Security Council permanent members and the European Union.
"I hope that the time has come when too many problems have accumulated both in the Persian Gulf, and around it, including the Middle East and the Northern Africa in general. It is unavoidably necessary to sit down and negotiate," he said.
The Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria enjoy the support of the US, which Lavrov has pointed out repeatedly. Even after the bulk of the US forces were withdrawn from Syria, they continued to control a portion of oil fields in the country. In September, US senator Lindsey Graham announced that a US company signed a direct agreement with the Kurds.


tass--2020-10-05--Global relations suffer due to humanitarian initiatives ignored during pandemic — Lavrov

MOSCOW , October 5 .
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Calls of the UN to suspend unilateral sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic and Russian President Vladimir Putin ’ s initiative to create green corridors for supply of pharmaceuticals and food products have not yet been heard by the global community , which poisons the atmosphere of international cooperation , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday during his meeting with the members of the Association of European Businesses in Russia .
`` The appeals of the UN Secretary-General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have not been heard yet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegitimate sanctions at least for the duration of the pandemic , first of all , as far as the supplies of pharmaceuticals , medical equipment and financial transactions necessary for this go .
Also ignored is Vladimir Putin ’ s proposal made during the online meeting of the Group of 20 on creating green corridors which should be free of trade wars and of restrictions and be used to supply pharmaceuticals , food products , the corresponding equipment and technologies .
Such attitude to unifying initiatives , of course , seriously poisons the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lack of mutual trust .
Not only do ordinary people suffer from this , as this affects them the most , but also do business circles , '' the top diplomat said .
The minister noted that the pandemic revealed the interdependence of states on the global level , impacting all countries .
`` It seemed to us that the conclusion was obvious : common tasks , common challenges should also aid in unifying the efforts on the basis of recognized norms of international law but , unfortunately , this hasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of our foreign colleagues led by the US are trying to use the current coronavirus crisis for an even more insistent promotion of their mercenary interests , for open settling of scores with geopolitical rivals , '' he pointed out .
According to the latest statistics , about 35 mln people have been infected worldwide and more than 1.03 mln deaths have been reported .
To date , 1,215,001 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia , with 979,143 patients having recovered from the disease .
Russia ’ s latest data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation .

MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. Calls of the UN to suspend unilateral sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative to create green corridors for supply of pharmaceuticals and food products have not yet been heard by the global community, which poisons the atmosphere of international cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday during his meeting with the members of the Association of European Businesses in Russia.
"The appeals of the UN Secretary-General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have not been heard yet. This concerns the appeals to suspend unilateral illegitimate sanctions at least for the duration of the pandemic, first of all, as far as the supplies of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and financial transactions necessary for this go. Also ignored is Vladimir Putin’s proposal made during the online meeting of the Group of 20 on creating green corridors which should be free of trade wars and of restrictions and be used to supply pharmaceuticals, food products, the corresponding equipment and technologies. Such attitude to unifying initiatives, of course, seriously poisons the atmosphere of transnational cooperation and aggravates the lack of mutual trust. Not only do ordinary people suffer from this, as this affects them the most, but also do business circles," the top diplomat said.
The minister noted that the pandemic revealed the interdependence of states on the global level, impacting all countries. "It seemed to us that the conclusion was obvious: common tasks, common challenges should also aid in unifying the efforts on the basis of recognized norms of international law but, unfortunately, this hasn’t happened yet. Quite the opposite, a number of our foreign colleagues led by the US are trying to use the current coronavirus crisis for an even more insistent promotion of their mercenary interests, for open settling of scores with geopolitical rivals," he pointed out.
According to the latest statistics, about 35 mln people have been infected worldwide and more than 1.03 mln deaths have been reported. To date, 1,215,001 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 979,143 patients having recovered from the disease. Russia’s latest data indicates 21,358 fatalities nationwide. Earlier, the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.


tass--2020-10-05--Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Belarus nears 80,700

MINSK , October 5 .
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As many as 401 more novel coronavirus cases were confirmed in Belarus in the past day , with the overall number of such cases nearing 80,700 , the country ’ health ministry reported on Monday .
`` As many as 80,696 people have tested positive for COVID-19 , '' it said , adding that the daily tally was 401 .
`` A total of 862 coronavirus patients with a number of chronic diseases have died since the epidemic outbreak , '' it said , adding that eleven coronavirus-related deaths were registered during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as many as 75,303 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease , including 64 during the day .
A total of 1,949,656 have been tested for the novel coronavirus , including 13,116 during the day .
Belarus did not impose any coronavirus lockdowns , with mass gathering not being banned .
The maximal daily tally of newly confirmed coronavirus cases was reported in April when more than 900 patients tested positive in one day .
The country ’ s health ministry anticipates a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic in November or @ @

MINSK, October 5. /TASS/. As many as 401 more novel coronavirus cases were confirmed in Belarus in the past day, with the overall number of such cases nearing 80,700, the country’ health ministry reported on Monday.
"As many as 80,696 people have tested positive for COVID-19," it said, adding that the daily tally was 401.
"A total of 862 coronavirus patients with a number of chronic diseases have died since the epidemic outbreak," it said, adding that eleven coronavirus-related deaths were registered during the day. According to the latest update, as many as 75,303 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease, including 64 during the day. A total of 1,949,656 have been tested for the novel coronavirus, including 13,116 during the day.
Belarus did not impose any coronavirus lockdowns, with mass gathering not being banned. The maximal daily tally of newly confirmed coronavirus cases was reported in April when more than 900 patients tested positive in one day. The country’s health ministry anticipates a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic in November or December.


tass--2020-10-05--Water pollution near Kamchatka shores unlikely due to oil spill, says WWF Russia

`` Such damage can hardly be the result of a storm or water area pollution by oil products , '' Director of business environment responsibility program of the fund Alexei Knizhnikov says , cited in the statement .
MOSCOW , October 5 .
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The mass mortality of sea life near the Kamchatka shore is unlikely to be related to petroleum products pollution or a storm , press service of WWF Russia told TASS on Monday .
Pollution by a certain substances soluble in water is the case in point with `` high probability , '' the expert says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organisms affected in particular and by symptoms found with surfers , he noted .
`` Considering that bottom-living species of animals and plants are brought ashore in large quantities , a preliminary conclusion can be made that the whole depth is polluted , rather than the surface water layer as it will be the case with oil products spill , '' Knizhnikov adds .
It is early to judge the scale and potential consequences so far and there is a need to wait for results of expert examinations , the expert adds .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and oil products contacted in the coastal zone in the area of the Khalaktyrsky Beach in Kamchatka , where a large-scale discharge of aquatic animals to the shore was found .
The pollution was later identified in three other areas of the Avacha Bay , and facts of sea habitat death were found in three bays .

"Such damage can hardly be the result of a storm or water area pollution by oil products," Director of business environment responsibility program of the fund Alexei Knizhnikov says, cited in the statement.
MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. The mass mortality of sea life near the Kamchatka shore is unlikely to be related to petroleum products pollution or a storm, press service of WWF Russia told TASS on Monday.
Pollution by a certain substances soluble in water is the case in point with "high probability," the expert says. This version is supported by bottom organisms affected in particular and by symptoms found with surfers, he noted.
"Considering that bottom-living species of animals and plants are brought ashore in large quantities, a preliminary conclusion can be made that the whole depth is polluted, rather than the surface water layer as it will be the case with oil products spill," Knizhnikov adds.
It is early to judge the scale and potential consequences so far and there is a need to wait for results of expert examinations, the expert adds.
Specialists have earlier detected the excess phenol and oil products contacted in the coastal zone in the area of the Khalaktyrsky Beach in Kamchatka, where a large-scale discharge of aquatic animals to the shore was found. The pollution was later identified in three other areas of the Avacha Bay, and facts of sea habitat death were found in three bays.


tass--2020-10-05--Sanya's hotel reservation rates reach 85.88% during the 'golden week' in China

SANYA , October 5 .
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During the first three days of the `` golden week '' in China the occupancy rate of Sanya 's hotelsamounted to 85.88 % , which is by 2.34 percentage points higher than in the same period last year , reported the Sanya Daily newspaper .
The news outlet also points to a significant increase in prices for hotel services both in the central part of the city and in the coastal areas of the popular tourist bays of Sanya , Dadonghai , Yalongwan and Haitan .
Over 118,000 tourists have visited Sanya 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , due to the coronavirus pandemic , was by 26.6 % lower than the one that was recorded in the same period in 2019 .
There were no serious accidents or incidents with tourists in Sanya during the first three days over the weekend , the newspaper reports .
The first days of the 10th month in China fall on weekends and are considered the `` golden week '' .
At this time , the Chinese leave big cities for their hometowns or go on a trip around the country .
Traditionally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ travel destinations .
This year 's holiday week coincided with the lunar Mid-Autumn Festival ( Zhongqiujie ) .
This time it falls on October 1 .
Having no opportunity of traveling abroad , many Chinese have to spend their holidays at the country 's resorts , and the beaches of Hainan are especially popular .
In April 2018 , President Xi Jinping said that the Chinese authorities intend to actively involve Hainan in globalization and to draw foreign investors to the island province .
By 2050 , according to the authorities , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with an advanced economy , developed tourism , top-notch scientific , technical and financial potential , and modern medicine .
The branches of the best universities and offices of the most powerful corporations in the world will be located on the Island of Hainan .
By 2025 , the Chinese government intends to create an `` international center for tourism and consumption '' on Hainan .
In order to do so , the `` Eastern Hawaii '' with their unique natural landscapes , thick rainforests and great climate will establish a developed network @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white sandy beaches stretching along the coastline .
The combination of an exotic subtropical nature and a modern eco-friendly infrastructure will boost tourist inflow to the island from the most distant parts of the world .

SANYA, October 5. /TASS/. During the first three days of the "golden week" in China the occupancy rate of Sanya's hotelsamounted to 85.88%, which is by 2.34 percentage points higher than in the same period last year, reported the Sanya Daily newspaper.
The news outlet also points to a significant increase in prices for hotel services both in the central part of the city and in the coastal areas of the popular tourist bays of Sanya, Dadonghai, Yalongwan and Haitan. Over 118,000 tourists have visited Sanya's sights by said period. This figure, due to the coronavirus pandemic, was by 26.6% lower than the one that was recorded in the same period in 2019. There were no serious accidents or incidents with tourists in Sanya during the first three days over the weekend, the newspaper reports.
The first days of the 10th month in China fall on weekends and are considered the "golden week". At this time, the Chinese leave big cities for their hometowns or go on a trip around the country. Traditionally, Hainan is one of the most popular travel destinations. This year's holiday week coincided with the lunar Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie). This time it falls on October 1. Having no opportunity of traveling abroad, many Chinese have to spend their holidays at the country's resorts, and the beaches of Hainan are especially popular.
Hainan's free trade zone
In April 2018, President Xi Jinping said that the Chinese authorities intend to actively involve Hainan in globalization and to draw foreign investors to the island province. By 2050, according to the authorities, the island should become a unique international cluster with an advanced economy, developed tourism, top-notch scientific, technical and financial potential, and modern medicine. The branches of the best universities and offices of the most powerful corporations in the world will be located on the Island of Hainan.
By 2025, the Chinese government intends to create an "international center for tourism and consumption" on Hainan. In order to do so, the "Eastern Hawaii" with their unique natural landscapes, thick rainforests and great climate will establish a developed network of hotels, which blend perfectly with white sandy beaches stretching along the coastline. The combination of an exotic subtropical nature and a modern eco-friendly infrastructure will boost tourist inflow to the island from the most distant parts of the world.


tass--2020-10-05--Russia to launch first reusable rocket with payload in 2026

MOSCOW , October 5 .
/TASS/ .
Russia will launch its first Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket in 2026 , State Space Corporation Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told TASS on Monday .
Roscosmos and the Progress Space Rocket Center signed a contract on Monday on the conceptual designing of the Amur-SPG space rocket center for a new Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket .
`` Under the adopted plan , we are due to ensure the launch minimum and , correspondingly , the first launch of the Amur rocket in 2026 .
This will be a launch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agency ’ s official said .
The ground tests of the rocket ’ s engines based on the methane propellant are expected to be completed by late 2024 .
The infrastructure for the Amur reusable rocket will be built at the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East alongside the work to develop the rocket and should be completed immediately before the date of the carrier ’ s first launch , Bloshenko said .
As Roscosmos specified for TASS , Russia ’ s first reusable rocket will have a take-off weight of about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high and 4.1 meters in dimeter .
The launch vehicle will comprise a reusable first stage and a non-recoverable second stage .
Both of them will use methane-fueled engines .
The Amur rocket with a reusable stage will be able to deliver up to 10.5 tonnes of payload to a low near-Earth orbit while its expandable version will have the capacity to orbit 12.5 tonnes .

MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. Russia will launch its first Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket in 2026, State Space Corporation Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told TASS on Monday.
Roscosmos and the Progress Space Rocket Center signed a contract on Monday on the conceptual designing of the Amur-SPG space rocket center for a new Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket.
"Under the adopted plan, we are due to ensure the launch minimum and, correspondingly, the first launch of the Amur rocket in 2026. This will be a launch with a payload," the space agency’s official said.
The ground tests of the rocket’s engines based on the methane propellant are expected to be completed by late 2024. The infrastructure for the Amur reusable rocket will be built at the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East alongside the work to develop the rocket and should be completed immediately before the date of the carrier’s first launch, Bloshenko said.
As Roscosmos specified for TASS, Russia’s first reusable rocket will have a take-off weight of about 360 tonnes and will be 55 meters high and 4.1 meters in dimeter. The launch vehicle will comprise a reusable first stage and a non-recoverable second stage. Both of them will use methane-fueled engines.
The Amur rocket with a reusable stage will be able to deliver up to 10.5 tonnes of payload to a low near-Earth orbit while its expandable version will have the capacity to orbit 12.5 tonnes.


tass--2020-10-05--Supermicro Expands its Portfolio Bringing Highest Density 4U Server with NVIDIA

SAN JOSE , Oct. 5 .
/PRNewswire/ .
Super Micro Computer , Inc. ( Nasdaq : SMCI ) , a global leader in enterprise computing , storage , networking solutions and green computing technology , today announced the doubling of GPU capabilities with a new 4U server supporting eight NVIDIA HGX A100 GPUs .
Supermicro offers the industry 's broadest portfolio of GPU systems spanning 1U , 2U , 4U , and 10U GPU servers and SuperBlade servers over a wide range of customizable configurations .
Supermicro now offers the industry 's widest and deepest selection of GPU systems with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to power applications from the Edge to the cloud .
The entire portfolio includes 1U , 2U , 4U , and 10U rackmount GPU systems ; Ultra , BigTwin™ , and embedded solutions powered by both AMD EPYC™ and Intel ® Xeon processors with Intel® Deep Learning Boost technology .
`` Supermicro has introduced a new 4U system , implementing an NVIDIA HGX™ A100 8-GPU baseboard ( formerly codenamed Delta ) , that delivers 6x AI training performance and 7x inference workload capacity when compared to current systems , '' said Charles Liang @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Also , the recently announced NVIDIA HGX™ A100 4-GPU board ( formerly codenamed Redstone ) is showing wide market acceptance , and we are excited by the ongoing global customer engagement .
These new Supermicro systems significantly boost overall performance for accelerated workloads required for rapidly changing markets , including HPC , data analytics , deep learning training , and inference . ''
Leveraging Supermicro 's advanced thermal design , including custom heatsinks and optional liquid cooling , the latest high-density 2U and 4U servers feature NVIDIA HGX A100 4-GPU 8-GPU baseboards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporting eight NVIDIA A100 PCI-E GPUs ( shipping today ) .
The Supermicro 's Advanced I/O Module ( AIOM ) form factor further enhances networking communication with high flexibility .
The AIOM can be coupled with the latest high-speed , low latency PCI-E 4.0 storage and networking devices that support NVIDIA GPUDirect ®RDMA and GPUDirect Storage with NVME over Fabrics ( NVMe-oF ) on NVIDIA Mellanox® InfiniBand that feeds the expandable multi-GPU system with a continuous stream of data flow without bottlenecks .
In addition , Supermicro 's Titanium Level power supplies keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cost savings with the industry 's highest efficiency rating of 96 % , while allowing redundant support for the GPUs .
`` Supermicro systems powered by the NVIDIA A100 can quickly scale to thousands of GPUs or , using new multi-instance GPU technology , each A100 GPU can be partitioned into seven isolated GPU instances to run different jobs , '' said Paresh Kharya , senior director of Product Management and Marketing at NVIDIA .
`` NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs with TensorFloat 32 provides up to 20 times more compute capacity compared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ code changes . ''
This 2U system features the NVIDIA HGX A100 4-GPU baseboard with Supermicro 's advanced thermal heatsink design to maintain the optimum system temperature under full load , all in a compact form factor .
The system enables high GPU peer-to-peer communication via NVIDIA NVLink® , up to 8TB of DDR4 3200Mhz system memory , five PCI-E 4.0 I/O slots supporting GPUDirect RDMA as well as allowing four hot-swappable NVMe with GPUDirect Storage capability .
The new 4U GPU system features the NVIDIA HGX A100 8-GPU baseboard , up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ten PCI-E 4.0 x16 slots , with Supermicro 's unique AIOM support invigorating the 8-GPU communication and data flow between systems through the latest technology stacks such as GPUDirect RDMA , GPUDirect Storage , and NVMe-oF on InfiniBand .
The system uses NVIDIA NVLink and NVSwitch technology .
It is ideal for large-scale deep learning training , neural network model applications for research or national laboratories , supercomputing clusters , and HPC cloud services .
The industry 's highest density GPU blade server can support up to 20 nodes and 40 GPUs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or one NVIDIA Tensor Core A100 PCI-E GPU per node in Supermicro 's 8U SuperBlade enclosure .
The 20 NVIDIA A100 GPUs in 8U elevates the density of computing power in a smaller footprint allowing customers to save on TCO .
To support the GPU-optimized configuration and sustain the top performance and throughput needed for demanding AI applications , the SuperBlade provides a 100 % non-blocking HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand networking infrastructure to accelerate deep learning and enable real-time analysis and decision making .
High density , reliability , and upgradeability make the SuperBlade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to deliver AI-powered services .
Supermicro continues its support of NVIDIA 's advanced GPUs in various form factors , optimized for customers ' unique use case scenarios and requirements .
The 1U GPU systems contain up to four NVIDIA GPUs with NVLink , including NEBS Level 3 certified , 5G/Edge-ready SYS- 1029GQ .
Supermicro 's 2U GPU systems , such as SYS- 2029GP-TR , can support up to six NVIDIA V100 GPUs with dual PCI-E Root complex capability in one system .
And finally , the 10U GPU servers , such as SYS- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expansions with to Dual Intel Xeon Scalable processors with built-in AI acceleration .
The flexible range of solutions powered by NVIDIA GPUs and GPU software from the NVIDIA NGC™ ecosystem provides the right building blocks for diverse tasks for organizations addressing various verticals — from AI inferencing on developed models to HPC to high-end training .
Follow Supermicro on LinkedIn , Twitter , and Facebook to receive their latest news and announcements .
Supermicro ( Nasdaq : SMCI ) , the leading innovator in high-performance , high-efficiency server technology , is a premier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Data Center , Cloud Computing , Enterprise IT , Hadoop/Big Data , HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide .
Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its `` We Keep IT Green® '' initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient , environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market .
Supermicro , Server Building Block Solutions , and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer , Inc. All other brands , names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners .

SAN JOSE, Oct. 5. /PRNewswire/. Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, today announced the doubling of GPU capabilities with a new 4U server supporting eight NVIDIA HGX A100 GPUs. Supermicro offers the industry's broadest portfolio of GPU systems spanning 1U, 2U, 4U, and 10U GPU servers and SuperBlade servers over a wide range of customizable configurations.
Supermicro now offers the industry's widest and deepest selection of GPU systems with the new NVIDIA HGX A100™ 8-GPU server to power applications from the Edge to the cloud. The entire portfolio includes 1U, 2U, 4U, and 10U rackmount GPU systems; Ultra, BigTwin™, and embedded solutions powered by both AMD EPYC™ and Intel ® Xeon processors with Intel® Deep Learning Boost technology.
"Supermicro has introduced a new 4U system, implementing an NVIDIA HGX™ A100 8-GPU baseboard (formerly codenamed Delta), that delivers 6x AI training performance and 7x inference workload capacity when compared to current systems," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Also, the recently announced NVIDIA HGX™ A100 4-GPU board (formerly codenamed Redstone) is showing wide market acceptance, and we are excited by the ongoing global customer engagement. These new Supermicro systems significantly boost overall performance for accelerated workloads required for rapidly changing markets, including HPC, data analytics, deep learning training, and inference."
Leveraging Supermicro's advanced thermal design, including custom heatsinks and optional liquid cooling, the latest high-density 2U and 4U servers feature NVIDIA HGX A100 4-GPU 8-GPU baseboards, along with a new 4U server supporting eight NVIDIA A100 PCI-E GPUs (shipping today). The Supermicro's Advanced I/O Module (AIOM) form factor further enhances networking communication with high flexibility. The AIOM can be coupled with the latest high-speed, low latency PCI-E 4.0 storage and networking devices that support NVIDIA GPUDirect ®RDMA and GPUDirect Storage with NVME over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) on NVIDIA Mellanox® InfiniBand that feeds the expandable multi-GPU system with a continuous stream of data flow without bottlenecks. In addition, Supermicro's Titanium Level power supplies keep the system green to realize even greater cost savings with the industry's highest efficiency rating of 96%, while allowing redundant support for the GPUs.
"Supermicro systems powered by the NVIDIA A100 can quickly scale to thousands of GPUs or, using new multi-instance GPU technology, each A100 GPU can be partitioned into seven isolated GPU instances to run different jobs," said Paresh Kharya, senior director of Product Management and Marketing at NVIDIA. "NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs with TensorFloat 32 provides up to 20 times more compute capacity compared to the previous generation without requiring any code changes."
Supermicro's advanced 2U design for HGX A100 4-GPU
This 2U system features the NVIDIA HGX A100 4-GPU baseboard with Supermicro's advanced thermal heatsink design to maintain the optimum system temperature under full load, all in a compact form factor. The system enables high GPU peer-to-peer communication via NVIDIA NVLink®, up to 8TB of DDR4 3200Mhz system memory, five PCI-E 4.0 I/O slots supporting GPUDirect RDMA as well as allowing four hot-swappable NVMe with GPUDirect Storage capability.
Dense, versatile 4U design with HGX A100 8-GPU
The new 4U GPU system features the NVIDIA HGX A100 8-GPU baseboard, up to six NVMe U.2 and two NVMe M.2, ten PCI-E 4.0 x16 slots, with Supermicro's unique AIOM support invigorating the 8-GPU communication and data flow between systems through the latest technology stacks such as GPUDirect RDMA, GPUDirect Storage, and NVMe-oF on InfiniBand. The system uses NVIDIA NVLink and NVSwitch technology. It is ideal for large-scale deep learning training, neural network model applications for research or national laboratories, supercomputing clusters, and HPC cloud services.
Hyper-dense, energy-efficient 8U SuperBlade with 20 A100 PCI-E GPUs
The industry's highest density GPU blade server can support up to 20 nodes and 40 GPUs with two single-width GPUs per node, or one NVIDIA Tensor Core A100 PCI-E GPU per node in Supermicro's 8U SuperBlade enclosure. The 20 NVIDIA A100 GPUs in 8U elevates the density of computing power in a smaller footprint allowing customers to save on TCO. To support the GPU-optimized configuration and sustain the top performance and throughput needed for demanding AI applications, the SuperBlade provides a 100% non-blocking HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand networking infrastructure to accelerate deep learning and enable real-time analysis and decision making. High density, reliability, and upgradeability make the SuperBlade a perfect building block for enterprise applications to deliver AI-powered services.
Industry's broadest portfolio of GPU accelerated systems
Supermicro continues its support of NVIDIA's advanced GPUs in various form factors, optimized for customers' unique use case scenarios and requirements. The 1U GPU systems contain up to four NVIDIA GPUs with NVLink, including NEBS Level 3 certified, 5G/Edge-ready SYS- 1029GQ. Supermicro's 2U GPU systems, such as SYS- 2029GP-TR, can support up to six NVIDIA V100 GPUs with dual PCI-E Root complex capability in one system. And finally, the 10U GPU servers, such as SYS- 9029GP-TNVRT, supports 16 V100 SXM3 GPU expansions with to Dual Intel Xeon Scalable processors with built-in AI acceleration.
The flexible range of solutions powered by NVIDIA GPUs and GPU software from the NVIDIA NGC™ ecosystem provides the right building blocks for diverse tasks for organizations addressing various verticals — from AI inferencing on developed models to HPC to high-end training.
Follow Supermicro on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to receive their latest news and announcements.
About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro (Nasdaq: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology, is a premier provider of advanced Server Building Block Solutions® for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green®" initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.
Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.
All other brands, names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


tass--2020-10-05--Hainan intends to develop advanced transport system by 2025

HAIKOU , October 5 .
/TASS/ .
China 's Hainan intends to create a modern complex of transport infrastructure on the island by 2025 , stated a document published by the Chinese State Committee for Development and Reform .
According to plans , Hainan will become an aviation hub supporting direct communication with all regions of China .
New international routes will connect this tropical island with foreign countries in the Pacific and Indian Oceans .
In five years the province will have five civil airports .
The currently operating Meilan International Airports Haikou , Phoenix inSanya and Boao in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China develops the transport infrastructure , the length of the road network on Hainan amount to 40,000 km , while 1,400 km of those will be highways .
The authorities will also develop the railway communication : it is expected that in five years the volume of passenger traffic on high-speed trains will reach at least 40 million people a year .
Also , according to the plan of the Chinese government , by this time the number of sea berths with a cargo turnover of 10,000 tonnes on Hainan will reach 80 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 2035 , Hainan is going to significantly increase the throughput of the region 's transport system and the quality of services provided , improve the island 's international communication with foreign countries , and carry out a comprehensive modernization of transport .
The authorities presented a plan for the free trade port ’ s development on June , 1 .
In accordance with the plan , the Hainan province will be turned into a special customs zone .
The country ’ s government intends in general to wrap up the creation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 2025 : by this time the island should acquire a system to ensure free trade and investments .
By 2035 , the free trade port and its model will become more solid .
By this time , Hainan intends to ensure the freedom of trade and investments , trans-border movement of capital , people and shipping .
The number of tourists who visited the Island of Hainan in August 2020 exceeded 5.22 million , the tourist flow increased by 2 % compared to the same period last year .
Hainan 's tourism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on year .

HAIKOU, October 5. /TASS/. China's Hainan intends to create a modern complex of transport infrastructure on the island by 2025, stated a document published by the Chinese State Committee for Development and Reform.
According to plans, Hainan will become an aviation hub supporting direct communication with all regions of China. New international routes will connect this tropical island with foreign countries in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In five years the province will have five civil airports. The currently operating Meilan International Airports Haikou, Phoenix inSanya and Boao in Qionghai will play key parts.
As China develops the transport infrastructure, the length of the road network on Hainan amount to 40,000 km, while 1,400 km of those will be highways. The authorities will also develop the railway communication: it is expected that in five years the volume of passenger traffic on high-speed trains will reach at least 40 million people a year. Also, according to the plan of the Chinese government, by this time the number of sea berths with a cargo turnover of 10,000 tonnes on Hainan will reach 80.
According to the state committee, by 2035, Hainan is going to significantly increase the throughput of the region's transport system and the quality of services provided, improve the island's international communication with foreign countries, and carry out a comprehensive modernization of transport.
The authorities presented a plan for the free trade port’s development on June, 1. In accordance with the plan, the Hainan province will be turned into a special customs zone. The country’s government intends in general to wrap up the creation of the free trade port on the island by 2025: by this time the island should acquire a system to ensure free trade and investments.
By 2035, the free trade port and its model will become more solid. By this time, Hainan intends to ensure the freedom of trade and investments, trans-border movement of capital, people and shipping.
The number of tourists who visited the Island of Hainan in August 2020 exceeded 5.22 million, the tourist flow increased by 2% compared to the same period last year. Hainan's tourism revenues also grew by 6.5% year on year.


tass--2020-10-05--Hainan's Sanya ranks first in the number of car rental orders during the 'golden week'

SANYA , October 5 .
/TASS/ .
Hainan 's Sanya becomes a leader in total car rental orders in China since the start of the weekend 's golden week , reported the `` Hainan Daily '' newspaper .
Over the past four days , the total number of car rental orders via China 's largest online tour operator , Ctrip , increased by 50 % over the same period last year , and the turnover increased by 120 % .
According to Sun Dexiang , a company 's spokesman , Sanya currently ranks first in the country in terms of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , about 25 % of the total number of orders were placed for luxury and sports cars .
The first days of the 10th month in China fall on weekends and are considered the `` golden week '' .
At this time , the Chinese leave big cities for their hometowns or go on a trip around the country .
Traditionally , Hainan is one of the most popular travel destinations .
This year 's holiday week coincided with the lunar Mid-Autumn Festival ( Zhongqiujie ) .
This time it falls on October @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abroad , many Chinese have to spend their holidays at the country 's resorts , and the beaches of Hainan are especially popular .
According to the newspaper , the interest in individual car tourism has grown amid the coronavirus pandemic , which has given a new impetus to the development of this market , in particular , on the Island of Hainan .
In April 2018 , President Xi Jinping said that the Chinese authorities intend to actively involve Hainan in globalization and to draw foreign investors to the island province .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the island should become a unique international cluster with an advanced economy , developed tourism , top-notch scientific , technical and financial potential , and modern medicine .
The branches of the best universities and offices of the most powerful corporations in the world will be located on the Island of Hainan .
By 2025 , the Chinese government intends to create an `` international center for tourism and consumption '' on Hainan .
In order to do so , the `` Eastern Hawaii '' with their unique natural landscapes , thick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ developed network of hotels , which blend perfectly with white sandy beaches stretching along the coastline .
The combination of an exotic subtropical nature and a modern eco-friendly infrastructure will boost tourist inflow to the island from the most distant parts of the world .

SANYA, October 5. /TASS/. Hainan's Sanya becomes a leader in total car rental orders in China since the start of the weekend's golden week, reported the "Hainan Daily" newspaper.
Over the past four days, the total number of car rental orders via China's largest online tour operator, Ctrip, increased by 50% over the same period last year, and the turnover increased by 120%. According to Sun Dexiang, a company's spokesman, Sanya currently ranks first in the country in terms of this indicator. At the same time, about 25% of the total number of orders were placed for luxury and sports cars.
The first days of the 10th month in China fall on weekends and are considered the "golden week". At this time, the Chinese leave big cities for their hometowns or go on a trip around the country. Traditionally, Hainan is one of the most popular travel destinations. This year's holiday week coincided with the lunar Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie). This time it falls on October 1. Having no opportunity of traveling abroad, many Chinese have to spend their holidays at the country's resorts, and the beaches of Hainan are especially popular. According to the newspaper, the interest in individual car tourism has grown amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has given a new impetus to the development of this market, in particular, on the Island of Hainan.
Hainan's free trade zone
In April 2018, President Xi Jinping said that the Chinese authorities intend to actively involve Hainan in globalization and to draw foreign investors to the island province. By 2050, according to the authorities, the island should become a unique international cluster with an advanced economy, developed tourism, top-notch scientific, technical and financial potential, and modern medicine. The branches of the best universities and offices of the most powerful corporations in the world will be located on the Island of Hainan.
By 2025, the Chinese government intends to create an "international center for tourism and consumption" on Hainan. In order to do so, the "Eastern Hawaii" with their unique natural landscapes, thick rainforests and great climate will establish a developed network of hotels, which blend perfectly with white sandy beaches stretching along the coastline. The combination of an exotic subtropical nature and a modern eco-friendly infrastructure will boost tourist inflow to the island from the most distant parts of the world.


tass--2020-10-07--Azerbaijan's envoy sees no point in dialogue on Karabakh given Armenia’s present stance

MOSCOW , October 7 .
/TASS / .
The talks on settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are useless as long as Armenia ’ s policies and stance remain unchanged , Azerbaijan ’ s Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu has told TASS in an interview .
In his words , Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov backed soonest resumption of Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations in their recent phone conversation .
`` However , engaging in any kind of negotiations is useless in conditions when the armed forces of Armenia spread hostilities to new areas , provocatively attack cities and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and commit blatant violations of the international law and war crimes , as I have already said before . ''
`` In his recent interviews , [ Azerbaijani ] President Ilkham Aliyev sent a clear message that cessation of hostilities and any kind of negotiations will be impossible until Armenia , which bears full responsibility for the escalation of the conflict , starts to comply with international law , and until international mediators provide serious guarantees that the territory will be de-occupied , preparing an exact schedule of troop withdrawal from all occupied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
`` We all want peace , but , I repeat that it yet too early to discuss any kind of negotiation platforms , '' he added .
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on September 30 that in separate phone calls with Azerbaijan 's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bairamov and Armenia 's Foreign Minister Zograb Mnatsakanyan , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed Moscow ’ s readiness to host negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement , including a trilateral Russian-Armenian-Azerbaijani foreign ministers ’ meeting .
Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh .
The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014 , in April 2016 and this past July .
Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts .
Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties , among them civilians .
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh , a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up , but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians , broke out in February 1988 after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic .
In 1992-1994 , tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them .
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group , led by its three co-chairs - Russia , France and the United States .

MOSCOW, October 7. /TASS /. The talks on settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are useless as long as Armenia’s policies and stance remain unchanged, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu has told TASS in an interview.
In his words, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov backed soonest resumption of Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations in their recent phone conversation.
"However, engaging in any kind of negotiations is useless in conditions when the armed forces of Armenia spread hostilities to new areas, provocatively attack cities and regions of Azerbaijan not directly bordering Nagorno-Karabakh and commit blatant violations of the international law and war crimes, as I have already said before."
"In his recent interviews, [Azerbaijani] President Ilkham Aliyev sent a clear message that cessation of hostilities and any kind of negotiations will be impossible until Armenia, which bears full responsibility for the escalation of the conflict, starts to comply with international law, and until international mediators provide serious guarantees that the territory will be de-occupied, preparing an exact schedule of troop withdrawal from all occupied territories of Azerbaijan," the ambassador said.
"We all want peace, but, I repeat that it yet too early to discuss any kind of negotiation platforms," he added.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on September 30 that in separate phone calls with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bairamov and Armenia's Foreign Minister Zograb Mnatsakanyan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed Moscow’s readiness to host negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, including a trilateral Russian-Armenian-Azerbaijani foreign ministers’ meeting.
Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014, in April 2016 and this past July. Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts. Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties, among them civilians.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up, but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1992-1994, tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them. Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs - Russia, France and the United States.


tass--2020-10-07--Russia shows balanced approach to current Karabakh conflict — Azerbaijani diplomat

MOSCOW , October 7 .
/TASS/ .
Russia has demonstrated a fair and balanced approach to the current conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh , Azerbaijan ’ s Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu has told TASS in an interview .
`` As far as its [ Russia ’ s ] role in the current phase of the conflict escalation is concerned , it is quite fair and balanced .
We are grateful to Russia for its wisdom and political neutrality , which pertain to a great country .
We highly appreciate that , '' he said .
The ambassador added that Russia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Group of the Organization for Security and Cooeration in Europe ’ s ( OSCE ) and a UN Security Council ’ s permanent member , `` recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and does not recognize the certain entity , created on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan . ''
`` Russia ’ s role is very important .
Undoubtedly , it is an important regional player in the region , which has a common history with Azerbaijan .
Our bilateral relations in all spheres are at the very high level of strategic partnership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on September 27 , when Azerbaijan said its positions had come under extensive fire from Armenia .
Armenia , in turn , said the Azerbaijani army had staged an offensive in the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh .
It said a number of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh , including its administrative center Stepanakert , had come under shelling by Azerbaijan .
Both sides report casualties , including among civilians .
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have imposed martial law .
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up , but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians , broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic .
In 1992-1994 , tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them .
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group , led by its three co-chairs - Russia , France and the United States @

MOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Russia has demonstrated a fair and balanced approach to the current conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu has told TASS in an interview.
"As far as its [Russia’s] role in the current phase of the conflict escalation is concerned, it is quite fair and balanced. We are grateful to Russia for its wisdom and political neutrality, which pertain to a great country. We highly appreciate that," he said.
The ambassador added that Russia, which is a co-chair of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooeration in Europe’s (OSCE) and a UN Security Council’s permanent member, "recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and does not recognize the certain entity, created on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan."
"Russia’s role is very important. Undoubtedly, it is an important regional player in the region, which has a common history with Azerbaijan. Our bilateral relations in all spheres are at the very high level of strategic partnership," the Azerbaijani diplomat said.
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on September 27, when Azerbaijan said its positions had come under extensive fire from Armenia. Armenia, in turn, said the Azerbaijani army had staged an offensive in the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh. It said a number of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh, including its administrative center Stepanakert, had come under shelling by Azerbaijan. Both sides report casualties, including among civilians. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have imposed martial law.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up, but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1992-1994, tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them. Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs - Russia, France and the United States.


tass--2020-10-07--Work of Russian, OPCW experts can help depoliticize Navalny affair — Moscow

MOSCOW , September 7 .
/TASS/ .
Joint work of Russian experts and their colleagues from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) can help to crate depoliticized cooperation in Alexey Navalny ’ s case , Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday .
`` We still expect the upcoming joint work of Russian specialists and OPCW experts to help establish calm , depoliticized cooperation and avoid further aggravation of the situation around this issue , '' the ministry said .
It also suggested that a report with test results of Navalny ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ website to deliberately coincide with the start of the OPCW Executive Council session .
`` Therefore , this intrinsically fantastic story , initiated at the behest of Berlin by its Euro-Atlantic allies together with the OPCW Technical Secretariat , continued in line with the pre-planned conspiratorial scenario , '' the Russian Foreign Ministry said .
According to the statement , Moscow is set to provide OPCW member states with a timeline of behind-the-scene manipulations in the Navalny affair .
The Ministry also reiterated that the Russian Prosecutor General ’ s Office requests to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Russian blogger Alexey Navalny was rushed to a local hospital in the Siberian city of Omsk on August 20 after collapsing on a Moscow-bound flight from Tomsk .
He fell into a coma and was put on a ventilator in an intensive care unit .
On August 22 , he was airlifted to Berlin and admitted to the Charite hospital .
He woke up from the coma on September 7 and was discharged on September 22 .
On September 2 , Berlin claimed that having examined Navalny ’ s test samples , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conclusion that the blogger had been affected by a toxic agent belonging to the Novichok family .
On Tuesday , the OPCW reported that it had submitted to Germany a report relating to the poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny .
The report notes that the test results `` confirm that the biomarkers of the cholinesterase inhibitor found in Mr Navalny ’ s blood and urine samples have similar structural characteristics as the toxic chemicals belonging to schedules 1.A.14 and 1.A.15 that were added to the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the States Parties in November 2019 ( also called Novichoks in the West - TASS ) .
This cholinesterase inhibitor is not listed in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention . ''
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on many occasions that Russia was ready for comprehensive cooperation with Germany .
He pointed out that no poisonous substances had been detected in Navalny ’ s system prior to his transfer to Berlin .

MOSCOW, September 7. /TASS/. Joint work of Russian experts and their colleagues from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) can help to create depoliticized cooperation in Alexey Navalny’s case, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"We still expect the upcoming joint work of Russian specialists and OPCW experts to help establish calm, depoliticized cooperation and avoid further aggravation of the situation around this issue," the ministry said.
It also suggested that a report with test results of Navalny’s biological samples was published on the OPCW website to deliberately coincide with the start of the OPCW Executive Council session.
"Therefore, this intrinsically fantastic story, initiated at the behest of Berlin by its Euro-Atlantic allies together with the OPCW Technical Secretariat, continued in line with the pre-planned conspiratorial scenario," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
According to the statement, Moscow is set to provide OPCW member states with a timeline of behind-the-scene manipulations in the Navalny affair.
The Ministry also reiterated that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office requests to Germany, France and Sweden remained unanswered.
Russian blogger Alexey Navalny was rushed to a local hospital in the Siberian city of Omsk on August 20 after collapsing on a Moscow-bound flight from Tomsk. He fell into a coma and was put on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. On August 22, he was airlifted to Berlin and admitted to the Charite hospital. He woke up from the coma on September 7 and was discharged on September 22.
On September 2, Berlin claimed that having examined Navalny’s test samples, German government toxicologists had come to the conclusion that the blogger had been affected by a toxic agent belonging to the Novichok family.
On Tuesday, the OPCW reported that it had submitted to Germany a report relating to the poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The report notes that the test results "confirm that the biomarkers of the cholinesterase inhibitor found in Mr Navalny’s blood and urine samples have similar structural characteristics as the toxic chemicals belonging to schedules 1.A.14 and 1.A.15 that were added to the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention during the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Conference of the States Parties in November 2019 (also called Novichoks in the West - TASS). This cholinesterase inhibitor is not listed in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention."
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on many occasions that Russia was ready for comprehensive cooperation with Germany. He pointed out that no poisonous substances had been detected in Navalny’s system prior to his transfer to Berlin.


tass--2020-10-07--Mosow deputy mayor blames citizens who refuse to wear face masks for growing COVID-19 rate

MOSCOW , October 6 .
/TASS/ .
The Moscow authorities are convinced that the current growth in coronavirus cases in the Russian capital is caused by total non-compliance with the face mask requirement , Moscow ’ s Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova told the Rossiya-1 TV channel .
`` We have returned to the figures observed this spring .
After the lengthy period of spring isolation and summer vacations , people returned to the city .
But , in my opinion , the main reason is behavior .
Despite the high incidence of the disease , the requirements of face masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ observed , '' she said .
On March 11 , 2020 , the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic .
According to the latest statistics , over 35,732,000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 1,046,000 deaths have been reported .
To date , 1,237,504 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia , with 988,576 patients having recovered from the disease .
Russia ’ s latest data indicates 21,663 fatalities nationwide .
Moscow is the hardest-hit region in Russia , and daily numbers of new cases are on the rise .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ infection were registered in the city so far , including 4,082 in the past day .
A total of 255,100 people have recovered , 5,401 died .

MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. The Moscow authorities are convinced that the current growth in coronavirus cases in the Russian capital is caused by total non-compliance with the face mask requirement, Moscow’s Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova told the Rossiya-1 TV channel.
"We have returned to the figures observed this spring. After the lengthy period of spring isolation and summer vacations, people returned to the city. But, in my opinion, the main reason is behavior. Despite the high incidence of the disease, the requirements of face masks and social distancing are absolutely not being observed," she said.
On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. According to the latest statistics, over 35,732,000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 1,046,000 deaths have been reported. To date, 1,237,504 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 988,576 patients having recovered from the disease. Russia’s latest data indicates 21,663 fatalities nationwide.
Moscow is the hardest-hit region in Russia, and daily numbers of new cases are on the rise. Overall, 311 559 cases of the infection were registered in the city so far, including 4,082 in the past day. A total of 255,100 people have recovered, 5,401 died.


tass--2020-10-07--Baku accuses Armenia of rocket attack on vicinity of important oil pipeline

BAKU , October 7 .
/TASS/ .
The Prosecutor General ’ s Office of Azerbaijan on Tuesday accused Armenia of firing rockets at an area adjacent to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan ( BTC ) pipeline , transporting crude oil from Azerbaijan to Turkey via the Georgian capital .
`` At about 21:00 [ local time , 20:00 Moscow time ] , the armed forces of Armenia conducted a rocket strike at a section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in the Yevlax district , '' the agency said , adding that the attack `` was thwarted '' as a result of measures taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Armenia rejected the accusations .
`` Azerbaijan ’ s reports of Armenian troops ’ attempt to strike the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline are outright lies , '' Armenian Defense Ministry press secretary Shushan Stepanyan wrote on her Facebook page .
`` We have repeatedly said that we do not view oil and gas infrastructure as our target . ''
She added that `` all areas from where attacks on Nagorno-Karabakh originate will be destroyed , regardless of their location . ''
The 1,700-km Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelines , with the annual capacity of 50 million tonnes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It delivers oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oilfield on the Caspian Sea shelf and is also used for transit of Turkmen , Kazakh and Russian oil .
Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27 , with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh .
The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014 , in April 2016 and this past July .
Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts .
Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties , among them civilians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh , a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up , but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians , broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic .
In 1992-1994 , tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them .
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , France and the United States .

BAKU, October 7. /TASS/. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan on Tuesday accused Armenia of firing rockets at an area adjacent to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, transporting crude oil from Azerbaijan to Turkey via the Georgian capital.
"At about 21:00 [local time, 20:00 Moscow time], the armed forces of Armenia conducted a rocket strike at a section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in the Yevlax district," the agency said, adding that the attack "was thwarted" as a result of measures taken by Azerbaijani forces.
The Defense Ministry of Armenia rejected the accusations.
"Azerbaijan’s reports of Armenian troops’ attempt to strike the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline are outright lies," Armenian Defense Ministry press secretary Shushan Stepanyan wrote on her Facebook page. "We have repeatedly said that we do not view oil and gas infrastructure as our target."
She added that "all areas from where attacks on Nagorno-Karabakh originate will be destroyed, regardless of their location."
The 1,700-km Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelines, with the annual capacity of 50 million tonnes of oil, was launched in 2006. It delivers oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oilfield on the Caspian Sea shelf and is also used for transit of Turkmen, Kazakh and Russian oil.
Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014, in April 2016 and this past July. Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts. Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties, among them civilians.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up, but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1992-1994, tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them. Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs - Russia, France and the United States.


tass--2020-10-07--Putin says some of his close relatives vaccinated against coronavirus

NOVO-OGARYOVO , October 7 .
/TASS/ .
Some of Russian President Vladimir Putin ’ s relatives and people in his inner circle had been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus , the Russian leader said on Tuesday at a meeting with Ukrainian politician , head of the Political Council of the Opposition Platform - For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk .
`` My close ones , my close relatives , people who are working around me got vaccinated .
I ’ m speaking about dozens of people - approximately about 50 , '' Putin said .
`` Almost the entire command of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services were inoculated , '' the president added .
Medvedchuk , in turn , told the Russian leader that he , his wife and son also received the Russian vaccine .
On August 11 , Russia became the first country across the globe to register a vaccine against the coronavirus infection , named Sputnik V. The vaccine underwent clinical trials in June-July .
The vaccine was developed by the Russian Health Ministry ’ s Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology .
It is based on a well-known platform , which was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccines .
On August 15 , the Health Ministry announced the launch of the vaccine production .
On September 8 , the first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine was produced for civilian circulation in Russia .
In late August , Putin announced that one of his daughters had received the injection and developed sustainable immunity against the disease .

NOVO-OGARYOVO, October 7. /TASS/. Some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s relatives and people in his inner circle had been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, the Russian leader said on Tuesday at a meeting with Ukrainian politician, head of the Political Council of the Opposition Platform - For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk.
"My close ones, my close relatives, people who are working around me got vaccinated. I’m speaking about dozens of people - approximately about 50," Putin said.
"Almost the entire command of the Russian Defense Ministry and other special services were inoculated," the president added.
Medvedchuk, in turn, told the Russian leader that he, his wife and son also received the Russian vaccine.
On August 11, Russia became the first country across the globe to register a vaccine against the coronavirus infection, named Sputnik V. The vaccine underwent clinical trials in June-July. The vaccine was developed by the Russian Health Ministry’s Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. It is based on a well-known platform, which was used for creating a number of other vaccines. On August 15, the Health Ministry announced the launch of the vaccine production. On September 8, the first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine was produced for civilian circulation in Russia.
In late August, Putin announced that one of his daughters had received the injection and developed sustainable immunity against the disease.


tass--2020-10-07--Armenian premier blames Karabakh hostilities on Turkey’s engagement’

PARIS , October 7 .
/TASS/ .
The current hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh would not have begun without Turkey ’ s active engagement , Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with AFP .
`` Without Turkey ’ s active engagement , this would not have begun , '' he said .
`` The decision to unleash a war was motivated by Turkey 's full support . ''
The premier reiterated that radical Islamists from Syria have been deployed to Nagorny-Karabakh via Turkey and , therefore , the conflict should be viewed as a `` war on terrorism .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the EU summit in Brussels on October 2 , French President Emmanuel Macron said over 300 Syrian militants arrived to the conflict zone in Nagorno-Karabakh via the Turkish city of Gaziantep .
Azerbaijani president Ilkham Aliyev rejected those reports and demanded apology from Paris .
On Sunday , Yerevan turned to the European Court of Human Rights demanding measures be taken against Turkey over its military assistance to Azerbaijan amid the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict .
The court on Tuesday called on Ankara to respect the rights of civil population in the conflict in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Armenia erupted on September 27 , with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh .
The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014 , in April 2016 and this past July .
Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts .
Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties , among them civilians .
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh , a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up , but primarily populated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic .
In 1992-1994 , tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them .
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group , led by its three co-chairs - Russia , France and the United States .

PARIS, October 7. /TASS/. The current hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh would not have begun without Turkey’s active engagement, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with AFP.
"Without Turkey’s active engagement, this would not have begun," he said. "The decision to unleash a war was motivated by Turkey's full support."
The premier reiterated that radical Islamists from Syria have been deployed to Nagorny-Karabakh via Turkey and, therefore, the conflict should be viewed as a "war on terrorism."
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels on October 2, French President Emmanuel Macron said over 300 Syrian militants arrived to the conflict zone in Nagorno-Karabakh via the Turkish city of Gaziantep. Azerbaijani president Ilkham Aliyev rejected those reports and demanded apology from Paris.
On Sunday, Yerevan turned to the European Court of Human Rights demanding measures be taken against Turkey over its military assistance to Azerbaijan amid the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The court on Tuesday called on Ankara to respect the rights of civil population in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014, in April 2016 and this past July. Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts. Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties, among them civilians.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up, but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1992-1994, tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them. Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs - Russia, France and the United States.


tass--2020-10-07--Trump permits declassifying all files on purported ties with Russia, Clinton’s mail

WASHINGTON , October 7 .
/TASS/ .
US President Donald Trump said he had given his permission to completely declassify @ @ @ @ @ ties with Russia and the hack of his former election rival Hillary Clinton ’ s @ @ @ @ @ fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest @ @ @ @ @ , the Russia Hoax .
Likewise , the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal .
No redactions @ @ @ @ @ a Twitter post .

WASHINGTON, October 7. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump said he had given his permission to completely declassify all information regarding his purported ties with Russia and the hack of his former election rival Hillary Clinton’s mail.
"I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!" Trump said in a Twitter post.