tass--2020-01-26--Putin, Zelensky establish working contact, Kremlin says

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky have established a @ @ @ @ @ Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Moscow .
Kremlin .
Putin program @ @ @ @ @ The two presidents have already established a working and rather effective contact , as recent @ @ @ @ @ Peskov said .
The Kremlin spokesman stressed that the contact between Putin and Zelensky was @ @ @ @ @ is a working and meticulous process , '' Peskov noted .
Peskov also pointed out @ @ @ @ @ two presidents was discussed at this week ’ s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem , @ @ @ @ @ is impossible to arrange a separate meeting '' on the sidelines of a multilateral event @ @ @ @ @ Aide Yuri Ushakov said that Zelensky and some other leaders had requested a meeting with @ @ @ @ @ the Jerusalem forum .
Ushakov noted that given the tight schedule , it was impossible @ @ @ @ @ it was expected that only brief contacts could take place .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky have established a working and effective contact, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on Rossiya-1 television.
"The two presidents have already established a working and rather effective contact, as recent events have shown," Peskov said.
The Kremlin spokesman stressed that the contact between Putin and Zelensky was not sensational. "This is a working and meticulous process," Peskov noted.
Peskov also pointed out that the meeting between the two presidents was discussed at this week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, but "unfortunately, it is impossible to arrange a separate meeting" on the sidelines of a multilateral event.
On Wednesday, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov said that Zelensky and some other leaders had requested a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the Jerusalem forum. Ushakov noted that given the tight schedule, it was impossible to hold lengthy meeting and it was expected that only brief contacts could take place.


tass--2020-01-26--New Russian prime minister has carte blanche to form government - Kremlin

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
New Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has a certain freedom of actions to form his team , Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with `` Moscow .
Kremlin .
Putin '' program on Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday .
`` Certainly , there is some candidate pool , from where if needed candidates are picked or proposed .
However , since Mishustin received a proposal to head the cabinet , definitely , I believe he had and has a certain carte blanche to form his team , '' Peskov said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the head of government is responsible before the state .
Peskov stressed that Russia ’ s cabinet reshuffle was linked to the new goals set by President Vladimir Putin .
`` This is an extraordinary task and this requires a government with maximum efficiency , dynamics and flexibility at work .
That ’ s because now there are no other options , '' he said .
The previous Russian government resigned on January 15 in the wake of constitutional amendments proposed by Putin .
The president accepted the cabinet ’ s resignation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Service , Mikhail Mishustin , for the prime minister .
The next day Russia ’ s lower house of parliament , the State Duma , confirmed Mishustin as the new prime minister .
On January 21 , the Russian president ’ s decrees approved the government ’ s structure and its new members .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. New Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has a certain freedom of actions to form his team, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" program on Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday.
"Certainly, there is some candidate pool, from where if needed candidates are picked or proposed. However, since Mishustin received a proposal to head the cabinet, definitely, I believe he had and has a certain carte blanche to form his team," Peskov said.
The Kremlin spokesman noted that Mishustin as the head of government is responsible before the state.
Peskov stressed that Russia’s cabinet reshuffle was linked to the new goals set by President Vladimir Putin. "This is an extraordinary task and this requires a government with maximum efficiency, dynamics and flexibility at work. That’s because now there are no other options," he said.
The previous Russian government resigned on January 15 in the wake of constitutional amendments proposed by Putin. The president accepted the cabinet’s resignation and nominated the chief of the Federal Tax Service, Mikhail Mishustin, for the prime minister. The next day Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, confirmed Mishustin as the new prime minister. On January 21, the Russian president’s decrees approved the government’s structure and its new members.


tass--2020-01-26--Kazakh prime minister orders to suspend visa-free entry for Chinese transit passengers

NUR-SULTAN , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Kazakhstan ’ s Prime Minister Askar Mamin has ordered his government to take measures on suspending 72-hour visa-free entry for Chinese transit passengers amid pneumonia outbreak caused by novel coronavirus , the prime minister ’ s press service said on Sunday .
The prime minister also ordered to stop business trips to China and recommended refraining from private and tourist trips .
In addition , the head of government instructed medical facilities to prepare for providing assistance in case of deteriorating situation .
Other measures include intensified sanitary and epidemiological and migration control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the facilities of air , automobile and railroad transport and medical monitoring over all persons arriving in China , the decree reads .
The prime minister also called for providing consular and any other assistance to Kazak nationals currently staying in China .
If needed , Kazakh students and other nationals residing in Wuhan should be immediately evacuated , he noted .
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in a big central Chinese city of Wuhan .
Now the number of confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the death toll has hit 57 .
The coronavirus has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions , including in Beijing and Shanghai .
Coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States , Thailand , France and Japan .
The World Health Organization has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency .

NUR-SULTAN, January 26. /TASS/. Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin has ordered his government to take measures on suspending 72-hour visa-free entry for Chinese transit passengers amid pneumonia outbreak caused by novel coronavirus, the prime minister’s press service said on Sunday.
The prime minister also ordered to stop business trips to China and recommended refraining from private and tourist trips.
In addition, the head of government instructed medical facilities to prepare for providing assistance in case of deteriorating situation. Other measures include intensified sanitary and epidemiological and migration control at checkpoints on the state border, at the facilities of air, automobile and railroad transport and medical monitoring over all persons arriving in China, the decree reads.
The prime minister also called for providing consular and any other assistance to Kazak nationals currently staying in China. If needed, Kazakh students and other nationals residing in Wuhan should be immediately evacuated, he noted.
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in a big central Chinese city of Wuhan. Now the number of confirmed cases of disease has reached 2,027 and the death toll has hit 57. The coronavirus has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions, including in Beijing and Shanghai.
Coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, France and Japan. The World Health Organization has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency.


tass--2020-01-26--Investigators end criminal case against ex-head of Rusnano corporation

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Russia ’ s Investigative Committee has ended a criminal case against former head @ @ @ @ @ state corporation Rusnano Leonid Melamed and former financial director Svyatoslav Ponurov , who were earlier @ @ @ @ @ rubles ( $ 3.5 mln ) , a source in the law enforcement agencies told @ @ @ @ @ case opened in 2009 against Melamed and other suspects has been terminated over the expiry @ @ @ @ @ for reasons other than exoneration , '' the source said .
Melamed and Ponurov faced @ @ @ @ @ bars and a fine up to 1 mln rubles .
The third suspect , former @ @ @ @ @ Andrei Malyshev , was put on a wanted list .
The period of limitation in @ @ @ @ @ .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. Russia’s Investigative Committee has ended a criminal case against former head of Russia’s nanotechnologies state corporation Rusnano Leonid Melamed and former financial director Svyatoslav Ponurov, who were earlier accused of embezzling 220 mln rubles ($3.5 mln), a source in the law enforcement agencies told TASS.
"The criminal case opened in 2009 against Melamed and other suspects has been terminated over the expiry of the period of limitation for reasons other than exoneration," the source said.
Melamed and Ponurov faced up to 10 years behind bars and a fine up to 1 mln rubles. The third suspect, former deputy director general of Rusnano Andrei Malyshev, was put on a wanted list. The period of limitation in this case is 10 years.


tass--2020-01-26--Over 100 remain in hospitals after powerful quake in Turkey - Erdogan

ANKARA , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
More than 100 people , who were injured in a powerful earthquake in @ @ @ @ @ hospital , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday .
`` By now , @ @ @ @ @ 31 .
Some 1,607 people were hurt in the earthquake , and 1,503 of them @ @ @ @ @ Another 104 people continue undergoing treatment , '' the Turkish leader told NTV television before @ @ @ @ @ Saturday , Erdogan visited the Elazig province , which was seriously hit by the earthquake @ @ @ @ @ s Directorate of Disaster and Emergency , the 6.8 magnitude quake occurred on January 24 @ @ @ @ @ , home to nearly 400,000 people .
The epicenter of the tremor that also affected @ @ @ @ @ was located at a depth of 10 km .
The aftershocks were felt in many @ @ @ @ @ also in Israel , Iraq and Syria .

ANKARA, January 26. /TASS/. More than 100 people, who were injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey, remain in hospital, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
"By now, the death toll has reached 31. Some 1,607 people were hurt in the earthquake, and 1,503 of them have been already discharged. Another 104 people continue undergoing treatment," the Turkish leader told NTV television before flying to Algeria.
On Saturday, Erdogan visited the Elazig province, which was seriously hit by the earthquake.
According to Turkey’s Directorate of Disaster and Emergency, the 6.8 magnitude quake occurred on January 24 in the eastern Elazig province, home to nearly 400,000 people.
The epicenter of the tremor that also affected the neighboring province of Malatya was located at a depth of 10 km. The aftershocks were felt in many regions of the country and also in Israel, Iraq and Syria.


tass--2020-01-26--Chinese tourists hospitalized in Moscow test negative for coronavirus

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Chinese tourists , who were hospitalized on Saturday from a Moscow hotel , have tested negative for novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV , the city health department ’ s press service told TASS .
`` All Chinese tourists , who were sent to an infectious diseases hospital yesterday night , have been examined .
Their lab test for coronavirus 2019-CoV is negative , '' the press service said .
`` The virus has not been detected . ''
All patients will be discharged from hospital except for one woman , who was diagnosed with type @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the required treatment and is receiving a standard anti-virus therapy , and she is showing positive dynamics .
She is doing well and she will be discharged soon , '' the press service said .
Earlier , the press service of the Moscow health department told TASS that all Chinese citizens who were hospitalized from hotel Art Moscow Voikovskaya were in satisfactory condition and had no signs of a complicated course of acute respiratory viral infection , especially pneumonia .
Some 220 Chinese citizens , who had arrived on January 25 , were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them were rushed to hospital , its director Mikhail Volkov told TASS .
None of them had come from Wuhan .
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in a big central Chinese city of Wuhan .
Now the number of confirmed cases of disease has reached 2,002 and the death toll has hit 56 .
Another 2,700 people are suspected of having the coronavirus , which has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions , including in Beijing and Shanghai .
Coronavirus cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States , Thailand , France and Japan .
The World Health Organization has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. Chinese tourists, who were hospitalized on Saturday from a Moscow hotel, have tested negative for novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the city health department’s press service told TASS.
"All Chinese tourists, who were sent to an infectious diseases hospital yesterday night, have been examined. Their lab test for coronavirus 2019-CoV is negative," the press service said. "The virus has not been detected."
All patients will be discharged from hospital except for one woman, who was diagnosed with type A flu. "She is undergoing the required treatment and is receiving a standard anti-virus therapy, and she is showing positive dynamics. She is doing well and she will be discharged soon," the press service said.
Earlier, the press service of the Moscow health department told TASS that all Chinese citizens who were hospitalized from hotel Art Moscow Voikovskaya were in satisfactory condition and had no signs of a complicated course of acute respiratory viral infection, especially pneumonia.
Some 220 Chinese citizens, who had arrived on January 25, were staying at the hotel and eight of them were rushed to hospital, its director Mikhail Volkov told TASS. None of them had come from Wuhan.
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in a big central Chinese city of Wuhan. Now the number of confirmed cases of disease has reached 2,002 and the death toll has hit 56. Another 2,700 people are suspected of having the coronavirus, which has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions, including in Beijing and Shanghai.
Coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, France and Japan. The World Health Organization has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency.


tass--2020-01-26--China starts developing vaccine against novel coronavirus - newspaper

BEIJING , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has started developing a vaccine against coronavirus of the new type 2019-nCoV that causes pneumonia , China Daily has reported .
`` Research and development of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus , which has caused a wider outbreak in China , is under way , '' the paper writes , citing Xu Wenbo , head of the center 's viral disease control and prevention institute .
`` Scientists from the center have successfully isolated the virus , and are working to select the proper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report said .
According to the latest data , more than 2,000 people have been diagnosed with pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus , and the death toll has reached 56 .
More than 30 novel coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States , Thailand , France and Japan .
The Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on December 31 , 2019 about the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in central China ’ s Wuhan , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population of over 11 million people .
The pathogen , the 2019-nCoV coronavirus , was identified on January 7 .
The WHO has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency .

BEIJING, January 26. /TASS/. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has started developing a vaccine against coronavirus of the new type 2019-nCoV that causes pneumonia, China Daily has reported.
"Research and development of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, which has caused a wider outbreak in China, is under way," the paper writes, citing Xu Wenbo, head of the center's viral disease control and prevention institute.
"Scientists from the center have successfully isolated the virus, and are working to select the proper strain for vaccine production," the report said.
According to the latest data, more than 2,000 people have been diagnosed with pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus, and the death toll has reached 56. More than 30 novel coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, France and Japan.
The Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019 about the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in central China’s Wuhan, a large trade and industrial center with a population of over 11 million people. The pathogen, the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, was identified on January 7. The WHO has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency.


tass--2020-01-26--Soyuz rocket’s malfunction will be eliminated in one or two weeks - sources

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
The launch of Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Meridian-M military satellite from Plesetsk , @ @ @ @ @ over a malfunction of the booster ’ s electrical equipment , two sources in the @ @ @ @ @ TASS on Sunday .
`` The launch was cancelled over a problem with the booster @ @ @ @ @ '' one of the sources said .
Another source confirmed the electrical equipment ’ s @ @ @ @ @ rocket has been taken off the launch pad and it is expected that an effort @ @ @ @ @ take `` one or two weeks . ''
The mishap was detected at around 9 @ @ @ @ @ before the rocket was fueled .
According to Spaceflightnow portal , the Soyuz 2.1a launch @ @ @ @ @ for 2 p.m. Moscow time on January 24 .
The rocket was installed on a @ @ @ @ @ at Plesetsk spaceport .
The first launch from this pad after reconstruction works was carried @ @ @ @ @ 2019 .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. The launch of Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Meridian-M military satellite from Plesetsk, northern Russia, was cancelled over a malfunction of the booster’s electrical equipment, two sources in the rocket and space sector told TASS on Sunday.
"The launch was cancelled over a problem with the booster’s electrical equipment," one of the sources said.
Another source confirmed the electrical equipment’s malfunction, noting that the rocket has been taken off the launch pad and it is expected that an effort to eliminate the malfunction will take "one or two weeks."
The mishap was detected at around 9 a.m. Moscow time on Friday before the rocket was fueled. According to Spaceflightnow portal, the Soyuz 2.1a launch with Meridian-M satellite was scheduled for 2 p.m. Moscow time on January 24.
The rocket was installed on a modernized launch pad number 3 at Plesetsk spaceport. The first launch from this pad after reconstruction works was carried out on December 11, 2019.


tass--2020-01-26--Number of infected with new coronavirus rises to almost 2,000 in China, 56 dead

BEIJING , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
The number of confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus in China reached 2,200 people on Sunday .
According to the media reports published by the committees on hygiene and health care in the regions of China , the death toll is 56 .
About 2,700 people may be infected , but their diagnosis has not yet been confirmed .
About 21,500 people in China had close contacts with the infected and are under the supervision of doctors .
According to the Chinese authorities , the most cases of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hubei Province and its administrative center Wuhan , where the 2019-nCoV coronavirus initially began to spread .
The same region accounts for the largest number of victims-52 people .
Cases of new type of pneumonia have been reported in Beijing ( 51 ) and Shanghai ( 40 ) .
The Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on December 31 , 2019 about the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan , a large trade and industrial center with a population of over 11 million people .
The pathogen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on January 7 .
The novel coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States , Thailand , France and Japan .
The WHO has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency .

BEIJING, January 26. /TASS/. The number of confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus in China reached 2,200 people on Sunday.
According to the media reports published by the committees on hygiene and health care in the regions of China, the death toll is 56.
Earlier, Chinese authorities reported 1,975 cases.
About 2,700 people may be infected, but their diagnosis has not yet been confirmed. About 21,500 people in China had close contacts with the infected and are under the supervision of doctors.
According to the Chinese authorities, the most cases of infection (1,052) were confirmed in Hubei Province and its administrative center Wuhan, where the 2019-nCoV coronavirus initially began to spread. The same region accounts for the largest number of victims-52 people. Cases of new type of pneumonia have been reported in Beijing (51) and Shanghai (40).
The Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019 about the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, a large trade and industrial center with a population of over 11 million people. The pathogen, the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, was identified on January 7.
The novel coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, France and Japan. The WHO has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency.


tass--2020-01-26--Number of victims of a truck explosion in Peru rises to 14

RIO DE JANEIRO , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
The death toll after the explosion of a tanker truck with @ @ @ @ @ the Peruvian capital of Lima has risen to 14 , the Andina news agency reported @ @ @ @ @ Ministry of Health .
Earlier it was reported about five dead and about 50 injured @ @ @ @ @ remain in hospitals with burns of different levels of severity .
At least half of @ @ @ @ @ , they have more than 50 % of the body damaged by fire .
A @ @ @ @ @ of liquefied gas exploded early Thursday , igniting a major fire that destroyed several houses @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Villa El Salvador district .

RIO DE JANEIRO, January 26. /TASS/. The death toll after the explosion of a tanker truck with gas on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital of Lima has risen to 14, the Andina news agency reported citing the country’s Ministry of Health.
Earlier it was reported about five dead and about 50 injured.
Currently, 48 people remain in hospitals with burns of different levels of severity. At least half of them are in critical condition, they have more than 50% of the body damaged by fire.
A tanker truck carrying 2,500 litres of liquefied gas exploded early Thursday, igniting a major fire that destroyed several houses and vehicles in the capital’s Villa El Salvador district.


tass--2020-01-26--Number of infected with new coronavirus rises to almost 2,000 in China, 56 die

BEIJING , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
The number of confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus new coronavirus in China has increased up to 1,975 , the number of deaths has reached 56 , China ’ s State Health Committee reported on Sunday .
The condition of 324 patients is assessed as serious .
About 2,700 people may be infected , but their diagnosis has not yet been confirmed .
About 21,500 people in China had close contacts with the infected and are under the supervision of doctors .
According to the Chinese authorities , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) were confirmed in Hubei Province and its administrative center Wuhan , where the 2019-nCoV coronavirus initially began to spread .
The same region accounts for the largest number of victims-52 people .
Cases of new type of pneumonia have been reported in Beijing ( 51 ) and Shanghai ( 40 ) .
The Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on December 31 , 2019 about the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan , a large trade and industrial center with a population of over 11 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus , was identified on January 7 .
The novel coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States , Thailand , France and Japan .
The WHO has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency .

BEIJING, January 26. /TASS/. The number of confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus new coronavirus in China has increased up to 1,975, the number of deaths has reached 56, China’s State Health Committee reported on Sunday. The condition of 324 patients is assessed as serious.
Earlier, Chinese authorities reported 1,743 infected and 54 dead.
About 2,700 people may be infected, but their diagnosis has not yet been confirmed. About 21,500 people in China had close contacts with the infected and are under the supervision of doctors.
According to the Chinese authorities, the most cases of infection (1,052) were confirmed in Hubei Province and its administrative center Wuhan, where the 2019-nCoV coronavirus initially began to spread. The same region accounts for the largest number of victims-52 people. Cases of new type of pneumonia have been reported in Beijing (51) and Shanghai (40).
The Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019 about the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, a large trade and industrial center with a population of over 11 million people. The pathogen, the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, was identified on January 7.
The novel coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, France and Japan. The WHO has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency.


tass--2020-01-27--One person injured in missile attack on US embassy in Baghdad

TASS , January 27 .
At least one person has been injured in a missile attack on the American embassy @ @ @ @ @ , Baghdad , Agence France-Presse reported on Monday citing local authorities .
According to the @ @ @ @ @ were launched at Baghdad ’ s Green Zone - a well-fortified district in the center @ @ @ @ @ buildings and foreign diplomatic missions are situated .
Three missiles directly landed at the US @ @ @ @ @ them hit the canteen building .

TASS, January 27. At least three people have been injured in a missile attack on the American embassy located in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on January 26, Iraq’s Alsumaria TV reported on Monday citing sources in Iraqi security services. It is not yet revealed what citizenship does the injured person hold, US or Iraqi.
Earlier, Agence France-Pressereported one person wounded. The agency also notes that the US embassy in Baghdad has been repeatedly attacked in the last couple of months but missiles landed directly in the compound for the first time. The Sunday attack is the second to take place in the last seven days. On January 20, three missiles landed near the embassy.
On Sunday evening, five missiles were launched at Baghdad’s Green Zone - a well-fortified district in the center of the city where government buildings and foreign diplomatic missions are situated. Three missiles directly landed at the US embassy premises, one of them hit the canteen building where dinner was served at that moment, Agence France-Presse adds.
After the incident, acting Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi ordered national security forces to take every measure to prevent similar attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad. He blasted the strike as an "irresponsible act committed by separate individuals", underlining that this attack "can lead to serious consequences." The acting prime minister also said that he had given orders "to launch an investigation, find those responsible for the attack and bring them to justice." US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller also sharply criticized the strike on Sunday.


tass--2020-01-27--Russian archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin dies at 51

MOSCOW , January 27 .
/TASS/ .
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin has died on Sunday by the Church of Theodore the Studite at the Nikitsky Gate , the church told TASS .
`` Unfortunately , it is true , he died right in front of the church , '' the press service of the Church of Theodore the Studite at the Nikitsky Gate where he served as the rector informed TASS .
Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate ’ s Synodal Department for Public Relations Vladimir Legoida also confirmed the news .
`` Yes , it is true , '' he said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the chair of the Moscow Patriarchate ’ s Synodal Department for Public Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2009-2015 .
He was born on March 31 , 1968 in Moscow to the family of Soviet scientist , professor Anatoly Chaplin .
In 1990 , he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary and later from the Moscow Theological Academy in 1994 .
On April 21 , 1991 , he was ordained as deacon .
On January 7 , 1992 , he was elevated to priesthood .
In 1999 , Vsevolod Chaplin was @ @ @ @

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin has died on Sunday by the Church of Theodore the Studite at the Nikitsky Gate, the church told TASS.
"Unfortunately, it is true, he died right in front of the church," the press service of the Church of Theodore the Studite at the Nikitsky Gate where he served as the rector informed TASS.
Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Public Relations Vladimir Legoida also confirmed the news. "Yes, it is true," he said.
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin used to serve as the chair of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Public Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2009-2015. He was born on March 31, 1968 in Moscow to the family of Soviet scientist, professor Anatoly Chaplin. In 1990, he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary and later from the Moscow Theological Academy in 1994.
On April 21, 1991, he was ordained as deacon. On January 7, 1992, he was elevated to priesthood. In 1999, Vsevolod Chaplin was ordained to archpriest.


tass--2020-01-27--Canadian, US military to conduct observation flight over Russia

MOSCOW , January 27 .
/TASS/ .
A joint mission by Canada and the United States will perform an observation flight between January 27 and February 1 , chief of the Russian National Centre for Nuclear Risk Reduction Sergei Ryzhkov told reporters on Monday .
`` Between January 27 and February 1 in the framework of implementing the international Treaty on Open Skies , a joint mission of Canada and the United States will conduct an observation flight over Russia on a Canadian C-13OJ observation aircraft .
During the flight that will follow the agreed route , Russian specialists onboard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parameters of the flight are strictly adhered to and that observation equipment allowed by the treaty is used , '' he said .
Developed with Moscow ’ s active participation , the Treaty on Open Skies was signed in 1992 and came into force in 2002 .
It currently has 34 member states .
The treaty establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants .
Observation flights are made over the territories of the United States , Canada , European countries , and Russia .
Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ signatory states .
Russia ratified the Treaty on Open Skies on May 26 , 2001 .
The main purposes of the open skies regime are to develop transparency , render assistance in monitoring compliance with the existing or future arms control agreements , broaden possibilities for preventing crises and managing crisis situations within the scope of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other relevant international organizations .
Subsequently , it is contemplated to apply the open skies regime to new fields , such as environmental protection .
In practical terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perform observations flights over any part of the observed state party ’ s territory to monitor military activities in conformity with the agreed quotas of such missions .
The treaty regulates observation flights procedures , establishes a mechanism of control over its observance , and sets requirements to the aircraft and observation equipment .

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. A joint mission by Canada and the United States will perform an observation flight between January 27 and February 1, chief of the Russian National Centre for Nuclear Risk Reduction Sergei Ryzhkov told reporters on Monday.
"Between January 27 and February 1 in the framework of implementing the international Treaty on Open Skies, a joint mission of Canada and the United States will conduct an observation flight over Russia on a Canadian C-13OJ observation aircraft. During the flight that will follow the agreed route, Russian specialists onboard the jet will monitor that the agreed parameters of the flight are strictly adhered to and that observation equipment allowed by the treaty is used," he said.
Treaty on Open Skies
Developed with Moscow’s active participation, the Treaty on Open Skies was signed in 1992 and came into force in 2002. It currently has 34 member states. The treaty establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. Observation flights are made over the territories of the United States, Canada, European countries, and Russia. Now, the treaty has more than 30 signatory states. Russia ratified the Treaty on Open Skies on May 26, 2001.
The main purposes of the open skies regime are to develop transparency, render assistance in monitoring compliance with the existing or future arms control agreements, broaden possibilities for preventing crises and managing crisis situations within the scope of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other relevant international organizations. Subsequently, it is contemplated to apply the open skies regime to new fields, such as environmental protection.
In practical terms, the treaty allows signatory states to perform observations flights over any part of the observed state party’s territory to monitor military activities in conformity with the agreed quotas of such missions. The treaty regulates observation flights procedures, establishes a mechanism of control over its observance, and sets requirements to the aircraft and observation equipment.


tass--2020-01-26--Commission on pardons to gather over Issachar’s plea on January 27 - ombudsperson

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
The commission on pardons will meet on January 27 to consider a plea for pardon from Israeli and US national Naama Issachar , who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in Russia on drugs smuggling charges , Moscow region ’ s human rights ombudswoman Ekaterina Semyonova told TASS on Sunday .
`` Her verdict is seven years in prison .
She is currently kept at correctional facility IK-1 in Novoye Grishino , Moscow region and is supposed to be convoyed to the city of Vladimir or any other location , '' Semyonova @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s conclusions could be , Issachar ’ s plea would be referred to the presidential commission on pardons .
Naama Issachar , 25 , was detained at Moscow ’ s Sheremetyevo airport on April 9 , 2019 when she was in the airport ’ s transit zone before boarding a connecting flight to Tel Aviv after arriving from New Delhi .
The airport ’ s security guards found 9.6 grams of cannabis in her luggage .
On October 11 , 2019 , the Khimki City Court in the Moscow region found Issachar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part 1 , Article 228 and part 2 , Article 229.1 of the Russian Criminal Code ) and sentenced her to 7.5 years in a standard regime penal colony .
Issachar admitted her guilt of possessing the drug but denied smuggling charges , saying she had no access to her luggage checked in for the transit flight .
She claimed she never took drugs and had no idea of how the cannabis could happen to be in her backpack .
Moscow ’ s region court upheld the verdict on December 19 .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. The commission on pardons will meet on January 27 to consider a plea for pardon from Israeli and US national Naama Issachar, who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in Russia on drugs smuggling charges, Moscow region’s human rights ombudswoman Ekaterina Semyonova told TASS on Sunday.
Earlier on Sunday, Issachar pled for pardon.
"Her verdict is seven years in prison. She is currently kept at correctional facility IK-1 in Novoye Grishino, Moscow region and is supposed to be convoyed to the city of Vladimir or any other location," Semyonova said, adding that whatever the commission’s conclusions could be, Issachar’s plea would be referred to the presidential commission on pardons.
Naama Issachar, 25, was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on April 9, 2019 when she was in the airport’s transit zone before boarding a connecting flight to Tel Aviv after arriving from New Delhi. The airport’s security guards found 9.6 grams of cannabis in her luggage.
On October 11, 2019, the Khimki City Court in the Moscow region found Issachar guilty of drug possession and smuggling (part 1, Article 228 and part 2, Article 229.1 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced her to 7.5 years in a standard regime penal colony. Issachar admitted her guilt of possessing the drug but denied smuggling charges, saying she had no access to her luggage checked in for the transit flight. She claimed she never took drugs and had no idea of how the cannabis could happen to be in her backpack. Moscow’s region court upheld the verdict on December 19.


tass--2020-01-26--Two minors left by their father at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport

MOSCOW , January 6 .
/TASS/ .
Two children , aged eight and five , have been left by their @ @ @ @ @ Sheremetyevo airport , airport ’ s spokesperson Anna Zakharenkova told TASS on Sunday .
`` @ @ @ @ @ and five , have been found unattended at Sheremetyevo ’ s Terminal D. The children @ @ @ @ @ handed over to the police , '' she said .
According to Zakharenkova , the @ @ @ @ @ their father from Khabarovsk .
They have a backpack and documents , including birth certificates @ @ @ @ @ father .

MOSCOW, January 6. /TASS/. Two children, aged eight and five, have been left by their father at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, airport’s spokesperson Anna Zakharenkova told TASS on Sunday.
"Two boys, aged eight and five, have been found unattended at Sheremetyevo’s Terminal D. The children were provided with meals and handed over to the police," she said.
According to Zakharenkova, the boys arrived in Moscow with their father from Khabarovsk. They have a backpack and documents, including birth certificates and a note from the father.


tass--2020-01-26--Russian diplomats declared personae non grata leave Bulgaria - embassy

SOFIA , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Russian diplomats who were declared personae non gratae in Bulgaria on Friday have left that country , a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Bulgaria told TASS on Sunday .
`` The Russian diplomats left Bulgaria on Sunday , '' the spokesman said .
Bulgaria ’ s foreign ministry said on Friday that one Russian diplomat had been declared persona non grata and one Russian embassy ’ s technical staff member had been declared an undesirable person .
Both were given 48 hours to leave the country .
Following the incident , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had given no evidence to back it decision to expel the Russian diplomats .
The ministry warned that the Russian side reserved the right for tit-for-tat measures .
The Bulgarian Prosecutor ’ s Office reported on its website on January 24 that pre-trial probes involving two Russian diplomats as part of an espionage case had been launched .
According to the prosecutors , their illegal activities included elections and the energy sector .
In accordance with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations , Bulgaria halted criminal proceedings against the two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Office claims that there are grounds for indicting them .

SOFIA, January 26. /TASS/. Russian diplomats who were declared personae non gratae in Bulgaria on Friday have left that country, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Bulgaria told TASS on Sunday.
"The Russian diplomats left Bulgaria on Sunday," the spokesman said.
Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said on Friday that one Russian diplomat had been declared persona non grata and one Russian embassy’s technical staff member had been declared an undesirable person. Both were given 48 hours to leave the country.
Following the incident, the Russian foreign ministry stressed that Bulgarian side had given no evidence to back it decision to expel the Russian diplomats. The ministry warned that the Russian side reserved the right for tit-for-tat measures.
The Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office reported on its website on January 24 that pre-trial probes involving two Russian diplomats as part of an espionage case had been launched. According to the prosecutors, their illegal activities included elections and the energy sector. In accordance with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Bulgaria halted criminal proceedings against the two Russian citizens. However, the Prosecutor’s Office claims that there are grounds for indicting them.


tass--2020-01-26--Death toll from earthquake in Turkey up to 38 - emergencies services

ANKARA , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
The death toll from the powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey has risen to @ @ @ @ @ Directorate of Disaster and Emergency said on Sunday .
Earlier reports put the number of @ @ @ @ @ As many as 1,607 were hurt .
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that @ @ @ @ @ in the quake were still in hospitals .
According to the Directorate of Disaster and @ @ @ @ @ earthquake occurred on January 24 in the eastern Elazig province , home to nearly 400,000 @ @ @ @ @ the quake was located at a depth of ten kilometers .
The quake also affected @ @ @ @ @ .
Earth tremors were felt in many regions of the country and also in Israel @ @ @ @ @ .

ANKARA, January 26. /TASS/. The death toll from the powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey has risen to 38, Turkey’s Directorate of Disaster and Emergency said on Sunday.
Earlier reports put the number of quake victims at 35. As many as 1,607 were hurt.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that more than 100 people hurt in the quake were still in hospitals.
According to the Directorate of Disaster and Emergency, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on January 24 in the eastern Elazig province, home to nearly 400,000 people.
The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of ten kilometers. The quake also affected the neighboring province of Malatya. Earth tremors were felt in many regions of the country and also in Israel, Iraq, and Syria.


tass--2020-01-26--Attempts at hushing up Nazi crimes inadmissible and immoral - Putin

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Attempts at hushing up crimes of the Nazi are inadmissible and immoral , Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a greeting message to the participants in the Memory Custodian memorial event in Moscow timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day , the Kremlin press service said on Sunday .
`` Holocaust is one of the most tragic and atrocious pages in world history .
There is no period of limitation for the crimes of the Nazi and their henchmen .
There is neither forgiving nor forgetting them .
Any attempts at hushing up those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and immoral , '' the message says .
`` Our common duty is to keep and pass over to future generations the truth about the most sanguinary war of the 20th century , about millions of people massacred in gas chambers , tortured to death in extermination camps and ghettos , killed by diseases and hunger .
The truth that these unimaginable atrocities were stopped by the Red Army that defeated Nazism , saved not only the Jewish people but other peoples of the planet from extermination and oppression , '' it stressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Russia from January 20 through February 2 , 2020 , for the six time .
The Memory Custodian prize awarding ceremony is held on January 26 at Moscow ’ s Helikon Opera , for the second time .
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on January 27 under a United Nations resolution to commemorate the tragedy of Holocaust during World War II .
On this day in 1945 , Auschwitz-Birkenau , the largest Nazi concentration and death camp located in Poland , was liberated by the Red Army .
More than 1.1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million were Jews , were massacred in this death camp alone .
In all , according to historians , the overall number of Holocaust victims exceeds six million .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. Attempts at hushing up crimes of the Nazi are inadmissible and immoral, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a greeting message to the participants in the Memory Custodian memorial event in Moscow timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Kremlin press service said on Sunday.
"Holocaust is one of the most tragic and atrocious pages in world history. There is no period of limitation for the crimes of the Nazi and their henchmen. There is neither forgiving nor forgetting them. Any attempts at hushing up those things, at rewriting history at inadmissible and immoral," the message says.
"Our common duty is to keep and pass over to future generations the truth about the most sanguinary war of the 20th century, about millions of people massacred in gas chambers, tortured to death in extermination camps and ghettos, killed by diseases and hunger. The truth that these unimaginable atrocities were stopped by the Red Army that defeated Nazism, saved not only the Jewish people but other peoples of the planet from extermination and oppression," it stressed.
Holocaust Remembrance Week is being held in Russia from January 20 through February 2, 2020, for the six time. The Memory Custodian prize awarding ceremony is held on January 26 at Moscow’s Helikon Opera, for the second time.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on January 27 under a United Nations resolution to commemorate the tragedy of Holocaust during World War II. On this day in 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp located in Poland, was liberated by the Red Army. More than 1.1 million people, of whom some one million were Jews, were massacred in this death camp alone. In all, according to historians, the overall number of Holocaust victims exceeds six million.


tass--2020-01-26--Al Arabiya: at least 12 killed over two days of protests in Iraq

TASS , January 26 .
At least 12 protesters have been killed in clashes with law enforcers in Iraq over @ @ @ @ @ Al Arabiya reported on Sunday citing an Iraqi human rights society .
According to the @ @ @ @ @ 230 protesters have been injured in the capital city and in Iraq ’ s southern @ @ @ @ @ of millions '' was held in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities on January 24 demanding @ @ @ @ @ the country .
In his address to the Iraqis , Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr @ @ @ @ @ airspace be closed for US military purposes and US troops be barred from using Iraqi @ @ @ @ @ protests took place in the Iraqi capital and in the southern governorates of Basra and @ @ @

TASS, January 26. At least 12 protesters have been killed in clashes with law enforcers in Iraq over the past two days, Al Arabiya reported on Sunday citing an Iraqi human rights society.
According to the television channel, at least 230 protesters have been injured in the capital city and in Iraq’s southern governorates.
A "march of millions" was held in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities on January 24 demanding withdrawal of US troops from the country. In his address to the Iraqis, Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr demanded the country’s airspace be closed for US military purposes and US troops be barred from using Iraqi military bases. The biggest protests took place in the Iraqi capital and in the southern governorates of Basra and Dhi Qar.


tass--2020-01-26--Checkpoints at Russia’s border with China in Amur region to stay closed till February 1

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Border checkpoints between Russia ’ s Blagoveshchensk and China ’ s Heihe that were closed for the period of the Chinese New Year celebrations will stay closed till February 1 , the press service of the Amur region government said on Sunday .
The checkpoints were closed on January 24 and were supposed to be opened on January 27 .
According to official information , the decision to extend the closure period was taken by the Heihe authorities .
Nothing was said about the new infection outbreak as a reason for that .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in China ’ s city of Wuhan with a population of 11 million .
By now , the number of confirmed cases of the disease has reached 2,027 and the death toll has hit 57 .
The coronavirus has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions , including in Beijing and Shanghai .
Coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States , Thailand , France and Japan .
The World Health Organization has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. Border checkpoints between Russia’s Blagoveshchensk and China’s Heihe that were closed for the period of the Chinese New Year celebrations will stay closed till February 1, the press service of the Amur region government said on Sunday.
The checkpoints were closed on January 24 and were supposed to be opened on January 27. According to official information, the decision to extend the closure period was taken by the Heihe authorities. Nothing was said about the new infection outbreak as a reason for that.
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in China’s city of Wuhan with a population of 11 million. By now, the number of confirmed cases of the disease has reached 2,027 and the death toll has hit 57. The coronavirus has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions, including in Beijing and Shanghai.
Coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, France and Japan. The World Health Organization has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency.


tass--2020-01-26--Chinese nationals with suspected coronavirus to be barred from entering Russia

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Chinese nationals with suspected 2019-nCoV-caused pneumonia crossing into Russia via the border checkpoints at Russia ’ s Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk will be sent back to China , the press service of the regional government said on Sunday .
`` Strict control measures are being exercised at the border checkpoints in Blagoveshchensk ( customs point and airport ) , with specialists with thermal cameras being involved .
Double control will be exercised at the Blagoveshchensk customs point : specialists will first examine people in each bus arriving from China and then examination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Chinese nationals with suspected infection will be sent back to Heihe .
Russian nationals will be taken to infectious diseases hospitals , '' it said .
According to the press service , more than 70,000 people have been examined at quarantine points since the beginning of the year .
More than 9,000 Chinese citizens have entered Russia and about 4,000 tourists have returned from Southeast Asian countries and China .
Five people have been found to contract a disease after visiting China .
Coronavirus infection was not confirmed in three cases .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ available .
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in China ’ s city of Wuhan with a population of 11 million .
By now , the number of confirmed cases of the disease has reached 2,027 and the death toll has hit 57 .
The coronavirus has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions , including in Beijing and Shanghai .
Coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States , Thailand , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Organization has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. Chinese nationals with suspected 2019-nCoV-caused pneumonia crossing into Russia via the border checkpoints at Russia’s Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk will be sent back to China, the press service of the regional government said on Sunday.
"Strict control measures are being exercised at the border checkpoints in Blagoveshchensk (customs point and airport), with specialists with thermal cameras being involved. Double control will be exercised at the Blagoveshchensk customs point: specialists will first examine people in each bus arriving from China and then examination will be continued at the cross point. Chinese nationals with suspected infection will be sent back to Heihe. Russian nationals will be taken to infectious diseases hospitals," it said.
According to the press service, more than 70,000 people have been examined at quarantine points since the beginning of the year. More than 9,000 Chinese citizens have entered Russia and about 4,000 tourists have returned from Southeast Asian countries and China. Five people have been found to contract a disease after visiting China. Coronavirus infection was not confirmed in three cases. Results on the other two are not available.
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV was registered in late December last year in China’s city of Wuhan with a population of 11 million. By now, the number of confirmed cases of the disease has reached 2,027 and the death toll has hit 57. The coronavirus has been registered in nearly all Chinese regions, including in Beijing and Shanghai.
Coronavirus cases have also been reported in Australia, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, France and Japan. The World Health Organization has recognized the virus outbreak as a national emergency for China but has so far refrained from declaring it a global health emergency.


tass--2020-01-26--Convicted Israeli woman pleas for pardon

MOSCOW , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
Israeli and US national Naama Issachar , who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in Russia on drugs smuggling charges , has filed a plea for pardoning and the soonest release from the penitentiary colony , her defense attorneys said on Sunday .
`` Today , we discussed with Naama Issachar Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov ’ s statement that her personal plea to the president is needed to pardon her .
After our conversation , Naama decided to appeal to the Russian president for pardoning in line with the established @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pre-trial detention facility she is being kept in , '' they said in a press statement .
`` Naama , her family and defense attorneys hope that the Russian president will soon take a decision on her pardoning and release in accordance with his constitutional powers , '' the statement says .
Russian president ’ s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that under Russian laws a personal plea for mercy is an obligatory procedure .
`` We must follow some formalities to start this process , '' he stressed .
Naama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moscow ’ s Sheremetyevo airport on April 9 , 2019 when she was in the airport ’ s transit zone before boarding a connecting flight to Tel Aviv after arriving from New Delhi .
The airport ’ s security guards found 9.6 grams of cannabis in her luggage .
On October 11 , 2019 , the Khimki City Court in the Moscow region found Issachar guilty of drug possession and smuggling ( part 1 , Article 228 and part 2 , Article 229.1 of the Russian Criminal Code ) and sentenced her to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ colony .
Issachar admitted her guilt of possessing the drug but denied smuggling charges , saying she had no access to her luggage checked in for the transit flight .
She claimed she never took drugs and had no idea of how the cannabis could happen to be in her backpack .
Moscow ’ s region court upheld the verdict on December 19 .

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. Israeli and US national Naama Issachar, who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in Russia on drugs smuggling charges, has filed a plea for pardoning and the soonest release from the penitentiary colony, her defense attorneys said on Sunday.
"Today, we discussed with Naama Issachar Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov’s statement that her personal plea to the president is needed to pardon her. After our conversation, Naama decided to appeal to the Russian president for pardoning in line with the established procedure, via the administration of the pre-trial detention facility she is being kept in," they said in a press statement.
"Naama, her family and defense attorneys hope that the Russian president will soon take a decision on her pardoning and release in accordance with his constitutional powers," the statement says.
Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that under Russian laws a personal plea for mercy is an obligatory procedure. "We must follow some formalities to start this process," he stressed.
Naama Issachar, 25, was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on April 9, 2019 when she was in the airport’s transit zone before boarding a connecting flight to Tel Aviv after arriving from New Delhi. The airport’s security guards found 9.6 grams of cannabis in her luggage.
On October 11, 2019, the Khimki City Court in the Moscow region found Issachar guilty of drug possession and smuggling (part 1, Article 228 and part 2, Article 229.1 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced her to 7.5 years in a standard regime penal colony. Issachar admitted her guilt of possessing the drug but denied smuggling charges, saying she had no access to her luggage checked in for the transit flight. She claimed she never took drugs and had no idea of how the cannabis could happen to be in her backpack. Moscow’s region court upheld the verdict on December 19.


tass--2020-01-26--Flight data recorders of downed Ukrainian jet to remain in Iran - MP

TASS , January 26 .
Flight data recorders of a Ukrainian passenger plane Boeing 737 that crashed near Tehran earlier this month will remain in Tehran and will be decoded on Iranian soil , Farajollah Rajabi , a member of the Iranian parliament ’ s development commission , told Tasnim news agency .
`` Our policy is that the Ukrainian plane ’ s black box would remain in Iran and be read here , '' MP said , according to the report .
The Ministry of Road and Urban Development will be in charge of decoding the black boxes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami announced that the flight data recorders would be decoded in Iran .
Earlier , Head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization 's Incident Investigation Unit , Hasan Rezaiefar said Iranian authorities would hand over to Ukraine data from the black boxes .
A Boeing 737 airliner of the Ukrainian International Airlines crashed several minutes after its takeoff from Tehran Airport on January 8 .
A total of 176 people , including citizens of Afghanistan , Germany , Iran , Canada , Ukraine , Great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crash .
The Iranian General Staff issued a statement on January 11 , admitting that the Ukrainian plane had been shot down by mistake .
Commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( the elite wing of the Iranian military ) General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said that the national air defense systems had mistaken the passenger plane for a cruise missile .

TASS, January 26. Flight data recorders of a Ukrainian passenger plane Boeing 737 that crashed near Tehran earlier this month will remain in Tehran and will be decoded on Iranian soil, Farajollah Rajabi, a member of the Iranian parliament’s development commission, told Tasnim news agency.
"Our policy is that the Ukrainian plane’s black box would remain in Iran and be read here," MP said, according to the report.
The Ministry of Road and Urban Development will be in charge of decoding the black boxes, Rajabi noted.
On January 22, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami announced that the flight data recorders would be decoded in Iran. Earlier, Head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization's Incident Investigation Unit, Hasan Rezaiefar said Iranian authorities would hand over to Ukraine data from the black boxes.
A Boeing 737 airliner of the Ukrainian International Airlines crashed several minutes after its takeoff from Tehran Airport on January 8. A total of 176 people, including citizens of Afghanistan, Germany, Iran, Canada, Ukraine, Great Britain and Sweden were killed in the crash.
The Iranian General Staff issued a statement on January 11, admitting that the Ukrainian plane had been shot down by mistake. Commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (the elite wing of the Iranian military) General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said that the national air defense systems had mistaken the passenger plane for a cruise missile.


tass--2020-01-26--Two injured, including child, in gas blast in Russia’s Dagestan

MAKHACHKALA , January 26 .
/TASS/ .
A household gas explosion hit the basement of a residential building in Makhachkala @ @ @ @ @ Dagestan Republic in Russia ’ s North Caucasus , a spokesman for the emergencies services @ @ @ @ @ explosion broke a balcony ’ s diving wall in a five-storey house .
One adult @ @ @ @ @ , who was passing by , was hurt and rushed to hospital .
No fire @ @ @ @ @ ’ s supporting structures were not damaged .

MAKHACHKALA, January 26. /TASS/. A household gas explosion hit the basement of a residential building in Makhachkala, the capital of the Dagestan Republic in Russia’s North Caucasus, a spokesman for the emergencies services told TASS.
The powerful explosion broke a balcony’s diving wall in a five-storey house. One adult was injured and a child, who was passing by, was hurt and rushed to hospital.
No fire broke out and the building’s supporting structures were not damaged.


tass--2020-01-27--Russian delegation not to accept any infringements on its rights in PACE — lawmaker

STRASBOURG , January 27 .
/TASS/ .
Russia ’ s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe @ @ @ @ @ accept any infringements upon its rights in the assembly , a senior Russian lawmaker said @ @ @ @ @ s rights within PACE were challenged .
`` We expect that the assembly ’ s @ @ @ @ @ best to prevent any recurrence of the crisis in relations between Moscow and Strasbourg and @ @ @ @ @ delegation ’ s rights .
We are ready to work solely on an equal basis @ @ @ @ @ any secondary sanctions , '' Leonid Slutsky , chairman of the International Affairs Committee of @ @ @ @ @ parliament house , told journalists .

STRASBOURG, January 27. /TASS/. Russia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will never accept any infringements upon its rights in the assembly, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Monday after Russia’s rights within PACE were challenged.
"We expect that the assembly’s constructively-minded majority will do its best to prevent any recurrence of the crisis in relations between Moscow and Strasbourg and will fully ratify the Russian delegation’s rights. We are ready to work solely on an equal basis and won’t accept any secondary sanctions," Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma lower parliament house, told journalists.
"As we expected, the Russian delegation’s rights have been challenged by the Russophobic delegations to PACE," he noted. "We were braced for that. Now, the monitoring committee is to issue a report within 24 hours."
Earlier in the day, PACE delegates, Emanuelis Zingeris of Lithuania and Maria Golubeva of Latvia, challenged the Russian delegation’s rights on substantial ground. Thus, the former claimed that rulings of the European Court of Human Rights were allegedly void in Russia and the latter pointed to the fact that the Russian delegation had representatives from Crimea and that politicians from that region had taken part in federal parliamentary elections in Russia.
PACE procedures


tass--2020-01-27--Russia awaits US answer to proposal on UNSC permanent members’ summit — diplomat

`` Not yet .
We proceed from the fact that the answer to the head of state ’ s message will follow .
The question of when and how should be addressed to the American side , '' the senior Russian diplomat said .
MOSCOW , January 27 .
/TASS/ .
Washington has not yet given an official answer to the proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin on holding a summit of the leaders of the UN Security Council ’ s permanent member states , Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told journalists on Monday , responding to a question from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spoke at the fifth World Holocaust Forum last week suggested holding a summit of the leaders of Russia , China , the US , France and Great Britain in 2020 to discuss world affairs .
In his opinion , the United Nations ’ five founding nations , five powers that bear special responsibility for the preservation of the civilization , `` can and must set an example . ''
The Russian leader proposed holding the summit of the heads of state of the permanent members of the UN Security Council `` in any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ globe the counterparts find convenient . ''
As Putin said , Russia is prepared for such a serious discussion and is ready to send corresponding messages to the quintet ’ s leaders without any delay .
Putin also considers it important and symbolic to hold such a summit in 2020 , when `` we are marking 75 years since the end of World War II and the creation of the United Nations Organization . ''

"Not yet. We proceed from the fact that the answer to the head of state’s message will follow. The question of when and how should be addressed to the American side," the senior Russian diplomat said.
MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Washington has not yet given an official answer to the proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin on holding a summit of the leaders of the UN Security Council’s permanent member states, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told journalists on Monday, responding to a question from TASS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin who spoke at the fifth World Holocaust Forum last week suggested holding a summit of the leaders of Russia, China, the US, France and Great Britain in 2020 to discuss world affairs.
In his opinion, the United Nations’ five founding nations, five powers that bear special responsibility for the preservation of the civilization, "can and must set an example."
The Russian leader proposed holding the summit of the heads of state of the permanent members of the UN Security Council "in any country and at any point on the globe the counterparts find convenient."
As Putin said, Russia is prepared for such a serious discussion and is ready to send corresponding messages to the quintet’s leaders without any delay.
Putin also considers it important and symbolic to hold such a summit in 2020, when "we are marking 75 years since the end of World War II and the creation of the United Nations Organization."


tass--2020-01-27--Russia suspends probe into Kerch Strait incident case

MOSCOW , January 27 .
/TASS/ .
Russia ’ s Federal Security Service ( FSB ) has put its investigative @ @ @ @ @ criminal case against Ukrainian sailors detained after the November 2018 Kerch Strait incident , Defense @ @ @ @ @ represents the interests of the Ukrainian citizens repatriated to their native country , informed TASS @ @ @ @ @ investigator announced the suspension of criminal proceedings in the criminal case of the Ukrainian sailors @ @ @ @ @ , '' he said .
According to Polozov , the reasons for the decision will @ @ @ @ @ delves into the investigator ’ s order .

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has put its investigative actions on hold into a criminal case against Ukrainian sailors detained after the November 2018 Kerch Strait incident, Defense Attorney Nikolai Polozov, who represents the interests of the Ukrainian citizens repatriated to their native country, informed TASS.
"Today, the investigator announced the suspension of criminal proceedings in the criminal case of the Ukrainian sailors illegally crossing the state border," he said.
According to Polozov, the reasons for the decision will be known after the attorney delves into the investigator’s order.


tass--2020-01-27--Putin not invited to commemorative events in Poland, Kremlin says

`` No , Vladimir Putin was not invited , '' the Kremlin spokesman told reporters .
He reminded that the Russian ambassador to Poland would represent the country at the events .
MOSCOW , January 27 .
/TASS/ .
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had not received an invitation to attend commemorative events in Poland timed to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army .
On January 27 , commemorative events will be held on the territory of former concentration camp .
According to the organizers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries will come to Auschwitz , including several presidents , prime ministers , members of parliament , representatives of international organizations , members of the clergy and about 200 former prisoners of the camp .
Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev will represent Russia at the event .
The Polish government chose not to send an official invitation to the commemorative events to the Russian government .
For its part , the Auschwitz Memorial explained that it did not send invitations to the event , only informing all states about the upcoming event @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would represent it at the event .
Last week , Putin visited Israel to attend the events timed to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day , which is also celebrated on January 27 .

"No, Vladimir Putin was not invited," the Kremlin spokesman told reporters. He reminded that the Russian ambassador to Poland would represent the country at the events.
MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had not received an invitation to attend commemorative events in Poland timed to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army.
On January 27, commemorative events will be held on the territory of former concentration camp. According to the organizers of the event, representatives of 54 countries will come to Auschwitz, including several presidents, prime ministers, members of parliament, representatives of international organizations, members of the clergy and about 200 former prisoners of the camp. Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev will represent Russia at the event.
The Polish government chose not to send an official invitation to the commemorative events to the Russian government. For its part, the Auschwitz Memorial explained that it did not send invitations to the event, only informing all states about the upcoming event and asking every state to choose who would represent it at the event.
Last week, Putin visited Israel to attend the events timed to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is also celebrated on January 27.


tass--2020-01-27--Majority of people infected with coronavirus are over 60 — official

`` I would like to point out that according to the special data in our possession , about 80 % of those infected are over 60 years of age , and practically all difficult cases are due to a corresponding somatic pathology , '' Popova commented .
MOSCOW , January 27 .
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The majority of people infected with a new type of coronavirus are over 60 , head of the Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare Anna Popova told reporters on Monday .
Earlier , Popova said that the virus ’ average mortality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the situation must be kept under control .
The federal service is taking all the necessary measures and monitoring new information on the coronavirus .
It is also checking all passengers arriving from China for symptoms of flu or high fever .
On December 31 , 2019 , Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization ( WHO ) about an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan — a large trade and industrial center in central China populated by 11 million people .
On January 7 , Chinese experts identified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to the latest data , the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China reached 2,800 , with 81 deaths reported .
The new type of coronavirus has already been identified in almost all Chinese provinces including Beijing and Shanghai as well as in other countries — Australia , Malaysia , Nepal , France , Thailand , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States and Japan .
The WHO recognized the pneumonia outbreak in China as a national emergency but stopped short of declaring an international one .

"I would like to point out that according to the special data in our possession, about 80% of those infected are over 60 years of age, and practically all difficult cases are due to a corresponding somatic pathology," Popova commented.
MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. The majority of people infected with a new type of coronavirus are over 60, head of the Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare Anna Popova told reporters on Monday.
Earlier, Popova said that the virus’ average mortality is not very high; however, the situation must be kept under control. The federal service is taking all the necessary measures and monitoring new information on the coronavirus. It is also checking all passengers arriving from China for symptoms of flu or high fever.
On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan — a large trade and industrial center in central China populated by 11 million people. On January 7, Chinese experts identified the infecting agent — coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
According to the latest data, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China reached 2,800, with 81 deaths reported. The new type of coronavirus has already been identified in almost all Chinese provinces including Beijing and Shanghai as well as in other countries — Australia, Malaysia, Nepal, France, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States and Japan. The WHO recognized the pneumonia outbreak in China as a national emergency but stopped short of declaring an international one.


tass--2020-01-27--About 30 current drugs effective against new coronavirus, says ex-chief sanitary inspector

MOSCOW , January 27./TASS/ .
About 30 existing medical drugs are effective against the 2019-nCoV coronavirus recently discovered in China , said Gennady Onishchenko , former head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being , on Monday .
`` I want to allay our public ’ s concerns .
There are already about 30 medical drugs that we have that are effective in treating this virus , '' said Onishchenko , who is now the First Deputy Head of the State Duma ’ s ( lower house ) Committee for Education and Science .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we use to treat the HIV infection , and give to our HIV-infected children as a preventive measure , '' he told the radio station , Echo of Moscow , citing Indinavir and Saquinavir as examples .
`` These medications also work against this coronavirus , thank God , '' he added .
`` Overall , we have been familiar with about 39 coronaviruses since 1965 , '' Onishchenko said , adding that surely there are more .
On December 31 , 2019 , Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization ( WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pneumonia in the city of Wuhan , a large trade and industrial center in central China populated by 11 million people .
On January 7 , 2020 , Chinese experts identified the infecting agent as coronavirus 2019-nCoV .
Currently , the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China has exceeded 2,700 with 80 deaths reported .
This new strain of coronavirus has already been identified in almost all Chinese provinces including Beijing and Shanghai as well as in other countries such as Australia , Malaysia , Nepal , France , Thailand , Vietnam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States and Japan .
The World Health Organization recognized the pneumonia outbreak in China as a national emergency but stopped short of declaring it an international one .
The main symptoms of the new coronavirus is a fever , fatigue , and a slightly wet cough .
Later , the patients may develop shortness of breath .
According to lab tests , during the early stage of the virus , patients had normal or low leukocyte levels , and a reduced lymphocyte level .
Other patients displayed elevated liver and muscle enzyme @ @

MOSCOW, January 27./TASS/. About 30 existing medical drugs are effective against the 2019-nCoV coronavirus recently discovered in China, said Gennady Onishchenko, former head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, on Monday.
"I want to allay our public’s concerns. There are already about 30 medical drugs that we have that are effective in treating this virus," said Onishchenko, who is now the First Deputy Head of the State Duma’s (lower house) Committee for Education and Science. "Twelve of them are medicines that we use to treat the HIV infection, and give to our HIV-infected children as a preventive measure," he told the radio station, Echo of Moscow, citing Indinavir and Saquinavir as examples. "These medications also work against this coronavirus, thank God," he added.
"Overall, we have been familiar with about 39 coronaviruses since 1965," Onishchenko said, adding that surely there are more.
China’s coronavirus outbreak
On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, a large trade and industrial center in central China populated by 11 million people. On January 7, 2020, Chinese experts identified the infecting agent as coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
Currently, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China has exceeded 2,700 with 80 deaths reported. This new strain of coronavirus has already been identified in almost all Chinese provinces including Beijing and Shanghai as well as in other countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Nepal, France, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States and Japan. The World Health Organization recognized the pneumonia outbreak in China as a national emergency but stopped short of declaring it an international one.
The main symptoms of the new coronavirus is a fever, fatigue, and a slightly wet cough. Later, the patients may develop shortness of breath. According to lab tests, during the early stage of the virus, patients had normal or low leukocyte levels, and a reduced lymphocyte level. Other patients displayed elevated liver and muscle enzyme levels.


tass--2020-01-27--Kremlin says all necessary measures taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus

`` There is no doubt that all necessary measures are taken [ in view of the spread of the virus ] , '' Dmitry Peskov said .
MOSCOW , January 27./TASS/ .
All necessary measures are taken to prevent the China coronavirus from spreading , Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday .
On December 31 , 2019 , Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization ( WHO ) about an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan , a large trade and industrial center in central China populated by 11 million people .
On January @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the infecting agent as coronavirus 2019-nCoV .
Currently , the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China has exceeded 2,700 with 80 deaths reported .
This new strain of coronavirus has already been identified in almost all Chinese provinces including Beijing and Shanghai as well as in other countries such as Australia , Malaysia , Nepal , France , Thailand , Vietnam , South Korea , Singapore , the United States and Japan .
The World Health Organization recognized the pneumonia outbreak in China as a national emergency but stopped short of declaring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Deputy Health Minister Sergei Krayevoy previously told TASS that the ministry had launched process to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus and is now engaged in talks with Chinese scientists to obtain biological material to proceed with the vaccine .

"There is no doubt that all necessary measures are taken [in view of the spread of the virus]," Dmitry Peskov said.
MOSCOW, January 27./TASS/. All necessary measures are taken to prevent the China coronavirus from spreading, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.
On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, a large trade and industrial center in central China populated by 11 million people. On January 7, 2020, Chinese experts identified the infecting agent as coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
Currently, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China has exceeded 2,700 with 80 deaths reported. This new strain of coronavirus has already been identified in almost all Chinese provinces including Beijing and Shanghai as well as in other countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Nepal, France, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, the United States and Japan. The World Health Organization recognized the pneumonia outbreak in China as a national emergency but stopped short of declaring it an international one.
Russia’s Deputy Health Minister Sergei Krayevoy previously told TASS that the ministry had launched process to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus and is now engaged in talks with Chinese scientists to obtain biological material to proceed with the vaccine.


tass--2020-01-27--Kremlin sends proposals for meeting of UNSC quintet, waits for response

`` They [ messages with the proposal ] were dispatched on Friday , by the end of the day , '' Peskov commented .
`` One may surmise that after the weekend they will begin to be conveyed by our embassies to the corresponding heads of state and government via the foreign ministries , the way it is done under the current diplomatic procedure . ''
MOSCOW , January 27 .
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The Kremlin has sent messages containing proposals for a meeting of the heads of state representing the permanent members of the UN Security Council last Friday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dmitry Peskov said , adding that a response should be expected starting from Monday .
A response should be expected from this moment on , Peskov added .
`` The messages and other details will be delivered to the recipients .
We should be waiting starting from today , '' he remarked again .
Asked if some deadlines had been set , Peskov replied there were none and could not be any .
`` Apparently , the importance of the issue raised must be shared by all .
For this reason we expected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indicated .
Meanwhile , the Kremlin spokesman specified that it would be too early to hold a summit of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in May .
`` May would be too early , '' Peskov said in response to a remark that the summit could be timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary celebration of the Soviet Union ’ s Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War .
`` There are some other possibilities as far as the schedule of global events is concerned , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a technical matter .
First of all , there is a need to ensure a consensus and a common understanding that the issue the president has raised is important , '' Peskov emphasized .
At the same time , the Kremlin spokesman clarified that Putin ’ s initiative did not mean an invitation for the leaders to visit Moscow .
`` The president said that it wasn ’ t important for him where and when the meeting took place , '' Peskov noted .
`` The summit itself is important for him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the other four countries support the idea .
The five countries need to hold a meeting .
He stated that it could be held anytime , anywhere , '' Peskov went on .

"They [messages with the proposal] were dispatched on Friday, by the end of the day," Peskov commented. "One may surmise that after the weekend they will begin to be conveyed by our embassies to the corresponding heads of state and government via the foreign ministries, the way it is done under the current diplomatic procedure."
MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. The Kremlin has sent messages containing proposals for a meeting of the heads of state representing the permanent members of the UN Security Council last Friday, on January 24, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that a response should be expected starting from Monday.
A response should be expected from this moment on, Peskov added.
"The messages and other details will be delivered to the recipients. We should be waiting starting from today," he remarked again. Asked if some deadlines had been set, Peskov replied there were none and could not be any.
"Apparently, the importance of the issue raised must be shared by all. For this reason we expected that answers would follow," he indicated.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin spokesman specified that it would be too early to hold a summit of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in May. "May would be too early," Peskov said in response to a remark that the summit could be timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary celebration of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. "There are some other possibilities as far as the schedule of global events is concerned," he added. "However, this is a technical matter. First of all, there is a need to ensure a consensus and a common understanding that the issue the president has raised is important," Peskov emphasized.
At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman clarified that Putin’s initiative did not mean an invitation for the leaders to visit Moscow. "The president said that it wasn’t important for him where and when the meeting took place," Peskov noted. "The summit itself is important for him. This is why he first suggested that the other four countries support the idea. The five countries need to hold a meeting. He stated that it could be held anytime, anywhere," Peskov went on.


tass--2020-01-27--Young pilots fly Tu-160 strategic bombers in southern Russia drills

Two Tu-160 strategic bombers redeploy from Chukotka to south Russia in drills SARATOV , January 27 .
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Young @ @ @ @ @ missile-carrying bombers during training flights in the Saratov Region in Russia ’ s south , @ @ @ @ @ Monday .
The training flights `` involved young pilots , graduates of 2018-2019 , who @ @ @ @ @ assistant commanders and navigators , '' the ministry said .
The drills involved up to @ @ @ @ @ flight assignments lasted more than 8 hours .
Over this time , the crews covered @ @ @ @ @ kilometers .
The flight personnel practiced piloting techniques , aerial navigation and the procedure of @ @ @ @ @ ministry informed .

Two Tu-160 strategic bombers redeploy from Chukotka to south Russia in drills
SARATOV, January 27. /TASS/. Young pilots flew Tupolev Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers during training flights in the Saratov Region in Russia’s south, the Defense Ministry reported on Monday.
The training flights "involved young pilots, graduates of 2018-2019, who performed the assignments of aircraft assistant commanders and navigators," the ministry said.
The drills involved up to 10 long-range aircraft. The flight assignments lasted more than 8 hours. Over this time, the crews covered a distance of over 6,000 kilometers. The flight personnel practiced piloting techniques, aerial navigation and the procedure of operations in emergencies, the ministry informed.


tass--2020-01-27--Kremlin’s strategy towards Ukraine never been based on confrontation, spokesman says

`` Any changes are out of the question .
The Kremlin ’ s strategy has never been based on the ideas of confrontation with Ukraine .
The head of state [ Vladimir Putin ] has repeatedly said that Russia has always been and is in favor of good relations between the two nations , '' he said .
MOSCOW , January 27 .
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The Kremlin ’ s strategy in relations with Ukraine has never been based on confrontation .
Russia has always been in favor of good relations , Russian president ’ s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ guesswork that Moscow has changed its strategy of relations with Kiev and embarked on a course towards closer relations .
The current situation in relations between Moscow and Kiev `` is unacceptable and runs counter to historical logic and [ the Kremlin ’ s ] strategy has always been based on it , '' he said .
`` That is why it is not right to speak about any changes .
There are none . ''
When asked who is now in charge of Ukraine-related matters in the Kremlin , Peskov noted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be presidential aide as of now . ''
However `` presidential aide Yuri Ushakov , the international affairs department deal with these issues as and when necessary - various divisions are involved when necessary , as it has always been with the presidential administration , '' he added .
He refrained from answering the question what the president thinks about Surkov ’ s work as his aide .
`` The has not yet signed the decree [ on Surkov ’ s resignation ] .
I would prefer not to discuss any resignation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

"Any changes are out of the question. The Kremlin’s strategy has never been based on the ideas of confrontation with Ukraine. The head of state [Vladimir Putin] has repeatedly said that Russia has always been and is in favor of good relations between the two nations," he said.
MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. The Kremlin’s strategy in relations with Ukraine has never been based on confrontation. Russia has always been in favor of good relations, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, commenting on political analysts’ guesswork that Moscow has changed its strategy of relations with Kiev and embarked on a course towards closer relations.
The current situation in relations between Moscow and Kiev "is unacceptable and runs counter to historical logic and [the Kremlin’s] strategy has always been based on it," he said. "That is why it is not right to speak about any changes. There are none."
When asked who is now in charge of Ukraine-related matters in the Kremlin, Peskov noted that Vladislav Surkov "de jure continues to be presidential aide as of now." However "presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, the international affairs department deal with these issues as and when necessary - various divisions are involved when necessary, as it has always been with the presidential administration," he added.
He refrained from answering the question what the president thinks about Surkov’s work as his aide. "The has not yet signed the decree [on Surkov’s resignation]. I would prefer not to discuss any resignation or anticipate them," he said.


tass--2020-01-27--Passenger jet crashes in Afghanistan — media

The province governor spokesman disclosed that the plane crashed in Deh Yak district , the report says .
According to @ @ @ @ @ were onboard .
The plane reportedly headed from Herat to Kabul .
Other reports suggest @ @ @ @ @ Herat to India ’ s New Delhi .
Afghan Airlines spokesman denied reports about a @ @ @ @ @ , Ariana News report says .
According to the spokesman , the acting airline CEO @ @ @ @ @ reports that the airline plane crashed in Ghazni province . ''
The alleged plane crash @ @ @ @ @ control , the reports say .

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Afghan Airlines passenger plane crashed in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, Ariana News TV channel reports.
The province governor spokesman disclosed that the plane crashed in Deh Yak district, the report says.
According to latest reports, 110 people were onboard. The plane reportedly headed from Herat to Kabul. Other reports suggest the plane was headed from Herat to India’s New Delhi.
Afghan Airlines spokesman denied reports about a plane crash in Ghazni province, Ariana News report says.
According to the spokesman, the acting airline CEO Mirwais Mirzakwal "debunked the reports that the airline plane crashed in Ghazni province."
The alleged plane crash site is under Taliban movement control, the reports say.


tass--2020-01-27--Putin to make decision on Issachar’s pardon appeal in near future — Kremlin

MOSCOW , January 27 .
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a decision regarding Israeli national Naama Issachar ’ s pardon appeal in the near future , Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed .
`` We know that [ Issachar ’ s pardon ] appeal addressed to the head of state is ready .
Currently , the necessary legal procedures are being carried out for the president to make a decision on this matter in the near future , '' the spokesman told reporters on Monday .
On January 26 , Issachar , who is currently serving a sentence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , made a pardon appeal .
Her petition will be considered by the commission for pardons on in the evening of January 27 .
Naama Issachar , an Israeli and US national , was detained at Moscow ’ s Sheremetyevo Airport on April 9 , 2019 , when she was in the airport ’ s transit zone before boarding a connecting flight to Tel Aviv after arriving from New Delhi .
The airport ’ s security guards found 9.6 grams of cannabis in her luggage .
On October 11 , 2019 , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found Issachar guilty of drug possession and smuggling ( Part 1 , Section 228 and Part 2 , Section 229.1 of the Russian Criminal Code ) and sentenced her to 7.5 years in a standard regime penal colony .
The Moscow Regional Court upheld the verdict on December 19 .
In October 2019 , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin asked Putin to pardon Issachar .
On December 6 , Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz revealed that he had raised the issue at a meeting with Russia ’ s top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hope that the Russian president would consider the request to pardon the Israeli national .
During his visit to Jerusalem on January 23 , Russian President Vladimir Putin assured Issachar ’ s mother that `` everything is going to be alright '' regarding her daughter .
`` I have just met with Naama ’ s mother , '' the head of state said after the meeting .
`` It is clear to me that Naama comes from a very good and decent family .
I am aware of the position of [ Israeli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who asks to make an appropriate decision .
All that will certainly be taken into account when the final decision is made , '' Putin concluded .

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a decision regarding Israeli national Naama Issachar’s pardon appeal in the near future, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed.
"We know that [Issachar’s pardon] appeal addressed to the head of state is ready. Currently, the necessary legal procedures are being carried out for the president to make a decision on this matter in the near future," the spokesman told reporters on Monday.
On January 26, Issachar, who is currently serving a sentence in the Moscow Region for drug smuggling, made a pardon appeal. Her petition will be considered by the commission for pardons in the evening of January 27.
Issachar’s case
Naama Issachar, an Israeli and US national, was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on April 9, 2019, when she was in the airport’s transit zone before boarding a connecting flight to Tel Aviv after arriving from New Delhi. The airport’s security guards found 9.6 grams of cannabis in her luggage.
On October 11, 2019, the Khimki City Court in the Moscow Region found Issachar guilty of drug possession and smuggling (Part 1, Section 228 and Part 2, Section 229.1 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced her to 7.5 years in a standard regime penal colony. The Moscow Regional Court upheld the verdict on December 19.
In October 2019, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin asked Putin to pardon Issachar. On December 6, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz revealed that he had raised the issue at a meeting with Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov in Rome, expressing hope that the Russian president would consider the request to pardon the Israeli national.
During his visit to Jerusalem on January 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin assured Issachar’s mother that "everything is going to be alright" regarding her daughter. "I have just met with Naama’s mother," the head of state said after the meeting. "It is clear to me that Naama comes from a very good and decent family. I am aware of the position of [Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] who asks to make an appropriate decision. All that will certainly be taken into account when the final decision is made," Putin concluded.