https://t.me/nopaywall 20 августа 2017 г. Countries must cut ties with opposition groups, Syrian leader says, before embassies can reopen. DAMASCUS, Syria—President Bashar al-Assad refused any security cooperation with Western nations or the reopening of their embassies, until they cut ties with opposition and insurgent groups. Shortly after Mr. Assad gave his speech on Sunday, a shell hit the first international fair in the country since the war began six years ago, killing and wounding several people. Mr.…

https://t.me/nopaywall  21 августа 2017 г. James Marson. Move comes amid deteriorating relations between the White House and the Kremlin. MOSCOW—The U.S. is sharply cutting back visa services in Russia after the Kremlin responded to fresh U.S. sanctions by capping the number of U.S. diplomats in the country. The U.S. embassy said on its website that it would suspend all nonimmigrant visa operations across Russia on Aug. 23 and restart them on Sept. 1 “on a greatly reduced scale.” Nonimmigrant visas will only…

https://t.me/nopaywall 22 августа 2017 г. Aruna Viswanatha, Ian Talley. Coal importers among new sanctions targets over Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The U.S., seeking to clamp down on financing critical to North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program, on Tuesday targeted a host of Chinese and Russian firms and related individuals it accuses of aiding Pyongyang. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added 10 firms, including Chinese coal importers and Russian fuel exporters, to…

https://t.me/nopaywall 23 августа 2017 г. Анастасия Михайлова. Дождю стали известны подробности дела о госизмене в отношении замруководителя Центра информационной безопасности ФСБ Сергея Михайлова и его коллег. Их подозревают в передаче американским спецслужбам данных о российских хакерах. Некоторые в итоге были арестованы американцами, в их числе и сын депутата Госдумы от ЛДПР Роман Селезнев, утверждают источники Дождя, близкие к ФСБ. Секретное дело В начале декабря 2016 года под арест попали замруководителя…

https://t.me/nopaywall 23 августа 2017 г. Paul Sonne. Top U.S. diplomat stresses Pyongyang hasn’t conducted tests since U.N. set new sanctions. WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed hope Tuesday that North Korea had abstained from missile launches and other provocative acts in recent weeks to signal a readiness for dialogue sometime in the near future. Mr. Tillerson has said the Trump administration is willing to enter negotiations with Pyongyang, but only if Kim Jong Un’s regime shows its good…

https://t.me/nopaywall 22 августа 2017 г. Во вторник, 22 августа, режиссер Кирилл Серебренников был задержан в Петербурге и привезен в Следственный комитет в Москве, затем допрошен и отправлен в ИВС № 1 на Петровке. Член Общественной наблюдательной комиссии, журналист Дождя Когершын Сагиева посетила Серебренникова в изоляторе. Кирилл Серебренников сидит в стандартной трехместной камере: зеленые стены, одноразовые простыни, одноразовые тапочки. Его сокамерник — человек, подозреваемый в получении взятки.  Как…

https://t.me/nopaywall 24 августа 2017 г. Matt Wirz, Julie Wernau. Some moves under consideration by Trump administration could have unpredictable consequences. Venezuelan bond prices tumbled Wednesday as traders grappled with the prospect that U.S. sanctions could restrict trading in the troubled South American nation’s securities. The Trump administration is considering banning trading by U.S. banks of new debt issued by Venezuela or its state-owned entities, and possibly some existing debt, The Wall Street…