Azerbaijan for the first time used an operational-tactical missile system with a single-stage solid-propellant ballistic missile LOng-Range Artillery Missile (LORA), developed by the Israeli company Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), The Drive writes.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas assessed the likelihood of imposing sanctions on Russia: this step will be inevitable if experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirm the results of studies of Alexei Navalny's samples carried out in Germany. The German minister made such a statement in an interview with t-online on Saturday, October 3.
“If the results of the German, Swedish and French laboratories are confirmed, then there will be a clear response from the EU,” Maas said.
It became known yesterday that Russia had invited experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to the country to study the case of Alexei Navalny. It is specified that the invitation was sent on October 1. Moscow suggested that OPCW specialists interact with Russian colleagues.
On September 29, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the OPCW of political engagement and bias. “We have no doubt that the forthcoming report on the provision of“ technical assistance ”at the request of the FRG will record the presence of traces of the so-called“ Novichok ”in Navalny's biological samples, selected by the technical secretariat during a secret operation that was carefully hidden from us by all its participants,” the diplomats said.
Navalny became ill on August 20 during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow. In the first two days, doctors from the Omsk hospital helped him. They also introduced him to an artificial coma. On August 22, the patient was sent to a clinic in Berlin.
On September 2, the German government announced that military toxicologists had found traces of a substance from the Novichok group in Navalny's body, and called on the Russian government to respond to this information. Russian doctors noted that they had not identified any poisons. In September, Navalny was brought out of a coma and discharged. Rehabilitation will take several weeks, after which he plans to return to Russia.
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The German Foreign Minister revealed the role of Europe, the USA and the USSR in the country's reunification. This was reported on the website of the German Foreign Ministry.
In an article dedicated to the Day of German Unity, he said that without the trust of European and American partners, as well as the leadership of the Soviet Union, German reunification would be politically impossible.
The head of the department also recalled how hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in East Germany and took part in demonstrations for freedom. “In both Central and Eastern Europe, women and men took to the streets and, through their desire for freedom, razed walls and barbed wire to the ground,” he said.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the FRG government on the Day of German Unity. The Russian leader sent a congratulatory telegram to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The “Agreement on the Final Settlement with regard to Germany” (the “Two Plus Four” agreement) was signed in 1990 by the GDR, FRG, USSR, USA, France and Great Britain. He legally consolidated “Germany's full sovereignty over its internal and external affairs.” According to its terms, the allies in World War II renounced their rights in relation to Germany.
Russian mixed style fighter (MMA) Hadis Ibragimov was fired from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). This is reported by MMA Fighting, citing sources in the promotion.
In addition to the Russian UFC, the Italian Mara Romero Borella, the Brazilian Iuri Alcantara and the American Jeff Hughes will leave.
The tanks “are quite tenacious in themselves,” but in their current form they are practically defenseless against modern drones, Izvestia writes in a publication dedicated to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“The sky is completely dominated by drones, and we see that they are drawing the line under the use of armored vehicles. She is absolutely defenseless in front of them, even with built-in dynamic protection. Today, tanks in the form in which they were are beginning to recede into the past, or at least the designers have to draw serious conclusions, “admits military expert Alexei Khlopotov.
In September, The Drive wrote that the Azerbaijani military destroyed at least six 9K33 Osa air defense systems and three Soviet-designed Arrow-10 9K35 Arrow-10 systems in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the publication, Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones were used for this.
In June, Defense Express, citing its own sources, reported that in recent years, during the military conflicts in Syria and Libya, at least 23 Russian-made Pantsir-C1 complexes were destroyed, for which, in particular, Bayraktar TB2 were used.
In October 2017, analyst Samuel Bendett reported that Russian developments in military unmanned aerial vehicles are lagging behind similar foreign projects, in particular Chinese, Iranian, Turkish and American.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) signed a contract with American Kevin Crum and terminated the agreement within 24 hours. The athlete himself wrote about this on his Facebook.
“I was hired and fired in a day. But I do not despair. Once I got to the UFC, I will get there again! ” – writes the fighter. Croom was scheduled to fight Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night 175 on August 30th.
On August 12, it became known that the UFC terminated the contract with another newcomer – Max Roskopf. The American managed to hold only one fight within the framework of the promotion, which was marked by a failure. Roskopf repeatedly asked the coach to stop the fight. As a result, the tournament inspector declared the fight over.
Krum is an accomplished MMA fighter. He has 33 fights on his account. The American is known for his performances at Bellator, LFC, Shamrock FC. He has 21 wins and 12 defeats.
Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva
Former student of the Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze Daria Panenkova spoke about the relationship between Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova. Her words are quoted by “Sport-Express”.
Panenkova said that the atmosphere in the group was working before the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. “In terms of communication, everything was normal between them, they talked. But when we went out on the ice, we fought against each other, tried to make the elements better than the other, ”the figure skater said.
Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed details of a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which they discussed the situation in Belarus, she is quoted by Reuters.
“I told [him] that in the issue of Belarus it is necessary to respect the country's sovereignty, people should be able to go their own way,” the chancellor stressed. According to her, she also tried to talk to the President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko, but he did not answer the phone.
Merkel expressed the hope that law enforcement units from Russia will not be sent to Belarus. According to the German leader, the current situation in the republic differs from what happened in East Germany in 1989, since “then the USSR did not intervene in what was happening.”
This is how the chancellor reacted to Putin's statement that Moscow has formed a reserve of law enforcement officers, which, if necessary, will be used to provide assistance to the union republic. According to him, this was done at the request of Lukashenka.
The Berlin Wall was erected on August 13, 1961 and stood for almost 30 years, dividing East and West Berlin. Its length was 155 kilometers, of which more than 40 kilometers were within the city. In January-November 1990, all border structures were demolished. A fragment of the wall 1.3 kilometers long was left as a symbol of the Cold War.
On the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Los Angeles, USA), a star was broken in honor of US President Donald Trump. According to the TMZ portal, citing police sources, this was done by a man who was wearing a Hulk costume – one of the characters in the Marvel universe.
The preliminary damage caused is estimated at five thousand dollars, the police are investigating and looking for a suspect. The star will be replaced soon.
This is not the first time a star has been damaged. For example, in June 2020, The Academy Music Business reported that vandals smashed the sidewalk with a star. Moreover, there were no identifying signs that it belongs to Trump. Then the incident was associated with a wave of protests that swept across the country after the death of 46-year-old resident of Minneapolis, George Floyd, as a result of brutal police detention.
The star in honor of Trump was installed in 2007, when he was not yet president. Trump received it for his participation in The Apprentice. Since then, she has been repeatedly attacked by vandals. The most significant case was the case in 2018, when it was smashed with a pickaxe. The man who did this turned himself in to the police and received a suspended sentence for vandalism. In general, local activists are in favor of removing the Trump star from the alley, but local authorities refuse to do this, restoring the monument over and over again.
American mixed martial artist (MMA) Justin Gaethje has named the most despised fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). His words are quoted by MMA Fighting.
Gajee said he did not respect fellow countryman Colby Covington. “He is good-natured, but when the camera is turned off, he becomes a coward and a fake person. I despise him more than anyone on earth, except for pedophiles, murderers and so on. As a man, I would love to slap him in the face, ”he said. The athlete added that he changed his attitude towards the fighter after meeting with US President Donald Trump.