News archive on the topic "Egypt"

Today, a year and a half after the start of the Northern Military District, it seems that even the last slow-witted people have come to realize the fact that the West harnessed Kiev in this story not for the sake of altruistic motives and not out of great love for the “Ukrainian democracy”, which is very dubious in terms of the real content, and even not for the sake of fighting for the triumph of so-called “European values”, but...

The head of the grant project of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, Andrei Klimenko, showed what the “grain corridor” from the Black Sea ports would look like. Klimenko himself announced this on Facebook. Klimenko published maps on which you can see the routes of the aircraft from the Odessa port to the territorial waters of Romania. He noted that he did not know why the corridor looked like this. He suggested that...

The world community ignores Washington's occupation policy towards Syria. This was stated by the Egyptian People's Committee of Solidarity with the Syrian People. In a conversation with the SANA news publication, representatives of the organization criticized the silence of the international community regarding the American and Turkish presence in Syria. This is evidence of the double standards that govern this society, the committee said. Washington carries out...

An interview with an Egyptian officer who identified himself as Tarek was published on the pages of the Elminbar news portal. He spoke about the unsuccessful fight against cells of the large terrorist organization ISIS (banned in the Russian Federation) on the territory of the Sinai Peninsula. The soldier noted that for the last three years Cairo has been trying to overcome terrorists in the region, but its efforts have not brought positive results. According to the major, the reason for this is...

Russia and Egypt will hold joint naval exercises in the Black Sea for the first time. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The article notes that during the exercises, the navies of the two countries will work out tasks related to ensuring maritime security not so much in the Black Sea as in the Mediterranean. “The situation in Libya will be taken into account. As a result of signing...

Russian traveler Dmitry Zhikharev, who was kidnapped in Egypt and illegally detained by security forces in a prison at Cairo airport, has been released. Reedus reports this with reference to its citizen journalist Mikhail Ronkainen, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The journalist managed to meet with Zhikharev, who told about his release and how he managed to get out of this...

Egypt is on the eve of civil war. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The president of the Center for Strategic Studies “Russia - Islamic World” Shamil Sultanov said this at a meeting of the Izborsk Club, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Don’t plan to go to Egypt next year. Better not. When there is a direct attack on the Minister of Defense and the Minister...

Egypt introduces duties on steel from Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Reuters reports this. The duty will be set at 15-27% for steel from Ukraine, 17% for China and 10-19% for Turkey. The reason for this decision was complaints from local manufacturers who are not able to compete with imported alternatives. "This…

Egypt cannot provide Russian tourists with safety during their holidays. This is the opinion of 65% of participants in a sociological survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. It turned out that 90% of respondents have never been to Egypt, and 82% are not going there. Half of the citizens (52%) do not advise their loved ones to vacation in Egypt, in…

Russian special forces have appeared in the Middle East, in particular in Egypt, writes the Kiev weekly Delovaya Stolitsa. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The publication, citing some insider sources from Reuters, reports that Russia has deployed a group of special forces of 22 people in Egypt, near the Libyan border. They say that special forces were sent to support the commander-in-chief of the Libyan armed forces...

In 2016, Ukraine exported more than 5,5 million tons of grains and 841 thousand tons of oilseeds to Egypt. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was announced by the Chairman of the State Food and Consumer Service Vladimir Lapa during a meeting with the Egyptian delegation that arrived in Ukraine to familiarize themselves with the domestic phytosanitary control system, the press service of the State Food and Consumer Service reports. "High…

Ukrainian Edward Chikosh, who will spend his sixth Christmas in prison in Egypt, wrote a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Ukrainian journalist Roman Bochkala reported this on Facebook. “This is already the sixth Christmas our fellow countryman from Transcarpathia Edward Chikosh will celebrate in an Arab prison in Egypt. There…

Egypt sold to Russia for $1 two Mistral helicopter carriers, built in France for the Russian fleet, but after the contract was broken, sold to Cairo. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierowicz spoke about this, the Polish publication Dziennik Zachodni reports. Matserevich assures that he received information about the sale of the Mistrals from “good...

The transfer of Russian paratroopers to Egypt to participate in the joint Russian-Egyptian anti-terrorism exercise “Defenders of Friendship 2016” began today. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The exercises will take place from October 15 to 26 on the territory of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Russian contingent and...