20-06-2017 - 02-07-2017
Manet e la Parigi Moderna
La mostra comprende una cinquantina di opere dell’artista francese. Inoltre si potranno ammirare opere di Cezanne, Degas, Boldini e Renoir.
Manet e la Parigi Moderna
20-06-2017 - 02-07-2017
IN VETRINA
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Trento - Jogging nel parco naturale
Selva Gardena è un luogo ideale per fare Jogging percorrendo sentieri che si inoltrano nei boschi del parco naturale alla scoperta del fascino [...]
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Venezia - Viva Vivaldi
A pochi passi da Piazza S. Marco, a Venezia, la musica delle quattro stagioni di Vivaldi si può ascoltare e ammirare in un’esplosio [...]
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Genova - Palazzo Reale
Il museo residenza Palazzo Reale a Genova è un'armonia di opere d'arte, arredi e affreschi che incantano per la loro bellezza circondan [...]
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Roma - Musei Vaticani e la Cappella Sistina
Nei Musei Vaticani si trova una raccolta immensa di opere d'arte esposte in 53 sale rifinite con un grande gusto artistico. In questi lu [...]
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Catania - Il vulcano Etna
Un'emozione unica al mondo: visitare l'ETNA il vulcano attivo più alto d'Europa, scenari mozzafiato dove la natura si esibisce in t [...]
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Roma - Museo Galleria Borghese
Nel cuore di Roma si può passeggiare nello stupendo parco della GALLERIA BORGHESE, stimata fra le più belle ed eleganti GALLERIE a [...]
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Napoli - Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte
Il Museo di Capodimonte risale all'anno 1738 e al suo interno si possono visitare le collezioni permanenti Farnese ,Borbonica e opere d'arte d [...]
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Russia to field new anti-satellites missiles for MiG-31 interceptor already soon
The United States believes that Russia has deployed combat laser stations in space to be able to down US satellites. Military expert Viktor Murakhovsky said in an interview with Pravda.Ru that the development of airborne anti-satellite weapons was launched back during the Soviet times. "There's the MiG-31 fighter aircraft that carries such anti-anti-satellite missiles - the aircraft was developed during the Soviet era. Photos of MiG-31 fighter-interceptors armed with mass-dimensional models of anti-satellite missiles appeared a while ago, but it took the Americans about three months to react. I think that we will finish the trials within a short period of time to field the missiles soon," the expert told Pravda.Ru. "Russia is not the only country that develops such weapons. China has conducted several tests of anti-satellite arms too and shot down two or three of its old satellites. The Americans also have such weapons, for example, aerospace aircraft, such as X-37, X-36, X-43, X-47, which can also shoot satellites down from orbit. For the time being, there are only three countries in the world that can have such weapons - United States, Russia, and the People's Republic of China."As for the placement of laser systems is space, one should understand that they cannot be deployed in space because they are too cumbersome for the purpose. Look at Russia's Peresvet mobile laser complex and the dimensions of its power plant. Look at American complexes deployed on warships or Boeing airplanes. It is clear that no one has either the power or capabilities to take such systems into space," Viktor Murakhovsky told Pravda.Ru.
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:42:00 +0300Kremlin welcomes Saudi Arabia's stance on Khashoggi's murder
The Kremlin welcomes the position of the royal family of Saudi Arabia, which declared its interest in a thorough investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "We've heard the statement from the royal family condemning this murder, about the non-participation of the royal family to this. Everything else is a matter of investigation, which the royal family itself wants. We welcome this," said Peskov.According to Peskov, the question of whether Moscow believes the statements from Saudi monarchs about their noninvolvement in the crime is inappropriate. "There is an official statement from the King, there's also a statement from the Crown Prince. No one should have any grounds not to believe," he added.On 25 October, the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, called Vladimir Putin. During the telephone conversation with the Russian president, Saudi king announced his intention to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder of the journalist to bring criminals to justice.On October 24, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince called the murder of opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi a heinous crime that had no justification. Also read: Who killed Jamal Khashoggi?
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:47:00 +0300Kremlin alarmed by reports about US military behind drone attack on Russia's airbase in Syria
The Kremlin found "alarming" the information about the participation of US military in targeting the drones that had attacked the Russian air base in Syria's Khmeymim, Putin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on October 25. "This is very disturbing information. There is no doubt that our military will make their conclusions. They have actually already analysed the situation and it is up to the military to clarify the details," Peskov said. When asked about a possibility of political consequences, as well as about a possibility for the topic to be discussed during the upcoming meeting between Presidents Putin and Trump, Peskov said that "one cannot exclude this."
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:37:00 +0300Russian government wants people to pay more for public transport during rush hours
Dynamic rates may appear for subway, buses and other types of public transport in Russia to make the fare cheaper during the day and more expensive during rush hours, officials with the Ministry for Transport said. The authors of the proposal believe that such a measure would address the problem of half-empty transport in the afternoon and make morning and evening passenger traffic less intensive. Such an initiative will be beneficial to housewives, retirees and employees working on flexible schedules, representatives of the Ministry for Transport said. The officials did not specify how the move would affect the working population.
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:58:00 +0300Chinese banks refuse to serve Russian clients
The issue of blocking or delaying operations of Russian companies by Chinese side has been discussed at the meeting of the subcommittee on financial cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. Representatives of the People's Bank of China said that they were ready to continue transmitting information to Chinese commercial banks about the nature of existing sanctions and restrictions. On September 15, 2018, Vladimir Danilov, a representative of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in China, made an official announcement about the restrictions: "There are problems associated with the interpretation of third-country restrictive measures against Russia by certain Chinese banks. China's commercial banks often refer to EU and US sanctions as a reason for refusing in servicing payments to customers of Russian banks," the official said. A Moscow-based representative of one of the largest Chinese state-owned banks believes that difficulties have occurred due to the "accumulation of information about the sanctions." According to him, Russian subsidiaries of large Chinese banks (ICBC, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, etc.) send quarterly reports on updates in the sanctions regime to Beijing, where the reports are studied and then distributed among subsidiaries as a guide to action.
Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:09:00 +0300Sunken section of Crimean Bridge retrieved from the sea
The railway section of the Crimean Bridge, which slid into the sea in early October, has been retrieved up to the surface. On October 4, it was reported that a railway span of the bridge tilted and slid into the water as it was being lowered onto supports. It is believed that the incident occurred due to a technical malfunction in a jacking system. No one was hurt. It was also reported that the incident will not affect the construction schedule.
Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:22:00 +0300Russian PM Medvedev speaks about sanctions against Ukraine
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev unveiled the plans of the Russian government regarding sanctions against Ukrainian citizens. Russia's sanctions will affect hundreds of Ukrainian natural persons, Medvedev said. "It goes about hundreds of people who have harmed Russia with their actions. There will business representatives and other people there," Medvedev said. According to him, the sanctions will block Ukrainian assets on the territory of the Russian Federation and prohibit the withdrawal of financial assets from the Russian Federation to Ukraine.
Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:59:00 +0300Russia and Italy annoy European Union
Diplomatic relations between Russia and Italy have been improving lately even though the EU has been unhappy with Italy's behaviour. The lack of understanding between Italy and other EU countries has been growing. Representatives of other EU member states say that Italy spends too much. Spokespeople for the Italian government made it clear that they heard the claims, but added that the budget for the next year had been formed and Italy was not going to change anything in it. It appears that Italy is unwilling to tolerate endless claims from the EU. Italy has lost tens of billions of euros because of Western sanctions against Russia. At the same time, it is obvious to everyone that a country that spends a lot should earn a lot too.
Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:29:00 +0300Putin signs decree to impose economic sanctions against Ukraine
Russia will introduce special economic measures against Ukraine because of unfriendly actions that the Ukrainian government has taken against the Russian Federation. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree introducing new "special economic measures" against Ukraine. In accordance with the document, the sanctions are being imposed in order to protect national interests of the Russian Federation. Putin instructed the government to determine the lists of individuals and legal entities in respect of which the sanctions are to be imposed, as well as to decide what restrictions should be introduced against them. The decree has come into force from the moment of signing. However, all government bodies and local governments, as well as Russian citizens and companies were instructed to proceed from the assumption that the yet unspecified sanctions are to be imposed against the yet unspecified entities. The decree was adopted in accordance with the Law No.127 "On Measures of Counteraction (Resistance) on Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Other Foreign States." According to this law, in order to protect the sovereignty and interests of Russia, as well as the rights and freedoms of its citizens, the Russian authorities have the right to use countermeasures to respond to "unfriendly actions" taken by other states. Such measures include the termination or suspension of cooperation, imposition of restrictions or prohibition on the import of certain goods into Russia, as well as export of goods of Russian origin to the sanctioned country. The list of goods in both cases shall be determined by the government, but imports of vital goods, analogues of which are not produced in Russia, shall not be restricted.
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:04:00 +0300Russian military men were paid before Russia reunited with Crimea
Prior to the operation to annex the Crimea, the Russian military on the peninsula had received a cash allowance.The financial of the Russian Defence Ministry had made such a decision over the fear of the blockage of financial assets on the accounts of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukrainian banks, Deputy Defence Minister Tatyana Shevtsova said.According to her, since the end of February, military financiers had been closely watching the development of the situation in the Crimea and, together with large Russian banks, they had been looking for ways that would save budget money."Already in early March, Russian servicemen in the Crimea received an early monetary allowance, and a couple of weeks later all the Russian budget money in cash was collected at military pay offices and subsequently transferred to the treasury under enhanced security," the deputy minister said.The financial service organised cash support for the Black Sea Fleet through field institutions of the Bank of Russia and interrupted the financing of the Black Sea Fleet through a foreign bank. The moves ensured the timely financial support for military units stationed in the Crimea and Sevastopol, Shevtsova concluded.
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:42:00 +0300Russia to use all of her might to defend Belarus if need be
Russia's Ambassador to Belarus, Mikhail Babich, said that Moscow would treat any military intervention in the affairs of Belarus as an attack on Russia.The statement from Babich came as a reaction to an announcement from US officials to deploy an army base in Poland. The ambassador believes that this is "a disturbing factor that must not be neglected."He also noted that Russia and Belarus reached absolute mutual understanding on these issues. "We have a regional grouping of troops and forces, we also have all the components that are necessary both for defence and for retaliatory attack."President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko commented on the plans of US authorities to deploy an army base in Poland by saying that they are "a mirror reflection of the border with Kaliningrad.""I won't say that they like us very much - neither you nor us, Russia and Belarus," added Lukashenko.Lukashenko said that the citizens of the two countries have no one else to count on except for each other, and assured that Russia can always rely on Belarus.
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:03:00 +0300Putin ready to discuss INF Treaty issues with John Bolton
The United States is going to pull out from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF).The news did not come as a surprise as Trump's national security adviser John Bolton had earlier insisted on such a move. Bolton also hampers the talks on the extension of the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (START-3).In Russia, the emergence of this information is associated with Bolton's upcoming visit to Moscow on October 22-23. According to the Kremlin, Putin is ready for the meeting. Many US politicians do not share Bolton's point of view, and military experts are confident that Russia and the USA can still settle the issue.Retired Major General Vladimir Dvorkin believes that the USA is unlikely to exit the START-3. "This agreement is beneficial for the Americans because it allows them to control Russia's nuclear triad. A recent nuclear report says that the US is ready to discuss the extension of the treaty until 2026. Trump's statement comes as another act of blackmail on the part of the United States to force Russia to recognise some of its actions related to ground tests of cruise missiles with a range of over 500 km."Dvorkin, who earlier headed the Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defence that studies problems of nuclear deterrence, believes that USA's claims to the Russian Federation regarding the INF Treaty "are technical in nature." According to the expert, the Americans believe that Russia has conducted tests on the launchers that look like the launchers of the Iskander complex. The Americans also believe that Russia has a missile in service that violates the INF Treaty.
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:21:00 +0300Is Putin guilty of the Kerch school massacre?
Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of Valdai Discussion Club that the tragedy at the Polytechnic College in the city of Kerch was "a result of globalisation." However, he did not say who has drawn us into this globalisation."In social networks, on the Internet, we can see that whole communities being created. Everything started with well-known tragic events at schools in the United States," the President of the Russian Federation said. Well, it is easy to blame abstract "globalisation" for what happened. In fact, one may come to a completely different conclusion, and one needs to look for it in the policy of the elite, to which Mr. Putin belongs. Russia lacks youth organisations, like the ones we used to have during the Soviet times - Pioneer or Komsomol organisations. In the Soviet Union, there were no such tragedies, nor were there any security guards and metal detectors at schools - there were teachers and students instead. Sergei Komkov, President of the All-Russian Education Fund, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, told Pravda.Ru that the Kerch massacre came as a consequence of the educational reform which Russia had been conducting on the advice of American specialists. "We warned 15-20 years ago that a tragedy like the one that happened in Kerch would be possible in Russia by analogy with what was happening in America," the expert said. The expert referred to the book by Bel Kaufman, "Up The Down Staircase," in which the author talks about the morale at American school in the 60-70s. "I flew to the USA in the 1990s. I was observing how things were working there, and they deported me in 1997 after I told them what it would all end up with," the expert told Pravda.Ru. During the 1990s, in accordance with recommendations from Soros advisors, Russia started reforming its educational system on the American template. "They had eradicated the ideological component, the system of upbringing, and switched to the mere transfer of knowledge and skills," Sergei Komkov told Pravda.Ru.All school youth organisations were taken out of schools. In addition, on the advice of Westerners, all additional education could be received for money. The reform sharply divided the youth based on the income of their parents, Sergey Komkov said in an interview with Pravda.Ru. According to the expert, an army of hopeless children had appeared in Russia already in the late 1990s. Children did not know what to do as their parents were doing their best to try to survive during the time of the crisis," the expert told Pravda.Ru. The system of upbringing should be restored at Russian schools as well. "The first thing we need to do is to kick all Western advisers right out. One needs to close the Higher School of Economics, because this school is a nest of American and British advisers. It was them who introduced the Unified State Exam system, the testing system, the system of sex education - they are trying to prove it to us that the most important thing is the system of education, rather than upbringing.""Security guards cannot protect children. They can be protected if they get engaged in creative work, hiking trips, including to sites of military glory, if they sing in the choir, learn how to dance, how to draw, if they are busy with research activities and history studies. In this case, an idea to grab a rifle and go to school to kill other kids will not occur to them," the expert told Pravda.Ru. "We must have our own brains to do everything the Russian way and avoid the American template," Sergei Komkov told Pravda.Ru.
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:13:00 +0300Chief of Russian National Guards declines Navalny's TV debate offer
Viktor Zolotov, the head of the Russian National Guards, refused to take part in the television debate with opposition activist Alexei Navalny. "A debate? I invited him to something else," Zolotov said when asked whether he would accept Navalny's invitation to take part in a debate on television. "So, we do not agree with him," Zolotov said adding that he would answer Navalny's question later. According to the head of the Russian National Guards, he asked Navalny to a duel - "a sports event, nothing more." Zolotov also said that after the publication of Navalny's investigation, the supplier of food products for the Russian National Guards sued Navalny. "After the court's decision we will see whether he was right or not," said Zolotov.Alexei Navalny, the founder of the Anti-Corruption Fund, tweeted later that he wanted to accept Zolotov's challenge. "There was a duel, I remember it very clearly, there was the word 'duel' there," Navalny tweeted. The conflict between Zolotov and Navalny sparked after the publication of Navalny's investigation into procurement for the Russian National Guards in late August. Navalny said in the report that after the right to supply products to the Russian National Guards was assigned to only one supplier - the Crimean meat-packing plant "Friendship of Peoples." The deal doubled and even tripled the cost of products purchased for the service. After the publication of the investigation, the meat packing plant filed a lawsuit against Alexei Navalny. Also read: Chief of Russian National Guards threatens to make juicy meat chop out of Alexei Navalny
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:46:00 +0300Russia builds her first-ever turbojet engine for civil aviation
Russia's PD-14 aviation engine has received the certificate of readiness signed by the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko."The receipt of the certificate confirms the readiness of the PD-14 for operation. We can say that Russia has created its first turbojet engine for civil aviation," Denis Manturov, Minister for Industry and Trade said. By the end of 2018, Irkut Corporation is to receive three PD-14 serial engines.As the Minister noted, the certificate of the PD-14 engine is to be validated at the European Aviation Safety Agency in 2019. At the same time, Russia will conduct the tests of the MS-21 aircraft outfitted with the PD-14 engine. The short-medium-haul MC-21 airplane can carry up to 211 people at a distance of 6,400 kilometers. The aircraft made its maiden flight in May 2017.At present, the MC-21 flies with US-made PW1000G engines.
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:10:00 +0300Edward Snowden does not feel safe in Russia
Edward Snowden, formerly an employee of the US National Security Agency, who was granted political asylum in Russia, said he did not feel safe in the country.During a video conference with the University of Innsbruck, Snowden said that he had doubts whether he would be safe in Russia. "As for my future in Russia, I cannot say that I am safe. But does it matter? If I wanted to live in safety, I would be in Hawaii making a lot of money and keeping track of everyone," he said.Snowden also assured the audience that he had never worked for the Russian government. "I have criticised them, I have criticised the president [of Russia], and their elections process, and I will continue doing it," he added, adding that his priority is to take care of US citizens, because he is an American in the first place.
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:41:00 +0300Putin: Russians will go to heaven in case of nuclear war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club that Russia will never initiate military actions, including with the use of nuclear weapons. At the same time, Putin noted, Russia would respond to a nuclear strike. "The aggressor must know that retaliation will be inevitable. We, victims of the aggression, we will go to heaven as martyrs. They will just die, because they won't even have time to repent," the president said.Putin also said that Russia was not afraid of anything. "We are not afraid of anything at all. [When your] country with such a territory, with people ready to give their lives for the Fatherland - nobody can do anything about it," he said.Earlier, during his speech, Putin said that the tragedy in the city of Kerch came as a consequence of globalisation.
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:37:00 +0300Putin blames globalisation for Kerch school shooting that claimed 21 lives
Young people "grab surrogate of heroism instead of genuine heroism," Russian President Putin said noting that the Internet lacks content for the younger generation.Putin believes that the massacre in the Polytechnic College in the city of Kerch, where 21 people were killed during a mass shooting and an explosion, came as a result of globalisation," including social networks.""This, apparently, is a result of globalisation, strange as it may seem. We can see whole communities being created in social networks, on the Internet," Putin said speaking at an annual meeting of Valdai discussion club. Putin also believes that the young man who killed so many people at the Polytechnic College in Kerch was inspired by similar tragedies in the United States. "Young people with unstable psyche create some fake heroes for themselves. All of us, in Russia in particular and in the world, show a bad reaction to the changing environment," he said. "It means that we do not create necessary, interesting and useful content for young people. They grab this surrogate of heroism, and it all leads to tragedies like this one," Putin said. One of the most notorious cases of mass shooting in an educational institution was the massacre in Columbine High School in Colorado, USA, in April 1999, when 13 people were killed and 36 were wounded. The massacre triggered the phenomenon of mass school shootings, when others wanted to be like Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the perpetrators of the attack. Also read: Kerch shooter grew up in dysfunctional family
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:38:00 +0300Russia receives super long range missile for S-400 anti-aircraft systems
The Russian army receives the missile that has the longest range. A source at the Russian military-industrial complex said that the S-400 Triumf SAM system would be armed with a 40N6 long-range anti-aircraft missile."The long-range missile 40N6 [40N6E is the export version] was put into service, all necessary documents were signed in September, after which the Ministry of Defence proceeded to purchasing these missiles," the source said.Within the scope of the state armament program before 2027, over 1,000 40N6 missiles are to be purchased for S-400 regiments of the Aerospace Forces. The program stipulates for the establishment of 56 divisions of S-400. In July of this year, a source close to the Russian defence industry said that the state trials of the 40N6 missile were successful.The 40N6 is an anti-aircraft guided missile (SAM) of super-long range of over 400 km. The missile can intercept targets in near space for S-400/S-500 air defence systems. The 40N6 is designed to destroy air command posts, strategic bombers, hypersonic cruise and ballistic missiles with a maximum speed of more than 4800 m/s. The missile is capable of destroying targets beyond the visibility of ground radars.According to official information, the destruction range of the missile makes up nearly 380 km for aerodynamic purposes and up to 15 km for ballistic ones with an altitude from ten meters to 35 kilometres. The average flight speed is 1190 m/s. Owing to the new homing head, the missile can destroy aircraft outside radio visibility of ground-based radars.In addition, the 40N6 missile is capable of finding and striking targets on its own, after losing communication with ground systems.Previous anti-aircraft missiles of the S-400 complex (9M96, 48N6, 48N6DM) that were in service with the army of the Russian Federation, ensured the destruction of targets at a distance of up to 250 km.The US anti-aircraft missile system Patriot PAC-3 is capable of hitting targets at a maximum distance of up to 80-100 km.
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:01:00 +0300Russia will not let NATO warships into Sea of Azov
Representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation commented on the state of affairs in the Sea of Azov.Member-countries of the North Atlantic Alliance intend to hold naval drills in the Sea of Azov. Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, excluded such a possibility and said that NATO countries would need to obtain Russia's consent for such an event. Needless of say that Moscow will never give its permission for NATO drills near Russian borders. Lavrov said that it was Ukraine that was trying to invite Western countries to the Sea of Azov. However, Russia keeps her eye on the ball. According to Lavrov, Russia is well aware of Ukraine's efforts to build up its military presence on the border with Russia. It is also obvious, Lavrov added, that Europe was remaking its transport system so that Western countries could approach Russia's borders as quickly as possible.
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