Meanwhile, the broadcasting of Ukrainian TV channels has been stopped in the whole Donetsk region.


The republican committee for television and radio broadcasting has switched off Ukrainian TV channels in analogue and digital formats since Tuesday on instructions from the Council of Ministers of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Instead of them, Russian television broadcasts were restored, the press centre of the Donetsk People’s Republic reported. This decision is in effect on the whole territory of the Donetsk region.

“Russian television broadcasts will be restored soon. Meanwhile, such TV channels as Mult, Russky Roman, Rossiya 24, Nauka 2.0 and Zvezda will be added to the list for broadcasting,” the press centre said.

On Tuesday, the Ukrainian national council for television and radio broadcasting stated about 72 Ukrainian providers in Donetsk and Luhansk regions broadcasting Russian TV channels.

July 10, the Ukrainian domestic broadcasting council urged providers to stop airing pro-Russian programs within a day. Otherwise, “they will be switched off and will certainly bear responsibility,” member of the Ukrainian broadcasting council Olga Gerasimyuk stated.

The Ukrainian domestic council for television and radio broadcasting has earlier mulled a possible lawsuit with the demand to ban broadcasts of several Russian TV channels in Ukraine, including such Russian television broadcasters as TVC International, LifeNews, Russia Today and RenTV.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says all other possible causes of the crash will be checked and investigated very thoroughly.


A broken switch was confirmed as one of the main causes of the Moscow metro crash that killed 23 people and left more than 200 injured, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told reporters on Wednesday.

““All other possible causes of the crash will be checked and investigated very thoroughly," the mayor said.

An engine driver who works in the metro told ITAR-TASS that the railway switch mechanism was installed contrary to technical requirements.

“Apparently, this railway switch was not yet connected to the centralized system, therefore, according to the traffic schedule, the engineer was driving the train at a speed of 65-70 kmph,” the source said. Thus, the first car of the train hit a side track, derailed and rammed into the end face of the wall between two tunnels.

Suspects in metro crash detained

Two suspects who may be responsible for the Moscow metro crash on July 15 have been detained earlier on Wednesday, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee (IC) Vladimir Markin told ITAR-TASS.

“Investigators of the main IC investigation department today detained two persons suspected of transport safety rules violation (article 263.1, part 3 of the Russian Criminal Code). They are track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov,” Markin said.

According to investigators, since late May 2014, preparatory work was launched on the stretch between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations for installing the rail switch mechanism to putting a new rail section into operation.

“A number of contractors and sub-contractors were involved in these operations. Bashkatov and Gordov were directly involved in this work and were controlling its performance. The work was improperly performed: the rail switch mechanism was fixed by a simple 3-mm wire that broke. This caused the electric train derailment, the death of 22 people and injuries of varying severity to more than 150 passengers,” he said.

According to Markin, the suspects have already been interrogated. “The investigation plans to bring charges against them and select the measure of restraint,” he said.

The BRICS leaders spoke against continuous construction and expansion of settlements "in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the Israeli Government".

6th Summit of the BRICS in Fortaleza, Brazil.

The BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have called on Israel and Palestine to resume negotiations leading to the creation of a viable Palestinian state that can exist side by side with Israel.

“We reaffirm our commitment to contribute to a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis of the universally recognized international legal framework, including the relevant UN resolutions, the Madrid Principles and the Arab Peace Initiative. We believe that the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a fundamental component for building a sustainable peace in the Middle East,” the BRICS leaders said in a resolution adopted on Tuesday at the summit meeting in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza.

“We call upon Israel and Palestine to resume negotiations leading to a two-State solution with a contiguous and economically viable Palestinian State existing side by side in peace with Israel, within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders based on the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” the declaration said.

The BRICS leaders spoke against continuous construction and expansion of settlements "in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the Israeli Government, which violates international law, gravely undermines peace efforts and threatens the viability of the two-State solution".

Russia is represented by 74 organizations at Farnborough International Airshow 2014 that will be held in Great Britain on July 14-20.

Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport will hold a number of presentations of combat helicopters and planes for potential customers from the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014 that will be held in Great Britain on July 14-20, the company’s press service reported on Friday.

“Rosoboronexport expects keen interest from foreign delegations in the super-agile Su-35 multipurpose fighter, MiG-29M/M2 multifunctional frontline fighters, Yak-130 combat training aircraft, Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft, Mi-35M, Mi-28NE and Ka-52 attack helicopters, aircraft weapons,” the report says.

Sergei Kornev, head of Rosoboronexport’s Air Force Equipment Export Department, who heads the company’s delegation at the exhibition, said that the Russian experts also planned to focus on scientific-technical and industrial cooperation with European partners.

“We traditionally participate in this prestigious air show and try to present the latest products and the most promising export models there. Presentations of combat helicopters and airplanes for delegations from the Middle East, Latin American and Southeast Asian countries have been scheduled. We also plan to emphasize technology and industrial cooperation with our European partners,” he noted.

Talks to be held with leading European manufacturers will involve such issues as R&D activities carried out by Russian organizations, joint projects on the international market on behalf of third countries, as well as the prospects for further expanding ties and strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation.

According to previous reports, Russia is represented by 74 organizations at Farnborough 2014. The largest number of companies will represent the UK (339) and the United States (294). Samples of military and civilian aircraft equipment from 10 countries will be displayed in the flight program and on the parking stand. Head of the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Mikhail Pogosyan said previously that UAC was not planning to demonstrate military equipment samples at Farnborough 2014, but would show the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) airliner.

Farnborough is one of the world’s largest air shows. It has been held since 1948. The leading producers present their achievements and conclude major deals - at the previous show held in 2012, the cost of the contracts and agreements on the supply of some 750 aircraft equipment units reached about $72 billion.

Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the Rostec Corporation, is the sole state-owned arms trade company in the Russian Federation authorized to export the full range of military and dual-purpose products, technologies and services. Rosoboronexport is one of the leading world arms exporters to the international market. Its share in Russia's military exports exceeds 80%. Rosoboronexport cooperates with more than 700 enterprises and organizations in the Russian defense industrial complex. Russia maintains military technical cooperation with more than 70 countries around the world.

Rostekhnologii (ROSTEC) is a Russian corporation established in 2007 in order to facilitate the development, manufacturing and export of high-technology industrial products of military and civil purposes. Today it comprises over 663 companies, which form 8 military-industrial and 5 civil industry holdings. Rostec’s subsidiaries are located in 60 regions of Russia and supply their products to over 70 countries worldwide. In 2013 revenues of the corporation amounted to 1 trillion rubles, net profits were 40 billion rubles and total taxation exceeded 138 billion rubles.

United Aircraft Corporation hopes that a first domestic model of a 6th generation warplane will be created about in 12 years, head of the directorate of military aviation programs in the United Aircraft Corporation Vladimir Mikhailov told  on Wednesday.

“Most likely, this will be done in the second half of the 2020s,” he told ITAR-TASS.

Meanwhile, 6th generation fighters are expected to replace 4th and 5th generation fighters in the United States only in the 2030s, media reported.

track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov are suspected of transport safety rules violation.


Two suspects who may be responsible for the Moscow metro crash on July 15 have been detained, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee (IC) Vladimir Markin told ITAR-TASS.

“Investigators of the main IC investigation department today detained two persons suspected of transport safety rules violation (article 263.1, part 3 of the Russian Criminal Code). They are track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov,” Markin said.

He also said that investigators believe that the underground train crash might have been caused by defective work for the replacement of the railway switch mechanism.

“The work was improperly performed: the rail switch mechanism was fixed by a simple 3-mm wire that broke. This caused the electric train derailment, the death of 22 people and injuries of varying severity to more than 150 passengers,” he said.