Jumped the gun on that a little. Probably a bit more caution required:
So looks like a deal on local elections:
Funny
German journalist's ire at being used as "drunk Poroshenko" source =
Berlin (dpa) - A German journalist reacted angrily Friday to news her
name was used as the source for a fake Russian media report about
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko supposedly being taken off a
flight from Kiev to Moscow because he was "absolutely drunk."
Christina Nagel, a former Moscow correspondent for Germany's public
broadcaster ARD and now working in its Berlin headquarters, told
ARD's WDR5 radio station the story was a complete fabrication.
"What is correct in this story is in principle this: I exist, Mr
Poroshenko exists, but that is really all. There was neither a call
from a trustworthy source nor any such report from us, neither from
me nor from anyone else," Nagel said.
Last week the popular Russian tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets ran a
story about Poroshenko was heading to the Russian capital for an
urgent meeting with Vladimir Putin, but his apparent "predilection"
for alcohol wrecked the chance.
The report said Poroshenko rushed to the airport in his armoured
Mercedes S-600 to catch a civilian flight, boarded the plane and
drunkenly demanded that it leave immediately, then fell asleep and
was taken off the plane by officers from Ukraine's security service.
For added believability, the report quoted Nagel as the source, based
on a call she had received from a trusted source. A Russian woman
voiced Nagel's invented comments in Russian during the report.
"Even if Mr Poroshenko spontaneously decided to fly to Moscow, why
would he use a civilian plane and not his official plane?" Nagel
asked on Friday.
"Where are the mobile phone recordings, where are the witness
reports? These are all points that speak to the fact that this story
- let's say it in plain language - is a pack of lies."
A video promoting the bridge across the Kerch Strait, which is currently under construction, was shown to visitors at Russia’s International Investment Forum. The bridge is supposed to connect mainland Russia and Crimea, the peninsula it annexed from Ukraine last year.
The video claims that only 4 million people cross the Kerch Strait today, but “millions of people are waiting for the bridge.”
“Our grandfathers built BAM [the 4,324 kilometer-long Baikal-Amur Mainline]. And we will build the bridge,” the video says.
The bridge would be 19 kilometers long and serve cars and trains. The estimated price of the project is $7 billion.