Alexei Kudrin Former Russian Finance Minister and head of the Center for strategic development Alexey Kudrin in interview to TV channel “Russia 1” he called the reaction to trump’s victory in US elections is “excessive euphoria”. The transcript of the interview results Вести.Ru. Kudrin noted that no one knows what the real policy will be carried out in respect of Russia the newly elected President of the United States, and recalled the stumbling blocks about which the two countries still have a serious dialogue. “Key issues in relations between Russia and the USA still have the problem of NATO expansion and the problem of missile defense, and the problem of Donbass and Ukraine, the issues in Syria and a number of other geopolitical issues. Depending on them will build relations with the United States,” — said the politician. If these issues are resolved, improvement of relations should not wait Kudrin
Day: November 19, 2016
Obama and EU leaders refused to remove anti-Russian sanctions
Barack Obama US President Barack Obama and EU leaders meeting in Berlin have agreed on its position on anti-Russian sanctions and came to the conclusion that restrictive measures should remain in force. The head of the American state said during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said on the White house website. According to Obama, the sanctions against Moscow must be maintained as long as it is not fulfilling its part of the Minsk agreements. In the meeting, in addition to the American leader and head of government of Germany, was attended by the President of France Francois Hollande, Prime Minister Theresa may, Italian and Spanish leaders Matteo Renzi and Mariano Rajoy. 1 July, the EU extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2017. On the same day, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on extension of counter-sanctions on August 6, 2016 to
Matvienko has proposed to the authorities to encourage charitable
Photo: RIA Novosti The government should introduce additional incentives in charitable activities. About the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko said in his blog. “As you can see, charity in our country became an important part of society. I have a feeling that the state in this sphere lags behind the needs of society, the extent of his willingness to help people. It is necessary to create additional tools to improve the incentives – material and moral – charitable activities”, – stated in the message. Also Matvienko has underlined that at the moment, the dynamics of growth in the number of organizations and foundations who give to charity, is at a high level. Earlier, the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Authorities support the charitable initiatives of the business.
Russia and Turkey will discuss the delivery of s-400 in the near future
It became known when the Russian Federation and Turkey will discuss the deliveries of anti-aircraft missile systems s-400, this writes RIA Novosti, citing a statement by the head of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation Alexander Fomin. “Soon we will have the intergovernmental Commission”, – Fomin told reporters. The head of the FSMTC confirmed that during the meeting of the mentioned Commission of the Russian and Turkish parties will discuss the supply of missile systems s-400. It became known earlier that Turkey is interested in acquiring the latest Russian anti-aircraft missile systems. Of such intention was declared by the head of the defense Ministry of the country Fikri Işık. Photo: Konstantin Semenov/TRK Star
FSIN reported the beating Davnym cellmate
FSIN reported the beating Davnym cellmate The victim received multiple injuries to the head, state office. Moscow. 17 Nov. INTERFAX.RU — Opposition activist Ildar Dading, who claimed that it used physical violence in the Karelian colony, had a fight with a fellow inmate, reports the FPS at the Karelia Republic on Thursday. The incident occurred on November 16. “Around 7.00 in Moscow in the premises of one of the units of IK-7 UFSIN Rossii po Respublike Kareliya Davnym between the convict and his cellmate there was a conflict on household soil. In the result of a verbal altercation and a fight ensued,” the statement reads. See alsoDading is ready to give evidence on the polygraph after examination Prison officials isolated the prisoners on different premises. After visiting the doctor, they were given medical assistance. Dading got a bruise in lip, the second convict, who received multiple head injuries, is currently
Manufacturers of homeopathic medicines in the United States are required to indicate on the packaging that homeopathy is unscientific
Manufacturers of homeopathic medicines in the United States are required to indicate on the packaging that homeopathy is unscientific The Federal trade Commission, which protects the rights of consumers, has obliged manufacturers of homeopathic medicines to prove the efficacy of their products. Manufacturers who refuse to comply with this requirement will be required to indicate on the packaging of the drug that the scientific evidence of its efficacy does not exist. They will also have to warn consumers that the drug was developed solely on the basis of theories of the eighteenth century, which was not recognized by most modern medical experts. Homeopathy is based on a pseudoscientific principle of “like cure like”. Its advocates propose to treat patients with heavily diluted preparations that cause healthy person symptoms similar to the symptoms of the patient. The theory of homeopathy was developed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in the late eighteenth
The court dismissed the complaint of “Levada-Centre” to the Ministry of justice for inclusion in the registry registered as a foreign agent
The court dismissed the complaint of “Levada-Centre” to the Ministry of justice for inclusion in the registry registered as a foreign agent The organization appealed the order on inclusion in the list of foreign agents because they do not believe that she was engaged in political activities. MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow on Friday rejected the claim of “Levada-Centre” to the Ministry of justice about its inclusion in the register of noncommercial organizations performing functions of a foreign agent, the correspondent of TASS. “Levada-Center” appealed the order of the Ministry of justice about the inclusion in the list of registered as foreign agents because they do not believe that the organization was engaged in political activities. As reported earlier, the Ministry of justice, in the course of unscheduled inspection of the main Department for Moscow, it was established that “Levada-the Centre” financed by foreign sources and
Abyzov: the government is working “absolutely fine”, despite the arrest of the speaker
Mikhail Abyzov © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. The Russian government is operating in a normal mode, in spite of the arrest and the resignation of the Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev. This was stated by the head of the Open government Mikhail Abyzov.
Named as a possible cause of the fire at the site in the Tyumen region
A fire in a trailer-shed at the construction site in the Tyumen region, in which seven people died, could start due to the circuit wiring. On Saturday, November 19, “Interfax” reported the press service of the regional Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia. “According to preliminary data, the fire occurred at the entrance to the trailer. Were there people tried to escape through the only window of the cabin,” — said the Agency. As reported on the website of the regional Prosecutor’s office, in fact the incident a criminal case under part 3 of article 219 of the criminal code of Russian Federation (“Infringement of requirements of fire security, entailed on imprudence death more of two persons”). The Ministry confirmed that all the dead and injured are citizens of Tajikistan. They were employees of Contracting organizations OOO “Horizon”, had a work permit and was officially employed. The fire occurred
Liner with members of the Russian delegation at the APEC summit broke down in Lisbon
Continued: the Reserve Board will take in Lisbon spare parts to repair the aircraft with reporters The plane, which flew to Peru for the APEC summit, the journalists and members of the Russian delegation, broke down in Lisbon, where it was refueling. It is planned that after eliminating the aircraft will fly to Lima. Most likely, he will arrive in Peru’s capital on Saturday evening, November 19, after the start of the summit, RIA Novosti reported. Previously when flying over the territory of Switzerland the aircraft for several minutes was accompanied by two fighter jets with the Swiss flag. First military aircraft flew under the left wing of the liner, then the right. Before they sharply swerved to the side, the pilot of one of the fighters waved a hand. In addition to participating in the working sessions, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has scheduled a number of bilateral