The President of Russia delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly Today, Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. On the document the President has worked personally. Traditionally, the contents not disclosed until the moment of its announcement. Earlier, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that the new message is different from the previous ones, despite the fact that will continue the emphasis on the social sphere. It will be the 23rd in the modern history of Russia and the 13th — personally for Vladimir Putin. It usually lasts about an hour. The event takes place in St George hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. According to tradition it except the members of the state Duma and the Federation Council are invited, including governors, members of the government, the CEC, Public, and accounts chambers, representatives of the major faiths.
Day: December 2, 2016
Medvedev urged Ministers to execute the orders of the President
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expects from the government a responsible approach to the implementation of the tasks of the President’s address to the Federal Assembly. He stated this at the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, December 1, reports “Interfax”. “I am confident that every one present — I mean the leadership of the government, Ministers, heads of agencies, services — heard of where to focus next year. So that you can begin to work through these issues already immediately,” — said Medvedev. He added that the list of instructions following messages will be formulated in the near future. In his opinion, the economic situation in the country is not the easiest. At the same time in a number of areas have been positive trends that need to “fully consolidate, develop” in accordance with the purposes stated in the message. “Obviously, this requires strict discipline, and the dynamic work of the government
In Turkey agreed on a new draft Constitution
The leaders of the Turkish governing party of justice and development party (AKP) Binali Yildirim and the opposition nationalist movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli agreed on the draft of the new Constitution. About it reports NTV. Now the draft basic law will be submitted for consideration to the Parliament. According to Yildirim, if the document is approved more than 330 deputies, it will be put to a referendum. The vote must take place no later than 60 days after the project is approved by the legislature. The draft of the new Constitution provides for a sharp increase in the powers of the President. In particular, the head of state will be able to lead the Cabinet of Ministers, or to single-handedly appoint the Prime Minister. In addition, in the case of the adoption of the document in direct subordination of the head of state will pass the country’s armed forces
The debt on a salary to the crew of the “Nikolay Kasatkin” exceeded $90 thousand – SK
TFR checks on the fact of wage arrears to the crew of a Russian merchant vessel “Nikolay Kasatkin”, which was detained by port of Amsterdam on. About this site of TV channel “Star” told the senior assistant administrator on interaction from mass media of the far East SU on transport SKR Oksana Bolshakova. She stressed that, according to preliminary data, the debt to the crew of the salary is about 90 thousand dollars. The representative of the RCDS added that the ship assigned to the port city of Nevelsk, Sakhalin region, and the shipowner is the southern-Sakhalin, OOO “Parus”. Thursday, December 1, it was reported that on the port of Amsterdam has forbidden an exit in the sea the Russian ship “Nikolay Kasatkin” due to the mismatch of working conditions, skills and security. The crew went on strike because of wage arrears. Photo: marinetraffic.com
The Prosecutor’s office revealed more than 60 violations of state funds in the development of the Kuril Islands
The Prosecutor’s office revealed more than 60 violations of state funds in the development of the Kuril Islands Moscow. 30 Nov. INTERFAX.RU — the Sakhalin region Prosecutor’s office over the past two years has revealed more than 60 violations in the spending of budget funds allocated for implementation of programs for the development of the Kuril Islands, reported on the website of the Supervisory authority. “Prosecutors in 2014 — 2016 revealed more than 60 violations, and made 17 submissions, the court directed the 3 claims were satisfied; by results of consideration of acts of prosecutorial response 20 persons were brought to disciplinary responsibility, 16 to the administrative fines in the amount of 500 thousand rubles,” — said Wednesday the Agency. So, the prosecution in the trial achieved a recovery of the contractor 39 million rubles, paid in advance for the construction of apartments in Severo-Kurilsk, which was never built. In
Irina Antonova: “Art is the triumph over death”
Irina Antonova: “Art is the triumph over death” 1 December in the Pushkin Museum Pushkin opens the exhibition “Voices of the imaginary Museum of Andre Malraux”. Irina Antonova, who 48 years ago, drove the famous writer and Minister of culture of France through the halls of the building on Volkhonka now will present to Muscovites the concept of world art that changed the Museum practices of the twentieth century. About what the real masterpieces filled with “imaginary Museum”, the President of the Pushkin told the observer of “Izvestiya” Yaroslav Timofeev. — The main theme of the exhibition andré Malraux himself or his concept art? — Of course, his concept. The whole practice of Museum work — the nature of the acquisitions, comparison, display. That is how we in his exposition of the language of the history of art, one way or another continues the idea of Malraux. You can come
Russia has threatened to shoot down academic Ukrainian missile over the Black sea
Russia has threatened to shoot down academic Ukrainian missile over the Black sea To do this, in the Crimea deployed anti-aircraft missile system s-300 V. Passed November 25, Ukraine, the note did indeed contain an indication of the fact that the Russian side will bring down the Ukrainian rocket during the announced by the Ministry of defense of Ukraine firing on 1 and 2 December — in the case that they will present a danger. This was confirmed by “Vedomosti” the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. About the protest of the Ministry of defense of Russia against firings that affect the airspace over the Russian territorial waters in the Crimea, the defense Ministry itself reported November 25 — this statement was contained in a military-diplomatic note to the Ukrainian military attache in Moscow, but about the promise to shoot down threatening missiles in the message is
“Never looking for enemies”: the main thing about the foreign policy of Putin’s message
Share {{secondsToDateTime(data.visiblePosition) | date: ‘HH:mm:ss’}} / {{(videoDuration | date: ‘HH:mm:ss’) || ’03:30′}} {{secondsToDateTime(data.visiblePosition) | date: ‘mm:ss’}} / {{(videoDuration | date: ‘mm:ss’) || ’03:30′}} {{qualityItem | uppercase}} HD .mp4 High quality SD .mp4 Medium quality © TASS/Ruptly MOSCOW, December 1. /TASS/. Russia does not seek confrontation with anyone and is willing to cooperate with foreign States, but it should be built on the basis of equality and mutual respect, taking into account legitimate national interests. This is the main content of the foreign policy section of the annual address to the Federal Assembly delivered by the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian head of state noted that the proactive policy of the Russian Federation in the East primarily dictated by its national interests and global development trends. He elaborated on the objectives of development cooperation with China and India, and also said that Moscow is ready to cooperate with the new
Reuters said on the decisive role of Putin in reaching agreement within OPEC
Mohammed bin Salman and Vladimir Putin (archive photo) Russian President Vladimir Putin played a crucial role in regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed in the framework of the General agreement of OPEC to reduce oil production. About it reports Reuters, citing a number of sources both in the cartel and outside it. The Agency, in particular, has learned that Putin is successor to the Saudi crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei tried to find an agreement before the OPEC meeting on Wednesday, November 30. The Russian leader acted as a facilitator. According to the Agency, this suggests that Russia’s influence in the middle East increased from the moment when she decided to intervene in the Syrian conflict. In September Putin on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in China, met with Prince Mohammed. They both agreed to cooperate to help the global oil
General staff: videoconferencing do not fly in the ten-kilometer zone over Aleppo for 44 days
Photo: globallookpress.com Aviation aerospace forces in Aleppo completely stopped already for 44 days, Russian planes do not approach the city closer than 10 kilometers, said Wednesday the chief of the main operations Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation Sergey rudskoy. According to him, Russia continues to assist the Syrian government in the fight against international terrorist groups operating in the territory of this country. “I want to remind you that from 18th of October for 44 days in Aleppo completely stopped flying aircraft of Russian air force. Russian planes do not approach the city closer than 10 kilometers,” he said at a briefing. In recent months, the situation in Aleppo is extremely deteriorated, in and around the city of heavy fighting. The terrorist group belonging to banned in Russia “dzhebhat an-Nusra” (“Haraket Nur-ed-DIN Al-Zinki” and “Ahrar al-sham”), hold about 200-300 of thousands of