Day: January 21, 2017

Photo: REUTERS Russia does not recognize the decision of the US administration on the closure of the Russian diplomatic country houses in the States of new York and Maryland, according to the Rambler/news citing TASS. As stated by the head of the press service of the Russian Embassy in the United States Nikolai Lahonin, this decision is contrary to international law. “We do not recognize the legitimacy of the actions of the American side, contrary to the fundamental norms of international law and the domestic law of the United States, which guarantees protection of property rights”, – he said. In December, the U.S. government declared persona non grata 35 employees of the Embassy in Washington and Consulate General in San Francisco and closed the Russian diplomatic villas in the States of new York and Maryland. The decision was a response to hacker attacks on American political institutions, which allegedly initiated

Photo: RIA Novosti The Congress of “United Russia” which will pass in Moscow in the coming weekend, can enter into the Highest cofetarie the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov. This was reported by TASS source in the party. He explained that the High Council can enter the heads of the regions, where elections to the state Duma on 18 September 2016, the result of the game was higher than in the whole country (54.2 per cent). “One such region is the Crimea”, – said the Agency interlocutor, adding that “the candidacy Aksenova possible” for inclusion in Supreme Council. On the Crimean Duma elections the list “an United Russia” has typed more than 70% of the vote. The reporting-election Congress of “United Russia” will be held on January 21-22, one of the items on its agenda will be the re-election of the party leadership – Chairman, of the Higher and

Photo: TASS The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov believes that a significant part of Ukrainians accepted the choice of the Crimean people and recognized the Peninsula as part of Russia. He told about it the newspaper “Izvestia”. “I am sure that in Ukraine a considerable part of the people understands and accepts the choice of the Crimean people. But in terms of state terror, which is deployed by the Kiev regime, people are afraid to Express their opinion”, – said the newspaper Aksenov, adding that it was necessary to fight the propaganda of the “false media”. He also noted that the Crimea would not prove the new us administration of their territorial belonging to Russia: “I don’t understand why Crimeans have to prove something to the Americans. We made the choice in March 2014. The Peninsula de facto and de jure the Russian. It does not depend on the