Day: January 25, 2017

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree, which allocated the budgets of Russian regions on development of rural areas. The relevant document posted on the government website on Tuesday, January 24. Grants in the amount of 6.8 billion roubles in 2017 from the Federal budget as the implementation of the Federal target program (FTP) “Sustainable development of rural territories for 2014-2017 and for the period till 2020”, — stated in the certificate order. The funds are aimed at improving the housing conditions (3.4 billion rubles), integrated development of settlements in rural areas (3.2 billion rubles), providing grants to support the initiatives of local citizens (76.5 billion). Very considerable sums provided Yakutia (247 million), Bashkortostan (244,5 million roubles), Dagestan (238 million). As noted on the website of the government, the effectiveness of subsidies is assessed annually by the Ministry of agriculture based on the achievement of performance indicators identified in the

Elena Mizulina Member of Council of Federation Elena Mizulina in the near future will introduce to the state Duma a bill offering a substantial toughening of punishment for sexual abuse of children. On Tuesday, January 24, the Agency reports city news “Moscow” with reference to the press service of the Senator. We are talking about life imprisonment, if the offender — people from the close environment of the child, for example, his relative or teacher. Materials on теме00:09 10 Jan 2017Children’s traymonitor employee of the General Prosecutor’s office on crimes against children in Russia According to Mizulina, the amendment to the criminal code, providing for stricter accountability for those who abused the trust a child has been previously suggested but was not approved. The Senator also recalled that, pending another bill, which provides for the abolition of the Statute of limitations for crimes of pedophiles. “The trial for such crimes

Mikhail Fedotov The statements of Vice-speaker of the state Duma Peter Tolstoy about St. Isaac’s Cathedral repeated theses of anti-Semites. This was stated by “Interfax” the Chairman of the Council on human rights under the President of Russia Mikhail Fedotov. “It is strange to hear from a respected parliamentarian saying that repeats a favorite argument of anti-Semites that 17 revolution did the Jews,” — said the head of the HRC. “The shameful anti-Semitism is the same disease as syphilis, in polite society to hide it, not flaunt it,” — he stressed. 23 Jan Tolstoy participated in a press conference on the changing status of the St. Petersburg Cathedral. “People who are the grandchildren of those who demolished our temples, jumped up from the pale of settlement with a revolver in the 17th year today, working in a variety of other very reputable places — on the radio, in the legislative