Day: January 30, 2017

Lavrov commented on the results of the conversation between Putin and trump

World

Sergei Lavrov The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that the presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump during a telephone conversation on January 28 showed the desire to rely on its national interests. About it reports “Interfax”. According to the head of the foreign Ministry, the conversation showed the mutual respect and the desire of leaders to communicate without moralizing. “The conversation that took place (…) between presidents Putin and trump was good and in the political and human sense,” — said Lavrov. He said that the conversation was focused on conceptual matters, without going into details, has revealed a number of areas in which the interests of Russia and the USA coincide. According to the head of the foreign Ministry, the leaders agreed to continue the work at expert level. “Focus on achieving results are, but practical work is yet to come”

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The Iraqi Parliament adopted a resolution in response to the decree trump the migrants

World

The Iraqi Parliament voted for the adoption of retaliatory measures in connection with the signing by US President Donald trump of the decree for the restriction of entry into the country of Muslims. It is reported by Al Sumaria. As explained by the source channel, the decision was made on the recommendation of the Committee on international Affairs. The resolution refers to the response from Baghdad if Washington does not change its position. In addition, the document contains an appeal to the UN and the Arab League (the Arab League) to take a firm and unequivocal stance condemning the actions of the American authorities. As explained by an unnamed source, Iraq is also in favour of convening an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic cooperation. In turn, the publication Politico says that a specific retaliatory measures against US citizens are not reported, but it is also unclear whether they

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Petersburg was named the city with the most affordable higher education

Russia

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg was named the city with the most affordable higher education. This is evidenced by the research of the HSE’s Institute of education published by TASS. Second place went to the Amur, and the third — Vologda oblast. The most difficult situation with the financial accessibility of higher education in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya. The study took into account not only tuition, but living expenses. “The lack of financial support, poorly developed infrastructure of the universities, the high cost of directly training and a limited number of budget places in the region limit the possibilities of access to higher education for students from families with low incomes”, — stated in the message. The most expensive education in Moscow and the Moscow region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous district, Kamchatka Krai, Tyumen and Nizhny Novgorod regions. It was also found that the largest number of universities where the average

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Crimean Minister Natalia Goncharova will try to pass the exam in Russian language

Russia

Natalia Goncharova The Minister of education, science and youth of the Republic of Crimea Natalia Goncharova, will participate in the nationwide “Day of exam the parents.” On Monday, January 30, reported on the website of the regional office. The aim of the event is to introduce parents of students and representatives of mass media with the procedure of the unified state examination, said the Ministry. Action in the form of the exam on the Russian language will be held on February 8 at the secondary school in Simferopol. In November last year the Minister of defence and the President of the Russian geographical society (RGS) Sergei Shoigu criticized the Russians for the low level of knowledge in the field of geography and praised them “for about three with a minus”. In late October, the head of Rosobrnadzor Sergey Kravtsov announced the introduction of a new model of the exam in

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The idea of Kiev “Sevastopol surrender” in exchange for the Crimea is considered delusional fantasy

Russia

The words of the representatives of Ukraine about possibility to change the Russian status of Crimea and Sevastopol cannot be taken seriously, said state Duma Deputy, former Vice-speaker of the Crimean state Council Konstantin Bakharev. His assessment he shared in an interview with “Tape.ru” on Monday, January 30. “This is the delusional fantasies of people who long ago lost touch with reality,” — said the MP, commenting on the statement of the former Deputy chief of the General staff of the Armed forces of Ukraine Yuriy dumanskiy about the possibility of recognition by Kiev of the Russian status of Sevastopol for the return of the Crimea. The MP stressed that Moscow has long stated its position on all such issues: “Russia and its territories are not selling”. According to Bakharev, lunges, like saying Dumansky, will cease only after the Kiev change of power, “on whose hands the blood of the

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The Hungarian foreign Ministry: sanctions against Russia are useless

Politics

Photo: twitter.com The Minister of foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Siarto said that the EU sanctions against Russia are useless, adding that in the end they led to missed opportunities for exports worth billions of dollars. He said this in an interview with Reuters. “Sanctions are useless — this is the position of Hungary,” — said Siyyarto. According to the diplomat, Hungary lost $6.5 billion, having lost export opportunities as a result of anti-Russian sanctions. Szijjártó said that Budapest supports the lifting of sanctions against Russia and does not regard it as a threat. Earlier it was reported that supporters of lifting anti-Russian sanctions in the Belgian Parliament intend to re-submit for consideration by colleagues a resolution on the suspension of restrictive measures against Moscow.

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The state Duma introduces fines for dangerous driving in the amount of 5 thousand rubles

Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The state Duma adopted on Friday in the first reading the government draft law on the introduction of penalties in the amount of 5 thousand rubles for dangerous driving. The deputies made amendments to article 12.38 RF code of administrative offences (administrative code), which establishes “administrative responsibility in the form of a fine in the amount of 5 thousand rubles for committing the driver of the vehicle actions defined as dangerous driving”. In the accompanying documents to the draft law explains that the need for the introduction of sanctions for dangerous driving is dictated by the changes in traffic rules (SDA), which explicitly prohibits this riding style. In the explanatory note it is reminded that at the end of may 2016 the government has introduced the SDA concept of “dangerous driving”. It is expressed “in committing one or more successive actions, namely the failure of the rebuilding

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Gorbachev urged Putin and trump resume political dialogue

Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev in an article in Time magazine stated that Russia and the United States needs to “resume political dialogue” and to get out of the situation of the nuclear threat. “Today, the nuclear threat once again seem real. Relations between the great powers are getting worse and worse for several years. Supporters of arms buildup and military industrial complex are rubbing their hands. We need to get out of this situation. We need to resume political dialogue, aimed at joint decision and joint action,” – said Gorbachev. Gorbachev noted that the focus should again be paid to the prevention of war, and come to the gradual abandonment of the arms race and reduction of arsenals of weapons. The ex-President addressed the members of the UN Security Council with an appeal “to take the first step to achieve these goals, and the

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Eyes on the music: what was the main conductor of the Russian army

Army

Share {{secondsToDateTime(data.visiblePosition) | date: ‘HH:mm:ss’}} / {{(videoDuration | date: ‘HH:mm:ss’) || ’05:28′}} {{secondsToDateTime(data.visiblePosition) | date: ‘mm:ss’}} / {{(videoDuration | date: ‘mm:ss’) || ’05:28′}} {{qualityItem | uppercase}} HD .mp4 High quality SD .mp4 Medium quality © © Agency “Voeninform” MO RF Coming from a military family, composer, people’s artist of Russia Valery Khalilov is actively developed and popularized wind music in the country. He was the first and only one in the history of the military bandmaster, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant General.

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Peskov said that Putin will meet with trump

Events

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with reporters, said that the official meeting of Russian and American leader is likely to take place before the G20 summit, which will take place in Germany (in Hamburg), reports RIA Novosti.   “Apparently, Yes,” said Sands about will there be a meeting prior to the collection of “big twenty” scheduled for 7-8 July 2017.   Earlier, Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald trump turned out to be good in political terms and in human. Photo: Kremlin Pool / Globallookpress

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