Day: February 2, 2017

Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdogan German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to abide by democratic norms. She stated this during a press conference during a visit to Ankara, according to Reuters. “In times of deep political turmoil have to do anything to protect the principle of separation of powers, freedom of speech and political diversity,” — stated Merkel. “The opposition is part of democracy,” she added. Thus, a German politician responded to a question about concerns regarding the attempts to suppress dissent in Turkey. July 15, 2016, in Turkey there was an attempt to military rebellion, which was suppressed. The clashes killed more than 230 people, more than 2.1 thousand were injured. After that the country began mass purges in government, public administration, courts, education, the army and the security services. Was closed more than 130 media, over 81 thousand people were suspended from

John McCain The Chairman of the Senate armed services Committee John McCain called on US President Donald trump to give Kiev lethal weapons. As reported on Thursday, February 2, Reuters, stated in a letter he sent to the White house. “I urge you to use the powers given to you by the appropriations act for military purposes in the 2017 financial year, to provide the defensive lethal military assistance to Ukraine to protect its territory”, — stated in the message. Earlier the President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that the cause of the escalation of the conflict in the Donbas was the need of Kiev in the money and the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to present itself as a victim in the eyes of European partners. “The Ukrainian leadership today need the money. And money it is best to blow from the European Union, and individual European countries, from

Changes to documents on US sanctions against Russia’s FSB has not alleviated them, the aim is to clarify the application of restrictive measures. As reported by RIA Novosti, said White house spokesman Sean Spicer on a regular press briefing. “We are not weakened by sanctions. It is, as I understand it, the usual practice of the Ministry of Finance, which quite often clarifies specific questions after the imposition of sanctions,” he said. The President of the United States Donald trump also denied the fact of easing of sanctions. “I didn’t weaken”, — he told reporters. Earlier it was reported that it is now permitted “to request, receive, use and pay for licenses and permits” issued by FSB of Russia on “information technology products”. The total cost of payment should not exceed 5 thousand dollars per year. What kind of technology we have in mind is not specified. Export, re-export, or