Day: February 13, 2017

Putin appointed acting Governor of the Novgorod region Andrei Nikitin He previously held the position of head of the Agency for strategic initiatives. Moscow. 13 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on early termination of powers of the Governor of the Novgorod region Sergey Mitin and appointed acting head of the region the head of the Agency for strategic initiatives Andrei Nikitin. About it reports a press-service of the Kremlin. “To accept resignation of the Governor of the Novgorod region S. G. Mitin on their own. Assign Nikitin Andrey Sergeyevich, acting Governor of the Novgorod region until the entry into office of a person elected the Governor of the Novgorod region. This decree shall enter into force from the day of its signing”, — is spoken in the document text. Earlier it was reported that at a meeting with journalists Sergey Mitin said that decided not

Yarovaya suggested to enter criminal punishment for inducing children to suicide Moscow. 13 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — IN the state Duma prepared the bill of introduction of criminal liability for inducing a child to suicide, said the Vice-speaker of the lower house Irina Yarovaya at the meeting in the state Duma. “We propose to establish liability for assisting suicide — advice, instructions, granting of information, instruments or means of committing suicide, or the removal of obstacles for committing suicide, and also for the promise to hide the means or tools of suicide,” — said the Deputy. Now the criminal code provides for punishment only for incitement to suicide through the humiliation of a person, but if the child is voluntarily driven to suicide, the punishment of the instigator impossible. It is proposed to expand the existing article of the Criminal code on incitement to suicide. “We propose to install additional criminal

Sands called the meeting of Putin and trump The presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump will be able to meet at the summit of “Big twenty” which will pass in July in Germany, said the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. However, according to him, the timing of an earlier meeting have not yet worked out. On Monday, February 13, said the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. We believe that there is in July of this year [will be held], “twenty” in Germany, where somehow the presidents will meet. But, as you know, it was the possibility of an earlier meeting, yet no specifics of netmetric Pickupers-Secretary of Vladimir Putin He added that the question of the timing of the first personal contact of the leaders is also not yet worked out by the parties. The G20 summit in 2017 will be held on 7-8

Photo: RIA Novosti Seven humanitarian actions, during which aid was received by 6.3 thousand Syrians held in Syria within days, the Russian military, reported by the Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic. “During the day Russian Centre for reconciliation the warring parties conducted seven humanitarian actions, which included handing civilians 3.8 tons of bread, 3 thousand servings of hot food and 400 food packages”, – stated in the Bulletin of the Centre. – For the day, humanitarian aid has been 6.3 thousand inhabitants. The total mass transferred humanitarian cargo amounted to 6.2 tons.” From the beginning of 2017, the Russian military has delivered the people of Syria more than 160 tons of humanitarian cargo. Humanitarian action held in the city of Aleppo (in the area of al-Maadi and Sheikh Maqsood, in schools, in the areas of Suleiman al – Halabi and al Firdaus, in

Photo: © REUTERS/ Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/Courtesy of the Guardian/Handout via Reuters Former employee of U.S. intelligence Edward Snowden on Friday called media reports about his possible extradition to the US “undeniable proof” that he’s not worked for the intelligence service of the Russian Federation. Finally: irrefutable evidence that I never cooperated with Russian intel. No country trades away spies, as the rest would fear they’re next. https://t.co/YONqZ1gYqm — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 10, 2017 “Finally: undeniable proof that I never collaborated with the Russian intelligence service,” he wrote in the microblog in Twitter. According to him, “no country sells their scouts, because the other may fear that they will be next.” As reported earlier on Friday, the NBC, citing an unnamed representative of the American administration, the US intelligence claims that Russia is considering the transfer of Edward Snowden in the US as a “gift” to President Donald Trump. According