Day: February 15, 2017

The Federal service for labor and employment reminded that next week residents will work from Monday to Wednesday inclusive (20-22 February). Followed by four days off in connection with the holiday — defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23 was declared “to Interfax” the Deputy head of Rostrud Ivan Shklovets. “Next week will be only three working days (…). The next Wednesday we have a holiday working day reduced by one hour,” he said. “In order to ensure the rational use of working time the government had previously taken the decision to transfer the weekend from Sunday, January 1, on Friday, February 24. So it turned out extra long weekend from 23 to 26 February,” said Sklover. As for the celebration on March 8, 2017 international women’s day will occur on Wednesday and divide the working week into two equal parts. “It will be one day off. Pre-holiday working

Dmitry Peskov Moscow will apply the procedures provided for in international law, in connection with the claim of Ukraine to the world trade organization (WTO). On Monday, February 13, said the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “Under international law there are methods and ways to protect the interests of the Russian Federation, which will be applied in this case, as in others similar,” — said Peskov. The representative of the Kremlin has refused to answer the question about the possible consequences of the claim. “Here’s some possible reasoning is hardly relevant,” he said. Earlier in the day it became known that Kiev has filed a lawsuit to the WTO with the requirement to create a group of experts to assess Russia imposed restrictions on the transit of Ukrainian goods to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. As noted in the statement, “commercial aggression of the Russian Federation” needs to obtain

The office of the President of Russia is preparing to market its products under its own trade mark “the Kremlin quality” in early April. On Wednesday, February 15, reported the press-Secretary of Department Elena Krylova, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “The main idea of this project is in the constant selection on the basis of the “umbrella brand” products with high quality, which will be available not only to buyers in the Manager subordinate enterprises, but for ordinary consumers in distribution networks,” — said Krylov. “The products will be presented in several product categories, including dairy products and groceries. And positioned in a price segment “average plus”” she said. According to her, the project will solve problems of high social significance, in particular, to support domestic producers, including small and medium businesses. The brand “Kremlin quality” will form a pool of reliable suppliers and will contribute to their promotion on the market.