Day: February 18, 2017

The heads of the DNI and LC commented on the recognition by Russia of passports republics Head of the DND and LNR responded to the decree of the President of Russia on the recognition of passports samoprovzglashenny republics. Igor Carpenter noted that “the Republic took place,” Alexander Zakharchenko said that “our sacrifices are not in vain”. The head of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk people’s Republic commented on the decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the recognition of documents of residents of the DNI and LC. The statement of the head LNR Igor Carpentry, published on the official website of the breakaway Republic, said that this fateful decision. This is another proof that the Republic became the state. Today another step brought the Republic to the world recognition of our suveranitatii Platycichla LC Review Chapter DND Alexander Zakharchenko quotes Agency “RIA Novosti”. In an interview with the

Russia officially recognized the documents of the residents of Donbass The holders of the issued LC and DNR documents will allow him to travel freely to Russia. Moscow. 18 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the recognition in the Russian Federation documents issued to citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons permanently residing on the territories of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, reported the press service of the head of state. As stated in the document, the decision was made “in order to protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, guided by the universally recognized principles and norms of international humanitarian law.” “To establish, temporarily, pending a political settlement of the situation in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine based on the Minsk agreements of the Russian Federation are recognized as valid identity documents, documents on education and (or) qualification,

Photo: RIA Novosti The thesis about the weakness of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) carries a risk, as is part of the mythologizing of the threat from Russia. This opinion was expressed by Russia’s permanent representative to NATO Alexander Grushko. His words TASS reports. “Part of the NATO mythology about the threat from Russia is the thesis of some weakness of NATO, but the numbers speak for themselves. Total military spending is only for European countries-members of NATO than 250 billion euros, is more than the sum of (military) budget of Russia and China,” – said Grushko. Grushko said that the best guarantee of security of the countries-members of the military unit – a healthy relationship with Moscow. However, if the dialogue will not contribute to the resumption of cooperation, Russia may lose interest in such dialogue, said the Ambassador. According to Grushko, increased NATO in the black sea region

Photo: RIA Novosti Novgorod branch of party “the Apple” has filed an appeal in the Supreme court of the Russian Federation on the decision of the Novgorod regional court. We will remind, “the Apple” has demanded to cancel the elections of deputies to the regional Parliament in September 2016. In the regional branch of the party believe that gross violations of the law by the election Commission of the Novgorod region and the state institution “Agency of information communications” led to the fact that Yabloko was deprived of the mandate in the regional Parliament. In particular, in its lawsuit with the regional court “Yabloko” declared the refusal to grant them a free print space in state media — the refusal was motivated by the presence in the programme of the regional office of the paragraph about sending the now ex-Governor Mitin resign. Also in the statement of “Yabloko” indicate the

Photo: TASS The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson stood next to the traditional joint photo at the end of the first day of the Ministerial consultations of the “Big twenty”. Tillerson, came one of the last, welcomed all the Ministers and stood up for the family photo in the front row, right by Lavrov. It is symbolic that in the Cologne airport, where he arrived foreign delegations, Russian and American planes also were next door to each other. The focus of the media during the day was confined to the first contacts of Rex Tillerson to the post of U.S. Secretary of state, especially his talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The Russian Minister described the meeting as productive. “In all these areas our American partners are interested to join efforts that are being made to overcome these conflicts,” he said. Round

© Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, February 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the recognition in the Russian Federation of documents and license plates of vehicles issued to citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons permanently residing on the territories of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine”. As the press service of the Kremlin, this was done “in order to protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, guided by the universally recognized principles and norms of international humanitarian law.” The text of the decree, in particular, it is noted that these measures are “temporary, pending a political settlement of the situation in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine based on the Minsk agreements”. “The Russian Federation recognizes a valid identity documents, documents on education and (or) qualification, birth certificate, the conclusion (cancellation) of marriage, name change,

© EPA/PHILIPP GUELLAND MUNICH, February 18. /TASS/. Moscow as well as the European Union is interested in full implementation of the Minsk agreements. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the Munich conference on security issues.