Day: February 20, 2017

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko Meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko in the coming days is not planned due to busy with their schedules. On Monday, February 20, reported the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “As far as we know, Alexander Lukashenko is in Sochi, this is a private trip. The next few days, as we understand, the graphics of the heads of state are overcrowded. But Putin, at least, such a meeting does not appear,” — said Peskov. At the same time, a Kremlin spokesman stressed that the timing of the holding of the Supreme State Council of the Union state continues. Answering the question about the schedule of Putin, Peskov, said that trips to Sochi by the Russian President in the coming days is not planned. On 3 February President of Belarus held a seven-hour press conference, during

The state Duma may pay more than 610 thousand euros and 330 thousand Swiss francs (almost 282 thousand euros — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) as contributions to international parliamentary organizations this year. The amount will be approved at the meeting of the Duma Council, follows from the document published on Monday 20 February, on the website of the lower house of Parliament. “It is proposed to accept the proposal of the Committee on foreign Affairs and the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots pay the annual dues in the international parliamentary structures, produced on the basis of orders of the RF government”, — stated in the document on the agenda of the meeting of the Duma Council, which will be held on Tuesday, February 21. We are talking about contributions to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (more than 189 thousand euros), the European Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy

In Smolensk from the neoclassic building was dismantled which caused dissatisfaction of local residents and users of the Runet, the signboard of the store “Pyaterochka”. This was reported on the website of the city administration on Monday, February 20. “Demolition work is performed in view of execution of instructions about elimination of infringements of installation and (or) operation and dismantling of additional equipment of the facade of buildings and structures”, — stated in the message. It is clarified that the signs on the house №9 along the street Uritsky was set arbitrarily. The dismantling was carried out by the city administration. 14 Feb users social network “Vkontakte” drew attention to the photo of the new store network, opened in the former Home of deaf culture. According to bloggers, the inscriptions disfigured the building. Knowing where else could be placed a sign, they created a series of photoshopped pics depicting the