Day: February 20, 2017

Vasilyev: the use of history should be mandatory The head of the Ministry noted that this question requires discussion. MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Exam on the history of Russia should be required. This was stated by Minister of education and science Olga Vasilieva at the plenary session of the all-Russian conference “History of Russia in the XXI century through the eyes of students.” “In his speech, Galina (Karelova, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council — approx. TASS) told a very important idea that Russian history should be a single national exam. Here I am, as a historian primarily, is convinced that it needs to be mandatory,” said the Minister. “Of course, this question requires discussion, but a person can not, after 11 years of training, do not know its history,” — said Vasilyev. A single history textbook Almost all regions will teach the history of Russia on new textbooks in

Putin signed a decree on celebration of the 75th anniversary of the victory in Stalingrad battle Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on celebration of the 75th anniversary of the victory of Soviet troops in the battle of Stalingrad in 1943. The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legal information. The initiative to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory in the battle of Stalingrad in 2018 by the government, according to the text of the decree “On the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the defeat of the Soviet troops of Nazi troops in the battle of Stalingrad”. According to the document, will create the organizational Committee on preparation and holding of the celebration, its President is appointed Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Approve the composition of the Committee for preparation and celebration of the Russian President instructed during the month. During the same period

Malaysia withdrew its Ambassador from North Korea because of the murder of Kim Jong-Nam The foreign Ministry of Malaysia issued a statement in which it reported on the temporary recall of Ambassador to this country from Korea for consultations in light of the scandal unfolding between the two countries around the investigation of the murder of Kim Jong-Nam. At the same time the foreign Ministry had summoned the Ambassador of the DPRK in Kuala Lumpur. The cause was a North Korean diplomat, said during a press conference on February 17, reported on the website of the foreign Ministry of Malaysia. During the press conference, the Ambassador accused the Malaysian government of “hiding facts” related to the death of a citizen of the DPRK at the airport of Kuala Lumpur. The North Korean representative also said that the Malaysian authorities are on this issue “in collusion with outside forces”. In his

Photo: TASS The official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova in Facebook told about the inaccuracies in the article in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on the Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov. According to Zakharov, the author of the material Gunilla von hall (Gunilla von Hall) incorrectly presented the history of pizza and vodka, which former U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry and Lavrov sent to journalists in time of negotiations on Syria. “Another time he [Lavrov] pity the reporters who waited the whole night, while there were negotiations on Syria. Suddenly, he ordered that in the corridor sent a few bottles of Russian vodka in addition to the pizza that John Kerry ordered for the starving in the press”, — said in the article, Svenska Dagbladet. Foreign Ministry spokesman pointed out that, although the box with the pizza and were Americans, they weren’t meant

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. The idea that Russia would rent the Crimea at any time, is absurd, as the Peninsula is the Russian region.