Day: February 23, 2017

In Moscow will construct a copy of the Reichstag for training yunarmeytsev The Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu said that the Park “Patriot” in the suburban town of Kubinka the building of the Reichstag, which will be able to storm yunarmeytsy. In addition, according to the Minister, the Park will create a guerrilla village. Speaking about the partisan village, the Minister said that there is a class of training of suicide, kitchen, cook, bath and even guerrilla dugout Commissar. In addition, Sergei Shoigu said that the Park “Patriot”, everyone will soon be able to spend the whole day on a submarine and to experience everything that happens there, starting with the struggle for survival and ending with a compote and pasta nautically. He noted that the Park completes the creation of the front line with trenches and bunkers so that people could feel the atmosphere of life in

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that the activities of collection companies that obtained the right to work in the Republic, will be under special control. Previously acting head of the Crimean Department of the Federal bailiff service — chief bailiff of the Republic of Yuri Chudnovets said that the right to work in the Crimea received five collection companies, and two more have applied for registration. “The question that regards the work of the collectors, on the territory of Crimea under special control. All the requests on my page (in social networks) by the actions of the collectors, are considered personally,” — said Aksenov reporters. The head of the Republic stressed that favored and opposed the work of collection firms, which often in its activities allow for “excesses, violation of law, bullying people”. “I don’t know what is the meaning to keep them… I

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that the Arctic and in the Barents and Baltic seas have no such problems, which would require a military build-up, reports TASS. This statement Lavrov made at the meeting with the foreign Minister of Sweden Margot wallström. “Today we with the Minister have once again confirmed our position that neither in the Arctic nor in the Barents region, the Baltic States there are no problems that need to be addressed by military means or by increasing a military presence here,” said the Minister. The foreign Minister also noted that in this context, Moscow sees no need for an international agreement for managing Arctic infrastructure neither with economic, nor from the point of view of security. Earlier, Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow has passed the Stockholm invitation to visit the Crimea.

Sergey Zhvachkin Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin accepted the early resignation of the Governor of Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin, and appointed him acting head of the region. This was reported on the Kremlin website on Tuesday, February 21. Zhvachkin will perform the duties of the head of the Tomsk region before the entry into office of a person elected the head of the region stated in the decree of the President. 9 Feb Zhvachkin told journalists that does not plan ahead to resign, and intends to participate in elections of the Governor of the region, which will be held in a single voting day, September 10, said TASS. “In five years we need to finish what we started”, the official explained to the media after the presentation of investment potential of region in Trading-industrial chamber of the Russian Federation. Sergey Zhvachkin was headed by the Tomsk

Sergei Lavrov © Dmitry Serebryakov/TASS MOSCOW, February 22. /TASS/. Russia waiting for U.S. refiners on the initiative on the establishment of security zones in Syria. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.

© AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev UN, February 22. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Dozens of diplomats and employees of the UN Secretariat said farewell on Wednesday by the permanent representative of the Russian Federation at the world organization Vitaly Churkin, who died Monday at the age of 64 years. The ceremony was held in the Russian mission, located on 67th street in Manhattan. A farewell speech was made by the widow Irina Churkina and his son Maxim, Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergey Kislyak, the permanent representatives of the United States, Nikki Haley and Kazakhstan Kairat Umarov, Deputy of the Russian Ambassador Pyotr Ilyich and Vladimir Safronkov, as well as the UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres. The latter noted the “unquestioned authority” Churkin in the Security Council and the respect which he enjoyed among his colleagues. “I think that if in heaven people need to work, God will make him a diplomat,” said the