Day: March 2, 2017

WP: the head of the U.S. justice Department did not disclose contacts with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Jeff and Roman sessions had two meetings with Sergei Kislyak in July and September 2016, the newspaper said. WASHINGTON, March 2. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Kirsanov/. The current Minister of justice and the U.S. attorney General Jeff sessions has not publicized its contacts with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergei Kislyak held during last year’s American presidential election. This was written on Wednesday, March 1, the Washington Post (WP), which presented this case in fact, as a new indirect confirmation of the relationship between Russia and the election campaign of Donald trump. The last candidate was actively supported by Sessom during the election campaign in 2016. According to the newspaper information, and Roman sessions had two meetings with Kislyak in July and September 2016. Sessions did not mention them at hearings in the

Russian diplomats trying to save the inter-Syrian negotiations A new round of talks on the Syrian crisis has not brought visible results, but Russian diplomats are trying to mitigate the conflict between the meeting in Geneva of delegations. GENEVA, 2 Mar. /Offset. TASS Vasily Vavilin, Mr Kostyriv, Konstantin Gain, Grigory Sapozhnikov/. The next round of inter-Syrian negotiations in Geneva nearing the end of (the formal completion is expected on March 3), but significant results have not yet brought in, and contradictions between the participants after several days of consultations was almost more than at the beginning of the discussions. Arrived in Switzerland earlier in the week, Russian diplomats in this situation, trying to mitigate the conflict and to find common ground among the gathering in Geneva of delegations. Eloquent silence For Tuesday and Wednesday, the special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria Staffan de Mistura met twice with

The congressmen agreed to investigate the contact team trump with Russia The special Committee on intelligence of the house of representatives will investigate the alleged contacts by members of staff of the President of Donald trump with Russia. As reported by Reuters, said the leader of the Democrats in the Committee, Adam Schiff. According to him, achieved a relevant written agreement between the democratic minority and the Republican majority. In the ad hoc Committee said that its Chairman Devin Nunes and Schiff agreed that the investigation will cover, in particular, such questions as “did it involve itself in actions of the Russian Federation contacts with people who are associated with political headquarters, or any other representatives of the United States,” reports RIA Novosti. In January it was reported that American intelligence agencies are investigating possible ties between members of the team trump with Russia. It was noted, in particular, that

© Gennady Homeland/TASS MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. The investigative Committee of Russia opened more than 100 criminal cases on international crimes in the South-East of Ukraine. This was announced by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin on expanded Board SK. “In 2014 opened 102 criminal cases that are prosecuted. 90 this is mainly servicemen of the Ukrainian army, starting with the defense Minister and ending with the commanders of the individual units, parts, connections that directly commit serious international crimes,” – said Bastrykin. According to him, the UK is conducting an investigation and gathering evidence “so that the perpetrators suffered a just and deserved retribution.” “We are convinced that sooner or later this must come,” he said.