Day: March 14, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that in choosing the First channel as the representative of Russia at competition “the Eurovision-2017” Yulia Samoilova there is nothing provocative, RIA Novosti reported. “I never would use such words as “provocation” is a Russian TV channel that sends back the participant, so there is nothing provocative, we do not see”, — said Peskov. He also noted that the entry of the singer in Ukraine shall be regulated by rules of the Eurovision and the host country should comply with them. “In Crimea there were all, practically, probably not the people who have never been in the Crimea. This is the first. Second – it’s still international competition and the country-the organizer of the contest should follow the rules by which this contest is held”, — said the representative of the Kremlin. Earlier the First channel has completed

Chairman Of The State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has reminded the Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev, that the source of power in Russia is the people. On Tuesday at an enlarged visiting session of the faction “United Russia”, devoted to the development of agriculture, the Minister said that he heard from deputies “interesting and useful for themselves.” “You, of course, in the first place, maybe hot, maybe emotionally trying to convey (existing problems) to power, to state agencies… this is absolutely correct…” – he said to the parliamentarians. “Alexander, they have the power – interrupted Volodin. – You messed up a little.” In response Tkachev explained that he was referring to the government of the Russian Federation. “The source of authority is the people and the deputies are representatives”, – said the speaker

Bulgaria is considering ways to reduce the cost of visas for Russians As reported by the Association of tour operators of Russia (ATOR), told the Ambassador to Moscow Boyko Kotsev. In addition, visas for children under the age of 16 can become completely free. Kotzev also added that today we are examining a number of measures that will reduce the price of tickets. According to the Minister of tourism of Bulgaria Stela Bastovoi, Russia today occupies the fourth place in terms of tourist arrivals to the country. So, in 2016, Bulgaria rested 584 thousand Russian travelers (19 percent more than in 2015). “Russia is a strategic generating market for tourism of Bulgaria, the whole of the large hotel complexes are only receiving tourists from Russia,” said Baltova. Executive Director ATOR Maya Lomidze added that this year the demand for recreation is growing in Bulgaria. At the early stage of booking

Spring has headed a rating of the usefulness of deputies of the state Duma MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Vice-speaker of the state Duma Irina Yarovaya (“United Russia”) topped the rating of activity of deputies of the lower house, the three entered the United Russia Sergey Neverov and Paul Krasheninnikov. This is evidenced by the first integral rating called “the Coefficient of utility of deputies of the state Duma” which was made by scientists Alexey Martynov and Dmitry Gusev and presentation takes place on Tuesday, TASS reported. The utilization factor is the sum of four indexes: the popular vote, the media (mentioning in the media), the activity of MP in the state Duma (participation in the drafting of bills, speeches at meetings) and expert work index in the region (experts estimate the work of the MP with the inhabitants, authorities and local elites). In the preparation of a regional index involved