Day: March 15, 2017

Maria Zakharova © Artyom Geodakyan/TASS MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. The United States along with a law that increases the control over the activity of foreign television channels, could take and a list of books to burn. The proposal was made by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on his page in the social network Facebook, commenting on the initiative of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen about changing the law to give the justice Department additional powers to investigate the work of the TV channel RT (Russia Today, “Russia today”). “At the same time it would be possible in this bill to designate the list of books intended for burning on the premises,” – said Zakharov.

On the site of a bomb attack in Damascus © EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. What happened in Damascus the attack was clearly timed to coincide with the UN in Astana. This was stated by the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In the state Duma assessed the cost of admission deputies meetings Pass a member of one plenary meeting at its own expense costs him 17 thousand rubles, said the Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin reporters at a briefing. 17 thousand rubles is deducted from the salary of the Deputy in the time off for your account, and 60 thousand. — in the absence if the MP is not registered in the hall any morning or day or in the evening, said the speaker of the lower house reporters at a briefing. That due to deductions for absences to deputies is more profitable to take a vacation at his own expense, than to skip the meeting, RBC reported earlier. According to Volodin, in plenary, at its expense, is missing about five to ten people. “On March 7, at its expense, absent 12. 10 March — four people”, — he

The LDPR faction in full force left the meeting of the state Duma in protest Moscow. March 15. INTERFAX.RU — the Faction of the liberal democratic party on Wednesday in full force left the plenary hall after the Vice-speaker of the state Duma Sergey Neverov said the need of the Duma ethics Commission to examine the statements of the head of the faction Vladimir Zhirinovsky in the “hour of statements”. Earlier Zhirinovsky, speaking from the rostrum of the state Duma, in an emotional manner expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that some MPs are defending the authorities of the Moscow region. He promised that he will shoot his opponents in the case, if he wins the presidential elections next year. In March next year will enter the Kremlin, you’ll be shot and hanged, the rascals and scoundrels!Mr Zhirinovskyites of the LDPR faction Vice-speaker of the state Duma, Secretary of General Council

The state Duma adopted the bill on the population census via the Internet MOSCOW, 15 Mar — RAPSI. The state Duma at plenary session on Wednesday has approved in the third reading of a government bill, which proposes to organise a national census of population using the Internet and to make mandatory the microcensus. The bill, in particular, it is proposed to Supplement the existing methods of the survey population a new way of gathering information using the Internet and install additional format of carrying out selective statistical supervision — the microcensus of the population. This will improve the accuracy and completeness of census results that serve as information basis for demographic and social policy of the state, the report says the government. The document establishes the procedure for collecting information about the population in electronic form. It defines standards for software, hardware, including storage media, communication channels, means of