Day: March 15, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti The decision of the authorities of the European Union to extend sanctions against Russia were expected, said in an interview with “Tape.ru” the first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Dmitry Novikov on Monday, March 13. “The sanctions imposed lightly, for a long time. This is not surprising,” — said the MP, commenting on the extension of restrictive measures by the EU. He also drew attention to the repeated extension of sanctions by the Europeans. “The EU remains true to its position”, — said the Deputy. Earlier on Monday, the EU Council announced the extension of the EU sanctions that were imposed against the citizens of Russia and Ukraine. The restrictions will continue to operate for another six months — until September 15. It is noted that the decision was made due to “actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of

Photo: RIA Novosti For 2017 it is planned to hold a joint meeting of the committees of the house of representatives and the lower house of the Russian Parliament. On Monday, March 13, said the head of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky, reports RIA Novosti. “We are working to ensure that over the next year to adopt a joint meeting of the committees of the house of representatives and the State Duma”, — said the Deputy. The first in three years meeting of parliamentarians of Russia and the United States took place on February 23 at the session of OSCE PA in Vienna, said “Interfax”. Lawmakers agreed to maintain contacts, exchanged phone numbers and email addresses. “The us side was attended by 10 senators and members of the house of representatives. Was very constructive tone of the discussion”, — said Slutsky. From the Russian side it was

Sergey Matseyko © Press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia/TASS MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Russia’s investigative Committee have established a name of one Ukrainian commander, involved in the shelling of houses in the Donbass. As reported TASS the representative of SK of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko, in the course of a criminal investigation against the commander of the 53rd separate infantry brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine Colonel Alexander Gruzevich the investigation failed to establish additional episodes of his crimes, and another of his accomplice – commander of the 43-th separate mechanized infantry battalion of the 53rd mechanized brigade Serhiy matseyko. According to the investigation, from April to July 2016, they and other Ukrainian servicemen, fulfilling the criminal orders of the senior military leadership of his country, was carried out shelling of civilian infrastructure in the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s Republic. As a result of these crimes was

Norway was extradited to the United States of a Russian citizen accused of hacking WASHINGTON, Mar 14 — RIA Novosti. The citizen of the Russian Federation mark Vartanian extradited from Norway to the US on charges of cybercrime, according to the U.S. justice Department. The Agency clarifies that Vartanyan, known online under the nickname Kolypto, was extradited in December 2016, and on Tuesday appeared before the court. He is now charged with developing malicious programs “Citadel”, using which the cyber criminals have caused “financial loss to individuals and companies around the world.” “The arrest Vartanian eliminates prominent player who participated in the development, improvement, support, and distribution of malicious programs from the Arsenal of the criminal underground, and thereby reduces the possibility of cybercriminal group”, — stated in the release.