Day: March 20, 2017

The head of the Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky © Michael Pochuev/TASS DAMASCUS, March 20. /TASS/. The state Duma has agreed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the establishment of a constitutional Commission in the Syrian Parliament. The journalists said the head of the lower house Committee for international Affairs Leonid Slutsky, who is here in the delegation headed by Duma Vice-speaker Vladimir Vasilyev. “Has been thoroughly explained details concerning the constitutional process and the establishment of the constitutional Commission in Parliament. We now have to discuss it with the head of the Parliament (Syria) All Abbas”, – said Slutsky. According to him, “the establishment of a constitutional Commission in the Parliament could lead to qualitative shifts in the constitutional process currently underway at the site of inter-Syrian dialogue.” The working group on the platform in Geneva Vladimir Vasilyev, in turn, said that state Duma deputies together with members

© Gennady Homeland/TASS MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. Political and economic pressure of the European Union is futile and doesn’t change the fact that Crimea and Sevastopol are part of Russia. This was stated today at the Russian foreign Ministry in connection with the statement of the EU high representative for foreign Affairs and security policy Federica Mogherini on Crimea and the European Parliament resolution “On the Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia and the situation in Crimea”. “Looks like a cynical attempt to present as part of “non-recognition policy” of the reunification of the Crimea with Russia the indiscriminate discriminatory restrictive measures of the EU against the Crimea, who in the area of visa policy, the EU is reminiscent of the “visa crackdown” and contravenes several norms of international law”, – stressed in dipvedomstva. “Once again we remind you that Crimea and Sevastopol are an integral part of the Russian Federation,

Kiev has imposed sanctions against the Crimea visit of European deputies Ukraine has imposed sanctions against European politicians who visited the Crimea. The delegation consisted of four Serbian citizens and one citizen of the Czech Republic. The security service of Ukraine (SBU) has imposed sanctions against European politicians, who on March 19 visited Crimea. About this on his page in Facebook said the press Secretary of Department Alena Gitlyanskaya. The SBU established that on the Peninsula were four citizens of Serbia and one citizen of the Czech Republic. Kiev has decided to ban them from entering Ukraine for a period of five years. Information about what in the delegation were Ukrainians, not confirmed. Sunday, March 19, Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on nationalities Ruslan Balbec said that in the Crimea there arrived deputies of the European Parliament and other politicians from the EU and CIS countries and Latin America.

“Brakcet” will be launched on March 29 March 29, British Prime Minister Theresa may will announce the launch of “breccia” using 50-th article of the Treaty of Lisbon. Thus will begin the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union. The Prime Minister of Britain, Theresa may will have to turn to the EU with an official letter, but when she does, Downing street said. On March 14, the house of lords has adopted in its original form the bill giving the government the right to start the exit process. The document allows (although does not formally require) to the Prime Minister to notify the EU about the intention of the United Kingdom to withdraw from the EU, for which voted the majority of British voters in a referendum in June last year. What article 50? Signed in 2007 Treaty on European Union, better known as the Lisbon Treaty. It replaced