Day: March 20, 2017

Anatoly Kucherena © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The lawyer of the former employee of U.S. intelligence Edward Snowden, Anatoly Kucherena called rumors information about the exchange Snowden for serving punishment in the United States of a Russian citizen Viktor bout. “Snowden did not consider himself guilty, he is not in front of anyone and there is no need to make excuses, because everything he did he did in the name of public good. And to say that some kind of pardon, some kind of transfer it somewhere – it’s completely a rumor, which is heated by the same employees of U.S. intelligence – the CIA and the NSA: “And here is the Booth we have, and whether the exchange”. All this is from the evil one”, – he stressed.

The state Duma has proposed to appoint the head wounds of the President of the Russian Federation Scientific Secretary of the RAS reported that the new elections of the head of the Academy in November, will under the new scheme. Moscow. March 20. INTERFAX.RU — New election of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) can take under the new scheme — in the state Duma is preparing amendments to the law on science that will directly affect this procedure, told “Interfax” the scientific Secretary of the RAS Mikhail Paltsev. “You can talk about the analogy with the Moscow and St. Petersburg universities, where leaders are appointed by the President of Russia. Is there enough revolutionary changes are prepared, in any case, the materials, the documents that I saw in April, the law is already supplied to the Committee, not much time left,” said Fingers Agency on Monday.

The court in Warsaw sentenced the accused to Russian espionage to 4 years of prison WARSAW, 20 Mar — RIA Novosti. The district court in Warsaw on Monday sentenced a Russian citizen to four years in prison on charges of espionage, reports the news Agency PAP. “Four years in prison for lawyer Stanislav sh., accused in espionage in favor of Russia,” the court ruled. The prosecution asked to sentence the first Russian to 10 years in prison, but then reduced the requirement to 6 years. The defence argued for acquittal. Lawyer Stanislav S. (according to Polish law, the name of the defendant is not disclosed) was arrested in October 2014 on suspicion of espionage in favor of Russia. The defendant, who has Polish and Russian citizenship, classified, the trial was held behind closed doors. Parents Stanislaus, said earlier that the case relies on the testimony of an undercover agent —

In the European Parliament is concerned about the growth of Russian influence in Serbia Moscow. March 20. INTERFAX.RU — the strengthening of Russian influence in Serbia is a serious concern, said the Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on foreign policy, German politician David McAllister. “Russia is deliberately pursuing in Serbia the strategy of tension. It is a cause for serious concern,” said McAllister in an interview with Die Welt newspaper published on Monday. According to the MP representing the party of the Christian democratic Union (CDU), Moscow is trying to exert a massive influence on the media, some politicians, and civil society in Serbia Despite the fact that the EU is the largest investor in Serbia intends to 2020 to allocate Serbia 1.5 billion euros of financial assistance for the implementation of the reform and development of the economy, “Russia is perceived by Serbian society as the most important