Day: April 13, 2017

Sergei Lavrov © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. Russia in Syria does not rely neither on President Bashar al-Assad, nor to anyone else. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. “We’re not focusing on any person, neither for Assad nor for someone else,” – said the Minister. According to Lavrov, to resolve the situation, it is important “not to remove a particular character from the political scene, and to agree on how it will be organized by the Syrian government that it is democratic, that it was secular”. “So in this country of all ethnic, religious groups feel protected, feel fairly represented in government,” – said the foreign Minister. The Russian Minister noted that in achieving such a consensus, which requires the development of a new Constitution, “questions the fate of individuals will be addressed much more effectively without any tragic consequences

U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov © EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV MOSCOW, April 13. /TASS/. The first talks of the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson with Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, which took place on Wednesday, brought some results. According to Lavrov, the parties have come to better understand each other. Secretary of state met with President Vladimir Putin, who confirmed Russia’s desire to resolve the numerous problems in Russian-American relations. One of the outcomes of the talks was the decision to appoint special representatives from the foreign Ministry and the US state Department, which will be tasked to analyze the existing problems in relations between the two countries. Great attention was paid to the topic of Syria. Russia confirmed its willingness to renew the Memorandum on the prevention of incidents in the skies over Syria. For admit

Melania trump has won a lawsuit against the newspaper Daily Mail Moscow. April 12. INTERFAX.RU the British Daily Mail newspaper publicly apologized to the wife of the President of the United States Melania trump and announced that it would pay her compensation for the damage suffered. “We understand that these (published in the newspaper — if) statements about Mrs. trump is wrong… We apologize to Ms. trump’s an inconvenience,” — said in a statement published on the newspaper’s website on Wednesday. The amount that the publication is willing to pay trump, in court has not sounded. In turn, the AP notes that the US first lady accepted the apology the Daily Mail. Earlier it was reported that trump filed a libel suit against British newspaper Daily Mail, to disseminate information concerning its alleged cooperation with the agencies of escort services. The lawsuit on protection of honor and dignity was filed

The state Duma adopted in the first reading the bill on moving the date of presidential elections MOSCOW, April 12 — RAPSI. The state Duma adopted in the first reading a package of amendments to the electoral law, according to which, in particular, provides for the postponement of elections of the President of Russia in 2018 from 11 to 18 March. The initiators of the legislation, Chairperson of the Federation Council Committee on constitutional legislation Andrei Klishas Senator Anatoly Shirokov. Changes are proposed to the laws “On elections of President of the Russian Federation” and “About the basic guarantees of electoral rights and the right to participate in referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation”. Under current law, presidential elections are held on the second Sunday of March. At the same time, according to changes, if the second Sunday is a combined, post-holiday or a working day in connection with

Zakharova complained hosted by American journalists “the Bazaar” The foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov made the remark raised the noise American journalists before a meeting with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson. On Tuesday, April 12, in his Facebook said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. According to her, in the very moment, Lavrov and Tillerson with the press room was filled with screams. “”Mister Lavrov, Mister Lavrov…”, — from all sides, she cried hysterically American journalists from a pool Secretary. The mansion shuddered. Such a “Bazaar” of his century-old vaults didn’t remember,” he described the incident Zakharova. The spokesman added that the Minister had to pull up the reporters. “Who taught you manners?” — he said to the representatives of the press. After his remarks, according to Zakharova, all was quiet, and diplomats in turn gave a speech. In February Zakharova told how during