Day: April 22, 2017

Photo: TASS One of the biggest structural problems of Russian economy is the significant presence of the state, said the head of the Centre for strategic research and former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin at the Krasnoyarsk economic forum. “In leading sectors, a large proportion of the state company – from production to Finance. Where, incidentally, should not be at public companies, neither in production nor in Finance, in the future,” he said. According to Kudrin, now energy 70% of revenue is revenue from state-owned companies, Finance – 46%. “I hope that years six or seven will be 15-20%”, – he added. According to the head of the CSR, the share of state-owned companies should be reduced substantially in all industries not related to defense and security. The low growth rates largely lie in the responsibility of the public sector, which is not effective enough, Kudrin said, and called the policy

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the Center for strategic research (CSR) Alexei Kudrin called the system of public administration in Russia “the old creaky machine.” This opinion he expressed at the Krasnoyarsk economic forum. “System of governance I would rate today as a creaky old machine with low speed, which has high power and in General all the time calls the wrong way, every time, corrects its movement, but the result is small”, – Kudrin said. According to him, CSR has assessed the quality system of public administration, which found that only 38% of public servants carry out their primary functional responsibilities. “In other cases, they have been doing some firefighting, I mean the rush, the implementation of chaotic orders that come from a particular situation. The number of meetings and assignments, both presidential and governmental – over the past six years has increased by 50%, but the economy

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on his page in Facebook complained about the weather. “Every day is colder and colder. Worried already,” she wrote. In the review members tried to calm Zakharov reminded that weather forecasters promised on Friday afternoon, April 21, eight degrees Celsius. One of the users invited diplomat in southern Siberia and has promised to “warm up”, if she is not married. Earlier, the chief specialist of the Weather Bureau in the capital region Tatyana Pozdnyakova said that by the end of the week in Moscow will come the warming. According to her, the cool weather is that the capital “is located in the rear of a deep cyclone”. Complete weather forecast, see the Rambler

Ozerov confirmed that the Federation Council received a statement Fridinsky resignation MOSCOW, 22 APR — RIA Novosti. The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Viktor Ozerov confirmed that the Federation Council has received the statement of the chief military Prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky resignation for reason of retirement on superannuation. “The Federation Council has received the statement of Sergey Fridinsky with a request to release him from his post in connection with the retirement on superannuation,” said Ozerov. Earlier, a source in the Federation Council told RIA Novosti that the senators will consider at the meeting on 26 April the resignation issue Fridinsky.

Source: chief military Prosecutor of Russia has resigned MOSCOW, 22 APR — RIA Novosti. Chief military Prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky has resigned, April 26 this will be discussed at a meeting of the Federation Council, told RIA Novosti source in the Federation Council. “Received a personal statement Fridinsky, in which he asks to resign,” — said the Agency interlocutor. According to him, this issue will be considered by the Federation Council at the meeting on April 26. On the eve of the 25th of April, the issue will be discussed by the house Committee on constitutional legislation and on defence and security behind closed doors. According to the Constitution, the jurisdiction of the Federation Council is the appointment and dismissal of the General Prosecutor and his deputies, including the chief military Prosecutor. According to the interlocutor of the Agency, in a statement Fridinsky, the reason for his departure is not specified.

NATO counted how many times the BBC “were alarmed” because of Russia BERLIN, April 22 — RIA Novosti. Almost 780 times raised the alarm in Europe NATO fighters in 2016 to identify and monitor Russian aircraft, this is the highest number of departures since the end of the cold war, said the official representative of the NATO air base Ramstein (Germany). In 2015, the total number of sorties on alert fighter jets, NATO was 410, he added in an interview with dpa news Agency published on Saturday. This increase, according to the representative of the Alliance, is associated with a significant deterioration in security in the middle East and the military involvement of Russia in the conflict in Syria, which led to frequent crashes of the Turkish air force under the command of NATO in 2016. According to the representative of the Alliance, departure alarm, not related to Russian aircraft