Day: April 26, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov called unprofessional statements about the alleged supplies of Russian weapons to the Taliban*. He stated at the bilateral talks with the OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier. “As for the statements about allegedly supplied arms to the Taliban, who heard from the military in Washington and from the military, who run the US group in the region, including Afghanistan, the lay statements are not based on anything”, — said Lavrov on the question of RT. According to him, nobody makes any supporting fact negative statements about Russia. “I am convinced that those who are in the U.S. get the money to deliver to management accurate intelligence information to know that they’re false allegations,” — said Lavrov. He also noted that he is convinced that “these people know who arms and supports ISIS” in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. * The

Valery Gerasimov © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, April 26. /TASS/. Relations between Russia and NATO is currently the coolest since the end of the cold war.

© Dmitry Astakhov/press service of the Russian government/TASS MOSCOW, April 26. /TASS/. The head of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev does not intend to attach significance politically biased polls. This was reported to journalists the press-Secretary, Natalya Timakova, commenting on their request the publication of “Levada center” survey, which shows that the number of those who support the work of the head of the government has decreased. “The Prime Minister did not give special value to data of sociological surveys, particularly conducted by the “Levada-center” on a well-defined political order,” she said. A survey conducted by “Levada center”, recorded a decline in the number of those who support the work of Medvedev. According to the study, the number of those who “mostly trusts” the Prime Minister has fallen over the year from 39% to 30%, and the number of those who “mostly trusts”, increased from

In the state Duma introduced a bill on criminal responsibility for bride kidnapping MOSCOW, April 26 — RAPSI. The national Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia in the Duma introduced a bill according to which proposed to establish criminal liability for kidnapping with the purpose of marriage, stated in the electronic database of the lower house of Parliament. The criminal code (CC) of the Russian Federation proposed to add article 126.1 of “Kidnapping with the purpose of marriage”. For such crime the authors of the bill want to establish punishment in the form of compulsory works or deprivation of liberty for a term up to three years. The explanatory Memorandum States that the action of kidnapping with purpose of marriage, in practice, fall under article 126 of the criminal code. However, the perpetrator in most cases it is possible to avoid criminal liability on the basis of the notes to

The Kremlin will study the results of the survey “Levada-center” about the ranking of Medvedev MOSCOW, 26 APR — RIA Novosti. The Kremlin has always paid attention to sociology, but it will take time to analyze the data, according to which slightly less than half of Russians are for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. According to reports by RBC, “Levada-center” estimates that “definitely” retired Medvedev are 18% of respondents “would rather” — 27%. Thus, as noted by the media, nearly 45% of Russians in varying degrees, supported the resignation of the Prime Minister. “Levada-Center” conducted a survey from 7 to 10 April. The study was conducted at home using personal interviews on a representative nationwide sample of urban and rural population among 1.6 thousand people aged 18 years and older in 137 localities of the 48 regions of the