Day: April 29, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti The development of cities and urban agglomerations will play an increasingly important role in the progress and socio-economic development of the country. This was stated by the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin at a meeting of the Council for the development of urban areas and public spaces under the Chairman of the lower house of Parliament. “We need to understand ourselves, and I think that it unites us here that an increasingly important role in economic development will play a city – not only through the attraction of investments, development of scientific-technical potential, but in the competition in the struggle for human potential, because the city depends in the long term, what will be the city’s potential,” he said. According to the speaker, “people move the progress and how the city will attract these people in the future depends on the progress of the city

© EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT MOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. USA, regularly accusing Russia of “selective execution” and “lack of transparency” of the Vienna document 2011 (VD 2011), have seriously discredited its role as a tool for objective control of the military activities of States parties of the OSCE. The comments were made by the Russian foreign Ministry in connection with the publication of another U.S. state Department report on compliance by States of agreements in the field of arms control and non-proliferation. In accordance with the provisions of the Vienna document 2011, each state member of the OSCE has the right to carry out inspections in the territory of any other state party. The inspecting state may also invite other participating States to take part in the inspection.

The foreign Ministry has called a violation of the INF Treaty, the plan for the US ABM systems in Poland MOSCOW, April 29 — RIA Novosti. The US plans to deploy in Poland complexes, capable of launching missiles “Tomahawk” — a flagrant violation of the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range nuclear forces (INF), according to the Ministry of foreign Affairs. This is stated in the comments of the Ministry in connection with the publication of the report of the US state Department on compliance by States of agreements in the field of arms control and non-proliferation. According to the Russian Agency, the United States placed on its base missile defense system in Romania and plan to post on a similar base in Poland ground-based anti-missile systems, Aegis Ashore, consisting of the vertical launch system similar to the universal launchers MK-41, capable of launching cruise missiles, medium-range missiles

The interior Ministry of Ukraine has asked to abandon St. George ribbons Residents and guests of Ukraine requested not to use the St. George ribbon during the may holidays, especially 8 and 9 numbers. This broadcast channel “112 Ukraine” said Advisor to the interior Minister Zoryan Shkiryak. “Please refrain from using the banned Communist symbols. In the first place — St. George ribbons. This applies to the entire period, including 8-9 may,” he said. Otherwise, according to Shkiryak, the form of St. George ribbon can cause “logical and objectively correct reaction of the Ukrainian patriot and citizen.” In 2015, the law “About the condemnation of the Communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of their symbols”. 8 may in Ukraine is celebrated as a Day of remembrance and reconciliation in solidarity with the European countries, which in turn celebrated the surrender of Nazi

EU leaders unanimously endorsed the principles in the negotiations with Britain for Brexit Moscow. April 29. INTERFAX.RU — the leaders of the countries-members of EU at the summit in Brussels voted unanimously in support of the developed directives for negotiations with Britain about its exit from the EU (Brexit), said in a statement on the website of the President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Twitter. “Fundamental principles adopted unanimously. Solid and fair mandate of the 27 EU countries to talks on Brexit ready,” he wrote. Guidelines adopted unanimously. EU27 firm and fair political mandate for the #Brexit talks is ready. #EUCO — Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) 29 APR 2017 Western media noted that this decision was an unprecedented demonstration of unity of the EU on the eve of talks with London. The heads of state and government of the 27 countries of the European Union (without the UK) gathered