Day: May 5, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “the may decrees”, which he signed in 2012, could give momentum to positive changes in the most important spheres of life of Russians. However, he noted that outstanding issues still more. The head of state said at the joint meeting of the State Council and the presidential Commission on monitoring of achievement of target indicators socially-economic development of the country, reports RIA Novosti. “Immediately I will say that in recent years, over the years, managed to inject some new momentum for positive change in the most sensitive, important to the lives of citizens in areas such as health, education, culture, housing and utilities. Of course, the problems are still very much unresolved matters more than what you managed to do that,” Putin said. But, according to the President, “may decrees” also has allowed “to strengthen the partnership at all levels of

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov has responded to the statement of FBI Director James Comey about the “Russian threat”. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “My colleague at the White house in Washington have already said, I have nothing to add,” – said the representative of the Kremlin. The day before, on may 3, Komi said that Russia “now represents the greatest threat among all the States.” In his opinion, Moscow will use hacking attacks to influence elections, as “the presidential elections in 2016, they realized that it works.” After that, the White house spokesman Sean Spicer said a word about the “Russian threat” are “the FBI”. He noted that the White house “relies” on the FBI and the intelligence community, gives the President “information about all the threats” to the United States. At the same time, Spicer added that he did not know what

© REUTERS/Ali Hashisho MOSCOW, may 5. /TASS/. Memorandum on the establishment of a de-escalation in Syria was prepared by the defense Ministry on the direct instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was announced by Deputy Minister of defense Lieutenant-General Alexander Fomin. The results of the negotiations that took place over two days in the capital of Kazakhstan, the Plenipotentiary representatives of Russia, Iran and Turkey signed a Memorandum on creation of zones of de-escalation in Syria. “The document was prepared by the Ministry of defense of Russia on direct orders of the Supreme commander of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to consolidate the cessation of hostilities in Syria,” – said Fomin. The Memorandum comes into force from 00:00 GMT on 6 may. Putin’s talks with the US and Turkey The chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces

Balaklava, Crimea © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS MOSCOW, may 5. /TASS/. Russia does not consider itself bound by the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CMCE) on human rights in Crimea. This is stated in the commentary of the Russian foreign Ministry in connection with the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Crimea, stating a permanent deterioration of human rights on the Peninsula. “The Russian Federation does not consider itself bound by the specified decision of the Committee of Ministers and does not consider lawful the use of the Ukrainian party in further propaganda constructions, – stressed in dipvedomstva. – For us, they are because of their non-consensual nature of the politically and legally null and void”.

© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, may 5. /TASS/. 1, Russia may stop using airstrikes in Syria in the framework of the signed Memorandum about zones of de-escalation in Syria, said the chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces Colonel-General Sergey rudskoy. “From 00:00 hours may 1 discontinued the use of aircraft of Russia’s air strikes in areas corresponding to areas of de-escalation, defined by the Memorandum”, – he said.

Kim Jong UN urged the army of the DPRK to be ready to “break the backbone of the enemy” North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN visited military units on the two Islands at the South-Western border of the DPRK, saying that Pyongyang is considering a strike on South Korea, reports the Central cable Agency of Korea (KCNA). During his visit, as the edition notes, the politician visited his observation post of the South Korean island of Yongpyong, and listened to the report of the Director of the artillery Bureau of North Korea Pak Chong Chong “on recent movements of the enemy.” “Protecting the South-Western front” elite artillery group of the DPRK, as declared by this is Kim Jong UN, “needs to be very careful” and ready to “break the backbone of the enemy” if you want her to do it, quoted the North Korean leader KCNA. On the southwestern border of

Republicans in Congress want to cut retirement Obama and other former presidents WASHINGTON, may 5. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Kirsanov/. Members of the ruling Republican party in the U.S. Congress are going to attempt to significantly reduce the pensions paid to Barack Obama and other former American presidents. The bill relevant content will be submitted to Congress later this month. To make this step going the Chairperson of the Committee on oversight and government reform of the house of representatives Jason Chaffetz (from Utah) and acceding States Senator Joni Ernst (Iowa). No more than 400 thousand As reported on Thursday the newspaper USA Today, developed for these Republicans, the bill provides for an annual limit of $200 thousand for the payment of pensions to former heads of state. In addition, the document sets a similar limit on covered from the Federal budget various expenses of ex-presidents, associated primarily with staff assistants.