Day: May 20, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti Possible sanctions against Russia from the United States “for the support of the Syrian authorities” continue the line of Washington: the fight against Assad more important than the fight against terror, said the head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev. The house of representatives of U.S. Congress passed on Wednesday a bill providing for sanctions for their support of the Syrian authorities. The rationale for the introduction of sanctions in document declared about numerous violations of human rights by the Syrian authorities headed by President Bashar al-Assad. Only the text of the bill referred 47 persons who, in the opinion of Congress, are responsible for human rights violations in Syria. “New sanctions against Russia and Iran “for supporting the Assad regime” in Syria, which is referred to in the bill approved by the house of representatives of the U.S. Congress, continue the same

Photo: RIA Novosti The Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko, speaking about a possible tightening of legislation after explosion of household gas in an apartment building in Volgograd, stated that at first it is necessary to wait for the results of the investigation, and noticed that no country in the world has not yet invented, how the law is to prescribe measures to combat stupidity. On Wednesday, the head of the Duma Committee on security and combating corruption Vasily Piskarev has declared that intends to work with colleagues to review the legislation and investigate whether it is necessary to toughen control over safety of operation of gas equipment in residential houses in the cases of explosion of household gas. “No single law in the world has come up with measures against the bungling, the ugliness that doing certain contractors and other organizations, in flagrant violation of rules, laws, safety. Let’s wait

Photo: RIA Novosti Washington never informed Moscow about the cyber attacks that supposedly are made from Russia, the current Russian-American mechanism for combating cybercrime, the U.S. has never applied in practice, said in an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC, the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “With the Americans we have a joint mechanism to combat cyber crime, which they have never applied”, — said Zakharov. According to her, Russia is subjected to cyberattacks in the same degree, and even more than the rest of the country. “For many years, cybercrime is a real threat, and we have made important steps (in the fight with them – ed.). Several years ago we proposed an international agreement in the field of information security, and was appointed special representative of the President of Russia in this region. Third – our goal was to conclude bilateral arrangements in respect of crimes