Day: June 2, 2017

Maduro announced the holding of a referendum on a new Constitution of Venezuela Elections to a Constitutional Assembly scheduled for the end of July this year. MEXICO city, June 2. /Offset. TASS Ivan valueK/. The draft of the new Constitution of Venezuela, which will be the result of the work of the Constitutional Assembly (CA) will be put to a referendum. This was stated by President Nicolas Maduro. Elections to CA planned for the end of July this year. In may, Maduro announced that the new KA will “364 member selected on a territorial basis, eight from the Indian peoples.” The remaining 168 people choose on the lists of representatives of a number of “sectors”, including peasants, fishermen, workers, students, disabled, pensioners and entrepreneurs. The decision of the President about convocation of KA have aggravated the political crisis in the country since the beginning of April is shaken by protests

The WSJ learned about the creation of the White house special group on the “case of Russia” The White house will be a special group of lawyers, PR people and analysts who will be engaged “the Russian affair”, writes the WSJ. They will communicate with journalists and investigators to the staff of the administration trump are not distracted by it. The White house will be a special group that will deal with all the issues on the so-called “Russian cause.” We are talking about interaction with the media and investigators, the newspaper the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the discussion of this initiative. The new team will consist of lawyers, analysts and PR specialists. They will answer questions of journalists and employees of law enforcement agencies that relate to “the Russian intervention in the elections” and alleged collusion of the staff of the White house with the Russian

Trump explained to foreign leaders the decision to abandon the Paris agreement The President of the United States Donald trump held a telephone conversation with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and the Prime Minister of great Britain Teresa may, personally explaining his decision to lead the country out of the Paris climate agreement. This was reported on the White house website. Trump thanked all four leaders for a “Frank, substantive discussions” on the issue during the first months of his tenure. He also assured his foreign counterparts that “America remains committed to the transatlantic Alliance and decisive efforts to protect the environment.” Trump said that the United States has made significant progress in reducing emissions and contribute to the development of environmentally friendly energy. According to him, the United States under his administration will be the most environmentally friendly

Photo: RIA Novosti Podolsky district court of Kyiv on Thursday will begin consideration of the merits of the criminal case against abducted by the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on the border with Crimea Russian soldier Alexander Baranov, who was charged with treason and desertion from the ranks of the Ukrainian army. Will read the charges The case against Baranov lasted for three months. Previously held three preliminary meetings, the last on April 27. According to their results, the court appointed the case for hearing on the merits. Tuesday’s meeting is scheduled for 16.30 (same as GMT). It is expected that the state prosecution in the face of the military Prosecutor starts to read out the indictment in the case. Examine witnesses and examine evidence on this trial is not planned. As expected, he Baranov will take part in court via videoconference from the Kiev prison where is being detained.

Photo: depositphotos.com Military aircraft of the United States and NATO, including the AWACS system, conducted regular reconnaissance flights on the borders of the Kaliningrad region, data from Western sites, tracking movement of military aviation. Military aircraft of the U.S. air force RC-135W flew from an air base in Britain and flew to Kaliningrad region from Poland after 12.00 GMT. Exploration he led for three hours, reports “Interfax”. Later from the South of the Kaliningrad region to the borders of Russia also flew the plane E-3A AWACS of NATO, risen from the airbase in Germany. We will remind, on the eve of the two reconnaissance aircraft spotted the US in the area of exercise of the Russian Navy ships in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on the briefing did not answer the question of the Finnish journalist about the situation with the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya. The transcript published on the website of the Russian Ministry. The journalist asked me if Zakharova, statements of the Chechen authorities that Chechnya there are no homosexuals and how this situation affect the relations between Russia and the EU. Foreign Ministry spokesman did not answer the question, but asked the name and surname of the journalist – ERKA Mikone. Then she turned her face into the camera and appealed to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov and asked him to arrange for a “journalist’s fact-finding trip to Chechnya, where he could find the answers to all his questions”. She stressed that it is not a question for the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry. The

Vladimir Putin © Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP NEW YORK, June 2. /Offset. TASS Alexey Kachalin/. The surveillance of the security services of one country for the allies not decent and counterproductive. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. Director Oliver stone for his new project – a series of conversations with the Russian leader. A fragment of the film “Interview with Putin” (The Moscow Interviews) were posted on the website of the magazine the Hollywood Reporter. The Director asked the President to assess the effectiveness of intelligence operations of Russian security services. “I think they work well. Our intelligence agencies work exclusively in the framework of the current legislation”, – said Putin. “This is the first and the second still to follow your allies, if you truly consider them your allies, not vassals, it is indecent. This undermines trust and, therefore,

Vladimir Putin © EPA/ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL NEW YORK, June 2. /Offset. TASS Alexey Kachalin/. Former employee of U.S. intelligence Edward Snowden did not betray the interests of the United States, although it is impossible to accept the correctness of all his actions. This opinion was expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. Director Oliver stone for his new project – a series of conversations with the Russian leader. A fragment of the film was posted on the website of the magazine the Hollywood Reporter.