Day: June 15, 2017

The U.S. Senate approved the extension of sanctions against Russia WASHINGTON, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to expand anti-Russian sanctions. The new measures presented in the form of amendments to the bill on sanctions against Iran. In this document there is a provision that does not allow a President Donald Trump to weaken or abolish the measures without congressional approval. The sanctions proposed would entail a reduction of the maximum term of market financing of Russian banks and 14 days, and companies in the oil and gas sector — up to 30 days. In addition, within 180 days after the introduction of the amendments, the head of the U.S. Treasury must submit to Congress a report on the possible consequences of the proliferation of sanctions on the sovereign debt of Russia. Now the bill goes to the house of representatives, where

The building of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation © Roman Canasuc/TASS MOSCOW, June 14. /TASS/. Russia is deeply concerned at the deteriorating situation in the Donbas in recent months, a significant increase of victims among the civilian population. This was announced by the Russian foreign Ministry, commenting on another UN report of the UN observer mission on human rights in Ukraine.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, June 14. /TASS/. Russia does not wish that relations between Moscow and Washington went at the peak of the sanctions. This was reported to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “As for the next sanctions aspirations of our colleagues, we do not wish again we went in the peak of sanctions, but it is not our choice,” said Sands, commenting on the draft of a new package of US sanctions against Russia.

© Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP WASHINGTON, June 15. /Offset. TASS Andrey Shitov/. Russian President Vladimir Putin in one of his talks with Director Oliver stone held at a time when the White house was headed by Barack Obama, stressed that its dialogue with the ex-President of the United States about the events in Ukraine was not a heart, but “not confrontational”. The corresponding fragment of the documentary “Interview with Putin” (The Moscow Interviews) is an American filmmaker was released on Wednesday.

Photo: RIA Novosti The aviation authorities asked airlines until June 15 to provide information on the number of pilots who have resigned since the beginning of 2015 and before June 1, 2017 and passed on to work abroad. This is stated in the text of the telegram of the Federal air transport Agency, common among airlines (the text of the telegram is at TASS). “Please, come in by June 15 submit to the office of flight operations of the Federal air transport Agency information about the resigned from 1 Jan 2015 until 1 June 2017 from airline pilots with indication of surname, name, patronymic, number of the certificate of the aviation specialist of civil aviation in respect of which there is reliable information about their employment in foreign airlines”, – the telegram says the Federal air transport Agency. A telegram signed by the head of Rosaviatsia Alexander Neradko.

Photo: RIA Novosti Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that the introduction of resort fees in the Russian regions it is necessary to analyze all the risks. It is reported by RIA “Novosti”. “Many regions believe that the introduction of resort fees can help address a number of important regional issues, including the development of health services, sanatorium-resort system when part or all of this fee will be allocated to the development of health chicken treatment. There are probably some risks that need to perform, including whether this resort fee lifting for people to people decided to go, if they charge that kind of money,” – said Medvedev. He also stressed that the bill affects only a few regions. Earlier it was reported that in the state Duma proposed to do on the resort fee.

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he stepped on the ice in only 60 years, although previously never ridden. During an interview with the American Director Oliver stone for the movie shown on the TV channel Showtime, Putin said that on skates to play hockey stood up in only 60 years. “I was 60 years old. I couldn’t stand at all on skates. I just couldn’t stand.. In General, it is always interesting to do something new,” he said. The second film will be shown on Tuesday evening. Promotional excerpt was published on the Showtime channel on YouTube. The Russian leader also told the Director who together with the President walked through the stables, where she met a stallion Vanderwaals. “I have fallen from them through the head”, — Putin said, answering a remark of the stone that it’s “high horse.” Documentary stone “Interview with Putin” that