Day: June 26, 2017

Fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel, no injuries The last time Israel was under rocket attack from the Gaza strip on 18 March. TEL AVIV, June 26. /TASS/. Fired from Gaza landed in an uninhabited area in southern Israel, no injuries. This was announced Monday in a communique released by the press service of the defense Army of Israel. “Launched from Gaza rocket exploded in an uninhabited area in regional Council Sha’ar Ha Negev (southern Israel), the military reported. Information on victims did not arrive, units are combing the area in search of fragments of the projectile”. The last time Israel was under rocket attack from the Gaza strip on 18 March. Then in response, Israeli aircraft and tanks struck fire for two positions of Hamas in the Gaza strip.

Lavrov and Tillerson discussed the issues of settlement in Syria The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov on Monday, June 26, discussed with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson the subject of the settlement of the crisis in Syria. This was reported on the website of the foreign Ministry. The conversation took place on the initiative of the American side. The interlocutors spoke about the need to consolidate the ceasefire regime, in particular through the Astana process, increasing the fight against terrorist groups and prevent the use of chemical toxic substances. Lavrov urged the US to take measures to prevent provocations against Syrian government troops conducting operations against terrorists. The foreign Ministers agreed to continue contacts, including on issues on the bilateral agenda. On may 4, three countries-the guarantor — Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a Memorandum on creation of four security zones in Syria. They will be

The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova © Yuri Smityuk/TASS MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. The question of possible rotation of the Ambassador of Russia in the USA is solved in a planned manner, neither of which the spontaneity of the question. This was stated on Monday by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. The 93 version of the oath of citizenship of the Russian Federation submitted for consideration the state Duma. On Monday on a press-conferences were reported by the head of the profile Committee on state construction and legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov.

Nikolay Kovalev © Alexander Mudrats/TACC Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted for ratification to the state Duma, the Council of Europe Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime and on the financing of terrorism of 16 may 2005. The former Director of FSB of the Russian Federation, and nowadays – the Deputy of state Duma, special representative of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly on counter-terrorism, Nikolay Kovalev told TASS about the history of the signing of this document, its importance to the destruction of channels of financing of insurgents, and the timing of the Convention with Russian law. Currently operates eight international conventions on terrorism, and 13 international conventions, where a different measure focuses on the aspects of counter-terrorism. This, for example, the Council of Europe Convention against manipulation of sports competitions in 2014. Thus, since 1949, when it adopted the Geneva Convention relative to the protection

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov Powers, Elvira Nabiullina on a post of the Chairman of Bank of Russia from June 24 extended for a period of five years. Nabiullina, who previously held the posts of Minister of economic development and assistant to the President, headed the Bank of Russia on 24 June 2013, succeeding Sergei Ignatiev, who led the Central Bank a little more than 11 years. In his speech in the state Duma re-election in early June, Nabiullina noted that in 2013 “life has changed” and because of the deterioration of external negative factors on the first work plan of the Central Bank came to the task of ensuring financial stability. Nabiullina faces in the next five years, the challenge of achieving in Russia is low and stable inflation, completion of the process of recovery of the banking system, development of financial services in the areas of

Photo: © RIA Novosti. Sergey Mamontov Russia in any case supported Serbia, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin live on Serbian national TV RTS, responding to a question about non-alignment of Belgrade for sanctions the EU against Russia. On Friday evening, Rogozin attends the ceremony of inauguration of the new President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic. In the morning they held a bilateral meeting, in which Vucic said that the European integration of Serbia will not prevent the preservation of good relations with Russia, and that Belgrade will not join the EU sanctions against Russia. “We are traditional friends and we continue them to stay,” — said Rogozin, talking with the Serbian leading up to the English language. According to him, Russia knows that the Serbian people should make “the right choice in their policies in a very difficult political situation in the Balkans”. “In any case, Russia supports Serbia,” —