Day: July 18, 2017

The court in the Hague ordered Russia to pay the Netherlands €5.4 million in connection with the case Arctic Sunrise The international Tribunal ruled that Russia must pay the Netherlands €5.4 million plus interest for the detention in 2013 of the vessel Arctic Sunrise owned by Greenpeace, and 30 activists of the organization. About it reports Reuters. The decision on compensation rendered an arbitral Tribunal consisting of five persons. In 2015, the Tribunal ruled that Russia was responsible for the incident in accordance with the UN Convention on the law of the sea. The Russian side did not participate in the consideration of this case. Recall, September 18, 2013 environmentalists Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise approached the oil platform Prirazlomnaya, owned by Gazprom. Several activists tried to climb onto the rig, but was detained by border officers. Publication of Denis Sinyakov (@sinyakov.denis) May 23 2017 at 9:51 am PDT During the

A bill to remove information from social networks approved by the Committee of the state Duma The parliamentary Committee on information policy recommended the state Duma to adopt in the first reading the bill obliging the social network to remove illegal information at the request of users. The authors of the initiative deputies from “United Russia” Sergei Boyarsky and Andrey Alshevskih. The bill on social networks and messengers made by the legislature last week, it was about “organizers of information distribution” with an audience of more than 2 million people. They need to remove information which is “clearly aimed at propaganda of war, incitement to national, racial or religious hatred and enmity” and “inaccurate and (or) discrediting the honor and dignity of another person or his reputation information” and “information, distribution of which criminal or administrative liability”. The deputies offered to establish liability for failure to remove such content from

Yevgeny Roizman withdrew the candidate from elections of the Governor of Sverdlovsk region Mayor of Yekaterinburg Yevgeny Roizman was unable to collect a sufficient number of deputies ‘ signatures to pass the municipal filter at the election of the Governor of Sverdlovsk region and withdrew his candidacy. “The signature is not physically collect. I have in stock three to four signatures, but not more”, — quotes its words “Interfax”. On July 6, Yekaterinburg mayor had 39 signatures of deputies of the required 126. In addition, he said that together with the party “the Apple” will decide whether to apply to the constitutional court to challenge the municipal filter. “We will make a decision and articulate it. But now to appeal to the constitutional court — it’s the same thing again to get to play with the gambler may be lucky. Feeling all these,” said Mr Roizman. He also urged his