Day: August 2, 2017

The U.S. Senate approved a new Director of the FBI WASHINGTON, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of Christopher ray Director of the Federal Bureau of investigation. For the candidate ray majority vote of 100 senators. Prior to this, ray received the approval of the members of the legal Committee of the upper house of Congress. The President of the United States Donald trump in early June announced his decision to nominate to head the FBI, former Deputy head of the US Department of justice Christopher ray. This candidate trump will propose to the Congress instead of the earlier sent in the resignation of James Comey. Komi led the investigation against trump on the subject of the alleged “relations with Russia” and were dismissed by the President in early may. Trump said that he was unable to perform his duties. Currently, the U.S.

The export of fat from Ukraine fell by 98% yoy In 2016, the export of fat from Ukraine decreased by 98%. The reason, according to Ukrainian media, was the refusal of Russia from purchasing this product. From 2015 to 2016, the export of fat from Ukraine in money terms have fallen by 98%. This is evidenced by data published by the State tax service of Ukraine. According to the statistics Agency, in 2015 the export of pork fat from the Ukraine was estimated at $7,759 million Total sales, Ukraine supplied 7733 tons of fat. At the same time, in 2016, the value of the delivered abroad product $0,089 million for 83 tons From the beginning of 2017 to 30 July exports were shipped 26 tons of fat in the amount of $26 thousand. As writes the Ukrainian edition BusinessViews, the main reason for this was the failure of Russian imports

Ella Pamfilova © Stoyan Vasev/TASS MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. The Chairman of the Central election Commission of Russia, Ella Pamfilova in favor of the transfer of the single voting day in late autumn or late spring. She reported about it in interview to the newspaper “Kommersant”. “If you save a single day of voting, the transfer in late autumn or late spring. Certainly not to hold elections in September, but at least since mid-October,” she said. Pamfilova believes that the elections in early September are “aggravating circumstance” for voter turnout. At the same time, she stressed that the issue of the transfer of the single voting day discussion, it will be discussed in the framework of the working group on adjustment of the electoral law. The working group will have to analyze how the current electoral legislation conforms to the realities, and decide what kind of changes it requires. “I

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia has established long terms to the reduction of staff of diplomatic missions of the USA, so as to give it 72 hours, as was done by the Washington diplomats of the Russian Federation, inhumane and incorrect, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “No, it doesn’t, it is a common practice,” — said Peskov on a question whether a long time to leave the staff that there could be some dialogue on this situation. “To demand such a large-scale reduction in such period which were allocated on the eve of the new year, our diplomats, it would be inhumane and incorrect, so this time,” explained Sands.