Day: August 2, 2017

Trump signed the law on anti-sanctions, media reported WASHINGTON, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump has signed on Monday a package of anti-Russian sanctions, said RIA Novosti the representative of the White house. He added that soon the White house will release a statement. Previously, the document is overwhelmingly approved by the Senate and house of representatives. New package of restrictive measures would be the most ambitious since the beginning of 2014. The bill expands the number of sectoral sanctions against the Russian economy. He also imposed restrictions against the Russian energy projects, including in Europe. The document, in particular, adjusts the range of deepwater and Arctic offshore projects and oil and gas projects with hard to recover reserves that are not allowed to supply equipment and technology. And if earlier it was about all similar projects in Russia with participation of sanctioned physical and legal

“The main thing is not what the turnout, and that she was really reflected” The head of the CEC about the abolition of the municipal filter and preparation for regional elections. The Chairman of the Central election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova agreed with the first Deputy head of presidential administration Sergey Kiriyenko, the experts should further discuss the options for changing the municipal filter. Ella Pamfilova said the correspondent of “Kommersant” Maxim Ivanov, in “current form, the rule should be abolished”, but as a compromise you can reduce the filter to “5% or even lower.” According to her, there should be some system that organizes the “political process, but does not kill the competition.” — The CEC hosted a working group on the complaint of Vyacheslav Marhaeva (Senator, moved from the Communist party in Buryatia). It was expected that in Buryatia will be one of the most interesting elections. What

Media: Philippine President called Kim Jong UN a fool MOSCOW, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti. The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called the North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN “fool” and “son of a bitch” on the eve of the ASEAN summit in Manila, which will take part the Minister of foreign Affairs of North Korea, reports Reuters. “It’s the pudgy face that seems good. This son of a bitch. If he makes a mistake, the far East will become arid territory. It is necessary to stop this nuclear war,” said Duterte at the conference with employees of tax authorities of the country. Calling Kim Jong UN a “fool”, Duterte noted that the leader of North Korea “plays with dangerous toys”, and also warned about the consequences of the conflict in the region. According to the President of the Philippines, the confrontation may lead to depletion of soil

Vassily Nebenzia © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS UN 2 Aug. /TASS/. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia and his American colleague, Nikki Haley agreed to improve coordination in the UN Security Council, including in the fight against terrorism and respond to the situation around North Korea, Syria and Yemen. This was announced on Wednesday at the permanent representation of the Russian Federation in the first meeting between the two diplomats. As informed the press Secretary of the Russian Embassy Fyodor Strzygowski, nebesa and Haley “we also agreed to improve coordination at the site of the UN security Council, including in such matters as combating terrorism, the situation in North Korea, Syria, Yemen, Libya and other countries.” “Both sides have expressed hope to strengthen cooperation between the two delegations, who are permanent members of the security Council, despite the difficult moment in the history of bilateral relations,” he said.

Boris Gryzlov © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS MINSK, 2 August. /TASS/. Increase Kiev’s military expenditure is the restoration of the Donbass alarming. This was stated on Wednesday the Ambassador of Russia in the contact group on settlement in the East of Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov. “A very alarming signal is also signing yesterday, August 1, President of Ukraine of amendments to the budget, increasing military spending,” he said at the meeting in Minsk.

The Russian Embassy in Damascus © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. Complex of the Russian Embassy in Damascus was attacked on Wednesday, mortar fire, no casualties. This is stated in the commentary of the Russian foreign Ministry.