Day: August 5, 2017

Finally, MERCOSUR has suspended the membership of Venezuela MEXICO city, Aug 5 — RIA Novosti. The southern common market (MERCOSUR) adopted Saturday a decision on the final suspension of the membership of Venezuela in the organization. According to the MERCOSUR statement following the meeting of foreign Ministers in Brazil, this measure is used in connection with the violation of the democratic order in Venezuela. Previously about the possibility of a final exception, said Argentina’s President and foreign Minister of Brazil and Paraguay. In December 2016 decision of the remaining members of the organization Venezuela has been temporarily expelled from the regional bloc in connection with the failure of the norms of the organization. Now MERCOSUR considers that the conduct of elections to the national constituent Assembly, the Venezuelan government has violated democratic procedures. MERCOSUR — common market of South American countries uniting-Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Venezuela (joined in 2013).

Photo: Reuters The protection of lake Baikal President took personally. Today Vladimir Putin came to Baikal biosphere reserve and released into the lake juvenile Arctic Cisco. The helicopter of the head of state landed right next to the lake. The President spoke about the work at Baikal and showed fry. Putin has several times scooped the fish with a net and released into the lake, and then sent there and the rest 50 thousand “babies” – pulling the lever on the lid of the container, which is placed on a wooden pier. When the President released the fry, one of the attendants noticed that the main thing – do not soak shoes. To which Putin replied that with shoes “come on in”. Juvenile fish were grown in cages by the method of industrial fish. For 10 years, the population of the Baikal omul has decreased almost four times and for

Photo: RIA Novosti The parliamentary opposition factions KPRF, LDPR and “Fair Russia” (SRS) made a proposal to the Kremlin to hold a party reform and reduce the number of “fake parties”, writes the newspaper “Izvestia”. “Their initiative, the members expressed at the meeting of the working group on amendments to the electoral legislation at the presidential administration”, – says the publication. The leader of the Communist party Gennady Zyuganov said that to reduce the number of parties is necessary because of the emergence of a large number of spoilers in the elections of different levels. “We look at this subject with the administration of the President was discussed. They understand that today almost anyone can create a party. It seems to me that the group for changes in the election legislation working today at AP, will definitely deal with this issue” – said Zyuganov. In turn, Chairman of “Fair Russia”