Day: September 20, 2017

Pamfilova told about the defects of the municipal filter MOSCOW, September 20 — RIA Novosti. The number of candidates who could compete in the elections of heads of regions, did not take part in them due to defects of the municipal filter, the shortcomings of this mechanism will be a topic for discussion at the round table of the CEC, said the Minister, Ella Pamfilova. Municipal filter a certain number of signatures of deputies of municipal formations of the region, which needs to collect the gubernatorial candidate for the elections. “We see the disadvantages of the election of the highest officials of constituent entities of the Russian Federation the notorious municipal filter in the current form, due to defects whose ballots were not included a number of respected candidates who could compete in the elections”, — Pamfilova said at the CEC session on Wednesday. She noted that this issue was

In government buildings of Catalonia have searched Moscow. September 20. INTERFAX.RU — Spanish Police conducts searches in the Catalan government offices in connection with the preparation by the authorities of the Autonomous region to hold a referendum on self-determination, according to the newspaper El Pais. According to the publication, searches are held in the buildings of the Catalan institutions in charge of economy, foreign Affairs, employment and social issues, as well as in the building of the government of Catalonia. At the end of last week, the mayors of more than 700 towns in Catalonia went on the March in Barcelona demanding to allow a referendum on self-determination scheduled for October 1. The decision on the referendum adopted by the government of Catalonia unilaterally after a number of unsuccessful attempts to agree on voting with the Central government in Madrid. Earlier, Prosecutor General of Spain, josé Manuel Maza, said that

Speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin © Anna Isakova/photo Department of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. The Duma plenary session on Wednesday, September 20, was marked by the fact that it was the first in which no MPs absent without a valid reason. This drew the attention of house speaker Vyacheslav Volodin congratulated colleagues with this new success in the struggle for discipline and responsible attitude to work.

Photo: TC “Star” According to media reports, the United States intends to propose to the Russian side the agreement on the division of areas of responsibility in Deir ez-Zor. United States of America has offered Russia to hold a meeting to discuss the future of the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, reported RIA Novosti citing its own diplomatic source close to the situation. According to the Agency, the United States intends to propose to the Russian side the agreement on the division of areas of responsibility in the city, and the Russian Federation, allegedly already prepared a preliminary response to the proposal for this reason. They (the Americans approx. ed.) said this week let’s meet, agree, including about Deir-ez-Zor. We’re talking about the division of areas of responsibility, — said the Agency interlocutor. The eighteenth of September it became known that troops of Syrian government troops, reinforced by units of

Photo: RIA Novosti UN, September 18. /TASS/. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly will hold meetings with foreign Ministers of Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba, and will participate in a Ministerial meeting of the CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States). On Monday TASS reported the head of the Latin American Department of the foreign Ministry Alexander Shchetinin. “Our direction from the Minister scheduled about a dozen meetings — said Shchetinin. — Met with the foreign Minister of Ecuador, will also be Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, will be a Ministerial meeting of CELAC”. The diplomat also informed that on the sidelines of the UNGA, the Russian side plans to sign visa-free agreements with Grenada and St Kitts. “On September 20 is scheduled to meet with foreign Minister of Brazil, it will be very important will be the signing of

Photo: RIA Novosti Both most important events in Russia in the next year presidential elections and the world Cup definitely will be the object of “external activity”, said the head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev. Earlier, ex-speaker of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burjanadze in an interview with “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” said that the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili at the international level is “a major element of the project, which is controlled by the CIA.” The purpose of the project, she said, is to create Russia serious problems in 2018, in particular to take away from the world Cup and to exert influence on presidential elections. “It’s hard to deny that the two most important events in Russia next year — elections (of the President) and the 2018 world Cup — will definitely external activity,” — said RIA Novosti, Kosachev. Moreover, the format can be