Day: October 23, 2017

William Browder The head of Hermitage Capital William Browder in his Twitter reported that the U.S. government revoked his visa. A Brit in the comment to former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said that this happened at the same time making Russia his name in the list of Interpol. 22 October it became known that Moscow has used a “loophole that would allow countries unilaterally to place people in its database to request arrest” and is himself made the head of Hermitage Capital in the Interpol database. While Browder said The Guardian, received an email letter from the us Department of homeland security, which reported the cancellation of his membership of simplified entry into the United States. Hermitage Capital operated in Russia from 1996 to 2006. In 2005, Browder was denied entry into the country, and later it was in absentia sentenced to nine years on charges of tax

The Russian government and the presidential administration are considering increasing the minimum seniority entitling to old age pension, as an alternative to raising the retirement age. It is reported by family-owned Demyan Kudryavtsev, the newspaper “Vedomosti”. The newspaper’s sources said that the sharp increase in the retirement age did not receive a positive response from the Russian society, and will not give immediate desired effect for the state budget. The increase in experience, in turn, prostimulirujte people to work longer and to leave the grey sector salary in order to receive a higher pension insurance. It should bring additional revenues to the Pension Fund, and also to give the Russian economy recovery, said the interlocutors of “Vedomosti”. One source told the newspaper that a sharp increase in the minimum length of service should not wait, in fact, it will delay pension reform, and raising the retirement age in the future

B-52 Military-air forces of the USA for the first time since 1991, begin to bring their nuclear B-52 bombers on alert. This General USAF David Golvan told Defence One. Galfan, said that official orders to bring the bombers on 24-hour combat readiness has not yet been reported, but the training on this direction is already underway. He pointed out that in a world where “there are people who are openly talking about using nuclear weapons, it is important to stay alert and to think of new ways to be prepared for different scenarios”. “This is not a bipolar world, where there is only USA and the USSR. There are other players with nuclear capabilities,” added Golfan. Thus the General did not name specific countries with nuclear capabilities which could face US, however, the material mentions “fast-paced nuclear Arsenal of North Korea and the confrontation of the US President Donald trump