Day: November 1, 2017

Google did not find any evidence of manipulation YouTube from the Russian media Google’s guidelines reported no evidence of manipulation on the part of RT and other Russian state media, RIA “Novosti”. “Some have raised questions about the use of YouTube by RT, a Russian government-funded media. Our investigation revealed no evidence of manipulation of our platform or violation of our policies. RT and all other state-funded media continue to follow our standard rules”, — said in the text of the report. Earlier it was reported that Facebook and Google have prepared a report on Russia’s intervention in the elections.

Zhirinovsky said that Sobchak and Gordon arrange elections of Halloween MOSCOW, October 31. /TASS/. The Chairman of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that Ksenia Sobchak and Catherine Gordon, has declared his intention to run for President of the Russian Federation, suit of the election extravaganza and Halloween. According to the politician, it is not necessary to aspire to the highest public office, having no management experience. “Let them all move in, just need to have a conscience. If you are ever the area is not supervised, bath, no crew, a sector — how to go for the presidency. The soldiers that you say: I tomorrow the Minister of defence going to be?” — Zhirinovsky said to journalists at the opening of the exhibition “Key personnel: the Telegraph opens the archives” in response to a request from TASS to comment on the nomination Sobchak and Gordon. According to the leader of the

OIG Kudrin: protests grow along with the economy The Committee of civil initiatives former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin reported on the growing number of Russian regions, where political risks and the possibility of mass protests. Among them were 13 Russian regions, including such big as Moscow, Dagestan, Chelyabinsk, Rostov, Samara region. The economic situation in Russia improves. Why, then, brewing discontent? Information about the protest regions are contained in the report of the experts Committee of civil initiatives Alexander Kanev, Nikolay Petrov and Alexey Titkova. The calculations are based on the index of socio-economic and political tensions in Russian regions as of 1 July 2017. The method of calculating the index covers three dimensions — the economy, politics and protest activity. The socio-economic situation, experts estimate on the basis of official statistics on incomes, trade and indicators of the budget of the region. The political situation, the experts assess the