Day: December 22, 2017

Tymoshenko has called Poroshenko “the drunk then bad” MOSCOW, 21 Dec — RIA Novosti. The former Prime Minister of Ukraine, leader of the party “Fatherland” Yulia Tymoshenko has criticized the country’s President Petro Poroshenko, calling him a “drunk, bad”. She declared it on air of TV channel NewsOne. The MP said that Ukraine needs a “de-monopolization” of power, noting that if one person decides uncontrollably, holding courts, law enforcement agencies and the Parliament, it is “the end of a democratic country.” “Then, sorry, drunk, is bad, then there is no time, then engaged in business — no, friends, not run a country”, she said. Tymoshenko has repeatedly made harsh statements in the address of the current Ukrainian President. Previously, she accused him of harassment of opposition media and money laundering in the supply of goods for the army. In October the leader of “Batkivshchyna” announced readiness to participate in presidential

The exit poll showed the victory of supporters of independence in the elections in Catalonia Most Generalitat in Catalonia for the first after the referendum on independence for the region parliamentary elections will get the party advocating for the secession from Spain. This is evidenced by the company GAD3 exit polls published by local newspaper La Vanguardia. The turnout to the closure of polling stations, as the newspaper notes, was “a record” of 84%. While the victory in the elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous community, according to the results of the survey will be representatives of left-centrist party Ciudadanos (“Civil party”). They are, according to La Vanguardia, is from 34 to 37 seats. Second place exit polls predicted advocating for the independence Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERS, the Left Republican party of Catalonia). Its members, according to the survey, will receive the regional Parliament from 34 to 36

© Marat Abulhasan/photo Department of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. The state Duma at additional plenary meeting on Thursday ratified the agreement with Syria “On extending the territory of the item logistics (MTO) of the Russian Navy in the port of Tartus and visits of military ships of the Russian Federation in the territorial sea, internal waters and ports of the Syrian Arab Republic.” The purpose of the document deposited on 13 December, the Russian President, is the creation of the legal base regulating the conditions of stay of the item logistics of the Russian Navy. They regulated the functioning, the procedure for the entry and exit of warships of the Russian Federation, property relations, and the use of land plots and water areas. “The agreement gives Russia the right at the same time to keep the item logistics of the Russian Navy to

The king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with the king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud the issues of Yemeni settlement. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin.

© Alexey Nikolsky/TASS MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation explained to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s reasons for the withdrawal of the Russian officers from the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire and stabilization of the line of contact between the parties (SCCC), said on Thursday the press-service of the Kremlin. Putin, in particular, noted that “the Ukrainian authorities for a long time through various restrictions and provocations deliberately hindered the conditions for our military and the execution of their duties. “In our repeated proposals to resolve the current unacceptable situation of no response”, he added.