Day: December 23, 2017

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Russia must be treated as a young and forward-looking, not “like a beloved grandmother.”

© Dmitry Astakhov/press service of the Russian government/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The Prime Minister, the Chairman of “United Russia” Dmitry Medvedev admitted that he had special feelings from the fact that the inhabitants of the Crimea will take part in the Russian presidential election in 2018.

Vice-speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Pyotr Tolstoy © Marat Abulhasan/photo Department of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The state Duma of the Russian Federation can take mirror measures, in case of revocation of license of the TV channel RT in France. This was stated by Vice-speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy in the Saturday interview to the program “Right to know” on TVC channel.

WSJ: Riyadh requires the detainee Prince $6 billion for the liberation NEW YORK, December 23. /TASS/. The Saudi Arabian authorities require that the detainee on charges of corruption, the Prince, the billionaire al-Waleed bin Talal has paid $6 billion for his release. This is stated in an article published Saturday in the newspaper the Wall Street Journal. According to its sources, a billionaire, like many other persons accused of corruption are in a hotel in Riyadh, which they can’t voluntarily leave. Some have already agreed to give to the authorities of the assets in exchange for the release. However, as the newspaper notes, $6 billion is one of the largest amounts that the Saudi authorities demanded from the detainees. According to sources, al-Waleed bin Talal has so far refused to pay the money. He stressed that this step will actually be the official pleading guilty to corruption, which he does

Merkel and macron demanded the return of Russian observers in the Donbass In a joint statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of France Emmanuel macron demanded the return of the Russian military observers in the Donbass, calling them the mission is important to control the situation in the conflict zone. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel macron demanded the return of the Russian officers in the composition of the Joint centre for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) in the Donbass. This is stated in a joint statement published on the website of the German government. The document States that the SCCC plays an important role in supporting OSCE observers and monitoring the cease-fire. “They [Merkel and macron] demand the return of the Russian officers in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC)”, — reads the statement. “German Chancellor Merkel and French President Makron

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Saturday at the XVII Congress of the party “United Russia” speech that politicians have regarded as software. In it, he outlined ways for further development of the country. The head of state said about the need to work for the benefit of the inhabitants of Russia, but called on United Russia not to give people unrealistic promises. The Congress also made the party leader, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who Putin promised support to the party in the presidential election and expressed hope for his shutout. To eliminate the problem Speaking to United Russia, Putin stressed the need “to honestly identify unresolved issues and aggressively to solve them, eliminating what hinders to go forward, to set ourselves even more ambitious goals and achieve results.” What has already been done, he called the “Foundation, but not a guarantee of further

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The Prime Minister, the Chairman of “United Russia” Dmitry Medvedev confirmed that the party supports Vladimir Putin in the Russian presidential election in 2018.

The Director of service of external intelligence of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin © Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The interaction between the intelligence services of Russia and the USA are built quite constructively, giving the CIA the Russian side the data about the impending terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg are part of a large collaboration. The journalists said the head of the foreign intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin.