Day: January 23, 2018

The Kremlin has called on Kiev to give a clear answer on military equipment in the Crimea Ukraine should consider the proposal of Vladimir Putin to return the equipment as the official and say she agrees to it or not, said Dmitry Peskov. MOSCOW, January 23 — RIA Novosti. The offer to Kiev to take military equipment from the Crimea official, additional notification is not necessary, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin previously stated that Kiev has not received from Moscow the official proposals for the return of weapons from Crimea. “Of course, can be official documents, mostly diplomatic notes, different kinds of messages, but in General, of course, the official statement of the head of state it’s hard not to be considered as a formal offer or a formal initiative,” — said Peskov told reporters. The press Secretary also refused

In the midst of the campaign Sobchak in the United States to discuss the future of Russia The candidate Ksenia Sobchak in the midst of the campaign, February 6, will visit the Center for strategic and international studies, located in Washington, DC, where he will participate in discussions about the future of post-authoritarian Russia. “Join us for a conversation with the candidate on a post of the President of the Russian Federation Ksenia Sobchak about the prospects and the hope of a post-authoritarian future of Russia. John J. Hamre, President and CEO of CSIS, will deliver welcoming remarks. After the presentation of Ms. Sobchak. Dr. Olga Oliker, Director of the program “Russia and Eurasia” at CSIS, will hold a discussion,” reads the organization’s website. Sobchak has already participated in similar format, when I visited the UK. In November she addressed the students of Cambridge. However, at the time of the

What are the risks for the economy will be discussed at the forum in Davos Democracy in the era of post-truth, the bubbles on the cryptocurrency market, the flight to the offshore Paradise, the revolution of robots… these Are key themes that are going to discuss on the forthcoming economic forum in Davos, leaders of the United States, France, Germany, great Britain, India, and Brazil. All of the most pressing topics are United by one global problem is a Great depression 2.0? Russia, however, outside of this alarming agenda and will be promoted on the forum, EXPO-2025. On Monday, the Swiss Davos covered with snowdrifts above human growth, traffic congestion and there is a danger of avalanches. However, the international economic forum, which is held for the 48th time, kicked off on schedule in preview mode. Tuesday starts the official business part of the forum, which will continue all week,

Speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin © Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, January 23. /TASS/. Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin looked forward to constructive dialogue with the new speaker of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Michele Nicoletti, who was elected at the opening of the January session of the organization on Monday. “We count on open, honest and constructive dialogue. Based on mutual respect for our interests, we will be able to change much for the better”, – stated in the text of the message to the address of Nicoletti, published Tuesday on the official website of the state Duma. Russia and PACE The Russian delegation in PACE in April 2014 was deprived of powers due to the events in Ukraine and the reunification of the Crimea with Russia. In 2015, the PACE has twice considered

Secretary of the General Council “United Russia” Andrey Turchak © Ekaterina Shtukina/press service of the Russian government/TASS MOSCOW, January 23. /TASS/. “United Russia” will hold a re-branding of the party after the presidential elections, which will be held March 18. This broadcast of “Vesti FM” on Tuesday, said Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Andrei Turchak.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, January 23. /TASS/. The proposal of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Ukraine on the return of military equipment from the Crimea requires no additional formal complaints from Russia, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. Thus he commented on the words of foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavel klimkina about the fact that Kyiv has not received any official request from Russia about this. The Minister also said Moscow’s proposal “a gimmick”.