Day: May 22, 2018

The US state Department has put forward 12 demands to Iran to start negotiations U.S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo said that the USA are ready to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran but only if Iran seriously change its policy. Before the state Department in the face of Pompeo has threatened Iran with “the most severe in the history of sanctions” that will have “unprecedented financial pressure on the Iranian regime.” “We are open to new steps not only with respect to partners and allies, but also against Iran but only if Iran wants major changes. As the President said, Donald trump two weeks ago, he is ready and wants a new deal (with Iran),” Pompeo said at the Heritage Foundation. He stressed that the Joint comprehensive plan of action (SVPD, “nuclear deal”) could not restrain “hostile” actions of Tehran. “We will not repeat the mistakes of the

Yevgeny Roizman © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS YEKATERINBURG, may 22. /TASS/. The mayor of Yekaterinburg, Chairman of the city Duma Yevgeny Roizman said that resigns, refusing to participate in the procedure to abolish the direct election of the mayor.

US Treasury Secretary, said the preliminary agreement with China WASHINGTON, may 21 — RIA Novosti. Preliminary agreement of the U.S.-China change the structure of trade between the two countries, said US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. At the weekend the United States confirmed the suspension of the imposition of trade duties with China and noted the significant progress in negotiations on trade issues. According to Mnuchin, China pledged to reduce tariffs to “many goods”. “Structural changes in U.S. trade with China should be part of the framework (agreement),” said Mnuchin the TV channel CNBC. He confirmed that if the United States don’t get it, they can again return to the issue of fees. He also said that import duties will reduce not only China but also the United States. According to Mnuchin, negotiations should be realized in the form of binding agreements with companies, including in China.

Merkel told Poroshenko meeting with Putin in Sochi BERLIN, may 21 — RIA Novosti. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Sochi on may 18. A telephone conversation took place on Monday, according to the Cabinet of Germany. “The Chancellor informed President of Ukraine about her conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which she held in Sochi on may 18” — reads the press service of the Cabinet. “The Central topics of a telephone conversation began efforts to implement the Minsk agreements and gas transit through Ukraine. Both parties agreed to remain in close contact on these issues and to continue cooperation”, — stated in the message. Putin on Friday held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Sochi. According to the Russian President, the conversation with Merkel was substantial and timely.

Kudrin said the unknown details of his work in the Yeltsin administration The candidate for the Chairman of the accounts chamber Alexey Kudrin said that his contacts among officials and the business will not prevent him to perform the duties of the head of the control Department. At the meeting of the rules Committee of the state Duma, Kudrin spoke about his work in the control and management of the head of state when the President was Boris Yeltsin. “Of course, movies. You have to be quite strict in the implementation of its requirements”, — Kudrin said (quoted by TASS). “When I came in 1996 from St. Petersburg and became the chief of the control Directorate of the President, the transparency — that was not very accepted in our country. Was untouchable on the checks, — said Kudrin. — Then we opened the opportunity, conducted inspections of the Ministry of