Day: May 24, 2018

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, may 24. /TASS/. Russia and North Korea plan contacts through diplomatic channels to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula. In an interview with NTV said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, may 24. /TASS/. Statements of Yulia Skripal require checks to ensure that they are made voluntarily, said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov in interview to TV channel NTV.

In the state Duma proposed to restrict advertising of soda, energy drinks, sausages MOSCOW, may 23 — RIA Novosti. The state Duma Committee on health protection proposes to limit the advertising of soda, energy drinks, hot dogs and sausages, according to draft recommendations prepared by the participants of the round table in the state Duma on the topic of food quality and problems of obesity in Russia. “The expert community indicated the need for information barrier, restrictions on advertising the most harmful food products, namely sweetened carbonated beverages, soft drinks, products of processed meat (sausages, sausages), foods with a high content of salt and TRANS fats”, — the document says. In addition, to reduce the availability and, consequently, the consumption of sugar-containing drinks, offered to raise taxes for manufacturers of soda and impose excise taxes on them. The DG also said the government should consider increasing the minimum amount of

Business requests to soften the bill on punishment for the execution of sanctions Business representatives discussed with the deputies at the meeting of the Council on lawmaking in the state Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin suggestions for revision for the second reading of the bill on punishment for the execution of anti-Russian kontrsanktsy. Last week, members decided not to approve the amendments to the criminal code without further consultation with the business. In the meeting on Wednesday was attended by the heads of the Association of retail companies (ACORT), European business (AEB), commercial-industrial and Public chambers, “Business Russia”, representatives of Sberbank and VTB, “X5 Retail group”, PMC. “You have the opportunity to make amendments before the second reading, to discuss the proposals with the relevant committees — called representatives of the business community Volodin. On Tuesday, the Duma approved the organic law on counter-sanctions that had reduced compared to the original

Kostin has called US sanctions against him is unfair President-Chairman of Board VTB Alexey Kostin called “unfair” sanctions imposed on it by U.S. authorities. About it the banker said in an interview with CNBC. The interlocutor of TV channel emphasized that the latest US sanctions list, he was listed among the “officials of the Russian government” though is the “Chairman of one of the leading commercial banks”. “I brought in the (sanctions) list among the high-ranking government officials, whom he is not. I am the Chairman of one of the leading commercial banks”, — said Kostin. He stressed that has nothing to do with the undermining of American democracy, hacker attacks or illegal activities, including in Ukraine. Such reasons Washington explained the restrictions. “All the banking community around the world knows me as a banker,” added Kostin. He said that Russian companies targeted by sanctions, account for about 2% of