Day: June 4, 2018

Kim Jong-UN invited to the Eastern economic forum Moscow. June 4. INTERFAX.RU — North Korean Leader Kim Jong-UN invited to visit Russia in September this year, he faces East economic forum in Vladivostok, said the Vice-speaker of the state Duma Ivan Melnikov. “We know that he (Lavrov — Interfax) delivered a message from President Putin to Kim Jong Ynu, including the invitation to visit Kazakhstan with an official visit within the framework of the fourth Eastern economic forum in Vladivostok, which will be held in September this year”, — said Melnikov during a meeting with a delegation of the DPRK on Monday. Visit of Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov in the DPRK took place on may 31. During the visit the Russian foreign Minister met with the Chairman of the state Council of the DPRK Kim Jong-UN and North Korean foreign Minister Lee Yong-Ho. According

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, June 4. /TASS/. DPRK leader Kim Jong-UN received an invitation to visit Russia, the site of the Eastern economic forum (WEF) in Vladivostok in September is proposed as one of the options, but the exact parameters of a possible visit yet. This was stated to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. According to him, during the meeting with the DPRK leader, in Pyongyang on 31 may, Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, “gave Kim Jong Ynu invitation to visit Russia and, in particular, as one of the possible reasons for such a visit, figured, really, the East economic forum”. “As far as it will be convenient and adequate for the North Korean side, show time and work through diplomatic channels. While some of the exact parameters of the [possible visit] is not” – said the representative of

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, June 4 /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law “About measures of exposure to (counter) the unfriendly actions of the United States of America and other foreign countries.” The document adopted by the state Duma on may 22 and approved by Federation Council on 30 may, published on the official portal of legal information.

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS VIENNA, 4 June. /TASS/. Russia and the United States can avoid a new arms race, Moscow hopes that the work in this direction will be launched. This was stated in the eve of his visit to Austria, Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Austrian broadcaster ORF, a fragment of which was broadcast on the radio station holding company ORF on Monday.

Sources named the possible meeting of Putin and Kim Jong UN MOSCOW, 4 Jul — RIA Novosti. Discusses the different date and place of the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN, the variant of the talks in September in Vladivostok on the sidelines of the Eastern economic forum, RIA Novosti informed diplomatic sources. Last week, Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Pyongyang, where he met with the leader of North Korea. The Russian Minister invited Kim Jong UN to visit Russia. The Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (KCNA) previously reported that at this meeting an agreement was reached on holding talks at the highest level. One of the interlocutors of the Agency explained that the meeting “discussed various options are under consideration”. Another source said that the option of negotiations vefe “possible”. “Waiting for a response to a letter Putin (Kim Jong Ynu —

The CEC has estimated the cost of presidential elections in Russia MOSCOW, 4 Jul — RIA Novosti. Presidential elections has cost the Federal budget more than 14 billion rubles, says the draft report of the CEC of Russia on the expenditure of Federal budget funds allocated for preparation and conduct of elections of the head of state. According to the draft report, the expenditures of the Federal budget for preparation and conduct of elections amounted to 14 billion 259 million 422 thousand rubles. Of them on election commissions at all levels in the regions it took 14 billion 52 million 483 thousand rubles. CEC to fulfill its mandate in the period of preparation and conduct of elections spent 84 million 913 thousand rubles, another $ 122 million spent by the Federal bodies of Executive power. Initially the elections had been budgeted 17 billion, 697 million 998 thousand rubles. The report