Day: June 5, 2018

Putin responded to the comparison of himself with king MOSCOW, 4 Jul — RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering the question that he had as a king in Russia, said that this is not true, Russia is a democratic state which lives in the framework of the Constitution. “No, you’re wrong. This was of course untrue and does not correspond to absolutely no reality, because we have a democratic state, and we all live in the framework of the Constitution”, — he said in an interview with the Austrian broadcasting company ORF. The text of the interview published on the official Kremlin website. The President also added that the Russian Constitution stipulates that only “two consecutive terms and no more, the President can be elected”, and that is why after two legitimate terms, Putin left the post, “did not change the Constitution” and moved to the position of Prime

Putin said that Russia is not aimed at section of the European Union VIENNA, 4 June. /TASS/. Russia is not seeking to divide anything in the European Union, because the more risks within the EU, the more the uncertainty for Russia. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin shown on Monday an interview with the Austrian broadcasting company ORF on the eve of his visit to Austria. “We have no goals of anything or anyone to divide in the European Union. On the contrary, we are interested that the European Union was United and prosperous, because the EU is our largest trade and economic partner. And the more problems inside the EU, the greater risks and uncertainties for us,” said the President in response to the question of why Russia is developing contacts with the political forces in Europe that are configured are critical to the EU. According to

Iran began to prepare for the resumption of its nuclear programme Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Ministry in charge of nuclear energy, to prepare for increasing capacity for uranium enrichment. This writes the Press TV. The Ayatollah said that the country can not simultaneously be “under the sanctions to abandon its nuclear program and to comply with the restrictions” imposed by the agreement with the six international mediators. In this regard, he ordered the atomic energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to urgently take the necessary steps to resume enrichment of uranium up to the level of 190 thousand SWUs — units of work division where work is measured on isotope separation. Previously Iran has made the EU an ultimatum for nuclear deal: he will continue to respect the agreement on the nuclear programme if the European Union compensates for the damage that Tehran will suffer because of

© Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS VIENNA, 4 June. /TASS/. Russia is not seeking to divide anything in the European Union, because the more risks within the EU, the more the uncertainty for Russia. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin shown on Monday an interview with the Austrian broadcasting company ORF on the eve of his visit to Austria.

Gennady Gatilov © Dmitry Serebryakov/TASS MOSCOW, June 5. /TASS/. The UN Security Council should consider the views of developing countries to fit the current world situation. For this reform, which will be included in the composition of the new Council of representatives. This opinion was expressed by Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva Gennady Gatilov on Tuesday the newspaper “Izvestia”.

The Deputy Chairman of CEC called unprofessional statements about high turnout in the presidential elections MOSCOW, June 4. /TASS/ — Earlier media reported that in 50 polling stations in Tatarstan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, the results of the elections were allegedly rigged. Deputy Chairman of the Central election Commission of Russia Nikolay Bulaev called unprofessional approach to the electoral process observers, who declared the falsification of data on voter turnout in a number of areas in the elections of the President of the Russian Federation on March 18. “Novaya Gazeta” published earlier material, which claims that in 50 polling stations in Tatarstan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, the election results were rigged. This conclusion the authors made on the basis of observers-volunteers, who were watching the security footage from the areas, believed people opustevshij the ballot boxes, and compared their number with the official data of election commissions entered

Putin canceled an absentee ballot in the parliamentary elections MOSCOW, 4 Jul — RIA Novosti. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the Federal law abolishing absentee ballots in the Duma elections that will allow voters to vote at any polling station at the place of actual stay, the relevant document published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The mechanism of voting without absentee ballots have already been introduced in the Russian presidential election in March 2018. It is possible to submit a voter application for inclusion in the voter list at the place of location is receiving an absentee ballot. No absentee ballots at the location of the voter can vote for party lists, single-mandate constituencies such a possibility is not provided. In addition, the possibility to use video surveillance in premises of territorial election commissions, the possibility of filing a voter an application for inclusion in