Day: June 7, 2018

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, 7 June. /TASS/. The total number of hits on a “Straight line” made up as of 08:00 Moscow time almost 1.75 million, the Largest percentage of those wishing to ask a question to Russian President Vladimir Putin use the phone – there are over one million. As reported by the organizers of the “Straight line”, may 27, when I started collecting issues on the morning of 7 June in a program called 1 million 381 people. Your questions via sms sent almost 385 thousand, mms – over 41 thousand

NGOs-registered as foreign agents were forbidden to participate in the anti-corruption expertise The Ministry of justice proposes to establish restrictions for professionals who conduct independent anticorruption examination of the Russian draft laws, resolutions and decrees. Such rules are contained in the government bill that June 7 will discuss the state Duma Committee for security and combating corruption (“news” acquainted with the document). Official status will not be able to foreign organizations, and NGOs-registered as a foreign agent. The ban will also be imposed for officials dismissed in connection with loss of trust, and citizens with a criminal record. “We cannot allow foreign agents made havoc in the political situation, intentionally incorrectly interpreted the provisions of the laws”, — told “Izvestia” the Deputy head of the Duma Committee on security Anatoly Vyborny (“United Russia”).

The United States called the most technologically advanced weapon of Russia Russian technology electronic warfare ahead of us and represent a special threat to the United States and NATO forces in Europe, said C4ISRNET analyst Samuel Bendett of the American Center for naval analysis. In his opinion, the Russian system is a “Mature technology that continues to develop after the collapse of the Soviet Union.” The expert believes that during the cold war, the United States could outpace the Soviet Union in such technologies, however, due to the “absence of a threat that Moscow represented to 1991,” has lost its leadership. “So over the last few years, the Americans suddenly faced with their depleted capabilities compared with Russian electronic warfare technology and concept of operations. Objectively speaking, the United States can catch up with the current Russian capacity, but it will take time,” said Bendett. The expert noted that the

Ex-NATO Secretary General told how many would have lasted the war between Russia and Ukraine MOSCOW, 7 Jun — RIA Novosti. In the event of a military clash between Russia and Ukraine, the latter would have been defeated a few days, said in an interview with Die Welt, former Secretary General of NATO, freelance Advisor of the President of Ukraine Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “If Russia wanted to, Russian troops could occupy the Ukraine for a few days, despite the fact that Ukraine over the past two to three years have significantly built up its military capabilities in response to an attack on its territory,” said Rasmussen. NATO countries, he said, definitely prepared for the “massive attack of Russian tanks”, but the best way to maintain peace is to deter potential enemy. At the same time, Rasmussen said that Russia may join the Alliance at any time, provided that it will

The economic development Ministry is preparing a “block unpopular decisions” MOSCOW, June 6 — RIA Novosti. The Minister of economic development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin at the meeting with the deputies from “United Russia” said that the Ministry is preparing a block of unpopular decisions, said the MP from the faction Tatyana Tsibizova. “But there was one alarming moment when he said that the Ministry of economic development prepares a block of unpopular decisions”, — told reporters Cibizova following the meeting, intra-faction groups, adding that the statement was made.. She noted that the specific timing of decisions and their direction has not been announced.