Day: June 14, 2018

Raising the retirement age in Russia will begin since 2019 MOSCOW, June 14. /TASS/. The government proposes to gradually raise the retirement age to 65 years for men and 63 years for women, the transition period will begin in 2019 and will last until 2028 for men and 2034 for women. This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a Cabinet meeting, which considered the bill. It is proposed to introduce a sufficiently long transition period — it is proposed to start in 2019, to incrementally reach retirement at 65 years for men in 2028 and 63 years for women in 2034.Dmitry Medvedevputin-Minister According to Medvedev, “this will allow us to direct additional funds to increase pensions above the rate of inflation.” He assured that “the changes are smooth, the increase will take place gradually”. According to Medvedev, “this will allow us to direct additional funds to increase pensions

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, June 14. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin five weeks after assuming the highest office has optimized the structure of its administration. The head of state reorganized the four management assigned new additional duties, one office changed its name. “To reorganize the office of the President of the Russian Federation for application of information technologies and development of e-democracy, converting it to the office of the President of the Russian Federation on development of information and communication technology and communication infrastructure, and laid on him including ensuring activity of the President of the Russian Federation on issues of state policy in the sphere of development of digital infrastructure, as well as on the application of information and communication technologies”, – stated in the presidential decree “On measures on optimization of the structure of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation”. The text of the document gave TASS

In “Naftogaz” told about “irreversible consequences” from the “Nord stream — 2” The implementation of the “Nord stream — 2” will lead to “irreversible” consequences for Europe, said the Director of business development of the NJSC “Naftogaz of Ukraine” Yuriy Vitrenko. “The project “Nord stream — 2″ violates European legislation and lead to irreversible consequences, and will kill competition in European gas markets under the action of gas blackmail of Gazprom”, — stated in the page of the Ukrainian companies in Facebook. In addition, the bloc lashed out at Germany for the position of dispute between Russia and Ukraine over gas contracts signed in 2009. “Let’s be honest, Germany was pressing on us so we signed the agreement in 2009. They didn’t want to go into details. They were satisfied that the Russians said that this contract is in line with European rules,” — said Vitrenko. The gas pipeline “Nord

US sanctions against Russia File. Dec 14, 2012 year President Barack Obama signed a law that imposed sanctions against a number of employees of power departments of the Russian Federation, involved, according to Washington, to the death in 2009 of auditor Sergei Magnitsky. Now in the “Magnitsky list” are 49 Russians, who are denied entry into the United States, accounts in U.S. banks are subject to freezing. The last time the list was expanded to 20 December 2017 — the U.S. Treasury has made it five Russians, including the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. March 17, 2014, after the referendum in Crimea, the United States first imposed personal sanctions against 11 Russian officials. They were denied entry to the US, us assets and property frozen. The list was repeatedly extended, most recently on 6 April 2018, when it included seven businessmen and top managers, 17 officials, 12 private companies and

The US and Russia are studying the possibility of meeting trump and Putin The White house said that the parties consider Austria as one of the venues of the negotiations. WASHINGTON, June 14. /Offset. TASS Boris Makarov/. Washington and Moscow are discussing the possibility of organizing a meeting of US presidents and Russia’s Donald trump, and Vladimir Putin, among the probable venues for the summit is considered Austria. About this said on Wednesday, TASS senior Director Europe and Russia at the national security Council (NSC) at the White house Richard hooker. “Both sides are studying the possibility of a meeting. I don’t think that’s already taken, any decisions or details are worked out, but both sides are looking to try to do it,” he said, answering the question of whether the American side is preparing for a possible meeting between the two leaders. The question examines whether the us administration