Day: June 15, 2018

The building of the Russian Embassy in London © Ilya Dmitriev/TASS LONDON, June 16. /TASS/. The official London still refuses to cooperate on Affairs about murder of the former Deputy of the General Director “Aeroflot” Nikolay Glushkov and the poisoning of ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK. On Friday Russian media have reported the representative of the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom.

Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov © Michael Pochuev/TASS MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov and British Ambassador in Moscow, Lori Bristow discussed on Friday the issues of implementation of the Joint comprehensive plan of action (SVPD) on the Iranian nuclear program. This is stated in the message of the foreign Ministry.

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov on the issues of development of the Republic, in particular aspects of the investment climate. This was reported by press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “The meeting discussed the current issues of development of the Chechen Republic, including investment attractiveness”, – he said. “Putin also personally congratulated Kadyrov and all the Muslims of Russia on Eid al-Fitr,” – said Peskov.

Putin met with XI Jinping, the settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/ — the Chinese leader congratulated the President of Russia on the successful opening of the world Cup. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with President of China XI Jinping. “Touches on some topical issues on the international agenda, including the settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula,” — said the press service of the Kremlin. The Russian President also thanked the Chinese leader for the hospitality extended during the recent state visit to China and summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization. “Both sides expressed satisfaction with the outcome of these activities”, — said in the Kremlin. XI Jinping congratulated Vladimir Putin on the successful opening of the world Cup and wished good luck to the Russian team.

Foreign Minister LNR did not rule out the preservation of the Republic as part of Ukraine Acting Minister of foreign Affairs of LNR Vladislav Danego did not rule out that the self-proclaimed Luhansk people’s Republic could remain part of Ukraine. However, according to him, Ukraine needs to “change radically, 180 degrees, your vector and to follow the path of implementation of the Minsk agreements”. “In such circumstances, possible scenarios for the resumption of relations. Practice shows that Ukraine has completely reset from the accounts of the Donbass. They need only the area. And all their activities to show their commitment to the Minsk obligations, actually shows the opposite,” — said Mr. Dana in interview “RIA Novosti”. He said that if Ukraine will find the strength to change, the LC relies on a contractual relationship with Kiev. “That is, again, we are talking about gaining some degree of autonomy in relations

Mikhail Boyarsky considers correct the decision to raise the retirement age MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Russian actor and singer, people’s artist of Russia Mikhail Boyarsky gave the correct decision of the Russian government to raise the retirement age. Thus, old age “postponed” and it encourages people, he said Friday during a telephone conversation with the correspondent of TASS. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a Cabinet meeting on June 14 stated that the government proposes to gradually raise the retirement age. In particular, the transition period will begin in 2019 and will last until 2028 for men and 2034 for women. Currently, the age of retirement for men and women is 60 and 55 years respectively. I believe the Russian government is doing the right thing. I think people want to work. The lifetime increases, so raising the retirement age, seems right to me. This stimulates people to “non-waiting” old age,