Day: June 24, 2018

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, June 24. /TASS/. The Kremlin promises to inform as soon as available on the date and place of the meeting of the presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump. There is no information in this regard for the journalists no, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the publication of the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung, which on Sunday announced that Austria’s government is preparing to hold the meeting of Putin and trump 15 July in Vienna.

Macron called for sanctions against countries with anti-immigrant position The President of France Emmanuel macron called for financial sanctions against EU countries that unreasonably deny migrants the right to asylum. After talks with Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez, the politician said that “a positive attitude to the idea of creating an appropriate mechanism for such situations”, reports TASS. A week earlier, the French leader criticized the European system of refugee reception and assistance to internally displaced persons. According to Macron, it is imperfect. June 10 in Italy there was a scandal after the ship Aquarius with 629 migrants on Board were not allowed into ports of the country. Policy of the EU countries began to accuse each other in the wrong migration policy. In the end the displaced persons adopted Spain. A difficult situation in Germany, where there was a split within the ruling political unification of the parties

The US plans to place migrants on abandoned military bases The U.S. Navy is preparing a plan for the construction of accommodation centres for thousands of migrants on military bases in California, Alabama and Arizona. According to the magazine Time, temporary tent city for 25 thousand migrants will be created on disused airfields, the Navy in Alabama. Two camps for 47 thousand migrants are invited to place in the unused military naval bases around San Francisco and in southern California. Another accommodation centre can build on the marine corps near the city of Yuma in Arizona. The cost of the construction and operation of a tent camp on 25 thousand within six months, the US Navy is estimated at $233 million. However, the publication notes that the military has not yet received the order to build such detention centres. According to the Ministry of internal security of the United States,

In the Federation Council, said Kiev in the idea to exchange prisoners Member of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Sergei Tsekov commented the statements of the Vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Irina Gerashchenko about the exchange of prisoners of the Russians. On Saturday, June 23, Gerashchenko wrote on the social network Facebook that Kiev is ready to exchange 23 Russians convicted in Ukraine, all Ukrainians who are serving terms of imprisonment in Russia. Tsekov in an interview with RT called immoral actions of the Ukrainian side. The fact that all proposals for the exchange prepared in advance. Relatively speaking, they have arrested Russians who somehow ended up in the Ukraine, often in their personal matters.Sergey Zakovce of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs The Senator added that he does not deny the idea of exchanges, but in this case, refers to the exchanges. In confirmation

Soldiers of Syrian government forces © EPA-EFE/YOUSSEF BADAWI, archive TASS, June 24. The formation of the free Syrian army, under control of which there were more than ten settlements in the area of de-escalation in the South of Syria in the past days, moved to the side of the authorities. About it reports on Sunday, the Russian centre for the reconciliation of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic. “During the past days reflect a large-scale offensive of troops “Dzhebhat an-Nusra” (a terrorist group banned in Russia – approx. TASS) in the southern zone of de-escalation of the formation of the free Syrian army (FSA), which controlled localities Habab, Khirbat al-ICAP Djerfi, ASEM, Sheikh governorate, Sheikh Sharqi, El Shumarov, Khirbat al-Sabbir, Deir Lady, Al-Senior and Gadal voluntarily defected to the government forces. By the end of 23 June the settlements was fully controlled by the legitimate Syrian authorities”, –

Kiev said about the readiness to exchange prisoners of Russians The Ukrainian authorities are ready to exchange prisoners of the Russians prisoners in Russia Ukrainian citizens. This was announced by first Vice-Spitzer Verkhovna Rada Irina Gerashchenko on his page in the social network. She added that the Russians, condemned by Kiev, are accused of “very serious violations.” “We are ready to give their land in exchange for our own, which is waiting at home,” wrote Gerashchenko in Facebook. Kiev wants to give the Russians prisoners in exchange for Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainians serving sentences in Russian. The presidents of Russia and Ukraine this week has discussed in a telephone conversation the question of exchange of prisoners. Previous telephone conversation of presidents of Russia and Ukraine took place on 9 June. The heads of state exchanged views on the theme of the health status of prisoners in Russia Ukrainian citizens