Day: July 4, 2018

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, July 4. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing the Public chamber of the Russian Federation and public chambers of subjects of the Russian Federation to appoint observers at elections to bodies of state power of regions and local self-government (LSG). The document adopted by the state Duma on 21 June and approved by the Federation Council on June 27, published on a single portal of legal information. It shall enter into force from the day of its official publication, except for certain provisions for which a different period of their entry into force.

Trump wanted privacy in his conversation with Putin The President of the United States Donald trump wants to hold a confidential conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the summit in Helsinki, which will be held July 16. It is reported by CNN. A source familiar with the preparations of the summit, said that trump will meet with Putin in person before allow other delegations to join in the discussion with the Russian leader. The American President argued before the talks in Singapore that wants to “appreciate the chemistry” with Kim Jong-UN. Trump is familiar with the peculiarities of communication with Putin, but he needs more time to establish a relationship as heads of state, reports the source. Earlier, on 12 June, during the summit in Singapore, us President and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-UN spoke for about an hour just in the presence of their translators. Coming to the

British police found the two guilty in the poisoning Skrobala British police say two Russians involved in the poisoning in Salisbury, the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia on March 4. About this newspaper The Sun, citing sources at Scotland Yard associated with the investigation of the incident. Presumably, the investigation will focus on two key figures, whose names were not disclosed. In Scotland Yard believe that the organizers of the assassination left the UK the next day and are now under the protection of the Kremlin. According to the source, this discovery is assessed as “major breakthrough”. “The ultimate goal always is to ensure that they appeared before the court. Of course, if they are no longer in the UK, it makes this task much more difficult”, — quotes the edition of his words. In Scotland Yard the news is not yet ready to comment. Sergei

Trust the Russians to Shoigu and Lavrov fell behind the ratings of Putin The trust ratings of the most popular Russian Ministers, Sergei Shoigu (defence Ministry) and Sergei Lavrov (foreign Minister) — has declined sharply over the past six months, follows from the data of “Levada-center”. After the fall of the level of trust to President Vladimir Putin (from 60 to 48%) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (from 12 to 9%), caused by the announcement of the increase in the retirement age, lose the trust and Ministers who were not involved in this reform: the rating of trust to Shoigu declined from 31 to 19% to Lavrov from 25 to 14%. At the same time, anti-ratings of opposition politicians has decreased almost twice: the level of distrust of Alexei Navalny — from 13 to 6%, to Ksenia Sobchak — from 30 to 15%. Decreased and the level of confidence in