Day: August 13, 2018

Why the Caspian sea is neither a sea nor a lake? The heads of five States signed the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea. Sunday, August 12, in Aktau, Kazakhstan, the presidents of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan signed the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea. Previously his status was regulated by Soviet-Iranian treaties the Caspian sea was defined as a closed (inland) sea, and the Caspian littoral state had the sovereign right to 10-mile zone and equal rights for the remainder of the sea. Now, according to the new Convention, each country fixed its territorial waters (the zone width of 15 miles). In addition, to the Caspian sea will not apply the provisions of the UN Convention on the law of the sea 1982, the sea bottom to be classified into sectors, as is done in neighboring seas, and the sovereignty over

Putin did not give instructions for response to the new sanctions, Peskov said MOSCOW, 13 Aug — RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not given any indication about the parameters of the response to new U.S. sanctions — until they are introduced, it’s premature, but we can say that the fundamental for Russia in this case will be the principles of reciprocity and of reflectivity, said press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. “Here in this case it was about the fact that the fundamental principle is the principle of reciprocity, the principle of reflectivity, often in such situations. As for some instructions, of course, not yet given, because while, say, was the announcement of new sanctions was the information about what the package is prepared or already prepared, but they have not yet introduced”, — said Peskov told reporters in response to the question of whether

Putin meeting with Merkel discuss Syria and Ukraine German Chancellor Angela Merkel this Saturday to take in the government of the Meseberg residence of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, reports Reuters words of the representative of the German government. According to him, the main issues of the meeting will be the situation in Syria and Ukraine, as well as energy issues. In addition, leaders plan to hold a joint press conference. Putin at the end of this week’s planned international trip, and in the middle of the week, the President will pay a regional visit, reported the press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. Before that, Putin met with Merkel on may 18 in Sochi in the summer residence “Bocharov Ruchey”.

The Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev © Anna Isakova/press service of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, August 13. /TASS/. The position of power, which stands a number of American politicians, distorts their minds, and belief in the exceptionalism of the American nation can play with them a bad joke. Such opinion on Monday was expressed by the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev.

The building of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, August 13. /TASS/. Moscow considers hypocritical Washington’s attempts to accuse Russia in incomplete destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles. This is stated in a statement Monday statement, the Russian foreign Ministry. “Considering put forward against Russia unfounded accusations of involvement in the incident in Salisbury as another attempt to represent our country as a state, irresponsible appropriate to fulfilling its international obligations. Such an approach seems particularly hypocritical given the fact that the USA is not in a hurry to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons and remain the only country party to the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons, which have significant stocks of chemical warfare agents”, – stressed in the Ministry.