Day: December 28, 2018

Ukraine has imposed sanctions against the archaeologists The new sanctions list against Russia, published in Ukraine, not only were politicians and businessmen, but also scientists. This was announced by the Ukrainian Minister of the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons Vadim Chernysh, reports Zik. Blackie said that in the list were the names of the archaeologists who conducted excavations in the Crimea. “Despite the current international practice, they were under occupation of the illegal activities,” — said the Minister. Their names are not known publicly, as Ukraine does not want them any official contacts. The Minister hopes that the hit to the sanctions list archaeologists will create a negative image, and they “fall out of the professional community”. In addition, Blackie has denied that Ukrainian sanctions list was published in response to the Russian. “On the contrary, the Russians know that we are preparing sanctions, and they just needed

Putin has restricted the access to information on arms procurement The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a law that reduces the time of placing the state defense order (SDO) and narrows the circle of persons, possessing information on the procurement of armaments, military and special equipment. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The bill was introduced by the government. It frees the state of the customer from the obligation to formulate, approve and maintain a procurement plan and schedule procurement of weapons, military and special equipment. Previously, the law on state defense order provided for the formulation and approval of the state defence order, which determines the peculiarities of planning of procurement. In this case the law on the contract system in public procurement provided for the creation and maintenance of plans and schedules for procurement. The government explained that the need

Syrian troops occupied the stronghold of the Kurds Syrian armed forces entered the city of Manbij in the North of the country, after replying to the request of the Kurds to protect them from Turkey. This is stated in the statement of the General staff, reports Reuters. The military raised over the settlement of the Syrian flag. Reportedly, the government army “guarantees full security to all the citizens of Syria and other residents” Manuja, located about 25 kilometers from the border with Turkey. The statement urged Syrians “to join forces for the sake of preserving national sovereignty”. The military also set up to destroy any invaders. Earlier, the armed Kurdish “people’s protection Units” (YPG) has asked government troops to occupy the city and protect it from the threat of the Turkish invasion. NewsErdogan announced the operation in Syria East of the Euphrates in the coming days 25 December it was

Vladimir Putin signed a number of important laws: briefly about each Among the most significant: law on mitigation of punishment for extremism in the Internet, the law on the abolition of roaming about the treatment of animals. A few days before the new year holidays the Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a number of important laws, loud discussion which took place not only at the legislative level, but also in society. Briefly tell about each of them. The law on partial decriminalization of the article “for reposts” The document envisages a reduction of responsibility for violation of article 282 (“inciting hatred or hostility, and humiliation of human dignity”). Under the new law, criminal liability for extremism in the Internet and media will come only after repeated violations. If this is done for the first time, the violator is punished with administrative responsibility. Individuals who violate article on extremism for the