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Photo: gov.EN Vladimir Putin will visit the Land of Franz Joseph on the eve of the Arctic forum. This statement was made by press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. His words RIA Novosti reported. “On the eve of the Arctic forum, the President plans to visit the Land of Franz Joseph. Communicate with environmentalists. See the results of cleaning,” — said Peskov. On the sidelines of the International Arctic forum, Putin will meet with President of Iceland Gudni Johannesson and President of Finland Sauli Niinistö. The forum will be held in Arkhangelsk on March 29-30. For the first time the Land of Franz Josef Putin visited in April 2010, when he held the post of Prime Minister. Putin then drew attention to the severe pollution of the region and called for a “spring cleaning”, because the level of contamination exceeded the permissible limits six times.

Photo: RIA Novosti The CEC of Russia will provide all parties wishing to hold the party early voting (primaries), ballot boxes and voting booths, said the CEC Chairman, Ella Pamfilova. Her words leads TASS on Wednesday, March 15. “If any party deems it necessary to conduct the primaries, we will create equal conditions for use of the equipment that they need to be able to hold these primaries,” she said at the Commission meeting. According to the Deputy Chairman of the Central electoral Commission Nikolay Bulaev, the public body sent a letter in Rosimushchestvo with the request to explain the position of the Agency for the transfer of equipment to political parties to conduct intra-party activities. According to him, the government thought it was acceptable, but suggested further consult with the Federal Antimonopoly service. On 7 February it became known that United Russia plans to hold a preliminary vote on

Gennady Zyuganov Photo: RIA Novosti Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov criticized the actions of the head of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky during a plenary meeting of the state Duma. The words of the policy published on the website of the Communists on Wednesday, March 15. “I wonder why the authorities don’t react, why does it encourage the Rangers broadcast on state television. This extremism transformed into outright hooliganism and criminality,” said Zyuganov. In his opinion, such behavior “triggers psychosis in the country”. “When a man with a Deputy’s powers from a tribune declares that the Nazis at the time were not allowed, it indicates a deep sickness of the society”, — concluded the head of the Communist party. Earlier Wednesday, Zhirinovsky brought from the hall all the representatives of the faction of the liberal Democrats. This happened after the Vice-speaker Sergei Neverov urged the ethics Commission to investigate his statements. LDPR

The Queen of England approved the law on the country’s withdrawal from the EU Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II signed a bill to start the process of withdrawal from the European Union. Earlier this week a bill to bring into effect Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty was finally approved by both houses of the British Parliament. According to Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, each member country of the European Union may decide to leave. This requires to formally inform the decision of the European Council and to start the negotiation process. Prime Minister Theresa may said that plans to launch the process of “breccia” until the end of March. This is unlikely to happen next week, when they host an informal summit of the EU countries. It is timed to the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which laid the Foundation for the European economic community, the predecessor