Category: Politics

© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. This week the resignation of the heads of five Russian regions – Nizhny Novgorod and Samara regions, Nenets Autonomous district, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Dagestan. And if the first four regions were appointed acting managers, in Dagestan the Kremlin has not yet announced its decision.

The state Duma has voted in favour of black lists of air passengers A bill to toughen punishments for brawlers to the Board approved in the first reading. Deputies Gordumy supported the inclusion of airlines blacklisted passengers, staged a brawl on Board the aircraft. At the meeting on Friday MPs voted for the adoption of appropriate amendments in the first reading. The bill gives the airlines the right to be “stop-lists” of hooligans, and now this possibility of the carrier there is only a court decision. In the human rights environment are concerned that the amendment would violate the rights of citizens. The deputies supported the idea of giving airlines the right to decide whether to allow zaprometova previously passengers on Board. According to the adopted in first reading the draft law, a copy of the decision about appointment of administrative punishment for “failure by a person on Board the

Poroshenko instructed to sue Russia over the Crimean bridge President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed to sue Russia over the construction of the Crimean bridge. On Friday, September 29, in his microblog on Twitter reported the press Secretary of the President Svyatoslav Tsigalko. “The President instructed to sue the Russian Federation for environmental damage,”- he wrote. On 5 September, a representative of the so-called Prosecutor’s office of Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Department of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, located in Kiev) Gunduz Mammadov said that the loss of Ukraine from the construction by Russia of the Crimean bridge is 10 billion (22 billion rubles). “We are preparing the appointment of ecological and engineering expertise,” he said. In may, representatives of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine stated that the construction of Crimean bridge can lead to regional environmental disaster. The building should connect the Crimea and Krasnodar Krai. The total length

10 main events of the Russian campaign in Syria in photos Two years ago, on 30 September 2015, Russia launched a military operation in Syria, which caused several thousand air strikes and according to official data, lost almost 40 soldiers. Bi-bi-si has selected 10 of the brightest moments of the Syrian campaign of the Russian troops. 26 Aug 2015 Moscow and Damascus signed an agreement on the deployment of the aviation group of the Russian armed forces on the territory of Syria. The formal request was delivered to Moscow from the Syrian government, which gave the Russian side the base Hamim free of charge and ensured that personnel receive in the country’s diplomatic status. 30 September 2015 Russian air force conducted the first average on the position of the banned in Russia “Islamic state” in Syria. According to the official data of the Russian defense Ministry, during the first week

The ex-Governor of Krasnoyarsk territory Viktor Tolokonsky © Cyril Kuhmar/TASS MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with acting Governor of Krasnoyarsk territory Alexander USS, the website of the Kremlin.

The Governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS KALININGRAD, September 29. /TASS/. Anton Alikhanov, who on September 17 turned 31, has officially entered a post of the Governor of the Kaliningrad region, becoming the youngest elected head of a region in Russia. The session of the regional Duma devoted to ceremony, took place on Friday in the regional drama theatre.

Photo: The Head Of The Republic Of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov The main candidate on a post of the head of Dagestan is the first Deputy Director of Regardie Sergei Melikov, the radio station “Moscow speaking” with reference to the co-chair of the Russian Congress of peoples of the Caucasus Ruslan Kurbanov. He said that Melikov was preparing for this post for a few years. In particular, he was appointed presidential envoy in the North Caucasian Federal district. According to Kurbanov, Melikov has several times refused the post of head of Dagestan. “His tenure as Ambassador allowed him to become better acquainted with the Republic and to understand the depth of its problems,” he added. The news is updated.

Photo: © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia urged on Wednesday the leadership of the world organization to check the data on the volumes of humanitarian aid delivered to Syrians in coordination with Damascus. Speaking at a meeting of the Security Council, he drew attention to the fact that UN officials give absolutely different figures on it. During the meeting, the Deputy Secretary-General of the world organization for humanitarian Affairs mark Lowcock said that since the beginning of August, the UN was able to conduct convoys with aid for 280 thousand of the 1.2 million that was requested for access from the Syrian authorities. These figures are referred to in his speech, the US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, who criticized the proposal of the Russian Federation about the termination of deliveries of aid to areas of Syria with Turkey and Jordan with the expansion of

Photo: © 2017 AFP / Robyn Beck Senator from the U.S. state of Oklahoma James Lankford said that Russia is to blame in fueling the disputes between the US President and the athletes of the National football League (NFL) on Twitter for aggravation of the political situation, reports RIA Novosti. “Even this week we saw how the Russians and their “trolls” began to spread the hashtags #take a knee (#bow the knee) and #boycott NFL (NFL boycoting). Last weekend they took both parties to the dispute and promoted them as much as possible to increase the noise level in America that would do so much, the problem looked even more,” said Lankford at a hearing in the Senate Committee on homeland security. Previously, the club of the National hockey League “Pittsburgh penguins” agreed on trump’s invitation to visit the White house.

Washington has suspended the issuance of U.S. visas in Cuba Moscow. September 29. INTERFAX.RU — the United States indefinitely suspended the issuance of visas in Cuba, the Associated Press reports, citing sources. According to the Agency, this was done in connection with the so-called “attacks” on American diplomats. A new period of cooling relations between Washington and Havana is associated with health problems identified at least 21 employees of the us Embassy. The US state Department said that the workers were victims of “acoustic attack”. Now, AP reports that American authorities are warning that U.S. citizens have become victims of such attacks not only in the buildings of the guardian, but also in hotels. Although the affected tourists were reported in Washington do not exclude that the surrounding area may be subject to undesirable effects. The first complaints diplomats in unexplained health problems appeared about a year ago. Investigators still