In the state Duma commented on the claim of “Naftogaz” to the Russian assets in Crimea MOSCOW, September 20 — RIA Novosti. The claim of “Naftogaz of Ukraine” should not be seen as something that is in dispute, belongs to Crimea and its residents, however, the court of the Hague may take a positive decision due to the fact exactly who filed the suit, said the head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Leonid Kalashnikov. Previously, the company “Naftogaz of Ukraine” has declared that has submitted to the Hague court the claim to Russia with a demand to pay $ 5 billion damages in connection with the loss of assets in Crimea. According to Kalashnikov everything that is “in the country, which suddenly became a country, and then asked to be admitted to another country, belongs to her and the people who live there”. “And in this regard, the
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Lavrov: Russia interested in preserving the INF Treaty, but without a violation from the United States
© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS UN, September 20. /TASS/. Moscow is interested in preserving the Treaty of elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty), but no violations by the United States. This was stated by Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after meeting with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson.
The election Commission said the date of presidential elections in Russia
The Russian presidential election will take place on 18 March 2018, said the Secretary of the Central election Commission (CEC) Maya Grishina, commenting on the draft of the Ministry of labour on weekends and public holidays next year. Her words leads RIA Novosti on Monday, September 18. Earlier on Monday, the press service of the Ministry of labor reported that the governmental Commission on regulation of social and labor relations approved the schedule of shifts weekends in 2018. In accordance with the document, the Russians are waiting for four-day weekend from 8 to 11 March. “The week of 5th-11th [March] includes one festive day, therefore elections are held next Sunday. So we all explained now it is official — [elections are held] March 18,” — said Grishin. On 15 September, the founder of the Monarchist party, Anton Bakov has declared readiness to support in the upcoming elections of the Deputy
Putin has appointed a new Ambassador to Mauritius
Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin appointed new Russian Ambassador to Mauritius, Konstantin Klimovsky, according to the text of the presidential decree published on the official Internet portal of legal information. “To appoint Klimovsky Konstantin V. Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Mauritius”, — the document says Klimovsky previously held in the foreign Ministry as Deputy Director of Department for work with compatriots abroad. On a post of the Ambassador in Mauritius, he will replace Vyacheslav Nikiforov.
The Venezuelan President likened trump to Hitler
The Venezuelan President likened trump to Hitler Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro compared the US President Donald trump with the “new Hitler” of international politics, reports EFE Noticias. The style of the Board of trump Maduro has described as an authoritarian and expressed readiness to confront this. Speaking from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, the trump, on the one hand, proclaimed the main principle of his reign, the respect for national sovereignty, on the other — threatened to destroy North Korea and harshly attacked the “rebel regimes”, “such as Venezuela and Iran.” Maduro in his correspondence the debate, trump made clear that he will continue himself to command his nation and Trump was advised to “swallow” his comments about Hitler. In the early years of “high-profile nationalist notes” in his inaugural speech trump heard the Vice-Chancellor of Germany Sigmar Gabriel.
Russia and the United States agreed to maintain the dialogue format Ryabkov – Shannon
Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov © Artyom Korotayev/TASS UN, September 20. /TASS/. Moscow and Washington will keep the dialogue between the Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov and first Deputy Secretary of state Thomas Shannon.
Lavrov: the Russian military and the U.S. agree on the implementation plans for the capture of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor
© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS UN, September 20. /TASS/. Military of Russia and the U.S. agree on the implementation plans for the capture of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, not to hurt the common goals of combating terrorism. This was stated on Tuesday the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov after meeting with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson.
Lavrov: Russia has long waited for a US response on the principle of “tit for tat”
© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS NEW YORK, September 20. /TASS/. Russia has long waited for the answer on the principle of “tit for tat” on the actions of the previous administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, but hopes that under the new administration Moscow and Washington will be able to draw conclusions about where the relations between the two countries and where to go next. This was stated on Tuesday, the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an exclusive interview with first Deputy Director General of TASS Mikhail Gusman and Vice-President of the AP, John Daniszewski. The conversation between the Minister and the news agencies was held after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson.
Putin reported about 95 foreign representatives at the military exercise “Zapad-2017”
Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin inspected the Russian-Belarusian exercises “West-2017” on the ground Luga in the Leningrad region. On Monday, September 18, reports TASS. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the President that the maneuvers of Russian troops see 95 foreign participants from 50 countries. “Interested in”, — said Putin. According to the scenario, the militants crossed the border and seized a large number of light aircraft and UAVs in border airfields. To destroy air targets in the exercise involved anti-aircraft gun missile systems. The destruction of the enemy on earth happened at the fire support of artillery and armored vehicles including T-90 tanks, su-24 bombers, fighter-bombers su-34. The result of the conditional enemy was destroyed, says the Agency. Earlier Monday, the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite met with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and informed him about the “aggressive nature” of the Russian-Belarusian exercises. Ukrainian and
Muradov called Crimea as an example of observance of the rights of linguistic minorities
Photo: RIA Novosti WARSAW, 18 Sep — RIA Novosti. Crimea can be an example of observance of the rights of members of linguistic minorities, said the Vice-Premier of the Crimean government, the permanent representative of Crimea under the Russian President Georgi Muradov journalists in Warsaw. On Monday the Polish authorities for more than two hours spent Muradova at the Warsaw airport, without giving him the opportunity to speak at the OSCE meeting in the Polish capital. The envoy arrived in Warsaw on Monday morning, and despite the fact that it has a diplomatic passport, was forced to spend in the airport more than two hours. Instead, the speech, which spoke of the rights of Russian national minorities in a number of countries, was read by his assistant. “We want to convey to the international community the concerns of Russian civil society about the situation and sliding into a dangerous point.