Category: Politics

Putin will announce the message to the Federal Assembly on 20 February Accreditation of journalists for coverage of the event will be held from 15 to 17 February. MOSCOW, February 8. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin will address the Federal Assembly on February 20. This was reported to journalists the press-Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. “The President will announce the message to the Federal Assembly on 20 February,” he said. According to the representative of the Kremlin, the accreditation of journalists for coverage of the event will be held from 15 to 17 February. Peskov said that the message to the Federal Assembly will be held in Moscow. Answering the question, are there any video presentation during the President’s speech, as it was in 2018, a Kremlin spokesman indicated that “preparation in terms of content of work, related issues are also now addressed.” “As clarification

Deputy Secretary of state accused Russia at the beginning of the arms race WASHINGTON, February 8. /TASS/. Russia violated the Treaty on intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty) and thus started the arms race in which the United States was not involved. With such a statement was made on Thursday in an interview with PBS television, Deputy Secretary of state for arms control and international security Andrea Thompson. “We’re not trying to draw Russia into an arms race. We continued to observe the INF Treaty and all other treaties with arms control, while Russia has violated. Russia began an arms race. It started eight years ago when she [Russia] violated the INF Treaty,” said assistant Secretary of state, accused Moscow of the fact that she “initiated this threat.” “If you allow the Contracting party to break it without any consequences, you undermine the efficiency of the whole arms control,” added

“Nord stream-2” split Europe The cost-effectiveness and project timelines can be compromised. Construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2” may be the subject of open conflict between the most powerful EU countries — France and Germany. Paris, still on the side of Berlin, suddenly made clear that they would support amendments to the gas Directive of the EU. Their adoption will not stop the project, but may slow it down, and call into question the return on investment. In the worst case, Gazprom will be able to use only half the capacity of the pipeline that would give Ukraine an advantage in the upcoming negotiations on the transit of Russian gas in 2020. Permanent representatives of EU countries will discuss on 8 February in Brussels the change in the gas Directive, which aims against the project “Nord stream-2”. Intrigue in the meeting made the unexpected statement of the French foreign Ministry

The Daily Mail reported two more suspects in the “case Skrypalia” Moscow. 8 Feb. INTERFAX.RU in Total the alleged poisoning, according to police, involved five citizens of the Russian Federation. 11фотографий11фотографий11фотографий British police said that a total of “case Skrypalia” can be involved in five citizens of Russia, said on Thursday the Daily Mail newspaper. The publication, citing a source in the security agencies of the Kingdom claims that within a few weeks the police will present evidence of involvement in the poisoning of Sergey and Yulia Skrobala two more Russians. As specifies the edition, two Russian citizens were moving separately from the other suspects, and notes that their role in the incident was “much less”.Attempted Skrobala In early March, 2018 in the British city of Salisbury in serious condition was discovered ex-GRU officer Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia. The British Prime Minister, Theresa may, later said in Parliament

WSJ: U.S. plans to withdraw troops from Syria by the end of April The U.S. government is preparing to withdraw the bulk of American troops from Syria by mid-March, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing sources. According to them, the complete withdrawal of the US army must be made by the end of April. U.S. commanders in the coming weeks “will focus” on the withdrawal, as supported by the Washington force is planning soon to take the last strongholds of the militants of the terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG; banned in Russia). The administration of Donald trump still has not developed a plan for the protection of the Kurdish militia in Syria after the departure of the US military, according to the interlocutors of WSJ. The official representative of us state Department told the WSJ that the US “is no set timetable for the withdrawal of military forces” from

Theresa may has been unable to change the terms Brexit The meeting the Prime Minister of Britain with representatives of the European Union will continue. Theresa may again failed to win concessions from the European Union (EU). The Prime Minister on Thursday went to talks in Brussels to negotiate a new agreement on the country’s withdrawal from the EU, which would have approved the British Parliament. At the end of the hour and a half meeting Mei and head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to continue the dialogue on Brexit. The negotiations were “tough but constructive”, according to the final joint statement. Juncker confirmed that the terms of the agreement, approved by all members of the EU on 25 November, will not be reviewed. However, he expressed his willingness to amend the political Declaration on the future relationship of the parties, unenforceable. However, any changes must be approved