Category: Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin and acting Governor of the Novgorod region Andrey Nikitin © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS NOVO-OGARYOVO, September 2. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the acting Governor of the Novgorod region Andrei Nikitin, a green folder, which contains appeals and complaints of residents of the region in the preparation of the “Straight line” with the head of state.

Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov © Sergey Karpov/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, September 2. /TASS/. New Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov is focused on the development of Russian-American relations and believes that they need to stabilize. He declared it in interview to the program “Vesti on Saturday” on TV channel “Russia 1”.

Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, September 2. /TASS/. New Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov hopes that US sanctions will not affect the movement of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation. He declared it in interview to the program “Vesti on Saturday” on TV channel “Russia 1”.

Photo: EPA The Ministry of defence of Sweden and Denmark announced increased cooperation to counter the growing military potential of Russia, cyber attacks, and fake news. About it reports AP. The Minister of defence of Sweden Peter Hultqvist and his Danish colleague, Claus Frederiksen Hjort issued a joint statement titled “Russian fake news: a threat to our countries”. The document stated that false information from Russia threatens the security of Denmark and Sweden. In addition, the Ministers said the increased presence of Russian warships in the area of the Baltic sea. About how Stockholm and Copenhagen will face new challenges, the statement is not specified.

Photo: RIA Novosti Students from Russia who are studying or want to study in American universities, will receive priority in obtaining a visa to the United States, said the head of the consular section of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Lawrence Toby. According to the diplomat, the decision was accepted in connection with the fact that students need to get to the beginning of the school year, so the Embassy will do their paperwork faster than the treatment of other Russian citizens. Earlier, the us Embassy in Russia has suspended the issuance of nonimmigrant visas on the territory of our country. This measure was adopted from 23 August to first of September. From early autumn to obtain a visa will be possible only in Moscow, and, as it became known on August 31, the U.S. Embassy will not be able to conduct interviews with applicants for a nonimmigrant visa from

In Poland stated the need to demand reparations from Russia for world war II Vice-Minister of justice of Poland Patrick Yaky and MP Ian Mosinski said that Warsaw should demand that Russia pay reparations for the events of the Second world war. They declared it on air “Radio Poland”. According to Mr. Moshenskogo, in 1921 Soviet Russia and Poland signed the Treaty of Riga which provided for the payment Poland 30 million gold rubles, and this money was never paid. In his opinion, Russia “being the heiress of the USSR”, needs to think about the details of the Riga Treaty. “The Russians, too, should be held accountable for what they did to Poland”, — said Mr. Yaky. Last week the Prime Minister of Poland Beata Szydlo has announced that the damage done to her country during the Second world war, were not reimbursed. Earlier, the Minister of defence of Poland,

In the Scenarios assessed the prospects of gaining Poland’s war reparations from Russia MOSCOW, 2 sen — RIA of news. The prospects for Poland as war reparations from Russia and from Germany are zero, such demands is a dead — end path, said RIA Novosti, first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Vladimir Jabbarov. Previously the policy of the ruling party of Poland “law and justice” said that the country intends to seek war reparations not only from Germany but from Russia — the Riga Treaty of 1921 about the end of the Soviet-Polish war. “The prospects of such requirements from us, and from Germany absolutely zero,” — said dzhabarov. According to him, in such a situation the question arises, how can we evaluate the life of 600 thousand Soviet soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Poland from Nazi occupation. “Poland will never

Saakashvili announced the arrest in Kiev his brother KYIV, September 2 — RIA Novosti. The ex-President of Georgia, former Governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili said that the interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kiev detained his brother David Saakashvili. “At dawn today eight representatives of the interior Ministry Avakov (interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov — ed.) I detained my brother David Saakashvili, when he left their home in Kiev and drove away in an unknown direction. He is a lawyer, had the document of residence in Ukraine, apparently, so trying to influence me to change my mind back. You very badly know me, it just further strengthens my resolve to protect Ukraine and Ukrainians” — wrote Saakashvili on Saturday in Facebook. During the download an error has occurred. The official Ukrainian law enforcement does not comment on the arrest.

© Sergey Guneev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has no plans this year to take part in the session of the UN General Assembly in September. About TASS reported the press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov.