Category: Politics

Kenyan opposition leader made the re-election of President In Kenya will be repeated presidential elections. This decision brought the country’s Supreme court, its decision reported on Friday, September 1, CNN. “The presidential elections were not in accordance with the Constitution, and therefore declared the results invalid,” said presiding judge David Maraga. Re-election must undergo a 60-day period. This became possible due to the appeal of opposition candidate Raila Odinga. He felt the announced results were rigged and went to court. In the end, the requirement was supported by four of the six judges. “This is a truly historic day for the people of Kenya and for the people of the African continent,” Odinga said after the verdict. The announcement of the outcome of the presidential elections in Kenya held on 8 August, sparked riots. According to the CEC, the incumbent head of state Uhuru Kenyatta.

Lavrov said Russia would respond to the closure of diplomatic missions in the United States MOSCOW, September 1 — RIA Novosti. Moscow will take measures in connection with anti-Russian policy of the United States, said the Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov. The head of the foreign Ministry said, speaking on Friday at MGIMO. He also stressed that the sanctions policy of the United States was initiated by the administration ex-US President Barack Obama to undermine Russian-American relations and not to allow the President to Trump to fulfill campaign promises to normalize relations between the two countries. Washington on Thursday evening announced new limitations in activities of Russian diplomatic missions in the United States, according to which from September 2 to close the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco and consular properties in Washington and new York.

Brussels has banned single-use plastic bags The Belgian capital of Brussels, followed by the Walloon region, decided to abandon the use of disposable plastic bags. From September 1, their distribution in all outlets of the city prohibited, according to the TV channel RTBF. Owners of commercial networks are allowed to distribute up to 30 Nov the packages purchased before September 1. The ban does not apply to reusable plastic bags with thickness more than 50 µm (microns). Measure decided to introduce to reduce environmental pollution, given the fact that the average plastic bag to decompose in nature 450 years. In Wallonia bans on plastic bags introduced with effect from 1 December 2016. The ban of plastic bags at the end of August 2017 was made by the Kenyan authorities. This country has introduced criminal penalties for the manufacture, sale and use of plastic bags. Violators face up to four years

The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. Russia calls for international humanitarian organizations not to delay the delivery of humanitarian assistance in areas of de-escalation in Syria. This was announced on Friday, Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, answering the questions of first-year students of MGIMO (University) of the MFA of the Russian Federation.

First Deputy Chairman of Committee of Federation Council on defense and security Frants Klintsevich © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. The announcement of George Soros, a terrorist, as called for in the petition appeared on the White house website, would mean undermining the foundations of the existence of the United States, and President trump will not dare to take this step. This opinion was expressed on Friday to journalists the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Frants Klintsevich.

Photo: RIA Novosti The candidate from the “Party of Growth” Elena Gnetova and the candidate from the party “Motherland” Nikolay Tarakanov has applied to the CEC of the Republic of Karelia statements about withdrawing their candidatures from the election of the head of the Republic, informed RIA Novosti the representative of the CEC of the region. Earlier it was reported that on 26 July the Central election Commission of the Republic of Karelia has completed the reception of documents for registration of candidates for the post of head of the region. Documents presented seven nominated candidates: the acting head of Karelia Arthur Parfenchikov (United Russia), Evgeny Ulyanov (KPRF), Nikolai Tarakanov (the party “Rodina”), Irina Petelava (” Fair Russia”), Eugene the besední (LDPR), Elena Gnetova (” Party of Growth”), Olga Illkova (” Patriots of Russia”). Nominated by the political party “People against corruption” candidate Igor Alpeyev not submitted in the prescribed

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the Commission of Public chamber of the Russian Federation on harmonization of interethnic and interfaith relations, Iosif Diskin on Thursday proposed to adopt a new Federal law “On freedom of conscience and religious organizations” instead of the current since 1997. “We need a new edition of the Federal law “On freedom of conscience and religious organizations” , emanating from a clear understanding of the new challenges of social development, the role of religious communities and organizations in the spiritual and moral development, protection of the rights and freedoms of the individual, the accepted international obligations,” said Diskin at the round table in the Public chamber of the Russian Federation ” the Secular state and the spiritual and moral development.” The proposal immediately sparked heated debate and criticism from representatives of religious organizations of the Russian Federation.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, reported on the official website of the foreign Ministry. “The Ministers exchanged views on topical issues of bilateral and regional agenda, including progress in the implementation of the Joint comprehensive programme of action on the Iranian nuclear program and the situation in the Syrian settlement in the context of the agreements reached in the framework of the Astana process,” he said. It is noted that the conversation was held at the initiative of the Iranian side. Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the US demand to send UN experts on military targets are unlikely to approve of the IAEA.

Sobchak commented on the reports about her possible participation in the elections MOSCOW, September 1 — RIA Novosti. TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, which the media called a possible opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the next presidential elections, was surprised that it did not ask about it. Previously, the newspaper “Vedomosti”, citing sources in the presidential administration and close to it experts said that an opponent of Putin in the presidential elections in Russia in 2018 may become a woman. One of the sources said that there are five to seven candidates for this. Another source of the newspaper called the ideal Sobchak. NewsHow to live women politicianed you — 6 lovely ladies, in whose hands are the destinies of the world. Commenting on the publication of Instagram, Sobchak stressed that the publication “did not feel the need to get at least some review” of it and called himself