Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the phone congratulated Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with his birthday. About it reports “Interfax” with reference to the press service of the Kremlin. As noted, the Russian leader wished his colleague good health and further success. Putin and Lukashenko discussed issues of bilateral relations and international agenda. Earlier, Putin congratulated Lukashenka on the independence day of Belarus.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. The Kremlin regrets the unfriendly steps of the US against Russia, Moscow can not leave them unanswered. “We regret that it is not a constructive position of our colleagues in the United States, and of course we can’t ignore the unfriendly and sometimes hostile manifestations to our address”, – said the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Consul General of Russia in new York Sergey Ovsyannikov believes that in the near future in Russian-American relations not expected anything positive, but even in this situation, the Russian diplomats continue to work. “Turning to the immediate prospects of us-Russian relations, would prefer to refrain from forecasts. It seems that common sense from the American side will appear, and injected into United States Russophobia stops. The Americans should be aware of the situation and begin to gradually back off. From what I see, hear and read of what goes on in Congress that says the us policy, yet nothing positive from the United States to expect we do not have. But in this situation, Russian diplomats still need to do their work” , — said Ovsyannikov in an interview with the newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. Earlier, Moscow has ordered to reduce the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia

Photo: RIA Novosti The Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia said that North Korea should abandon missile and nuclear tests for the sake of normalization of the situation on the Korean Peninsula. On Wednesday, August 30, reports TASS. “Once again, we’re talking about what’s missile and nuclear programs, the DPRK should be quickly and without delay discontinued. The launches of ballistic missiles North Korea pose a serious threat to shipping and air traffic in the region and threaten civilians, in this case, the citizens of Japan,” — said Nebenzia. The diplomat said that Russia calls for full respect for the resolutions of the UN Security Council, and Pyongyang should return to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, compliance with the rules of the IAEA and to accede to the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons. At the same time, he said, “members of the security Council must seek a

Peskov was surprised by media reports on the selection of Putin. as the successor Press Secretary of the Russian President said he did not know why Bloomberg believes the Minister one of the favorites of the President. Moscow. August 31. INTERFAX.RU — the Kremlin said that you can’t understand the motives of the publications of some mass media information about the alleged current Minister of economic development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin as the successor of the Russian President. “To me, simply put, it is not clear where do these exercises (agencies) Bloomberg,” — said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, answering the request of journalists to comment on relevant media reports. Answering the question whether it is a hit. in the list of presidential favorites that the Kremlin intends to shift the focus on the economic block, Peskov said: I, apparently, do not have such great vision and

Russia entered the top three countries with the strongest army in the world MOSCOW, 31 Aug — RIA Novosti. Russia entered the top three countries with the strongest army in the world, taking second place in the published site Global Firepower ranking. According to the rating, first place was taken by the US army, the third army of China. The top ten strongest armies in the countries according to the Global Firepower also includes India, France, UK, Japan, Turkey, Germany, Egypt. The ranking took into account the army of 133 countries. According to the portal, when the rankings took into account 50 factors. It is noted that the rating was compiled based on not only the number of weapons that are actually in the sun, but also from its diversity. The rating was also influenced by the geographical position, the transport system, extraction of natural resources, local industries and military

The meeting of the son of trump and Veselnitskaya testified Rinat Akhmetshin — another participant in the meeting son, Donald trump’s lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya — testified before a jury in the case of “interference” of Russia in American elections. According to media reports, he testified for several hours, but he his performance has not commented. Earlier testimony in the Senate gave the former head of the electoral headquarters of the trump by Paul Manafort. The next day came to his home with a search warrant, FBI agents. Donald trump and the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, addressed a group of jury and testified about the relations of the American leader with Russia. About this newspaper Financial Times, citing sources familiar with the situation. The Commission was made a special U.S. attorney Robert Mueller, who is investigating the “interference” of Russia in American elections. According to interlocutors of the edition, the performance

The Ambassador of Latvia in Russia Maris Riekstins © Timur Subkhankulovo/TASS RIGA, 31 August. /TASS/. Latvia should not exaggerate the potential threat from upcoming in September the Russian-Belarusian military exercises “West-2017”. Such opinion on Thursday expressed new Ambassador of the Baltic Republic in Moscow, Maris Riekstins.

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Minister of foreign Affairs of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. The foreign Ministers of Russia and Iran Sergei Lavrov and Javad Zarif discussed on Thursday by phone the progress of the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and settlement in Syria. This was reported in the Russian depodesta. “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”, – have informed in the Ministry.