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The public chamber called futile postponement of the start of the school year A bill allowing municipalities to move beginning of academic year on 1 October, is futile. About it “RIA Novosti” said the Chairman of the Commission of Public chambers (OP) to support families, children and maternity Diana Gurtskaya. The bill was introduced in the state Duma on 29 August. Its authors are deputies from LDPR Vadim Money…, Alexei Didenko, Mikhail Degtyarev and Boris Chernyshov. In the explanatory States that this initiative is linked to the climatic characteristics of Russia. Gurtskaya expressed confidence that the OP during the procedure of public hearings will give a “negative opinion” on this project. “It’s hard for me to imagine that someone will seriously consider such an initiative. It’s like the topic of moving the capital — loudly, clearly, is hopeless,” said Gurtskaya. She stressed that in Russia there is a unified educational

Photo: 360tv.EN IRKUTSK, August 29 — RIA Novosti. The natural resources Ministry proposed the draft law on amendments to the Federal law “On protection of lake Baikal”, allowing clear cutting of burned forests in the environmental area is essential, said the Governor of the Irkutsk region Sergey Levchenko during a meeting with journalists. “Forest affected by the fires need to be put in order. If this is not done, the sick trees will become a source of infection the same the Siberian silkworm, with which we today are struggling intensely. But this measure should not become the subject of fraud, under the guise of the affected trees are cut down healthy trees. Therefore, Supervisory authorities will need to strictly control the situation”, — explained Levchenko. The head of the Irkutsk region also elaborated on the theme of reforestation and reported that, together with the group “Ilim” in the region is

Photo: adaptlawyers.som Russia plans to submit for consideration by the UN General Assembly, the international standards of cybersecurity in mid-September, the newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to the special representative of the President of Russia on international cooperation in the field of information security Andrey Krutskikh. Russia before bring up for discussion in the General Assembly, will test the proposed measures on the BRICS, CSTO and SCO. Simultaneously with the verification of the effectiveness of these measures, the Russian side intends to continue to promote the theme of standards of cybersecurity in the UN. The BRICS summit will be held 3-5 September in China. There, according to Krutskikh, will be taken “very important decisions” regarding the proposed rule. 72nd session of the UN General Assembly will start on September 12 at the headquarters of the United Nations. “At the General Assembly the subject to be discussed. But very important decisions will

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Mikhail Voskresenskiy Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Morgulov can replace the current Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov, in his post, according to “Izvestia”, citing sources in diplomatic circles. Denisov, as noted, may leave his post in the first half of 2018. He is the head of the diplomatic mission in China since 2013. Morgulov as a candidate for the post called for the reason that he is the Deputy foreign Minister for Asian destinations, and has sufficient knowledge and experience with the Chinese region. “Indeed, discuss the prospect of replacing Andrey Denisov, Igor Morgulov as Ambassador to China. At the moment the candidacy of Deputy Minister Morgulov — main”, — said one of the sources of the newspaper. Among the reasons for the replacement Denisov on Margulova the newspaper’s sources called the probability of Denisov’s appointment to the post of assistant

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Max Winds Only ten of the past in Russia over the past five years seventy gubernatorial campaigns took place on the competition scenario in the elections this year, the competitive potential is observed in two regions, Karelia Republic and Kirov region, the Foundation for civil society development (Fcsd). With the 2012 election of heads of regions were covered in 67 subjects of the Russian Federation, four of them leaders in this period managed to elect twice, reminded the experts. Competitive steel only every seventh elections Thus, a total of five years were 71 election campaign, of which ” competition was only 10,” says the Fund’s report on the election of heads of regions in 2017. “The vast majority of elections 2012-2016 took place at the “referendum” scenarios. That is, the winners were known in advance, and if the struggle was conducted only for the second

Photo: TASS Russian President Vladimir Putin will go with working visit to Hungary. At the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Russian leader will visit on Monday in Budapest, where he will participate in the opening ceremony of the 31st world judo Championships, the press service of the Kremlin. “It is also planned to hold a working meeting with Putin, Orban,” — said the press service of the head of state. Earlier, the President of the Hungarian judo Federation lászló He said that the President of the International judo Federation, Marius Vizer, has sent Putin an invitation to the opening of the world Cup in Budapest. He recalled that the Russian leader is the honorary President of the Federation. Besides, the Russian President not only repeatedly called for such competitions, but he is not just out on the Mat. The world judo Championships 2017 will be held in the

Photo: TC “Star” The Consulate General of Russia in Houston, TX is under threat of flooding because of the hurricane “Harvey”, TV channel “Russia 24”. This was announced by the diplomats themselves in Texas. The mission is located in the office building, the area around it was in the area of flooding due to heavy rains.

Former Chairman of the Central Bank Sergey Aleksashenko has refused to return to Russia After the appearance of the message on excitation of criminal case Sergey Aleksashenko decided not to go to Russia. The case filed for attempting to take abroad the Soviet order, was previously reported by the media. Former first Deputy head of the Bank of Russia and former Deputy Minister of Finance Sergey Aleksashenko has declared that does not intend while to return to Russia. In his words, “no smoke without fire,” he said on radio “Echo of Moscow”. “You know, if the stage hangs a gun, then it is in the third act must necessarily shoot. If I uttered the phrase “criminal case”, then, apparently, someone thinks, someone thinks about this… Better yet I’m going to avoid the danger that I can foresee,” said Aleksashenko in the air of “Echo of Moscow”. According to the economist,

Trump commented on the the missile launch of the DPRK The President of the United States Donald trump in connection with the new launch of a ballistic missile of the DPRK on 29 August, said that the US considers all the solutions, according to ABC News, citing a written statement from the White house. According to trump, the rocket launch North Korea “signaled his contempt for neighbors, all members of the United Nations and the minimum standards of acceptable international behavior.” “The dangerous and destabilizing actions only increase the isolation of the DPRK in the region and around the world. All cases are treated,” concluded trump. JUST IN: Pres. Trump on North Korea missile launch that flew over Japan: “All options are on the table.” https://t.co/ZTSNTTCcGw pic.twitter.com/wOCxkHNzUj — ABC News (@ABC) August 29, 2017 During the download an error has occurred.

The Chairman of the international Affairs Committee of the state Duma Leonid Slutsky © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. The Chairman of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky considers it extremely alarming situation on the Korean Peninsula after the recent launch of a ballistic missile by the DPRK towards Japan.