Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin’s order Anatoly Shiverskaya released from the post of Deputy head of Department of regional security and combating corruption, the document is published on the website of the municipality. “Release Shiverskaya Anatoly replaced from the post of Deputy head of Department of regional security and combating corruption Moscow city” , — the document says. According to the website of the Moscow mayor Anatoly Shiverskaya from 1984 to 2015 he served in the Armed forces of Russia. From February 2016, he held the position of Deputy head of Department of regional security and combating corruption of the city of Moscow.

Photo: RIA Novosti Vladimir Putin held talks behind closed doors with the head of “Ukrainian choice” Viktor Medvedchuk. It is reported by RBC with reference to two sources. Sources close to the Kremlin said that the Russian President always meets with Medvedchuk during trips to the Crimea. According to sources, during the meeting the sides discussed Ukrainian politics, the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the exchange of prisoners. Neither the representatives of the Kremlin, nor the representatives of Medvedchuk’s not confirmed, nor denied this information. Medvedchuk headed the administration of former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma in 2002-2005. The movement “the Ukrainian choice” is Pro-Russian, as it stands for the country’s accession to the Customs Union and the federalization of Ukraine. The daughter of Medvedchuk is Putin’s goddaughter. In Crimea Vladimir Putin arrived on August 18 for three days. The President was accompanied by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The

Photo: AP Photo/Francois Mori It is reported by The Telegraph, citing the relevant documents. In 2015, the Interpol has rejected a request of the Russian side. The independent Commission for the control of Interpol data acknowledged the request for the arrest illegal, saying it has “a predominantly political nature”. Browder was the employer of the auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died in SIZO “sailor’s Silence” in 2009. From 1995 to 2007, Browder was the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia. The financier was declared internationally wanted by Russia on the case about theft of shares of “Gazprom” for the sum about 3 billion rubles.

Netanyahu spoke about the reasons for the “urgent” meeting with Putin Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin were organized in the “urgent” in connection with a change “in recent weeks” the situation on the Israeli-Syrian border, explained Netanyahu. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cause of the “urgent” meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin changed “in recent weeks” the situation in the region and, in particular, on the Israeli-Syrian border. The head of the Israeli government told in an interview to Israel’s Channel 20. The situation in Syria, as noted by Netanyahu, “was stable until recent weeks.” “Over the past few weeks there have been huge changes,” he added, Recalling that “Israel’s Northern border”, in Syria, since 2011, is an armed conflict, which side of the government troops in 2015 takes including Russia.

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian government to ensure the implementation of the pilot project of the system to care for elderly citizens and the disabled, should be published on Thursday the list of instructions following the meeting of the President with representatives of socially-oriented and charitable organizations and volunteer. According to the instructions, the Russian government together with the “Agency for strategic initiatives to promote new projects” entrusted to ensure the implementation of the pilot project on introduction of system of long-term care for seniors and the disabled in certain regions, providing for these purposes in the Federal budget for 2018 to 2020. The relevant report must be submitted by October 30, 2017. In addition, the government of the Russian Federation before November 30, shall develop a mechanism for annual updating of the classification of technical means of rehabilitation in the framework of the corresponding

Photo: RIA Novosti The special representative of the state Department’s Kurt Volker pleased with the meeting with Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov, which was held on August 21 in Minsk. He declared it in interview to TV channel “Rain”. “I also left a positive impression from our meeting. It was a serious and Frank conversation. We had some disagreements. Everything was fair and transparent,” he said. “We came to a consensus that the status quo will not bring anything good to anyone. This is bad both for Russia and for Ukraine, and for the residents of Donbass” , — he added. August 21, Surkov held the first meeting with Volker after his appointment. He expressed satisfaction with the conversation, calling it “useful and constructive”. According to him, he and his companion agreed that ” the current situation in the South-East of Ukraine can not satisfy neither the conflicting parties nor

Photo: 360tv.EN To the question “is There in Russian politics, worthy to be the successor to Vladimir Putin?” the majority of Russians answered in the negative. The survey was conducted by the portal “Rambler”. Accordingly, 42% of respondents believe that Russian politics at present, a person who can lead the country. Of these, 14% of citizens believe that there is only one decent politician, and 28% can submit on a post of the President of the Russian Federation, several Russian politicians, considering them worthy. The survey was conducted on August 24, and was attended by more than 8.2 thousand citizens.

Photo: RIA Novosti NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday reaffirmed that his military-political bloc “does not seek confrontation with Russia” and intends to continue political dialogue with Moscow. “NATO continues to aspire to a more constructive and predictable relations with Russia to preserve peace and improve relations between NATO and Russia, as well as to encourage Russia to act within the norms and rules of the international community,” he said, speaking at an international meeting on security issues in the Italian Rimini. The performance was broadcasted by the organizers in the Internet. Noting that ” transparency and predictability are critical, especially when tensions are high,” Stoltenberg announced the intention ” to continue the political dialogue with Russia.” NATO Secretary General claimed that the Alliance seeks ” not to provoke but to prevent the conflict.” “All our measures are defensive in nature, they are transparent, proportionate and consistent with our

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian Senator Alexey Pushkov believes that it is time to create the UN Commission on the fakes, because the United States is increasingly put forward unfounded accusations. “The United States increasingly nominate taken from the ceiling of the prosecution being unable to prove them. It’s time to create the UN Commission on fake and false charges” — he wrote in Twitter. One of the last in a series of claims of Washington to Moscow was the statement of US state Secretary Rex Tillerson, who on Tuesday again accused Russia of supplying weapons to the movement ” Taliban*” in violation of international norms, without citing any evidence of his words. *Banned in Russia as a terrorist organization The United States is increasingly put forward taken from the ceiling of the prosecution being unable to prove them. It’s time to create the UN Commission on fakes and false accusations.

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that as part of the humanitarian operation Iraqi tal afar evacuated six Russians and six citizens of Kazakhstan. “In Iraqi Kurdistan completed the next phase of a major humanitarian operation to rescue the citizens of Russia and CIS countries. For her organization, I was sent to Iraq the representative of the Head of the Chechen Republic in the middle East and North Africa, Senator Ziyad Sabsabi. Managed to liberate tal afar and taken to a safe place 12 people, including six citizens of Russia and as many citizens of Kazakhstan” , — he wrote on Instagram. He added that the location in Kurdistan, another six citizens of Russia. He stressed that with limited information on humanitarian action in the middle East is not because of her concealment, and to ensure the safety of children and participants, since it is one