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Russia repaid the last external debt of the USSR MOSCOW, 21 Aug — RIA Novosti. Russian Federation 8 Aug repaid the external debt of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was resolved by the commitment of the USSR to the foreign state creditor, according to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The report notes that the debt to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the amount of 125.2 million US dollars regulated by the agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the settlement of the obligations of the former USSR according to the calculations related to the turnover between the former USSR and the former SFRY, signed in Moscow on 21 March 2017 and entered into force on 20 July 2017. “The Ministry of Finance reports on the completion of repayment of the Russian Federation for the obligations of the former USSR

The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist party, head of the Communist party faction in the State Duma of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, August 21. /TASS/. Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov decided to go on Monday to Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with non-admission to elections of candidates from his party in some regions. “I want to appeal to the President, he still is the guarantor of the Constitution, violated the constitutional rights of citizens and North Ossetia, Buryatia. Absolutely under false pretenses beat out candidates who have a real opportunity to compete, and turn elections into a farce when registering a false Communists and Zhirinovsky, in which there is almost no deputies”, – said Monday at a press conference in TASS Zyuganov. “We believe that it is in the highest degree of disgrace and disgrace and this election campaign, and the

© Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, August 21. /TASS/. Russia will study the statement of the United States to suspend the issuance of visas to Russian citizens before giving a response to the restrictions. This was stated on Monday the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. “As our response… As I said, it is necessary to examine in detail the decisions today by the Americans was announced, he said. We’ll see.” “I can say only one thing: we won’t disrupt the evil on American citizens. That is, if anyone was hoping that in this case, a bad example is contagious, it is mistaken”, – said the head of the foreign Ministry. Lavrov called the U.S. decision to attempt to cause discontent of citizens of the Russian Federation. “The first impression is that the American authors of these solutions started another attempt to cause discontent of

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia is a country of conflict, but does not intend to attack NATO member, said the EU Ambassador in Moscow Vygaudas Usackas. “Russia can be regarded as a conflict country, but, in my opinion, it is not going to attack NATO countries,” reports his words TASS. He added that, perhaps, there are arguments on this subject, but reiterated that the intentions of attack from Russia. He also called for a sober assessment of the coming Russian-Belarusian military exercises “Zapad-2017”. “The real danger is not the teaching as such, not their plans and attitudes, and circumstances that may arise due to unforeseen events, incidents,” he said. Usackas said that strengthening military capabilities is necessary, but it is also important “to maintain a certain working relationship” with Russia and on the political and the military level. This, according to him, will help to avoid escalation of the conflict “in

Photo: depositphotos.com The majority of Russians considers that the approach to expenditure on a wedding celebration must be reasonably. As stated in the materials according to the results of a survey conducted by the all-Russia centre of studying of public opinion (VTSIOM) that is published on the official website, only 9% of respondents consider it necessary to arrange a lavish wedding, while on a reasonable approach said 77%. Among the essential attributes of marriage of respondents said that the check to the Registrar (75%), relatives (61%) and wedding dresses (59%). 51% of respondents would prefer to get married in the summer, 45% in autumn. Winter and spring wedding festivities gained respectively 13 and 5 per cent. Earlier, the polls said about the reduction of alcohol consumption in Russia and assessed the level of happiness among Russians.

Anatoly Antonov appointed Russian Ambassador in USA MOSCOW, August 21. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has appointed Anatoly Antonov, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia in the United States. “By decree of the President Anatoly I. Antonov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the United States of America and permanent observer of Russian Federation at the Organization of American States in Washington, United States of America, part-time,” — said in a statement on the Kremlin website. By another decree Putin freed Antonova from the post of Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs. The President also signed a decree that the former head of the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak freed from duties of Russia’s Ambassador to the US and permanent observer of the Russian Federation to the Organization of American States in Washington. Anatoly Antonov was born in 1955,

How can I get a non-immigrant visa in the United States Since August 21, the Embassy of the United States will begin the process of cancellation of interviews for nonimmigrant visa designated in all the US consulates in Russia. From 1 September interviews for its reception will be held at the Embassy in Moscow. Visas will be resumed, but at reduced capacity. This is due to a decrease in the number of members of the American dipmissii in Russia, said the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. In addition, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and Consulate in Saint-Petersburg overturned the reception of applications for visas from citizens of Belarus. They will be required to attend interviews at US embassies in Warsaw, Kiev and Vilnius. As now you can get U.S. visa — in reference “b”. Question: Will my interview for a nonimmigrant visa cancelled? How will I notified about this? Answer: Those

© Michael Pochuev/TASS MOSCOW, August 21. /TASS/. Russia and Egypt have common goals in resolving crises in North Africa and the Middle East.

Photo: RIA Novosti The first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on state construction and legislation Mikhail Emelyanov said that the letter “e” is a necessary part of the alphabet of the Russian language, the change of its status in the documents can including to prevent crime and find missing persons, reports RIA “Novosti”. “I don’t support. I would like names and identification would be very careful because it is linked with many problems, including combating crime, and search for relatives of the missing persons. So still in the transcription of names must be orderly,” said Emelyanov. Yemelyanov also said that the letter “e” is “an essential part of the Russian alphabet, Russian phonetics”. Earlier the Deputy of Leningrad region Vladimir Petrov offered to do the equivalent of the letter “e” and “e” in the identity and also legitimize the consonant spelling of names in documents. In 2016 a large