Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti SIMFEROPOL, August 15 — RIA Novosti, Victor Liashenko. The Ukrainian authorities in the issue of the Crimea finally crossed the line between intelligence activities and meanness, said the Deputy of the state Duma from the Crimean region Ruslan Balbec. The center of public relations of FSB of Russia has informed on Tuesday about the arrest of an agent of the security Service of Ukraine Gennadiy Lemeshko preparing a series of terrorist attacks in the Crimea. According to the FSB, he was to bring in a state of disrepair of the transmission line Sudak — Novy Svet to stop the flow of electricity to set fire to the forest near Sudak — Rybachye — Alushta, to ensure the collapse of rocks to block the highway Sudak — Novy Svet, and set fire to one of the utilities in the area of the village fishing. “The Ukrainian forces finally

Saudi Arabia will allow Qataris to Hajj in Mecca Moscow. August 17. INTERFAX.RU — the Saudi Authorities decided to allow the pilgrims from Qatar to cross the border and participate in the Hajj to Mecca, local media reported. This decision, as the message of the Saudi news Agency, was made the crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, after consultation with the messenger of Doha. Moreover, the Prince is ordered to send to Doha your plane to, at its own expense to deliver Qatari pilgrims to Mecca. This is the first case of opening the border for the representatives of Qatar, after the announcement of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Yemen and Egypt diplomatic relations and trade ties with Qatar on charges of Doha in support of terrorist groups and interference in the internal Affairs of other countries, observers say.

In Saudi Arabia died Prince Bandar bin Fahd The representative of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia Prince Bandar Ben FAH bin Saad bin Abdul Rahman al Saud died on August 16. It is reported by the SPA, citing a Royal court statement. The funeral of the Prince will be held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on August 17. This is the third Prince of the family of al Saud, who died this year. In may in Saudi Arabia died Prince Meshaal bin Abdul Aziz, head of the Council to determine the order of succession. He was 91. This was reported by Asharq al-Awsat. He was engaged in determining the line of succession to the throne, which is a problem for the Royal dynasty of the country, as the number of princes is 7 thousand people. In early August, Saudi Arabia passed away on the 26-year-old Prince Salman bin Abdullah

In Ukraine opened case on the publication of the decision on “billions” of Yanukovych The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for human rights Valeria Lutkovska has initiated the opening of the case due to the delay of publication of the court decision Kramatorsk city court on the confiscation of $1.5 billion that belonged to the entourage of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych. This is stated in a message posted on Facebook by non-governmental international organization for the fight against corruption Transparency International Ukraine. It States that a month ago, the organization turned to Lutkovska with a request to punish guilty of violation of the right to public access to information on confiscated assets of the Yanukovych regime. According to the organization, the sentence of confiscation is still not deposited in the court registry. In Transparency International noted that the opening of the case, will accelerate the work of state bodies and put an end

Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS UN 17 Aug. /TASS/. Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia considers “a good sign” conciliatory statements made by the United States and North Korea after a series of mutual threats. In an interview with reporters the diplomat noted that Russia urged both sides to refrain from any steps that could aggravate the situation.

He can work with Russia on Syria a starting point for cooperation Moscow. August 16. INTERFAX.RU Washington considers the work with Moscow on the creation of zones of de-escalation in Syria the starting point in the cooperation between the US and Russia, said at a briefing on Wednesday, U.S. state Department spokesman Heather Nauert. She noted that the U.S. intends to take “this moment as a starting point and begin to build on (relations with Russia — Interfax)”. “We are two nuclear powers, two nuclear powers can not in this world to coexist well without any relationship,” she added. Also, the US representative said that, despite the willingness to improve relations with Russia, Washington has no intention to give in Moscow in matters relating to American interests. “No doubt, our countries have divergent positions on many issues where we have no points of agreement, and we will continue to aggressively

The labour Ministry has proposed to make education officials in Russia continuous Deputy Minister of labour Alexey Cherkasov recalled previously introduced a new approach to training of officials, which provides for the receipt of their skills during the whole working period. MOSCOW, August 16. /TASS/. The Ministry of labor of Russia has prepared a draft presidential decree on the professional development of civil servants. As reported on Wednesday Deputy Minister of labour Alexey Cherkasov, corresponding document posted for public comment on the Federal portal of draft regulations. “Professional development of an employee constitutes an increase in its professionalism and expertise on a systematic basis by updating existing and acquiring new knowledge and skills, i.e. it must be continuous. This is what sent the draft of the decree”, — quotes the press service of the Ministry of the word Cherkasova. The Deputy head of Ministry recalled previously introduced a new approach

The British Parliament will reconsider plans to repair the tower of big Ben Prime Minister Theresa may stated that “it is wrong to force big Ben to be silent for four years”. Moscow. August 16. INTERFAX.RU — the British Parliament has declared its intention to revise the plan for the reconstruction of the tower of Elizabeth, according to which the world-famous clock big Ben will be silenced for four years. About it informs on Wednesday Agency Associated Press. According to him, the decision to review the redevelopment plan was adopted after many politicians have criticized such a long break. In particular, the Prime-Minister Theresa may stated that “it is wrong to force big Ben to be silent for four years”. About the plans for the renovation were announced in 2016, but then it was reported that the clock will be stopped for a few months. This week the statement of

Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev © Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS TASS, August 16. Regional authorities in the Central Federal district expressed willingness to increase security, implement a system of video surveillance on the roads and to transfer authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation on domestic software. About it heads of regions reported on the results of exit meeting which was held on Wednesday in Ryazan, the Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev. As previously reported, during the meeting, Patrushev, in particular, noted that cyber attacks conducted in may-June of 2017, showed the destabilizing potential when using foreign software, and tasked the governors to coordinate the implementation of transition plans for products and services of domestic producers. In addition, the Secretary of the security Council stated that the transport infrastructure and vehicles remain the preferred targets of international terrorism in the Central