Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The Crimean referendum on reunification with Russia was a vote for independence, says Ambassador of Italy in Moscow Cesare Ragaglini. This opinion diplomat expressed in an interview with the newspaper Corriere della Sera. Talked with him a journalist called the entry of the Crimea into structure of Russia of the annexation and violation of international law. “Crimea was not the first country that voted for independence in Europe,” retorted Ragaglini. “Nobody denies the right of sovereign States to join international organizations, but there is no doubt that the negotiations of the EU with Ukraine [the Association] had strong political motives: it was an obvious attempt to bring Kiev under the historical influence of Russia. If that was the goal, then the EU has failed to do so,” the Ambassador said. According to him, the EU should not have underestimated the economic and historical ties between Moscow and

Photo: RIA Novosti In Russia, the minimum amount of the debt, after which it enters into force a ban on travel abroad has been increased from 10 to 30 thousand rubles. The bill was signed by the head of the state Vladimir Putin. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Under the new rules, the threshold of 10 thousand rubles left for debtors alimony, payments for damage to health, in connection with the death of a breadwinner, property and moral damage caused by the crime. The document also notes that if the debtor does not repay the debt in excess of 10 thousand roubles, for two months, the bailiff has the right to impose restrictions on travel abroad. The law stipulates that the exchange of information about the payment arrears between the officers and the Supervisory authorities will be carried out electronically. The document also simplifies the procedure of lifting restrictions

Photo: Agreements on cooperation between Moscow and Washington need to reach in the near future, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. “In any case, we believe that whatever happened in the near future, in the future strategically, we have to go on some elements of cooperation and agreements,” Putin said at a press conference after talks with Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö. As the Russian leader said, “I hope that eventually it will be so”.

Russia’s permanent representative to the UN has measured the depth of relations between Moscow and Washington Relations between Russia and the United States are at the bottom. This was stated by Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, reports on Friday, July 28, RIA Novosti. According to him, Moscow was forced to respond to anti-Russian U.S. sanctions. He called the new restrictive measures, Washington’s unjustified, illegal and unprecedented. But, the diplomat said, Russia and the United States can not do without each other. Nebenzia also noted that Russia’s cooperation with other members of the UN Security Council will continue. Earlier on Friday, Russia banned U.S. Embassy to use a dacha in Serebryany Bor, as well as warehouses on Road street in the capital. Thus Moscow has responded to the tightening of us sanctions. In addition, the Russian side demanded before September 1 to reduce the total number of personnel

Trump urged to simplify the mechanism for approval of bills in the U.S. Senate WASHINGTON, July 28. /TASS/. The US President Donald trump on Friday again called on actually to simplify the mechanism of the vote in the Senate to the Republicans, it was easier to promote their initiative. “If Republicans want in the future to take good bills in the Senate, they should immediately go to 51 voice [that is, to a simple majority — approx. TASS] is meaningless 60”, — he wrote on his Twitter page. According to the established rules of the upper chamber, the draft law may be voted on only by permission of two-thirds of the senators out of 100. The Republican party currently controls the Senate 52 seats, therefore, for the adoption of certain initiatives require the voices of her opponents, the Democrats. Trump is not the first time criticizes these rules. On Friday,

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin © Peter Kovalev/TASS MINSK, July 28. /TASS/. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the decision of the Romanian authorities not to let civilian aircraft, which the Russian delegation was sent to Moldova for talks with Igor Dodon, “the demarche of the Moldovan President”. This opinion was expressed by TASS. Russian Deputy Prime Minister stressed that “this morning he said all the details of the visit with the Ambassador of Russia Farit Muhametshin”. “In fact it is also a move to address the Moldovan President,” – said Rogozin.

Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS NOVO-OGARYOVO, July 28. /TASS/. The first part of restrictive measures against American diplomats in Russia will start to operate from 1 September. This was reported to journalists by Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “On 28 July, the American side was announced measures to reduce the diplomatic presence of the USA in the Russian Federation, and suspension of use of objects of diplomatic property belonging to the U.S. Embassy. The first of these measures take effect from 1 September,” he said.

© Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson stressed that the decision to equate the number of employees of diplomatic missions of the US and Russia caused by a series of hostile moves of Washington. This was stated on Friday, the Russian foreign Ministry following the meeting.

Photo: The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has offered to give Jordan the right to al-Aqsa mosque, which is located on the Temple mount in Jerusalem to avoid conflict situation around the Shrine. “My personal suggestion to exclude conflict situations around the Islamic shrines, the al-Aqsa mosque, to transfer all rights to it Jordan,” — Kadyrov wrote in the Telegram. “I am ready to resign and serve in the structures that ensure the safety of this Holy Moslem place. To be a volunteer and the rest of my life to protect the al-Aqsa mosque”, he added. 14 July 2017 on the Temple mount in Jerusalem, two policemen were killed by Palestinians. After this has installed metal detectors, but this exacerbated the situation between Palestinians and Israeli police. July 25, The Jerusalem Post reported that the Israeli government has decided to withdraw from the detectors. “I am against the use of