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Photo: © Flickr / Tony Alter WA, 26 Jul — RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. Speaker of the house of representatives Paul Ryan welcomed the adoption by the house bill on sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea and called the country “the most dangerous enemies of the United States”. “The variety of threats to our national security from Iran, Russia, and North Korea should not be underestimated. These dangerous actors in the international arena has been trying to undermine US efforts and disrupt global stability. Our job in Congress is to call them to account. The bill, which we have just done with overwhelming support of both parties, is one of the most extensive package of sanctions in history. He tightens the screws to our most dangerous opponents, so that the Americans were safe,” the statement says Ryan. The house of representatives adopted the law on toughening of sanctions against

The HRC stated that the municipal filter in line with international practice Co-chair of the monitoring group of the Council to monitor the elections, Igor Borisov noted that to overcome the filter is easy if the candidate has support at the municipal level. MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. Municipal filter on gubernatorial elections in line with generally accepted world practice and works fine if the candidate has support at the municipal level, to overcome him easily. This opinion was expressed on Thursday the member of the Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights (HRC), co-chair of the monitoring group of the Council to monitor the elections, Igor Borisov. “The establishment of any qualifying requirements to candidates for certain elected positions, is a generally accepted world practice,” he said at a press conference in TASS. Borisov gave the example of France, where candidates for presidential elections must

Vassily Nebenzia appointed Russia’s permanent representative to the UN At the same time he dismissed from his earlier post of Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia. TASS, July 27. Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vasily Nebenzia to the post of permanent representative of Russia to the UN. The corresponding decree was published Thursday on the website of the Kremlin. “To appoint Vasily Nebenzia A. permanent representative to the UN in new York, USA, and the representative of the Russian Federation in the UN Security Council”, — the document says. By another decree the head of state has released the Sebenza from his previous post of Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia. The state Duma Committee on international Affairs may 25, supported the candidacy of Basil, Nebuni to the post of permanent representative of Russia to the UN, the international Committee of the Federation Council had discussed his

In the Public chamber did not see obstacles in the municipal filter Member of the Public chamber of Russia Maxim Grigoriev told “Газете.Ru” that many regional candidates, who failed to overcome the municipal filter, just wanted to draw the attention of the media. As noted by Grigoriev, according to the regional OP, in Buryatia Republic and Sverdlovsk region opposition candidates Vyacheslav markhayev and Yevgeny Roizman not even addressed to all municipal deputies, ready to put his signature. The party “Yabloko” electoral Roizman, Grigoryev accused of provocation with the purpose to attract additional media attention. The public man similarly described the situation in Sevastopol, where he failed to advance Vadym Kolesnichenko from the party “Great Motherland”. “Газета.Ru” earlier wrote about how municipal filter is used to prevent the election of undesirable opponents. It is not only in the required percentage of signatures of deputies, but in the rigid proportions in areas

Vassily Nebenzia © Valery sharifulin/TASS TASS, July 27. Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vasily Nebenzia to the post of permanent representative of Russia to the UN. The corresponding decree was published Thursday on the website of the Kremlin. “To appoint Vasily Nebenzia A. permanent representative to the UN in new York, USA, and the representative of the Russian Federation in the UN Security Council”, – the document says. By another decree the head of state has released the Sebenza from his previous post of Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia.

Photo: RIA Novosti Dmitry Rogozin wrote “a happy song about a sad story.” Deputy Prime Minister of Russia has published a video in his Twitter account. On the way to the Baikonur cosmodrome in plane dropped a line. Funny song about sad историиhttps://t.co/kzpsMruMC0— Dmitry Rogozin (@Rogozin) on 25 July 2017. “The road to Baikonur in the plane dropped a line. Funny song about the sad story,” wrote Rogozin under the video. The song titled “Lenka ENKA-” received a positive assessment of the majority of subscribers Rogozin. “Yeah, thanks; Tell me people, how not to respect Dmitry Olegovich with all your soul?; Adorable thing!; Talent!”, – posted by nick in comments below the post. In March 2017 Rogozin published a rap about Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister ridiculed the words of the Ukrainian President Peter Poroshenko about the fact that Moscow is trying to “blow up the Ukraine from the inside”. Kiev

Germany rejected five projects related to Nord Stream 2 The Federal network Agency of Germany has decided not to include in the plan of development of gas networks five projects related to Nord Stream 2. “Five associated with the expansion of the Nord Stream project, estimated at a network Agency, is still too unreliable. These should be taken in the development plan of gas networks unless given permission for extension of Nord Stream 2”, — reported on the website of the regulator. The Nord Stream project 2 involves the construction of two pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. In June, Russia first expressed unwillingness to negotiate with the European Commission on the application of the draft energoekonomichnostju of the European Union.

Municipal filter change, but not cancel. Ella Pamfilova has reviewed its position The head of the Central election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova at the meeting with party members in Pyatigorsk, said that to abolish the municipal filter in the elections of heads of regions is not necessary, but “we need to make it more democratic”. Still MS Pamfilova argued for its abolition. In the upcoming gubernatorial election of all the actual competitors acting heads of regions are unable to pass the filter, that did not stop MS Pamfilova to appeal to “conduct fair and transparent elections, which would have caused the confidence of the citizens of the country.” Speaking in Pyatigorsk before the representatives of local branches of parties and public movements, the head of the CEC said that the time has come when it is necessary “to restore confidence in elections.” MS Pamfilova underlined that the position of President,

Putin is allowed to send hackers to the colony for ten years The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law on security of critical information infrastructure (CII), aims to protect against hacker attacks. Document published on the portal of legal information. According to the law, the creation and distribution of malware and viruses for cyber attacks on KII will be punished with imprisonment up to ten years. Hacking or illegal access to information stored on the computers of state institutions will entail punishment in the form of compulsory works for a term up to five years of imprisonment up to three years or fine up to one million rubles. In the case of violations of rules of storage and transmission located in the KII data, which entailed heavy consequences, is also provided for liability: deprivation of liberty from five to ten years and deprivation of the right to occupy