Category: Politics

Photo: TASS MOSCOW, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev awarded the ex-General Director of “Mail of Russia” Dmitry Strashnov honorary diploma of the government of the Russian Federation, the corresponding decree was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. “For labor achievements and a great contribution to the development of postal services to award the honorary diploma of the government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Strashnov Paton”, — the document says. Strashnov headed “Mail of Russia” in April 2013 in the period post the collapse, when the three Metropolitan airports accumulated 500 tons of unprocessed mail, Russia did not accept an international shipment. Strashnova managed in two months to restore the international postal exchange. During his work collapses did not occur, despite the annual growth of shipments from abroad due to the increased popularity of Internet trading. When Strashnova Mail twice raised the salaries of

Photo: At least nine senators to leave Federation Council on the results of regional elections that will be held in September. On Wednesday, July 19, reports RIA Novosti citing a source in the upper house of Parliament. According to the interlocutor Agency, the Federation Council will take the former Deputy interior Minister Alexey Chekalin, a Senator from the Ryazan region Igor Morozov, a former Governor of Karelia Sergey Katanandov, now representing the Republic in the house and the Chairman of the Committee on international Affairs Alexander Totoonov. His place will be two-time Olympic champion, first Vice-President of Federation of wrestling Arsen fadzayev. In addition, the upper house of Parliament to leave the senators from Mordovia Republic (Nikolay Petrushkin), Sevastopol (Andrei Sobolev), Krasnoyarsk region (Vladimir Kharlamov), as well as Kirov and Saratov regions (Oleg Kazakovtsev and Oleg Alekseev, respectively). It is noted that other senators, in particular the head of the

Spectacular Mueller became interested in the business operations of trump Moscow. July 20. INTERFAX.RU — Spectacular Robert Mueller is investigating the alleged Russian influence in U.S. elections, decided to collect information on the number of business transactions, Donald trump, said on Thursday Bloomberg. In addition to transactions entered into by trump before he was elected President of spectracolor interest and the transactions of its business partners. Bloomberg notes that the FBI and other participants conducted in the USA, investigations have already started to collect information, particularly on purchase by Russians of housing built by the company trump, the project construction SoHo, as well as on the involvement of trump in the organization of the contest “Miss universe” in 2013 in Moscow. In addition, investigators are interested in the activities of Wilbur Ross, who held one of the leadership positions in the Bank of Cyprus before his appointment as Minister of

Putin urged the head of the Mari El Republic to pay attention to the “daddy” comments Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the acting head of the Republic of Mari El Alexander Evstifeeva folder with complaints and appeals of citizens of the Republic, arrived in the Kremlin. On it informs Agency “Interfax”. According to him, in one of the complaints has been said about “voluntary-compulsory” purchase of school textbooks, and he declared it inadmissible. “And this program “give textbook school” — if it is done, it is done solely voluntarily. But, judging by what people write, there’s not really voluntarily. This is what I want to pay attention,” instructed the President. He also drew attention from the authorities that many complaints relate to issues of resettlement of dilapidated housing. In early July, the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Putin before a meeting with heads of

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. The presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump during a conversation over dinner at the G20 summit in Hamburg touched on the subject of adoption of children from Russia, but the abolition of the existing prohibition in this area. This was stated to journalists the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.

Photo: The Chairman of the Central election Commission of Russia Ella Pamfilova called a direct insult to a statement of the party “Yabloko” about “covering up” the municipal filter in the elections. Her words on Wednesday, July 19, reports “Interfax”. “I didn’t even want to respond to the statement of the party. Do not beat the weak, and the party now weakened, and there are infighting,” said Pamfilova at the meeting of the Commission. However, she stressed that the statement “Apple” “professionally untenable and politically dishonest”. The CEC accused the Chairman of the party Emilia Slabunov that she “had made it a practice to cling to others’ initiatives and to parasitize on them.” In her words, “Apple” is basically communicating to the CEC not their claims, and “took other people’s unverified facts from the Internet and parasitized on it.” A similar situation, in the opinion of the CEC, has occurred

Photo: NATO MOSCOW, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. Moscow will make the issue of the interpretation of the NATO theme “forest brothers” on the agenda of the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday, said Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich. “I’ll tell you in advance, tomorrow at the meeting of the Permanent Council we make and the facts will show how the Alliance after years of raises this topic in a very strange context, which does not conform to the mandate of the Alliance and do not understand the purpose why this theme unwinds. Look at the reaction,” – said Lukashevich in the framework of the bridge of Vienna, organized by MIA “Russia today”. According to the diplomat, he is “not sure” that the Russian side will receive “some kind of coherent reaction from the Baltic States.” “However, this issue was entered into the register of the Permanent Council,

Media: a number of U.S. companies urged to revise the draft of sanctions against Russia MOSCOW, July 20 — RIA Novosti. The number of American companies have advocated changing the bill on new US sanctions against Russia, which could have a negative impact on American business, informs television channel CNN, citing sources in Congress. Among those who made such an initiative, includes oil and energy giants BP, Exxon and General Electric, aerospace company Boeing, banking conglomerates such as Citigroup, Mastercard and Visa, as well as manufacturers of Ford, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, International Paper, Caterpillar and Cummins. According to the channel, the entrepreneurs noted that the new sanctions may have unintended consequences that will significantly damage their business. However, they do not advocate a complete rejection of the bill. Members of trade associations and lobbyists representing the interests of American business, is currently meeting with representatives to discuss possible

Viktor Bout © REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang MOSCOW. July 20. /TASS/. Russia turned to US officials for clarifications in connection with the extension of the sentence of the convicted person in the United States of a Russian citizen Viktor bout. On Thursday said Deputy Director of the Department of information and press of the Russian foreign Ministry, Artem Kozhin. “Convicted in the United States Victor bout for a few weeks extended the punishment for a violation of the prison regime, he said. – We have appealed to U.S. officials for clarification”. The Deputy stressed that Russia is closely watching the fate of a Russian citizen. “Gross tyranny began with the secret arrest of buta in Bangoka in 2008, he said. – We have repeatedly put before Washington the question on the admissibility of the actual kidnapping of the Russians in third countries, the victim of which was the Booth”. “However, Americans continue