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In Russia, the truth will abolish free Luggage on airplanes? The State Duma adopted in the second reading amendments to the Air code, which allowed airlines to carry passengers ‘ Luggage only for a fee. What is the non-refundable tickets? As the name implies, they cannot be returned. By purchasing this ticket, the passenger refuses a compensation, if he will not fly your flight. Non-refundable tickets generally cheaper, and therefore more popular. To return the money for the tickets is possible only in exceptional cases like illness of passenger, death of a close relative or cancellation of the flight due to a flight delay. Is now airlines are obliged to carry baggage for free? Yes, although some companies now offer “bezbashennye” tariffs. All the matter in the disputed wording in the Air code: the “Norm of free baggage allowance, including things belonging to the passenger, are set depending on the

Adalbi Shhagoshev © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. First Deputy head of the faction “United Russia”, Adalbi Shhagoshev introduced Thursday in the state Duma a bill toughening penalties for recruiting into the ranks of the terrorists and providing for life sentences. A copy of the document available to the TASS.

Photo: EPA Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya willing to testify in the U.S. Senate about the meeting with the US President’s son Donald trump, Donald trump Jr. She told about it in interview to TV channel RT. “Yes, I’m ready, if I will be provided with security,” said Veselnitskaya, answering the question whether it is ready to go to the U.S. Senate.

Photo: Kommersant The head of CSR presented its strategy for young economists On the first place among the necessary in-country reforms, the head of the Center for strategic research (CSR) Alexei Kudrin put the changes in the system of public administration. On Tuesday, he told the young economists developed the CSR strategy of development of the country 2018-2024 years. According to him, Russian citizens trust the government even more than in the US, however, confidence is still low and “the government must be something to do with it”. “Efficiency and the number of functions that took the state do not meet the challenges of the modern economy. We need to streamline government, make it more effective. The main challenge facing Russia in the coming years, the loss of the status of technological power,”— said the head of CSR, noting that this will entail a total economic backlog of the country

In the state Duma introduced a bill toughening penalties for the recruitment of terrorists MOSCOW, July 20 — RIA Novosti. The first Deputy Chairman of the faction “United Russia”, Adalbi Shhagoshev in the Duma introduced a bill toughening the punishment for terrorist recruitment — up to life imprisonment. The relevant amendments are proposed to article 205.1 of the criminal code. As noted in the explanatory Memorandum, the bill aims to strengthen the fight against the recruitment or other involvement of a person in the organisation and financing of terrorist crimes, extremist and terrorist activities in General. “The necessity of implementation of legislative initiatives due to the fact that terrorism has become a very profitable business on a global scale with a developed “market of labor” and capital, with its rules and morals, are not compatible with any universal human and democratic values,” — said the author of the initiative in

Photo: RIA Novosti MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. The Russian foreign Ministry has criticized the action of the Lithuanian Internet users who left negative reviews on the pages of the office under the hashtag #Criminalsearches. Review appeared Tuesday on the official website of the Ministry in Facebook. “Adjustment of the historical events under fictitious current nationalist elite mythology about “forest brothers” are engaged primarily in Lithuania. The goal is clear: to edit out from the history of the ugly fact that in 1944-1952 some Lithuanians (outright murderers and terrorists, calling themselves the “forest brothers”) with the animal in a frenzy, sparing neither children nor old men, slaughtered on farms other Lithuanians of their own countrymen, who only wanted a quiet peaceful life in the USSR,” – said the Russian foreign Ministry. The foreign Ministry thanked initiated action “propagandist”, the Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas that attracted the Lithuanian audience to the pages

Russia has proposed to adopt in the UN security Council, the developing countries of Asia and Africa Deputy permanent representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov said that “these countries have enough potential to make a significant contribution to international peace and security”. UN July 20. /TASS/. Developing countries of Asia and Africa must first enter an expanded UN Security Council. This was stated on Wednesday by Deputy permanent representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov at the meeting of the General Assembly on the reform of the security Council. We believe that the right of first refusal for a place in the security Council must have the developing countries of Africa and Asia. Sure these States have sufficient capacity to make a significant contribution to international peace and security. Importantly, this will ensure that future decisions of the Council a balanced and consistent character.Mr Ironconnecting of the Russian Ambassador to the

Trump said that during the second conversation with Putin at the G20 summit discussed the adoption The US President said that the conversation lasted about 15 minutes, the two leaders “talked about things” and “it was really exciting.” NEW YORK, July 20. /TASS/. The President of the United States Donald trump during the dinner, organized in the framework of the summit of “twenty” in Hamburg, discussed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin the topic of adoption in the United States children from Russia. The corresponding statement the White house made in the published on Wednesday an interview with the New York Times. He noted that the conversation lasted about 15 minutes, and recalled that close to Putin, sat the first lady of the United States, the Melania trump. “It was almost time for dessert — said trump. — I came just to greet Melanie, and when I was there, I

© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. The state Duma meeting on Wednesday appealed to European parliaments and inter-parliamentary organizations in connection with the adopted in Poland by the law on the demolition of monuments to Soviet soldiers and urged to condemn and confront the destruction and desecration of monuments to fighters against fascism. Simultaneously with the Knesset of Israel The draft appeal “To the parliaments of the countries of Europe, the OSCE parliamentary Assembly, the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Parliament in connection with the insult to the memory of soldiers killed during the liberation of Europe from Nazism, the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Second world war” prepared by the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the leaders of all four parliamentary factions and the Chairman of the relevant Committee Leonid Slutsky. The

Photo: RIA Novosti The budget of the Moscow region in 2017 is 534 billion rubles, said the Chairman of the Moscow region Duma Igor Bryntsalov. His words are on the website of the regional government on Tuesday, July 18. “A lot of changes made in this year’s budget. Of course, increased spending on education and health, compared with the year 2016, health spending increased by 2.5 billion rubles, in education — at 11 billion rubles,” — said Bryntsalov. He explained that this is also connected with the may increase public sector wages. In addition, according to him, now families can get a subsidy for the purchase of school uniforms for children. Also two times were increased payments on the birth of children. On the eve of the Minister of property relations of the region Andrei Averkiev said that more than 60 million rubles were received from bankrupt enterprises in the