Category: Politics

The EU Council finally approved the Association agreement with Ukraine BRUSSELS, 11 Dec — RIA Novosti, Maria Knyazev. The Council of Ministers of economy and Finance of the EU (ECOFIN) at its meeting on Tuesday approved the Association agreement of EU with Ukraine, is spoken in the message of the EU Council. “The Council on 11 July adopted a decision to conclude an Association agreement with Ukraine on behalf of the European Union… This is the last stage of the ratification process (of the document — ed.) It opens the way for the full implementation of the agreement from 1 September 2017,” — said in a release. “The agreement may be (fully amended) implemented”, — told RIA Novosti source in the EU, familiar with the issue. He confirmed that the decision by ECOFIN is accepted without discussion and is the final stage of approval of the document. A number of

Sergey Aksenov © Alexey Pavlicek/TASS SIMFEROPOL, July 11. /TASS/. The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov did not rule out new resignations in the Council of Ministers of the Republic. He he said this on Tuesday to journalists in Simferopol. “Always something could happen. Such a thing (Personnel) changes, maybe not all over,” he said. Large-scale personnel changes in the Crimea began on July 6-7. Then his resignation was sent to Deputy Prime Minister Boris Zimin, in his place was appointed Vladimir Serov, who will oversee the transport, utilities and energy. Resigned July 17, will be sent to the Minister of resorts and tourism of the region Sergey Strelbitsky, it will be replaced by Vadim Volchenko. Dismissed fuel and energy Minister, Svetlana Borodulina and Minister of housing of Crimea Sergey Karpov. 10 July it became known that the Minister of transport of Crimea Anatoly Volkov and chief architect of the

Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin after a meeting with former Prime Minister of Japan Mori Ciroi walked him to his hotel, where he talked with her daughter Mori, Yoko Fujimoto. After an informal dinner, which was held in the reception House of the Governor, Putin and Mori Akira went together to the hotel, where he stopped former Prime Minister of Japan. There in the lobby, they were met by members of the Japanese delegation, who came to the exhibition Innoprom-2017. Among them was the daughter of the former Prime Minister. Yoko Fujimoto greeted Putin and shared with him his impressions of a visit to Russia. “You were in Russia?” — asked her the President. Fujimoto said that was only in Irkutsk, and she really liked Yekaterinburg. She admitted she would like to see Moscow and St. Petersburg. Fujimoto noted that you may visit these cities during the world football championship

Amnesty has declared a humanitarian disaster because of the battle for Mosul The battle for Mosul between the Iraqi troops and international coalition forces from the United States, on the one hand, and militants of the banned terrorist organization “Islamic state”, on the other, has led to a humanitarian catastrophe. The militants used the city’s population as a human shield, they are also subjected to “relentless and illegal” attacks by government forces of Iraq and the Western coalition forces. This is stated in the report “at all costs: a civil disaster in Western Mosul, Iraq” (At Any Cost: The Civilian Catastrophe in West Mosul, Iraq), published by the international human rights organization Amnesty International. Employees of the organization interviewed 151 resident of the Western part of Mosul in March and may 2017. Among them was like living in the city, and who were in the camps for displaced persons in

The US circulated a UN security Council draft resolution on new sanctions against DPRK MOSCOW, 11 Dec — RIA Novosti. The US circulated a UN security Council draft resolution, involving the introduction of new sanctions against the DPRK in connection with the alleged test of an Intercontinental missile, according to the associated Press, citing two diplomats. The document, implying the introduction of new restrictive measures against North Korea, was circulated among the permanent members of the Security Council — Russia, China, Britain and France. The official representative of the U.S. mission to the UN has not commented on this information. North Korea launched another ballistic missile on 4 July. Russia has stated that we are talking about medium-range missiles, United States on Intercontinental missiles. The launch was discussed at an emergency meeting of the UN security Council on 5 July. USA, France and the United Kingdom believe that the answer

Student from the USA got the phone number of the Pentagon leak to The Washington Post Student from USA was able to get the phone number of the Pentagon James Mattis because of a leak in one of the articles c a photograph of the representative of the security service of the President of the United States Keith Schiller, published in the Washington Post. Reported by the New York Post. High school student was able to contact the Pentagon to interview him. In the photo published by the newspaper, Schiller held the stack of papers on which was pasted a sticker with the name of the head of the Pentagon and his phone number that said the high school student Teddy Fisher from Washington. Fisher kept the room and the picture was subsequently removed. Fisher was able to contact Mattis, writing an SMS message, and take his 45-minute interview. “Would

Photo: AP Photo / Alex Brandon The chief of staff of the White house rins, Primos told about the position of the President of the United States Donald trump “interference” with Russia after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the summit of “big twenty”. A question about the “interference” of the Russian Federation was discussed Friday at the first meeting of presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump in Hamburg on the “margins” of the G20 summit. According to its results, Putin said that trump has taken the statements of the Russian side, which denies any involvement. In the White house, in turn, have become neither confirm nor deny that statement, trump wrote on Twitter that “twice put in a rigid form” this question to Putin, but he “flatly denied it.” Trump also pointed out that the previously expressed his opinion on this matter — interference

The OSCE is not the main and important three For the first time in the history of the left without leadership. Today during an informal meeting in the Austrian Mauerbach foreign Ministers of member countries of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will attempt to find a way out of the deepest crisis in the organization because of the conflict over the replacement of four vacancies in its leadership. Three top positions are not occupied since last year, and from July 1, the OSCE for the first time in the history was left without a Secretary General. To resolve the personnel crisis interfere in the dispute between Russia and the United States. The Russian side at an informal meeting of the OSCE in Mauerbach will be represented by Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. As expected, of the 57 countries members of the organization at least 30 will

Young people should participate in politics, but not as politicians Nine out of 10 Russians think that young people need to engage in political and public life, against only 7%, follows from poll VTsIOM. Most often the participation of young in politics support people over the age of 60 years (96%), least of all those who are 25 to 34 years (14%). In 2007, the participation of young in political life were made by 75% of respondents. Nine out of 10 Russians think that young people need to engage in political and public life, against only 7%, follows from poll VTsIOM. Most often the participation of young in politics support people over the age of 60 years (96%), least of all those who are 25 to 34 years (14%). In 2007, the participation of young in political life were made by 75% of respondents. The top three specific types of

Photo: Reuters Senator Alexei Pushkov advised the U.S. Secretary Rex Tillerson capture validol on a meeting with Petro Poroshenko, to calm the Ukrainian President. Negotiations Tillerson and Poroshenko held Sunday afternoon in Kiev. “Tillerson immediately went to Kiev”, — he wrote in his microblog on Twitter. Tillerson immediately went to Kiev to reassure Poroshenko after a 2-hour conversation Putin-trump. Tell them to bring a sedative:in Kiev, a very nervous— Alexei Pushkov (@Alexey_Pushkov) 9 Jul 2017 U.S. Secretary of state arrived on Sunday with his delegation to the Ukrainian presidential administration in Central Kiev, Poroshenko met Tillerson, they shook hands, and went to talks in the administration building. Earlier, the U.S. state Department reported that the head of Department Rex Tillerson July 9, will pay a working visit to Kiev to meet with Poroshenko. According to a senior state Department official, Tillerson during the visit will present to the Ukrainian President