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Photo: RIA Novosti WASHINGTON, July 7. /TASS/. The new strategy of the US administration on Syria will include the rejection of the thesis according to which President Bashar al-Assad must leave his post and accept the presence of military police in the Arab country. About it reported in a Thursday email edition of The Daily Beast, citing its own sources in the Washington administration. According to them, Washington would also support the establishment of security zones throughout the territory of the SAR and will be more actively cooperate with Moscow on Syria. USA will not try to send troops to the territory controlled by Assad. However, in areas liberated by the Syrian opposition, the power remains in her hands. At the same time, emphasizes the publication, in the spring, the administration declared that Assad must leave his post. The main goal of the new political course is the application of

Photo: RIA Novosti The most probable applicants for a post of the Governor of Kuzbass Aman Tuleev are the mayor of Nizhny Tagil Sergey Nosov and the Deputy of the state Duma from the Kemerovo region Dmitry Islamov. About it reports “Kommersant”.

Photo: RIA Novosti In Hamburg kicked off the summit of “big twenty”, which began with an official welcoming ceremony by German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads of delegation of States parties. On it informs “Interfax”. The Russian head of state arrived in Hamburg in the night, in the morning, the President of the Russian Federation took part in the informal meeting of BRICS leaders. Today Vladimir Putin will have his first meeting with Donald trump. In addition, planned several bilateral negotiations. The Russian President will meet with President of South Korea, moon Jae-in and with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe.

Sergei Lavrov, Vladimir Putin, Donald trump and Rex Tillerson © Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS HAMBURG, July 7. /TASS/. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to cease fire in the South of Syria between 12:00 Damascus time on July 9. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov following the meeting of presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump. “Agreed on some specific things. First – just today (July 7) in the Jordanian capital concluded the work of experts of Russia, USA and Jordan, they agreed on a Memorandum on the establishment of a zone of de-escalation in the South-West of Syria, areas, Deraa, Quneitra, and Suwayda, – said Lavrov. In the area to enforce the ceasefire from 12:00 Damascus time on 9 July.” “The U.S. and Russia have pledged to enforce the cease fire by all factions that are there,

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS HAMBURG, July 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he discussed with U.S. President Donald trump the situation in Ukraine, Syria, combating terrorism and cybercrime and cybersecurity. “I had a very long conversation with the President of the United States. Have a lot of questions – there is Ukraine, Syria and other issues, some bilateral questions. We’re back to the fight against terrorism, cyber security,” Putin said at a meeting with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Putin apologized to Abe for what the Japanese Prime Minister had to wait about an hour for his meeting with the Russian leader. “And I, and on behalf of [U.S. President] – we apologize,” – said Putin. The conversation between the leaders of Russia and the USA lasted 2 hours and 15 min. She became the first personal meeting of presidents, to leaders communicated only by phone. Starting the

Vladimir Putin and Donald trump © Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS HAMBURG, July 8. /TASS/. On the first day of work at the G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the opening session of the group of twenty, held on the sidelines of the meeting of BRICS leaders, and also held several bilateral meetings. The most expected was the meeting with the US President Donald trump, which lasted more than two hours. First contact The main meeting of the Russian and American leaders was preceded by a brief meeting “on his feet”. Trump first came to Putin before the informal meeting of the leaders at the summit of “twenty”. Video of the moment captured by the photographer of the German delegation, published in the social network, the official representative of the Cabinet of Germany Steffen Seibert. The footage shows how the leaders in waiting will all gather

Photo: kremlin.EN In the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and us leader of Donald trump, which will take place on Friday, July 7, also will take part the foreign Ministers of both countries Sergey Lavrov and Rex Tillerson. About it reports the edition Axios. “According to officials close to the organization of the meeting, it will be attended by trump, Putin, Secretary Rex Tillerson, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and interpreters,” writes Axios. Earlier it became known that Putin’s meeting with trump, which will take place on Friday on the sidelines of the summit of “Big twenty” in Hamburg, will take about half an hour. As the program of the visit trump released by the White house, the meeting will start at 15:45 (16:45 Moscow time) at the Hamburg Messe exhibition center Hamburg. States that will be “enlarged meeting”, and not a conversation eye to