Category: Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the new limousine intended for senior officials. The car was developed in the framework of the national project “Cortege”. On this edition of “Izvestia,” said Minister of industry and trade Denis Manturov. According to the Minister, Putin tested “prototype A”, part of a batch of cars that will be available to the FSO until the end of the year. The President familiarized with the project, watched the different stages, said Manturov. However, he added that to demonstrate to the head of state, “prototype B” is not possible. The President instructed to start the project “Cortege” in 2012. The project is planned to create a luxury car. The range should include the limousine, sedan, SUV and minivan. All cars are intended for senior officials. It is planned that all cars will be presented after the elections in 2018 at the inauguration of the President.

Putin arrived in Hamburg to attend the G20 summit HAMBURG, Aug 7 — RIA Novosti. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has arrived in Hamburg to attend the G20 summit, the Russian leader will also hold a series of meetings on the sidelines of the event. The summit will be held July 7-8. Putin will take part in the working sessions on various topics, as well as the informal meeting on the issue of combating terrorism. The President also will meet with colleagues from USA, France, Germany, Turkey, Prime Ministers of Japan and Australia. Prior to the event, the German newspaper Handelsblatt published an article by Russian President, in which he gave an assessment to work together on this international platform. According to Putin, the G20 over the past years has established itself as a popular mechanism for coordination of interests and positions of the world’s leading economies, coordinated actions

During the protests of anti-globalists in Hamburg suffered by 74 police officers Moscow. July 7. INTERFAX.RU — during clashes with protesters on the eve of the summit of “big twenty” in Hamburg suffered by 74 police officers, three of them taken to hospital, reports Deutsche Welle. “During the clashes with the protesters, 74 police officers were injured. Three of them were taken to hospital”, — is spoken in the message. States that “one policeman sustained eye damage in the result of exploding firecrackers nearby”. Information about the number of injured demonstrators yet, the report says.

Arab countries accused Qatar of disrupting the efforts to resolve the crisis CAIRO, 3 Dec — RIA Novosti, Nadim Zuaui. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain accused Qatar of disrupting mediation efforts to resolve the crisis in the relations of these countries said in a joint statement, the Arab Quartet. “The stubbornness of the Qatari government, his failure to comply with the requirements of the four Arab countries indicates the level of his ties with terrorist organizations, the desire for destruction, the undermining of stability and security in the Gulf region and the middle East,” — said in a joint statement, the Arab States, which publishes the Egyptian Agency MENA. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt in early June, broke off diplomatic relations with Doha and stopped with Qatar every message, accusing him of supporting terrorism and interference in their internal Affairs. Later, the Arab countries have presented

In the United States, the court took into consideration the claim of Twitter against the government MOSCOW, 7 Feb — RIA Novosti. In the United States court took into consideration the claim of the company Twitter Inc. against the us government, reports Reuters. In its lawsuit, the microblogging service is seeking the right to transparency of reporting on the number of requests for disclosure of personal information of its customers from the authorities. Currently, the company may indicate only the approximate number of such queries in the form “0 to 499” or “500 to 999”. Twitter’s lawyers insisted that such vagueness in the reports violates the rights of entrepreneurs. Representatives of the Ministry of justice demanded to reject the claim regarding the exact number of queries is sensitive information that can be used by enemies of the state. In his ruling, the judge pointed out that the government failed to

Retired nuclear General As it became known “Kommersant”, the President Vladimir Putin issued a decree released from the post of head of the 12th main Directorate of the Ministry of defence (gumo), Lieutenant-General Yuri Sych. The resignation took place at the request of the General, citing health problems. Temporarily the acting head of the gumo was appointed Deputy mister Owl — the General-the major Igor Kolesnikov. According to “Kommersant”, he can become a chief architect on a permanent basis. The 12th division in the Ministry of defence is responsible for the storage, service and preparation for combat use of all nuclear weapons. On the release of Yuri Sych from the post of chief of the 12th Central Board with the subsequent dismissal from military service, “Kommersant” reported a source close to the leadership of the defense Ministry. According to him, some time ago, the General wrote a letter with the