Category: Politics

U.S. see little progress in the matter of the truce in Syria WASHINGTON, 6 Aug — RIA Novosti. U.S. see little progress in the matter of the truce in Syria and hope that the ceasefire will continue, said state Department spokesman Heather Nauert. “We have seen some small progress in terms of ceasefire and hope this will continue,” — said Nauert at the briefing. She noted that the truce is necessary, including to humanitarian assistance to the people of Syria. “It’s something we continue to speak,” — said the representative office.

AR reported on the blocking by Russia of the statement of the UN security Council on the DPRK Moscow. July 6. INTERFAX.RU — Russia blocked approval of the statement of the UN security Council, which strongly condemned the launch, the DPRK Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and repeats the call on the need to take further action to resolve the North Korean issues, told the AP on Thursday, citing diplomats from the UN. “The diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the closest ally of North Korea, China has approved the text”, — stated in the message. According to them, the discussion document continues on Thursday, to find a solution that will satisfy all the 15 members of the security Council. According to one of interlocutors of Agency, “Russia expressed its disapproval, as in the proposed statement reads that were launched exactly ICBMs”. The Deputy permanent representative to the UN

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov did not answer the question of whether Vladimir Putin to shake hands with the President of the United States Donald trump. About it reports “Tape.ru”. According to Peskov, the question “put him into a wall.” Trump is known to firmly shake hands. Media linked this with the fact that he graduated from the military Academy and in his youth played baseball. In particular, the handshake American leader and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon lasted about seven seconds, and in the press compare it with the tug-of-war. According to TASS, the Kremlin hopes that the outcome of the upcoming meeting of Putin and trump between them established a working dialogue, “which is probably vital for the world.” According to Peskov, Putin is preparing for a meeting with trump “as well as the other meetings that are scheduled on the sidelines of the summit.” Putin

In Kiev, the car drove into a crowd of protesters near the government building KYIV, 6 Jul — RIA Novosti. Porsche Panamera drove into a crowd of protesters near the government building in the center of Kiev, in a car, threw stones, reports the Ukrainian Agency UNIAN, with reference to the eyewitness of incident Denis Krivopalova — assistant Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. According to the head of the Independent trade Union of miners of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets, veterans of internal Affairs came to the building of the Cabinet of Ministers to demand from the government of recalculation of pensions. They blocked the street Grushevskogo, and blocked departure from the building of the Cabinet. “In front of the Cabinet, where today protesting veterans of the interior, the Porsche Panamera entered the crowd and moved the leg of one of the activists. According to eyewitnesses, the driver smelled strongly of alcohol.

The Ministry of justice has identified the characteristics of self-employed The Ministry of justice of Russia has developed a bill that defines the characteristics of self-employed people. According to the document, the self-employed should not be by individual entrepreneurs and will be required to register. Only in Russia there are from 15 to 22 million self-employed people. The document is published on the Federal portal of projects of normative legal acts. As proposed by the Ministry of justice, the self-employed should be considered “natural person independently carrying out at own risk directed on systematic profit activities in the provision of services, performance of works for individuals based solely on personal labor participation, including in time free from duty under an employment contract”. At the same time citizens must be over 16 and not registered as individual entrepreneurs. On their activities, they will be required to notify the tax authority. The

The European Parliament called to suspend talks with Turkey on EU membership The European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution calling on the EU and the European Commission to suspend the accession negotiations with Turkey until the Turkish authorities will not amend the constitutional reform. This is stated in a press release by the organization on its plenary session in Strasbourg published on the website of the EP. The document was supported by 477 deputies, 64 voted against, 97 abstained. MEPs are concerned that Ankara is “retreat from the rule of law, human rights, freedom of speech and fight against corruption”. In addition, the report stresses that if the Turkish government will re-introduce the death penalty, it will lead to the suspension of the negotiations on the country’s accession to the EU. In the resolution it is noted that, despite the policy of the Turkish authorities, Ankara is an important partner