Category: Politics

The Levada Center saw a sharp increase in the rating of “United Russia” The number of people wishing to vote in the elections for the “United Russia” increased from 55 to 63%, according to the Levada Center. The ratings of all other parties has decreased. Experts explained this by the political stalemate after the parliamentary election campaign. A high rating The number of Russians ready to vote for United Russia rose by 8% compared to July 2016. It is the sociologists of the Levada Center, which conducted a survey to determine the popularity of political parties. The survey was conducted among the already determined with the choice of the party respondents. The survey was conducted 23 — 26 June among 1,600 Russians in 48 regions. Respondents were asked to answer, would not have gone they on the election of deputies if they were held next Sunday. Of the respondents, who

In Turkey arrested the head of the representative office of Amnesty International Idil Eser detained in one of the hotels on the island of Buyukada near Istanbul, the newspaper Hurriyet. ANKARA, July 6. /TASS/. The head of the Turkish representative office of the human rights organization Amnesty International, Idil Eser detained in Turkey. This was announced on Thursday, the newspaper Hurriyet. ^^ Işte sözde Af Örgütü’nün Insan Hakları Türkiye direktörü Idil Eser denen hain . pic.twitter.com/dAOLUjNMUP — BIR GARIP DERVIŞ (@Aliskan1) July 6, 2017 During the download an error has occurred. According to her, the police arrested the SR and 11 others in one of the hotels on the island of Buyukada near Istanbul. The causes of the incident are not specified. In early June, the Turkish authorities arrested in Izmir and the Chairman of the local branch of the human rights organizations Taner Kalyca and 22 of the lawyer

The Prosecutor General’s office has demanded to block a few nationalist sites They include such resources as “Sputnik and Pogrom”, “Russian sector”, “Right view”. Moscow. July 6. INTERFAX.RU — the General Prosecutor’s office of Russia demanded from Roskomnadzor to block a number of Internet resources about the nationalist nature of that support banned in Russia organization “Right sector”, ISIS and “Dzhabhat-EN-Nusra”. This was reported “Interfax” in a press-service of supervising Department. “As a result of work to stop the dissemination of extremist and terrorist nature of the identified information resources of the nationalist wing, including “Sputnik and Pogrom”, “Russian sector”, “Right view” and others. Also there are numerous materials justifying activity is prohibited in Russia organizations “Right sector”, “Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant, Jabhat al-Nusra” and other terrorist groups fighting in Syria,” — said in the message Department. As noted, “in order to counter such manifestations of” the

The Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that the meeting of Vladimir Putin and his us counterpart Donald trump will take place on 7 July. About it reports “Interfax”. The talks will be held in the framework of the summit of “Big twenty” (G20). As was stated by the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia believes that the meeting trump and Putin at the G20 will take place anyway, because they need “to talk on many issues”. The Kremlin said that the format of the meeting will be agreed through diplomatic channels. The G20 summit will be held in Hamburg on 7-8 July. Earlier in mass media appeared information that the trump instructed the national security Council (NSC) of the White house to prepare a list of possible “concessions” that he could offer Putin in the negotiations. Among one of the concessions was called the return of the Russian Embassy

As the “Rain”, Maltsev left after he learned that he was preparing his arrest. Where it went the opposition leader, is still unknown. Initially, he wanted to go to Moldova, but he was not allowed back in Ukraine. Recall that in early June, in his suburban home was searched, and his supporter Aleksei Politikov detained on suspicion in application of violence concerning the representative of authority. Earlier, in April, the Maltsev was detained in Saratov. Law enforcement officers came to his apartment, opened the door, and then took Maltsev in Moscow, which the man had a heart attack. The Tver court of Moscow found him guilty of violating article 19.3 of the administrative code of disobeying the order of a police officer. He was sentenced to 15 days of arrest.

The Secretary of state spoke about the agenda of the meeting, trump and Putin at the G20 summit The President of the United States, Donald trump intends to discuss at a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin the situation in Syria. This is stated in a statement released by the state Department’s handling of Secretary of state Rex Tillerson on the eve of the summit of “Big twenty” in Hamburg. The head of American diplomacy said that Russia has a special responsibility for preventing the use of government troops SAR of chemical weapons. “The US and Russia certainly have disagreements on some issues, but there is also the potential for proper coordination in Syria. Washington believes that Russia, as the guarantor of the Assad regime, is responsible for meeting the needs of the Syrian people and that none of the parties did not violate the established boundaries, occupying territory previously

Diplomats called the abduction the arrest and extradition of Russians from Latvia to USA The Russian Embassy in the United States is considering the arrest of Russian citizen Yuri Martysheva as another case of kidnapping compatriots American authorities. According to diplomats, Washington again broke the existing bilateral Agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters of 1999, reports RIA Novosti. The Embassy noted that in the course of the incident and keep the situation under control. According to them, Martysheva turns out to consular assistance, will soon be visits by consular officers in prison. The Embassy also demanded from the American side “unconditional respect for the rights and interests of Russian citizens”. Martyshev was transferred to the United States authorities of Latvia. It is unknown what he is accused. 9 April in Spain at the request of the United States was arrested Russian programmer Peter Levashov. The court in Barcelona,