Category: Politics

The authorities of Dagestan and Chechnya and established a Commission to determine the boundaries of Moscow. 23 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — a Delegation from Chechnya arrived in Dagestan, where the first meeting was held on the definition of borders between republics, said Wednesday the Agency “Interfax” the press-service of administration of head and government of Dagestan. “Set up a joint working group, which on both sides is comprised of members of national parliaments, the relevant specialists of Rosreestr, the Roskadastr and other interested departments, heads of border municipalities”, — said the representative of the press service. NewsIn the Kremlin responded to a request from Kadyrov about the money According to him, from Dagestan the working group is chaired by the head of the Republican Parliament Khizri Shikhsaidov, the Chechen Republic — the President of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic Magomed Daudov. “The work will be carried out during 2019, with

The weakening of Western democracy and Russia’s struggle for influence: what are the threats listed in the new strategy, U.S. intelligence The US intelligence community on January 22 presented an updated version of the national intelligence strategy for the next four years. RTVI chose the most important thing in this document. The main threat in the US Intelligence community believe traditional opponents, who continue to use changing conditions in the international arena to expand their influence. The actions of these countries may conflict with the interests of America in the military, economic and political spheres. The new strategy notes that the greatest threat to the U.S. are Russia and China. “Russia will likely continue its efforts to expand its influence and enhance the authority, it could lead to conflict with the objectives that the United States pursue in different regions”, — the document says. In Washington also fear that China

Kiev has decided to withdraw from the three agreements on economic cooperation within the CIS Moscow. 23 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a decision on the termination of three agreements on economic cooperation, concluded in the framework of CIS: agreement on interstate exchange of economic information, information exchange in the field of foreign trade and cooperation agreements in the field of foreign economic activity. As the press service of the Ministry of economic development and trade (MEDT), a draft resolution developed by the Ministry of economic development pursuant to presidential decree “On the national security Council decision of 2 may 2018 “to suspend for Ukraine a separate international treaties concluded within the CIS”. Intergovernmental agreement on the exchange of economic information, concluded June 26, 1992 in Minsk, and the agreement on exchange of information in the field of foreign economic activity concluded on 24 September

The United States has notified Russia that the decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty settled The United States has notified Russia through diplomatic channels that their decision to withdraw from the Treaty on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) is final and is not an invitation to dialogue, said Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said at a briefing on the missile 9М729 for military attaches and the media. “Recently the American side has taken yet another disruptive step at the highest level, it was announced Washington’s intention to withdraw from the Treaty. Almost immediately this intention was confirmed to us through bilateral channels, it was given clear explanation that the declared step is an invitation to dialogue, a decision is made on the totality of the circumstances is final,” said Mr. Ryabkov. Moscow had not violated the INF Treaty therefore considers that the arguments of the US withdrawal from the Treaty

The house of representatives of U.S. Congress passed a law banning the exit of NATO WASHINGTON, 23 Feb — RIA Novosti. The house of representatives of the United States Congress passed a law in support of NATO, according to the results of the vote. A bill passed by 357 votes to 22, is designed to prohibit the President of the United States Donald Trump a possible exit from the Alliance. Trump in the past has criticized NATO and said that the unit is “obsolete”, and also demanded from the allies to pay “fair share” of defense spending of NATO, three quarters of which occur in the United States. While trump has not said publicly about the intention to withdraw from the Alliance. Congress could formally ban the Trump exit from the block, however, can block funding for this purpose. Similar tactics were used in Congress to prevent Barack Obama to

Anti-Russian sanctions recognized useless Secretary General of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe thorbjørn Jagland stated that the deprivation of the Russian delegation voices have not led to the expected results. The report of his speech published on the website of the organization. According to England, depriving Russia of voting rights, the PACE did not achieve the goals. In particular, it did not improve the situation with human rights in Russia and did not lead to the return of Crimea to Ukraine. At the same time, in the Council of Europe there has been crisis. PACE Secretary General urged to clarify the rules and allocate powers to enhance the organization’s credibility on the basis of equal rights and equal obligations. In addition, he referred to a letter 59-year-Russian human rights activists, who argued that in the case of withdrawal of Russia from the Council of Europe, the citizens

Pompeo: the United States and Russia is not doomed to be adversaries Russia and the United States should not be condemned to the opposition, said during the teleconference at the world economic forum in Davos, U.S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo. In doing so, it shifted the decision on the resumption of bilateral relations on Russia, noting the need to “change its behavior” and “to return to the right course of action”. “If they do, I am confident that our two countries can prosper and develop side by side,” said U.S. Secretary of state. In Davos, Switzerland opened the 49th session of the annual world economic forum. The Russian delegation is headed by Minister of economic development Maxim Oreshkin. The forum also planned to visit the head of VTB Andrey Kostin and businessman Viktor Vekselberg. Recall the relationship between the U.S. and Russia deteriorated after the incident in the Kerch