Category: Politics

The meeting between Putin and Abe on the Kuril Islands ended without results The discussion will be continued at the level of foreign Ministers in February. Наверх21фотография21фотография21фотография Russia and Japan are not yet ready to conclude a peace Treaty, the statements of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the end of long negotiations with the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on Tuesday. According to Putin, the issue of concluding a peace Treaty had “given a lot of time”. “Ahead of the search for mutually acceptable solutions,” Putin said. Thus the future solution should be supported by the public in both countries, the President said. According to Abe, in the course of the negotiations instructed the foreign Ministers of the two countries to hold a new round of negotiations on a peace Treaty in February, for example, on the sidelines of the security conference in Munich. Negotiations should be

Lukashenko stood up for the nasty Fish President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko instructed to study the release of Anastasia, Vashukevich (Nasty Fish) from detention in a Russian prison. About it the press Secretary of the Belarusian leader Natalia Eismont said “Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus”. “At the moment, I will say briefly: of course, the President is aware of this situation, there is a lot written in the media. Moreover, the President of Belarus instructed to immediately undertake the liberation of the citizen of Belarus”, — said Eismont. The press-Secretary of Lukashenko added that the President of the Republic was transferred to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Belarus. Vashukevich, and sex-instructor Alexander Kirillov (Alex Leslie, also a citizen of Belarus) were released from the detention center in Moscow to house arrest on January 22. Vashukevich and Kirillova, detained on January 17 in Sheremetyevo, where they arrived after being deported from

Tymoshenko called the main task for the new President of Ukraine KYIV, 22 Jan — RIA Novosti. The leader of the Ukrainian party “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko believes that the first priority of the new President of Ukraine should be a return to the conditions of the Budapest Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. In Kiev on Tuesday began the work of 14-th Congress of the party “Batkivshchyna”. The Congress has registered 174 delegates from different areas. It is expected that the party will nominate its leader Tymoshenko, candidate for President of Ukraine. “International guarantees must be met, otherwise international law in the world will just be discredited. A return to the conditions of Budapest and the protection of Ukraine from Russia, the aggressor country is a priority task of the new President,” said Tymoshenko on Tuesday during the

Germany and France agreed to defend itself without NATO German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of France Emmanuel macron has signed a new agreement on cooperation and integration between the two countries. Reported by the Associated Press. During the ceremony, Merkel warned about the rise of nationalism in Europe. “Populism and nationalism intensified in all our countries,” she said to the assembled officials from all over Europe. According to her, international cooperation is going through a difficult period, and that therefore it was necessary to sign the agreement, declaring the responsibility of France and Germany, including in the EU. It was supported by macron. He noted the “growing discontent” in the European societies and pointed to the pressure from the outside. As transfers RIA Novosti, the Chancellor also noted that the countries will provide each other support, including military, in case of an armed attack. Merkel added that Germany and

“He raises a glass of vodka and toast for the Western financiers” Adventures of Russians in the forum in Davos. On the eve of the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland “b” remember the history and highlights of the participation of the Russians. Upthe photo Archive of “Kommersant” 1/5 1991: first visits Main actors: the Prime Minister of the USSR Valentin Pavlov (pictured), President of RSPP Arkady Volsky, the head of “Epicentre” Grigory Yavlinsky What he wrote about the Russians: “Don’t forget us,— said the Ukrainians, Armenians and Russians in Davos.— Our battle is your battle, and if we lose, the world will become a much more dangerous place. Don’t forget about 30 thousand nuclear warheads in the Soviet Union , and that agreement on them frozen, or not met” (February 4, 1991 article in The Guardian “Oh, selfish new world”).

Zakharov assured in the foreign Ministry in the case of the murder of journalists in the Central African Republic MOSCOW, 22 Jan — RIA Novosti. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova criticized the article with allegations of non-operative work of Russian diplomats to clarify the circumstances of death of Russian journalists in the Central African Republic, calling the material “very dishonest”. On Monday, Moskovsky Komsomolets published excerpts from diplomatic correspondence of the foreign Ministry to investigate the killings of journalists on the basis of which claims that the case is not neglected. Also the edition notes that diplomats got acquainted with the protocols of interrogations of witnesses only eight days later after the murder. “On what basis it is concluded that the diplomats of the Embassy for the first time acquainted with the materials in 8 days? Diplomats from the Embassy in the Central African Republic has

In the liberal democratic party proposed to ban the activities of collectors MOSCOW, 22 Jan — RIA Novosti. The liberal democratic party proposes to ban the collection activities on the territory of Russia after threats to teachers and the Director of one of Moscow schools, demanding to collect the debt from the students ‘ parents, said the Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee for education and science Boris Chernyshov, speaking from the faction at the plenary session of the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday. Earlier in January on the website of the TV channel RT reported that the Director and teachers of the Metropolitan school № 1285 received threats from collectors. Unknown called and required “to collect the debt from the parents of two students, and children to “kick out” from educational institutions”. Later the interior Ministry confirmed that it had received reports of calls demanding to affect one

USA named a contender for the Kuril Islands and southern Sakhalin The United States and 47 other countries can lay claim to the Kuril Islands and southern Sakhalin in the case of recognition by Japan of Russia’s sovereignty over them. About this senior research fellow, Institute for Far Eastern studies Viktor Kuzmenkov wrote in the material “Tape.ru”, Recalling the provisions of the San Francisco peace Treaty of 1951. 20фотографий20фотографий20фотографий It follows from the provisions of the San Francisco peace Treaty concluded in September of 1945 and ended world war II. On the basis of its content, Japan renounced claims to southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in favor of the Soviet Union, but in General. The document provides as follows: if Japan were to negotiate a peace with any other state and give him something in excess of that required by this agreement, it will be obliged to give the

Lawyer trump refused words about the negotiations on the Trump Tower in Moscow WASHINGTON, 22 Jan — RIA Novosti. The lawyer of the President of the USA Rudy Giuliani on Monday night, actually declined from what he said earlier words about the time during which his client discussed the project for construction in Moscow “of trump tower” (Trump Tower). “My comments do not reflect the actual terms or circumstances of any such discussions. The fact that the proposal was at a very early stage and did not go beyond the free (legally) optional letter of intent,” said Giuliani, quoted by the publication Politico. The lawyer stated that negotiations on the construction “of trump tower” in Moscow could go down to the autumn of 2016, nearly up to the election trump President of the United States in November of the same year. The question of how long did the negotiations on

Volodin told how we should change the Constitution The powers of Parliament makes sense to expand, and the Executive branch to reduce, the Chairman of the state Duma. Why Volodin decided to raise this issue now? Vyacheslav Volodin urged “to eliminate the Constitution, the imbalance of the branches of government”. According to the speaker of the state Duma, the Parliament’s powers makes sense to expand, and the Executive branch, on the contrary, to reduce. In this regard, according to Volodin, in the basic law would be worth to make some changes. Why the speaker decided to raise this question now, says the President of Fund “the Petersburg policy” Michael Vinogradov: “the Agenda is empty enough to discuss almost nothing. Garbage topic is still a little left on the agenda, the theme of Magnitogorsk is also already podzabyvat, so it is possible to throw some the topic and see the reaction,