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The white house reported violations in the U.S. Senate’s approval of decisions on anti-Russian sanctions The US Senate bill to impose new sanctions against Russia was adopted with procedural violations. This was stated press Secretary of the President of the United States Sean Spicer on the briefing for journalists. According to him, the decision of the senators have not followed the established procedure, and “in fact, bill is not.” Answering the question whether Donald trump’s new restrictive measures against Russia, the representative of the White house administration said that the head of state has repeatedly said it has no plans “to announce their intentions.” “Our President does not Telegraph in advance that will do many of these issues. Largely conducted quiet diplomacy. We are not yet ready for something to announce, we’re not talking” — quoted by TASS press Secretary of the President of the United States. Last week the

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Dmitry Vinogradov The command group of Russian forces in Syria and the leadership of Latakia province signed the agreement on cease-fire, the first such level, said the officer of the Russian centre of reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Alexander Vorontsov. According to him, such a document with such a large territorial unit of the Republic as a province, the Russian military approved the first time. Previously, such contracts were signed only with individual settlements. Vorontsov also said that the Russian military from the center of reconciliation provided residents latakiya the village of al-Cherkesia food. “The inhabitants of the mountain village of al-Cherkesia we brought 350 sets of foods, each of them — rice, flour, sugar, canned meat and tea,” he told reporters in the process of transferring to farmers of humanitarian assistance. During the distribution of food kits in the school yard of

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Sergey Krasnouhov Representatives from 32 Japanese companies and government agencies will visit Kunashiri and other Islands of the South Kuril Islands in the expert group, which will have to explore the possibilities for joint economic activities between the two countries on the Islands, told broadcaster NHK. The group, which will go to the Islands on July 27 for five days, includes employees of the foreign Ministry, the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, as well as private business representatives of the tourist and fishing industry, health-care and construction. The delegation will be headed by the special assistant to the Prime Minister of Japan eiichi Hasegawa. The group will begin the visit to Kunashir island, and then visit all of the plan objects, which are recognized as promising for joint economic activity, agreement on which was reached during the visit to Japan of the President of

Fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel, no injuries The last time Israel was under rocket attack from the Gaza strip on 18 March. TEL AVIV, June 26. /TASS/. Fired from Gaza landed in an uninhabited area in southern Israel, no injuries. This was announced Monday in a communique released by the press service of the defense Army of Israel. “Launched from Gaza rocket exploded in an uninhabited area in regional Council Sha’ar Ha Negev (southern Israel), the military reported. Information on victims did not arrive, units are combing the area in search of fragments of the projectile”. The last time Israel was under rocket attack from the Gaza strip on 18 March. Then in response, Israeli aircraft and tanks struck fire for two positions of Hamas in the Gaza strip.

Lavrov and Tillerson discussed the issues of settlement in Syria The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov on Monday, June 26, discussed with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson the subject of the settlement of the crisis in Syria. This was reported on the website of the foreign Ministry. The conversation took place on the initiative of the American side. The interlocutors spoke about the need to consolidate the ceasefire regime, in particular through the Astana process, increasing the fight against terrorist groups and prevent the use of chemical toxic substances. Lavrov urged the US to take measures to prevent provocations against Syrian government troops conducting operations against terrorists. The foreign Ministers agreed to continue contacts, including on issues on the bilateral agenda. On may 4, three countries-the guarantor — Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a Memorandum on creation of four security zones in Syria. They will be

The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova © Yuri Smityuk/TASS MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. The question of possible rotation of the Ambassador of Russia in the USA is solved in a planned manner, neither of which the spontaneity of the question. This was stated on Monday by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. The 93 version of the oath of citizenship of the Russian Federation submitted for consideration the state Duma. On Monday on a press-conferences were reported by the head of the profile Committee on state construction and legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov.

Nikolay Kovalev © Alexander Mudrats/TACC Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted for ratification to the state Duma, the Council of Europe Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime and on the financing of terrorism of 16 may 2005. The former Director of FSB of the Russian Federation, and nowadays – the Deputy of state Duma, special representative of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly on counter-terrorism, Nikolay Kovalev told TASS about the history of the signing of this document, its importance to the destruction of channels of financing of insurgents, and the timing of the Convention with Russian law. Currently operates eight international conventions on terrorism, and 13 international conventions, where a different measure focuses on the aspects of counter-terrorism. This, for example, the Council of Europe Convention against manipulation of sports competitions in 2014. Thus, since 1949, when it adopted the Geneva Convention relative to the protection

Photo: © RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov Powers, Elvira Nabiullina on a post of the Chairman of Bank of Russia from June 24 extended for a period of five years. Nabiullina, who previously held the posts of Minister of economic development and assistant to the President, headed the Bank of Russia on 24 June 2013, succeeding Sergei Ignatiev, who led the Central Bank a little more than 11 years. In his speech in the state Duma re-election in early June, Nabiullina noted that in 2013 “life has changed” and because of the deterioration of external negative factors on the first work plan of the Central Bank came to the task of ensuring financial stability. Nabiullina faces in the next five years, the challenge of achieving in Russia is low and stable inflation, completion of the process of recovery of the banking system, development of financial services in the areas of