Category: Politics

Alisher Usmanov Photo: RIA Novosti In the state Duma at a public meeting of the Council of the state Duma of bloggers came businessman Alisher Usmanov and the head of the Fund of struggle against corruption Alexei Navalny, although he was invited. About this “Echo of Moscow” said one of the organizers, Deputy Vasily Vlasov. According to him, they refused to participate. “We can’t drag them by force,” – said Vlasov. The head of the election headquarters of Bulk Leonid Volkov said that the politician had not received any offers. As informs radio “Freedom”, the most popular help to the meeting to come. On the advice of bloggers prisutstvovat the party leader of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the daughter of press Secretary of the President of Russia Elizabeth Peskov, Deputy speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy. According to Tolstoy, in the future, will create a “permanent place” to interact with

Poroshenko wants to obtain coal and gas from USA WASHINGTON, 21 Feb — RIA Novosti. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he would like Ukraine to be awarded the coal and gas from the United States. Poroshenko visited Washington on a working visit on Tuesday and met with U.S. President Donald trump and Vice-President Mike Pence. “We talked about effective economic cooperation between Ukraine and the United States, that the coal from Pennsylvania was on the Ukrainian thermal power plants, and liquefied natural gas from Louisiana — in the Ukrainian gas transport system”, — said Poroshenko in an interview with Fox News. Previously Ukrainian radicals have blocked the supply of coal from the Donbass, as a result, Ukraine from February 17 was introduced emergency measures in the energy sector. In particular, it provides for the continuation of measures to reduce the consumption of anthracite coal by thermal power plants

Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev started an informal meeting in Moscow, informed the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov. According to him, Putin and Atambayev discuss issues that will appear in the main part of the Russian-Kyrgyz talks on Tuesday, reports RIA “Novosti”. Atambayev arrived in Russia on Monday.

Photo: the press service of Gazprombank / RIA Novosti The sotsgosproyekt Foundation Ilya Yeliseyev, who is a classmate of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, sent a pre-trial claim to the oppositionist Alexey Navalny. The main requirement is to remove fragments of videorussian of the Fund of struggle against corruption (FBK) “He’s not Dimon.” About it reports RBC. “We hope for the prudence of Mr. Navalny,” — said in the “Cargospace,” adding that he filed a claim and the FCO. The Fund Yeliseyev explained that the information in the investigation of the FBC, untrue and discredits the business reputation of sotsgosproyekt. In the organization demanded within ten days to publish a refutation of this information, threatening otherwise to go to court. The lawyer of FBK Ivan Zhdanov said that the Fund has not yet received claims. In the investigation the FCO, published on March 2, 2017, affirmed that “Cargospace” gratuitously received

McFaul: trump could offend Ukrainians, using the word “Ukraine” with the article WASHINGTON, 21 Feb — RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. The US President Donald trump could hurt the Ukrainians, using the name “Ukraine” has the definite article, according to a former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. Trump took on Tuesday at the White house of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. During the welcoming statements, he said the word “Ukraine” in English has the definite article (The Ukraine). “Good pre-briefing of his (trump’s) assistant, I would teach him why the name is so offensive The Ukraine for Ukrainians”, — wrote McFaul on Twitter. A good prebrief from a staffer could have coached him on why “the Ukraine” is so insulting to Ukrainians. He is the President after all https://t.co/jdR3VhDZjz — Michael McFaul (@McFaul) 20 Jun 2017 However, he did not explain why the article should offend Ukrainians. An expert

In Washington to discuss a possible response to Russia’s actions in Syria WASHINGTON, 21 Feb — RIA Novosti. In Washington to discuss a possible response to “Russia’s recent actions in Syria,” said on Tuesday U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson, without specifying details. “We discussed,” he replied to a journalist’s question about the response USA on “Russia’s recent actions in Syria.” To clarify, who exactly conducted these discussions, the Secretary of state did not. On Sunday, the aircraft of the US-led coalition to combat ISIS* shot down a Syrian su-22 in raqqa province after he allegedly dropped bombs near positions of the “Syrian democratic forces” (SDF, based on the units of the Syrian Kurds), reported previously in the coalition. Damascus said the plane Syrian air force carried out a mission against ISIS*. After that, the defense Ministry said that any planes and drones in areas of combat missions HQs in

American sociologists have found the attitude of Russians to Putin The activities of Vladimir Putin on the world stage received from the Russians a high rating, and its internal economic and anti-corruption policy is far more restrained. This is evidenced by held in 2017, the study by Washington-based nonprofit organization Pew Research Center. As it turned out, the Russians are most satisfied with the foreign policy of the country since 2002 (when the Pew Research Center first conducted a study). The majority — 58% — with the way the country is going, 37% expressed dissatisfaction. The majority of Russians (59%) believe that the global influence of Russia was higher, 17% disagree and believe that the country has become less influential. According to others, the level of influence remains the same. In General, however, Russians believe that Russia plays a more important role on the world stage than it was 10