Category: Politics

Vladimir Zhirinovsky Photo: RIA Novosti In the State Duma, the first meeting of the Board of bloggers, according to BFM. The meeting was organized by the Deputy of LDPR Vasily Vlasov. She invited politician Alexei Navalny, Vlasov also tried to contact the businessman Alisher Usmanov. The meeting was attended by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, he invited the bloggers to gather in the hall of the state Duma. “We are ready to provide here in the State Duma, “United Russia”, hall. Please we will write the constant pass, come. If one of us confuses you, we can not attend, you do communicate,” — said Zhirinovsky. The meeting was attended by the daughter of the press Secretary of Russian President Peskov Elizabeth, but the request is not accepted bloggers Sasha Spielberg, Kate, Klep, of the Devision for Maxim and other popular bloggers. Vice-speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy said that the state Duma

Mikhail Yurevich Photo: TASS Former Governor of Chelyabinsk region, former state Duma Deputy Mikhail Yurevich not going to ask for political asylum in the UK. This was reported by his assistant Julia Bobyleva Monday, June 19, RIA Novosti reported. “Mikhail V. has not asked and will not ask for political asylum”, — said Bobylev. According to her, the former jurewicz is also in London, where he is undergoing treatment. Assistant accused of receiving a bribe the former Governor also said that Yurevich has no plans to apply to the court for financial compensation due to the withdrawal of his candidacy from the elections to the state Duma, as did the lawyer Igor Trunov. Writes Ura.ru, Trunov said June 14 that his client will seek political asylum in London. Assistant Yurevich then declined to comment. About excitation of criminal case against Yurevich became known in mid-March. Then the former official was

Trump said that China is not able to help US on North Korea WASHINGTON, 20 Jun — RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. The US President Donald trump said that China is not able to help US on North Korea. The U.S. has long urged China to exert pressure on the DPRK, since the lion’s share of foreign trade turnover of the DPRK comes from China.

Lavrov: Russia expects explanation from the United States for downed aircraft Syrian troops MOSCOW, 20 Jun — RIA Novosti. Moscow is still waiting for explanation from the United States knocked SAR aircraft of the Syrian armed forces, said the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. “There is a mechanism that now really suspended after what the United States did, by shooting down the plane. We, as you know, the Ministry of defence has requested clarification of details. Expect it to be done,” Lavrov said. Aircraft of the US-led coalition fight against ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) on Sunday 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

Lavrov called the new US sanctions Russophobic obsession The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov expressed regret in connection with the Russophobia of the US over the imposition of new sanctions against Moscow. He stated this at a press conference after talks with French foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, reports TASS. “Russophobic obsession in the United States goes all the faces. A new package of sanctions was adopted “out of the blue” and does not improve the atmosphere of bilateral relations ahead of a possible summit between Russia and the USA”, — said the Minister. On 20 June it became known about the introduction Washington’s new package of anti-Russian sanctions. Black lists added 38 points — 19 of 19 names and names of organizations involved in “Russia’s actions in Ukraine.” Including the company “Concord catering” and “Concord management and consulting” controlled restaurateur Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is under sanctions

Photo: Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant Attack coalition headed by the USA on Syrian bomber does not fit into the line for the West in fighting terrorism. It is a provocation aimed against the Syrian government, the head of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky. This opinion he expressed in “the feed.ru” on Monday, June 19. “And this is not the first (provocations against the official Damascus ― approx. “Of the tape. ru”). More precisely, for the fourth, starting with a provocation in Idlib and subsequent air strike on the base Shirt ― when the Americans and their allies under various pretexts attacking the Pro-government forces, who are fighting with the terrorists,” ― said Slutsky. In his opinion, this testifies to the fact that the stated US objectives to combat international terrorism “as a cover for interference in the Affairs of sovereign States” whose purpose “is the overthrow of

Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / press service of the Russian government / TASS The Governor of the Penza region Ivan Belozertsev, fired local officials, during business hours visiting questionable websites on the Internet. The head of the region said during the operational meeting held on Monday, June 19, reports PenzaNews. Belozertsev noted that the regional government does not need people who sit on the Internet “in working time instead of their immediate work.” According to him, such employees take the place of those who really want to work. “We are in the Internet “dropped” on these sites [go] unclear where questionable girls put their pictures or something else. This is a shame,” said the Governor, authorizing the regional Ministers to tighten control over subordinates. Later, the press Secretary Belozertseva Dean Cheremushkin in comments to RIA Novosti noted that official work does not need even a social network. How many people have

The US has doubts about the actions of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi against Doha WASHINGTON, 20 Jun — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. The US has raised more doubts about the actions that are taken against Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, said on Tuesday state Department spokesman Heather Nauert. She recalled that “since the introduction of the embargo against Qatar on 5 June it took more than two weeks.” “We are puzzled by the fact that the Gulf States still have not submitted details of their claims to Qatar. The more time that passes, the more doubts arise about the actions of Saudi Arabia and the UAE,” said Nauert. According to her, the US “now there is one simple question: whether any of these actions concerns over alleged support of terrorism, or old claims against each other among the members of the cooperation Council of Persian Gulf States”. Saudi Arabia,

Russia is interested in normalization of relations with the European Union MOSCOW, 20 Jun — RIA Novosti. Russia is interested in normalization of relations with the European Union, said Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following talks with Minister of foreign Affairs of France Jean-Yves Le Drian. “We are interested that they (relations with the EU — ed.) returned to the path of normal development,” — said the Russian Minister.