Category: Politics

Peter Tolstoy Photo: RIA Novosti The state Duma will create a permanent platform for communication with help. This was stated by Vice-speaker of the lower house of Parliament Peter Tolstoy Monday, June 19, reports “Interfax”. Such a statement he made during the meeting of the Board of bloggers convened at the initiative of the young, 21-year-old state Duma Deputy Vasily Vlasov (LDPR). “We will try to make this site on a regular basis with the involvement of the Duma Committee on youth Affairs”, — said Deputy Chairman of the Duma. He noted that Vlasov “has taken the first step” for dialogue with the help. However, Tolstoy emphasized that the question of the establishment of a Supervisory body is not. Area needed the MPs to understand the concerns and interests of bloggers, said Colon. “I was pleased to read the comments about zabroshenyj beetles of the state Duma. We understand much

Photo: ibudkevich / Facebook In the state Duma began the first Council meeting of bloggers, which was attended by the daughter of the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov Elizabeth. Also at the meeting were invited the representatives of such popular online community Sasha Spielberg, Yuri Dude, Wylsacom, Max “+100500″, Nikolai Sobolev, Maria Wei, Katya Klep, and Dmitry Ivanov (kamikadze_d), but none of them came. At the meeting made by the leader of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who compared Russian bloggers with bloggers from Syria. Here you are able to blog in a peaceful atmosphere, bloggers in Syria? They can sit? They don’t even no the dwelling does not have. You are a happy generation, you know, about all you can argue,” said the leader of the liberal Democrats. Earlier, the Deputy Vasily Vlasov said at a meeting on 19 June will bring together 25 bloggers, most popular

Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 20 June will meet in the Kremlin with members of the Public chamber VI of the composition. About it reported in a press-service of the Kremlin. “On 20 June 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in the Kremlin with members of the Public chamber VI structure”, – stated in the message. The Kremlin recalled that the new composition of the Public chamber was formed in three stages: 40 were approved by presidential decree on 20 March, 84 – delegated public chambers of subjects of Federation, 43 members were selected from 403 candidates from non-commercial organizations by a vote. On 19 June a plenary session of the Chamber on which a new Secretary was elected Valery Fadeev. The current composition of the OP Russia, the renewed two-thirds, will run until 2020.

Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 20 June will meet in the Kremlin with members of the Public chamber VI of the composition. About it reported in a press-service of the Kremlin. “On 20 June 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in the Kremlin with members of the Public chamber VI structure”, – stated in the message. The Kremlin recalled that the new composition of the Public chamber was formed in three stages: 40 were approved by presidential decree on 20 March, 84 – delegated public chambers of subjects of Federation, 43 members were selected from 403 candidates from non-commercial organizations by a vote. On 19 June a plenary session of the Chamber on which a new Secretary was elected Valery Fadeev. The current composition of the OP Russia, the renewed two-thirds, will run until 2020.

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov called the insignificant effect of Western sanctions against the Peninsula, noting the growing interest of the public and politicians of the world to the region and inviting them to come and see the Crimea with my own eyes. The foreign Ministers of member countries of the European Union on Monday without discussion was prolonged for a year the sanctions against the Crimea. The restrictive measures was to expire on 23 June. Feldman called the decision expected, a manifestation of totalitarian thinking and immoral policy. In his opinion, the Western leaders for the third year trying to punish the people of Crimea for their free choice. “If we talk about the real economic effects of the sanctions on our Peninsula, they are insignificant. Serious foreign investment in the Crimea was not Ukrainian in the period of annexation. Therefore, restrictions imposed after

Photo: RIA Novosti In Russia — the decline in the birth rate. Only for the first four months of the year the country was born at 68 thousand 700 children less than in the same period of 2016. Vladimir Putin is concerned about this decline. The Russian President did not rule out improvement of the system of social benefits for families with children. The head of the Russian state said at a meeting on social issues that the President convened in the first half of the 19th June, reports “Interfax”. Putin explained that the catastrophic decline in the birth rate during the great Patriotic war led to the decline in the number of those born at the turn of the 1970-ies. Putin stressed that now in the age of childbearing has entered a reduced generation difficult 1990s years. Thanks to the support measures to the Russian authorities managed for a

The Pentagon did not rule out the possibility of supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons WASHINGTON, 20 Jun — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis on Tuesday did not rule out a situation in which the United States can begin supplying lethal arms to Ukraine. “We didn’t provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons in the past, but do not exclude such an option in the future,” he told reporters. In early may, the U.S. Senate has approved the draft Federal budget until September 30, 2017, which continues to provide financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of not less than 410 million 456 thousand US dollars, including for the provision of military support. It is noted that the Pentagon can spend $ 150 million to “provide assistance, including (military) training equipment, lethal weapons for defense purposes, assistance in logistics” and “using intelligence to military and national security forces of

Russian military action in Syria does not cause fear in the Pentagon WASHINGTON, 20 Jun — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. Russian military action in Syria does not raise any concern from the Pentagon, said Tuesday the official representative of the U.S. Department Jeff Davis. “We have not seen the Russian military any action that would cause us concern. We continue to act (in Syria), and taking appropriate precautions,” he said.

Alexander “Surgeon” Zaldostanov © Peter Kovalev/TASS MOSCOW, June 20. /TASS/. The leader of the biker club “Night wolves” Alexander Zaldostanov (known as the Surgeon) emotionally and imaginatively commented on the introduction of US sanctions against the organization “Wolf”, and stressed that the club has no accounts in foreign banks.