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Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Director Oliver stone stated that Boris Berezovsky and Mikhail Khodorkovsky only required to comply with the law, “head-on collisions was not.” It is reported by RIA “Novosti” with reference to released in the USA on a book-the transcript of the interview. “It was not head-on collisions. I just told them to be equidistant from the government. It was then popular term,” – said Putin, answering the question of whether it clashes “with Berezovsky or to people like Khodorkovsky”. Earlier, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a “criminal act” and not economic.

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the conflict in the Donbass cannot be solved with weapons, it is necessary to conduct direct negotiations between the parties to the conflict. He said this in an interview with the Director Oliver stone, reports RIA “Novosti”. “Such conflicts in the Donbas can not be solved by weapons. Direct talks are needed. And the sooner our friends in Kiev will understand the better. But Western countries, Europe and the U.S., should help the Kiev authorities to understand this reality,” he said. The book is a transcript of this interview was released in the U.S. on June 16. Earlier, Putin promised to provide maximum support to the people of Donbass.

Putin approved amendments to the Labour code Moscow. June 19. INTERFAX.RU — President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal law “On amendments to the Labour code of the Russian Federation”, which, in particular, specify the procedure for establishing part-time work. As reported on the website of the Kremlin, amendments to the articles of the Labour code specify the procedure for establishing part-time work, including giving the employee a break for rest. Also specifies the accounting treatment of work carried out in excess of the working day on weekends and public holidays when calculating the duration of overtime which is paid at a higher rate. In addition, it provides a rule according to which working part-time can be set long working hours, only if the agreement of the parties in the employment agreement established a shorter working week, but with a full working day (shift).

Secretary-elected Public chamber Valery Fadeev Host of “Sunday time” on channel Valery Fadeev elected Secretary of the Public chamber of Russia at the first plenary session of the house of the sixth part, which will run until 2020. Journalist and social activist Valery Fadeev was elected Secretary OP by voting at the first plenary session of the house, which takes place on Monday in Moscow. After the election Fadeev has declared that considers as a priority to reduce the distance between officials and civil society activists on the ground, noting that representatives of public organizations do not always take a constructive position in interaction with the authorities. “Bureaucracy in the first place on the ground is not always sympathetic to civil society, NGOs and their activists, where some work is done efficiently, and somewhere — no, and the bureaucracy are often afraid of the activists, and to teach the bureaucrats,

Putin appointed Alexei Erchov Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Turkey MOSCOW, June 19. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has appointed Alexei Erchov Ambassador of Russia in Turkey. The corresponding decree published Monday on the official portal of legal information. “To appoint Erchova Alexey Vladimirovich, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Turkey”, — stated in the text of the decree. Erchov until recently headed the Department “Situation and crisis center” of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Former Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Turkey Andrei Karlov, was killed on 19 December 2016 during a speech at the opening of the photo exhibition in Ankara, the terrorist shot the diplomat in the back. Charles was posthumously awarded the title hero of Russia “for their resilience and courage in the post of extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian

Alex Erchov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, June 19. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has appointed Alexei Erchov Ambassador of Russia in Turkey. The corresponding decree published Monday on the official portal of legal information. “To appoint Erchova Alexey Vladimirovich, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Turkey”, – stated in the text of the decree. Erchov until recently headed the Department “Situation and crisis center” of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Photo: Moskva24 The day of family, love and fidelity celebrated on July 8, decided not to do a holiday. Members of the lower Parliament rejected the first reading of the bill, reports the Agency “Moscow”. The authors of the initiative were the deputies of the state Duma from LDPR Yaroslav Nilov and Alexey Didenko. In their opinion, it could make the holiday public value and contribute to the formation of a positive attitude towards family and marriage in society. It was also intended to increase the birth rate. The number of public holidays could increase from 14 to 15 days, which would reduce the Fund of working time. Profile Committee of the state Duma concluded that for production it is not effective. In addition, it will increase spending budgets.

Photo: RIA Novosti After the situation in Syria, including the Russian space forces, the Western media became “all truths and untruths” to belittle the performance of this operation; information warfare bothers to unite in the fight against the common enemy, and it is on the conscience of the West, said the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, the TV channel “Russia 24”. Earlier the defense Ministry reported that the leader of the banned terrorist group “Islamic state”* Ibrahim Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in the result of the impact of videoconferencing on may 28 at the command post in the southern suburb of Raqqa, where the leaders of ISIS*. The information that al-Baghdadi was at the meeting, is validated. “The Western media were forced, starting in 2011 and through 2015, to come up with good news regarding the success of the Western coalition in Syria. In

Photo: Irina Bujor / “Kommersant” Lawyer Igor Trunov has addressed in Savelovsky court of Moscow with the requirement about compensation for withdrawing from the elections to the state Duma on the party list of the Russian party of pensioners for justice (RPPS). On Friday, June 16, reports “Interfax”. “I ask to collect at the expense of the Russian Treasury in my favour the amount of reimbursement of harm caused by unlawful actions of state authorities of $ 6 746 490 rubles,” — said Trunov. In the lawsuit, according to the lawyer, he indicated that as a result of the actions of the authorities he suffered considerable pecuniary damage because of the inability to participate in the election campaign. “In addition, had violated the rights of voters residing on the territory of the electoral district where I was nominated,” explained Trunov. In April 2017 the constitutional court (CC) has recognized not

The EU Council on foreign Affairs has extended the anti-Russian sanctions Moscow. June 19. INTERFAX.RU — the EU Council at the level of foreign Ministers, who meet Monday in Luxembourg, decided to extend for one year the restrictive measures against Russia over the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, according to a communiqué of the Council. The communique noted that the sanctions have been extended till 23 Jun 2018. This category of sanctions includes bans on imports into the EU of products from Crimea and Sevastopol, investment in Crimea and Sevastopol, services related to tourism activities in Crimea or Sevastopol; the export of certain goods and technologies to Crimea and Sevastopol for transport, telecommunications and energy sectors, as well as for oil and gas and mining industries. “As indicated in the statement of 17 March 2017 the high representative of the Union for foreign Affairs and security policy on behalf of