Category: Politics

Poroshenko ordered television channels to broadcast in Ukrainian language 75% of the time Petro Poroshenko has signed the law on language quotas on Ukrainian TV. TV channels are obliged 75% of airtime for broadcasting in the Ukrainian language. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a law requiring TV channels not less than 75% of the time “in the intervals from 07:00 to 18:00 and 18:00 to 22:00” to broadcast in the Ukrainian language. About the Ukrainian leader said at a meeting with Ukrainian journalists on their professional holiday, celebrated in Ukraine on June 6. Poroshenko said that the media representatives made proposals on the introduction of quotas and the return of the Ukrainian language in the Ukrainian media. “Here the palm is ready to give you. This is your initiative and suggestions, which I supported. The deputies have worked, and I had great pleasure and great honor to sign

The coalition air force launched air strikes on Pro-government forces in Syria The statement of the headquarters of the operation Inherent Resolve indicates that Syrian forces entered the approved area of de-escalation. WASHINGTON, June 6. /Offset. TASS Boris Makarov/. Air force’s international anti-terrorist coalition attacked Pro-government forces of Syria within the designated zone of de-escalation in the South. This is stated in a statement released by the headquarters of the operation Inherent Resolve (“resoluteness”), which is held in Iraq and Syria group of countries headed by the USA. “Despite the warnings, tanks, artillery, air defense and other military equipment Pro-government forces, and around 60 soldiers entered in the approved area of de-escalation, threatening the coalition forces and its partners who are based At-TANF”, — the document says. According to headquarters, the coalition “issued a few warnings by means of conflict prevention, and then destroyed two artillery pieces, air defense, and

Photo: RIA Novosti The state Duma Committee on Finance recommended the lower chamber of the Parliament to nominate Elvira Nabiullina head of the Central Bank for the next term. In March 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the state Duma representation about prolongation of powers Nabiullina, appointed head of the Central Bank in 2013, for the next term. The Committee also recommended that the lower house of Parliament to take note of annual report of Bank for year 2016. Questions about the appointment Nabiullina and the Central Bank report for the year 2016 will be considered by the state Duma plenary meeting, on 9 June.

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that in Syria there is a threat of provocations involving chemical weapons, reports RIA “Novosti”. “Information about possible provocations with usage of toxic substances was just repeatedly. And, of course, its opublikovanie, of course, likely helped to avoid such provocations,” he said. Peskov recalled that according to the agreement of the President of Russia and ex-President of USA Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama were working to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons from the Syrian authorities. According to him, in Iraq, there were cases of use of chemical weapons and terrorists, that is, in their hands can be such toxic substances. “Putin said that the threat of recurrence of such provocations, unfortunately, is still quite obvious,” – said the spokesman. Earlier, Putin said that there is no evidence of the use by the military of Syrian President Bashar

Photo: RIA Novosti The host of the NBC News Megyn Kelly for the second consecutive day shares his impressions from the interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He was emotional over. He laughed, smiled, joked, he seemed an ordinary man, which in itself was a bit of a surprise, given all that we know and have heard about him,” said Kelly in the morning TV show Today. A day earlier broadcast of the same show, Kelly has already shared her impressions of the meeting with the Russian President. In particular, she said that when the camera is off and face to face to her he was “friendly, very polite,” asked about her family and said that he was “very impressed”. When the camera is on, she said, he became “the Russian President, whom we all know”: “a militant, unyielding, assertive, passionate, and in the offensive positions on most issues.” During

© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS KALININGRAD, June 6. /TASS/. Western countries are not able to call to order those in power in Kyiv of radicals, blocking the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

Putin discussed with the Emir of Qatar, the crisis in the region Moscow. June 6. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in a telephone conversation with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issues in Russian-Qatari cooperation and international issues, the press service of the Kremlin. “Vladimir Putin reiterated the principled position of Russia in favor of resolving crisis situations by political and diplomatic means through dialogue”, — stated in the message. According to the press service, “discussed issues of Russian-Qatari cooperation, primarily in trade-economic and investment spheres. Praised the outcome of the April meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental Commission.”

The foreign Ministry promised mirrored response in the case of the introduction of Kiev visas for Russians Moscow. June 6. INTERFAX.RU IN Moscow promise a mirror response in case Kiev will introduce a visa regime with Russia, said Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “We have no black lists are not against the Ukrainians, but if there is a visa regime, we will respond the visa regime”, — said Lavrov, speaking on Tuesday at the Baltic Federal University named Kant. “When we poured a stream of mud, when our artists, figures of culture, art, declare persona non grata when you take a business Russian investors in Ukraine’s economy, when finally talking seriously about the introduction of the visa regime: how do you think we should just swallow all of this and not reciprocate?”, he added. On 1 June the Minister of justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko said that the legal mechanisms

Putin proposed to introduce a pledge or an oath for those who enter into the citizenship of the Russian Federation The President believes that you can learn from the experience of some foreign countries. MOSCOW, June 6. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has suggested the state Duma to consider the introduction of the ceremony of swearing or of the oath for those who enter into the citizenship of the Russian Federation. “When a person enters into the citizenship of our country, here it would be possible to think and to take the experience of some foreign countries, when is the oath, the oath, the other the solemn act by which man confirms his intention to become a citizen of our country, to abide by its laws, traditions, respect the traditions and history and so on, — he said at the meeting with the speaker of the lower chamber

Photo: RIA Novosti The adviser of RF President on culture Vladimir Tolstoy fully supports the proposal of the head of the Ministry of education Olga Vasilyeva to introduce a compulsory unified state exam (use) in the literature, however, believes that neither the students nor the teachers are not ready. Earlier Vassiliev at the St. Petersburg international economic forum, said in an interview with RIA Novosti that the inclusion in the education system of the Russian Federation mandatory exam in literature would be “ideal”. “The students, of course, absolutely not ready, not ready, first of all, not even the students themselves, and a school teacher. But this does not mean that this should not be done. Too bad that neither children nor teachers nor parents do not want to complicate your life, loading additional workload. But we get absolutely uncompetitive generation that soon and the two words together can not,” said