Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko supports the idea of the abolition of the “residency requirement” for officers with higher military rank in their nomination to the upper house believes that in the case of the adoption of this initiative the Federation Council is waiting for the militarization. Senators Andrei Klishas Andrey Kutepov 1 June in the state Duma introduced a bill to expand the list of persons exempt from the requirement for “residency requirement” if the nomination to the Federation Council. The document proposed to extend this requirement to a candidate who on election day the respective body of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation has the rank of senior officers, special ranks of Executive staff, or their corresponding class rank of justice. “No militarization of the Federation Council will not, but some decent people in the upper house can appear”,

© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS 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 Vyacheslav Volodin”.

Sands on the reduction of contribution to the Council of Europe: this is the common position of the authorities MOSCOW, June 6 — RIA Novosti. The reduction of the contribution of the Council of Europe is the common position of the Russian authorities, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. Earlier, the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has declared that Russia has blocked the transfer of one third of the contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe, so about 11 million euros at the end of the year is not paid. “Volodin said. This is a common position,” — said Peskov told reporters, answering a request to comment on the lock of the enumeration of 11 million euros as a contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe. Russia is one of the major contributors to the budget of the Council of Europe,

Trump asked Tillerson to restore relations with Russia U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that President Donald trump asked him to restore relations with Russia and to work to ensure that the rumors about the relations with Russia did not prevent the operation of the us administration. About it reports AP. Mr. Tillerson stressed that he could not comment on details of the investigation of Russian interference in presidential elections, because he doesn’t have enough information. “He (Donald Trump.— “B”) strongly supported the continuation of work at any pace in those areas where we can make progress,” said Secretary of state. Rex Tillerson also commented on the tweets of Donald trump, in which he criticized the mayor of London after the terrorist attacks. “The President has his unique ways of communicating with the American people and the world… is it enough, and I’m not going to advise him how

Russia has blocked a contribution to the PACE of almost €11 million Financing during the year goes by stages, remaining at the end of the year, the third will not be listed, said the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. MOSCOW, June 6. /TASS/. Russia has blocked in the current year, one-third its contribution to the Council of Europe, intended to Finance its parliamentary Assembly (PACE). This amount is about €11 million, has informed on Tuesday to journalists the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. “Withheld. And (Chairman of the Federation Council) Valentina Ivanovna (Matvienko) said about it, and (foreign Minister Sergei) Lavrov, and we talked about this — the third blocked”, — he said. Financing during the year goes in stages, and a third, remaining at the end of the year, not transferred, and everything is almost €11 million Vyacheslav Waltenspiel of the state Duma Earlier in

Photo: RIA Novosti Moscow and Minsk have made significant progress in the common visa policy, completed the negotiation of an instrument on mutual recognition of visas, said the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “We have made significant progress, has already been agreed and submitted to the Council of Ministers the action plan for the creation of a unified migration space for the next three years. The plan reflects the basic elements that allow to move and to create a common visa space,” said Lavrov, after a meeting with foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei. According to him, the country also “finalize agreement… on mutual recognition of visas and coherence on other issues that are associated with the entry of foreign citizens and individuals without citizenship on the territory of the States parties to the Treaty on establishing the Union state”.

Photo: RIA Novosti In the Kremlin explained the statement of Vladimir Putin about the “touched” during the election campaign Donald trump. The words of the press Secretary head of state Dmitry Peskov, reports “Lenta.ru”. “The internal energy then-candidate trump, of course, was different from the internal energy of the other candidates. As shown by the outcome of the elections, this energy was more at the heart of the American voter — that’s what he was talking about President Putin,” said Peskov. 2 Jun Vladimir Putin during a speech at the St. Petersburg international economic forum (SPIEF) said that during the election campaign of Donald trump “touches” in their aggressive behavior. “I myself sometimes thought goes through the man, honestly. But it turned out that he was right,” – said Putin. Earlier, the Russian President said that he considers his American counterpart direct and sincere man, which favorably distinguishes it from

© Artyom Korotayev/TASS YEKATERINBURG, June 6. /TASS/.The teacher of the Mound Eugene Chudnovets, previously convicted for a repost of the video with the abuse of a child and released after the cancellation of the verdict, said that will not be nominated from the people’s party of Russia on elections of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region due to “number of contradictions”. Earlier, on Tuesday, she said that plans to go on elections of the Governor from the party.

© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS KALININGRAD, June 6. /TASS/. If Kiev will introduce a visa regime with Russia, Moscow will reciprocate – will also introduce a visa regime for Ukrainian citizens. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, speaking to students from the Baltic Federal University. “When popping the confrontation of one state against another, the citizens of this state begin to be wary of those who stand for such a confrontation. Ordinary people are not guilty, – said the head of Russian diplomacy. – We are opposed to the use of labour migration to achieve geopolitical goals, opposed to any sphere in these relationships was used.”

The U.S. justice Department announced the arrest of a contractor for the leak of classified NSA data report Federal contractor reality Whether the winner was arrested in Georgia in the United States in connection with the publication on the portal The Intercept of the secret report of the national security Agency (NSA) about the possible intervention of Russia in election. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of justice. An employee of the company Pluribus International Corporation had access to information from February 2016. She was arrested by the FBI on June 3 and appeared before a Federal court in Georgia on 5 June. Winner unsealed and improperly removed classified intelligence data, which contained information on issues nasobirali from on intelligence of the United States, and illegally kept them.The U.S. Department of justice The materials were seized may 9. “Subsequently, the winner acknowledged the withdrawal of classified intelligence