Category: Politics

The foreign Ministry reacted to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Estonia MOSCOW, may 26 — RIA Novosti. The Russian foreign Ministry called the regular unfriendly and in no way justified the act of the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Estonia. “This is another unfriendly and unwarranted act which will not remain without response”, — told RIA Novosti in the Russian foreign Ministry. Any details to the above, the Ministry added. Previously portal Delfi reported that the Russian Consul General in Narva Dmitry Kazennov and Consul Sergey Sergeevu handed a note, now they have to leave Estonia. The portal notes that this information was confirmed by two unnamed sources. Counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Verlin previously reported RIA Novosti that “the Embassy has not yet commented on the situation.”

The Estonian government ordered Russian diplomats to leave the country TALLINN, may 26 — RIA Novosti, Nikolai Adashkevich. The Consul General of Russia in Narva Dmitry Kazennov and Consul Sergey Sergeevu handed a note, now they have to leave the country. It is reported portal Delfi. “According to the press-Secretary of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Estonia Sandra Kamilova, the foreign Ministry confirmed this information, but does not comment”, — stated in the message. The Russian Embassy in Estonia information on expulsion of diplomats to comment also declined. The Russian foreign Ministry called the decision of Tallinn “another unfriendly and no reasonable act,” which “will not remain unanswered”.

Photo: RIA Novosti The President of Russia Vladimir Putin noted the high importance of a living spiritual connection between people in the modern world, full of contradictions. “Living a spiritual connection is very important, especially in today’s complex world, full of contradictions,” — said Putin at a meeting with representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad. In this regard, the head of state reminded that all world religions are based on common values. He told the Church that they are always welcome guests in Moscow, and they are always happy to see. In response, the interlocutors of the President thanked him for supporting the process of rapprochement and unification of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad and the Russian Orthodox Church. The head of state presented the icon of St. Jonah of Hankou’s. The meeting was held in the premises of the Theological Seminary of the Sretensky monastery of Moscow, which

Photo: TASS Bill messenger is not control over the private correspondence of citizens, said the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov. “The approach to the regulation of the messengers I fully support, I want to emphasize that we have always insisted that it is in any case should not touch the control over the correspondence of citizens. Should be recorded the fact of a citizen”, – said Zharov.

© Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, may 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin got acquainted with the letter in support of Director Kirill Serebrennikov, which is passed to actor Yevgeny Mironov.

Speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin © Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, may 26. /TASS/. Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has declared that requests for checks of the film Director Alexey Uchitel are a personal initiative of MP Natalia Polonskaya. However, the right of parliamentarians to make inquiries to the office enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, reminded the speaker.

Titov extended the powers of the business Ombudsman Moscow. May 26. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he intends to extend the powers of the business Ombudsman Boris Titov. Moscow. May 26. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he intends to extend the powers of the business Ombudsman Boris Titov. “You have at the end of June, end of the term. I see how you do it all do work with interest. Think it’s only right to offer you extend your term, and I will gladly do so,” Putin said Friday at a meeting with Titov. Titov thanked the President and said that taking that offer. “I will do my best to justify the confidence you have placed in me,” — said Titov. The review of preventive measures to entrepreneurs The business Ombudsman, in turn, appealed to Putin with a request to support the ongoing process

The state Duma adopted a law on deprivation of liberty up to 6 years for the creation of “groups of death” MOSCOW, may 26 — RIA Novosti. The state Duma adopted in the third final reading the law on criminal responsibility for the creation of “groups of death” in social networks, inducing children to suicide and their involvement in the deadly game. The law was submitted to the Duma on 9 March, Vice-speaker of the house Irina Yarovaya (“United Russia”) and passed its second reading last Wednesday. The document introduces criminal liability for organization of activities aimed at encouraging them to commit suicide by disseminating information about ways to practice it, as well as for inducing, calls or assisting suicide. The maximum penalty for these offences will be imprisonment for up to six years, however, if the organizer of the criminal activity voluntarily will stop it and will actively help

Photo: Kommersant Yesterday the state Duma adopted in the third reading amendments proposed to the presidential elections. Another legislative revision of the rules of the game will require other solutions. The increase in working lives of the employees of precinct election commissions from 20 to 30 days may incur and additional funding for the presidential election, said the source “Kommersant” in the Central electoral Commission (CEC). The office may require up to 2 billion roubles, says the source “b”. A significant part of the election budget electoral commissions (IR) in Russia goes exactly to pay nearly a million employees of precinct IR. Yesterday the state Duma adopted in the third reading amendments to laws “On presidential elections” and “On basic guarantees of electoral rights and the right to participate in referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation”. For presidential elections they allow to increase the number of polling stations and

Photo: RIA Novosti Prosecutors and the Federal tax service is offering to give the opportunity to conduct unscheduled inspections of officials and big businessmen in the case of determining gross administrative and criminal offences by their relatives. The relevant amendments to the Tax code and the law “On the procuracy of the Russian Federation” (RT) has developed a member of the Duma Committee on labor, social policy and veterans Affairs Sergei Vostretsov. According to the author of the initiative, the threat of unscheduled inspections will be an additional measure to combat corruption. “This action is a signal to big business and bureaucrats that they begin to care for their children and relatives. We should not wait until they begin to kill someone, will become a real threat to society,” — said Vostretsov. As an example, the MP led the race on the Gelandewagen, which involved Mara Baghdasaryan, son of the