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The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and Russian President Vladimir Putin © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS SOCHI, may 11. /TASS/. From the opening ceremony in Bethlehem, the Multifunctional cultural-sporting complex (IFC), constructed with assistance from Russia, began the meeting of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin with President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas. But the focus of the two leaders was paid to the issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and find a solution to this decades-old middle East conflict, which has almost 70 years since the establishment of Israel in 1948. Opening IFC in Bethlehem Multifunctional cultural and sports complex was built in accordance with the instructions of the Russian President for subsequent transfer as a gift to the people of Palestine. The IFC consists of three buildings: a five-story musical-the leisure center with classes for music lessons, an Assembly hall and recording Studio, four sports halls for judo

Putin signed a decree against the anonymity in the network Vladimir Putin signed a decree against the anonymity in the network and on the settlement similar to the media services. As examples of news aggregators, social networks, instant messengers and “sites in a network the Internet”. Such measures are necessary for the “formation of Russia’s information space tailored to the needs of citizens. This follows from the “Strategy of information society development in the Russian Federation for the years 2017-2030”, published on the website of the President (strategy is available in pdf format). Within six months the government will continue to support traditional media and resolve the situation with similar services. In this case we are talking about news aggregators, social networks, Internet television, messengers, and “sites in a network the Internet”. According to the decree, such measures are necessary for the “formation of Russia’s information space tailored to the

The EU Council adopted the decision on granting visa-free regime for Ukrainians The Council of the European Union on Thursday, 11 may, finally approved the decision on granting visa-free regime to Ukrainian citizens. About it reports the UNIAN. According to the Agency, the legislative act was adopted without discussion, in accordance with the agenda during non-core sessions of the EU Council for agriculture and fisheries. The signing of the document by the presidents of the European Parliament and of the Council scheduled for 17 may. It will then be published in the Official journal of the European Union and after 20 days will take effect. Commenting on this decision, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that “bezviz is much more than a simplified way of going abroad”. “This is a giant step in Europe, the assertion of human freedom and independence of our state”, — quotes words of the

The Chinese authorities spoke about the mercy to the repentant corrupt The Central Committee of the Communist party of China (CPC) for discipline inspection talked about the pardon repentant corrupt, voluntarily returned to China after fleeing abroad. 40 voluntarily returned or deported bribes 15 have different terms, three exempt from punishment. Details leads Reuters. So, according to statistics contained in the report of the Commission, of the 100 wanted the corrupt, mostly living in the United States, Canada and Australia, the country returned to 40: some voluntarily, others were deported. 15 of them received various sentences up to life imprisonment. Three people were released and suffered no punishment. This is Zhang Dawei, who repented their crimes and voluntarily returned all of the misappropriated assets, Zhu Zhenyu and Zhang Liping. Zhu was only an accomplice of a crime and self-surrendered, and the crime Zhang Lipina fake invoices to evade VAT —

Photo: RIA Novosti To impose a tax on small families is impractical, as in the state need the support of young and large families, says the first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on family, women and children, coordinator of the party project “United Russia” “Strong family” Olga Okuneva. Previously, the newspaper “Izvestia” reported that the Director of the Institute of demography, migration and regional development Yury Krupnov has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin the draft concept of the Federal law “On the status of large families”. According to the publication, the document provides for the placing of the activities of child-rearing to work, the right to free land with communications, as well as the introduction in Russia of the tax on small families. “The state is interested in the birth of the first child. On the contrary, young families have less security, because of this, they often make

Photo: RIA Novosti Relations with Turkey, Russia is now moving better than Germany, said the foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov, commenting on the results of the meetings of Russian President Vladimir Putin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting between Putin and Merkel took place in Sochi on may 2 and talks with Erdogan — may 3. According to Lavrov, “it was constructive and very useful”. “The results, of course, was slightly different, given that two different countries, two different partner, and relations with Turkey, we are now moving much more positive pace than the relations with Germany,” — said the Russian Minister in interview of broadcasting company “Mir”. However, according to him, the with Germany Russia the trade turnover remains one of the most significant. “A very great interest among the business communities of both countries continue to work together, the German

The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the President of the United States Donald trump, WA, may 10 © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, may 11. /TASS/. The news Agency TASS surprised by the reaction of the American media to publish photos that were made by the press photographer of Agency Alexander Scherbak from the meeting of U.S. President Donald trump with the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and considers unacceptable such a bias against Russian colleagues, carrying out the usual journalistic work. This is stated in a statement released by TASS.

The US President Donald trump, the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak (center right), Washington, may 10 © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, may 11. /TASS/. The TASS photographer Alexander Shcherbak carried out the survey at the meeting of foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with the President of the United States Donald trump as a personal photographer Minister, urged American journalists not to lose professional dignity and not to shift its own failures on other people. About this he wrote on his page in Facebook. His appeal then placed on your page in the chain, the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “I appeal to American journalists with a request not to lose a sense of professional dignity and not to throw his failure in the organization of the shooting and pass their media to other people, he said.

The media learned about the possible seizure of the residence of the American Ambassador in Moscow Russia may respond “mirror” on the removal of two suburban residences of Russian diplomats in the United States. This was reported by diplomatic sources, reports “Kommersant”. “If a way out is found and after the July meeting, [Russian President] Vladimir Putin and [US President] Donald trump, the Russian Federation will seriously think about the introduction of retaliatory reflex action,” — said the source publication. According to them, sanctions may affect U.S. real estate in Moscow. The sources said that it is a diplomatic dacha in Serebryany Bor, the Road warehouse on the street, which belongs to the U.S. Embassy, the building of the Anglo-American school and the residence of the U.S. Ambassador’s Spaso house in the Arbat district. As told “Kommersant”, Russia can impose sanctions against American diplomats. “For example, if we have 90