Category: Politics

In the foreign Ministry told about the main theme of the forthcoming meeting of Lavrov and Tillerson The main theme of negotiations of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary Rex Tillerson will be the situation in Syria. This was announced by Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said after talks with his us counterpart Thomas Shannon in new York, reports TASS. I assume that there [at the meeting of Lavrov and Tillerson] the focus will be on Syria, so Mr. Shannon has done work in some way, probably by facilitating the bilateral agenda for Ministers.Sergey Raskolnista of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation He noted that this was done in order that the heads of the foreign ministries of Russia and the United States “had more time to engage Syria and other international issues.” Ryabkov said that during his talks with

Photo: RIA Novosti The former assistant to the President of the United States Donald trump on national security Michael Flynn was warned by members of the transition staff of the Republican base that contacts with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergei Kislyak associated with greater risk. This was reported by the newspaper The Washington Post, citing sources in the American administration. According to them, Flynn in November 2016 announced that all negotiations with the Russian diplomat surely tracked us intelligence agencies. According to the publication, representatives of the headquarters trump was concerned that Flynn is not sufficiently understood motives Kislyak. It is noted that members of the national security Council on the transition team of Republican allegedly even asked the previous administration of U.S. President Barack Obama’s detailed dossier on the Russian Ambassador, prepared by the Central intelligence Agency (CIA), however, acquainted with him, Flynn, unknown. According to the source

Photo: Evan Golub / zumapress / globallook.com The Russian international news Agency Sputnik denied accreditation by the U.S. Congress, officials did not arrange for journalists permanent pass to the Capitol building. This was reported by the newspaper Politico on Friday, may 5. According to the publication, in connection with the decision of the officials of the press gallery of Congress, employees of Sputnik will not be able to attend a number of hearings in the House of representatives and the Senate. Politico notes that in the Agency situation has not yet commented on, but the year in the White house Andrew Feinberg (Andrew Feinberg) wrote on his page in Facebook that faced with “the absurd situation in ten years of working as a journalist in Washington.” The Director of the press galleries of Congress Justin Wilson (Justin Wilson) has explained the refusal by the regulation under which the accreditation can’t

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has held a phone conversation, during which discussed the situation in Syria. This was reported on the Russian MFA website. The conversation took place on may 5 at the American initiative. It is noted that the focus was on the Syrian settlement. “In the light of the outcome of the international meeting on Syria in Astana on may 3-4, discussed the goals of de-escalation of the situation in this country, the sustainability of the ceasefire, increased efforts in the fight against terrorism, activization of external assistance to the inter-Syrian negotiation process”, – stated in the message. They also touched on some other regional issues and the bilateral agenda. “The two sides agreed on further Russian-American contacts,” – said the foreign Ministry. Last phone conversation Tillerson and Lavrov took place on 1

In South Korea began early presidential elections SEOUL, may 9 — RIA Novosti, Ivan Zakharchenko. In South Korea at dawn on Tuesday has opened the polls for presidential elections that are held prematurely due to the impeachment and removal from power in the country of ex-President Park Geun-Hye. According to the CEC of the Republic of Korea, all contestants will operate 13 964 polling station. Just in this election was nearly 42.5 million voters. The voting will end tonight at 20.00 (14.00 GMT). But for about 15:00 (9.00 GMT), is expected to become clear who will be the winner. According to a recent poll, the main contenders for the presidency moon Jae In of the Democratic party, which was supported by 42.4% of the respondents, Ahn Chul-soo from the centrist “people’s party” of South Korea and a representative of the conservative forces hunjoon PHE, whose ratings did not exceed 18,6%.

Germany began to give the Turkish military refugee status MOSCOW, may 8 — RIA Novosti. The German authorities have provided the first Turkish military personnel and their families with diplomatic passports and status of political refugees, reports Agence France Presse with reference to the German media. Earlier, the Ministry of internal Affairs of Germany confirmed the information about getting 262 requests from Turkish diplomats and soldiers for asylum in Germany. Requests for asylum were submitted at different times after the coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016. On the granting of refugee status to a Turkish military reported the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and the TV channels WDR and NDR. The exact number of the military are not reported. On the night of July 16, 2016 in Turkey, a group of military rebels attempted a military coup. The main fighting took place in Ankara and Istanbul. Killed more than 240 Turkish

European Commission President told a joke about the attack of Luxembourg to Russia European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker with anecdote explained how he manages to communicate with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Juncker may 8, gave a lecture at the Academy of political studies in Bonn, reports the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine. In his speech he particularly spoke about how he manages to communicate properly with Russian President Vladimir Putin. As an example, he told a joke. To appease Putin, I always explain why Luxembourg has still not attacked Russia. The fact is that in our country not enough space for the number of prisoners of war.Jean-Claude Underglove Of The European Commission Juncker himself is a native of Luxembourg — one of the smallest by area of the EU. He joked and during the story about the relationship with China by comparing the country of Luxembourg, according to the Agency

Photo: RIA Novosti Leonid Volkov, head of the election headquarters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that for a week in six Russian cities, the owners terminated the leases, which relate to presidential headquarters policy. About this he wrote in Facebook. According to him, the number of cities entered Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Vladivostok and Krasnodar. “So about 10 minutes ago the lawyers of the owner came to the Federal campaign headquarters in Moscow and demanded that we move out tomorrow,” wrote wolf. He stressed that among the reasons why contracts are terminated, the owners called the threat of a criminal case, and pressure the searches. Previously Volkov told about the RAID at the headquarters of Navalny in Vladivostok.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, during a telephone conversation on Friday confirmed their readiness to cooperate closely in the framework of the Normandy format to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, said the Russian foreign Ministry. “Ministers reaffirmed their readiness to continue close cooperation in the framework of the “Norman format” in order for a speedy settlement of the internal Ukrainian conflict on the basis of full execution by the parties of “Complex measures”. Stressed the need to ensure sustainable cease-fire, the establishment of security zones and the withdrawal of heavy weapons. From the Russian side pointed to the priority of the parallel progress in the implementation of the political sections of the Minsk agreements. S. V. Lavrov also urged to exert influence on the Kiev authorities to ensure the removal of trade-economic