Category: Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, 2 may. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Tuesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss terrorism, the situation in the middle East and the implementation of the Minsk agreements. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. “Russian President Vladimir Putin on 2 may in Sochi will hold talks with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel,” – said the press service of the head of state. The formal reason for the visit of the head of the German government in the Russian Federation after a two year hiatus is to prepare for the summit of “big twenty”, which will be held in Hamburg in July of this year.

The white house called a meeting with trump, Kim Jong-UN Currently, there are no conditions for the meeting of the President of the United States Donald trump and the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-UN. Such statement as transfers RIA Novosti, did White house spokesman Sean Spicer. “If Pyongyang were to continue its behavior, and these conditions will not appear,” he said. “We need to see that their provocative behavior went quickly to nothing”, — quotes “Interfax” the words of Spicer. “It is clear that while none of this is happening,” he added. “I don’t think it will happen in the near future”, — concluded the Spicer. Earlier on Monday, may 1, trump said he was ready to personally meet with Kim Jong Inom. For this purpose, according to the White house required the right conditions. “If it was appropriate for me to meet with him, (…) it would be

Human Rights Watch claims that the attack on Khan shaykhun was used by the Soviet bomb In the report of the human rights organization are provided by the eyewitness photos of the crash site of the munition and its fragments, as well as the Museum of the Soviet aviation bombs filled with sarin. The UN, on 1 may. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. The Human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) argues that the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Khan shaykhun found fragments of bombs, which is identified as HB-250 Soviet production. The relevant information is presented in the published report, which contains information about the last cases the use of poisonous substances in Syria. The 48-page report presents provided by witnesses photographs of the fall of the munition and its fragments, as well as the Museum of the Soviet aviation bombs filled with sarin Human rights activists

Putin signed the law on the transfer of state employees and retirees on the card “the World” The issuance and service of cards for pensioners will be free. MOSCOW, may 1. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin today approved a law on gradual transition of public sector employees and pensioners for service with the national payment system “World”. The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legal information. “Credit institution not later than July 1, 2017 are required to ensure that the national payment instruments in all of its technical devices, the document says, — the Credit institution in transactions with payments at the expense of means of budgetary system of the Russian Federation are obliged to transfer payments to Bank accounts customers, operations which are carried out with the use of national payment instruments”. It is noted that the issuance and service of cards for pensioners will be

Photo: RIA Novosti In Moscow have concluded that the situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to deteriorate. This was stated by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “The situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to deteriorate, – said the diplomat. In the heart of this trend is the unwillingness of the warring parties to abandon the confrontational approach and betting on the force of the existing problems in favor of dialogue and positive agenda.” “Of particular concern is the concentration of the strike group the U.S. Navy in northeast Asia and counter the militancy of the rhetoric of Pyongyang”, – said Zakharov. The Russian delegation at a special meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korea on April 28, will be headed by Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Gennady Gatilov head, said Zakharov. “Today, more than ever, demand joint efforts to achieve common military-political

Photo: the page of the Nile Ushakov in Facebook The state language centre (SLB) of Latvia fined the mayor of Riga Nile Ushakov 50 Euro for communication with Latvian students in the Russian language. I told myself Ushakov on his page on Facebook. The mayor said that the social network was broadcast to his informal meeting with the students who asked him questions in Russian. Ushakov said the students in the Russian language. “In the opinion of the state Language Center, the official cannot respond to students in their native language. Even during informal communication. And the fact of translation on Facebook is an aggravating fact,” — said the mayor of Riga. February 21, 2017, the Vidzeme suburb Court upheld the decision of the state language Centre to fine the mayor of the Nile Ushakov 140 euros for the use of the Russian language in Facebook. Earlier, the mayor of

Deputy Secretary of General Council of “United Russia”, state Duma Deputy Yevgeny Revenko © Anna Isakova/press service of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, may 1. /TASS/. Deputy Secretary of General Council of “United Russia”, state Duma Deputy Yevgeny Revenko believes that attacks on members of the opposition, social activists hinder the building of a civil society, they should be thoroughly investigated. On his page on Facebook, the politician said that “in recent years, cases of attacks on individual leaders and civil activists.”

Media: trump is ready to meet with Kim Jong Inom The American leader noted that a meeting will be held, if appropriate. WASHINGTON, may 1. /Offset. TASS Andrey Shitov/. The President of the United States Donald trump is ready to meet personally with North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN, if appropriate. He confirmed it in an interview with news service Bloomberg. “If it was appropriate for me to meet him, I would absolutely, for me it would be an honor,” said the American President in his usual manner, not negotiating the complete offer. In context it is obvious that he absolutely would be willing to host such a meeting. Service Bloomberg emphasizes that the words came amid “growing tension over nuclear program” of Pyongyang. She also claims that Kim Jong-UN have never met with anyone from foreign leaders and never left the borders of their country since the passing of his

Lavrov and Tillerson has held a phone conversation The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson. About it reports a press-service of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs. The foreign Ministers discussed “some issues of bilateral relations sphere”. “The sides discussed the schedule of upcoming Russian-us contacts, including coordinated conversation on the sidelines of the Ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks (USA) 10-11 may”, — stated in the message of the foreign Ministry. In addition, diplomats briefly exchanged views on the international meeting on Syria to be held in Astana on may 3-4, said the Russian Ministry. As expected, the meeting will be attended by the delegation of the Syrian opposition, who missed the previous round of negotiations.

Putin signed a law prohibiting naming children swear words and figures Now the child will not be an alphanumeric combination of type BOC RVF 260602. The name will be recorded by agreement of the parents, and the children will be able to get a double surname. MOSCOW, may 1 — RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning when you register the name of the child to use numbers, swear words, punctuation marks and titles. The law, previously adopted by the state Duma and approved by the Federation Council, introduced to the Family code a provision stating that the choice of name for a child is not allowed to use digits, alphanumeric notation, symbols and non-letters characters (except hyphen), and also swear words, instructions on positions or titles. The law “On acts of civil status” lawmakers placed a ban on the registration of such names. The child’s name