Category: Politics

Photo: TASS The President of Russia Vladimir Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians and all citizens of Russia celebrating Christ’s Resurrection. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. “The great feast of Easter has a special moral sense, carries the eternal light of faith, fills the hearts of men with joy, love, desire to do good. Easter celebrations, which are widely held across the country, bring us back to the centuries-old traditions of their ancestors, contribute to promote the lasting spiritual values and ideals,” – said in his congratulatory telegram the head of state. “With feeling of deep satisfaction I want to note creative, truly selfless work of the Russian Orthodox Church, representatives of other Christian denominations, aimed at solving important social problems, strengthening the institution of family, education of the younger generation, harmonization of inter-religious and inter-ethnic relations. And of course, the greater their role in preserving our

CEO of CPS Alexei Mukhin © Yury Mashkov/TASS MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. General Director of the Center for political information Alexei Mukhin said that the structure led by him discovered direct evidence of US interference in the Russian elections in 2016. “As colleagues said, the problem here is much broader than an attempt to interfere in the electoral processes of 2016, although my centre found direct traces of this intervention, and they are quite serious and profound,” said Mukhin at the enlarged meeting of the state Duma Committee on information policy. The focus of deputies and experts is the question of how do working in the Russian edition of radio “Voice of America” and “Radio Liberty”, and also to CNN, the legislation of the Russian Federation and is not affected whether they are on the elections in Russia. In March a proposal to hold a review in relation to the

In Georgia, criticized Lavrov’s visit to Abkhazia TBILISI, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti, Maggie, Kikaleishvili. The Georgian authorities have called “a violation of the principle of territorial integrity” of the country visit of Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov to Abkhazia, whose independence of Tbilisi doesn’t recognize. Lavrov on Tuesday visited Abkhazia with two-day working visit. The last time the Russian Minister visited the Sukhum six years ago, in April 2011. Lavrov will take part in the official opening ceremony of the new complex of buildings of Embassy of Russia in Abkhazia, and on the 19th of April in Sukhum will take place his meeting with President of Abkhazia Raul khadjimba and foreign Minister of the Republic of Daura Cove. Visit of Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia in the Abkhazian region with violation of the state border of Georgia and illegal open the new building

Nobel laureates criticized the pre-election program of Le Pen PARIS, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti, Victoria Ivanova. Twenty-five Nobel prize laureates in Economics from the pages of the newspaper Monde condemned the program of the candidate in presidents of France and leader of the party “national front” marine Le Pen. In an open letter, the scientists note that some of them quoted the presidential candidates of France, in particular marine Le Pen and her team, to give weight to your programmes on European issues. Scientists stress that, despite the fact that they have different views on complicated issues — such as monetary Union or policy incentives, they are unanimous that it is impossible to exploit their names in the electoral campaign. In his letter to prominent economists list specifically what provisions of the election programs they don’t agree, not specifically naming any of the candidates. However, to criticize the postulates

The latest candidate for mayor of Omsk recused himself Entrepreneur Andrew Eroshevich selected by the Commission for the final stage of the contest for mayor of Omsk, has decided to withdraw his candidacy from the ballot. This was reported on the website of the Omsk city Council on Tuesday, April 18. As noted, on April 19 deputies of the city Council meeting to consider the issue “On election of the mayor of Omsk”. Elections can be recognized invalid due to the lack of candidates for the position of mayor. On the eve of refusal from participation in election to city Council was announced by the Minister of labour and social development of the region Vladimir Kupriyanov, to motivate its decision with the condition. The selection of candidates for the post of mayor was engaged in a special competition Commission. According to the results of its work to the elective procedure

USA will review the free trade agreement with South Korea As one of the reasons Vice-President Michael Penny noted the presence of “too many obstacles” for American businessmen who want to work in Kazakhstan. SEOUL, April 18. /Offset. TASS Stanislav Varivoda/. The white house will review the free trade agreement with the Republic of Korea. This statement was made Vice-President of the United States Michael Pence, speaking at the American chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Seoul, according to Yonhap news Agency. According to him, the Pens as one of the reasons for the revision of the document called the presence of “too many obstacles” for American businessmen who want to work in Kazakhstan. The agreement was signed between the two countries in 2012. During the election campaign the US President Donald trump has repeatedly criticized the document, calling it unfair and bad for America, which allegedly lost because of that

The white house confirmed that trump congratulated Erdogan on the results of the referendum The US President also discussed with the Turkish leader of Washington’s actions in response to the Syrian regime use of chemical weapons on April 4. WASHINGTON, April 18. /Offset. TASS Anton Cranks/. The President of the United States Donald trump held Monday a telephone conversation with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and congratulated him on the results of the referendum held in Turkey on 16 April. This is stated in a statement released by the White house. President trump “congratulated Erdogan on his recent victory in the referendum and discussed (approx. TASS) the US actions in response to the use of the Syrian regime (of President Bashar al-Assad — approx. TASS) chemical weapons 4 April,” the report says. The head of the Washington administration also “thanked President Erdogan for his support of the” attack of the

In Istanbul about three thousand people came to protest against the outcome of the referendum The protesters carried banners with the slogan “We are right, we will win.” MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. At least two thousand people came out Monday night to protest in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul against the results of Sunday’s referendum in the country. This was reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP). #YavşAKseçimKurumu herkes bu ysk’nın kararına karşı çıkıyor ses çıkarma herkes sokaklara dökülsün eylemi yapsın ki bu yanlıştan dönülsün pic.twitter.com/ZuV9eISu0Q — Osmanalt (@osman47mardin) 17 APR 2017 According to him, thousands of protesters also marched in Besiktas district. As reported, the protesters shouted “side by Side against fascism” and carrying placards with the slogan “We are right, we will win.” Protest gehen #Referendum / #Erdogan in #Taksim, Istanbul #dpareporter pic.twitter.com/2yr9AeSUlg — Mirjam Schmitt (@MirjamSchmitt) 17 APR 2017 These shares were held peacefully, but

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of Russian foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Kiev is deliberately promoting a policy of violating the Minsk agreement. The Russian Minister confirmed that in the near future will meet in “Norman format”, which will address the issue of non-compliance by Kiev of its obligations. Previously, the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov did not rule out that the heads of the countries “Norman Quartet” may take a decision on holding the meeting in the foreseeable future.