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Matvienko has proposed the authorities to actively engage in dialogue with citizens after protests Moscow. March 29. INTERFAX.RU — the Government should respond to rallies in the country, to engage in dialogue with citizens to understand why they protest, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. “We certainly believe that it is necessary to analyze the situation with the rallies. Absolutely right senators, who spoke about the need to more actively engage in dialogue with different sectors of society,” said Matvienko reporters on Wednesday. Power should not just say or pretend that nothing is happening. All officials, deputies, senators, the Executive authorities in the regions will definitely have to meet people, to understand why they come to the protests they care about, to discuss ways to address these issues.Valentine Matvienkova Of The Federation Council According to the speaker of the Federation Council, every city needs to be defined

Valentina Matvienko Photo: RIA Novosti Russia’s calls to unite against terrorists not find adequate response in the world, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. Her words given in the press release received by the editors”.ru” on Tuesday, March 28. “While this situation does not change, ISIL ( same as ISIS, not a terrorist group — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) and other similar organizations will continue their crimes,” she said at the parliamentary conference on combating international terrorism held in St. Petersburg. According to Matvienko, one of the reasons for the spread of the terrorist threat was the lack of a unified approach to combat it, as well as the desire of some States to use this threat to their advantage. “Countries that offer terrorists shelter, framework, funding and infrastructure, should not enjoy the support of the civilized world, can’t be respected members of the international community,” she

Dmitry Peskov Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov stated that on March 29, Vladimir Putin will travel to the Land of Franz-Joseph, to evaluate the results of the “General cleaning”. About it reports TASS. A Kremlin spokesman stressed that the President will visit the archipelago if “weather permits, and it is quite unsustainable.” “Look there up the “General cleaning” is a project of our ecologists, and the projects of the Russian geographical society, with environmentalists Putin will see what they do in the Land of Franz-Joseph”, – said Peskov. The next day, March 30, Putin will take part in Arctic forum in Arkhangelsk. There the Russian leader is expected to meet with President of Iceland Gudny Johannesson and the head of Finland Sauli Niinisto. Peskov added that on his behalf, Putin will host a luncheon “in honor of the foreign guests.” “Spring cleaning” in the Land

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko personally wants to bury the “Minsk-2”. This was stated in an interview with National interest, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. “As for the Minsk agreements, I think that the Ukrainian government and President Petro Poroshenko personally want to bury them, – said Lavrov. – They want to do it this way, to be able to lay the blame on the Russian population of Eastern Ukraine”.

Victor Nilov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. The chief of traffic police Victor Nilov dismissed after investigation in the traffic police, and he did not renew the contract. About TASS said a source familiar with the situation.

The Federation Council has released sanctioned Russians from taxes The Federation Council (SF) on March 29 approved a law, which is exempt from tax in the Russian individuals targeted by the sanctions. This is stated in the message on the website of the Federation Council. The decision was supported by 132 senators, nine abstained. The law will take effect retroactively from 1 January 2014. If someone from the sanctions list wish to use it, it will return “overpaid” for two years taxes. The Russian government will have to make a list of countries, their associations, unions and institutions, the sanctions, which will give the right of liberation from the status of a Russian tax resident. In 2014, the United States, EU and Canada imposed “personal sanctions” against businesses and top managers of Russian companies. Fell under the sanctions of natural persons a foreign tax residents offered to release from payment

The Federation Council supported the prohibition of money transfers to Ukraine through international payment system The Federation Council approved a law banning money transfers from Russia to Ukraine through international payment systems. The law establishes “a ban on cross-border money transfers without opening Bank accounts, which are carried out outside the framework of payment systems”. According to approved amendments, in case of introduction of a foreign state restrictive measures against the Russian payment systems, money transfers from Russia to this country will be possible only through a system controlled by Russia. The bill was a response to the introduction of Ukraine in October 2016 of sanctions against the Russian payment system “Kolibri” (controlled by Sberbank), the “Golden crown” (rnko “Payment center”), Blizko (the Bank), “International money transfers “Leader””, as well as managed the eponymous banks system Unistream and Anelik. Ukraine introduced a ban on the use of electronic systems WebMoney

Photo: RIA Novosti Japan not ready yet to clearly recognize the end of the Second world war in the framework of the negotiations on the peace Treaty with Russia. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in interview to the newspaper “Arguments and facts”. “We firmly believe that in the framework of the negotiations on the peace Treaty Japan should unambiguously acknowledge the results of the Second world war, which for over seventy years keeps the modern world order, he said. Yet, Tokyo is not ready”.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Chairman of the CEC of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova said that during the year its work on this post, the new composition of the election Committee much has been done to improve the situation in the electoral system, but much remains. She announced this during the meeting with the Chairman of the party “Yabloko” Emilia Kabanovoy. “Today is exactly a year since I became Chairman of the CEC of the new composition. Not to say that all failed, not all, still have a lot to do. But I am responsible, I can say that this year we have done a lot and will continue working on cleaning up the electoral field of Russia from all kinds of abuses, fraud, fraud”, she said. Pamfilova added that the CEC is interested in the fact that “Apple” was the maximum number of observers at the regional elections in