Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin received credentials of 18 foreign ambassadors in Russia, the press service of the Kremlin. The ceremony marks the official beginning of work of ambassadors in Russia. His credentials to Putin was presented by the Ambassador of Armenia, Afghanistan, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Guatemala, Israel, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Costa Rica, Nepal, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia, Turkey, Chile and Switzerland.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the Russian security Council in the Kremlin © Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, March 17 /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with the permanent members of the security Council of the Russian Federation the Syrian settlement, the siege of Kiev Donbass and the situation with the “daughters” of Russian banks in Ukraine, as well as current domestic issues.

LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The conflict that arose two days ago in the Duma between the liberal democratic party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky and representatives of other factions were resolved. The leader of the liberal Democrats gave an explanation of his statements that caused the indignation of his colleagues on a DePuy corps, those, in turn, considered the situation settled. Conflict due to “executions” At the last plenary session of the state Duma on 15 March Zhirinovsky angrily criticizing the situation with the elections in Moscow, used the words “all hang, shoot”. When deputies from the Moscow region, including the representative of “United Russia”, TV presenter Oksana Pushkin, began to object to him, the LDPR leader said that they “bribed”.

The US state Department warned of the serious consequences of the transport blockade of Donbass Transport blockade of Donbass is fraught with serious consequences for the Minsk agreements. As transfers RIA Novosti, on Thursday, March 16, said the acting officials of the US state Department mark Toner. He, in particular, noted that “the current situation potentially has serious consequences,” and stressed that Washington is interested in peaceful settlement of the situation. “We are constantly monitoring the situation with the blockade in the East of Ukraine. I want to emphasize the importance of resolving this issue in the spirit of peace and respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders”, — quotes the diplomat of the Agency. On 15 March the Council of national security and defense of Ukraine on the initiative of the President of Petro Poroshenko has established a complete cessation of freight traffic with

The defense Ministry commented published in the West reports on Syria MOSCOW, 17 Mar — RIA Novosti. The official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov after the publication in the West reports on the humanitarian situation in Syria said that they would rather harm the reputation of the organizations and the media than Syria. “Similar reports on the situation in Syria, built on gleaned from social networks “testimonies” of the local “activists”, but rather harm the reputation of international organizations and influential media than help solve humanitarian problems in Syria,” — said Konashenkov. He commented on a series of reports by international organizations and the media on the humanitarian situation in Syria. According to Konashenkov, in their publication “very clearly seen the desire of Western propagandists to quickly legitimize a garbage mountain of their own fakes and outright lies, which in the last year was spent

British intelligence called “nonsense” reports of his surveillance of the trump MOSCOW, 17 Mar — RIA Novosti. The government of the UK responsible for the conduct of signals intelligence, called the American media about his alleged involvement in the wiretapping of American President Donald trump is not worthy of attention “nonsense”. Earlier, the TV channel Fox News, citing intelligence sources reported that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance trump the British secret service to eliminate the “American footprint”. Press Secretary of the White house Sean Spicer announced information of the channel, noting that “publication on this subject and the common sense thought-provoking”. “The recent assumption made in the media that GCHQ (government communications Centre in the UK) were asked to listen to the elected President — this is utter nonsense. They are ridiculous and do not deserve any attention”, — quotes the Financial Times, the statement of the representative of

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev said that the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, won the people’s party for freedom and democracy (NPSD) Prime Minister Mark Rutte, startled Europe by the possible success of the extreme right and demonstrated the instability of the political situation. “A prosperous and stable the Netherlands, however, scare the whole of Europe by the possible success of the “Party of freedom” in this sense is a symbol of fermentation of minds and the persistent irritation in European politics. Europe continues to storm, and the difference in the four parliamentary seats for Wilders (19 instead of the projected $ 23) in this sense does not change anything,” Kosachev wrote on his Facebook page. However, he noted that a “breakthrough of right-wing leaders were very real, and this is Dutch, and European politicians from the category of first-class”.

Photo: RIA Novosti According to another survey in the framework of the project “Sputnik.Opinion”, commissioned by the Agency and radio Sputnik one of the biggest international research firms engaged in public opinion polls, TNS Global on the eve of the third anniversary of the referendum in the Crimea, more than a third of Germans (36%) and Italians (34%) consider Crimea a part of Russia. Also think about a quarter of Britons (26%) and Americans (23%) and one fifth of the respondents of the French. In General, the number of respondents convinced of the ownership of the Crimea to Russia, about equal to the number of the opposite opinion, and only in France, more than those who do not consider the Peninsula as Russian territory. Most of Crimea called Russian Germans, mainly young people, in France, on the contrary, this opinion is shared mostly by the older generation – said almost

Natalia Poklonskaya © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. State Duma Deputy, former Prosecutor of the Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya has expressed confidence that “even the most rabid critics” recognize the reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia. “The time will come, and even the most rabid critics will be forced to admit that Crimea and Sevastopol are Russia. Together, uncontested and forever,” she said at the plenary session of the lower house of Parliament, adding that all sanctions against Russia introduced “envy and anger”.

Peter Tolstoy © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The state Duma passed a draft appeal to the parliaments of European States, the European Parliament, PACE and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe urging them to nip in the framework of its powers aggression against Russian banks in Ukraine and give an adequate assessment to the actions of the Kiev authorities. The draft appeal “To the parliaments of European States, the European Parliament, the parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe, parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Secretary General of the Council of Europe in connection with the riots of banking institutions in Ukraine” was prepared by two committees of the state Duma on the financial market and on international Affairs.