Category: Politics

Nebesa questioned the withdrawal of US troops from Syria UN, 21 Dec — RIA Novosti. Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia expressed doubts about the withdrawal of us troops from Syria. The US President Donald trump on Wednesday announced the victory over the terrorist group “Islamic state” in Syria*, noting that this was the only reason the American military in the country. Later, the press Secretary of the White house Sarah Sanders announced that the United States has begun withdrawing troops from Syria, but the victory over IG* does not mean the demise of the coalition. Trust but verify — let’s see where we go. He added that “we have heard such announcements before and know that they came to an end only by the strengthening of the American presence.” “If it is really (the U.S. withdraws its troops — ed), this is a step in the right direction,

16 countries of the OSCE called on Russia to investigate human rights violations in Chechnya A group of 16 countries of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday, December 20, urged Russia to “ensure full compliance of all the Chechen authorities, including law enforcement agencies and security services, the internal legislation of Russia and its international obligations in the field of human rights”. This is stated in the joint statement of the countries—members of OSCE expert report of the “Moscow mechanism” of serious human rights violations in Chechnya. The report was prepared by an Austrian lawyer, Professor in international law Wolfgang Benedek — he is responsible for the so-called Moscow mechanism, which was launched against Russia in November of this year. The statement is signed by the following countries — Belgium, UK, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, USA, Finland, France, Sweden and

Pompeo characterized as a challenge to US relations with China WASHINGTON, December 20. /TASS/. Relations between the United States and China can be described as a challenge, and Washington is working to convince Beijing to increase its imports of American goods, and also to stop theft of intellectual property. This was announced on Thursday, Secretary of state Michael Pompeo in an interview with radio station KNSS. He was asked how he would characterize the U.S. relationship with China. “It’s a challenge,’ he replied. And we are working on several fronts to understand how to persuade China to accept [to its market] and our products, allow us to sell their products and stop stealing, we have [intellectual property]. Everything is simple”. December 1, Chinese President XI Jinping and us President, Donald trump has agreed to suspend the process of discharge of the bilateral trade controversy. The leaders of China and the

RBC: the head of Rosimushchestvo wants to retire The head of the Federal Agency for state property management (Rosimushchestvo) Dmitry Pristanskov intends to leave his post, according to RBC with reference to its friends and a source close to the government. According to one of interlocutors of the edition, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the resignation. Representatives of the Federal property Agency and economy Ministry declined to comment on the information. Another source told RBC that the new head of the Agency may be the former head of the Main investigation Department of the Investigative Committee in Moscow Vadim Yakovenko. Close to the government is the interlocutor of the edition has confirmed that his candidacy is being discussed. Friends of Mr. Pristanskaya claim that he “himself had expressed the intention to resign” due to fatigue from “an endless nervous”. One source said that Dmitry Pristanskaya “health began to play

Belarus respond to Russia’s claim by strengthening the independence of the Belarus will continue the policy of strengthening its independence and sovereignty. Such a statement on Thursday, December 20, the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Republic Vladimir Makei, reports Tut.by. “I think if you ask the vast majority of citizens of our country, they will definitely say that Belarus should remain an independent and sovereign state. About the sovereignty and independence we dreamed and thought of for many, many centuries. In our modern history we have achieved this, so we must continue to work to strengthen our sovereignty. It is clear that, as the President says, it’s expensive, but we have to understand that and needs to make sure that everyone contributed to this process — to the strengthening of our sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity”, — said the head of the foreign Ministry of Belarus, commenting on the

Reuters: U.S. stops airstrikes on ISIS in Syria The order for the withdrawal of American troops from Syria means that the US air force will no longer carry out air strikes on militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG) in Syria. About it reports Reuters, citing an official source, who wished to remain anonymous. The Agency recalled that in 2015 the United States has used more than 100 thousand of missiles and bombs to attack militants in Syria and Iraq. Earlier it became known that the President of the United States Donald trump ordered the withdrawal of American troops from Syria. “Islamic state” terrorist group, whose activity is banned in several countries, including in Russia.

Prosecutor General’s office has said it is ready to check the activities of PMCs “Wagner” Moscow. 20 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — the General Prosecutor’s office of Russia has expressed its readiness to consider the question of the legality of actions of representatives of the so-called private military companies (PMCs) “Wagner”, in the event of receipt of the request. “Official requests to inspect such structures in the Prosecutor General’s office has not been received. If such requests are received, we will consider them according to the established procedure in strict accordance with the law”, — said to “Interfax” the official representative of the Supervisory Department Alexander Kurennoy. He said: “We are not aware of any wrongdoing on the part of the representatives of the so-called PMCs “Wagner”. Putin against the ban on private security business Earlier on Thursday, within a press conference, President Vladimir Putin said that if the PMC “Wagner” there