Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The date of the referendum in 2014, the results of which the Crimea and Sevastopol is reunited with Russia, was moved from may to March because of the impossibility of delay, which is able to lead to bloody events, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov. “The referendum was initially scheduled for the month of may…but we could not continue to allow tightening of the referendum, because there would be blood,” – said Aksenov. According to him, “any delay was like death,” reports RIA “Novosti”. In March, the President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik said that the question of supplies of Crimea is closed, and the decision of the residents must be respected. In February the interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that Kyiv has a specific plan for the return of Crimea and Donbass. In response, the Russian Senator Alexey Pushkov said

Sergei Melikov © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Division of Regardie will not be complemented by two more departments of the interior Ministry. About this TASS said the Deputy Director of Regardie Sergei Melikov. “The activities of Regardie determined by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation and Federal law. Any other powers that are not determined by the normative legal documents, national guard troops are not,” he said. Melikov said that is not currently provided for the granting of national guard troops of the Russian Federation other functions and tasks. Previously, the Agency Rosbalt with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies reported that Regardie allegedly offers to give her from the system of the interior Ministry several departments, namely the Department for combating extremism and the office for state protection.

WP: the U.S. justice Department accused two employees of the FSB in hacking accounts Yahoo MOSCOW, 15 Mar — RIA Novosti. The U.S. justice Department on Wednesday will distribute an indictment against two employees of the Russian FSB, who are accused of hacking into 500 million users of Yahoo, the newspaper Washington Post, citing sources familiar with the situation. The hacking of accounts has occurred in 2013-2014. Earlier, Reuters reported that the case charges will be brought against hackers from Russia and Canada. On Wednesday, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the question of whether the Kremlin about the investigation and whether or not the Russian authorities to cooperate with US in catching hackers, referred it to law enforcement. Two major hacking accounts Yahoo, which became known last year, led to the fact that the price of the sale, the company Yahoo American Verizon, initially agreed

Moscow and Berlin agreed on the date of the visit Merkel Date of visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow agreed. This was reported to journalists by the Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, reports TASS on Wednesday, March 15. He declined to name a specific date, stressing that Moscow and Berlin will announce it later at the same time. Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss with Merkel the issue of Ukraine, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov in an interview with RIA Novosti. March 9, Peskov said that the visit of the German Chancellor to Russia does not mean the resumption of the Russian-German interstate consultations. Earlier in the day Putin during the meeting with the foreign Minister of Germany Sigmar Gabriel said that Moscow is waiting for a visit of Merkel and of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The Russian leader stressed that the country needs to

The faction of the liberal democratic party returned to the courtroom the state Duma without Zhirinovsky Moscow. March 15. INTERFAX.RU — the Faction of the liberal democratic party on Wednesday afternoon returned to the plenary hall after the morning move, when Vladimir Zhirinovsky led her from the hall, the leader of the party until the plenary session after the break came. As reported “Interfax” in the press service of the LDPR, Zhirinovsky is not going to apologize for his statements to the deputies, first of all, United Russia. Vice-speaker of the state Duma from “United Russia” Sergei Neverov after the morning statements Zhirinovsky called on to deal with the statements of the leader of the LDPR faction in the Duma ethics Commission; and the Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin compared Zhirinovsky’s words of “rudeness on the roads”. After the liberal Democrats left the room, Volodin said that the

Alexander Lavrentiev (center), Astana, February 16 © EPA/TURAR KAZANGAPOV ASTANA, March 15. /TASS/. Iran officially became a country – the guarantor of observance of the cessation of hostilities in Syria along with Russia and Turkey. This was announced by the head of the Russian delegation, special representative of the President on the Syrian settlement, Alexander Lavrentiev at a press conference in Astana.

Deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN Eugene zagajnov © AP Photo/Frank Franklin II UN, March 15. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. The delegations of Russia and Ukraine have exchanged accusations at a meeting of the UN Security Council devoted to the problem of human trafficking in situations of armed conflict. Deputy head of the Ukrainian foreign Minister Sergey Kyslytsya tried to shift on Moscow responsibility for the situation in the Donbass, in response to what the Deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN Eugene zagajnov blamed Kiev in a slave relationship to the residents of the Eastern regions of the country.

Vladimir Putin “without optimism” refers to the idea of introducing a monarchy in Russia Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov told that Vladimir Putin is “very cool” refers to discussions about the introduction of the monarchy in the country. “The President has repeatedly said on this account, he, shall we say, without optimism refers to such ideas,” he said. On the question whether the monarchy in the Crimea, Mr Peskov said: Monarchy in separately taken region of Russia can not be. Earlier today, the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that Russia needs a monarchy. “I think we kind of democracy, in the form in which it is presented by the Western media, is not needed. We have our traditional Orthodox values, spirituality”, — said Mr. Feldman. In response to the statement of Mr. Aksenov Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that the idea

Volodin: all factions of the state Duma called for Zhirinovsky to apologize LDPR leader criticized the situation with the elections in the suburbs and accused the parliamentarians from the region that they are bought and paid for. MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Three fractions of the state Duma — “United Russia”, CPRF and “Fair Russia” called the leader of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky to apologize for his words addressed to the colleagues-deputies made at the plenary meeting. This was stated by the speaker of the lower house Vyacheslav Volodin, emphasized that the position of all: “the left and the right, and centrists”. Earlier, the parliamentary party left the plenary hall in protest against the criticism of the emotional speeches of their leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky from the Vice-speaker of the state Duma Sergei Neverov. “Representatives of all factions present in the chamber, made a proposal to Vladimir Zhirinovsky apologized for the incorrect statement

Kiev suspended transport links with the DNI and LC The Council of national security and defence (NSDC) of Ukraine adopted a decision to temporarily suspend transport communication with territories under the control of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics. According to UNIAN, the NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, the decision was taken in view of “the seizure of the Ukrainian enterprises and the deterioration of the security situation in the area ATO (anti-terrorist operations.— “Kommersant”)”. The Board approved the proposal of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who proposed as a condition for the resumption of “transportation, not just rail,” messages return to the jurisdiction of Kiev “stolen Ukrainian companies”, which the authorities of the DNI and LC was introduced external control. During the meeting of the NSDC Poroshenko harshly criticized the proposal to recognize the “occupied” status of regions in Eastern Ukraine. The President proposed “other law that meets