Category: Politics

Bulgaria is considering ways to reduce the cost of visas for Russians As reported by the Association of tour operators of Russia (ATOR), told the Ambassador to Moscow Boyko Kotsev. In addition, visas for children under the age of 16 can become completely free. Kotzev also added that today we are examining a number of measures that will reduce the price of tickets. According to the Minister of tourism of Bulgaria Stela Bastovoi, Russia today occupies the fourth place in terms of tourist arrivals to the country. So, in 2016, Bulgaria rested 584 thousand Russian travelers (19 percent more than in 2015). “Russia is a strategic generating market for tourism of Bulgaria, the whole of the large hotel complexes are only receiving tourists from Russia,” said Baltova. Executive Director ATOR Maya Lomidze added that this year the demand for recreation is growing in Bulgaria. At the early stage of booking

Spring has headed a rating of the usefulness of deputies of the state Duma MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Vice-speaker of the state Duma Irina Yarovaya (“United Russia”) topped the rating of activity of deputies of the lower house, the three entered the United Russia Sergey Neverov and Paul Krasheninnikov. This is evidenced by the first integral rating called “the Coefficient of utility of deputies of the state Duma” which was made by scientists Alexey Martynov and Dmitry Gusev and presentation takes place on Tuesday, TASS reported. The utilization factor is the sum of four indexes: the popular vote, the media (mentioning in the media), the activity of MP in the state Duma (participation in the drafting of bills, speeches at meetings) and expert work index in the region (experts estimate the work of the MP with the inhabitants, authorities and local elites). In the preparation of a regional index involved

Photo: RIA Novosti The Deputy of the state Duma Ivan Sukharev said that the year of the centenary of the revolution it’s time to dismantle the mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin on red square and bury him in an Orthodox ceremony. Your query he sent to the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, reports RT. “The Bolshevik revolution, in fact, was a crime against the state. We now live in a completely different country, but the characters, the dead continue to be at the centre of the capital. We must once and for all put an end to this case and to reconcile the red and white, burying the Bolshevik leaders in the Orthodox rite. Moreover, our position on this issue was voiced by the Church,” said Sukharev. Sunday, March 13, the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia also said that it is time to remove from the red square,

KCNA: North Korea will respond to a “merciless strike” on the strategic weapons, the United States TOKYO, Mar 14 — RIA Novosti, Ivan Zakharchenko. North Korea threatened a “merciless strike” on the us strategic arsenals deployed on the South of the Korean Peninsula to participate in large-scale training, gave Tuesday from Pyongyang Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (KCNA). As previously reported, currently the U.S. hold joint with South Korea military maneuvers Key Resolve and Toksuri (Foal Eagle), directed against the DPRK. As noted by the KCNA, March 10 in the sea of Japan there was an aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, guided missile cruiser Lake Champlain and destroyer Wayne E. Meyer and Michael Murphy. Planes from the aircraft carrier the next day made flights to the borders of the DPRK for working off of blows at North Korean territory. “If they are even slightly violate our sovereignty and dignity, our army

White house: trump’s words of wiretapping not to be taken literally The statement of the President of the United States Donald trump about that the previous head of state Barack Obama listened to his telephone conversations should not be taken literally, said the press Secretary of the White house Sean Spicer. “Nightmare! Just found out that Obama organized a “wiretap” my tower just before the victory. Haven’t found anything. This is McCarthyism!” — wrote the President on Twitter. Spicer said that trump was not accused of anything specific its predecessor. “The President used the word “wiretapping” in quotes, which meant the observation and other activities in the broad sense,” said Spicer told reporters. “There are many tactics that can be used to track someone through wiretapping or other means,” he added, without going into details. Meanwhile, the Ministry of justice asked for more time to study these charges. The parliamentary

Photo: AP Photo/ Gero Breloer Russian inspectors will determine the extent of notified military activities in Norway, the head of the Russian Center for reducing nuclear danger Sergey Ryzhkov. According to him, the specialists will inspect the area of about 18 thousand square kilometers (about 5% of the country). “From 13 to 17 March 2017 in the framework of the Vienna document 2011 on confidence-building measures and security, the Russian team of inspectors plans to conduct an inspection of the specified area on the territory of Norway”, — he said. Ryzhkov added that Russian inspectors will visit training areas and ranges, and will also participate in briefings command units and formations of Norway. The pan-European security architecture includes several agreements on disarmament, arms control and confidence-building measures in the military field. In particular, the Vienna document 2011 provides for a broad exchange of information on armed forces, defense planning and

Photo: © Flickr/ José Luis Celada Euba A joint mission of the United States and Germany, from 13 to 18 March, will perform an observation flight over Russia under the open skies Treaty, a Russian team of inspectors — at the same time over the territories of Benelux and Germany was announced by the head of the Russian national Centre for reducing nuclear danger Sergey Ryzhkov. “In the framework of the implementation of the international Treaty on open skies during the period from 13 to 18 March a joint mission of the United States and Germany will perform an observation flight over the territory of the Russian Federation on the American aircraft observations OS-135Б from the airport Khabarovsk (New)”, — he said. The observation aircraft OC-135Б belongs to the class of aircraft, not intended to use any weapons. The plane and installed on the observation equipment have passed the international

Naina Yeltsin, reads excerpts from his memoir, February 1, the birthday of Boris Yeltsin © Donat Sorokin/TASS In the near future in publishing “Sinbad”, a book entitled “Naina Yeltsin. Private life.” “I do not like publicity, do not like to give interviews, but somehow it happened after Boris Nikolayevich, I began to accept interview, to talk about our lives. I owe it to my husband, explained Naina Yeltsin, the desire to write a memoir. — It’s a shame that now after all this time, our young scientists, for some reason they are all so altered, so much untruth. And when you read the lies, it hurts the soul, not only to me but to all those who this difficult time have experienced.” TASS publishes a Chapter of a book “Next to the former President,” in which we are talking about how Boris Yeltsin chose his successor, was his last day