Category: Politics

Prime Minister of the Netherlands refused to apologize to Turkey MOSCOW, March 12 — RIA Novosti. Dutch Prime Minister mark Rutte has refused to apologize on behalf of the government for refusing to admit into the country the aircraft with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu, reports AFP. The Dutch authorities were not allowed into the country the plane with the foreign Minister of Turkey, who was planning to attend Saturday rally in Rotterdam in order to inform Turkish citizens in this country on the constitutional amendments submitted to referendum on April 16 in Turkey. To get to the Netherlands by land transport to speak at the rally tried also Minister of family Affairs of Turkey Fatma Betul saillant Kaya, however, the employees of the Dutch interior Ministry has blocked the road to the car of the Minister, and then government declared her an “undesirable alien” and

The Ministry of Finance of Germany has raised the issue of financial aid to Turkey after the scandal MOSCOW, March 12 — RIA Novosti. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the difficulty of continuing to work with Turkey on economic aid because of the scandal with the visits of Turkish Ministers in some EU countries, as well as the arrest of a German journalist of Turkish origin in Istanbul, reports Reuters. “Under such circumstances, of course, very difficult to continue to work on it. We don’t want to aggravate the situation, all in the German government agree, we only want to bring Turkey back to reason”, — quotes Agency the words of schäuble. Relations between Berlin and Ankara deteriorated after the arrest of a German journalist of Turkish origin Deniz Judges in Istanbul. He is suspected by Turkish authorities to “participation in a terrorist organization, illegal use of data, promoting

Photo: RIA Novosti Information about the Opera singer Maria Maksakova has been removed from the site of the Mariinsky theatre, as the artist is not involved in the current repertoire. TASS on Friday, March 10, said the representatives of the companies. “Works are in the permanent mode, and information updates occur daily, in all sections”, — explained the press service of the theater, noting that the page Maksakova was removed in a planned manner. Representatives of the companies said that the singer has signed with the Mariinsky theatre permanent contract. Earlier on Friday the Internet-the edition “Fontanka” reported that Maksakova excluded from the Mariinsky theatre. March 9, representatives of the Russian Academy of music Gnesin announced that the artist dismissed from the University due to absenteeism. Messages about the dismissal of the singer from gnesinka first appeared February 15. According to media reports, it happened because Maksakova fled to Ukraine,

Photo: Reuters Russia is “rattling the sabre” and threatens the security of the entire region – this statement was made by President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite. Her words reports TASS with reference to the radio station Znad Wilii. “The geopolitical situation has become more complex and aggressive, less reliable. We are seeing quite aggressive and threatening Russia’s activity in Ukraine, in Kaliningrad region and in Belarus,” – said Grybauskaite. According to the head of the Republic, 2017 “will be full, as the internal country and external challenges.” In connection with the “Russian threat,” the Lithuanian authorities are forced to increase the military budget. Grybauskaite stressed that the Vilnius restored conscription and formed a rapid reaction force. In 2018, for financing of the armed forces will be spent, and 2.07% of GDP. In 2017, for military purposes Republic spends 1.75 percent of GDP. At the moment we are discussing the conclusion

The interior Minister of Germany opposed the propaganda campaigns of the Turkish politicians in Germany BERLIN, March 12. /Offset. TASS Vyacheslav Filippov/. The interior Minister of Germany Thomas de maizière believes that Turkish politicians should not be pursued in Germany, a campaign dedicated to the amendments to the Constitution of Turkey. This opinion he expressed on Sunday the TV channel ARD. “I’m against it. There is nothing to do the election campaign of Turkey,” — said de Mezieres. According to him, Turkey is not allowed to campaign abroad, but often the speeches of politicians is not claimed as campaign events. Referring to the possibility of a ban on entry into Germany of certain politicians, the Minister noted that, in particular, regulates the penal code. “The one who abuses the Federal Republic or its constitutional order and maliciously expresses contempt towards them, commits a criminal offence,” said the Minister. Earlier in

Assad: the erroneous policy of the EU towards Syria led to the spread of terrorism BEIRUT, March 12. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Zelenin/. The wave of terrorist attacks in the West “is the result of misguided policies of several European countries towards Syria and the Middle East.” This was stated on Sunday, the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad. He met in Damascus with Vice-Chairman of the foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Javier Couso and the delegation accompanying him. As noted by Asad, “Europe, which have imposed unjust sanctions against Damascus, today is reaping the fruits of their appeasement of terrorists in Syria.” According to him, the resettlement of refugees to EU countries was also a result of this misguided policy. The Syrian leader described his frequent visits to Damascus by European parliamentarians as a sign of public awakening in the West, which, according to him, was misled by the

In the state Duma proposed a new principle of citizenship State Duma deputies, among them Konstantin Zatulin and Natalia Poklonskaya, has developed a bill that proposes to introduce a new principle of citizenship based on the “law of the soil”. The bill has already received a positive conclusion of the state Duma Committee for nationalities, said “RIA Novosti”, the Chairman of the Committee Ruslan Balbec. “The main criterion will be the knowledge of the Russian language and is the basis for the relationship with the territories of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire,” said Balbec. As follows from the explanatory notes to the bill, deputies suggest to give the right to be interviewed on the recognition of native Russian language immigrants from countries that were once part of the USSR or the Russian Empire, as well as those who have relatives in these countries in the direct ascending line.

Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov will meet in mid-March to discuss an agreement on the procedure of joining individual units of the Ministry of defence of the Republic in the armed forces of Russia. It is reported TASS with reference to the Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov. “The sides plan to discuss the agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO) on the order of occurrence of the individual units of the Armed forces of South Ossetia the Armed forces of the Russian Federation, planned in the Republic the increase of pensions and salaries, as well as the construction of the medical cluster in South Ossetia”, – said Surkov. March 18, 2015 between Russia and South Ossetia signed a Treaty on Alliance and integration. 10 Feb 2017 Leonid Tibilov said that the question of the possible accession of

Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS NEW YORK, March 12. /Offset. TASS Ivan sawyers/. Russian officials did not engage in cooperation with the friends of Republican Donald trump during the presidential race in the United States. This was stated press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov in interview to TV channel CNN. “The answer is very simple – “no.” It seems very strange the fact that Russia is demonized in this regard,” he said. The democratic party of the United States and close to the media claim that Russia interfered in the election processes in the United States on the side of trump. And the American leader, and the Russian government has repeatedly denied it.

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS NEW YORK, March 12. /Offset. TASS Ivan sawyers/. The meeting of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the White house Donald trump may be held on the sidelines of the summit of “twenty” (G20) which will take place in Germany, or even before it. This was stated press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov in an interview with CNN that aired on Sunday. “If we agree on an early summit, then, presumably, we can expect that they will meet at the G20 summit in Hamburg in early July. Because this is the first place where they will be”, – said Peskov.