Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia during the conflict in the East of Ukraine took 2.5 million refugees, said the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Yuri Vorobiev. “Russia has adopted and returned (meaning partially — ed.) millions of refugees. Europe has adopted and shuddered 900 thousand, and we have 2.5 million refugees,” — said Vorobyov at the round table in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian authorities in April 2014 began a military operation against the breakaway LC and the DNI, which declared independence after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the latest UN victims of the conflict began more than 10 thousand people. People were forced to leave their homes in almost all cities of Donetsk region. Previously managing Director of the office of the Commissioner for human rights in DND Dmitry Popov told RIA Novosti that the causes of forced displacement are not

Reuters called the likely source of the leak of CIA secrets to WikiLeaks Most likely, the secret documents about the hacker technology CIA gave WikiLeaks employees working in the intelligence contract, told Reuters sources in the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The CIA has described the leak and publication of documents an attempt to undermine work to protect US from enemies, but did not confirm or deny their authenticity and the beginning of the investigation. According to CNN, the leakage together to investigate the CIA and the FBI. About the beginning of a criminal investigation by the FBI and informed American source Los Angeles Times. A government source to Reuters, who is aware of the situation, said that the joint investigation is normal practice for such leaks. Your investigation should initiate and relevant committees of the Senate and house of representatives, sources say Reuters in Congress. NewsWikiLeaks: the CIA

The President of Bolivia has approved the increase in the area of legal Coca crops Moscow. 9 Mar. INTERFAX.RU — Bolivia on Wednesday adopted a law that allows legal to increase the acreage under Coca by almost half — from the current 12 thousand hectares to 22 hectares, reports news Agency EFE. The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, who in the past was a farmer and he grew Coca, rejected the argument that such a step would contribute to the spread of drug trafficking. Members of the opposition called the law unconstitutional because it violates international treaties, reports BBC. Coca is a plant that is traditionally grown in the Andes. It is used in traditional medicine, in particular for the treatment of altitude sickness. Chewing Coca leaf has a tonic effect, but also suppresses hunger, thirst, pain and fatigue Also from coke by chemical processing cocaine is obtained, which is

Media: Early elections of the President of South Korea take place on may 9 If on March 10, the constitutional court of the Republic of Korea (KS RC) will support the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye and send her to retire, after two months will be announced early presidential elections. As the most likely election date is announced on 9 may. We will remind that on March 10 at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. GMT) the constitutional court (CC) of Kazakhstan will announce its verdict on the reason given by Parliament to the leader of the country’s impeachment, which led to the suspension of the pack from the government. In voting will take part eight judges. If six or more would support impeachment, then Pak will be immediately removed from power and will be scheduled early elections If three judges would vote against impeachment, then Pak will immediately be

Photo: RIA Novosti The defense Ministry says positive developments in the implementation of defence procurement by enterprises of shipbuilding industry, said the Minister General of the army Sergei Shoigu. “Thanks to measures we have measures there have been positive dynamics of performance of the tasks of the state defense order”, — he said. Shoigu recalled that in 2016 shipbuilding and ship-repair enterprises of the United shipbuilding Corporation (USC) gave the Navy eight new ships, and five after repair is completed. In addition, the maintenance of more than 700 ships.

Photo: RIA Novosti The first Prime Minister Vitold Fokin said that Kyiv in 2014 could sell Crimea to Russia. He told about it in interview to TV channel “112 Ukraine”. “Unlikely story, but it is that Crimea is just sold. We cannot exclude this point,” said Fokin. He added that in the Ukrainian capital in the spring of 2014, there was panic and confusion. According to the former head of the government, if the Peninsula in 2014 is not reunited with Russia, Moscow would have lost him for good, “because come here and see the Americans.” “American carriers entered the Mediterranean sea, passed the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus. And Russia should understand — she had a fleet,” said Fokin. January 20, Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, one of the leaders of the banned in Russia as extremist organization “the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people” Mustafa Dzhemilev said that

The U.S. Congress banned the Pentagon to cooperate with the “Rosoboronexport” To reverse this decision will be possible only after Russia will reconsider its position on Syria and Ukraine. Moscow. 9 Mar. INTERFAX.RU — the lower house of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved a draft defense budget for 2017, which forbids the Pentagon’s cooperation with Rosoboronexport. For the document in favor of the 371 member house of representatives, against — 48. American defense Ministry is prohibited to enter into with the Russian company and its subsidiaries of any contract, corporate agreements, give them grants, loans, or credit orders The Pentagon can achieve the lifting of the ban in the case, if so required in the interest of the security of the United States, but only after convincing both houses of Congress that Russia stopped the supply of lethal weapons to Syria and withdrew from Ukraine its agents and the

The guards of the USA reported a sharp decline in the flow of illegal immigrants at the trump Tough immigration policies of President Donald trump caused a sharp drop in illegal border crossings from Mexico. In the first month after the inauguration of trump’s flow of illegal immigrants has decreased by 40% In February 2017 the number of illegal migrants crossing the land border of the United States and Mexico, decreased by 40% in comparison with January. This is stated in the official report of the Border the US customs service. In January, on the border with Mexico was arrested more than 31 thousand people, in February, when the President of the United States has held Donald trump, their number fell to 18 thousand 762 people, or 40% The service noted that the number of illegal immigrants in February, 20% more than in January. A sharp reduction in the number

The US will allow oil and gas to 300 thousand square kilometers of continental shelf The United States has decided to lease for oil and gas the first portion of the federally owned parcel shelf in the Gulf of Mexico with a total area of approximately 295 thousand square kilometers. The Ministry of internal Affairs of the United States announced plans to lease for the development of large areas of oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico. As stated in the Agency issued a press release, the total area of the proposed lease parcels will leave 73 million acres, which is 295,4 thousand sq. km. The sites are located along the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida “The opening of a large number of Federal lands and waters for drilling oil and gas wells is one of the cornerstones of President Donald trump, who will make