OTTAWA, March 7. /Offset. TASS Daniel Studnev/. The Embassy of the Russian Federation called counterproductive the decision of the canadian authorities to extend for another two years the mandate of the mission military trainers to Ukraine. “The government’s decision to extend Canada’s military mission in Ukraine, is counterproductive and does not contribute to the political process in Ukraine, including direct dialogue between Kiev and Donbas, as prescribed by the Minsk agreements,” – said in comments press Secretary of the Russian Embassy to Canada Kirill Kalinin, published in the official account of the office on Twitter.
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Kommersant: the law on the unified Russian nation may get another name
MOSCOW, March 7. /TASS/. Currently the law “On the unity of the Russian nation and the management of ethnic relations” will be renamed and may be called “About bases of the state national policy”. About this newspaper “Kommersant” with reference to the head of the working group on preparation of the draft bill, RAS academician Valery Tishkov. “That’s better. It turned out that the public is not prepared to accept such a thing as a single nation, uniting all nationalities. Given that the President proposed to shift the strategy of the state national policy on the language of the law, we decided to change his name,” he told the publication.
Russia has advocated the connection of the Kurds to the talks on Syria
Photo: Reuters Russia considers necessary the participation of the Kurds and representatives of the “Astana platform” of the Syrian opposition in the talks on Syria. This was announced by Russia’s permanent representative to the UN office at Geneva Alexei Borodavkin, reports TASS. He expressed regret that the fourth round of negotiations in Geneva, they were not invited. According to him, were not invited “many others dear to Syria’s opposition.” “The resolution 2254 of the UN Security Council prescribed to the delegation of the opposition was more broadly representative. “Er-redsky”, “Moscow” and “Cairo” of the group, even taken together, do not represent the whole spectrum of the Syrian opposition,” he said. Earlier it was reported that Russia called on the Syrian opposition to carry out the disengagement from terrorists.
Kadyrov criticized the ban on the wearing of religious clothing
Photo: TASS A ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves in schools, like any other religious paraphernalia, “destroys the religious feelings of Russians and undermine Russian society.” This opinion was expressed by head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov in interview to the program “Vesti on Saturday” with Sergei Brilev on the TV channel “Russia 1”. “I believe that prohibition was deadly for Russian society, because we are citizens of Russia, multinational and multi-confessional country,” he said. According to Kadyrov, “it is wrong to prevent the separation of the Russian society”, forbidding people to honor the religion and traditions of his people. “We have a Federal government, and we must strengthen our state, adhering to the customs, culture and religions,” he said. Minister of education and science Olga Vasilieva on January 24 at a press conference in TASS commented on the situation in the village of Belozerye in the Republic
Kiev gave Moscow a list of 400 prisoners in Ukraine Russians
Kiev gave Moscow a list of 400 prisoners in Ukraine Russians Parliament Commissioner for human rights Valeria Lutkovska has prepared a list of 400 prisoners the Russians, who are on the territory of Ukraine. On Monday, March 6, said Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, the TV channel “Russia 24”, reports TASS. “We have agreed today in Geneva that in case of need to visit those citizens associated with the condition of serving their sentences, with the provision of medical care, it will provide me with assistance in the opportunity to come to Ukraine and visit our citizens,” — said Moskalkova. According to her, the Russian authorities have for several years appealed to the foreign Ministry and the prison authorities of Ukraine to obtain information about prisoners. Moskalkova held an informal meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Valeria Lutkovskaya on March 6. “Discussed the movement of Ukrainian citizens contained in the IR of
Hollande: EU must learn the lessons of Brexit and adapt to life within the 27 countries
Hollande: EU must learn the lessons of Brexit and adapt to life within the 27 countries PARIS, March 6. /Offset. TASS Ivan Batyrev/. The EU should draw lessons from the decision of great Britain to withdraw from the community (Brexit) and learn to live a new life, composed of 27 member States, giving member countries a choice of different rates of integration depending on their capabilities. This was stated by the President of France Francois Hollande on the results of the informal summit in Versailles, with the participation of Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy and the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy Paolo Gentiloni. “If we want Europe to be in the coming years on top, she must first learn the lessons of Brexit and be able to live in the 27 countries,” he said. According to Hollande, the EU and “consisting
Lyashko accused the US of “brazen interference” in the Affairs of Ukraine
Lyashko accused the US of “brazen interference” in the Affairs of Ukraine KIEV, March 6. /TASS/. The leader of the Radical party of Ukraine Oleg Lyashko said that their requirements and advice the Embassy and the U.S. government are “blatantly” interfering in the internal Affairs of Kiev. “The US Embassy insists on creating anti-corruption court in Ukraine. The U.S. Embassy suggests the candidacy of auditor activities of the NAB (National anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine), he wrote on his page on the social network Facebook. Is unceremonious interference in the internal Affairs of Ukraine! No sovereign state, which respects itself, would never have allowed anything like that to any foreign Embassy or government. When the Ukrainian government agrees to such interference, she humiliates Ukrainians.” According to Lyashko, “this is a mess, chaos, and anarchy” from Western partners should immediately cease, if the government does not want to “finally lose Ukraine.” “Our
CNN: Peskov, said that the hysteria in Washington harms relations between Russia and the United States
Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS NEW YORK, March 7. /Offset. TASS Igor Borisenko/. Anti-Russian hysteria in the United States harms the relations between the two countries. This was stated by CNN, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. Press Secretary of the Russian President said that Russia does not interfere in the internal politics of the United States. “We have no intention to interfere in the internal political life of the United States, he said. – The only thing I can say is that this hysteria and public opinion, hysteria in official Washington and hysteria in the American media – all of this causes great damage to the future of our bilateral relations”. On the question of the accusations against Moscow in the implementation of cyberwoman during the election campaign in the United States, Peskov said that such assertions were false. “It is time someone in the US to
The MOE is implementing a system of “smart government regulation”
Photo: RIA Novosti EMERCOM of Russia has become one of the first among the government agencies, whose function is oversight and enforcement, introducing a system of so-called intelligent government regulation. About TASS reported the press service of the emergencies Ministry. “At the meeting of the project Committee of the government approved the passport of a priority project “Improvement of the functions of state supervision of EMERCOM of Russia in the framework of the priority program “Reform of control and Supervisory activities”. The results of this project overall work system of so-called smart state regulation,” – said the representative of the MOE. According to him, the main goal of the project is to reduce the number of victims and victims during emergencies, fires, accidents on water bodies (not less than 10% of the level in 2015 is expected to achieve by the end of 2018, by the end of 2025 –
The us military has completed a joint teaching “Winter camp” in Estonia
The us military has completed a joint teaching “Winter camp” in Estonia TALLINN, March 6 — RIA Novosti, Nikolai Adashkevich. A company of infantry of the first battalion of the 68th armored regiment of the US army participated in the joint winter exercise Talvelaager (“Winter camp”), which took place in Estonia from February 27 to March 5, reported on Monday the press service of the Main staff of the Estonian defence Forces. The exercise was attended by 1,700 soldiers. International troops practiced maneuvers of attack and defense in winter conditions. The Estonian side were involved in the personnel of the first and second infantry brigades of the defence Forces and members of paramilitary voluntary militia”, Kaitseliit” (“Union of defense”) included in the structure of the Ministry of defence of Estonia. According to the commander of the United States Marines captain Edward Bachar, Estonian soldiers are very motivated, tireless and quickly