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Photo: EPA U.S. attorney General Jeff sessions announced his withdrawal in any investigations on contacts of the team of President Donald trump during the election campaign. Sessions noted that doing so after meeting with their staff, who recommended him to withdraw, RIA “Novosti”. “They said I should not be involved in any investigation about the campaign trump. I believe that these recommendations are correct. I withdraw from such participation, both now and in the future,” said sessions. Earlier sessions also stated that it did not meet with the Russians to discuss the election campaign. Donald trump before it showed Sesso full support, stating his confidence. The President also didn’t recommend him to recuse myself.

Photo: TASS The net can be a curator for the cigarette market. As it became known “Kommersant”, the Vice-Premier Alexander Khloponin has proposed to create a single regulator for control over the turnover of alcohol and tobacco. According to his plan, it will allow to unite the fight against illegal products on both markets with USAIS. The idea is already supported by President Vladimir Putin. Most likely, the new Supervisory authority will be established on the basis of the Net, headed by Igor Chuyan. That Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin appealed to President Vladimir Putin with a letter in which he proposed the creation of a single regulator for alcoholic and tobacco products, “Kommersant” was told by several industry sources and confirmed two Federal officials. According to one of the interlocutors, it is about creating an Agency that would combine the functions of control to combat counterfeit and contraband products

Photo: RIA Novosti MEP, member of the Communist party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) Jaromir Kohlicek believes that for Russian citizens it is necessary to introduce visa-free regime: the influx of Russian tourists will have a positive effect on the economy. He declared to the newspaper “Izvestia”. Earlier, the Prime Minister and the leader of the Czech social democratic party (CSSD) Bohuslav Sobotka said that there is nothing preventing the cooperation of the Czech social Democrats with the Communists, the former limitation has outlived its. Thus, after the parliamentary elections, the ruling coalition can be formed with the Communist party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM). “Russia is a European state, and we support the idea of cooperation from Lisbon to Vladivostok. HRCM has always opposed sanctions not only on Russia, but other countries, particularly Iran. In addition, we believe that it is necessary to introduce visa-free regime for Russian citizens

The NATO battalion began movement in Estonia Moscow. March 5. INTERFAX.RU Combat battalion group to NATO over the next six weeks to move to Estonia with personnel, weapons and logistics, reported “Interfax” on Sunday in a press-service Estonian the Ministry of defence. “Estonia is ready to welcome the allies. In may the battalion combat group of allies composed of the 1st infantry brigade of the Estonian defense Forces take part in major military maneuvers “Spring storm”, — said the Minister of defence of Estonia Margus Zahka (Margus Tsahkna), which quoted the press service. The Minister visited last week, the military leadership of the battalion group to NATO at the headquarters of the defence Forces and received a detailed report about the arrival of allies from the head of the contingent, Colonel Giles Harris (Giles Harris). The decision on the deployment of allied forces in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland was

Konstantin Kosachev © Valery sharifulin/TASS CAIRO, March 5. /TASS/. Parliamentarians of Russia and Egypt have agreed about cooperation in the international parliamentary platforms. This was reported to journalists by the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev after the visit to Egypt of a delegation of the upper house headed by the speaker Valentina Matvienko.

Photo: TASS Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said that Russia’s recognition of the documents of the DNI and the LC is designed to implement fully the rights and freedoms of the inhabitants of these regions and does not violate the Minsk agreement. Lukashevich said that no citizen can fully exercise their rights without recognition of their essential documents – passport, educational documents, birth certificates, marriage and other, reports TASS. “This humane step does not violate the Minsk agreement and not even complicates their implementation. On the contrary, gives the residents of Donbass for more confidence in the future”, – said the Russian representative. Lukashevich stressed that the fact of such recognition on the part of Russia gives Kiev an opportunity to think about the need as soon as possible to consider the provision of areas of Donbass special status. The diplomat said that Russia, therefore, comes from

Photo: © EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS The attorney General and Minister of justice Jeff sessions announced that the meeting with the Russian Ambassador to the USA Sergei Kislyak discussed the issues of terrorism and conflict in Ukraine. Speaking Thursday at a press conference, he said that the initiator of the meeting was the Ambassador of the Russian Federation. In conversation took part the members of the team and Roman sessions, which in 2016 held a post of the Senator. “We talked a little about terrorism, as I remember, and then suddenly appeared in Ukraine, because the day before my office was the Ukrainian Ambassador,” said sessions. He added that he “didn’t remember discussing any political issues”.

Photo: Permanent mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union Russia’s permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that the United States shows no willingness to lift the sanctions, reports TASS. “As for the American angle of this problem in Brussels was seriously concerned about how trump came to power, has not revised sanctions policy against Russia”, – the story it in interview to TV channel “Russia 24”. According to him, is “evidence of a revision of the sanctions policy cannot be seen”. Earlier, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that one should not expect cancellation of Western sanctions.