Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti In the Chechen village of Ulus-Kert, a solemn opening ceremony of the monument erected in memory of soldiers of the 6th company, 76th guards airborne division (“Pskov”), took the fight with militants in the Argun gorge in 2000. In the opening ceremony participated the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the Governor of the Pskov region Andrey Turchak, the command of the airborne forces, relatives of dead Marines, and members of the regional government. “Today we can proudly claim that they won the fight against international terrorism. And your children, fathers, brothers, together with the Chechen people defended the integrity of our country. It is the duty of everyone — not only the warrior but also of a citizen to defend the Homeland, protect the people,” — Kadyrov said. In turn Turchak thanked Kadyrov for the installation of the monument. “In 2015 we agreed on. And today we

The White house confirmed the US intention to reduce financial assistance to other countries The Director of the office of management and budget the White house said that the budget cuts are intended to increase military spending by $54 billion. NEW YORK, March 5. /Offset. TASS Kirill Volkov/. The administration of the President of the United States Donald trump is going to seriously reduce volume of economic assistance to other countries. This was confirmed on Saturday, the Director of the office of management and budget (OMB) the White house Mick Malvani. “We are going to offer to cut aid to foreign countries, and we are going to offer to spend the money here (in the USA approx. TASS),” he told TV channel Fox News. He said that the budget cuts are intended to increase U.S. military spending by $54 billion. “The overall message is pretty straightforward: less money to spend

Police raided the country house visit Investigators conducted a search in a country house of the candidate in presidents of France Francois Fillon. It is reported by French newspaper Le Figaro. Investigative actions were carried out in the mansion of the family Fillon in the municipality of sablé-Sur-Sarthe in the West of the country. According to the newspaper Le Parisien, in addition to a search, law enforcement agencies made an assessment of the value of property owned by the family of a presidential candidate. This was done as part of an investigation of embezzlement of public funds and embezzlement. Thursday, March 2, investigators raided the Paris home of Fillon. Then the candidate arrived employees of the Central office for the fight against corruption, financial and tax crimes (Oclciff). The investigation, the persons involved which are Francois Fillon and his wife, began on 25 February. The investigation accused Fillon of fictitious

The IMF will provide Ukraine a new tranche of one billion dollars WASHINGTON, March 4 — RIA Novosti. Experts from the International monetary Fund (IMF) has reached agreement with Ukrainian authorities on allocation of the next tranche of financial assistance, the decision can be made in the second half of March, according to a press release from the IMF. The consultations were held at expert level, which should provide its report to the Board of Directors of the IMF, which will make the final decision on the allocation of financial assistance. The IMF promised to complete this work in Ukraine and provide it to the Board of Directors in January of this year. As a rule, the decision of the IMF Board of Directors shall take into account results of work of mission of Fund. “IMF staff has reached agreement with the Ukrainian authorities on the updated Memorandum of economic

Photo: Jim Loscalzo / Zumapress / Globallookpress.com The Kremlin made no decision on boycott of the international music festival “Eurovision-2017”. This was stated press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov. His words RIA Novosti reported. “It is not clear whether it is to boycott. Of course, given the venue of this contest and possible problems, and security, unfriendly attitude, and so forth a specific reason for concern is obvious. But, I repeat, any decisions that are taken”, — said Peskov. State Duma Deputy from the party “United Russia” Vitaly Milonov asked the head of the First channel Konstantin Ernst not to send Russian participants of “Eurovision” and to cancel the broadcast of music shows. In his address, the MP called the contest “Rahoveanu”. The proposal of the Deputy was supported by the singer Joseph Kobzon, producer Joseph Prigogine and Philip. The semi-finals of “Eurovision” will take place in Kiev on

Photo: RIA Novosti The Deputy of the state Duma Igor Lebedev asked to write the forward of “Zenith” Alexander Kokorin alone. “Let’s leave Kokorin alone. Let the rolls Bentley, goes to the head in the center of the city, drinking champagne and attending discos is his personal life. I do not see any reason to out of it to inflate. He did not steal, do not kill. Express Kokorin words of support, you will need legal assistance — will be ready to provide”, — quoted Lebedev “championship”. Earlier it was reported that the attacker “Zenit” and national team of Russia Alexander Kokorin was arrested for driving on the wrong side.

Photo: : Alif TV / YouTube Creator of the project “Stop Haram” Islam Ismailov, who is on the streets encourages passersby, mostly Muslims, to give up alcohol, Smoking and antisocial behaviour, said the TV channel “360” that did not create Sharia patrol. “Sharia patrol is only in the media. There is just a social project, aimed to call people to normal behavior accepted in the society. In this case, in Moscow. I don’t think that Moscow has taken to waving a bottle and yelling in the transition. This is not so. People think that I came here with my Charter, but I’m just doing local,” — said Ismailov. According to him, to call him a RAID Sharia patrol is incorrect because it is designed not only for the understanding of Muslims but also all people who behave anti-social on the streets. Ismailov said that “Stop Haram” is not a social

Poland has nominated Jacek Saryusz-Wolski candidate for the presidency of the European Council WARSAW, March 4 — RIA Novosti. Poland officially nominated MEP of the opposition party “Civic platform” Jacek Saryusz-Wolski for the presidency of the Council of Europe, said the foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. “I have just sent a diplomatic note declaring Jacek Saryusz-Wolski candidate of the Polish government to the post of President of the European Council,” — said Waszczykowski, quoted by PAP. The press service of the foreign Ministry, in turn, indicates that the note has been sent to the presidency of the European Council Malta. The mandate of the current President of the European Council, former Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk expire this summer The current government of Poland has repeatedly said it will not support his candidacy to re-election for a second term because he criticizes the Polish authorities and “promoting” their interests in

Obama’s spokesman has denied the statement of the trump on the phone tap MOSCOW, 4 Mar — RIA Novosti. The representative of the ex-US President Barack Obama has denied the accusations against him in the wiretapping of the phone of an American President Donald trump during the election campaign, reports Reuters. “Neither President Obama nor any White house officials never gave orders to conduct surveillance of any U.S. citizens. Any suggestion to the contrary is simply false,” said Obama’s spokesman Kevin Lewis. A cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no WH official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the DOJ. pic.twitter.com/c5QD50nXac — Kevin Lewis (@KLewis44) March 4, 2017 The Obama administration also did not interfere in an independent investigation by the U.S. Department of justice, he said. On Saturday, trump, entered the office of US President on January 20, wrote in his microblog on Twitter, that

UN accuses North Korea in large supplies of weapons to Africa to bypass the sanctions The UN found in Africa, North Korean weapons which are prohibited by sanctions from international organizations. According to the international organization, Pyongyang is setting up a manufacturing and delivery of arms to African countries, and conducts military exercises on their territory. Peacekeepers of the United Nations (UN) found in Africa North Korean arms, which is under restrictive measures the international organization. This follows from an internal UN report seen by the Associated Press. As found by the group of UN experts on North Korea, in August 2016, about 30 thousand grenade found hidden under iron ore, which was on a cargo ship bound for the Suez canal in Egypt. Where it was supposed to be delivered, the experts are not established, but stressed that it was “the largest seizure of ammunition in the history of