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Photo: press service of the international discussiong club “Valdai” In the next two months we should expect the resumption of Russian-us consultations on Syria. The result should be the development of a joint strategy, which will form the basis for the settlement of the crisis in this country. While Washington is ready to facilitate the return of refugees and the involvement of the moderate opposition in peaceful dialogue. About this columnist of “Izvestia” Nikolay Surkov told arrived to Moscow under the invitation of club “Valdai”, the famous American expert on the Middle East, major General retired Paul vallely, who advised the special operations Command and other specialized structures of the Pentagon. — Mr. Vallely, in his speech on the middle East the conference of the club “Valdai” you talked about settlement of the Syrian crisis and made it clear that they are a kind of “messenger”. What, in your opinion,

Photo: TASS/Egor Aleev The Ministry of justice can initiate a return to the discussion of the bill of the government, which mitigates punishment for rallies and demonstrations, reduces liability for the harm caused to the participants of mass events” and konkretisiert requirements for the “Hyde parks”. The bill, executing the decision of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation from 2013, is included in the work of the Ministry for this year. This “news” told two of the interlocutor in the state Duma, information was also confirmed by a source in the Ministry of justice. The Ministry believes that, despite the adjustment of the administrative code of the lower limit of the fine for violations at rallies, the issue remains unresolved. The justice Ministry is also ready to fix “article Dading” on criminal responsibility for repeated violations at rallies, but wait for a mandate from the government. The government bill

Vice-President of the United States used private email for public Affairs Email the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence proves that partner Donald trump used a personal email account on AOL in the performance of duties of the Governor of Indiana, reports The Indianapolis Star received a copy of the documents. His email was hacked in June 2016 29 pages of correspondence Pence with a personal email was published on request to state agencies Indiana. However, the state government refused to publish part of the materials, citing confidentiality. The publication notes that among the issues that have been raised a Penny “sensitive issues” were, for example, the state’s response to the terrorist attacks in the world. And senior adviser Penny on national security wrote to him over an insecure channel about the arrest of the accused in terrorism the FBI. In the office of the Vice President insist

The U.S. Congress has proposed to halve military aid to Ukraine Moscow. 3 Mar. INTERFAX.RU — the Committee of the lower house of Congress on appropriations has proposed to allocate $150 million dollars in military assistance to Ukraine in 2017, follows from the document published on the website of the Committee. This amount is twice less than the same expense in the past year because of the support of Kiev was laid down $300 million. The money, according to the draft, should go for training, equipment, intelligence, logistics as well as supply the Ukrainian military with lethal weapons It is particularly pointed out that the allocated funds should not be paid for the purchase of Kiev portable air defense systems. Before the bill will come into force, it must be approved by the house of representatives and be signed by the President.

Media: Pens used private email for business contacts WASHINGTON, March 3 — RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. Vice-President Mike Pence as Governor of Indiana used a private e-mail for business contacts, e-mail was hacked in June 2016, the newspaper reported the Indianapolis Star. According to her, the unknown hackers gained access to the account Penny, with whom he discussed, including security issues, including measures to prevent terrorist attacks. Hackers sent out on behalf Pence a false message that he was robbed during tours to the Philippines and took the money, credit cards and cell phone. The Pens later sent a letter in which he apologized to the recipients and said that everything is in order. After that, the Pens had another account. The newspaper notes that the Pens could become a victim of a broad scheme of fraud, not cyber attacks on specific accounts. The Vice President’s office in response to

The chief of the General staff of armed forces Valery Gerasimov © Olga Balashova/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. The chief of the General staff Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, General Petr Pavel on Friday held talks on the initiative of the NATO side for the first time after the freezing of relations with Russia. This was reported in the defense Ministry. The Alliance took the decision to freeze relations with Russia unilaterally, in April 2014.

The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova © Artyom Korotayev/TASS MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met with US Ambassador to Moscow John Tefft. This was reported in the Russian depodesta. “They discussed some issues of bilateral relations”, – informed the Minister. On his page on Facebook, the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told about how they met the head of the American diplomatic mission in the building of the Ministry of foreign Affairs and ironically warned him about the “dangers” of contacts with Russian diplomats. “I went to the foreign Ministry. To meet out the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow John. Tefft, – Zakharov wrote. “You put yourself in danger by talking with the Russian diplomats – and suddenly CNN knows – I wished partner a good morning”. Earlier, CNN reported that the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergey Kislyak discusses the American

Trump called a witch-hunt attacks of the democratic party USA to the Minister of justice and Roman sessions The American leader also described the Minister of justice as “an honest man”. WASHINGTON, March 3. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Kirsanov/. The attacks of the US Democratic party to the Minister of justice, attorney General Jeff and Roman sessions are on a witch-hunt. Thus described on Thursday the current situation in the Republican and Roman sessions his fellow — U.S. President Donald trump. As stated in a written statement, trump posted on his page in social network Facebook, “the Democrats will overplay their hand”. “They lost the election (2016 — approx. TASS) and now has lost touch with reality,” — said the American leader. From his point of view, “the real news are all (designed to inflict political damage to the current US government — approx. TASS) illegal leaks of classified and other

The U.S. air force reported four cases of dangerous rapprochement of the aircrafts of NATO and Russia MOSCOW, 3 Mar — RIA Novosti. Four separate case of dangerous rapprochement of planes of NATO and the armed forces occurred in one day on 10 February, said the commander of U.S. forces in Europe, General Todd Walters. According to the General, in three cases it was about the Russian fighter su-24, another incident occurred involving anti-submarine aircraft Il-38. The American military reported attempts to obtain information about accidents from the Russian side. “Sometimes we don’t get a response, which is preferred. Sometimes get no answer at all,” Walters was quoted by the Defense News portal. He added that after the February 10 new incidents of this kind were recorded, and their total number in the last six months decreased significantly. Earlier, the defense Ministry has repeatedly stated that all flights of videoconferencing