Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that to call “spin” the introduction of external management at the enterprises of Ukraine in the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR) is incorrect. According to him, this was done only because “people need to survive,” RIA Novosti reported. “I don’t think the word “spin” applies here, and I don’t think it would be correct to call it a spin. In principle, we are witnessing the fact that cut off their state region fall into the more difficult position of being in complete blockade by extremist elements. So, of course, to some extent we can understand the actions taken by the leadership of these regions, which, again, rejected by their state. We are talking about the lives of several million people, so, of course, people need to survive,” — said Peskov. Earlier it was reported that

Sweden reintroduces conscription STOCKHOLM, March 2. /Offset. TASS Irina Dergacheva/. The Swedish government intends to re-enter the country abolished in 2010 conscription. A decision will be made at the Cabinet meeting, reports TV channel SVT. “If we want to be equipped and well trained troops, that the voluntary system should be supplemented by a universal levy,” said defense Minister Peter Hultqvist. According to him, the Ministry of defence had difficulty with recruiting departments on a voluntary basis. According to the decision taken on Thursday by the government, all boys and girls born in 1999 and later (about 13 thousand people), after July 1, 2017 will begin to receive subpoenas for service in 2018-2019, the Recruitment will still be undertaken primarily on a voluntary basis, and the remaining number of personnel (approximately four thousand people annually) will be compensated at the expense of universal appeal. “Interest, motivation and desire are the

The white house won’t punish Conway for calling buy clothes from Ivanka The White house said that President’s Advisor Donald trump, Kellyann Conway “unintentionally and without selfish motives” were encouraged to buy items from Ivanka trump during a TV interview. Adviser to the President on ethics Stefan Passantino announced that it had submitted to the office of government ethics a letter stating that he was found by Conway and discussed with her the issue. February 9, Kellyann Conway on television, Fox News encouraged viewers to purchase items from the collections of the President’s daughter Ivanka trump. Shortly after that, the head of the ethics Committee of the us Congress Jason Chavez called this behavior of the presidential adviser unacceptable, wrong and clearly beyond the bounds of decency. Earlier it became known that one of the largest U.S. retailers of fashionable clothes Nordstrom refused to sell products owned by Ivanka trump,

WSJ: U.S. does not rule out a military strike on North Korea MOSCOW, 2 Mar — RIA Novosti. Washington does not exclude the application of the anti-DPRK military force or regime change in the country, writes The Wall Street Journal. The publication cites unnamed people “involved in the process of” revising U.S. strategy towards North Korea. According to available information, Washington, DC, recently discussed a possible military scenario with its allies. In mid-February in Washington came Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to the WSJ, during this visit, representatives of the administration of President Donald trump has repeatedly said that the DPRK “considered all options”. For the Japanese side it was obvious that the number of these options — a military strike on the country if Pyongyang would announce a willingness to test an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). In Japan such a scenario is considered “of concern”. Earlier, CNN, citing

Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak © AP Photo/Cliff Owen MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. The Kremlin believes that the US officials did not say about the involvement of the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergei Kislyak exploration, and relevant media reports are impersonal and nothing confirmed. This was stated press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “We have not heard any statement of the representative of special services of the USA about our after,” – said the representative of the Kremlin. According to him, media reports about the alleged involvement of dubious intelligence “is some impersonal fabrications of the media, which continually wind the the the situation.” “The only thing you can offer anyone in this situation – simply do not respond to such anonymous without any reason stuffing and be guided only by official statements of the living officials,” – said the press Secretary of the Russian President. Earlier,

Photo: RIA Novosti The American side argues that the preparation of the meeting between the head of the White house Donald trump and the Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the moment is not conducted. This was reported Tuesday in its electronic version of the newspaper The Wall Street Journal, citing an unnamed representative of the U.S. government. The publication cites in his article the words of Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who said that being practical preparations for the meetings between leaders of the two countries, however, the understanding regarding the date and place of such meeting no. “The senior official said that preparations for the meeting between trump and Putin is not conducted”, – stated in the material edition. On Tuesday, Ryabkov, speaking at a round table in the state Duma, devoted to Russian-American relations, commented on a meeting held in Bonn, the foreign Minister of the Russian Federation

Photo: RIA Novosti The Prosecutor’s office of Omsk found evidence of numerous irregularities in the spending of budget funds by the city Council members who hired their own relatives for the posts of assistants and paid for their days of absence from work, reports TASS. “The majority of deputies of the Omsk city Council in the timesheet time his assistants (including relatives) as of the periods actually worked improperly included the days on which assistants were located outside the region and sometimes outside the country. And these days were paid from the municipal budget,” – said the Prosecutor’s office. The Prosecutor also stressed that the Omsk city Council has taken the decision to increase the Fund of remuneration of assistants of deputies on 15 February, despite objections from the Department and if there is significant underfunding of socially significant issues. Earlier it was reported that the Omsk deputies have forbidden

U.S. attorney General responded to the accusations in concealment of contacts with Moscow U.S. attorney General Jeff sessions has stated that it is not met with anybody from the Russian officials to discuss issues regarding the presidential campaign, the Associated Press reports. “I have no idea where these baseless accusations. It’s not true”, — quotes Agency the statement and Roman sessions. Earlier, The Washington Post, citing sources in the U.S. justice Department reported that last year, during the election campaign sessions twice met with the Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak. According to the newspaper, sessions, as a Senator from Alabama, met with Kislyak in July and September 2016, which U.S. intelligence agencies believe the “midst of a Russian hacking campaign” that aimed to influence the race. As the newspaper notes, during the hearings in the Senate before his appointment to the post of Prosecutor General sessions hid

The Russian Embassy has not commented on the information about the meetings of the Ambassador with the US attorney General Moscow. March 2. INTERFAX.RU — the Russian Embassy in Washington reports on the meetings of the current head of the justice Department Jeff and Roman sessions with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergey Kislyak has not commented. “The Embassy has not commented numerous contacts with local partners, which are carried out on a daily basis in accordance with diplomatic practice,” — said the “Interfax” press Secretary of the Russian Embassy of Nikolai Lahonin. Earlier, the Washington Post reported that the head of the justice Department Jeff sessions when he was a Senator twice met with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak and did not mention it when his candidacy was approved in the Senate. According to the newspaper, citing unnamed officials in the U.S. Department of justice, one