Category: Politics

The Syrian army drove the militants out of the historic citadel of Palmyra DAMASCUS, Mar 1 — RIA Novosti, Mikhail Alaeddin. The Syrian army and her allied troops liberated the historic citadel of Palmyra from the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), told RIA Novosti informed source in place. “The army regained control of the citadel in Palmyra and a range of mountains in the South-West. Now preparing to storm the city”, — said the Agency interlocutor. According to the source, terrorists with fights retreated from the heights where the citadel is located, after the army had occupied the heights above the city. One of the commanders has told RIA Novosti that the government forces with the support of the militia had already established full control of the fire Palmyra. The commander noted that the city “is at a stone’s throw from the Syrian

UN named involved in war crimes, all sides in the battle for Aleppo It is noted in particular that the Syrian air force used ammunition with chlorine during the battle for the city. GENEVA, 1 Mar. /TASS/. The actions that can be regarded as war crimes, were committed by all sides in the battle for Aleppo in July — December 2016. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the special report of the independent UN Commission to investigate human rights violations in Syria on the events. “Fighting for control of Aleppo, was accompanied by unprecedented violence, all sides have committed war crimes leading to civilian casualties, the document says. — Residents East of Aleppo has been surrounded and cut off from food and medicine”. Ammunition with chlorine The report indicates that the Syrian air force used ammunition with chlorine during the battle for Aleppo. “For 2016, the Syrian

In Georgia adopted the law on “tapping” Moscow. March 1. INTERFAX.RU — the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday passed a law relating to the possibility of wiretapping of citizens. According to the document, the security services created operational and technical Agency, which is based on the operational information about the security of the state would secretly listen to and record phone conversations and monitor social networks, to carry out covert video, check the parcel post. The head of the Agency will be represented by the head of the state security Service, and to assert a position of a special Commission of seven people representing the GBS, the Parliament, the Ombudsman and the government. Meanwhile, the opposition indicate that the new law gives the secret service the opportunity at its own discretion without a court order to listen to conversations of any citizen.

© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. Any unilateral or multilateral sanctions against Damascus will only weaken the international anti-terrorist front. This is stated in the statement published on the foreign Ministry website. On 28 February there was a vote in the UN Security Council in which Russia and China vetoed proposed by great Britain, France and the United States draft resolution on the introduction of sanctions against Syria under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. “Against” voted and Bolivia, and Egypt, Kazakhstan and Ethiopia abstained.

Grigory Karasin © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. The decision to recall the Ambassador of Moldova in Moscow Dmitry Braghis came as a surprise to the foreign Ministry, the reasons for this are not clear. This was reported by TASS Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Grigory Karasin.

Photo: RIA Novosti Ukrainian radicals burned the flag of the Russian Federation in the winery, in conjunction with his promotion to the third anniversary of the events in the Crimea. This was reported by UNN. “On the night of February 27 this flag three years ago was posted on the Parliament and government in Crimea, so it has no place in Ukraine, and we burned it,” said one of the organizers Sergei Sidoruk. Before you burn the flag, the radicals stomped his feet. After the coup in Kiev in February 2014, the authorities of Crimea and Sevastopol made the decision to hold a referendum on reunification with Russia. In the vote, which took place on 16 March of the same year, took part more than 80% of eligible voters. For reunification with Russia voted, respectively, of 96.7% and 95.6% of residents of Crimea and Sevastopol. March 18, Russian President Vladimir

Photo: RIA Novosti Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and the Ambassador of Japan in Russia Touchesa Kazuki discussed the issues of regional disarmament, said the foreign Ministry. “It was held an exchange of views on a number of topical bilateral and international issues, including issues of global and regional disarmament”, — said in comments published on the foreign Ministry website.

Fillon refused to withdraw from the presidential race because of the scandal with his wife PARIS, Mar 1 — RIA Novosti. The candidate in presidents of France from the largest opposition party, the Republicans, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon said he did not intend to withdraw from the presidential race, despite the possibility of charges against him. “Yes, I’m a candidate,” said Fillon in a speech to journalists. He confirmed receipt of the agenda for March 15 in court and stressed that only the voters should decide who will be President of France. Validation against Fillon and his wife began in late January. The former Prime Minister said that will be removed from the election, if he becomes involved in the investigation, but many times argued that the withdrawal of his candidacy from the elections will lead to the fact that the country is a crisis of the regime. The

Media: Turkey may refuse U.S. access to the Incirlik air base MOSCOW, 1 Mar — RIA Novosti. Turkish authorities can deny the U.S. military access to Incirlik air base if Washington would cooperate with the Kurdish “people’s protection Units” (YPG) and the “Democratic Union” (PYD) in the framework of the operation against the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG banned in Russia) in the Syrian district of Raqqa, according to the newspaper Yeni Safak, citing a source. According to the source, Ankara is also considering closing its airspace to the US air force. In the course of negotiations with Washington representatives of Turkey stated that they would not object to the participation in the operation of the “Free Syrian army”, and Arabic and Kurdish population living in the district. The Incirlik air base used by US air force and Turkey, it was regulated by the Agreement on military

The head of “Rostelecom” became Mikhail Oseevsky MOSCOW, 1 Mar — RIA Novosti/Prime. Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a government Directive on the appointment of the Chairman of the management Board of VTB Bank Mikhail Tatarstan the head of “Rostelecom”. “I now will give an indication that on the basis of this Directive has been assembled, the Board of Directors and to adopt all the necessary decisions”, — said the Prime Minister at a meeting with Oseevsky. Governor, thanked Medvedev for the trust and expressed the opinion that the new position would require a serious responsibility, since the company is the base company for the Telecom industry. “And how the service will be modern and accessible, depends on the quality of life of our citizens, and the possibility of creating new, smart digital economy”, — he stressed. Oseyevsky noted that over recent years “Rostelecom” has changed the structure