Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The protests of the Japanese side associated with Russia’s plans to place the division in the Kuril Islands, do not contribute to the development of Russian-Japanese dialogue, said the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, RIA “Novosti”. “Funeral protests did not bring any new elements in the already complicated Russian-Japanese dialogue. Grounds for a protest no — neither legal nor political”, – he said. He also noted that the Russian leadership is focused on ensuring the security of the country given the actions of other regional powers, “are not always clear and not always predictable.” Earlier it was reported that Japan had condemned the deployment of Russian divisions in the Kuriles.

Photo: TASS Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, congratulating with the Day of defender of the Fatherland modernized the famous saying of Emperor Alexander III – “throughout the world we have only two true allies – our army and Navy”, added to them also the Russian military-industrial complex. The corresponding message Deputy Prime Minister has published on his page in Facebook. “Russia has three allies – Army, Navy and Military-industrial complex, – Rogozin wrote. – Congratulations to our loyal allies on the Day of defender of the Fatherland! My special gratitude to veterans!”. On the relevant statement of Alexander III in his “Memoirs” (1933) wrote Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich: “throughout the world we have only two true allies, he would speak to his Ministers: – our army and Navy. Everyone else at the first opportunity, they will turn against us.”

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans demanded the resignation of the President The largest rally was held in Seoul, participation in the action was about 800 thousand people. About 800 thousand residents of the capital of South Korea Seoul took to the streets demanding the resignation of President Park Geun-Hye, such actions are already 17th in a row Saturday. The protesters, in particular, demanded to speed up the procedure of impeachment of the President and more likely to consider the matter in the constitutional court, according to the Federal news Agency. At the same time in parallel in Seoul rally of supporters of the President, they argue that the resignation of the leader involved in the North Korean authorities. It is also reported that in Seoul are waiting for provocations in connection with the murder in Malaysia, Kim Jong-Nam — brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN.

Trump said that in the past month have reduced the US national debt at $ 12 billion MOSCOW, Feb 25 — RIA Novosti. Donald trump said that during the first month of his tenure as President, the U.S. national debt decreased by $ 12 billion, however, the media did not react to this success. About this trump wrote in his Twitter. The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama’s first mo. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017 “The media reported that the national debt in my first month fell by 12 billion dollars, while in the first month of Obama’s presidency, it rose by $ 200 billion, wrote trump. The US President also noted the growth of Dow Jones on the stock exchange of the United States. In his opinion, this

Russia will not support UN security Council Western draft resolution on chemical weapons in Syria Moscow. 25 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Vote on submitted by France, the US and UK draft resolution of the UN Security Council on the use of chemical weapons in Syria may be held on Monday, said “Interfax” a source in the headquarters of the world Organization. “The vote on the draft resolution entitled “Western Troika” will be held, most likely, on Monday”, — said the Agency interlocutor. In turn, the Russian mission to the UN, noted that “in the form in which the text is presented to the security Council, Russia to support it can’t.” United States, France and Britain urged to ban the sale of helicopters to Damascus and to impose sanctions against 11 individuals and 10 companies that, in their opinion, are related to attacks with chemical weapons. Some countries accused the Syrian military

Photo: RIA Novosti More than 300 Russian and foreign diplomats came on Wednesday at ceremony of farewell to the permanent representative of the Russian Federation at the world organization Vitaly Churkin. This was announced by Russian diplomatic mission on his page on the microblogging network Twitter. “More than 300 Russian and foreign diplomats paid their final respects to Ambassador Churkin, at a farewell ceremony in new York city”, – stated in the message. At the funeral ceremony were made by the widow Irina Churkina and his son Maxim, Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergey Kislyak, the permanent representatives of the United States, Nikki Haley and Kazakhstan Kairat Umarov, Deputy of the Russian Ambassador Pyotr Ilyich and Vladimir Safronkov, as well as the UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres. The latter noted the “unquestioned authority” Churkin in the Security Council and the respect which he enjoyed among his colleagues. “I think that if in

Trump invited his supporters to build your own demonstration In the United States since the inauguration of the trump undergo numerous protests against his policies, which are from several hundred to hundreds of thousands of people. MOSCOW, February 25. /TASS/. The President of the United States Donald trump invited its supporters to bring their own demonstration, which will outnumber any protest action organized by his opponents. About this trump wrote on his Twitter page. “Maybe millions of people who voted for “let’s Make America great again” (slogan of the election campaign trump — approx. TASS) is to hold its own demonstration. It will be the largest”, — stated in the message. In the United States since the inauguration of the trump undergo numerous protests against his policies, which are from several hundred to hundreds of thousands of people. January 22 during the “March of women” on the streets of new

United States plans to deploy F-35 in the middle East MOSCOW, Feb 25 — RIA Novosti. The U.S. air force are going to place the F-35 in the middle East to combat the terrorist group “Islamic state”* in a few years, the newspaper Defense News, citing the head of air combat command, Herbert Carlisle (Herbert Carlisle). “Placement in the middle East… planned in a few years,” said Campos, adding that small shipments of the F-35 to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region can be implemented this spring. According to military, the F-35 can significantly help the U.S. air force in Syria and Iraq. As writes the edition, the Russian and Syrian military has placed the existing anti-aircraft missile systems in Syria to protect important objects. “If you look at parts of Syria, inside this zone there is a fairly dense anti-aircraft threat. We try to resolve issues. We try to make

Photo: RIA Novosti The Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov commented on the statement of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko about the fact that there is a threat of full-scale war with Russia. In his microblog on Twitter, the Senator noted that the Ukrainian leader not the scale. The threat of full-scale war with Russia Poroshenko said on 22 February. “This threat is not only seeps through not controlled by us border areas in the Donbass, it hangs on the border line with Russia, and even more. This makes us believe in the enemy intentions on the part of Russia”, — he said. The Ukrainian leader also urged the Baltic republics and Belarus to be ready “for any surprises from Moscow”. February 17, Poroshenko accused the Russian leadership of “hatred in Ukraine”. Kiev constantly accuses Russia of aggressive intentions and involvement in the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine. The