Category: Politics

Igor Konashenkov © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. The defense Ministry expressed bewilderment in connection with statements of some German politicians and German parliamentarians have expressed dissatisfaction with plans for “Patriot Park” model of the Berlin Reichstag in 1945. This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov.

Vice-speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Pyotr Tolstoy © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS VIENNA, 24 Feb. /TASS/. The head of the Russian delegation at the winter session of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly, Vice-speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy said that the democratic standards should be the same for all and should not be double. So he responded to the words of an American delegate, who in his speech touched upon this topic. “American colleague and I were talking about the standards of democracy. I would like to say two things: the standards should be the same for all – and to the East and West of Vienna,” – said Tolstoy. “Unfortunately, in the elections in the US, not all of them were observed, what was said in her report, Mrs (speaker of the OSCE PA Christine) Murtonen”, – he reminded. “Second. Standards of democracy should not be double,

The family of the tramp convinced him to abandon the withdrawal from the agreement on climate Daughter Ivanka trump and her husband Jared Kushner convinced the head of the White house Donald trump not to abandon the implementation of the Paris climate agreement, and to eliminate mention of “climate decrees” that trump is going to sign soon. This was reported by the newspaper The Wall Street Journal, citing sources in the American administration. The publication notes that “the move is the latest sign of the growing influence of the daughter of trump and Kushner at the White house, which laid bare the internal divisions on a number of issues, including foreign policy.” Previously, Ivanka trump, which, according to experts, actually performs the role of the first lady of the United States, persuaded his father not to make laws on discrimination against sexual minorities. Recall that during the election campaign, trump

Seoul urged Washington to include the DPRK in the list of terrorist States Head of the Committee of the national Assembly of the Republic of Korea on defence Kim Yeon Woo sent a letter to his colleague John McCain in the U.S. Senate with a request to include the DPRK in the list of sponsors of terrorism. He stated the Agency Yonhap. According to him, the letter will be delivered to McCain through diplomatic channels next week. The murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the brother of the leader of North Korea might be about the inclusion of North Korea in the list of terrorist countries South Korea, also said the representative of the South Korean authorities, the Agency Yonhap. “[Previously], steps were taken to enable North Korea to list of States sponsoring terrorism, but there weren’t a reason,” he said. However, the killing of Kim Jong-Nam, in his words, has become

Photo: dadin.info The Presidium of the Supreme court overturned the conviction of activist Ildar Dadina, convicted under the article for repeated violations during mass rallies, reports the Agency “Moscow”. 10 February, the constitutional court on the results of consideration of the complaint of the activist decided that it made in relation to judicial acts should be reviewed. In December 2015, the court recognized the Dading guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison, later reducing the sentence to two and a half years. A year later, the Supreme court has refused to reconsider the sentence, not found in the case of violations.

Line of coastal defense towers on the base of the tank is-3 on the island of Kunashir in the Kuril chain Photo: TASS Official Tokyo has sent another protest over the South Kuril Islands. This is with reference to the Secretary General of the Japanese government Yoshihide Suga informs RIA “news”. Earlier this month, the Japanese government called “unacceptable” the assignment of Russian names of five unnamed Islands in the Kuril chain. Now the discontent of Tokyo caused the plans of the defense Ministry to deploy in the Kuril Islands, additional military forces. We will remind: on Wednesday, defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during his speech in the state Duma told about the formation of the military infrastructure in the far East. And noted, in particular, that continues to work actively for the protection of the Kuril Islands, where the end of this year is expected to accommodate the new division.

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. Permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vitaly Churkin, who died suddenly on 20 February in new York, left a bright page in the history of Russian foreign policy and diplomacy. This was stated today by the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the farewell ceremony for Ambassador.

Activists accused in the coup in Ukraine Obama and Soros In several American cities rally the international Schiller Institute, dedicated to the anniversary of the Maidan in Ukraine. The participants handed out leaflets, which said that the change of power in the country was carried out with the direct support of the 44th President Barack Obama and billionaire George Soros. On Friday, February 24, reports TASS. As the correspondent of the Agency, the protesters in new York gathered near the headquarters of the United Nations. They had posters of “Obama in jail” and “Your enemy George Soros”. Similar actions, according to the official representative of the Schiller Institute Diane Sir, were held in two cities in the US — Boston and Houston, as well as in Berlin (Germany). Sir said that US residents must know the truth about the events in Ukraine, as the same people are trying to remove

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that Ukraine should “clean its own house” before proposing to deprive Russia the right of veto in the UN security Council. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Earlier, the proposal in the security Council was made by the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin. He has had open debates on the issue of conflicts in Europe. The diplomat called the permanent membership of Russia in the security Council as a “fundamental problem” and accused Moscow of abuse of the right of veto, as well as in fuelling conflict in Europe. In response to the words klimkina Zakharova said that “you should first bring order at home, everything is to establish, and then to undertake for the improvement of the international mechanisms.” The representative of the Russian foreign Ministry noted that “while international mechanisms without Mr.

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova announced the launch of “antitakeover” project on the Agency’s website. Such a statement she made on Wednesday, February 22, during a briefing, reports RNS. According to her, on the website of the Ministry will publish examples of “fake” news. They can be found under the heading “Examples of publications, replicated false information about Russia.” “Today we are launching this column…the First collection already published,” — said Zakharov. However, at the time of this writing, this section of the website was lacking. Zakharova added that “unfortunately, we state that this section will be regularly updated”. Earlier it was reported that on the Agency’s website may appear, which will be published false reports by foreign media, embassies and statements of officials of foreign States. According to Zakharova, the foreign Ministry is going to “fake” news