Category: Politics

Putin awarded the new title of “Syrian” generals Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awarding new ranks to the generals of the Russian army, which had relevance to operations in Syria. About it reports TASS. According to the decree, the title of Colonel-General assigned the chief of National control center of defense of Russia Mikhail Mizintseva and the chief of the main operations Directorate of the General staff of Armed forces of Russia Sergey Rudskoy. Rudskoy, as noted, holds regular briefings for journalists on the situation in Syria and the actions of Russian troops in the region. The title of Lieutenant-General received the chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of armed forces of Russia Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, who twice headed the defense Ministry’s delegation at the talks with the Syrian opposition in Astana. In early February, it was reported that Putin dismissed 16 generals of

Maria Zakharova © Artyom Korotayev/TASS MOSCOW, February 22. /TASS/. Someone attempts to cheat in the beginning of inter-Syrian negotiations in Geneva would be counterproductive to the process. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian depodesta Maria Zakharova.

South Sudan officially declared famine The United Nations on 20 February is officially declared the famine in two counties of unity state of South Sudan — the youngest country in the world. According to the United Nations, hunger affects more than 100 thousand people in unity state, another 1 million people in the country are on the verge of starvation. Acute food shortage is the continuing with the 2013 civil war. This is stated in the message on the official website of the organization. “According to our estimates, more than one million children in South Sudan suffer from acute malnutrition, more than a quarter of a million children from malnutrition. If we do not render immediate assistance, many of them will die,” said UNICEF representative in the country Jeremy Hopkins. According to UN projections, the famine soon spread to more people: a serious eating less threatened about 5.5 million people

Putin has provided a grant of “the Russian vuvuzela” Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to support the project to create a national musical instrument of a fan of Russia. The corresponding decree of the President about support of creative projects of national importance in the field of culture and art — was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. One of the grants awarded to the artist and maker of Russian musical instruments of the suburban town of Elektrostal Rustam Nugmanov “for a project to create a national musical instrument of a fan of Russia.” The document does not specify what might constitute this musical instrument and what is the specific amount will be allocated to the master for its development. One of the most famous national musical instruments fans are “vuvuzelas”. They were actively used by South African fans during the soccer world Cup in South Africa

Facebook has blocked the page of the presidential adviser on the Internet MOSCOW, 22 Feb — RIA Novosti/Prime. Social network Facebook for three days have blocked the website of the presidential adviser on the Internet Herman Klimenko, than he Klimenko said on his page on another social network — “Vkontakte”. Klimenko has made a notification from Facebook. One notice says that removed access to the materials that Klimenko published on Facebook, as the social network received a message from a third party that the content violates copyright. “Your access to posting content on Facebook blocked for three days. If you continue to post content that violates someone else’s rights or laws, your access to posting content on Facebook or even your account may be blocked forever,” — said the social network. We are talking about reposts Advisor to the President publications user hankishieva Elder, with whom he in recent days,

Photo: RIA Novosti The state Duma Committee on state construction and legislation recommended Tuesday the lower house of Parliament to approve the second reading of the bill on criminal liability for rowdy on public transport. According to the amendments introduced criminal responsibility for hooliganism committed on different types of transport: rail, sea, inland water or air transport and any other transport. Under the hooliganism in this calculation is a gross violation of public order expressing clear disrespect for society. The punishment for this offence is set to 5 years of imprisonment. If the act is committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or by an organized group or with resistance to representative of authority or to another person acting for public order protection or a person preventing breach of public order, the maximum penalty is imprisonment for up to 7 years. If the bullying committed by use of

Photo: RIA Novosti The Russian public sector is expected to continue import substitution (software), Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. According to him, over the past two years, the number of contracts for the purchase of their own has doubled, indicating that the quality of Russian programs. “Russian developers produce programs that are not inferior in convenience and functionality abroad. Today, agencies use mostly Russian legal-reference system” — quoted Medvedev RIA Novosti. The Prime Minister noted that the transition of state agencies and state-owned companies have proposed should take place without prejudice to their activities. “We need to carry out their transition in General office packages domestic. This applies to public companies. But it should be done, of course, reasonable. So as not to create problems,” — said the head of the Cabinet. Earlier Dmitry Medvedev has signed the decree about creation of Fund of development of information technologies.

Dmitry Peskov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, February 22. /TASS/. The Kremlin does not agree with the findings of a new report of Amnesty International on the situation of human rights in Russia.

In Bavaria gathered to ban the burqa and the niqab The government of Bavaria introduced a bill providing for a ban on the Muslim garment that completely covers the face — the burqa and the niqab. The ban will apply to schools and universities. Also, you can not appear in this form in the workplace and driving. “Communication is not only words, but also includes appearance, facial expression, gestures,” — said the Minister of the interior of the earth, Joachim Herrmann. He noted that the custom to hide the face is contrary to the culture of communication that exists in Germany. According to the Minister, communication is one of the conditions of existence of a democratic society. Opponents of the ban say it will have little practical value, as in Bavaria, home to not a very large Muslim community. According to opponents of the ban, this measure is populist and