Category: Politics

Photo: © RIA Novosti. Ramil Sitdikov The delegation of the Federation Council headed by the Chairman Valentina Matvienko 20 Feb goes on an official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, told reporters in the press service of the Federation Council. During the trip, which will last until February 22, is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the country. In particular, will hold talks with Chairman of National Assembly Nguyen thi Kim Ngan. The interlocutors will discuss a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation, focusing on cooperation of the parliaments of the two countries. “Russia and Vietnam have traditionally enjoyed good relations. The interaction is based on the principles of equality, mutual respect for sovereignty, commitment to finding mutually acceptable solutions. A considerable contribution to the strengthening of inter-parliamentary relations contribute. Contacts are actively developing, and in a variety of formats”, — cited the press service of Council

Sergey Zhvachkin © Cyril Kuhmar/TASS MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree on early termination of powers of the Governor of the Tomsk region. This decree of the acting head of the region Sergey Zhvachkin was dismissed at his own request and was appointed as acting Governor until elections in September this year. “It is hereby resolved to accept the resignation of the Governor of Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin on their own and to appoint Sergey Zhvachkin, the acting Governor of the Tomsk region before the entry into office of a person elected the Governor of the Tomsk region”, – stated in the document, which was published by the press service of the Kremlin. Earlier on Tuesday at a meeting with the Governor, the President noted that the command of the head of region “shows the working capacity, willingness to work and ability”.

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Ukraine’s permanent representative to the UN to “trick” lock-statement by the President of the Security Council, UN’s envoy to the organization Vitaly Churkin, himself would not have dared, so he was told. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. “With regard to the refusal of the Ukrainian representative at the UN to support the adoption of the Declaration dedicated to Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin, I can imagine how the work of the Security Council, and have little doubt that the Ambassador in such a trick would not be solved , – said the Minister. – So he ordered”. “It’s not Christian, it is beyond good and evil, – said Lavrov. But the current Ukrainian government has accustomed us to the fact that there’s someone in their country is Russian and

Most of the residents of Nagorno Karabakh Republic voted in favour of the new Constitution YEREVAN, 21 Feb — RIA Novosti, Gamlet Matevosyan. Almost 90% of the residents of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) voted in favour of the new Constitution, said Tuesday RIA Novosti the NKR Central electoral Commission. The constitutional referendum in Nagorno Karabakh was held on Monday. The new draft Constitution provides for the transition to a presidential form of government. According to the current Constitution, adopted in 2006, the form of government in NCR — semi-presidential. “According to preliminary data, on taken place yesterday the constitutional referendum of 103,793 thousands of eligible voters voted 79,428 thousand. The draft of the new Constitution voted of 69.54 thousand people or 87,6% against 7,686 thousand or 9.7%. Invalid recognized 2,202 thousands of newsletter”, — said the representative of the CEC. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Igor Popov

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia needs to study the causes of the February revolution of 1917 and to learn from these events, said the Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky. His words leads RIA Novosti. “Today it is necessary to study deeply the causes of the historical failure of 17 years, does not seek neither to demonize nor to idealize the revolution, it happened 100 years ago, in the past, it did not change”, — said the official at the conference “Lessons of history”. The main lesson, according to Medina, lies in the unwillingness of the then Russian political elites to unite in subordinating private interests to the interests of the country. Problems, which at that time stood in front of the state, was obvious and systemic, but “not so scary”, said the head of the Ministry of culture. “As a result of public dialogue has been tampered with massacre, bloodshed, civil

Photo: TASS The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov called obstacles to the abolition of the visa regime with Georgia, RIA “Novosti”. “With regard to a visa-free regime, once again — this is quite a complicated issue it related not only to the lack of diplomatic relations, but also with the need to provide security in those circumstances, when not only Central Asia but also the Caucasus, all regions of the South Caucasus, are routes that are actively trying to use the militants, extremists, terrorists and drug traffickers,” he said. The Minister stressed that further dialogue on facilitation of visa regime between the two countries will be possible only with the suppression of these risks and noted that such cooperation between law enforcement agencies of the two countries can be possible only in the presence of diplomatic relations. Earlier it was reported that the foreign Ministry made a

Sergei Lavrov © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. The Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov in connection with the death of the permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vitaly Churkin said that the Ambassador “died in the line of duty when his 65th birthday was only a few hours Moscow time”. Wrote about this on his page in the social network Facebook, the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Yury Mashkov/TASS MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov did not evaluate the actions of Ukraine, which blocked the adoption in the UN security Council statement in connection with the death of the Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin. “Against this loss (death Churkin) this behavior of our Ukrainian colleagues… Yes, God will judge them!” – said Peskov told reporters in response to a request to comment on the incident. “There’s probably nothing to say, – said the representative of the Kremlin. – And not so important against the backdrop of the losses suffered by the Russian diplomacy”. Earlier on blocking the Ukrainian delegation’s statements in the UN security Council dedicated to Churkin, said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on his page in social network Facebook.