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Photo: TASS The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson stood next to the traditional joint photo at the end of the first day of the Ministerial consultations of the “Big twenty”. Tillerson, came one of the last, welcomed all the Ministers and stood up for the family photo in the front row, right by Lavrov. It is symbolic that in the Cologne airport, where he arrived foreign delegations, Russian and American planes also were next door to each other. The focus of the media during the day was confined to the first contacts of Rex Tillerson to the post of U.S. Secretary of state, especially his talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The Russian Minister described the meeting as productive. “In all these areas our American partners are interested to join efforts that are being made to overcome these conflicts,” he said. Round

© Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, February 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the recognition in the Russian Federation of documents and license plates of vehicles issued to citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons permanently residing on the territories of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine”. As the press service of the Kremlin, this was done “in order to protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, guided by the universally recognized principles and norms of international humanitarian law.” The text of the decree, in particular, it is noted that these measures are “temporary, pending a political settlement of the situation in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine based on the Minsk agreements”. “The Russian Federation recognizes a valid identity documents, documents on education and (or) qualification, birth certificate, the conclusion (cancellation) of marriage, name change,

© EPA/PHILIPP GUELLAND MUNICH, February 18. /TASS/. Moscow as well as the European Union is interested in full implementation of the Minsk agreements. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the Munich conference on security issues.

Lavrov said that the need to restore military cooperation with NATO MUNICH, 18 Feb — RIA Novosti. It is necessary to resume military cooperation of NATO and Russia, said Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at the Munich security conference. “The main my answer to your question, and I reported it to the Secretary-General of NATO, is that all these fears and suspicions to remove, the need to resume military cooperation. Jens Stoltenberg surrounded by his deputies yesterday could not say that NATO is ready, and it’s sad, because without the practical cooperation of any meeting of diplomats no added meaning will have in terms of security issues,” — said Lavrov. On the eve of the Russian Minister met with Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg on the sidelines of the conference and discussed the current state and prospects of relations between Russia and NATO. The North Atlantic Treaty

The joke of trump’s presentation of the new Boeing attracted the attention of women The US President said that in 30 years may well look like just a plane. WASHINGTON, February 18. /Offset. TASS Boris Makarov/. The President of the United States Donald trump featuring its quite a friendly demeanor with the crowd, once again allowed himself a humorous comment during a speech in South Carolina at the manufacturing facility of the Boeing company. Despite the fact that the joke was in General very harmless, it has attracted the attention of local media, which was amazed, “how Trump managed to hurt the dignity of women even at the presentation of the new Boeing”. During his speech the head of state, in particular, talked about aboard the presidential Air Force One, which is a modernized version of wide-body aircraft Boeing 747. This model of presidential Board held its first test flight

Photo: Flickr/ Official U.S. Navy Page NATO’s decision on strengthening the presence in the black sea region leads to tensions, Russia will study them and take steps to ensure their own safety, said the permanent representative of Russia to NATO Alexander Grushko. Thursday following the meeting of defense Ministers of countries-members of NATO the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the eight countries of the Alliance will participate in the formation of the multinational brigade in Romania and five other countries will provide air and ground support elements of the brigade. The Ministers also adopted a decision on strengthening the presence of the naval forces in the Black sea. Permanent naval group of the Alliance will be more likely to go to the Black sea, intensifitsiruetsa exercises in the region, will collect information about the situation, and will take over as the focal point for interaction with the Navy’s

Photo: RIA Novosti The Moscow city Duma submitted for consideration the state Duma a bill to ban the Smoking of electronic cigarettes (wapow) in public places, transport, the official website of the lower house of Parliament. The bill prohibits sale to minors of such evaporative mixtures and devices that mimic tobacco Smoking. It is also forbidden their advertising. Their use is prohibited in cultural institutions, sports, education, medical institutions, on all types of public transport both urban and interurban, in the institutions of trade and public catering, in the areas of social services, bodies of state power. You will also weepy Smoking on playgrounds and beaches, on platforms, in elevators, workplaces, sanatoriums. The authors of the bill propose to introduce an increased excise tax on these devices to reduce their use. Under the bill, subject to any device that simulates tobacco Smoking, electronic hookahs, and evaporation of the mixture (the

Andrei Lugovoi Photo: RIA Novosti A member of the Duma Committee for security and combating corruption, the former intelligence officer Andrei Lugovoi has denied statements of the former Deputy of the state Duma from the Communist Denis Boronenkov that the work of the state Duma allegedly depends on the FSB, RIA “Novosti”. “I deny this information, and Voronenkov, based on what I hear from the media, can only sympathize. Sorry for palanechka” he said. Meadow condemned the actions Boronenkov and expressed the opinion that his recent actions “do not make him as an officer of honor.” Boronenkov in interview to the Ukrainian edition said that the state Duma supposedly solves nothing and has no significance, and individually all the cases in the state administers the FSB.

© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MUNICH, February 18. /TASS/. Judging by some statements at the Munich conference, the cold war never ended. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the Munich conference on security issues. Kiev should embark on the implementation of the Minsk agreements, there is no alternative, he added. Regaining control of Kiev over the border with Russia is possible only after the implementation of the Minsk agreements, which is not observed. According to Lavrov, the progress in the field of security can not be an end in itself. “Our shared goal is the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, which state about the security of the line of contact, the constitutional reform to the law on the special status became part of the Constitution, the Amnesty of all combatants, just as all, without exception, the participants in the events on