Category: Politics

The British Prime Minister announced the continuation of pressure on Russia Theresa may hoped to influence Moscow, along with France. Moscow. 17 Feb. INTERFAX.RU Prime Minister Theresa may hopes to enlist the support of the French colleague Bernard Kazneva in matters of pressure on Russia for its policy towards Ukraine. In an article published in the French newspaper Le Figaro, may said, sure, “achieving a single (with France — if) opinion of the need to continue pressure on Russia for its aggression and destabilize the situation in Eastern Ukraine”. As reported, Bernard Cazeneuve will visit London on Friday. The British Prime Minister also assured that London will continue its cooperation with France on Syria at the UN, reminding that the two countries are preparing a draft resolution of the security Council on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

The death of Kim Jong-Nam: what we learned over the past day What happened at the airport of Kuala Lumpur is reminiscent of the plot of a spy novel in which the intricacies of trying to understand not only the investigators and intelligence agencies, but also the world’s leading media. BEIJING, 17 Feb. /TASS/. Malaysian police are still investigating the alleged murder of the brother of the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-UN — Kim Jong-Nam, and continues to acquire new details. What happened at the airport of Kuala Lumpur is reminiscent of the plot of a spy novel in which the intricacies of trying to understand not only the investigators and intelligence agencies, but also the world’s leading media. Identification Of Kim Jong-Nam Earlier it was reported that the deceased had a passport under the name of Kim Chol, a native of Pyongyang. However, on the morning of Wednesday

Photo: RIA Novosti The majority of Russians perceive Belarus as a friendly country and partner, but are against the sale of her energy at below market price. These are the findings of a survey conducted by the all-Russia centre of studying of public opinion (VTSIOM) on the topics of attitude of Russians to Belarus, her sales of Russian oil and gas visa-free regime. For equality for all According to the results of the study available to TASS, more than half of Russian citizens (56%) do not consider it necessary to offer discounts to oil and gas allied States, even in exchange for support from their side, the opposite opinion is shared by 38% of Russians. The greatest number of supporters point of view on equal prices for all (64%) of respondents from 45 to 59 years, the lowest (44%) is among young people 18 to 24 years. As for the

© Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. The state Duma adopted in the second reading a bill to ban foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) whose activity is undesirable on the territory of Russia, to create legal entities or participate in them. The government, which contributed to the lower chamber the bill, recalled that in 2015, the law defines the procedure and consequences of recognition of foreign and international non-governmental organizations undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation. Including a ban on the creation of such organizations, their structural subdivisions in Russia. However, as noted in the explanatory note, the law does not prohibit such organizations to create a Russian legal entity. The Cabinet proposes to correct this situation and establish that “the recognition of undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation activities of foreign or international non-governmental organization entails including the prohibition of the establishment “on the territory of

The building of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation © Gennady Homeland/TASS MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. Russia does not consider that the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh may depend on the planned “constitutional referendum” in the region. This was reported by TASS in the Department of information and press of the Russian foreign Ministry. “We do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state, – said in depodesta. – We believe that its status should be determined by political negotiations in the framework of the Minsk process. It does not believe that the peace process could depend on the holding referred to “constitutional referendum”.

The European Parliament voted for the creation of a common European army Also adopted a resolution on strengthening the centralization of the EU. Moscow. 17 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — the European Parliament supported the resolution on strengthening the centralization of the European Union, the creation of the post of Minister of Finance of the EU and a common European army, reports the BBC. For the document, proposed by the ex Prime Minister of Belgium and responsible for the negotiations on Brexit guy Verhofstadt, voted 283 MEP with 269 votes against and 83 abstentions. The approval of the European Parliament can mean the beginning of a fundamental reform of the EU Treaty. “In fact Verhofstadt proposes a restriction or even total elimination of the rights of the member countries of the European Union to abandon the implementation of collective decisions”, — stated in the message. Vice-President of the Commission Frans Timmermans said

Trump said that false news prevented the achievement of agreements with Russia The head of the American administration, said that he “does nothing” for Moscow, however, reiterated that “to get along with Russia would be wonderful.” “Fake news is very difficult to conclude agreements with Russia”, — he said at a press conference in the White house. The head of the American administration have repeated the assertion that “to get along with Russia would be wonderful.” His former opponent in the presidential race Democrat Hillary Clinton he blamed the fact that she started a “reset” of relations with Russia. The very same “reset” trump called “stupid plastic” button. While trump said that he “does not do anything for Russia.” Trump is in conflict with the media since the days of the presidential campaign. While on Thursday at a press conference, he noted that “good journalists are some of the most

Photo: NEWS/Alex Maishev Video recording of court proceedings in civil cases in Russia could become an official document — the minutes of the meeting. Such amendments to government bills providing for the introduction of mandatory video recording of trials, drafted and sent to the state Duma, the Supreme court of the Russian Federation (“News”). According to sun, the video should have the status of minutes of meeting on civil cases. They will be able to familiarize themselves parties to the proceedings, at his own expense to order copies. The absence of the Protocol, in accordance with applicable law is one of the grounds for cancellation of the decision of the court. Initially, the government draft laws on the status of the video nothing was said. Representatives of the justice Ministry had previously stressed that they will be “supporting material”. Somewhat more complicated is the situation with videos of the sessions,

Mikhail Degtyarev © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. The head of the Duma Committee on physical culture and sport Mikhail Degtyarev described as a provocation the film bi-Bi-si “Army Russian hooligans” about the Russian football fans. The film is about the Russian football fans, who alleged during the world Cup in 2018 is ready to take revenge on the British for the Marseille riots during Euro 2016, was shown at night on Friday.