Category: Politics

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. The Kremlin is not considering the introduction of a visa regime for crossing the border with Belarus. “No, this topic is not considered”, – said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the publication of polls, in which 78% of Russians support the introduction of a visa regime with Belarus. One of the issues published opinion poll concerned the border regime between Russia and Belarus and Minsk abolition of visas for citizens of 80 countries that actually allows them to freely enter the territory of the Russian Federation. In these conditions, consider more than three quarters of our fellow citizens (78%), Russia should introduce a visa regime with the state-neighbor to not let in the territory of the “unknown people who have not received put the Russian visa.” Only 16% of respondents, choosing

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich will hold the February 17 meeting on “law of Spring”, in particular, to discuss the scheme of processing of arrays of information. This Dvorkovich told journalists today. “There will be a meeting… There’s elements of the law that we understand how to implement in practice. Is the conclusion of the working group, they provided an assessment and we will discuss them”, – he said. According to Vice-Premier, in the law there are complex issues that require evaluation. “There’s a law there is a definite backlash to the government – the government determines the volume and composition of the data to be stored. Repeatedly said that we in determining this amount, to proceed from the fact that the main system is information processing, not storage,” – said Dvorkovich. He added that the best investments

The head of the Pentagon called on NATO to deal with Russia with the “position of strength” NATO must deal with Russia, but at the same time to prepare to defend itself against Moscow if necessary. This statement was made the new head of the Pentagon James Mattis during his first meeting with NATO allies. New Pentagon chief James Mattis during his first trip in his new capacity in Europe meeting with NATO allies, said the need to negotiate with Russia, but “from a position of strength,” according to CNN. On Wednesday in Brussels, Mattis met with the defense Ministers of countries-members of the Alliance. “While the United States and the Alliance are interested in cooperation with Russia, we must defend itself if Russia decides to act contrary to international law”, — quotes the words of Mattis, CNN. We remain open to opportunities to restore cooperation with Moscow, and at

Reuters: trump has offered to Vice-Admiral in retirement Harward to take the post Flynn The Agency notes that it is not yet known if former commander of the US Navy seals the offer. MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. The President of the United States Donald trump offered to take the post of his assistant for national security former commander of the special forces of the U.S. Navy Vice Admiral, retired Robert Harward. This was reported by Reuters citing two sources knowledgeable about the selection process of candidates for this post. The Agency notes that it is not yet known if Harward this proposal. Initially, trump has appointed his assistant for national security retired General Michael Flynn, however, recently he was forced to resign. To perform his duties temporarily assigned to another retired General — Keith Kellogg. Babysitting Flynn became the first resignation in the generated administration trump The General made fun

Photo: RIA Novosti The first Deputy Chairman of the Communist party faction Sergei Reshulsky called upon to draw conclusions on the situation with the ex-MP Denis by Voronenkova only after receiving reliable information, not based on rumors. According to media reports, Boronenkov, who moved a few months ago in the Ukraine with his wife, also former Deputy of the lower house of the Russian Parliament Maria Maksakova, became a citizen of this country. “All my attempts to find direct speech of Denis Nikolaevich came to nothing, all this is a paraphrase of Ukrainian Newspapers and like the interviews and statements of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. I believe that we must draw final conclusions only after we personally hear it from the mouth of Denis Boronenkov Tolstoy,” Reshulsky said at the faction meeting of the Communist party. According to him, conclusions can be drawn only obtain reliable data, and not

Photo: Reuters Strategic reconnaissance aircraft, the U.S. air force RC-135W flew to the borders of Russia in the area of the Gulf of Finland. In addition, according to the website, tracking the movement of military aircraft to the Kaliningrad region flew reconnaissance plane of the Swedish air force Gulfstream 4. Near Leningrad region made a reconnaissance flight of the American aircraft RC-135W. This was reported “Interfax” with reference to Western sites, tracking movement of military aviation. The aircraft tail number and call sign 62-4138 ALKAI28 flew from the air base Mildenhall in the UK and for several hours conducted reconnaissance at the borders of the Leningrad region in the airspace of Estonia. Also, the scout came into the airspace over the Gulf of Finland. Also a reconnaissance flight near the Russian borders made a Swedish reconnaissance plane Gulfstream 4. He was flying along the coast of the Kaliningrad region at

Maria Maksakova © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Ex-Deputy of the state Duma Maria Maksakova exclude from the “United Russia” from-for presence at it citizenship of Germany, said the Secretary of the Moscow branch of “United Russia” Andrey Metelsky. About the German nationality the MP had earlier said in an interview to one of editions. “We have received information on dual citizenship, this is not consistent with the status of member of the party, according to our Charter and contrary to the Charter. Accordingly, we shall exclude her from the party on the basis of this provision,” said Metelsky. According to him, Maksakova if you will not agree with this decision, she can appeal to higher party instances. Metelsky also said that in the “United Russia” did not know about the presence of Maria Maksakova German citizenship. “In fact, it was cheating because she never indicated that she has

A bill to veto the lifting of sanctions against Russia introduced in the U.S. Congress The bill, which will impose a veto on the possible removal of President Donald trump sanctions against Russia, introduced by the house of representatives of the Congress of the United States, writes Financial Times. “This is a serious national security issue,” said Democrat Steni Hoyer, expressing hope that both houses of Congress will support the introduction of a veto on a possible solution trump. In early February, a similar bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The document States that if the White house wants to lift sanctions against Russia, he first have to provide to Congress a detailed justification for this decision. In turn, lawmakers will be able to 120 days to agree or disagree with the decision of the President. The next day after you make your first bill in Congress, White house