Category: Politics

Berdimuhamedov has received more than 97 percent of votes in the elections The current President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was reelected for a third term. He received 97,69% of the vote, reports RIA Novosti with reference to data of the CEC of the Republic. The turnout was 97,27%. Presidential elections were held on Sunday, February 12. In Turkmenistan there were more than 2.5 thousand polling stations, and another 39 — as the diplomatic missions of the Republic abroad. In addition Berdimuhamedov, President claimed eight people — the candidate from the Party of Industrialists and entrepreneurs Bekmyrat Atalyev, the representative of the Agrarian party Durdygul Orazov, as well as six candidates from initiative groups of citizens. According to the new Constitution, adopted in September 2016, the presidential term extended from five to seven years. It also abolished the age limit of 70 years for participation in elections of the head of

The defense Ministry released a video of the destruction of the militants of the monuments of Palmyra MOSCOW, February 13 — RIA Novosti. The Ministry of defence has published video evidence of the destruction by militants of the Islamic state (a terrorist group banned in Russia) objects of ancient Palmyra in Syria. 6фотографий6фотографий “The defense Ministry of Russia has published video evidence of the destruction by ISIS of the objects of historical-architectural complex of Ancient Palmyra”, — said on Monday the Department of information and mass communications Department. According to him, Russian drones in monitoring the Palmyra (Tadmor) and the surrounding areas “recorded the fact of the destruction of the barbaric terrorists of ISIS facade of the Roman amphitheatre and tetrapylon — the main attractions of the ancient city”. It is clarified that the footage clearly shows that the terrorists blew up procenium — Central part of the ancient Roman

USA, Japan and South Korea demand to convene the UN security Council in connection with the rocket launch by the DPRK MOSCOW, February 13. /TASS/. USA, Japan and the Republic of Korea require urgently convene the UN security Council to hold consultations in connection with the rocket launch by the DPRK, Reuters reports. As noted, this meeting may take place as early as Monday. Earlier Monday, North Korean news Agency tstak has informed that the ballistic missile test conducted by the DPRK on 12 February, was successful. It was noted that the launch of a ballistic missile Pukguksong-2, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, was personally supervised by leader Kim Jong-UN.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Central election Commission and the party “United Russia” agreed to work together to devise a framework law on the procedure of preliminary inner-party vote, said Secretary of the General Council EP Sergei Neverov. On Friday, the CEC Chairman, Ella Pamfilova met Neverov and other representatives of the EP, to discuss the preparations for the forthcoming single voting day-the presidential election 2017 and 2018. “I think that any political party that will take the decision about the procedure of preliminary voting will always find support in the Central election Commission”, — said Neverov to journalists after the meeting. “And we agreed to think together, to work out some kind of framework law on procedures for provisional voting that is understandable and accessible, including the use of technical means, which now has a Central election Commission: booths and ballot boxes, and other opportunities,” he added.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Committee of property relations (CRO) of Saint-Petersburg refused St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in the transfer of ownership of two buildings on Stone island near the residence of the Metropolitan; this decision due to the fact that the buildings are not state property. In the First building on Birch Avenue, 16 on Stone island in the former mansion of Princess Verevkin since 1992, houses the residence of the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. Reconstruction of the area was held for the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus. The residence was the first new building the post-Soviet period on Stone island. According to the KIO, in October 2016, the property of the Russian Orthodox Church passed one of the buildings on the First Birch Avenue under the letter A, which the diocese has previously operated under contract of uncompensated use of 1992.

© REUTERS/Pavel Mikheev MOSCOW, February 13. /TASS/. The investigative Committee of Russia has received irrefutable evidence of the use of the Armed forces of Ukraine weapons of mass destruction in the South-East of Ukraine. This was announced acting head of the Department of interaction with mass-media SK the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko. “In the framework of criminal investigation of the events in the South-East of Ukraine surgically obtained and procedurally fixed irrefutable evidence of the use of the Armed forces of Ukraine weapons of mass destruction – tactical missile complexes “Tochka-U” against the civilian population during the armed conflict. Investigators SC of the Russian code of criminal procedure provides evidence of the use of Ukrainian military missile complexes “Tochka-U” on settlements of the Luhansk region: Luhansk, in the villages of Novosvitlivka and Thorns, Krasnodon district, in the town of Rovenki, in the Jubilee village Lugansk,” – said the representative of

The DPRK announced the successful test launch of a ballistic missile MOSCOW, February 13. /TASS/. The North Korean test of a ballistic missile conducted on February 12 was successful. It is reported by news Agency KCNA. According to him, the launch of a ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 was personally supervised by leader Kim Jong-UN. Earlier it was reported that North Korea carried out on Sunday the launch of a rocket from its West coast toward the sea of Japan. According to the chiefs of staff of the Republic of Korea, the launch was made at about 07:55 local time (01:55 GMT) from the landfill in the North Korean province’s Do, the missile flew about 500 km and fell into the sea of Japan.

Ukrainian MP told why in the Verkhovna Rada there are fights MOSCOW, February 13 — RIA Novosti. A fight in the Ukrainian Parliament are due to the fact that the speaker Andriy Parubiy does not respond to them, said the TV channel “112 Ukraine” people’s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Viktor Chumak. “This is the biggest problem that the speaker does not work with the regulations. And all those fights in Parliament who do it, too, because not responding or the speaker or the parliamentary procedural Committee,” — leads the channel the words of Chumak. One of the last fights took place on 9 February. Deputies from Pro-presidential party “Block of Petro Poroshenko” Sergei Leshchenko and Ivan Melnychuk came to blows during the meeting devoted to the consideration of the draft on the constitutional court.

Meryl Streep once again criticized trump MOSCOW, 12 Feb — RIA Novosti. American actress Meryl Streep has again criticized US President Donald trump and has said it will resist the attacks of the “brownshirts” and “bots,” reports the New York Times. “Afraid to put a target on your forehead, you become a target for different kinds of attacks and the armies of brownshirts, bots do worse. The only reason you can do it — if you feel that you should. Needs! You should have a choice,” — said the actress at the award ceremony from the organization Human Rights Campaign (HRC), advocating for the protection of sexual minorities. As the newspaper notes, from the speech of the actress is not clear to whom she applied the treatment “brownshirts” (paramilitary National socialist German workers party — NSDAP). Previously, trump has responded to criticism from the Strip during her speech at the