Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti “United Russia” plans to hold a preliminary vote on the selection of candidates for participation in regional elections on may 28. On Tuesday, February 7, announced the Secretary of the General Council of the party, Vice-speaker of the state Duma Sergey Neverov, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “I hope colleagues will support it, and it will be the date 28 may,” — said Neverov. According to him, the date will be determined at the meeting of the General Council, which will take place on Tuesday afternoon. Neverov expressed hope that the representatives of the political parties represented in the Duma in the last elections, will help the participants of the upcoming election campaigns in the regions. “It’s important for us to maintain the level of support we have received from citizens,” — said the head In 2017, the single voting day will be held September 10. In six regions

Photo: RIA Novosti Director of theatre “Satyricon” Konstantin Raikin said that the words about Russia as a “nekrofilskom state” is a phrase from the solo performance “Over the farce of the sky.” About it reports “Interfax”. The artist recalled that this performance he plays for 15 years. Raikin explained that these words are pronounced based on a line from “Boris Godunov”: “They only know how to love the dead.” In the solo performance, which Raikin performed in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic society named after Shostakovich, talking about the fate of Russian poets Nikolai Gumilev, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Osip Mandelstam, Joseph Brodsky and others. In a speech Raikin says that geniuses in Russia has always been “etched”. “We nekrofilskie state, it loves the dead more than the living. Then they called names of streets, squares, metro stations, and before that kill”, is one of the replicas of the play. Earlier,

Photo: RIA Novosti The delegation of the European Union high-level will arrive in Russia for consultations in matters of fight against terrorism. It is reported by the EU delegation in Moscow, reports RIA “Novosti”. “The delegation of the EU high-level visit Moscow for informal technical consultations on the issues of counter-terrorism on 8 February 2017,” – said the representative office. It is reported that the head of delegation will be Deputy Secretary General of the European external action service Pedro Serrano, the coordinator of the EU to combat terrorism Gilles de Kerchove and Deputy General Director on security issues of the European Commission Olivier Onidi.

Photo: TASS The Chairman of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky considers that the holding of elections every year is impractical, it is better to campaign every two years. He stated this at a meeting with the head of the CEC of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova. “I think abroad is a break, a year when there are elections. And we have every year, we just came in after (the single voting day – approx. TASS) September 18, you now need to prepare again in September,” – said Zhirinovsky. He offered “to do a cycle like this: the presidential election in 2018, then another cycle to every two years elections are held”. “Otherwise, we train to train”, – said the leader of the LDPR. Break, in his opinion, will enable the parties to analyze the mistakes made during the campaign. In Russia, every year the single day of voting second Sunday in September,

Photo: nsbomsk.EN Deputies of the Omsk city Council has forbidden to employ as assistants to their relatives. The appropriate legal act adopted on the initiative of the regional Prosecutor’s office. On Tuesday, February 7, RIA Novosti reported. Previously, the Agency organized an audit, which revealed that more than 10 deputies of the city Council assistants were their close relatives, particularly children or spouse. At the same time, the monthly payroll assistant is 39 thousand rubles. Financing at the expense of budgetary funds. The regional Prosecutor’s office considered that this situation leads to a conflict of interest and contributed in the Omsk city Council representation, and developed and submitted to the representative body of local self-government project proposing a ban on the employment of the assistant to the Deputy of his close relatives. The final document was adopted in the second reading, approved by the mayor of Omsk and entered into

Photo: RIA Novosti Currently matched only one visit of the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in Russia – far Eastern economic forum in September. This was reported by press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov. During a visit to Tokyo by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister to participate in the far East forum. “We expect Abe on the forum” – confirmed “Газете.Ru” Dmitry Peskov. However, according to him, the date of the visit has not yet been agreed. Abe himself has expressed his desire to visit Russia as early as possible. A key goal of the upcoming visit to Russia – a possible conclusion of a peace Treaty between the two countries (at the end of the Second world war) and the issue of disputed territories in the Kuril Islands. During his visit to Japan in mid-December last year, the Russian and Japanese leaders agreed to a