Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko has angered teachers ‘ salaries in the Ivanovo region. In her words, Russian entities, in which the salary of teachers is less than average for the region, violate the “may decrees” of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. This is reported by the Rambler/news, citing the Agency “Interfax”. Their indignation at the low salaries of teachers Matviyenko expressed after the school teacher Komsomolsky district, Ivanovo region, said that from 1 January 2017 in its area wages fell from an average of 20 thousand rubles to 14 million rubles. According to a teacher at another school wages fell to 7 thousand rubles. Matvienko asked the Minister of education and science of Russia Olga Vasiliev to understand the situation. In response, the Minister promised to discuss the matter with the head of the Ivanovo region Pavel Konkov. In September 2016, Russian President

Photo: RIA Novosti “Communists of Russia” proposed to dismiss the governors for the lack of natural population growth in the region. The appropriate appeal published on the website of the party on Friday, February 3. The organization indicated on the report of Rosstat, according to which in the Nizhny Novgorod region the mortality by almost 30 percent exceeded the birth rate by 2016. “After all, what are those numbers? Regional authorities have created favorable social conditions for the population of the subject. No war, no natural disasters, and the death rate exceeds the birth rate”, — said the Deputy Chairman of the party Central Committee Yaroslav Sidorov. He stressed that the ratio of these factors should be regarded as “a decisive index of social well-being.” According to Sidorova, if the power in the region cannot solve the problem, “no other it will not solve the problem.” “We would like to

Photo: RIA Novosti According to the results of operations in Syria 20 pilots of naval aviation, was flying sorties from the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”, presented to the state awards. As reported by the commander of the Northern fleet (SF), Vice-Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, the pilots of naval aviation of the Navy of Russia in the fighting in Syria has executed 420 sorties. At the rally, dedicated to the return of the crews of the aircraft fleet in Russia, he said that for two months the pilots of sea aircraft struck thousands of targets for terrorists – the planes attacked the headquarters and control centers of the militants, crowds of fighters and military equipment, firing positions and strong points of terrorists. Planes and helicopters of carrier-based aircraft su-33, MiG-29K, Ka-52, Ka-29 and Ka-27 today within two hours completed the flights in the Barents sea the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”. Of the

Photo: TASS Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin was not excessive optimism regarding the U.S. position on sanctions, RIA Novosti reported. He noted that Moscow will consistently and convincingly convey their position on Crimea and Ukraine to the UN Security Council. “I want to say that we never indulged in excessive optimism, and we talked about it from the beginning. Second, we certainly do not agree with this formulation, and we will continue very consistently and convincingly communicate our position to all the participants in the meetings of the UN security Council and our other partners, including to the permanent representative of the United States,” — said Peskov. 2 February speaking at a meeting of the UN security Council for the first time in the status of a permanent representative of the United States to the world organization Nikki Haley said that restrictive measures

Photo: RIA Novosti The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that Moscow drew attention to the letter of the chief editor of Reuters about the organizational work for the coverage of the U.S. President Donald trump. “The organizational work within Reuters is not our job. Open publication of the letter turned it into something like a Manifesto. It follows from the text that Russia is ranked by the Agency to countries where “at the same time you have to work with threats of violence, refusal of visas, censorship, criminal prosecution,” said Zakharova, reports “Federal news Agency”. The official also added that Reuters journalists never went to the Russian dipvedomstva with complaints of harassment. “You have a conscience? Go after the briefing, why didn’t we know that that you are oppressed? We never heard from Reuters correspondents that they bad to work. Editor-in-chief is lying?” — said Zakharov.

Photo: RIA Novosti Government of Kamchatka, assessing the state of the social sphere, taking into account the ratio of the number of people and cars. This was stated by the Governor of Kamchatka Vladimir Ilyukhin at the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports TASS on Friday, January 3. “For us, there are some indicators that the statistics are irrelevant, however, talking about how the residents live. We have today on the Kamchatka Peninsula has about 315 thousand people, and cars registered to date 211 thousand,” — said Ilyukhin. He noted that wages are rising “in accordance with the regulations”, but the real income of the population is affected by inflation. “In General, purchasing power has decreased,” stated the Governor, speaking about the results of last year. The head of state urged to pay attention to social statistics. “We need to monitor these indicators, and this year we have all

Photo: RIA Novosti Moscow and Minsk to settle disputes, including commercial, by negotiations, have informed in a press-service of the Kremlin, the correspondent “Газеты.Ru”. “As regards controversial questions, economic issues and commercial, we believe they should be resolved in a peaceful manner by negotiations, and we expect that the set of economic disputes that currently appears on our agenda, to be resolved in the course of such negotiations”, — noted in press service. Earlier it was reported that President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is not ready to cede to Moscow in the conflict on the state border, the supply of food and oil and gas dispute.

Photo: RIA Novosti In a press-service of the President of Russia said that Moscow continues to help Belarusian partners, selecting Minsk for more than six billion dollars of loans in various tranches. About it reports “Interfax”. The Kremlin stressed that Russia proceeds from the special nature of relations with Belarus. Also representatives of the President reminded that Russia from 2011 to 2015, duty free supplied of Belarus from 18 to 23 million tons of oil every year. Earlier the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk has filed a lawsuit at the reduction of Russian oil supplies. He noted that initially, between the two countries was the agreement to supply 24 million tons of oil per year. Then this number was reduced several times, reaching eventually to 12 million tonnes. Shortly before the information appeared that the Ministry of energy plans by 12 percent to reduce exports of oil

Photo: RIA Novosti First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov was awarded the Stolypin medal of the first degree. Relevant government order signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, published on the portal disclosure of legal information. “For merits in solving strategic tasks of socio-economic development of the country and years of diligent work to award the medal of P. A. Stolypin I degree First Deputy Chairman of Russian government Igor Shuvalov”, — the document says. Shuvalov holds the post of first Deputy Prime Minister since may 2008, the government official, in particular, supervises the privatization of state property. Previously Shuvalov was the assistant of President Vladimir Putin. The Stolypin medal is awarded for merits in solving strategic tasks of socio-economic development of the country in industry, construction, science, transport, agriculture, health, education, culture etc. the Stolypin Medal first degree awarded, including the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, the former head of