Photo: RIA Novosti Aviation Board was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. This is the order of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The Board also includes the Minister of industry and trade Denis Manturov, Minister of transport Maxim Sokolov, and Deputy Minister of defense Yuri Borisov. We will remind, the decision on the establishment of the Aviation Board of the government of Russia was signed on 30 December 2016. A panel created to prompt consideration of development issues of the aviation industry and the preparation of agreed recommendations for their solution. In October, “Kommersant” reported that the new body is planned to create by analogy with the Marine Collegium to coordinate state marine policy in Russia. This is the second attempt by the government to create a coordinating body for civil aviation industry.
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Peskov: Russia has never recognized the passports of DNR and LNR
Photo: RIA Novosti Russia did not recognize the passports of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR), took place only certain decisions of local authorities or companies, and they were dictated by humanitarian considerations. This was reported to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “This is not an official recognition of passports, we are talking about individual solutions, which could be municipal, local authorities and various companies, based solely on humanitarian considerations, guided by the need to do humanitarian assistance to these people who live in areas of Donbass, which, as you know, is under a strict embargo from the Ukraine”, — said Peskov on the request to comment on the information that Russia allegedly recognized the passport of the LC and the DNI, and the holders of such documents can use the services of Railways of the Russian Federation, hotels, and airlines. “You
In the Kremlin commented on the financial claims of Minsk to Moscow
Photo: RIA Novosti Russia has allocated over $ 6 billion of Belarus in the form of loans, this burden was placed an additional burden on the budget of the Russian Federation, is spoken in the comment of the press service of the Kremlin. “As of today all our Belarusian partners allocated over $ 6 billion of loans in various tranches. This credit load just lay an additional burden on the budget of the Russian Federation”, — said the press service. On the official portal of legal information of the Russian Federation was published three orders of the FSB of Russia, from which it follows, on the border with Belarus created a border zone in the Pskov, Smolensk and Bryansk regions. The decision comes into force on 7 February. Lukashenka then accused the Russian Federation in violation of international treaties. In addition, at a press conference on Friday, Lukashenko proposed to
Rogozin: the effect of sanctions against Russia turned out to be opposite to the expectations of the EU
Dmitry Rogozin © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. Sanctions against Russia have led to an effect opposite to the expectations of their representatives entered the European Union, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Earlier on Sunday Bloomberg with reference to sources in Brussels, wrote that the EU can in mid-March to extend for another six months sanctions against 100 citizens of Russia and Ukraine. In particular, according to the newspaper, this decision will affect the businessman and co-owner of Bank “Northern sea way” Arkady Rotenberg, the largest shareholder of Bank “Russia” Yuri Kovalchuk. “In Russia you cannot use blackmail and threats. Sanctions against our industry have led to the effect opposite to the expectations of officials”, – Rogozin wrote on his official page on the micro-blogging network Twitter.
Lavrov: Moscow, imposing countermeasures against the EU, made all to be honest
Sergei Lavrov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. Moscow, imposing countermeasures against the EU, made all to be honest. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the Austrian magazine Profil. “We have imposed sanctions as a countermeasure for a very simple thing, he said. European sanctions limit the possibility for our banks to get loans to Finance agriculture, which would mean that the farmers from the EU to the Russian market would benefit from conditions of unfair competition.” “We had to make it fair. That’s all,” – said the Minister. In his words, Moscow has initiated sanctions, and it is not to remove them. To the objection of Russian countermeasures Lavrov replied rhetorically: “do You want to remain under European sanctions, but withdrew our?”. The OSCE is a key platform for dialogue in Europe The organization for security and cooperation
The Kremlin accused Lukashenko
Photo: REUTERS In the Kremlin explained that the introduction of border areas on the border with Belarus due to the need to regulate visits to border areas by citizens of third countries. Consequences for the citizens of Belarus and Russia will not. The press service also noted that the Kremlin believes it is incorrect and wrong assertion of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko that the border zone violate any international or other intergovernmental agreements, reports RIA Novosti. “We want to emphasize that this is not so, no border regime were not introduced. We are talking about the introduction of border zones adjacent to the border areas. This is due to the need to regulate visits to border areas by citizens of third countries”, — said the press service. Any consequences from this administration for the citizens of Belarus and Russia is not and can not be. The Kremlin added
Sands relied on an ample supply of ammunition of the militia DNI
Photo: RIA Novosti Official Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed the hope that the militia of the South-East of Ukraine has enough weapons to response to the aggressive actions of Kiev. His words on Friday, February 3, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. Answering a question of journalists about when the militia over arms, Peskov said: “I don’t know, we’re not in the Kremlin, counting ammunition.” “I hope they have enough ammunition to respond to the aggressive actions of the Armed forces of Ukraine”, — said the representative of the Kremlin.
In the state Duma assessed the behaviour of “runaway” from Donetsk by the OSCE mission
Photo: RIA Novosti It is premature to draw conclusions about the actions of the OSCE monitoring mission in Donetsk, which supposedly left town before the attack by the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU). This opinion was expressed by the head of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky in an interview with “Tape.ru” on Friday, February 3. “If they really gone, then perhaps it’s not quite right, in accordance with their mandate and increasing tension. If they have not left and will return, perhaps today, then it’s a different situation,” — said the Deputy. This Slutsky stressed that the objective of the mission in this situation was “honk the OSCE and the world community about the ungentlemanly behavior of the Ukrainian side”. The MP admitted that the actions of the OSCE representatives could not answer this task, and “with high probability their conduct in this situation can be interpreted
The foreign Ministers of Russia and Italy discussed the situation in Ukraine
Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano discussed the schedule of upcoming contacts between the two countries and exchanged views on the state of relations between Russia and the West and the situation in Ukraine. This was announced on Friday, the Russian foreign Ministry on the results of telephone conversation of the heads of depodesta. “The foreign Ministers discussed the schedule of forthcoming contacts at summit and high levels, as well as priority issues on the bilateral agenda, including the task of ensuring the full functioning of the basic mechanisms of Russian-Italian cooperation and the recovery of the positive dynamics in trade and economic relations,” – said in the Ministry. He informed that Lavrov and the Prime Minister exchanged views “about the state of Affairs in relations between Russia and the West, on the tasks of the
The Cabinet instructed to prepare a law on the reorganization of “Mail of Russia”
Photo: RIA Novosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the head of the Ministry of communications of Russia Nikolai Nikiforov work on the draft law on the reorganization of “Mail of Russia”, reported on the official website of the Cabinet. “Minsvyaz (N..Nikiforov) to continue work on introduced by the Government of the Russian Federation to the State Duma a draft Federal law “On peculiarities of reorganization of Federal state unitary enterprise “Russian Post” and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” for consideration by the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 2017″, – stated in the published document. It is expected that the project will be submitted to the chambers of the Federal Assembly in 2017. A bill on the reorganization of the FSUE “Post of Russia” was submitted to the state Duma in June 2014, but is still not approved.