Category: Politics

British MPs, conservatives expressed confidence in Mei Moscow. 13 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — British members of Parliament from the conservatives, the vote on Wednesday evening, expressed confidence in the Prime Minister and the leader of their party, Theresa may. Upstairs According to the official results announced in Parliament, 200 people voted for Mei, and 117 called for a vote of no confidence. To win the premiere was enough to get 158 votes. Voting took place between 18:00 and 20:00 local time (21:00 — 23:00 Moscow time). Earlier Wednesday, may have made an appeal, in which she declared that intends to stand in the vote, and warned about the negative consequences of the envisaged change of the leader of the party for the UK in the period of Brexit. But later, according to British media reports, she also said that it did not intend to lead the conservatives in the parliamentary elections

The European Parliament adopted a resolution against the construction of “Nord stream — 2” MOSCOW, December 12 — RIA Novosti. The European Parliament called for the closure of the project “Northern stream — 2”. Stream from Strasbourg is on the website of the European Parliament. Upstairs The text of the resolution draft called political and posing a threat to European security. The document also stresses the “key role” of Ukraine to the energy security of Europe.The construction of “Nord stream — 2” “Nord stream — 2” involves the laying of two gas thread with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year off the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. The construction permit was issued by Germany, Finland and Sweden. It remains to obtain the agreement of Denmark. Against the implementation of the project previously made by the Ukraine — because of the fear of

Ex-lawyer trump was sentenced to three years in prison NEW YORK, December 12. /TASS/. A Federal court in new York sentenced on Wednesday a former lawyer, U.S. President Donald trump, Michael Cohen previously pleaded guilty in a financial fraud and other crimes, sentenced to three years in prison. This was reported by CNN. Upstairs Cohen was sentenced to 36 months in prison. Previously, the former trump’s lawyer pleaded guilty to tax evasion, violating the rules of campaign Finance, frauds in the banking sector, the provision of false information to financial institutions, the United States and making false statements to Congress. At a hearing before sentencing Cohen said: “I fully take responsibility for all actions in which he admitted for personal and those related to the President of the United States.” Cohen also noted that “the dark path” it “brought blind loyalty” to Trump. “I figured it’s my duty to cover

Insulting public morals in the Network offer to equate to disorderly conduct First Deputy Chairman of State Duma Committee on civil society development issues, public and religious associations Dmitry Vyatkin commented on made Wednesday in the lower house of the Federal Assembly of the bill on the punishment for publishing with contempt. Upstairs “The Internet is in fact the same public space. We also have the responsibility for insult of character,” said Vyatkin “Газете.Ru”. Besides it authors of the document became Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on constitutional legislation Andrey Klishas and Senator Lyudmila Bokova. “We’re just adding clarification to the existing law,” he explained. The bill proposes to set the penalty for disrespect to state symbols of Russia, the Constitution and the organs exercising the state power in the country. It is noted that after the detection of the information provider and the person placing the relevant information

Elena Yampolskaya offers to remember the Nazis with a condemnation MPs want to amend the law “On perpetuation of Victory in great Patriotic war”. Upstairs A group of state Duma deputies, among them Deputy speaker Peter Tolstoy and the head of the Committee for culture Yelena Yampolskaya, offered to allow the use of Nazi symbols in works of culture, art and media. This amended anti-extremist legislation, the Code of administrative offences (Cao) and the law “On perpetuation of Victory in great Patriotic war”. Condition the use of symbols MPs propose to make a “formation of negative attitude to the ideology of Nazism.” The package of amendments was made by a group of state Duma deputies, among them Deputy speaker of the lower chamber United Russia Pyotr Tolstoy and his companion in the party, the head of the Committee on culture Elena Yampolskaya. Under the amendments signed by the representatives of

Elected attorney General of new York plans to conduct an investigation against trump According to Letitia James, the investigation, in particular, will affect real estate transactions, representatives of the environment of the President of the United States and their companies. Upstairs TASS, December 12. The elected Prosecutor of the U.S. state of new York Letitia James, which should take office next month, plans to conduct a large-scale investigation against the President of the United States Donald trump, his family and entourage. She reported about it on Wednesday in interview to TV channel NBC. “We will use all available legislation to investigate [activity] President trump, his business deals and transactions of his family,” said Letitia James. “We will conduct an investigation concerning all who are in his [trump’s] entourage, who actually broke the law,” she said. “To challenge President Trump and examine all violations of the law, I think it has

In the state Duma introduced a bill banning the spread of fake news The head of the Federation Council Committee on the legislation Andrey Klishas submitted to the state Duma a package of bills prohibiting to publish in the media and on the Internet false information that endanger the lives of citizens or mass disruption. Upstairs “Prohibits the dissemination in the media and in information-telecommunication networks of false public interest information disseminated under the guise of reliable reports, which poses a threat to life and (or) health of citizens, mass violations of public order and (or) public security, the cessation of the functioning of critical infrastructure, transport or social infrastructure, the onset of other grave consequences,” — said in the text of the bill posted in the automated system of ensuring legislative activity (ASASD). Also in the state Duma a bill on amendments to the Code of administrative offences. For

Haley believes that the case Kalkaji should not get away with in Saudi Arabia UN 12 Dec. /TASS/. The United States should discuss with Saudi Arabia in the case of murdered Turkish journalist Jamal Kalkaji and not to let it down with her hands. This opinion was expressed by US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley in an interview with the Today program on NBC. Upstairs “I think we need serious and hard talk with the Saudis to give them to understand that we are not going to justify it, not give it away and not let such things happen again”, said Hayley. At the same time, she noted that “Saudi Arabia is an important partner of the United States against Iran”. The US President Donald trump said earlier that the United States will remain a reliable partner for Saudi Arabia, despite the situation around Kalkaji. However, the head of