Category: Politics

Photo: Kommersant The press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said that the theme of the upcoming presidential elections to be held in 2018, is not on the agenda. Peskov added that in the present early to speak about the aspects of the campaign, including possible voter turnout. “No, no landmarks, no,” said Sands, answering the question whether there is guidance on the turnout in the presidential elections in Russia in 2018. Earlier it was reported that the Central election Commission of Russia has proposed to the presidential election in 2018 to organize video surveillance at all polling stations in provincial and district centers, which will allow you to cover areas, where the vote of almost 90 million people.

Photo: globallookpress.com Press Secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the Russian leader plans to take part in the Munich security conference. He told about it to journalists. “No, he is not going to accept (part) – said the representative of the Kremlin. – Visit the conference not included in the schedule of the President.” While Peskov did not answer the question whether the changes in the schedule of the President. “It’s hard to tell,” he said. At the Munich conference which attracts heads of States, governments, international organisations, authoritative experts. Russian representatives participate in the Munich conference since the late 1990-ies. 10 years ago Putin made a speech at the conference “the Role of Russia in world politics”. His statement, in which the President of the Russian Federation stressed the importance of a multipolar world and the need to avoid double standards in world politics, has

Photo: RIA Novosti The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that Kiev is trying to sabotage the implementation of the Minsk agreements. The Minister emphasized that representatives of the Ukrainian authorities are trying to evade the implementation of the agreements on the settlement in Donbass, signed in Minsk. According to him, this fact should draw the attention of the guarantor countries. We will remind, in 2014 in Ukraine the ongoing conflict, in which Kiev is trying to regain control over the territory of Donbass. In the same year in the country there was a coup, resulting in the change of power. Residents of Donetsk and Lugansk refused to recognize the new government and announced the creation of the breakaway republics. Kiev, in turn, initiated the so-called anti-terrorist operation, which subsequently led to armed conflict.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Hungary péter Szijjártó confirmed that the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Hungarian counterpart Janos Ader will take place on 2 February, reports TASS. “Seriously preparing for the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest on February 2. Looking forward to this visit due to the rapid change of international situation”, – said the diplomat. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, in his turn, noted that he intends to discuss with Siarto “the implementation of the tasks set in the course held in February 2016 in Moscow the meeting of Putin and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban. “You know that in addition to today’s meeting in the foreign Ministry you will have the opportunity in almost all respects of interaction to speak with Russian representatives” – said Lavrov. Earlier, the press Secretary of the

Photo: Kommersant The members of the Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights (HRC) has prepared critical comments on the anti-terrorism package of laws (the so-called “Spring package”). At the conclusion of the project, a copy of which is available on TASS, indicated that the number of regulations imposed by this law, “creates opportunities for arbitrariness and abuse in the imposition of liability.” In particular, such a definition, the members of the Council used in relation to the article of the criminal code “failure to report a crime.” “Liability for non-notification to the competent authorities about known preparing or committed crime not is based on clearly defined elements of a crime from the point of view, neither the objective nor the subjective side. It is not clear why and how a person must determine the appropriate body for the message; it is impossible to describe,

Photo: RIA Novosti Japan intends to continue negotiations with Russia with the aim of creating a “special system” for carrying out joint economic activities at all the South Kuril Islands. This was stated by Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, answering questions of deputies at the plenary session in the lower house of Parliament. “With regard to joint with Russia economic activities on the four Islands, we support the continuation of negotiations on this subject and economic projects that will benefit both parties,” he said. In this case, Abe has expressed displeasure with the strengthening of the Russian military presence on the southern part of the Kuril Islands during last month’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I can’t reveal all the contents of our conversation (with President Putin – approx. TASS),- said the head of government. – However, I made it clear to the Russian side that we regret

Photo: TASS The Ministry of economic development considered that a number of provisions of the anti-Smoking concept of the Ministry of health violate the basic rights of citizens. About this newspaper “Izvestia”. Earlier, the Ministry of health reported on a number of measures envisaged by the draft anti-Smoking concept until 2022. In particular, it is assumed to equate electronic cigarettes to ordinary, to expand the list of places where Smoking will be prohibited to increase the working day Smoking employees. In addition, the Agency proposes to completely ban tobacco products after 2015 (and after they reach adulthood). Deputy Minister of economic development Oleg Fomichev sent to the Ministry of health in your opinion, which upheld “the need for measures aimed at health protection of the population”. However, the main measures offered by the Ministry of health, Fomichev called “unreasonable and impractical”. He also noted that the draft does not indicate

Photo: © RIA Novosti. Eugene Biyatov The Obama administration has done everything to cast doubt on the fact of an honest victory of US President Donald trump, the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev. “The transfer of power was anything but peaceful. Unless, of course, is not to reduce the transfer to the formal procedures. And everything was done to cast doubt on the fact of free choice trump”, believes Kosachev, quoted on Monday, the newspaper “Izvestia”. He also expressed confidence that trump is ready to go on its way to the end and is unlikely to reconsider their views. “It is unlikely that Donald trump will seriously reconsider even under massive attacks from outside or from the media. It is known to be the first thing returned to the Oval office the bust of Churchill… Apparently the 45th President of the United States is

Photo: RIA Novosti Member of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Alexei Pushkov commented on the statement of the candidate in presidents of France Francois Fillon on Russia, which he announced in an interview with the French press. Your comment Pushkov posted on a personal Twitter page. Among other things, the presidential candidate of France stated that “the Russian people is impossible to bend the sanctions.” “Fillon: it is naive to believe that the people of Russia can be bent with the help of sanctions. It must be said Merkel and gripped by delusions of sanctions on U.S. senators,” commented Pushkov. Earlier it became known that Francois Fillon gave an interview to the newspaper Monde, where he explained his attitude to Russia and its role in the future of Europe. In his opinion, the restoration of good relations to the Russian Federation is a