Category: Politics

Photo: REUTERS The Minister of foreign Affairs and external economic relations of Hungary péter Szijjártó will make a working visit to Moscow on 23 January for a meeting with the foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov. This was announced on Thursday the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “On January 23, Mr Szijjártó will make a working visit to Moscow for talks with Russian foreign Minister,” – said the diplomat. According to her, the Ministers will continue the discussion of topical issues of bilateral relations, with emphasis on the implementation of the agreements that were reached during the meeting of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban in Moscow on 17 February 2016. “It is planned to exchange views on international issues, including the fight against terrorism, relations with the EU and NATO, the migration crisis in Europe and the situation in

Photo: REUTERS President of Sberbank German Gref hopes to resolve the historic problems in relations between Russia and the United States with the coming to power of the new American administration of President Donald trump. He stated this in an interview with Bloomberg at the world economic forum in Davos. “It is hoped that the new administration of U.S. President will be able to build more productive relations with Russia. I also hope that we will be able to achieve greater stability and to solve our historic problems in relations between the US and Europe,” he said.

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin does not agree with the statement by the Vice-President of the USA Joe Biden about the pressure from Russia on the small States. This is reported by the Rambler/news citing RIA Novosti. Biden in his speech at the world economic forum in Davos, said that Russia is trying to subvert world order and destroy the European Union to return to the zones of influence. According to him, Moscow is using energy, the interruption of gas supplies in mid-winter and raising prices as a weapon. In response to this, Peskov said that “Russia would never threaten anyone” and “has always been a reliable and predictable partner”. He also noted that Moscow has always opposed the “hysterical, emotional russophobian background” that “imposed from outside” the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. Peskov stressed that Russia is interested in

Photo: Kommersant Official Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that has no information about the costs of support of the unrecognized Lugansk and Donetsk people’s republics from Moscow. His words on Thursday, January 19, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “Humanitarian assistance is provided, but what sums there is a speech, can not say,” Peskov said in response to a request to assess the extent of Russian support for the Republic. According to him, it is incorrect to say that the LC and the DNI maintained at the expense of Russia.

Photo: Kommersant Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Igor Reva from the post of Deputy Minister of economy. The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legal information. According to the document, Reva dismissed at his request.

Photo: RIA Novosti. The press service of the President of Russia/Alexei Druzhinin/Anton Denisov A new public-political movement “New Russia” is created in Russia, told RIA Novosti Director of the Institute of contemporary economies, a political scientist and the founder of the Nikita Isaev. He noted that documents for registration have been submitted to the Ministry of justice of the Russian Federation, and currently is in the process of registration. “Documents for registration of the movement is now in the Ministry of justice. But the movement started out of nowhere, I went to this for a very long time. Even at 18 years of age, I organized a training center “Financial House”, later – “Youth school of business”. The disciples grew up, managed to implement their skills working at the Institute, and are now ready to enter into the political sphere. The request is relevant now more than ever,” said Isaev.