Category: Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and his Armenian counterpart Karen Karapetyan on January 24 in Moscow to discuss integration of the two countries in the framework of the Eurasian economic Union (EEU), the press service of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers. “The agenda – current issues in Russian-Armenian cooperation in economy, trade, energy, transport and humanitarian spheres, implementation of joint investment projects. During the conversation, special attention will be paid to the integration and cooperation between Russia and Armenia in the framework of the Eurasian economic Union,” the message reads. It is noted that following the talks it is planned to sign a number of intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents aimed at strengthening of Russian-Armenian relations in various fields. As reports a press-service, Karapetyan will visit Moscow at the invitation of Medvedev.

MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called the ideology of betrayal the sentence of the former Deputy head of the CIA Michael Morella can give US Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President-elect Donald Trump. “As reported by media, the former Deputy head of the CIA Michael Morell said that the Russian President is “a great opportunity” to make a gift to the President-elect Donald Trump for the inauguration, giving the U.S. a former U.S. intelligence officer Edward Snowden”, – she wrote on his page on the social network Facebook.

Photo: RIA Novosti In the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg before the first meeting of the spring session, which will take place on Wednesday, January 18, will host a prayer service on the successful holding of the legislative season. This was reported by the deputies, having received an invitation to participate in the service in the house Church of the Mariinsky Palace, according to “Fontanka” on Monday, January 16. The rector of the house Church Sachs, Archpriest Peter Mukhin confirmed “Fontanka”, scheduled for Wednesday divine Liturgy, but noted that it is carried out almost daily. The priest said that on 18 January, the service will be dedicated to the upcoming feast of the Baptism of the Lord. “Anyone who comes, I wish peace and prudence,” said Mukhin. It is possible that in the course of the event will touch upon the issue of transfer of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC)

Photo: Kommersant The head of the Duma Committee on state construction and the legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov considers that article on the death penalty should be excluded from the Criminal code. This opinion he expressed at a press conference on Monday, January 16, RIA Novosti reported. “De facto it [the death penalty] is not present in the Russian Federation”, — said the MP, explaining that she can’t be assigned as punishment. Despite this, in his opinion, it is necessary to “clean up our criminal code and to remove all mention of it”. In March last year the Deputy of the state Duma of the sixth convocation Roman Khudyakov after the murder of four-year old girl as a nanny in Moscow said that it is necessary to raise the question of the abolition of the moratorium on the death penalty. In 2015 his colleague Vadim Soloviev proposed to allow the death penalty

Photo: RIA Novosti A famous scientist, oceanographer, Arctic Explorer Artur Chilingarov, who was elected to the state Duma from “United Russia”, may hand over the Deputy mandate. About it reports TV channel “Rain” referring to his friend, and sources in the lower house of the Russian Parliament. They attribute this to personal circumstances. He Chilingarov told the TV station that the decision has not been made yet — while there is a procedure for determining a successor. According to “Rain”, the Deputy mandate can go to businessman Sergey Sokol. Of the state Duma of new convocation has already released two Deputy Alexander Skorobogatko and Nikolai Makarovets. Their mandates went to, respectively, Svetlana Bessarab and Valentina Saturday.

Photo: TASS The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov dismissed the chief architect of the region Alexander Kuznetsov. About it reports a press-service of the Crimean government. “Release Alexander Vyacheslavovich Kuznetsov from the post of Deputy Minister of construction and architecture of the Republic of Crimea – the chief architect of the Republic of Crimea on its own initiative in accordance with the submitted statement”, – stated in the decree of the President. Kuznetsov chief architect of the Crimea in may 2015. For six years he headed the regional Association of designers of Kuban. Earlier, in November 2016, Aksenov dismissed the chief architect of Simferopol Ernst mavlyutova, who held this position from April 2015. Then at a meeting with heads of cities, he criticized the work of the Crimean architects who, in his opinion, is unable to determine how to develop coastal city. A week after that at the meeting

Photo: © RIA Novosti. Igor Russak State Duma Deputy Vitaly Milonov (EP) has prepared a draft law, supplementing the list of memorable dates in Russia Day of memory of the February revolution of 1917, he reported about it to RIA Novosti on Monday. Memorable dates of Russia defined by the Federal law “About days of military glory and anniversaries of Russia”. There are currently 15, including in memory of five historical events — the day of the baptism of Rus, the day of memory of victims in the First world war, the October revolution day, the day of the great Patriotic war and after the Second world war. “That the February revolution was the true catalyst of the tragic events that defined the history of our state in the last century. Unfortunately, due to ideological constraints of the Communist era the role of the February revolution was devalued to a