Category: Politics

Medvedev said “serious event” Ulyukayev charges of bribery Dmitry Medvedev has commented on the detention of the Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev. The Prime Minister said that what happened is “beyond” his comprehension. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking Tuesday at a visiting session of the faction “United Russia” in the Expocentre, commented in his speech about the case of Alexei Ulyukayev. It is a heavy event for the government, for the government. What happened is beyond my understanding. We discussed it yesterday with the President, and he is mariemarie Medvedev According to him, law enforcement needs to thoroughly investigate the incident. “Of these stories should be a single indisputable conclusion, it is very important for our country that none of the authorities — neither the Governor nor the Minister does not have immunity in criminal offences. In other words — all can be held accountable. Of course, if their

The absence of the plenary session will cost MP in the sixth part of the salary Moscow. 14 Nov. INTERFAX.RU — the state Duma Committee on rules and organization of work chambers at the meeting on Monday recommended the adoption of amendments to the regulations that impose monetary penalties for members of the truancy plenary sessions, reported “Interfax” member of the Committee Vladimir Pozdnyakov (CPRF). He explained that during the plenary sessions registration takes place three times: at 10:00, 12:00 and 16:00, the MP must register at least once a day to be considered present at the meeting of the chamber. Read alsoIn the state Duma decided on good reasons of absence of deputies The mechanism of deprivation of the salary will be practiced, since it is necessary to accurately identify the guilt of the truant. In accordance with the amendments, the guilty will reveal the house Committee on rules

Photo: RIA Novosti Residents self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics can start issuing Russian passports. About the preparation of this proposal RT said a member of the international Committee of the state Duma Sergei Shargunov. According to him, the proposal is primarily engaged in inter-factional group “friends of Donbass”, the question which was raised at the meeting of the state Duma last week. Letters initiative will be sent to the foreign Ministry and the Russian government. Long overdue According to Shargunov, it is assumed that the inter-factional group will be three areas of work: strengthening of humanitarian assistance, the development of cultural activities and legal support. On the last point the Deputy is going to speak with a personal initiative to contact the Ministry of foreign Affairs in the government of Russia to all the residents of the breakaway republics could obtain Russian passports. Shargunov said that it is to

The Kremlin told about the content of the “wonderful” letter to Putin Trump In a letter to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin elected President of the United States Donald Trump, which trump himself is called “wonderful,” was written congratulations on his election victory, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, reports “RIA Novosti”. That trump has got a “wonderful” letter from Putin himself, the President-elect said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. He did it in response to a question about his international contacts after the election of the President of the United States. He said that he personally talked with most world leaders, or received written congratulations. Also during the interview, Donald trump has told about priority directions of its activities. Among them he named the deregulation of financial institutions, creating jobs and protecting US from illegal immigrants. Vladimir Putin congratulated the people of

Photo: © Fotolia/ WavebreakmediaMicro The labour Ministry is preparing a change of the mechanism of employment quotas for people with disabilities: an employer who is unable for various reasons to hire person with disabilities, will be able to Deposit money into a special Fund, said Deputy Minister of labor and social protection of the Russian Federation Grigory Lekarev. Now for organizations employing more than 100 people, the region sets quota for employment of disabled persons in the amount of 2-4% of the staff. If the number of employees from 35 to 100 people, the quota is no more than 3% “We want to make quota mechanism more effective… just specify that here we are at the stage of developing the idea. The point of it is to make the implementation of quotas more flexible: not only through the allocation of jobs for people with disabilities, but also by paying those

Prime Minister of Bulgaria resigned MOSCOW, 14 Nov — RIA Novosti. Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov has filed a formal petition for his resignation and the resignation of the entire Cabinet after the electoral defeat of the candidate from the ruling GERB party Cecchi Tsacheva. Nominated by an initiative Committee, headed by the socialist party, “BSP”, General rumen Radev lead in the second round of the presidential elections in Bulgaria. The opposition candidate is gaining Radev, according to the latest data of the CEC, more than 59% of the vote. “Prime Minister Boyko Borisov submitted the resignation of the government in the national Assembly,” reads the statement on the website of the Cabinet. According to the Agency Novinite, the vote in Parliament on the resignation of the Prime Minister is expected on Tuesday. Earlier Borisov said that if the candidate from the ruling party “Citizens for European development of