Category: Politics

Volodin spoke about the purpose of parliamentary trips abroad The state Duma of the seventh convocation has adjusted the plan of the international activities of MPs, leaving only the target of the trip. On Tuesday, November 1, was announced by the speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, reports TASS. The travel plan was “not as big” as “travel to see other countries or to talk, were rejected,” said Volodin. According to him, preference is given to travel in the CIS countries, as well as to receive delegations that wish to discuss cooperation with Russian parliamentarians. On October 31, the Chairman of the Duma Committee on rules Olga Savastianova reported that the number of international events with the participation of parliamentarians will be increased. If there is a possibility for Russia to participate and to Express their position, defend their position, of course, this possibility should ispolzovatsya Svetlanasupermodel

Chinese fifth generation fighter J-20 took to the air BEIJING, 1 Nov — RIA Novosti, Ivan Bulatov. China on Tuesday introduced the fifth generation fighter of its own design “Jian-20” (J-20), reported China News Service. Demonstration flight of the new fighter took place in the framework opened the international aerospace show Airshow China in 2016 in Zhuhai (Guangdong province). The development of the fighter is involved in the Corporation Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation. He made the first test flight in early 2011. In addition to “Jian-20”, China is developing another fifth generation fighter aircraft — the “Jian-31” (J-31). As reported earlier by RIA Novosti, the head of the Department of the air force of the Russian Federation Sergey Kornev, the China export fifth generation fighter aircraft J-31 will fly on Russian engines RD-93. Fighter J-31 first flew in the air October 31, 2012, is now continuing its active development. Exhibition

Photo: © RIA Novosti. Andrey Alexandrov A meeting of the trilateral contact group on settling the situation in Eastern Ukraine will be held on Wednesday in Minsk. This will be the first meeting of the contact group after negotiations leaders “Norman Quartet”, which took place on 19 October in Berlin. The Ukrainian authorities in April 2014 began a military operation against the breakaway LC and the DNI, which declared independence after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the latest UN victims of the conflict began more than 9.6 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, including during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which from September 2014 adopted three documents regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict. However, after the armistice agreements between the parties to the conflict continue shooting. Minsk without an alternative During the meeting in Berlin, the parties recognized

In Moldova, the President will be elected in the second round CHISINAU, 31 October. /Offset. TASS Valery Demidetski, Benjamin Demidetski/. The election of the President of Moldova will require a second round of elections, which will be attended by the leaders of the left and right opposition. To win in the first round, a candidate needed to receive 50% plus one vote. According to preliminary data of the CEC of the Republic after the treatment 98.6% of the protocols, the candidate of the advocates of rapprochement with Russia, the party of socialists of Moldova Igor Dodon gaining 48.6 percent of the votes, and one candidate from the right Pro-European coalition Maia Sandu is 37.9% of the vote. “While there is preliminary results. We cannot speak about final results, but it is obvious that none of the candidates receive more than 50% of votes”, — said a member of the CEC

Photo: Parlamenskaya newspaper A key role in the fight against global terrorism needs to be played by national States. The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said from the rostrum of the Association of European Senates (AES) during visit to Bern. The speaker urged his counterparts from Europe honest conversation The program of the visit Matvienko in Switzerland was full of bilateral meetings: with speakers from France, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, and other European countries. Particularly long was the conversation with the new President of the Union of the cantons of Switzerland, Rafael Conte, the topics of which were the exchange of visits “friendship groups” and the establishment in Switzerland Suvorov center. “Switzerland takes the high road – we continue the dialogue, we hear each other’s arguments and appreciate the fact that the Russian-Swiss relations have not become a hostage of the complex relationships that develop in the world” –