Category: Politics

Armenia has banned pork from Russia due to African swine fever Armenia has imposed a temporary ban on pork imports from several regions of Russia, to prevent infiltration into its territory of African swine fever. Upstairs This was reported on the website of the State service for food safety of the Ministry of agriculture of the country. From August 28, in addition to pork, suspended the import of live pigs, their genetic material, wild pigs, finished products containing pork, rogakopita, leather and raw intestines, food additives and trophies. Also the ban applies to poultry, eggs, down, feathers and feed. This decision is connected with the danger of the spread of avian flu.

PMC of the UK Olive Group charged with preparing a chemical attack in Syria. Who are they? The Creator of “White helmets”, a friend of Prince William, witness the revolutions in Libya and Iran, the liquidators of chemical weapons in Syria and billionaires Republicans face Olive Group. Upstairs Russia has deployed off the coast of Syria the most powerful group of ships during the conflict. Two days before our command has announced the preparation of a new staging of a chemical attack by fighters who had trained in a British private military company Olive Group. According to the representative of the defense Ministry, “Damascus is accused of using chemical weapons and the United States, Britain and France will use it to launch attacks on state targets in Syria”. Our fleet should be a barrier to the implementation of this plan. “Storm” to find out how realistic such a development and

Putin complained Kadyrov Human rights activists protested the threats of Kadyrov, who equated them with terrorists and promised to close access to Chechnya. Upstairs President of Russia Vladimir Putin urged to condemn the statements by the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov to ban travel to the region human rights defenders. With the corresponding open letter by the international human rights organization Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Front Line Defenders. Human rights activists protested the threats by Kadyrov, who equated them with terrorists and promised to close access to Chechnya. In a statement the head of the region seen the intention to commit illegal actions, according to the international organization. “For the past ten years, the Republic’s leadership and personally Ramzan Kadyrov suppress the slightest manifestation of dissent, especially sighting and pursuing human rights defenders directly or through third parties acting with total impunity, the authorities are practicing

Brazil sent troops to the border with Venezuela to deter refugees The President of Brazil Michel Temer has signed a decree on sending to two weeks of troops on the border with Venezuela, the state of Roraima, according to Bloomberg. Upstairs State lines have already crossed more than 70,000 refugees from experiencing a deep crisis of Venezuela, and its infrastructure can no longer cope with this influx. “We expect the international community to support tough diplomatic action on our part”, — quotes Agency the words of Temer. According to the UN Agency for refugees, from 2015, Venezuela has left more than 1.6 million people. Most of this thread has taken Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Last week, Venezuela went the extra mile, trying to save its economy. Fucking denominated the national currency, removing from the old Bolivar five zeros, and devalued it by 95% and tied to the state of the

Medvedev showed up two weeks later Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev for the first time in two weeks appeared in public — he held a meeting with acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin. On Tuesday, August 28, reports RIA Novosti. Upstairs The meeting took place in Medvedev’s office. The Prime Minister and the acting Governor discussed including readiness for the new academic year. August 23, the Kremlin said that the Prime Minister was injured during a sport, therefore not involved in public events. However, he is in constant contact with President Vladimir Putin, said the press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. Medvedev is fond of badminton. We also know that as a student he was engaged in weightlifting.

Kiev said about the death of 200 Russian military during the fighting near Ilovaysk in 2014 During the fighting near Ilovaisk, Donetsk region of Ukraine on 24-29 August 2014 killed more than two hundred Russian military, said at a press conference the head of Department of civil-military cooperation of the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) Alexei Nozdrachev. Upstairs “If you take fighting around Ilovaysk, according to intelligence reports, the number of losses of the regular troops of the Russian Federation is more than 200 dead and 300 wounded servicemen involved in the counter-attack and blocking of the armed forces of Ukraine”, — quotes its words Ukrainian defense Ministry. Mr. Nechayev said that, according to intelligence reports, in 2014, in the East of Ukraine killed at least 1.7 million people. Moscow does not recognize the participation of active military personnel of the Russian army in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. In

The French Minister resigned in a live broadcast: the government no one listened The Minister of the environment Nicolas Hulot announced his resignation during an emotional speech to a live radio station France Inter. His decision came as a surprise even for the President of Emmanuel Macron. Upstairs Nicolas Hulot, a former TV presenter and environmental activist, admitted that the decision to leave the post of Minister was preceded by a series of disappointments related to his unsuccessful attempts to achieve progress in addressing a number of environmental problems. In particular, according to him, he was disappointed that measures to combat climate change the government of France was always just at the end of the list of priorities. According to Hulot, in the government, he felt alone and saw no real support. Nicolas Hulot stressed that the decision to dismiss was taken suddenly, and even his wife did not know

Nearly half of Americans willing to support impeachment trump Moscow. 28 Aug. INTERFAX.RU — Slightly less than half of U.S. residents advocate that Congress has started impeachment proceedings of President Donald trump, according to a survey by Axios and Survey Monkey, published in the newspaper the Hill. Upstairs The idea of impeachment is supported by 44% of respondents, the report says. Among the supporters of the Democratic party for the beginning of procedure of removal of the President of the United States are the 79% of respondents, among Republicans, only 9%. At the same time, 49% of respondents that do not belong to one of the parties also support the idea of impeachment. The survey was conducted after a former aide to trump, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to fraud with Bank accounts, tax evasion and violation of laws on campaign financing. Earlier, Cohen also admitted that he paid two women

The essence of the Treaty of friendship with Ukraine President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed the foreign Ministry to prepare documents for breaking the Treaty of friendship, cooperation and partnership with Russia. The history and essence of this document — in the material “Kommersant”. Upstairs The Treaty on friendship, cooperation and partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine signed in Kiev on 31 may 1997 by presidents Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma. The Verkhovna Rada ratified it on 14 January 1998 and ratification in the Russian Parliament delayed for another year. 150 deputies of the state Duma (mainly from the liberal democratic party and left-wing parties) appealed to the constitutional court and demanded to check the contract for compliance with the Russian Constitution (COP finally said waiver consideration). Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad on the day of the vote urged senators to postpone the ratification until, until you have

© Cyril Kuhmar/TASS MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. Precinct election commissions (PECs) begin accepting applications from citizens who want to vote in the elections 9 September at the place of registration, and at another, more convenient area.