Category: Politics

The building of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, August 13. /TASS/. Moscow considers hypocritical Washington’s attempts to accuse Russia in incomplete destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles. This is stated in a statement Monday statement, the Russian foreign Ministry. “Considering put forward against Russia unfounded accusations of involvement in the incident in Salisbury as another attempt to represent our country as a state, irresponsible appropriate to fulfilling its international obligations. Such an approach seems particularly hypocritical given the fact that the USA is not in a hurry to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons and remain the only country party to the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons, which have significant stocks of chemical warfare agents”, – stressed in the Ministry.

Water General, the bottom of the contract The Caspian sea was divided as I could. Caspian countries and submitted to the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea almost all the issues except the key. It defines the state border at sea, the right to commercial navigation, cargo transit, fisheries and the movement of warships. But the document avoids discussing the rules section of the bottom: to distinguish between their sectors in the Caspian shelf, the countries need each other on separate negotiations. Signed on August 12 in Astana, the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea seems the maximum compromise that could achieve the five Caspian States. In the text it is quite clearly stipulated the principle of separation water space of the Caspian sea. So, introduce definitions 15-mile territorial waters, where the coastal state has full jurisdiction (the line of these waters is recognized

© Anatoly Bochinin/TASS WASHINGTON, August 13. /TASS/. Claims by some American politicians that the clashes on racial and social grounds in Charlottesville (Virginia) a year ago Russian trace is visible, represent unsubstantiated insinuations. This is stated in a statement on Sunday comments of the Russian Embassy in the United States.

The Embassy considers “absurd” statements about the “Russian interference” in the events in Charlottesville The Russian Embassy in the United States called “absurd” the statements of Congressman Thomas Garrett of Russian interference in American politics, which led to the aggravation of the situation in Charlottesville where in 2017 the action of nationalists turned into clashes with their opponents. The diplomatic mission once again noted that no evidence “of these insinuations… is not in principle”. “To handle the responsibility on others is much easier than addressing domestic problems, proving that after more than 150 years after the official abolition of slavery, racial tensions in the United States, seem to persist”, — stated in the message of the Embassy in Facebook. We will remind, disorders in Charlottesville last year started because of the authorities ‘ intent to remove from the city Park, the monument to General Robert E. Lee who led the

Ex-lawyer for trump denies that the President ate the documents after meeting with him Michael Cohen “in shock that someone could take seriously” the rumors. WASHINGTON, August 13. /TASS/. The former lawyer of the President of the United States Donald trump Michael Cohen has denied that the head of state after a meeting chewed and swallowed some important document. The lawyer wrote on Twitter. “For those of dozens of reporters who called me about the claim Omarosa in her new book that trump picked up my note, put it in his mouth and ate it… I’ve never seen that, I’m just in shock that someone would take it seriously,” he said. That trump chewed and swallowed the document previously announced, former communications Director of White house management of relations with public organizations and population of Omarosa Manigault-Newman. According to her, the President shoved in his mouth a certain document after

The Kremlin has attended to the problem of falling rating “an United Russia” In the President’s administration pondered an increase in the rating of “United Russia”. On the solution of this task are representatives of the party and the Kremlin, said a source “Газеты.Ru”. Of the latest proposals — demonstration of the “fresh faces” EP, as well as the development of new party projects. New faces by rating In the President’s administration attended to the issue of raising the rating of the party “United Russia”, told the “Газете.Ru” knowledgeable source. Since the announcement of the impending pension reform sociologists commits a serious decline in the rating of the ruling party. So, according to VTSIOM, on August 10, the electoral rating of the ruling party was only 34.9 per cent. The last time such a result sociologists recorded only in December 2011 — on the eve of a massive opposition protests.

Became known the details of the division of the Caspian sea Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea, which was signed by the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, have established new rules for the use of the waters. Details of the document quoted by RIA Novosti. According to the document, the size of the territorial waters of each country is equal to 15 nautical miles, their external border acquires the status of a state. To the territorial waters adjacent 10-mile fishing zone, where each country had the exclusive right to fish, except fishing sturgeon. The main water surface area of the waters of the sea remains in the common use of the parties. In particular, they can build artificial Islands with a 500-meter security zones. The States of the region undertook to incorporate the environmental factor in the implementation of major projects and be responsible

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS AKTAU /Kazakhstan/ 12 Aug. /TASS/. The settlement of the legal status of the Caspian sea creates conditions for the development of close cooperation, said President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the heads of States-participants of the fifth Caspian summit.

© Alexey Nikolsky/TASS AKTAU /Kazakhstan/ 12 Aug. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the results of the fifth Caspian summit ended with the adoption of the Convention relating to the status of the Caspian sea. The head of the Russian state said at a meeting with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.