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The U.S. Senate has invited Assange to testify about intervention of Russia in election The founder of site Wikileaks leaks Julian Assange invited by the U.S. Senate to testify about Russian interference in the presidential elections of 2016. A letter to the Senate special Committee on intelligence, addressed to the Embassy of Ecuador in London, where Assange has published the legal team of Wikileaks. “Mr Assange, as you know, the intelligence Committee of the Senate conducting a bipartisan investigation of the Russian intervention in U.S. elections 2016. The Committee requests that You arrive for a private conversation with its members in both parties agreed the time and place” — said, in particular, in the letter. Assange’s lawyers have stated that they consider this proposal, however, “conversation” should “take place in accordance with the highest ethical standards.” In addition, they indicate that the organization Human Rights Watch considers illegal extradition of

The CEC approved the initiative to hold a referendum for the first time in 25 years MOSCOW, 8 Aug. /TASS/. The Central election Commission of Russia at session on Wednesday, August 8, for the first time in 25 years approved proposed questions to put to a nationwide referendum in three different initiative groups. This was announced by the Chairman of the Commission Ella Pamfilova told reporters. “So for the first time in nearly 25 years, CEC has approved several issues for possible submission to a referendum. Now it is a collection of documents of the initiative group”, — said the head of Department. The last time a referendum was held in Russia in 1993. It was submitted four questions: “do you Trust the President of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin?”, “Do you approve of the socio-economic policy pursued by the President of the Russian Federation and the government of

Member Of Mothersurname Dmitry Reut © Maxim Grigoriev/TASS MOSCOW, 8 Aug. /TASS/. The regional initiative group of the Communist party filed to the Moscow city election Commission the application for registration to conduct a nationwide pension referendum. This was announced on Wednesday, the TASS member of Mothersurname Dmitry Reut.

The Mayor Of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, 8 Aug. /TASS/. The candidate in mayors of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin at a meeting with the expert community in his election headquarters said that he will include the proposals of the ecologists in their election program. Meeting with the expert community was the third in a cycle of round tables held by the candidate in mayors of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin with the purpose of formation of his election program. The previous two meetings were devoted to development of the health sector of the capital, and the improvement of each area of the city.

The CEC session © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, 8 Aug. /TASS/. The Central election Commission of Russia at session on Wednesday, August 8, for the first time in 25 years approved proposed questions to put to a nationwide referendum in three different initiative groups. This was announced by the Chairman of the Commission Ella Pamfilova told reporters.

A set of measures to curb Donald trump At the disposal of “Kommersant” was a bill on sanctions against Russia. At the disposal of “Kommersant” was the bill on new sanctions against Russia, prepared by Republican Lindsey Graham and three of his colleagues. A significant part of the provisions of the document is not so much Russia, but U.S. President Donald trump. He is required to bring into a system already entered earlier sanctions against Russia — from CAATSA to the “Magnitsky act”, to create in the US government “sanctions coordination office” for the agreements with the EU to support sanctions block dollar payments of Russian banks, prohibit the operation to US residents with a new Russian public debt, to create a national center to combat Russian threat, to search the world for the assets of Vladimir Putin and even to solve the issue of the recognition of Russia as

US senators offered to recognize Russia as “state sponsor of terrorism” At the disposal of “Kommersant” was the bill on new sanctions against Russia, designed by a member of the Republican party Lindsey Graham and three of his colleagues. Senators propose, in particular, to recognize Russia as “state sponsor of terrorism.” The authors urge the President of the United States Donald trump to support efforts to combat interference “from the government of Russia or other foreign players in the activities of the U.S. government and in democratic processes in the country.” The senators also believe that we need “to publicly call on the government of Russia to return Crimea under the control of the government of Ukraine, and also to call to abandon support for violence in Eastern Ukraine from separatists”. In addition, the draft law States that Moscow should abandon support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In the economic

The leader of the Venezuelan opposition called the attack on Maduro as a “farce” Julio Borges said that the video of the assassination attempt was mounted to the persecution of opponents of the authorities. Member of National Assembly (Parliament) from the opposition, Julio Borges called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro as a “farce”. About this he wrote on his page on “Twitter”. “No one in the country and around the world do not believe in the authenticity of the attack. This is nothing more than a farce. We all know that the video of the assassination attempt was mounted in order to prosecute those who oppose your dictatorship,” — said in a statement, quoted by TASS. The assassination of Venezuelan President using drones happened during his speech in Caracas at a ceremony in honor of the 81st anniversary of the Bolivarian National guard. Aircraft were destroyed, with