Category: Politics

The actor-comedian became a candidate for the post of mayor of Yerevan Moscow. July 29. INTERFAX.RU — Famous Armenian actor, a comedian Hayk Marutyan became a candidate from headed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Nikol Pashinyan of the party “Civil contract” for the post of Yerevan mayor. As the press service of the party, the decision was taken at a meeting of the “Civil contract” on Sunday. During protests against Sargsyan Marutyan actively supported Pashinian, and in may joined the party “Civil contract”. On 9 July the mayor of Yerevan, member led by ex-President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan the Republican party, Taron Margaryan has resigned. He held the post of mayor of Yerevan since 2011. He is the son who died in 2007, Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan. In mid-may, a few days demonstrators have been protesting demanding the resignation of the mayor of Yerevan, considering it a

The OSCE delegation plans to visit Crimea But the road to the Peninsula is through Moscow. This “news” told the OSCE Office for democratic institutions and human rights organizations (OSCE / ODIHR). Permanent representative of the Republic of Crimea under the Russian President Georgi Muradov said that Russia welcomes the visit of the representatives of international organizations. However, the experts must understand that they will not be able to visit the Peninsula on the basis of Ukrainian invitation, he said. Meanwhile, the OSCE parliamentary Assembly called for the official recognition of the Peninsula as Russian territory. After the reunification of the Crimea with Russia in 2014, the OSCE has repeatedly spoken on the topic of human rights violations on the Peninsula. All these reports were prepared remotely and was based on unconfirmed information provided by the Ukrainian side. Now the organization plans to send to the Crimea delegation of its

The owner of The New York Times urged trump to change the opinion about the media The publisher of the newspaper The New York Times Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. asked the President of the United States Donald trump are attentive to their statements to the journalists, stating that his words “not just controversial, but dangerous” for media workers. According to the Associated Press, Sulzberger Jr. met privately with the head of the White house July 20. Details of the meeting were not disclosed, but trump first announced it on his Twitter on July 29. After that, the newspaper publisher has also decided to break the silence. “Most of the meeting was devoted to a huge number of fake news published by media, and how these fake news have become “enemy of the people,” wrote the American leader. Sulzberger Jr. claimed that the purpose of the meeting was “to discuss the

Trump urged Mueller to recognize the existence of a conflict of interest WASHINGTON, 29 Jul — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump called on spectracolor at “Russian business” Robert Mueller to recognize the existence of a conflict of interest. “Whether Robert Mueller ever report any conflict of interest with regard to President Trump, including the fact that we had a very unpleasant and long-lasting business relationship that I gave him to be head of the FBI (the day before the appointment spectaculorum) and that (trump fired the former Director of the FBI James) Komi his close friend?” — the President wrote Sunday on Twitter. Republican trump has also questioned why Mueller picks for his team of Democrats, some of whom worked for Hillary Clinton and the Barack Obama. The investigation of the alleged Russian “intervention” in U.S. elections, as well as alleged links trump with Russia that contradict the

Trump called “failure” of the media MOSCOW, 29 Jul — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump called on the media to accuracy in the news release, noting that publications like the New York Times and Washington Post will never change. Previously, the owner of the newspaper New York Times Arthur Ochs Sulzberger stated that trump’s attacks on journalists contribute to the growth of threats and can result in violence against media workers. “Freedom of the press includes the responsibility for the news feed for sure. 90% of the media coverage of my administration negatively, despite the extremely positive results that we achieve, it is not surprising that the credibility of the media as never low,” wrote trump on Twitter. In his view, “disastrous” the New York Times and Washington Post “do nothing but write bad stories even about positive developments — and they will never change.” The us President

The Croatian President invited Putin to Zagreb MOSCOW, 29 Jul — RIA Novosti. The President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said that he had invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to pay a state visit to Zagreb. Grabar-Kitarovic visited with official visit to Sochi in October 2017, and also attended football matches in Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow during the football world Cup in July. In her opinion, issues in the bilateral agenda enough. “I invited him to come when I was in last year in Sochi, and repeated the invitation in Moscow. This would be the first state visit of the Russian President in Zagreb, and I think now is the time for him,” said Grabar-Kitarovic in the interview to the newspaper “Kommersant”. Answering the question of when such a visit could take place, the President said: “It depends on the schedules of both of us, but as I said to President

Erdogan asked to accept Turkey into the BRICS MOSCOW, 29 Jul — RIA Novosti. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg (South Africa) called on the leaders of the bloc to allow Turkey to join the BRICS, according to the newspaper Hurriyet Daily News. “I said if you accept our Alliance, the block will be called BRIXT,” said Erdogan to the journalists on July 27, adding that the BRICS members “warmly welcomed” the proposal. These five countries (the BRICS. — Approx. ed.) are included in the G20, I wish they had taken the necessary steps to receive us, and we took its place in BRICS. Recep Tayyip Erdogan The President Of Turkey As previously reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that increasing the number of BRICS countries is not planned yet, but noted that the BRICS leaders did not rule

© Ilya Dmitriev/TASS LONDON, July 29. /TASS/. Speculation the British media about the course of incident investigation in Salisbury and Amesbury hinder the truth and bringing those responsible to justice.

Trump called U.S. migration laws to be the most “stupid” in the world MOSCOW, 29 Jul — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump called U.S. laws on migration “the most stupid in the world.” “Please understand that when people cross our border illegally, they will face consequences regardless of whether they have children or not — and many of them are just using children for their low interest,” wrote trump on Twitter. The politician added that Congress should work to fix “the dumbest and worst” of American laws on migration. Due to the policy of zero tolerance, announced in April, the U.S. government compulsory detained illegally crossing the border families with children, and then parents are sent to the detention centres, and children in special detention centres since children are not subject to criminal liability. In may — early June was delayed this way more than two thousand children.