Category: Politics

The head of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. The Central election Commission is ready to advise the Communist party to adopt a law the wording of the question submitted to the referendum against raising the retirement age. This was stated on Friday, the Chairman of the CEC of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova.

© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. Russia will continue active work for the prevention of an arms race in space. This is stated in a statement Friday the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation.

In Yerevan arrested the former President of Armenia The court in Yerevan arrested Friday the ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharian in the case of the crackdown on protests on 1 March 2008, said his lawyer Aram Orbelyan. YEREVAN, July 27 — RIA Novosti. “The court made the decision to arrest. More than that can not say. All the rest will present tomorrow at a press conference,” he said. On Thursday, the Special investigation service has filed charges against Kocharian in the overthrow of the constitutional order in the criminal case about the protesters on 1 March 2008. The court directed the petition for its arrest. According to the Armenian Constitution, the President during and after the term of their powers may not be prosecuted and held accountable for his actions due to his status. Kocharyan thinks the charges are trumped up as political persecution. According to the former President, this

Joke about Putin’s and Erdogan’s restaurant has launched the supply of meat in Turkey Russia sent to Turkey first batch of beef, announced July 27, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeyev. Deliveries began the next day after Russian President Vladimir Putin joked that he would take the offer of a Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to go to a restaurant, when his country will be the Russian meat. “Turkey is a special market for the consumption of meat products. We still hope that will open the Chinese market for us, there are prospects”, — said the Deputy Prime Minister to journalists during his working trip to the Tver region, reports “RIA Novosti”. He also noted that in future, Russia plans to reach annual exports of meat products in the amount of 1 million tonnes. “The question is, in fact, only one — so we can break through administrative barriers used by

Poklonskaya “apologized” in front of Pushkina and Irina Rodnina Natalia Poklonskaya responded to criticism from deputies Irina Rodnina and Oksana Pushkina and brought them “sorry for the inconvenience”. Appropriate post she published on a social network “Vkontakte”. MOSCOW, 27 Jun — RIA Novosti. “Sorry for the inconvenience that You had to endure and which You obviously still worried in connection with joining of Crimea to Russia”, — wrote the MP. She also added that watching from colleagues permanent irritation in his address. Poklonski stressed that “never boasted” of his work in the Crimea and the lessons learned. “Assessment of him — made me “Right sector”* death sentence”, she said. The MP said that in Ukraine it is judged in absentia, while “there on the strength of articles life imprisonment is likely to be”. Polonskaya urged his colleagues to do their work and not waste time criticizing. “Don’t think out of

Julia Skripal © Dylan Martinez/Pool via AP LONDON, July 27. /TASS/. The Russian Embassy in London expects to hear the opinion of the daughter of ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal – Julia – about the incident in Salisbury and hoped that she would have the opportunity to get acquainted with the Russian assessment of what happened. This was stated on Friday the press-Secretary of Russian diplomatic mission in the UK, responding to a question regarding the ongoing isolation of Yulia Skripal and the request to comment on her recent telephone conversation with my cousin Victoria. It is not known “The content of this conversation we reliably know nothing. The Embassy can neither confirm nor deny published about this information, including the fact that the British side is in breach of its international obligations still not gave us the opportunity to talk with Julia Skripal. This is not the first public statement,

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS JOHANNESBURG, July 27. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who took part in the BRICS summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), said the rejection of economic sanctions one of the main points of the Declaration of the BRICS. On taken place on Friday a press conference following the summit, Putin also spoke about what the initiative was enshrined in the final Declaration. Answering questions of journalists, the Russian President spoke about relations between Russia and the United States, expressed his opinion about the dollar as reserve currency and recalled that the head of the White house Donald trump an invitation to visit Moscow. The Russian leader also answered questions about Ukraine and Syria. The results of the summit One of the main points of the Johannesburg Declaration of the BRICS summit, Putin called the rejection of economic sanctions. “Approved the Declaration of Johannesburg, the main point

In Russia may introduce a car recycling fee for bicycles MOSCOW, 27 Jun — RIA Novosti. The Ministry of industry and trade of the Russian Federation is considering the option of entering a recycling fee on bikes and bike frames, reported RIA Novosti the representative office. “Currently, the Ministry of industry and trade considering the possible mechanisms of introduction of utilization fee in respect of bicycles and Bicycle frames. While the basic parameters specified recycling collection will be discussed in conjunction with the Ministry of natural resources of Russia”, — told RIA Novosti the representative of the Ministry. Prior to this, the Ministry has developed amendments to the law of 24 June 1998 No. 89-FZ “On wastes of production and consumption”, giving the government the authority to determine certain types of engineering products in respect of which it is planned to establish a recycling fee and procedure of its administration

The CEC member Valery Galchenko, Deputy head of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation Nikolay Bulaev, the head of the CEC of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova, the Secretary of the Commission of the CEC, Maya Grishina and CEC member Vasily Likhachev © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. The CEC intends to admit not complying with the requirements of the law the wording of the question, which the Communist party proposes to put to a nationwide referendum against raising the retirement age. This was reported on Friday to journalists the member of the Commission representing the Communist party Eugene Kolyushin.