Pompeo called China the main problem of the United States WASHINGTON, 25 Aug — RIA Novosti. The main opponent of USA in the coming years is China, said at the hearing in the U.S. Congress, Secretary of state Mike Pompeo. Referring to the Secretary of state, Senator Marco Rubio said that “for the first time since the Second world war the United States compete with the enemy, which is almost equal to them”. According to him, China “in the long run is the most serious threat to US security”. “Senator, you described what I think is the main difficulty for US in the coming years, and maybe in the coming decade, it is China’s problem,” said Pompeo. The Secretary said the administration understands the need for a comprehensive response to this problem. “The whole West, not only the U.S. was too slow in his reaction (to China’s development), I think
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Russia gave explanations to the Geneva Committee against torture on the situation in the Yaroslavl colony
Penal colony No. 1 in Yaroslavl © Sergey Metelitsa/TASS GENEVA, July 25. /TASS/. The Committee against torture, which began at its 64th session in Geneva to consider the sixth periodic report of Russia, informed about the measures taken in connection with the beating of a prisoner in the Yaroslavl colony No. 1. This was announced Wednesday in an interview with Russian journalists the head of Department of protection of human rights in criminal proceedings, the Commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation Love Philip.
Zakharov commented, “the Crimean Declaration” of the state Department
Zakharov commented, “the Crimean Declaration” of the state Department MOSCOW, 25 Jul — RIA Novosti. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said published by the U.S. Department of state “Crimean Declaration,” comparing it to the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and the Paris climate agreement from which the United States withdrew the decision of President Donald trump. The U.S. state Department released “the Crimean Declaration” is a formal document that defines the non-recognition of the Crimea part of Russia, the official policy of the United States. The purpose of the “Crimean Declaration” is a formal codification of U.S. policy towards Crimea. “But a Joint action plan on Iran’s nuclear program and the Paris climate agreement recently was the official policy of the United States. Personally (former President Barack) Obama decided that. And then the tramp took it and changed their minds. We know the price of
The state Department released the “Crimean Declaration”
The state Department released the “Crimean Declaration” The U.S. Department of state released the “Crimean Declaration”, according to which Washington does not recognize Crimea as part of Russia. The text of the document published on the official website of the Department. “As in the case of Declaration of Welles, 1940, the United States reaffirm that their policy is the waiver of claims of the Kremlin on the sovereignty over the territory occupied by force, contrary to international law”, — stated in the Declaration. It is noted that the USA together with allies promise to adhere to this position as long as the territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored. The document was signed by Secretary of state Mike Pompeo. According to the Declaration of Welles, named for Secretary of state, Benjamin Sumner Welles, the United States refused to recognize Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia part of the Soviet Union. The Declaration formally
The white house has designated the date of the next meeting of Putin and trump
The white house has designated the date of the next meeting of Putin and trump The President of the United States Donald trump is planning next time to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in 2019. This was told by White house adviser for national security John Bolton, Reuters reports. 9фотографий9фотографий9фотографий “The President believes that bilateral summit to be held after the end of the anti – “witch-hunt” and we came to an agreement that it will take place after the start of 2019″, — he said. 19 Jul trump asked Bolton to invite Putin to Washington. The pre-visit was scheduled for the autumn. The first full meeting of the leaders of the two countries took place on 16 July in Helsinki, behind closed doors they talked for over two hours. Both presidents praised the talks as positive. Later the Kremlin stated that, in addition to a personal meeting,
The CEC will decide on the pension referendum on 27 July with the participation of the Communist party
© Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, July 25. /TASS/. The CEC will invite the initiators of the referendum against increase of a retirement age at the meeting on Friday, July 27, which will decide on the legality of the wording of the referendum question until the draft decision is not. This was reported on Wednesday to journalists by the Secretary of the CEC, Maya Grishina. “We have a period of review – this week, carefully considering the question. Decided to call the applicants on Friday,” she said, adding that “the draft decision is not.” The Communists propose to put to a referendum the question “do you Agree that in Russia the age of eligibility for appointment of insurance old-age pension must not be increased?”. Moscow became the first region where there was a meeting of the regional initiative of the subgroup, then the application was filed in the Moscow city election Commission.
Paper twist: where did the thousands of Russians without documents
Paper twist: where did the thousands of Russians without documents Why tens of thousands of citizens of the country need a “passport Amnesty”. At least tens of thousands of Russians live without a passport due to the fact that their names not been found in database migration services. Mistakes were made in the 1990s, however, citizens suffer still. The cancelled passports were and 4 thousand inhabitants of the Crimea. It’s time to hold “passport Amnesty”, said the Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova. As people find themselves without any identity documents in their own country and why the current 2012 Amnesty not enough material portal iz.ru. Passport law-abiding The Commissioner for human rights Tatyana Moskalkova believes that in Russia it is necessary to conduct a “passport Amnesty”. Shall have to get the “good citizens” of the country left without a passport for different reasons. First and foremost it is about people who have
The Yampol was elected to the post of Chairman of the Duma Committee on culture
The Yampol was elected to the post of Chairman of the Duma Committee on culture State Duma Deputy Yelena Yampolskaya elected to the post of Chairman of the Duma Committee on culture, which was formerly the Director Stanislav Govorukhin. The decision was taken by majority of votes on Wednesday, July 25, at the session of the Parliament. Candidate Yampolskaya recommended that the Presidium of the faction “United Russia”. She is member of the Council under the President of Russia for culture and art, is chief editor of the newspaper “Culture”. Prior to this, the Deputy was appointed first Deputy Chairman of the Committee on information policy, information technologies and communications. This position was appointed Deputy Mikhail Starshinov, who held the post of first Deputy Chairman of Committee on Affairs of nationalities. In his position, in turn, appointed the Deputy of the Samail sarailiev. Earlier the candidacy of Yampol held her
Foreign Ministry: US does not comment on the proposals of the Russian Federation on cooperation on the Syrian refugees
The building of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation © EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY MOSCOW, July 25. /TASS/. The US have so far refrained from public comment the proposals of the Russian side on cooperation in the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland. On Wednesday at session of the Interdepartmental coordinating staff of the Ministry of defense and Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for the return of refugees to Syria said the representative of the foreign Ministry Nikolay Burtsev.
The Embassy of the Russian Federation pointed to the emergence of new controversy surrounding the incident in Amesbury
© AP Photo/Matt Dunham LONDON, July 25. /TASS/. The Russian Embassy in London pointed to the emergence of new controversy surrounding the incident in Amesbury, which caused confusion in the process of clarification of circumstances of poisoning with nerve substance of two British citizens. This is stated in the published on Wednesday in a Twitter message. “Sealed box, a discarded bottle or a bottle of perfume that was broken with bare hands? The British media (and, very likely, the government) muddy water fresh and controversial theories of the incident in Amesbury, but still lay the blame on Russia”, – stated in the Russian Embassy.