US court rejects Butina's petition to overturn her earlier sentence

WASHINGTON, 17 & nbsp; December./TASS /. The Federal Court of the American District of Columbia rejected the motion of State Duma Deputy Maria Butina, who was released in & nbsp; 2019 from an & nbsp; American prison, to & nbsp; annul her earlier sentence. & Nbsp; This is stated in & nbsp; judgment of Judge Tanya Chatken, which was published on & nbsp; Friday in the & nbsp; electronic database of the court. She recalled that & nbsp; & laquo; 8 & nbsp; September 2020, Butina filed a petition & lt; & hellip; & gt; about & nbsp; cancellation, change of the sentence. “ As part of this petition, she asks to overturn the conviction, the sentence imposed and & nbsp; the & nbsp; deportation order & nbsp; & nbsp; & mdash; the judge explained. As Chatken noted, “Butina agreed and & nbsp; joined the government’s petition for & nbsp;

General Director of the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern: US sanctions will not affect the operation of the enterprise

Read TASS in Yandex.NewsYandex.Zen … Show hidden links Google News MOSCOW, July 17./ITAR- American sanctions will not have a significant impact on the implementation of the plans of the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern to develop and create advanced types of air defense missile defense weapons. This was stated by ITAR-TASS by the general director of the concern Yan Novikov. This is how he commented on Washington's imposition of sanctions on Russian defense and raw materials companies, including Almaz-Antey. “US sanctions will not have a significant impact on the full implementation of the plans of the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern to develop and create advanced types of weapons Anti-missile defense, “Novikov said. Previously, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the Russian defense industry, said that the export potential of the industry would not be affected by the sanctions. In addition, according to him, “the Americans can no longer stop the

Defense of Navalny Yankauskas' associate appealed against the decision to extend the house arrest

Read TASS in Yandex.NewsYandex.Zen … Show hidden linksGoogle News MOSCOW, July 17./ITAR- The defense of Konstantin Yankauskas, an associate of the Progress Party leader Aleksey Navalny, appealed against the decision to extend his house arrest. ITAR-TASS was informed by one of Yankauskas' lawyers Sergey Panchenko. Court in Moscow extended house arrest to Navalny's associate Yankauskas The Moscow City Court confirmed the legality of the refusal to nominate Yankauskas for elections to the Moscow City Duma “Today I have filed a complaint about the extension of house arrest for Jankauskas, and I am also filing a complaint with the Moscow City Court presidium about the initial house arrest of my client. In addition, I am sending a corresponding complaint about the selection of this measure of restraint by the court to the European Court of Human Rights, “the lawyer said./p> He added that he had appealed in the Presnensky Court of

Poklonskaya defended her dissertation on relations between Russia and Ukraine

SIMFEROPOL, 17 & nbsp; December./TASS /. Ambassador & nbsp; RF in & nbsp; Cape Verde, former State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya defended her master's thesis on the & nbsp; topic of international relations of the Russian Federation and & nbsp; Ukraine. “ I & nbsp; am in & nbsp; diplomatic academy, which today, it seems, & nbsp; already finished & nbsp; & mdash; defended her master's thesis. The theme of & nbsp; me is great & nbsp; & mdash; & ldquo; Russian-Ukrainian relations in & nbsp; the context of regional security in & nbsp; Eastern Europe & rdquo; & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said Poklonskaya in & nbsp; a video published on her Telegram channel. She clarified to TASS that & nbsp; offers for & nbsp; work from the & nbsp; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia at & nbsp; the moment she entered the & nbsp; Academy, &

The expansion of death is similar. What Moscow offered to subscribe to Washington and NATO

Moscow proposed to legally fix the refusal to & nbsp; admission to & nbsp; NATO & laquo; of states that were previously part of the & nbsp; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. '' Moreover, Washington was asked to subscribe to the thesis that & nbsp; from now on it is forbidden to develop “ bilateral military cooperation '' with these countries. Speech, in & nbsp; first of all, is about & nbsp; Ukraine and & nbsp; Georgia. The draft agreement with the & nbsp; USA consists of & nbsp; eight articles. The & nbsp; beginning of the document notes that & nbsp; Moscow and & nbsp; Washington in & nbsp; their relations are guided by the principles contained in the & nbsp; UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on & nbsp; Security and & nbsp; Cooperation in & nbsp; Europe 1975, the Founding Act of the Russian

Chinese Foreign Ministry promised to respond to new US sanctions against Chinese companies

BEIJING, 17 & nbsp; December./TASS /. Chinese authorities to take 'drastic action' in the & nbsp; response to & nbsp; new sanctions that the United States imposed on a number of Chinese companies. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced this on & nbsp; Friday. “ Such actions by Washington seriously violate the principles of a market economy and & nbsp; rules in & nbsp; the field of international trade and economic relations, undermine the interests of Chinese enterprises, & nbsp; & mdash; he said & nbsp; at a & nbsp; briefing. & mdash; & nbsp; China expresses sharp discontent and & nbsp; strong protest on this & nbsp; & lt; & hellip; & gt; We will & nbsp; take all necessary measures, we will firmly protect the legal rights of organizations and & nbsp; companies in the PRC. According to Wang Wenbin, the United States “ must correct the

White House confirms Biden's next term plans with Harris

US President Joe Biden still intends to run for the & nbsp; next presidential term in & nbsp; paired with & nbsp; Vice President Kamalla Harris. According to CNN, Deputy Press Secretary of the White House Karine Jean-Pierre said about & nbsp; “ I & nbsp; cannot & nbsp; talk about & nbsp; what conversations the vice president and & nbsp; president have between themselves , I & nbsp; can only say & lt; & hellip; & gt; about & nbsp; that & nbsp; the president himself said: that & nbsp; he & nbsp; plans to participate in & nbsp; presidential elections in & nbsp; 2024. I have nothing more to add to & nbsp; this & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said a spokesman for the presidential administration. Jean-Pierre commented on Harris's interview with The Wall Street Journal, in which the US Vice President stated that & nbsp; they

Zakharova appreciated the proposal of the head of the Munich conference to help Ukraine with weapons

This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova, assessing the words of the head of the Munich conference on the & nbsp; security issues Wolfgang & nbsp; “ reasonable armament of the Ukrainian army. '' The diplomat's words were published in & nbsp; her Telegram channel. As the diplomat recalls, Ischinger earlier said that & nbsp; providing military assistance to Kiev could “ help moderate the ardor of the Russian side '', so that Europe will achieve an intermediate goal. Zakharova found such proposals unreasonable. “ That & nbsp; is Ukraine's main problem in & nbsp; that there are & nbsp; few weapons? Not & nbsp; in & nbsp; the fact that & nbsp; destroyed the economy. Not & nbsp; in the & nbsp; lack of any & nbsp; public consensus. Not & nbsp; in & nbsp; that & nbsp; is not

German Chancellor assessed the decision to suspend certification of Nord Stream 2

Scholz noted that & laquo; Nord Stream 2 & raquo; is a commercial project, in which private investments were made. He & nbsp; emphasized that & nbsp; the decision on & nbsp; compliance of the project with European legislation was made by the German regulator without & nbsp; being guided by the policy. At the same time, the Chancellor added that & nbsp; this procedure provides for 'a lot of consultations', but & nbsp; the process is underway . Earlier it was reported that the US is pushing Germany to stop the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project. According to & nbsp; according to the American edition of Bloomberg, the new government of Germany at & nbsp; at the moment has not & nbsp; expressed readiness for & nbsp; such a step. On November 16 & nbsp; it was also reported that & nbsp; certification of Nord Stream 2;