Category: Politics

Trump has made a forecast for a meeting with Putin WASHINGTON, 6 Aug — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump said ahead of the meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, “everything will be fine” and that “good relations with Russia is not bad, but good”. The broadcast led the Fox News channel. Meeting in Helsinki Earlier it became known that Putin and trump will meet on 16 July in Helsinki. In the Kremlin reported that at the summit the leaders of the two countries intend to discuss prospects of further development of bilateral relations, topical issues of the international agenda. This will be the first full meeting of Putin and trump without reference to the summits. A year ago, they first met in Hamburg on the sidelines of the G20, then briefly spoke in Vietnam in November 2017 at the APEC summit. See also: The Kremlin

Trump accepted the resignation of the head of the environmental Agency accused of waste WASHINGTON, July 5. /TASS/ — the US President noted that Scott Pruitt “has done an outstanding job.” The US President Donald trump on Thursday accepted the resignation of the head of the American Agency for environmental protection Scott Pruitt that the us media are regularly accused of waste of budget. The corresponding message of the American leader posted on Twitter. I accepted the resignation of Scott Pruett as head of the Agency for the protection of the environment. At the Agency, Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be grateful to him for that.Donald Trepresent USA He stressed that Monday to perform the duties of the head of the Agency, part of the Federal government, will be Deputy Pruitt Andrew Wheeler. Earlier, CNN reported that, the Minister personally asked trump to appoint him

Speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin © Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, 5 July. /TASS/. The state Duma published data on the pensions of deputies in order to prevent speculation on this topic on various resources. This was stated on Thursday, the speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, concluding plenary session.

The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, July 6. /TASS/. The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev considers that the Russian-American inter-parliamentary dialogue thawed. This opinion was expressed by the MP, the newspaper “Izvestia”, commenting on the recent visit of representatives of the Congress of the USA to Russia.

Trump confirmed that duties on Chinese goods will come into force at midnight on Friday WASHINGTON, July 6. /TASS/ — the White house previously announced that due to “unfair” trade practices of Beijing and Washington will impose a 25% duty in respect of goods from China worth $50 billion. The US President Donald trump on Thursday confirmed that a fee in the amount of $34 billion for Chinese goods will come into force in the night of Friday (7:00 am Friday GMT). He told reporters on Board the presidential plane on the way to Montana, where he will speak to his supporters. The words of the policy cited by the press pool of the White house. “$34 [billion] and then another $16 [billion] in two weeks, and then, as you know, we [the duties on] $200 billion that are pending, and then after the $200 billion we have $300 billion

In the United States have opened access to 250 videos of nuclear tests of the 50-ies and 60-ies NEW YORK, July 5. /TASS/ — the Video posted on its YouTube channel of the Lawrence Livermore national laboratory name Lawrence, which is developing nuclear weapons. Lawrence Livermore national laboratory, the Lawrence, engaged in the development of U.S. nuclear weapons, in his account on YouTube has posted more than 250 videos of nuclear tests that were conducted in the mid-twentieth century. As reported on Thursday, the Internet portal of the Motherboard, the publication of these videos carried out in the framework of the digitization and study of materials describing the test in a number of programs. During the download an error has occurred. So, the message reads portal, a video is related to the “Operation “Teapot”” (14 explosions at the site in Nevada in 1955), “Operation”, Hardtek-2″” (series of 37 nuclear explosions

In Germany reached agreement on migration BERLIN, 5 Dec — RIA Novosti. The leader of the Social democratic party of Germany Andrea Nales said that the government managed to reach agreement on the migrants. The coalition agreed not to impose unilateral national measures and not to deny migrants entry at the border. Instead, it will set an expedited procedure for consideration of applications for entry into the country. According to Sales, it does not have to change the law. “Will not be created in the camps, and the party in any case never were willing to discuss it”, — the politician noted. She promised that the law will contribute to the government before the end of the year. In addition, the party leader said that illegal immigrants who are already in Germany, will accelerate the process of obtaining refugee status. A compromise solution On Monday, the interior Minister of Germany

Venezuela has threatened to make US “another Vietnam” MOSCOW, 5 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Chairman of the Constitutional Assembly of Venezuela Diosado Cabello warned the US to arrange “another Vietnam” in case the us government decides to invade the country. About it reports newspaper El Tiempo. Earlier media reported that in August last year Donald trump at the meeting, which discussed sanctions against Venezuela, asked his advisers the question of the possibility of military intervention on the territory of the Bolivarian Republic. They don’t even know, then how will be selected. They will bite the dust if you try to set foot on our homeland. We will become for them another Vietnam, they are a nightmare.Dosado Cableoperator of the Constitutional Assembly of Venezuela With this statement he made at the meeting of the Constitutional Assembly, which discussed the actions of “traitors,” the newspaper notes. Before that, the President of

The EU has extended for six months economic sanctions against Russia BRUSSELS, 5 July. /TASS/. The European Union extended by six months economic sanctions against Russia, which expire at the end of July. This was reported in the press service of the EU Council. “July 5, 2018, the Council extended the economic sanctions aimed at specific sectors of the Russian economy, until January 31, 2019,” reads the Council statement. The document explains that the decision came after the EU summit, where the leaders of France and Germany informed the other heads of state and government on the implementation of the Minsk agreements. It will be published in the EU Official journal on Monday, July 9, and will enter into force. The sanctions against Russia. Against Russia there are several packages of sanctions of the EU: economic, individual restrictive measures and sanctions on the Crimea. Sectoral measures were originally introduced on

Zakharova said about the ongoing “Russophobic campaign” in Britain MOSCOW, 5 Jul — RIA Novosti. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova urged the British authorities to worry about its own citizens inside the country and not worry about the British fans in Russia. According to her, in this sense, the question of inventing ridiculous stories are on the frontline of the British media. “I’m not talking about (the head of the foreign office — ed.) Boris Johnson and his predictions, comparisons, and epithets. Also noted the Prime Minister of the UK (Theresa may — ed.) — she voiced your concerns for the safety of English fans in Russia. Better about the safety of British subjects in the territory of the country of thought”, — said Zakharov. The official representative of the foreign Ministry assured that in Russia everything is good with the fans, and invited Mae to