“Through diplomatic efforts we & nbsp; were able to stop through & nbsp; Belarus to & nbsp; empty borders & nbsp; EU … Lukashenka did not & nbsp; achieve his goal, and & nbsp; now he has problems. This situation showed that & nbsp; we & nbsp; are united and & nbsp; can achieve results. I'm & nbsp; satisfied & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Borrell said at a & nbsp; press conference on the & nbsp; results of the meeting of the & nbsp; EU Council in & nbsp; Brussels (quoted by & nbsp; TASS). At the & nbsp; he & nbsp; noted that & nbsp; the EU continues to support the Belarusian people in & nbsp; its desire for & nbsp; ; democracy. On the territory of Belarus there are now several thousand refugees from the & nbsp; countries of the Middle East. Lukashenka said earlier that &
Category: Politics
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry did not recognize Putin's claims on foreign real estate
Allegations of & nbsp; Ukraine's failure to fulfill its obligation to & nbsp; transfer of foreign assets of the USSR to Russia & nbsp; & mdash; manipulation of facts. This is how the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Oleg Nikolenko, assessed the situation, according to Ukrinform. “ The statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin about & nbsp; allegedly Ukraine's failure to fulfill its obligation to & nbsp; transfer the foreign assets of the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation & nbsp; & mdash; manipulation of facts & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said & nbsp; he. According to & nbsp; Nikolayenko, Ukraine's share in the & nbsp; total debt and & nbsp; assets of the USSR was 16.37%. In & nbsp; 1994, Ukraine and & nbsp; Russia signed the so-called agreement on & nbsp; “ zero option '', in & nbsp; in accordance with &
Golikova promised that the bill on QR codes will not affect children
“We & nbsp; do not & nbsp; require & nbsp; children to be tested for & nbsp; PCR. Moreover, we even have this bill, which we are discussing today, generally took children out of the & nbsp; category of those who are & nbsp; regulated by this bill. As of & nbsp; today, vaccination for & nbsp; children is exclusively voluntary and & nbsp; with & nbsp; voluntary parental consent & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; she said at the & nbsp; consideration of the bill on & nbsp; QR codes at the & nbsp; meeting of the LDPR faction in the State Duma (quoted by & nbsp; TASS). If PCR testing for children is introduced at the level of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, then this does not meet the requirements of the chief sanitary doctor. We do not require PCR testing from children. Tatiana Golikovavitse-Prime Minister
EU imposed sanctions against PMC Wagner
Restrictions have also been introduced against Euro Policy, Velada, Mercury for & nbsp; exploration and & nbsp; extraction of resources in Syria. The sanctions include a ban on & nbsp; entry into the & nbsp; EU countries and & nbsp; asset freeze, and & nbsp; also a ban on & nbsp; cooperation. Earlier it was said that & nbsp; permanent members of & nbsp; EU approved sanctions against a Russian private military organization. They, according to & nbsp; the head of the French Foreign Ministry Jean-Yves Le & nbsp; Driand, will not affect & nbsp; only the company itself, but & nbsp; and & nbsp; those who & nbsp; with & nbsp; it cooperates. Discussion of restrictions is connected with & nbsp; media reports about & nbsp; possible cooperation of PMCs with & nbsp; Mali authorities. The decision followed a meeting of the EU & nbsp; Council on November 15
The Council of the Duma withdrew from consideration the bill on QR codes in transport
“Today, at the & nbsp; meeting of the Council of the Duma, the committee on & nbsp; transport and & nbsp; development of transport infrastructure proposed to remove the bill from consideration & nbsp; nbsp; amending the & nbsp; Air Code and & nbsp; & nbsp; Railway Transport Charter. We unanimously supported this proposal & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Volodin noted.
Peskov commented on the revision of the project on QR codes in transport
“The President from the very beginning declared & nbsp; his principled position & nbsp; & mdash; people's interests are an absolute priority when & nbsp; considering such complex bills & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Peskov emphasized. He & nbsp; explained that & nbsp; in the course of work on the & nbsp; document, it became clear that & nbsp; at & nbsp; at this stage it is difficult to guarantee negative consequences for & nbsp; citizens. As a result, it was decided to remove it from the & nbsp; consideration of the State Duma deputies. The document is very complex technologically, logistically, and it requires a very scrupulous, expert study, which will now continue. ; whether Putin will take & nbsp; will & nbsp; participate in the finalization of the document, he & nbsp; offered to wait for the results of the work of experts, specialized committees, and United
Ukraine called NATO's plan to “contain” Russia useless
As he & nbsp; told in an & nbsp; interview with the Financial Times on December 12 & nbsp; strategy of 'non-provocation' in & nbsp; in relation to & nbsp; RF & nbsp; does not & nbsp; work and & nbsp; will never & nbsp ;. In & nbsp; as an example to & nbsp; to confirm his position, the minister recalled the events of 2008. Then Russia, according to & nbsp; he, allegedly helped South Ossetia repel an attack by Georgia after France and & nbsp; Germany blocked the country's entry into & nbsp; NATO. In addition, in this & nbsp; & nbsp; interview Reznikov accused the government former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in & nbsp; blocking the acquisition of deadly weapons by Kiev within NATO. He & nbsp; recalled that & nbsp; & nbsp; last month Germany vetoed & nbsp; Ukraine's purchase of anti-sniper rifles and & nbsp;
Tolstoy announced a large number of questions to the bill on QR codes
Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy said that & nbsp; the bill on & nbsp; introducing nbsp; nbs in public places & nbs ; lower chamber. “ There are still many questions '', & nbsp; & mdash; he wrote & nbsp; in & nbsp; his Telegram channel. Tolstoy also commented on information about & nbsp; that & nbsp; from & nbsp; the agenda of the State Duma on December 16 & nbsp; consideration of the bill on & nbsp; introduction of QR codes on & nbsp; transport will be removed. “ Truth is born in dialogue. I am glad that the & nbsp; opinion of the majority of the inhabitants of our country was heard: such decisions cannot be made in a & nbsp; haste and & nbsp; without & nbsp; broad public discussion & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; wrote & nbsp; he. On & nbsp; the
The bill on the introduction of QR codes in transport will be removed from consideration
“The decision to remove from & nbsp; consideration the bill on & nbsp; introduction of QR codes on & nbsp; transport mdash & nbsp; this is the result of a dialogue between the State Duma and the & nbsp; government on the basis of taking into account the views of the regions and & nbsp; appeals of citizens. Thanks to the feedback, the comments were heard & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; wrote Mr. Volodin in & nbsp; Telegram. The Speaker of the State Duma recalled that & nbsp; President Vladimir Putin called “ rash decisions '' unacceptable; by & nbsp; QR codes. He & nbsp; urged to “ act very carefully, balanced, not & nbsp; create additional problems '' citizens. The government in & nbsp; November submitted to the State Duma bills on the & nbsp; introduction of a QR code system in & nbsp; public places, in &
German Foreign Minister believes that Nord Stream 2 does not yet meet EU standards
BERLIN, December 12 & nbsp;/TASS /. The Nord Stream certification process 2 '' continues, the rule of European law plays a major role. & Nbsp; This was announced on & nbsp; Sunday by the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Annelena Berbock, on the & nbsp; air of the ZDF TV channel. & nbsp; We discussed this in & nbsp; within the framework of the coalition negotiations and & nbsp; prescribed in the & nbsp; coalition agreement that & nbsp; European law in & nbsp; energy projects should be applied in the field of energy. This means that & nbsp; at & nbsp; at the moment, this pipeline is not & nbsp; can be approved & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; she said. According to the & nbsp; minister, the project is not yet & nbsp; meets the requirements & raquo; EU. To start pumping gas, the Nord Stream operator