Category: Politics

The Ministry called on the U.S. to stop distorting the facts and to shield the Kiev MOSCOW, 20 Jun — RIA Novosti. The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the accusations of state Department intimidation of observers Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in the Donbass. On Saturday the official representative of the American foreign Ministry Heather Nauert retweeted in your account the report of SMM, which said that on June 14, six observers heard warning shots in the village Pikuz 23 kilometers from Mariupol. The document says that the mission was out of the car to examine the traces of the BMP, and then saw 50 meters away from two armed men, one of whom opened fire in the air. According to CMM, it was about warning shots. Nauert, in turn, wrote that “subordinates the Russian military fired from a firearm to threaten staff

Medvedev discussed with the “United Russia” proposal in the framework of the pension reform MOSCOW, June 20. /TASS/ — the meeting was also attended by representatives of the presidential administration and the leadership of the state Duma. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held on Wednesday a meeting to discuss the proposals within the bill about the changes in the pension system. This was reported on the website of the Cabinet of the Russian Federation. “The Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on legislative activities with the leadership of the State Duma, representatives of presidential administration of Russia, the leadership of the Russian political party “United Russia”, the leadership of the parliamentary faction “United Russia”, with participation of representatives of financial, economic and social blocks of the government”, — stated in the message. “Discussed the proposals contained in the submitted to the Duma draft Federal law “On amendments to

The Hungarian Parliament adopted amendments to make it difficult for illegals to get asylum Moscow. June 20. INTERFAX.RU — the Hungarian Parliament on Wednesday adopted a number of amendments to the law and the law known as “Stop Soros”, which impose restrictions on the placement of illegal immigrants in the country, and also criminalized organized assistance to such immigrants, according to the Associated Press. For these measures voted by 159 deputies from the ruling party “fides — the Hungarian civil Union” and the far-right party “Jobbik”, against five parliamentarians. “The Hungarian people with good reason to expect that the government would use all necessary measures to combat illegal immigration and its contributing activity” — give the Western media a word from the comment of the head of the Ministry of interior of Hungary Sandor Pinter to the bills. The package of bills “Stop Soros” serves this purpose, making the organization

The Russian foreign Ministry warned about the consequences of the allocation of US funds, “White helmets” Moscow. June 20. INTERFAX.RU IN Moscow believe that the allocation of U.S. funding, “White helmets” in Syria followed by new provocations with use of chemical weapons, said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “For a new round of financial support for these enormous by the standards of what is happening in the region and the needs experienced by the civilian population, enormous financial investments, in this new round, we expect the regular stuffing of the use by the Syrian government of chemical weapons against civilians,” — said Zakharov at a briefing in Samara. “It’s just paid for a custom activity, and, of course, we are receiving signals that such provocations are prepared and of course we let them, if it receives reliable information, to speak in advance with point of view

Matvienko considered it impossible to delay the solution of the pension issue Moscow. June 20. INTERFAX.RU Legislators will consider the constructive proposals of the opponents of raising the retirement age in the finalization of the bill, but to delay reform not a law should be adopted in the autumn, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. As for the delay — no, we can’t postpone. If the power thus received, it would be irresponsible power. To discuss, correct… But you have to take, without delay, in the autumn of this year.Valentine Matvienkova Of The Federation Council In her opinion, the matter is “overripe”, and reform is needed. She noted that “each region and the Executive and the legislature — should Express their attitude to this draft law, 30 days to it.” According to her, “it must be a dialogue, in which the regions should Express their attitude to

Tymoshenko has said it will fight for the post of President of Ukraine KIEV, June 20. /TASS/. The leader of the party “Batkivshchyna” and the head of the eponymous faction in the Verkhovna Rada Yulia Tymoshenko will run for President of Ukraine. She stated this on Wednesday, answering the question TASS correspondent during the videoconference in Facebook. “Yes, I’m going to run for President,” — said Tymoshenko. However, she expressed confidence in his victory. “Immediately after the victory, I will hold a referendum on changing the form of government in the country”, — said the leader of “Batkivshchyna”.

The Federation Council approved the introduction of penalties for violation of the law on anonymizers Moscow. June 20. INTERFAX.RU — the Federation Council at session on Wednesday approved the law on administrative penalties for violation of the law on anonymizers. So, for failure to Roskomnadzor the hosting provider or the proxy data on the owners of the means bypass the lock to access forbidden sites or information about the notification of the owner about the need to embed data to identify established and the administrative penalty for citizens — from 10 thousand to 30 thousand rubles, for legal entities — from 50 thousand to 300 thousand rubles. For the results search engines links to prohibited sites will be subject to fines for citizens — from 3 thousand to 5 thousand rubles, for officials — from 30 thousand to 50 thousand rubles, for legal entities — from 500 thousand to 700

The head of the DPRK beat a carpet in China Kim Jong-UN arrived in China for the third time in three months. 8фотографий8фотографий8фотографий DPRK leader Kim Jong-UN yesterday arrived in China to discuss with the President the results of his meeting with the US President on 12 June. Chinese President XI Jinping warmly welcomed the guest and assured him that “support for socialist China North Korea unchanged”. The visit came ahead of soon meeting US officials and North Korea, where it is envisaged to develop a specific format and timing of the disarmament of the DPRK. The arrival of the North Korean leader to Beijing yesterday morning it became known after he appeared before the cameras with the Secretary-General of the Communist party of China XI Jinping. However, it can be regarded as increasing the level of openness of Pyongyang: previously, the meetings were officially reported after Kim Jong-UN left