Category: Politics

In the Kremlin commented on the petition against the pension reform Moscow. June 18. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin at this stage is not involved in discussions about raising the retirement age, therefore, appeal to him, including in relation to petitions of opponents of reform prematurely, told reporters on Monday, the press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. So he responded to a request for comment on the collection of signatures on Internet sites under the petition against raising the retirement age. I can only repeat that this issue is being worked out by experts of the government, supervising Ministers, Deputy Ministers, after the introduction (of the bill to the state Duma) will connect experts in the Duma.Dmitry Pescovitz Secretary of the President of Russia “The President in this discussion does not participate”, — said the press Secretary of the head of state. On a remark of

The EU Council extended for a year sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol The EU Council has extended for 12 months the sanctions in respect of Crimea and Sevastopol. The decision on the extension of unilateral measures was adopted at the Ministerial meeting on agriculture and fisheries of the 28 EU countries in Luxembourg. Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol became part of Russia following a referendum on March 16, 2014. The European Union and many other participating countries the results of the vote are not recognized and imposed against Russia, a number of restrictive measures. Sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol include a ban on the import of goods, investment, tourism, export of certain goods and technologies. The last time the restrictive measures were extended in July of last year, the validity period was to expire on 23 June 2018.

Trump was outraged by the volume of data leaks from the FBI in the “false” press The US President noted that “fake” media in their own way interpret received information. The US President Donald trump has expressed indignation of actions of employees of the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI), organized from the Department leak a large amount of information in the liberal media. The “lying” media to give their own interpretation of the data obtained, wrote the American leader in his microblog Twiterr. “Why the FBI gave so many fake information to the press. They don’t have to do this, because we know that the lying media are the enemies of the people, they give them [received data] own interpretation — the truth means nothing to them!” — wrote the leader of the United States. Why was the FBI giving so much information to the Fake News Media. They are

Ukraine intends to create the EU group in order to stop Nord Stream 2 Moscow. June 18. INTERFAX.RU. Ukrainian authorities plan to create in the European Union group, whose task will be to stop the construction of a gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine “Nord stream — 2” (Nord Stream 2), and are negotiating with Germany to establish an international consortium to manage the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS). “Nord stream-2” is completely politicized project, which is directed against Ukraine, which has no economic component, which is trying to take away from Ukraine’s budget, which equals nearly $3 billion However, I am convinced that the joint, combined efforts we will be able to stop him. (.. .) That is why we are now creating a group in the European Union, which should stop the “Nord stream — 2″. That is why we are negotiating with Germany. Invite them to create an international

The untied state of America What was offered to divide California. During the single voting day in November, Californians will have to answer the question of whether they want to continue to live in a single state or is ready to divide it into three parts. The idea failed to make the ballot thanks to the efforts of the venture investor Tim Draper, who believes that in its current form, California has become so populous and so fragmented, including ethnic composition, that it is impossible to control. Who can benefit from the appearance of two new stars on the American flag and whether this initiative has a chance of becoming reality, understood portal iz.ru. Geopolitical investment With the idea of separating the largest population of the American state Draper, an investor from Silicon valley, vkladyvayasj in such companies as Skype, Hotmail and Tesla is not the first time an initiative

Poland convinced the EU to prevent the “Nord stream — 2” Poland puts pressure on the EU to convince Europe to prevent the construction of “Nord stream — 2”. This was Deputy Prime Minister of energy Michael Kurtyka said in an interview with “Polish radio”. Poland is promoting amendments to the gas Directive of the EU, however, Bulgaria, who chairs the Union at the moment, still kept working on the document. It is noted that the work on the amendments should continue this month. “This is the final achievement of hard work of Polish diplomacy for months,” said Kurtyka. Earlier in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called the Russian gas pipeline “weapons”.

Son detained in Armenia’s Deputy resigned from the post of mayor of the city Moscow. June 18. INTERFAX.RU the Son of the detainee on suspicion in illegal storage of the weapon of a member of Parliament, a retired General, President of the Union of volunteers “Yerkrapah”, Manvel Grigorian Karen Grigoryan announced his resignation from the post of mayor of Echmiadzin is 20 km West from Yerevan. “Declare his resignation at his own request”, — Grigoryan wrote on his Facebook page. The last few days in Echmiadzin was conducted parallel to the action — demanding the resignation of Grigorian and in support of it. M. Grigoryan arrested on Saturday on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons. On the same day in Echmiadzin was detained crime boss Arthur Asatryan, known as “don Pipo”. The NSS was investigating a criminal case in which information was received of that “don Pipo” is going to

The Pentagon has denied the application by a coalition strike on Syria Aircraft of the U.S. and the international antiterrorist coalition did not inflict strikes on the area near the town of Bou Kamal in Syria. This was announced by the representative of the press service of the Pentagon, major Adrian Rankin-Galloway. “We (US or coalition) has not carried out an airstrike in the BU Kemal,” he was quoted by TASS. Earlier, on 18 June, Syrian SANA Agency reported that a coalition led by the US attacked the positions of Syrian government forces in the settlement of al-Hari, South-East of BU-Kemal. According to journalists, killing several soldiers. At the same time, the newspaper News Executive said that the airstrike was inflicted on the Hezbollah and Iranian military personnel. However, the information was not confirmed. On 4 June, the coalition led by the USA launched the second phase of Stripping the

In Macedonia, wounding seven people during protests BELGRADE, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. Seven police officers were injured, 25 people were detained during a protest in front of the Parliament building in Skopje due to the renaming of Macedonia, said the interior Ministry. The Ministers of foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Kotzias and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov signed on Sunday an agreement on the new constitutional name of the country — the Republic of North Macedonia. The agreement named the parties and representatives of international organizations historical and paves the way for Skopje to join NATO and the EU. Renaming and contract terms previously caused a categorical rejection of the various parties of the Macedonian opposition. Day, the largest movement of opponents of Prime Minister Zoran zaeva — VMRO-DPMNE — held a peaceful protest March in Bitola on the border with Greece. In the evening in