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The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov on the issues of development of the Republic, in particular aspects of the investment climate. This was reported by press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “The meeting discussed the current issues of development of the Chechen Republic, including investment attractiveness”, – he said. “Putin also personally congratulated Kadyrov and all the Muslims of Russia on Eid al-Fitr,” – said Peskov.

Putin met with XI Jinping, the settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/ — the Chinese leader congratulated the President of Russia on the successful opening of the world Cup. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with President of China XI Jinping. “Touches on some topical issues on the international agenda, including the settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula,” — said the press service of the Kremlin. The Russian President also thanked the Chinese leader for the hospitality extended during the recent state visit to China and summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization. “Both sides expressed satisfaction with the outcome of these activities”, — said in the Kremlin. XI Jinping congratulated Vladimir Putin on the successful opening of the world Cup and wished good luck to the Russian team.

Foreign Minister LNR did not rule out the preservation of the Republic as part of Ukraine Acting Minister of foreign Affairs of LNR Vladislav Danego did not rule out that the self-proclaimed Luhansk people’s Republic could remain part of Ukraine. However, according to him, Ukraine needs to “change radically, 180 degrees, your vector and to follow the path of implementation of the Minsk agreements”. “In such circumstances, possible scenarios for the resumption of relations. Practice shows that Ukraine has completely reset from the accounts of the Donbass. They need only the area. And all their activities to show their commitment to the Minsk obligations, actually shows the opposite,” — said Mr. Dana in interview “RIA Novosti”. He said that if Ukraine will find the strength to change, the LC relies on a contractual relationship with Kiev. “That is, again, we are talking about gaining some degree of autonomy in relations

Mikhail Boyarsky considers correct the decision to raise the retirement age MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Russian actor and singer, people’s artist of Russia Mikhail Boyarsky gave the correct decision of the Russian government to raise the retirement age. Thus, old age “postponed” and it encourages people, he said Friday during a telephone conversation with the correspondent of TASS. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a Cabinet meeting on June 14 stated that the government proposes to gradually raise the retirement age. In particular, the transition period will begin in 2019 and will last until 2028 for men and 2034 for women. Currently, the age of retirement for men and women is 60 and 55 years respectively. I believe the Russian government is doing the right thing. I think people want to work. The lifetime increases, so raising the retirement age, seems right to me. This stimulates people to “non-waiting” old age,

The government explained the increase in retirement age gender equality One of the reasons for raising the retirement age for women to 63 years and his rapprochement with the male age of retirement is the need to ensure gender equality and increase of pensions for women. According to RBC, this is stated in the explanatory note to the government bill on pension reform. The developers of the bill point out “changing status of women in society”, which contributed “an equal distribution of the household burden on family members”. In addition, the authors point to the increase in the average life expectancy of women in the country to 77.6 years. “The corresponding figure in Europe is around 80 years, but the retirement age for women set at 55 years, whereas in Europe the average retirement age is 63-65 years,” the document says. The government proposes to gradually increase the retirement age

Peskov said Putin’s promise not to raise the retirement age Moscow. June 15. INTERFAX.RU — the Press-Secretary noted that since 2005 the situation has changed. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Russia in recent years there have been major demographic changes, which allowed to consider the question of raising the retirement age. So the press Secretary, commented on Putin’s words, uttered in 2005 that while he heads the government, the pension age in Russia will not increase. “You’re talking about 2005. It is important that it was (pronounced) 13 years ago. Of course, (in Russian) changes from the point of view of demography, and from the point of view of economic development, changes in the international environment — no country exists in a vacuum,” said Sands. He also drew attention to the fact that changes in life expectancy in Russia. “It’s quite a long time, and

Commander of the Navy told about the state of the Russian Navy MOSCOW, 15 Nov — RIA Novosti. From 70 to 100 ships of the Navy of Russia are constantly in different areas of the World ocean, said Russian Navy commander Vladimir Korolev, in an interview with the Armed forces, “Krasnaya Zvezda”. The Navy is actively updated. So, in August-September will arrive in Sevastopol, the new frigate “Admiral Makarov”. His entry into the Russian black sea fleet is expected in the third quarter of 2018. In St. Petersburg recently launched ship mine defense “Ivan Antonov” and small missile ship “Barrage” project 22800 in a series of six units built for the Baltic fleet. In addition, in the near future, the Navy will be replenished with ships of a new class — corvettes of project 22160 type “Vasily Bykov”. “Specifically for the black sea fleet continues the construction of a series

The government has begun to reduce the share of pensioners among the Russians To raise the retirement age will start from 2019, instead of the promised higher pensions. The authorities have long prepared to raise the retirement age and finally decided, yesterday, said the Chairman of the government Dmitry Medvedev. The government has approved the bill according to which the retirement age of Russians will begin to rise from next year. The current age of retirement established in the 1930s, Medvedev recalled, since then, life expectancy has increased significantly — nearly 73 years, and now the country has created conditions for increasing life expectancy to 80 years. More and more pensioners, and the proportion of working-age Russians is decreasing and if the retirement age is not raised, the pension system unbalances so that the state cannot fulfill its social obligations, frightened Prime Minister. And if you improve, you can increase

Future retirees will again save the current Pausing in the workplace. The government announced new parameters of the pension age in Russia — it will grow by five years for men (65 years) and eight women (to 63 years). The main declared goal of the reform is to improve the well — being of current retirees, the rate of increase of pensions which will be doubled. It is unclear how long will be the flow of additional funds from this decision — to abandon promises not to raise the retirement age demanded an increase in life expectancy is already retired, and this scenario even with the reforms continues to be implemented. On Thursday, the government approved raising the retirement age in Russia. The reform will begin in 2019 and will affect almost all groups of pensioners. Exception — military retirees, for them, the new settings will be determined later. For