Category: Politics

Forced procurement The government begins a new stage in the coercion of state-owned companies for import substitution. The Ministry has prepared an extensive list of machinery, equipment and materials that state-owned companies from 1 July will not be able to buy abroad without the consent of the governmental Commission on import substitution. It includes including airplanes, helicopters, passenger and cargo vessels with an annual purchasing volume of over 50 million rubles. According to interlocutors, “b”, or the list will reduce, and the price level will raise or the procedure will turn into a “parade of exceptions.” The Ministry has prepared a list of engineering products and services that state-owned companies (with state share 50%) will be able to buy abroad only after consultation with the state Commission on import substitution (the draft resolution was published on regulation.gov.ru). “Kommersant” wrote about this idea September 11, 2017, at the end of the

RF MFA: Russia will not give the US unilateral guarantees on cyber security Moscow does not intend to give the Washington unilateral guarantees of non-interference in the internal political processes, including elections. In an interview with “Kommersant” said the special representative of RF President on international cooperation in the field of information security, the Ambassador-at-large Andrey Krutskikh. No unilateral statements, we will not do and certainly not intend to admit guilt for some of the incidents, which allegedly involved Russia.Andrey Krutskikh.the Ambassador-at-large “The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in interview to the American TV channel NBC has repeatedly said that Russia has no desire to annoy the Americans, to intervene in their internal political processes, to influence the election. We don’t want it, it’s not in our national interests.” Recall the US Ambassador to Russia John huntsman in a recent interview with “Kommersant” said that if Russia does

Poroshenko announced the beginning of the introduction of the autocephaly of the UOC The Patriarchate of Constantinople begins the procedure to grant the Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephaly. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. “The decision adopted by the Holy and sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, who yesterday accepted an appeal from the President to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the granting of the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine”, — wrote the Ukrainian leader on his page in Facebook. The intention to create a single Ukrainian Church Poroshenko announced on 17 April, saying that “Ukraine is closer than ever to the emergence in Ukraine of its own Autocephalous national Church.” After that, he asked the Patriarch of Constantinople permission for Church independence from the Russian Orthodox Church. During the download an error has occurred. The intention Poroshenko was supported by the bishops

In Yerevan the day detained demonstrators 277 YEREVAN, April 22 — RIA Novosti. Law enforcement officers detained on Sunday in Yerevan 277 demonstrators protesting against the election of the Prime Minister of Armenia, ex-President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, reported RIA Novosti head of Department of media relations of the police of Armenia Edgar janoian. 13фотографий13фотографий13фотографий “At the moment in police departments delivered 277 demonstrators,” — said the Agency interlocutor. Earlier it was reported about 232 zaderzhany on Sunday. On Sunday, another rally of the opposition protesting against the election of Prime Minister Sargsyan, was stopped in the Yerevan district of Erebuni. The police used non-lethal weapons. Before that he held talks with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan and Sargsyan, which lasted three minutes and ended inconclusively. The Prime Minister called the actions of the opposition blackmail and advised him to return to the legal field, threatening that otherwise the responsibility will

USA and allies must remain in Syria after the defeat of the IG*, said macron WASHINGTON, April 22 — RIA Novosti. France, United States and its allies must remain in Syria after the defeat of the IG* “to build a new Syria” and to limit the influence of Iran, said Emmanuel macron. 46фотографий46фотографий46фотографий “Even after the war against ISIS* the United States, France and our allies, all countries in the region, even Russia, Turkey will play an important role in creating a new Syria. But to determine the future, of course, will be the Syrian people,” he said in an interview with the American Fox News channel. According to the President, the full withdrawal of international forces will strengthen the position of Bashar al-Assad and Iran. “They will prepare a new war, they will feed new terrorists,” — said the French leader. He also noted that the West must not

The DNR decided to open a criminal case against NATO officers The self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s Republic (DPR) are preparing to open a criminal case against NATO troops. This was stated by Deputy commander of the operational command of the Republic Eduard Bacurin, RIA “Novosti”. 20фотографий20фотографий20фотографий “Currently we are collecting the indictment, the actual materials for consideration by the investigating authorities of the Republic issues of criminal case on the complicity of NATO war criminals and send them to the international judicial instances up to the international court in the Hague,” — said Basurin. The Agency points out that earlier in the breakaway republics repeatedly stated that the presence in the Donbas officers of the Alliance. Earlier, the DPR authorities demanded from Ukraine to return almost 300 prisoners of Donbas residents.