Category: Politics

The US filed charges against 13 citizens of the Russian Federation for alleged interference in elections WASHINGTON, February 16. /TASS/. Us authorities formally charged 13 persons and three entities in Russia for alleged involvement in the intervention in the American presidential election of 2016. It follows that in this case already formed a Federal Grand jury in Washington. It confirmed the validity of the charges brought against the 13 Russians and three companies by the office of spectracolor Robert Mueller. The latter was appointed to investigate allegations of Russia’s attempts to influence the last US presidential election. Among the accused, the entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin and “online research”.

NATO Secretary General accused Russia of violating the INF Treaty MUNICH, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has accused Russia of violating the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty). “Unfortunately, the nuclear threat is again on the agenda. And it would be irresponsible to ignore it. Key agreements in the field of nuclear safety are under threat, including the INF Treaty,” — said Stoltenberg, speaking at the Munich security conference. The problem is that Russia is violating the Treaty on intermediate-range and shorter-range, developing and testing medium-range missiles, land-based. We need to protect the Treaty and urge Russia to respond to the concerns of NATO members.Jens Stoltenbergom NATO Earlier, the Russian foreign Ministry said that Russia strictly observes its obligations under all international agreements, in particular on the INF Treaty and on the Treaty on open skies. The INF Treaty was

The US will lead to the orbit “satellites doomsday” MOSCOW, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. The Pentagon plans to launch two more satellites AEHF (Advanced Extremely High Frequency), which can ensure communication in a nuclear conflict. This publication reports Popular Mechanics. To date, there are four “satellite doomsday”, which are characterized by high resistance to electromagnetic interference. According to the US military budget for 2019 in space is planned to launch another two devices. Their costs will exceed $ 29 million. In command of the air force emphasize that the location of the apparatus corresponds to the new nuclear doctrine. “In parallel, we need to modernize the entire nuclear triad and command and control systems that ensure its effectiveness,” — said the Minister of the air forces of the United States Heather Wilson. Earlier it became known that in 2019, the Pentagon will invest in the development of future systems

Medvedev called the Governor’s name, which “speaks volumes” The most popular name among Russian governors — Orlov and Orlov, while in the whole country among Russians — Ivanov, said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. During a meeting with senior officials of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, Medvedev, passing the floor to the Governor Vladimir region, Svetlana Orlova, said the popularity of her name in the Governor’s case. “In our country it is believed that the most popular surname — Ivanov. And among the governors — no, the most popular surname is Orlov and Orlov. We have three people from the governors bears that name. That says a lot,” — said Medvedev.

The U.S. army will reduce the presence abroad The US army will reduce the number of its foreign missions, the newspaper Military Times. As explained by the Minister of the us army mark Esper, the current cycle of deployment of military units abroad reduces the combat capability and amplifies the burden on the military. “We have armored battle group in Kuwait. We can abandon the mission and bring her home to increase the combat readiness of the military and include them in the queue to perform more important operations,” the Minister explained. The Pentagon said that the military is not involved in transactions over 12 months, will be sent home. The newspaper reminds that the army has requested additional 4 thousand soldiers in the 2019 financial year and a similar number of military in 2020-2021 years. In total the number of land forces, therefore, will reach 495,5 thousand. Currently, the

Merkel: “Nord stream — 2” is not a threat to energy security German Chancellor Angela Merkel meeting with Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki said that he sees no threat to the diversification of energy supplies to Europe in the implementation of the project “Northern stream — 2”. It has been broadcast on the website of the German government. The Polish Prime Minister noted that he did not agree with this approach, and pointed out the threats that will entail the removal of Ukraine from the transit. According to him, “Nord stream — 2” shall conform to the requirements of the Third energy package and the EU gas Directive. The commissioning of the “Nord stream — 2” is scheduled for the end of 2019. The pipeline must pass under the Baltic sea from the Russian coast to coast of Germany. The capacity of each of two strings is 27.5 billion

The CEC has told about preparation of mass media for election campaigning MOSCOW, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. More than 150 Federal network of magazines and Newspapers 94, 37 radio stations and 16 TV channels ready for a fee to provide candidates in presidents of Russia of the square or air for promotion, said the Secretary of the CEC, Maya Grishina. The period of the promotion in the media in the presidential election will begin on Saturday, February 17. For a fee willing to provide their services only on the national level, 16 channels, 37 radio channels, 159 editions and 94 Newspapers that notified the CEC about their pricing and willingness to publish propaganda materials.Maya Greinecker CEC She noted that similar notices were in all the regional electoral Commission. “Here requires synthesis of information, but, as practice shows, it is about thousands of still further regional media”, — said the

The expert gave two reasons why Zyuganov does not want to give the party Grudinina Gennady Zyuganov begins to distance itself from Pavel Grudinina, knowing that the failure of the candidate from the Communist party may have an impact on the leader of the Communist party — said the newspaper VIEW, political analyst Nikita Isaev. The nomination Grudinina was designed to avoid intra-party conflicts, but only led to more nervousness. Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov, speaking yesterday at a press conference said that presidential candidate from the Communist party Pavel Grudinin is not entitled to lead the party because he is non-partisan. Thus, Zyuganov “will not give” the Communist party Grudinina. The Communist leader also answered the question of why a candidate was not selected the Deputy from the Communist party Valery Rashkin, despite the fact that he has more political experience and recognition in the media, Zyuganov said: “it

Zhirinovsky called on the CEC to cancel the registration of Grudinina MOSCOW, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. The presidential candidate from the liberal democratic party Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that Russia’s Central election Commission should cancel the registration of the candidate from the Communist party Pavel Grudinina, as he allegedly did not provide information about the withdrawal of foreign accounts. Running for President from the liberal democratic party Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that the Central election Commission shall cancel registration of the candidate from the Communist party Pavel Grudinina. In his opinion, Grudinin did not provide information about the withdrawal of foreign accounts. “When I found a discrepancy in my documents, I have canceled the registration. And what we here head to fool? If there is no reference on the closure means, false information,” — said Zhirinovsky, immediately assuming that the registration Grudinina, the CEC will not be canceled. The LDPR leader

Tatyana Golikova: invalid Bentley should not qualify for social assistance The poverty level in Russia is growing recent years, despite significant even in developed countries public expenditures on the social sector. Why the costs of the state do not reach the goal, how is it that the owners of luxury cars in the regions benefit from tax relief on hundreds of thousands of rubles, and poor families get a penny allowance, which is not enough even for school lunch, and why not to refuse from existing multiple social benefits in favor of a single targeted poverty benefit, said in an interview with RIA Novosti on the sidelines of a Russian investment forum, the head of the Russian audit chamber Tatyana Golikova. — At the session of the forum, you will be told about the benefits of the transport tax, which in some regions are the owners of Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini,