Category: Politics

Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov © Sergey Karpov/TASS WASHINGTON, February 10. /TASS./ Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov held a meeting with the Russian participants of the National prayer Breakfast, sponsored annually in Washington.

© Artyom Korotayev/TASS MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS./ The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov is widely known as a professional with a capital letter and strict negotiator, to which respect foreign colleagues, even from those countries with which relations in this period warm you will not name. As evidenced by the results of the conducted among Russians, polls, Lavrov has repeatedly proven to be one of the most popular of Ministers. The love of the people the Minister has earned not only the ability to defend the country’s interests in the international arena, but also witty remarks and jokes, which instantly spread across the Internet. About how the head of the guardian wins the applause, puts his own jokes to a standstill even seasoned journalists and, in General, for word in pocket not go, we should also remember to celebrate Saturday the Day of the diplomat, because diplomacy

Lavrov said belong to Russia in the world MOSCOW, 10 Feb — RIA Novosti. Most of the world consider Russia as a natural guarantor of global stability, said Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in his congratulatory message to his colleagues on the occasion of the diplomatic worker. “The vast majority of countries in the world consider Russia as a natural guarantor of global stability and protector of the key principles of interstate communication, such as the rule of international law, the Central role of the United Nations, the sovereign equality of States, respect for the identity of peoples, and their right to determine their own path of development,” — said Lavrov. He noted that today Russia is increasing its “constructive engagement in a variety of formats with numerous foreign partners on all continents, helping to create a favorable external preconditions for a dynamic internal development of the country”, as well

In future competitions “Leaders of Russia” can use artificial intelligence SOCHI, 9 Feb. /TASS./ Artificial intelligence can be used in the development of tasks and assessment of the participants of the competitions “Leaders of Russia” in the future. This was reported on Friday to journalists the head of the contest, Director of the Higher school of public administration, Ranepa Alexey Komissarov in Sochi, where the final of the competition. “At the moment, with the preparation and conduct of the contest artificial intelligence does not apply. Surely he will be in the future, the only question is when — next year or a few years,” said Commissioners. “Artificial intelligence comes in many spheres, we clearly understand,” he added. As the evaluator of the competition Pavel Bezruchko suggested that in the coming years, artificial intelligence will be actively used in the evaluation of people. “I think we are talking about the next

Titov: the list of those wishing to return to Russia, businessmen will expand Ombudsman for entrepreneurs in Russia did not name the names of those who may enter the list. List of overseas Russian businessmen who expressed a desire to return to Russia, not limited to 16 names, of the appeal filed by several people. This was announced on Friday, TASS Ombudsman for entrepreneurs in Russia, Boris Titov, who is on a working visit in the Krasnodar region. “We are already other applications. There are statements from several people. It [the list] will be expanded,” — said Titov. He refused to name the names of those who may be on the list, citing the fact that entrepreneurs provided data is checked. 3 Feb business-the Ombudsman, the leader of the Party of growth Titov said that the Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over the list of entrepreneurs from Russia who want

Putin: the authorities are determined to remove everything that prevents the economy from moving forward MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS./ A set of measures to develop the economy and investment is clear, the Russian authorities are determined to sweep all that prevents us from moving forward. This was stated at the RSPP Congress, Russian President Vladimir Putin. “As for the whole of our intentions in the near future. And the government in General and the Ministry of economic development, the Central Bank will work as it should with the associations, large private companies, associations of small and medium businesses. Our mood is very serious, determined to < …> anything that prevents us from moving forward, it was cleaned”, — he said. The Congress also made the main shareholder of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, the owner of NLMK Vladimir Lisin. The last paid attention to barriers to economic efficiency of the business tax

Elections in Venezuela: what threatens Russia’s defeat of Nicolas Maduro in the presidential election In recent years, Russia has become a creditor, a supplier of weapons and investor in the oil and gas sector Latin American countries. The national electoral Council of Venezuela has appointed the presidential elections on April 22. For Russia, this country became the main political and economic partner in Latin America. The Russian government and Russian companies in recent years, Caracas has issued loans and advances to many billions of dollars. Rosneft and Gazprom were the main partners of Venezuelans in the exploration and development of oil fields. Only with “Rosneft” in Venezuela we have created five joint ventures. Caracas actively buys the Russian arms. But all this Russian-Venezuelan cooperation, as some experts think, may go down in history, if on April 22 the opposition candidate wins. First-term The chances of such a scenario is. Maduro

China has adopted a new fifth generation fighter J-20 BEIJING, February 9 — RIA Novosti. Chinese fifth generation fighter “Jian-20” (J-20) was adopted by the air force of the country, reports on Friday the Central television of China. At the request of the Chinese air force, obtaining the armament of the new fighter will help the country’s armed forces to better ensure the safety of its airspace, safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. China introduced the “Jian-20” to the public two years ago in the framework of the international aerospace show Airshow China in 2016 in Zhuhai (Guangdong province). The development of the fighter is involved in the Corporation Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation. He made the first test flight in early 2011. In addition to “Jian-20”, China is developing another fifth generation fighter aircraft — the “Jian-31” (J-31). As reported earlier by RIA Novosti, the head of the Department of

In Ranepa prepared a scenario of raising the retirement age Experts in the Ranepa report “raising the retirement age: the positive effects and possible risks” I propose to raise the retirement age gradually, in increments of plus three months each year during the first four years of reform, followed by six months every year. The document proposes to increase the retirement age for men to 63 years for women to 60 years. It is reported by RBC with reference to the report. The authors Yuri Gorlin, Victor Lyashok and Tatyana Maleva believe that the main goal of increasing the retirement age is to increase the opportunities for growth in pensions and to reduce the burden of the pension system on the budget and the economy. In their view, if the retirement age remains unchanged, followed by a “high social and political risks: the growth of social tensions, more widespread poverty,