Category: Politics

The CEC registered the new candidates in presidents of the Russian Federation The list of candidates joined Grigory Yavlinsky, Boris Titov and Sergei Baburin. Moscow. 7 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation adopted a resolution on registration of the candidate in presidents of the Russian Federation Grigory Yavlinsky, nominated by the “Yabloko”party. As the correspondent of “Interfax”, the decision was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the CEC. As noted in the text of the resolution, for registration of a candidate Yavlinsky was 105 thousand signatures, of which selected and tested 60 thousand signatures. “Unreliable and invalid recognized 1.07% of signatures. The number of submitted voter signatures minus the signatures recognized as unauthentic and invalid is 104357, which is sufficient for the registration of the candidate”, — stated in the decree.

The sister of Kim Jong-UN will attend the opening of the Olympic games in Pyeongchang Moscow. 7 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong UN E Kim Jong will arrive this week in South Korea and comprised of senior North Korean delegation will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Pyeongchang said Wednesday the Agency Bloomberg with reference to the South Korean Ministry of unification. It is noted that Kim ye Chen, who served as Deputy head of the Department of agitation and propaganda of the Central Committee of the workers ‘ party of Korea, will be the first representative of the family of the North Korean leadership, who will visit South Korea. It is expected that the visit of the North Korean delegation will start Friday and will last three days. Earlier it was reported that the official delegation of North Korea at the

39 mentors who will participate in the final of the contest “the Leaders of Russia» Regional leaders, politicians and business representatives will hold a series of workshops and exchange experience with the participants. Participation in the final of the contest “Leaders of Russia”, held in Sochi, confirmed the 39 mentors, including governors, representatives of the presidential administration, state Duma deputies and Federation Council members, executives of public and private companies, and the rectors of Russian universities. They will hold a series of workshops and exchange experience with the participants. At the final stage of the competition will be attended by the heads of regions: the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton chief Executive officer and the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. From a business among the mentors of the project consists of the General Director — Chairman of the Board JSC

The candidate for the post of Prime Minister of Dagestan Artyom zdunov © Ministry of economy of the Republic of Tatarstan/TASS MAKHACHKALA, February 7. /TASS./ The people’s Assembly of Dagestan on Wednesday agreed on the candidacy of the Minister of economy of Tatarstan Artyom Zdunov for the post of Prime Minister of the Republic, the correspondent of TASS. For approval of his nomination by the Prime Minister voted 68 deputies of the 75 attending the session. The Parliament of Dagestan of 90 deputies.

Aleksey Borodavkin © Michael Pochuev/TASS MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS./ Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Alexey Borodavkin Ambassador to Kazakhstan. By another decree he was relieved from this post by Mikhail Bocharnikov. Relevant documents published on the Official portal of legal information. “To appoint Borodavkin, Alexei Nikolaevich, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Kazakhstan, – said in the text of the decree. – Free Bocharnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich from his duties, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Kazakhstan”. Since 2011, the Borodavkin held the post of permanent representative of Russia to the UN Office and other organizations in Geneva, in February of the current year in this position was replaced Gennady Gatilov.

© Maxim Kimerling/TASS MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS./ The number of precinct election commissions on elections of the President of the Russian Federation will be equipped by complexes of processing of ballots (COHIBA), increased in Moscow and the Moscow region more than doubled after the purchase of regional election commissions “electronic urns” of the new generation. The use of new systems acquired by the election commissions of Moscow and Moscow region at the expense of regional budgets, approved at the meeting on Wednesday, the Central election Commission.

“You are mistaken if you believe that we don’t see anything» In an interview with Fox News U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that the us authorities will be difficult to prevent interference by Russia in mid-term elections to Congress in 2018, but warned Moscow about the possible consequences. In addition, the head of foreign policy Department of the USA has accused Russia that it has not fulfilled its obligations to destroy chemical weapons in Syria. In turn, the permanent representative of Russia Vasily Nebenzia rebuked his opponents unwillingness to conduct impartial investigation of facts of use of toxic substances. During his visit to the capital of Colombia, Bogota, U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson, gave an exclusive interview to TV channel Fox News, which once again sounded the theme of a hypothetical intervention of Russia in the midterm elections to Congress in November 2018. The head of American

In the list of Boris Titov, was the former Deputy Minister of agriculture and former owner of holding “MARTHA» The business Ombudsman and the presidential candidate from the Party of growth Boris Titov revealed a few names from my “list of entrepreneurs”, submitted to the President. In the list of Boris Titov got: Bazhanov Alexey Medvedev, a former Deputy Minister of agriculture Kapchuk, Sergei, former Deputy of Sverdlovsk regional Duma and the Director General of OOO “Bearing factory № 6» Shmatko Aleksey Igorevich, former co-owner of OOO “Chasovoy Zavod” and the Chairman garazhno-building cooperative “fast and furious» Trefilov Georgy Yurevich, the founder and former co-owner of holding “March» Petrov Evgeniy Gennadievich, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Ryzhov E. V., the lawyer, the defendant in about ten of the investigations related to raiding in Nizhny Novgorod. In June 2017, was detained in the United States Vlasyuk Paul Miller, Nizhniy Novgorod Kuraev Leonid, Kaluga oblast Kildyushev

Shuvalov said Russian talented Americans The first Vice-Premier of RF government Igor Shuvalov is confident that Russian people are more talented than us. He stated this at the opening of the final of the contest “Leaders of Russia”. The contest “Leaders of Russia” is the flagship project of the open platform “Russia — country of opportunities”. It is held by the presidential Administration of the Russian Federation and the Higher school of public administration Ranepa in the execution of the orders of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. A key objective of the competition is to identify, develop and support the most promising managers from across the country, with a high level of development of managerial competences. The first Vice Prime Minister noted that no matter where you will be working participants: in public administration or business. “We [the mentors] will try with his hand, to help you find the

Peskov confirmed that the President received “a list of Titova» Press Secretary of the head of state noted that each case requires separate consideration. The administration of the President received compiled by business Ombudsman Boris Titov list of overseas Russian businessmen who expressed a desire to return to Russia. This was reported by press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. He noted that each case requires separate consideration. “Indeed, this letter and the list of these entrepreneurs really came in last night,” he said. He just got here, so of course it will take time to work through. But, certainly, there some common approach can hardly be expected. Here each case is unique and each deserves some attention to understand what had really happened, why people for whatever reasons do not live in Russia, how to deal with it further. Peskov stressed that each case should be explored individually. “A