Category: Politics

Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS WASHINGTON, February 3. /TASS./ The United States has found a “horror story” in Russia to justify the growth of their military expenditures and the nuclear build-up. About it of the Russian Federation in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said to journalists on Friday, commenting on the publication of the new US nuclear doctrine. “Another problem is that to justify the increase in military spending, to justify nuclear build-up in the Americans again found a “horror story” in the person of the Russian Federation. We understand that behind this willingness to pour huge amount of money in the military-industrial complex, we understand what trillions of dollars are behind this,” he said.

Peter Levashov © EPA/LUCA PIERGIOVANNI/POOL MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS./ The Russian Embassy in Spain has expressed disappointment with the decision of the Spanish authorities to extradite U.S. Russian Peter Levashov, who is accused of cybercrime. This is stated in the statement of the Russian diplomatic mission received on Friday, TASS reported. “The decision of the Spanish authorities was disappointing: after all, according to accepted legal norms, the Russian request has the priority, since he is a citizen of the Russian Federation”, – said in a statement. Spain gave the US a suspect in a cybercrime of a Russian Peter Levashov, said on Friday, TASS a source in the national police of the Iberian Kingdom. In the official press release from the law enforcement agencies said that the citizen of the Russian Federation “was handed over to us marshals” (bailiffs). The name of the Russian in the press release is not

The U.S. Treasury believes that sanctions against the national debt of the Russian Federation will damage both Moscow and Washington The Finance Ministry has warned that such a move could have “adverse implications for global markets and business.” TASS, 2 Feb. The US Treasury Department warned that the proliferation of sanctions on the sovereign debt of Russia and the Russian derivative securities may lead to negative consequences not only for Russia but also for global financial markets and to American investors. This is stated in the report sent by the Ministry of Finance to the Congress of the USA, transfers on Friday Agency Bloomberg. In the document of the Ministry of Finance said that such a move will have negative consequences not only for the Russian government and business but also can “serve as a barrier to the competitiveness of major U.S. companies on asset management”. The introduction of sanctions

“Sign of God”. Medvedev joked on the subject of earthquakes in Almaty ALMATY, Feb 2 — RIA Novosti. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, summing up the session of the Eurasian intergovernmental Council in Alma-ATA, made a joke about what happened there with the earthquake. Medvedev also noted that the meeting was held in a warm atmosphere. It has signed all the documents. The Prime Minister congratulated his colleagues with the end of the work. An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 occurred in Alma-ATA at 15.20 local time (12.20 MSK). Data about victims and destructions. In the session of the intergovernmental Council was attended by the Prime Ministers of the Eurasian economic Union, which besides Russia includes Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

The President’s address to the Federal Assembly scheduled for February 27 New estimated date of the President’s address to the Federal Assembly on 27 February, according to Kommersant’s sources in the presidential administration (AP). The reason for the transfer interlocutors “” do not call. Earlier it was planned that a message will be announced 6 February, before the official promotion campaign for elections of the President in the media. As expected, the message will overlap with the theses of the election program of Vladimir Putin. According to the law “On presidential elections”, the President is not obliged to go on leave for the election period, but may not use official position for electoral purposes. RBC today announced that on February 6 the message does not sound, it is postponed indefinitely. As “Kommersant” reported earlier, the administration had planned to organize delivering the message within the interval from 6 to 10

In Egypt build a new capital In Egypt began the construction of government facilities for the new administrative capital. This was stated by the head of the project Ahmed Zaki Abdin. According to him, the office of the Egyptian President and the government of the Arab Republic will move to the new capital over the next year and a half. “Government agencies in the new administrative capital will move within 18 months, this applies to the presidential office, the Cabinet of Ministers, and Parliament”, — quotes the words of Abdeen Agency MENA. The plan of Egypt for the construction of new administrative capital in the desert 45 kilometers East of Cairo announced in March 2015, Minister of housing Mustafa Madbouli. The need for construction due to the overpopulation of the current capital of Egypt. The cost of the first phase of the project will amount to $45 billion, and according

Matvienko has proposed to create a Ministry loneliness MOSCOW, Feb 2 — RIA Novosti. Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko proposes to think about the creation in Russia of the Ministry of loneliness on the example of Britain, when the problems of single people is given special attention by the state, the good is the experience of creating a Ministry of happiness. “This is a very important topic — the loneliness of the elderly. Elderly people require daily attention. Not so much the money is needed, how much attention”, — said Matvienko at the meeting with workers of social sphere of the village on Friday. She recalled that in the UK already have a similar experience, was even established by the relevant Ministry. Maybe once we create a Ministry loneliness, I don’t know. I have proposed to create a Ministry of happiness, as it is not yet very supportive of me.