Category: Politics

The Federation Council was declared a failure one year of military service at the call Moscow. 23 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Frants Klintsevich believes insufficient service life on an appeal in one year, as it does not provide the efficiency of the army. “Service in the Armed forces one year is nothing, and to provide reliable frames is impossible,” — said Klintsevich on Tuesday at the parliamentary hearings in the state Duma, which discussed issues of improving legislation in the sphere of preparation of citizens to military service and military-Patriotic education. According to him, at the time the decision to move from two years to one year of service “was influenced by the political situation”. From the point of view of state approach, it is simply imposed from the outside, I think, a tendency only to make our Russian

The “brain drain” from Russia increased Among visitors the share of educated two times lower than the national average. Intellectual emigration from Russia in the 2010s has increased, according to the monitoring Ranepa with reference to the statistics of foreign countries and the results of interviews with immigrants the last six years. According to Rosstat, from 30 to 70% of immigrants in Western countries, depending on country, are people with higher education. About a third of people leaving to study for a master’s or postgraduate course, and about a quarter to work, and half of those who go to Europe — at the “blue card” for skilled workers. The third popular way of moving as a family member. Most have left because of the economic crisis after 2014, and another quarter because of dissatisfaction with the political situation. However, the return to Russia is not considering only a third of

Lavrov asked Bloomberg what he hurts Earlier the journalist of the Agency asked the press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov on the possible illness of the head of the Russian foreign Ministry. MOSCOW, January 23. /TASS/. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov after the question of the journalist of Bloomberg press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov about the possible illness of the foreign Minister himself asked the Agency what it hurts. This is the official representative of the Russian depodesta said Maria Zakharova on his page in Facebook. She recalled that on the morning of Tuesday during a regular briefing Peskov, a journalist from Bloomberg asked a question about the health Lavrov with reference to some rumors. “Lavrov asked for clarification about Bloomberg than it hurts, — said Zakharov. — Bloomberg, believe it or not, said that based on the rumors and asked the health

Kerimov returned to France A member of the Federation Council Suleiman Kerimov, who in France were charged with money laundering, returned to nice after a trip to Russia. On Tuesday reports Reuters, citing the city Prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre. “He came back on Monday,” said he to the Agency. It is noted that Karimov during a visit to the Russian Federation held a meeting with speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. The Arrest Kerimov Kerimov, was detained by members of the French police at nice airport on the night of 21 November last year. Immediately after receiving information about the incident arrived at the scene the staff of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation. The next day the MP was formally charged under article “money Laundering with tax evasion”, the court of nice after the hearing decided to release the Senator on bail in 5 million Euro and with

Dzhabarov guess that’s why Kiev does not take equipment from the Crimea MOSCOW, January 23 — RIA Novosti. Ukrainian military equipment left in Crimea, practically turned into scrap metal, this explains the reluctance of Kiev to take Ukraine also fears that taking technique, will close for themselves the question of affiliation of the Peninsula, told RIA Novosti the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Vladimir Jabbarov. Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that Kiev has not received from Russia official proposals for the return of weapons from Crimea. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia was ready to offer Ukraine military ships and aircraft from the Crimea, although they are in poor condition, and to waste not to transport ammunition to Russia is ready to invite Ukrainian experts. “In fact, all military equipment and weapons that Ukraine remained in the Crimea, are a

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri and President of Russia Vladimir Putin © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, January 23. /TASS/. Russia and Argentina will continue cooperation in the sphere of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and discuss opportunities for cooperation in the peaceful use of the atom. This is stated in a joint statement after talks in the Kremlin presidents of Russia and Argentina Vladimir Putin and Mauricio Macri.

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri and President of Russia Vladimir Putin © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, January 23. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has accepted the invitation of the Argentine leader Mauricio Macri to visit Argentina on an official visit. “The President of the Argentine Republic, Makri, invited the President of the Russian Federation to visit the Republic of Argentina on an official visit at a convenient time will be agreed through diplomatic channels, – said in a joint statement the two leaders signed following the talks in Moscow. The invitation was accepted with gratitude”.

The Kremlin has called on Kiev to give a clear answer on military equipment in the Crimea Ukraine should consider the proposal of Vladimir Putin to return the equipment as the official and say she agrees to it or not, said Dmitry Peskov. MOSCOW, January 23 — RIA Novosti. The offer to Kiev to take military equipment from the Crimea official, additional notification is not necessary, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin previously stated that Kiev has not received from Moscow the official proposals for the return of weapons from Crimea. “Of course, can be official documents, mostly diplomatic notes, different kinds of messages, but in General, of course, the official statement of the head of state it’s hard not to be considered as a formal offer or a formal initiative,” — said Peskov told reporters. The press Secretary also refused

In the midst of the campaign Sobchak in the United States to discuss the future of Russia The candidate Ksenia Sobchak in the midst of the campaign, February 6, will visit the Center for strategic and international studies, located in Washington, DC, where he will participate in discussions about the future of post-authoritarian Russia. “Join us for a conversation with the candidate on a post of the President of the Russian Federation Ksenia Sobchak about the prospects and the hope of a post-authoritarian future of Russia. John J. Hamre, President and CEO of CSIS, will deliver welcoming remarks. After the presentation of Ms. Sobchak. Dr. Olga Oliker, Director of the program “Russia and Eurasia” at CSIS, will hold a discussion,” reads the organization’s website. Sobchak has already participated in similar format, when I visited the UK. In November she addressed the students of Cambridge. However, at the time of the

What are the risks for the economy will be discussed at the forum in Davos Democracy in the era of post-truth, the bubbles on the cryptocurrency market, the flight to the offshore Paradise, the revolution of robots… these Are key themes that are going to discuss on the forthcoming economic forum in Davos, leaders of the United States, France, Germany, great Britain, India, and Brazil. All of the most pressing topics are United by one global problem is a Great depression 2.0? Russia, however, outside of this alarming agenda and will be promoted on the forum, EXPO-2025. On Monday, the Swiss Davos covered with snowdrifts above human growth, traffic congestion and there is a danger of avalanches. However, the international economic forum, which is held for the 48th time, kicked off on schedule in preview mode. Tuesday starts the official business part of the forum, which will continue all week,