Category: Politics

The Senate endorsed the extension criticized by trump’s surveillance programs abroad Talking about the wiretapping of telephone conversations and interception of electronic correspondence of citizens of other States suspected of terrorism. WASHINGTON, January 18. /TASS/. The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to extend for six years the duration of the program for the implementation of wiretaps of telephone conversations and interception of electronic communications of citizens of other countries suspected of terrorism. Its very existence is not the first controversial not only in the United States but also in other countries of the world. The vote took place, rather on party affiliation. A bill to extend the majority supported the Republicans — 65 senators against him were made by 34 members of the house, mostly Democrats. Now the document will be sent for signature to the President. We are talking about section 702 adopted in 1978 of the Law on

Ukraine is preparing for a new war, said the Russian foreign Ministry MOSCOW, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. Moscow believes the adoption of the Ukraine law on the reintegration of Donbass evidence of preparations for a new war, said the Russian foreign Ministry. The Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday adopted a presidential bill on the reintegration of Donbass, in which RF is called “an aggressor”. According to the law, uncontrolled Kiev territory of Donbass are “occupied”. The document excluded the point about the priority of the implementation of the Minsk agreements to resolve the conflict. As pointed out in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, with the approval of the law in the first reading (October 6, 2017) this document, although has been subject to some adjustments, but kept his main focus is to legally confirm the line of Kiev on the “problem of Donbass” by force. In

Nobel laureate scolded trump WASHINGTON, 18 Jan — RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. The winner of the Nobel prize in Economics and columnist for the New York Times, Paul Krugman criticized President Donald trump, who put the economist in first place in its “prize for fake news.” “I received “the award for the fake news” for the poor market Outlook, revoked three days later, from a man who lied for two thousand times and still did not recognize that he lost the elections the number of voters,” wrote Krugman on Twitter and added, mimicking trump: “Sorry!”. In his opinion, the list is “ridiculous” because the President is confident that “the fake news” exist, but to prove that the examples can not. Krugman, an ardent supporter of the Democratic party, won the first place in his prophecy on the night of the presidential elections on 9 November 2016, the markets will not

CNN is expanding the staff of the Moscow Bureau CNN announced the expansion of the Moscow Bureau, said the press service of CNN. In particular, the head of the Moscow Bureau appointed a former correspondent for the Wall Street Journal by Nathan Hodge. 2015 Hodge held the position of head of the Moscow Bureau of The Wall Street Journal, where he covered the crisis in Ukraine, in Syria and confrontation between Moscow and Washington. Another new employee of the Moscow Bureau will become a senior international correspondent for CNN Fred Pleitgen of the London Bureau of CNN. Senior international correspondent for the Moscow Bureau of CNN’s Matthew chance, who took office in 2011, will continue to work in the Moscow Bureau. During his work chance interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and also covered the events in Beslan, the conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia. “This is

Dmitry Medvedev has promised to increase funding for scientists Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has promised that in 2018, the funding of science will significantly increase. He stated this at the ceremony of awarding state prizes in science and technology. “We’re very different periods have passed in recent years and periods of severe drops down, and enough dynamic lift up, and then stagnating in the crisis and different challenges, you know, people are literate and savvy,” said Mr. Medvedev. According to him, in 2017, the investments in civil science increased by 20%. Next year growth will be even bigger and will be measured in “hundreds of billions of rubles,” Prime Minister promised. While specific figures the Prime Minister is not named. The Prime Minister agreed that such investment is not enough. “They will receive the additional money, the economy will grow, some will change priorities, and this money will