Category: Politics

Ksenia Sobchak © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak nominated for the election of the President from Civil initiatives, in the first days after opening a special electoral account has spent on the collection of signatures in his support of candidates more than others – 3.65 million rubles. It follows from the information on the receipt and expenditure of election funds five candidates as of 27 December, which was published Saturday on the website of the Central election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation.

The building of the foreign Ministry on Smolensk square © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. Russia is in full compliance with the sanctions regime established by UN Security Council against the DPRK. This was announced Saturday in a press-service of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation in connection with information in media that Russian tankers have reportedly carried out deliveries of fuel to North Korea.

LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who became the first registered candidate on a post of the President of Russia, for the last six years earned more than 98 million rubles. It follows from the data submitted the nomination to the CEC and published on Saturday on the website of the Commission.

Staff Sobchak complained to the CEC for the video of “United Russia” with Santa Claus MOSCOW, 30 Jul — RIA Novosti. The lawyers of the election headquarters of candidate for President of the Russian Federation Ksenia Sobchak has filed a complaint against propaganda video of the “United Russia” in the CEC and the Prosecutor General, the press-service of staff on Saturday. “United Russia” has published the illegal movie where a little girl asks Santa Claus to make the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Our lawyers sent a complaint to the CEC and the Prosecutor,” — said the press service. As noted in the release, December 28, on the official channel EP has been published on YouTube a video in which a little girl asks Santa Claus to make Putin President of Russia. At the headquarters I think that the movie violates the laws “On basic guarantees of electoral rights and

The court dismissed the Bulk of the CEC refusal to register him as a candidate MOSCOW, 30 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Supreme court dismissed the complaint Alexei Navalny on the refusal of the CEC to register the initiative groups for nomination as a presidential candidate, the correspondent of RIA Novosti news from the courtroom. “The Supreme court does not find grounds for satisfaction of these requirements”, — announced the decision of the judge. Earlier, the CEC decided “to refuse to register groups of voters formed to support self-candidate for the post of the President of Russia Alexey Anatolyevich Navalny and his authorized representatives, in connection with the absence of candidate’s passive suffrage”. According to the law “About presidential elections of the Russian Federation”, convicted to imprisonment for committing a serious crime can become head of state only after 10 years from the date of withdrawal or cancellation of conviction.

Putin in his message to Trump spoke about the role of the dialogue between Russia and the United States President Vladimir Putin sent new year’s greetings to his counterpart Donald Trump, in which he noted the importance of building a dialogue with the US to strengthen strategic stability in the world. In his new year congratulations to US President Donald Trump Putin said that the bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington are essential for finding answers to global challenges and strengthening strategic stability in the world. Excerpts from the letter cited by the press service of the Kremlin on its website. The Russian leader stressed that relations between countries should be based on the principles of equality and mutual respect. “This would advance the construction of pragmatic cooperation based on a long-term perspective”, — said Putin. In addition to trump Putin also sent congratulations to President of Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Armenia,

The Russian foreign Ministry denied media reports about the supply of oil to the DPRK to bypass sanctions MOSCOW, 30 Jul — RIA Novosti. Russia is complying with the sanctions regime against the DPRK in full, said RIA Novosti in the press service of the foreign Ministry, commenting on media reports that the Russian ships supplying oil to North Korea to bypass the sanctions of the UN security Council. Earlier, Reuters reported, citing sources, that some of these supplies were recorded in October and November. This application sources based on nothing, and the Agency was unable to confirm the veracity of their claims. “Russia fully and strictly comply with the sanctions regime. I would like to remind you that the supply of fuel (i.e. petroleum products) there are definitely quotas, but there is a complete ban (resolution 2397). Monitoring of compliance with the sanctions regime carried out by the Committee

Reuters reported on the supply of Russian ships of oil to the DPRK Approval from European sources Reuters, in the autumn there were a few cases when the Russian ships transported oil in a North Korean ship. From Russia are supplying oil or oil products to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions, says Reuters, citing sources in European security. Information about deliveries in October and November indicates that in the process of smuggling from Russia to the DPRK allegedly included the Russian ships. “The Russian ships had made the transportation of petroleum products on the North Korean ships on several occasions this year” — said the source Agency in the security service. A second source told Reuters that there is no evidence that the Russian government is involved in these deliveries, although the fact of transferring fuel from ship to ship, he confirmed. “There is no evidence that they