Category: Politics

Poroshenko named the main achievement of Ukraine in 2017 MOSCOW, 29 Dec — RIA Novosti. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the main national achievements in the past year were the introduction of a visa-free regime with EU countries and support from the West in the struggle for independence. This is stated in the message on the website of the Ukrainian leader. The Ukrainian leader stressed the importance of continuing support from Western countries. “The European Union has shown unity with us and extended sanctions against the Russian Federation, despite the fact that for them it is a tough decision. A manifestation of solidarity with Ukraine… for them is a priority because justice and truth with us,” said the Ukrainian leader. In addition, the President attributed the achievements of the country continuation of the program of decentralization, judicial reform, and the construction or repair of 300 kilometers of roads.

Putin signed a law on monthly payments at the birth of the firstborn According to the law, the allowance will be calculated taking into account family income. MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law on introduction of monthly payments to the birth of the first child. The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legal information. The document, signed by the President of the Russian Federation establishes the right to receive monthly payments at the birth or adoption of their first child until they reach eighteen months. According to the law, the allowance will be calculated taking into account family income: it should not exceed time and a half the subsistence minimum of the able-bodied population of the region. Also provides monthly payments in connection with the birth or adoption of a second child until they reach eighteen months. Payments will be

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with humor responded to the question about Russian intervention in the elections abroad. In interview to the program “international sawmill” on channel NTV, he said that “the work here so much that not enough time for other tasks, for example, the development of cultural ties”. “You didn’t even mention that this year we did. Sweden, Denmark, Montenegro, Austria, Macedonia. Had to work, of course, is not just… – he said, responding to a joke question leading in any election intervened Russia in the past year. – Because of this we haven’t had time to other things that are equally important. For example, as cultural ties with Japan to develop”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin during the submission of documents to register candidate to the post of President of the Russian Federation, the CEC of the Russian Federation © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The Central election Commission of the Russian Federation at session on Thursday has registered the group of voters created for support of self-nomination of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the presidential elections in March 2018.

Nazarbayev signed amendments to laws banning anonymous comments on the Internet Owners of online resources in Kazakhstan will be obliged to identify commentators with digital signature or sms. ASTANA, December 28. /TASS/. The prohibition on posting anonymous comments on the Internet introduced in Kazakhstan. This rule is enshrined in the law “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on information and communications”, which was signed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Thursday. This was reported by the press service of the head of the Republic. According to the law, owners of Internet resources will be obliged to identify commentators with the help of digital signature on the e-government portal or via sms authentication with one time password. The user will be able to post comments on the site under your name or a pseudonym. “User authentication does not prevent him to Express his opinion, but

CEC allowed Putin to begin campaigning The initiative group for his nomination in the elections was the Central election Commission. Moscow. 28 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation registered the group of voters formed to support self-candidate Vladimir Putin in the presidential election in 2018, as well as its commissioners. As the correspondent of “Interfax”, such decision was taken at a meeting of the CEC on Thursday. In addition, the CEC a separate resolution allowing Putin to open a special election account for formation of election Fund and to begin campaigning. According to the resolution, which was adopted unanimously by all members of the Commission, the CEC has registered itself and Putin’s initiative group and its authorized representatives to five people. The list includes Oksana Druzhinina, Alexei Ermakov, Sergei Kabyshev, Andrey Tikhomirov and Hope Cacheline. The CEC also registered the authorized representative of Putin on

Case Shakro Young can lead to the reform of the TFR The FSB organized a large-scale personnel cleaning in Investigatory Committee of Russia could lead to the reform of the investigative Agency, the sources of the “Kommersant”. According to one of interlocutors of “Kommersant”, the structural transformations may start already in the spring of 2018. According to sources, considers the two concepts of the reform of the TFR, according to which, the Committee will either return full control of the prosecution, or be disbanded. In the second case, concentrated in the TFR, the investigation will be distributed between the interior Ministry and Prosecutor’s office, and all staff and personnel Committee will be forced to find a new job. The probable reason for the reform was the case of the thief in law Zachariah kalashova (Shakro Young). Yesterday on charges of corrupt ties with criminals were arrested the former chief of