Category: Politics

© Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The meeting of initiative group of voters have decided to support the nomination of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections that will be held on 18 March 2018. Under the law, to support self-candidate, you need to create a group of voters in number of not less than 500 citizens of the Russian Federation. In the meeting held on Tuesday in the historical Park “Russia – my story” at ENEA, attended by 668 people. After the meeting of the group of candidate not later than January 7 will have to personally apply to the Central election Commission with a petition for registration of group and a number of other documents. No empty praises The head of the Supreme Council of “United Russia” Boris Gryzlov considers that, based on the current international situation, Putin’s decision to go

The EU questioned the presence of political pluralism in Russia after the refusal of the CEC of the Bulk The European Union has expressed doubt about the existence of political pluralism in Russia after opposition politician Alexei Navalny refused to register for participation in the upcoming presidential election. “This decision raises serious doubts about the presence of political pluralism in Russia and democratic prospects in the upcoming 2018 election. Politically motivated judicial decisions should not be used for prohibition of participation in political life” — leads TASS words of the official representative of the European external action service Maya Kosyanchich. Yesterday Alexei Navalny formally refused registration as a candidate in presidents of the Russian Federation because of a conviction for a serious article. He described the motivation of the CEC “legal lace” and urged the Commission to consider “context of situation” and the decision of the European court of human

The initiative group officially announced the nomination of Putin in the 2018 elections MOSCOW, 26 Dec — RIA Novosti. The initiative group to the official meeting voted for the nomination of Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections, the correspondent of RIA Novosti. “I propose to make a decision. I put the question to a vote… the Decision was made unanimously”, — announced the results of the head of the center for gifted children “Sirius” Elena Shmeleva, who headed the initiative group. She thanked all the assembled delegates. “All together we did a great job — we were supported by Vladimir Putin, supported our President,” said Shmeleva. The meeting addressed several delegates who explained why trust the current head of state. The head of public organization “Volunteers of victory,” Olga Emelchenkova told how together with Putin took part in the Immortal regiment March. “It was not a March for show, it

A meeting of the initiative group to nominate Putin as a candidate in the elections of 2018 © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The meeting of initiative group of voters on Tuesday took a decision to support self-nomination of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections that will be held on 18 March 2018, the correspondent of TASS. This decision was taken at the event, which takes place in the historical Park “Russia – my story” on VDNH. According to the head of the educational center “Sirius” by Elena Shmeleva, the hall was attended by 668 people. In support of Putin were made by the artistic Director of the Maly theatre Yuri Solomin, pianist Denis Matsuev, as well as the leader of the “Victory Volunteers” Olga Emelchenkova and others. The views of the participants In particular Emelchenkova remembered how he participated with Putin in the March of “Immortal

Putin thanked the government for work in the last five years MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin thanked the government for work in the last five years, said that the Cabinet has made more possible, resolved all the issues. On the new year meeting with Cabinet Ministers at government house, he recalled, that working with the current composition of the Cabinet more than five years. “It was a difficult years for the country and for those who each in his place was to ensure the continuous development, the overcoming of difficulties that had arisen in world and Russian economy. But I have to say that the government has done not only everything, but, in my opinion, and more. In essence you have decided all that stood before the economy issues,” he said. Putin called the greatest unsolved problem a large number of people with incomes below

Putin awarded Zakharova new diplomatic rank MOSCOW, 26 Dec — RIA Novosti. Official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the first class, is stated in the decree of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the text of which is published on the official Internet portal of legal information. “To assign… to the diplomatic ranks of Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1 class… Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna — the Director of the Department of information and press of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation”, — reported in the document. To do this, Zakharova was the rank of extraordinary and Plenipotentiary envoy of the second class. The same decree the rank of Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary assigned to the Ambassador-at-large of the Russian foreign Ministry Vladimir Barbin, the Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Djagaryan, Deputy Minister of energy Yuri

CEC allowed Sobchak to open an electoral account and start collecting signatures MOSCOW, 26 Dec — RIA Novosti. The Central election Commission has allowed TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak to establish a special account for formation of election Fund, giving the green light for its official election campaign. After opening the account she will be able to start collecting signatures in his support. In addition, the CEC registered three authorized representatives of the party “Civil initiative” and also authorized the Sobchak on financial issues. Sobchak, positioning himself as the candidate “against all”, goes to the polls from “the Civil initiative” eks-the Minister of Economics of Russia Andrey Nechaeva. On Monday, the TV host filed to the Central election Commission with relevant documents. Candidates of non-parliamentary parties, including “Civil initiative”, for the registration of a presidential candidate should collect not less than 100 thousand signatures, and one region may have no more

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. Calls to boycott the presidential elections in Russia, which will be held in March 2018, you need to check for compliance with the Russian legislation.

The candidate from the party “Civil initiative” Ksenia Sobchak (right) © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The Central election Commission of Russia has allowed the TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, launched at the presidential elections from the citizen initiative, to open a special election account to start collecting signatures and campaigning. The decision was made Tuesday at a meeting of the Commission.

Sands: the calls to boycott the elections are subject to examination for compliance with the laws MOSCOW, 26 Dec — RIA Novosti. Calls to boycott the presidential elections in Russia are subject to rigorous study on the compliance to the legislation, said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. The Central election Commission on Monday rejected Alexei Navalny the registration of the initiative group in support of his nomination for presidential elections in March 2018 due to an unexpunged criminal record, the decision of the CEC adopted at the meeting on Monday. “With regard to calls to boycott, then again it is rather the prerogative of the CEC, we do not comment in this case, the decision of the CEC, and the CEC is guided solely by the current electoral legislation of the Russian Federation. But the calls to boycott, of course, be very careful the study for compliance or