Category: Politics

Vodka loses a degree Senators propose to make the drink weaker. Vodka next year may lose the degree. A group of senators has proposed legislation to clarify the definition of the drink and reduce the amount of ethanol in it to 37.5%. This is done to remove the contradiction between the law and the standards. The law “On state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl alcohol…” (171-FZ) it is written that vodka is a drink which is produced on the basis of ethyl alcohol by 38-56%. Senators Sergei Ryabukhin, Yevgeny Bushmin and Vitaly Shuba propose to amend the law and reduce the minimum strength of vodka. From the document parliamentarians, it follows that the alcohol content in it should be from 37.5 to 56%. The same minimum threshold specified in the Guest “Vodka and vodka special. General technical conditions”. Senators proposed amendments remove the existing contradiction. 171-FZ of GOST

Onishchenko told what to avoid when preparing for the New year MOSCOW, 26 Dec — RIA Novosti. During the preparation for the celebration of the New year should especially keep track of your purchases, at this time, the sellers will try to sell “illiquid” goods, told RIA Novosti the Deputy of the state Duma from “United Russia”, the former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko. “Christmas trees, children’s gifts — are now trying to sell all the “old news”, it is necessary very seriously to follow, especially in regard to food for children. And attentive to the toys that are purchased, that it was not falsified”, — said Onishchenko. He noted that we need to be careful and resist the urge to buy cheap, because it can cause due to defective materials or paints, kids can get sick.

The Chairman of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova (center) © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. A group of voters in support of self blogger Alexei Navalny on elections of the President of the Russian Federation was held in the framework of the law, but he can not run due to an unexpunged conviction for a grave crime. This was announced Monday at a meeting of the CEC.

Putin instructed to monitor foreign interference in elections via the Internet The President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the chambers of the Federal Assembly on Monday reiterated that the Internet should remain free, however the activities of foreign companies in the Internet and social networks you need to follow in an election year. “Remember how much noise was about the fact, Russia Today and Sputnik had advertising time in the US? The noise was — but it turned out the minimum amount, hundredths of a percent! And we have that? How many of us present here?” — said the President. “I’m not saying that we should make hasty decisions. It is not now, not before the election to do. We have to see what happens to perform, and then clear picture of the situation to make a decision”, — Putin said. He, however, did

© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The law on NGOs – foreign agents could be improved, but it needs to perform its function: do not allow to intervene in the internal Affairs of the Russian Federation from the outside. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the chambers of the Federal Assembly.

Member OP called provocation impending U.S. “Kremlin report” MOSCOW, 25 Dec — RIA Novosti. A report with a list of Russian officials and businessmen, resulting from the U.S. — a political provocation and unsubstantiated demagoguery, the Chairman of the Commission of the Public chamber of the Russian Federation on development of public diplomacy, cultural cooperation and preservation of traditional values Elena sutormina. Earlier in mass media appeared information that the administration of U.S. President Donald trump before the end of January intends to submit to Congress the so-called Kremlin report — a list of senior Russian officials and close to power businesses. “Forthcoming “Kremlin report”, in my opinion, another political provocation on the part of the ruling elite of the United States. New become only the forms and names of the lists, and the justification for them — old: “Russia intervened”, “Russia — the aggressor”, “Russia — the world’s evil”.

Lawyers considered the legality of the refusal to register Navalny as a candidate for the presidency The decision of the CEC refusal to register opposition leader and founder of the Fund of struggle against corruption (FBK) Alexei Navalny as a candidate for President of Russia in accordance with the law, the lawyer said Vladimir Alexandrov. “The Central election Commission of the Russian Federation acted in strict accordance with the law, denying the blogger Navalny to register the candidate on a post of the President of Russia” — quoted by Alexandrov RAPE. According to the lawyer, “law gives a clear indication that a person serving a sentence for a felony, may not be registered in the status of official candidate for the top post of the Russian Federation”. “If someone doesn’t like that the Bulk of the law cannot claim the role of the President, such persons may make a claim