Category: Politics

Putin will not attend their own nomination for President of Russia Vladimir Putin does not come to a meeting of an initiative group that will nominate him for President of Russia for a new term. The journalists said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, reports RBC. According to him, in the work plans of the President on December 26, did not appear to visit the 57th pavilion of VDNKH. “[The President] tomorrow is a very busy schedule. In this case, the presence of the President is not required”, — said Peskov. That Vladimir Putin will not be at the meeting of the initiative group, previously reported by RBC of its members. “The law did not oblige,” — said one of them. In answer then to the question of RBC, whether Putin intends to attend the meeting of the initiative group, Peskov also said the President’s presence at the

Sobchak has filed documents to the CEC for the presidential nomination MOSCOW, 25 Dec — RIA Novosti. TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak on Monday filed to the CEC documents for the nomination in presidents of Russia from party “Civil initiative”, the correspondent of RIA Novosti. 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. Saturday’s party Congress adopted the decision on nomination of its candidates for the elections in March 2018. In addition, the delegates voted to include Sobchak in the composition of party leadership, electing a member of the Federal political Council. The presenter was the third female candidate submitted documents to CEC for running. On Saturday, the party “Russian United labour front” has filed papers to nominate its candidate — a crane operator of metallurgical plant “Petrostal” Natalia Lisitsyna, and on Sunday the election

The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko called for a balanced approach to the discussion of new legislative initiatives in the media-registered as a foreign agent. “The proposals still under discussion,” she said, responding to a question at Monday’s press conference. According to Matvienko, the proposed rules are designed to close gaps in case of the media “detours receive financial support” from abroad. “It is necessary to discuss carefully, without bending, it is necessary to take a balanced approach to the discussion”, – said the speaker of the Federation Council. The bill

The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko © Press service of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The Federation Council insisted that the law enforcement agencies of France detained Senator Suleiman Kerimov, acted incorrectly, their actions are unacceptable.

© Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The delegation of the opposition in Geneva has cheated the special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria Staffan de Mistura and Saudi Arabia, putting forward an ultimatum to regime change in the Arab country. This was stated on Monday the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in interview to TV channel RT.

Patriarch Kirill: the approval process for the exchange of prisoners in the Donbass completed The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko, in turn, said that the exchange will take place on December 27. MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. Donbas and Kiev have agreed on all conditions for the exchange of prisoners. On Monday he told reporters the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill during the peace meetings with leaders of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR) Alexander Zakharchenko and Leonid Beekeeper. “Today, in the Danilov monastery, the process of approval of all details concerning the exchange of prisoners between DND and LNR and Ukraine,” he told reporters following the talks. Zakharchenko, in turn, said that the exchange will take place on December 27.

The party Good deeds nominated Catherine Gordon as a presidential candidate MOSCOW, 25 Dec — RIA Novosti. The Congress party of Good deeds has put forward a candidate for President of Russia, journalist Catherine Gordon, told RIA Novosti President of the party Good deeds Andrei Kirillov. Regular elections of the President of Russia will take place on March 18, 2018, the election campaign officially started on 18 December. “Were nominated. Congress was 23 December. Unanimously,” — said Kirillov RIA Novosti on Monday.

Russia is not going to exacerbate the confrontation with the US, Lavrov said MOSCOW, 25 Dec — RIA Novosti. Moscow is not going to exacerbate the confrontation with the U.S., but will respond to aggressive attacks, said in an interview with RIA Novosti Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He noted that despite the growing anti-Russian sentiment in the US, the Russian side “acts pragmatically”. “Aggressive attacks answer, but confrontation is not going to spur. We will continue to consistently and vigorously defend their positions, returning colleagues in Washington to the fundamental principles on which should be structured bilateral dialogue. Chief among them is the consideration and respect of interests each other. Without this, to improve the relationship is simply impossible, just as unlikely to cooperate effectively in international Affairs”, Lavrov said.

© Cyril Kuhmar/TASS MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. Office for democratic institutions and human rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE monitoring mission and the European Union did not send observers to Crimea for the elections of the President of the Russian Federation, which will be held in March 2018. About it writes on 25 December, the newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to both structures. In October, the media reported that the ODIHR is considering to send a mission to Crimea to monitor the presidential election.