Category: Politics

Austrian Chancellor said that he would try to eliminate prejudice to the right of APS BERLIN, December 24. /TASS/. Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz urged to give a chance to the new government consisting of the conservative Austrian people’s party and the right-the Austrian freedom party (fpö). He stated this in an interview with German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, published on the evening of 23 December. “I ask you to give a chance to our government, and review the work done,’ said Kurz, referring to the participation in the Cabinet of APS. — Each opposition party changes when in power. This process, which includes the APS”. Responding to the remark of journalists that Israel refused to communicate with Ministers of the right-wing, the politician stressed that the Chancellor will do “everything to resolve the prejudices of Israel in relation to the APS”. “In our government programme refers to absolutely clear

The Chechen Parliament boycotted Instagram The Parliament of Chechnya announced the release of the social network Instagram after the speaker of the national Assembly Magomed Daudova. This is stated in the official message on the website of the legislature of Chechnya. Deputies said that they decided to support the initiative Daudova who closed your account “until then, until you unlock the page the Head of the Chechen Republic, Hero of Russia Ramzan Kadyrov.” “Deputies of the Czech Parliament following the speaker Magomed Daudova will come from the social network Instagram”, — stated in the message. Page Ramzan Kadyrov in Instagram and Facebook was blocked by the administration of social networks December 23. The Minister of information of the Republic said that this is due to “sabotage attack” because of the inclusion of Kadyrov in the sanctions list of the USA. American authorities believe that the head of Chechnya is associated

Yatsenyuk ten minutes detained in Switzerland at the request of Russia Former Prime Minister of Ukraine and head of the party “national front” Arseniy Yatsenyuk detained for check of documents militiamen at the airport of Geneva. As reported in the Facebook press Secretary of the popular front Olga Lappo, this happened allegedly at the request of Russia over accusations of involvement in the fighting in Chechnya. “Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who arrived in Geneva with the youngest daughter, was stopped at passport control at Russia’s request — already known to all the absurd accusations of involvement in the fighting in Chechnya. In ten minutes everything was out and missed. Notice that a similar procedure is possible in the flight,” wrote Lappo. We will remind, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin said the number of Ukrainian leaders, who in Russia are accused of involvement in crimes against members of

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Russia must be treated as a young and forward-looking, not “like a beloved grandmother.”

© Dmitry Astakhov/press service of the Russian government/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The Prime Minister, the Chairman of “United Russia” Dmitry Medvedev admitted that he had special feelings from the fact that the inhabitants of the Crimea will take part in the Russian presidential election in 2018.

Vice-speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Pyotr Tolstoy © Marat Abulhasan/photo Department of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The state Duma of the Russian Federation can take mirror measures, in case of revocation of license of the TV channel RT in France. This was stated by Vice-speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy in the Saturday interview to the program “Right to know” on TVC channel.

WSJ: Riyadh requires the detainee Prince $6 billion for the liberation NEW YORK, December 23. /TASS/. The Saudi Arabian authorities require that the detainee on charges of corruption, the Prince, the billionaire al-Waleed bin Talal has paid $6 billion for his release. This is stated in an article published Saturday in the newspaper the Wall Street Journal. According to its sources, a billionaire, like many other persons accused of corruption are in a hotel in Riyadh, which they can’t voluntarily leave. Some have already agreed to give to the authorities of the assets in exchange for the release. However, as the newspaper notes, $6 billion is one of the largest amounts that the Saudi authorities demanded from the detainees. According to sources, al-Waleed bin Talal has so far refused to pay the money. He stressed that this step will actually be the official pleading guilty to corruption, which he does

Merkel and macron demanded the return of Russian observers in the Donbass In a joint statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of France Emmanuel macron demanded the return of the Russian military observers in the Donbass, calling them the mission is important to control the situation in the conflict zone. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel macron demanded the return of the Russian officers in the composition of the Joint centre for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) in the Donbass. This is stated in a joint statement published on the website of the German government. The document States that the SCCC plays an important role in supporting OSCE observers and monitoring the cease-fire. “They [Merkel and macron] demand the return of the Russian officers in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC)”, — reads the statement. “German Chancellor Merkel and French President Makron

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Saturday at the XVII Congress of the party “United Russia” speech that politicians have regarded as software. In it, he outlined ways for further development of the country. The head of state said about the need to work for the benefit of the inhabitants of Russia, but called on United Russia not to give people unrealistic promises. The Congress also made the party leader, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who Putin promised support to the party in the presidential election and expressed hope for his shutout. To eliminate the problem Speaking to United Russia, Putin stressed the need “to honestly identify unresolved issues and aggressively to solve them, eliminating what hinders to go forward, to set ourselves even more ambitious goals and achieve results.” What has already been done, he called the “Foundation, but not a guarantee of further