Category: Politics

The Kremlin was surprised by the indignation shown Rogozin experience over the dog The Kremlin did not see in the demonstration Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the effectiveness of the technology “liquid breathing” of animal abuse. “The dog is alive. We did not attend. but the dog is alive. Why questions, it is not clear,” he said, answering questions of journalists the press-Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov, reports RBC. In response to the question of one of journalists that experience with a dog reminiscent of water torture, Peskov said that “water is not tortured”. It’s not water, it’s liquid. You know, better to turn to Rogozin. I honestly have not seen. Not we’ve been on the Internet.Dmitry Peskov During the experiment, shown on December 19 to demonstrate the development of the advanced research Foundation (DRF) President of Serbia Alexander Vucic, one of the experimenters put a Dachshund with the

The Chairman of the state Duma Committee on information policy, information technologies and communications Leonid Levin © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. The bill on regulation of activities of mass media – foreign agents will affect individuals receiving funds from countries which restrict the activities of Russian media. It on Thursday was declared to journalists by the Chairman of profile Duma Committee on information policy, Leonid Levin, who is one of the authors of the initiative.

Cashier’s checks can help the CEC to increase the turnout at presidential elections MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. Receipts with information about the date of voting may be one of the instruments of notification of citizens on presidential elections of the Russian Federation. Experiments in several Russian regions have confirmed the effectiveness of this type of information, and now the CEC has with retailers consultations on the possibility of using this technology inform voters about the presidential election, told TASS Director of relations with state bodies of X5 Retail Group Stanislav Naumov. “Normally the checks are bromodialone daily shopping chains X5 [“Pyaterochka”, “Perekrestok”, “Karusel”] see them more than 10 million people”, — he said. Naumov also confirmed that his company participates in the consultation with the CEC about the possibility of use of checks of trading networks to embed information about the election date. According to TASS, this technology alert voters

The white house has approved the first delivery of lethal weapons Ukraine The first commercial license for the supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine issued by the US authorities. Kiev was allowed to buy a shipment of semi-automatic large-caliber sniper rifles M107A1 for $41.5 million The administration of U.S. President Donald trump has approved the first ever commercial sales of U.S. lethal weapons Ukraine, writes The Washington Post, citing sources in the White house. The report stresses that the weapon is defensive. Commercial license issued for the sale of arms in the amount of $41.5 million received Permission to supply Ukraine self-loading large-caliber sniper rifles M107A1, ammunition, and related parts and accessories. The publication notes that permit the supply of heavy weapons, including portable anti-tank system FGM-148 Javelin, was not given.

A London court froze the assets of businessman Kolomoisky for $2.5 billion It is noted that the former co-owner of PrivatBank and its partners withdrew from the Bank nearly $2 billion, with the result that the money was transferred to companies that they secretly belonged to or were under their control. KIEV, December 21. /TASS/. London’s high court issued an order on a worldwide seizure of assets of the former co-owner of PrivatBank and its partners for more than $2.5 billion On Thursday reported the Bank press service, the claim which the case is heard. “The high Court of England issued an order on a worldwide seizure of assets misters Kolomoisky, [Gennady] Bogolyubov and others more than $2.5 billion of PJSC CB “PrivatBank” has started a trial in the High Court of London against its former owners and managers,” — said in the message. It clarifies that the decision was

Vice-speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy © Artyom Korotayev/TASS MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. Bloggers can fall under the scope of the law on mass media-registered as foreign agents if they are media and receive funding from abroad. On Wednesday told journalists the Vice-speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy.

Deputy foreign Minister Grigory Karasin © Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. The decision of the Ministry of foreign Affairs and European integration of Moldova to withdraw its Ambassador from Russia is Moscow’s regret.

The Head Of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov © Zubair Bajraky/TASS MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on his inclusion in the “Magnitsky list”, saying that would not go in the United States for “all the foreign exchange reserves of the country.” Earlier Wednesday, the US Treasury Department added to the “Magnitsky list” of five Russians, including Ramzan Kadyrov, whom the us administration accused of involvement in “extrajudicial killings, torture and other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights”. “I was waiting for a sleepless night! And sleeping will not help! I have previously said, but I repeat again for very forgetful, that wouldn’t have gone to the US if I promised as a prize all the foreign exchange reserves of the country,” he wrote Wednesday in Instagram.

In Minsk, explained the refusal in support of the Ukrainian UN resolution on Crimea MINSK, 21 Dec — RIA Novosti. The official Minsk is opposed to the adoption of country-specific resolutions of any nature, because it stands for the convergence of different positions on controversial issues, said Wednesday the Deputy head of the information Department of the Belarusian foreign Ministry Andrei Shuplyak. “We voted against this resolution… Belarus has always voted against all country-specific resolutions. This is our principled position”, — says the common press-service the comment of the representative of the diplomatic Department. Minsk, said Shulyak, knows from her own experience, “that such attempts of politicization, inflation problems, which in reality is not in society and state. The General Assembly, as noted by the Deputy head of the information Department of the diplomatic corps, not a place for discussion and adoption of country documents of a similar nature. Our