Category: Politics

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS 7 Dec. /TASS/. Heads of Russian regions commented on the decision of Vladimir Putin to participate in the presidential elections in 2018. Some governors believe that the current President will allow the country to actively develop further, others speak about the necessity to unite society around a recognized leader. According to many regional leaders, the experience will allow Putin to move on and to justify the hopes of the Russians for stability. Siberia is waiting for support and development of the regions The leaders of the Siberian regions unequivocally supported Putin’s decision to run for another term as President and expressed hope of maintaining the current policy vector. The heads of regions of Russia also hope that Putin will continue to support the regions, and are willing in turn to support him in this direction.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, December 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will announce later whether to go to the polls in 2018 from the party or as independent candidate.

In Istanbul held a protest after the Declaration of the trump of Jerusalem ANKARA, December 6 — RIA Novosti. The society of young people of Anatolia (AGD) conducts in front of the US Consulate General in Istanbul to protest in connection with the statement of the President of the United States Donald trump on the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, according to the newspaper Hurriyet. 13фотографий13фотографий13фотографий On Wednesday, trump announced the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and instructed the state Department to begin preparing to transfer the American Embassy from tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Earlier, the Chairman of the Istanbul branch of the AGD Ali Ugur Bulut told RIA Novosti that such actions are planned across the country to “United front to oppose this injustice, showing a sense of solidarity with the entire Muslim community”. It is noted that the action was attended by

Pentagon: us military banned cooperation with Russia WASHINGTON, December 6 — RIA Novosti. The joint work of Russia and the USA against ISIS* would require discussions at a high level, the US military is forbidden such cooperation, told RIA Novosti the representative of the Pentagon. Earlier, the chief of the General staff of the armed forces, army General Valery Gerasimov at the annual briefing for foreign military attaches said that the Russian defense Ministry is ready to engage in dialogue with U.S. counterparts about assistance in the destruction of the insurgents in Western Iraq. “At the moment, the scale of our discussions with the Russians at the military level, in fact, conflict prevention in the course of our operations. We are not allowed to carry out substantive cooperation with the law. So I think this kind of discussion needs to occur at the level of high authority or at the

Khodorkovsky responded to Putin’s decision to run for another term The former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky believes that Vladimir Putin’s decision to once again participate in the presidential elections is expected. While Khodorkovsky is sure that in case of Putin’s victory in the elections, “the country will lose another six years.” This is stated in the statement Khodorkovsky, published in his Facebook. “Six years is a lot or a little? It seems that not so much. But this is only at first glance. Time is the only thing that a man can have. Six years is one-tenth of your adult life, if you are lucky to live to 80. Six years will lose all 145 million citizens. It is 870 million years on us all” — calculated Khodorkovsky. According to him, those six years will bring “marking time” and “permanent backwardness of the country in the rankings, indexes and

The Mayor Of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, 6 Dec. /TASS/. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin believes that Vladimir Putin’s decision to once again participate in the presidential elections is good news for Moscow and Muscovites. This opinion the mayor expressed Wednesday night.

Russia has offered the United States together to war in Iraq with ISIS Russian defense Ministry ready to engage in dialogue with U.S. counterparts about assistance in the destruction of the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG banned in Russia) in the Western regions of Iraq. This was stated by chief of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces, army General Valery Gerasimov, reports RIA Novosti. In General, the attention of the international coalition should focus not on the deployment in Syria of its military bases, and the destruction of the militants in Western Iraq to prevent the return of ISIS in Syria and exclusion of the revival there “Caliphate”. “Ready to engage in dialogue and join American colleagues in this matter”, — said the senior military official, speaking at the annual briefing for foreign military attaches. Earlier on 6 December Gerasimov has declared the full liberation