Category: Politics

Media: Tokyo is studying the question of the abolition of entry visas for Russians TOKYO, February 15. /TASS/. The government of Japan is studying the question of the effective abolition of short-term visas for citizens of Russia. This was announced on Friday, the Sankei newspaper, citing sources. Visa to enter Japan for a stay within 90 days, reports the publication, would not be necessary if the citizen of Russia pre-register at the Japanese consular post details of your passport. It is also intended to allow multiple visa-free entry for a specified period of time. According to the newspaper, the timing of the introduction of such a system is not yet defined. This question, according to the publication, may be addressed at the meeting of the foreign Ministers of Japan and Russia, which is expected to be held tentatively on 16 February in Munich in the framework of the forthcoming International

Declassified documents about the Afghan war The defense Ministry has declassified documents about the Afghan war. This was reported on the website of the military Department. It is noted that the publication is timed to the 30th anniversary of withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan on 15 February 1989, the military forces left the territory of the Republic. Among the posted documents translated in the digital paperwork involved in combat operations shelves. Portal visitors can get acquainted with the objectives and tasks of Soviet troops, intelligence and special operations, as well as the heroes and their exploits. The decision to support the Communist regime of Afghanistan and the entry into the country of the limited contingent of troops of the Soviet leadership adopted in 1979. Fighting with the mujahidin lasted more than nine years. During the Afghan war were killed, according to various estimates, from 15 to 26 thousand Soviet

Trump will sign the budget and at the same time impose a state of emergency in the United States Moscow. 15 Feb. INTERFAX.RU the President of the United States Donald trump is going in Friday to sign the budget relating to the financing of state institutions and declare a state of emergency (PE) in the country, reported the press Secretary of the White house Sarah Sanders. “The President will sign the budget on financing of the government, and, as he stated earlier, will take other measures in the field of Executive authority, including the announcement of state of emergency in the country to end the crisis in national security and humanitarian crisis on the border,” said Sarah Sanders. The introduction of state of emergency will allow Donald Trump to increase appropriations for construction of barriers on the border with Mexico, as the draft budget, which is pending in Congress, for

Bolton: opposition in the Board of Citgo prevent Maduro to Rob Venezuela WASHINGTON, 15 Feb — RIA Novosti. Advisor to the President for national security John Bolton stated that the appointment by the opposition in Venezuela of the Board of us oil company Citgo prevents the President Nicolas Maduro to plunder Venezuela. “The United States is pleased to see that the interim President Juan Guido have taken steps to protect Citgo assets for the people of Venezuela. Maduro and his corrupt cronies don’t allow to plunder the resources of Venezuela,” wrote Bolton in Twitter. The decision of the National Assembly (unicameral Parliament) of Venezuela, members of the Board of Directors of Citgo, owned by Venezuelan state company PDVSA, began Louis Palacios, Edgar rincón, Luis Urdaneta, angel Olmeto, Andres Padilla and Rick Esser. Was also appointed the members of the Board at PDVSA itself: they were Simon Antunes, Gustavo Velasquez, Carlos

Georgia’s opposition fears of a “Russian trap.” The statement of the Minister of economy of Georgia Giorgi of Cobolii about the negotiations with the Russian company “Gazprom” has drawn sharp criticism from the opposition. From 2017, the country is provided with gas from Azerbaijan, but Tbilisi is counting on the resumption of supplies from Russia. However the opposition have warned the ruling party “Georgian dream”: an attempt to reduce its dependence on Baku may lead to the “enslavement of the country by Russia”. About the negotiations with “Gazprom” George Kobulia expressed during the hearings in Parliament. “We need to have a few gas suppliers to create competition between them in our energy market”, — said the Minister. He is confident that the import of gas from Russia “will help to maintain energy security and independence of Georgia.” Mr. Kobelia suggests that negotiations with “Gazprom” can be completed at the end

Gorbachev responded to the state Duma plans to revise the assessment of invasion of Afghanistan MOSCOW, 15 Feb — RIA Novosti. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized the intention of the state Duma to declare invalid the resolution of the Congress of people’s deputies, which denounced the decision to send troops to Afghanistan. The Duma Committee on defence on 22 January, endorsed the corresponding draft statement of the Duma on the political assessment of the participation of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in the conflict in Afghanistan. The document was prepared by the Deputy Nikolai Kharitonov, the head of the state Duma Committee on defense Vladimir Shamanov, together with veterans ‘ organizations. MPs propose to “recognize irrelevant to the principles of historical justice moral and political condemnation of the decision to send Soviet troops into Afghanistan in December 1979, and expressed in the resolution of the Congress of people’s

Pavel Grudinin is no longer the head of Council of deputies of a Prominent The Board of deputies of Moscow city Vidnoye removed from the post of Chairman of the Board of deputies of the settlement of Pavel Grudinina majority of votes, including the votes of the deputies from the Communist party. KRASNOGORSK, 14 February 2019, 18:26 — REGNUM, the Council of deputies of Moscow city Eminent by a majority of votes was removed from the post of Chairman of the Board of deputies of the settlement of Pavel Grudininand, according to broadcaster 360. The decision was backed by the votes of the representatives of all parties, including the Communist party. Therefore, the associates expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that Pavel Grudinin constantly discreditied party your financial and personal scandals. We will remind, Pavel Grudinin became a member of the Council of deputies of city Vidnoye Leninsky district, Moscow

Internal German intelligence check when right-wing parties with Russian Moscow. 14 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Federal service for protection of Constitution of Germany (BfV) in the run-up to elections to the European Parliament will check connections German right-wing parties with Russia. It is reported on Thursday, citing security sources RND -information editorial office of the media group Madsack. According to RND, last Tuesday in Potsdam was a meeting of representatives of the relevant regional offices, who discussed the possible influence of Moscow in the upcoming elections, but also elections to the parliaments of the three Federal States in Eastern Germany — Brandenburg, Thuringia and Saxony. Land elections in Germany scheduled for fall 2019. The outcome of the meeting was the decision to establish an expert group under the leadership of representatives of the three lands and Berlin. “The expert group will collect data up to the elections”, — stated in the

The successor to Merkel called “Nord stream — 2” is a controversial but irreversible The Chairman of the Christian democratic Union (CDU) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer called the construction “Nord stream — 2” is irreversible. She said this in an interview with the magazine Internationale Politik. According to her, in respect of this project covers conflict of interests. “Nord stream — 2” is an economic project, which began with a different German government. In addition, stable communication with the Russian side in the field of energy existed during the cold war. Currently, when discussing the project you need to consider the interests of Germany, Ukraine and Eastern Europe. With this in mind that the us is promoting its own interests. Crump, Karrenbauer noticed that the question of the dependence of Germany on Russian gas is justified, but the danger is not that big. “No matter how controversial project pipeline, it is necessary

Putin proposed to introduce a separate punishment for the leaders of organized crime groups in the criminal code Moscow. 14 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes to introduce a separate criminal punishment for the leaders of organized criminal groups (OCG). “Holding the higher position in criminal hierarchy shall be punished by imprisonment from 8 to 15 years” — according to a new article, which the President of the Russian Federation proposes to amend the criminal code of the Russian Federation. A draft law published on Thursday in the database of the lower house of Parliament. It is also proposed to exempt from criminal liability of leaders of criminal gangs, if they voluntarily stopped participating in organized crime groups and helped to curb their activities. The bill provides for amendments to the criminal and Criminal procedural codes of the Russian Federation. Under the bill, the criminal code is supplemented