Category: Russia

The police of Pyatigorsk check the information about the cruel treatment of animals in a local petting zoo. According to preliminary data, were killed there baby kangaroos and injured a donkey — he mutilated hooves, RIA Novosti reported citing the city Department of internal Affairs. By results of check the procedural decision will be made, said the police. Toactivity of the organization “Vita” published a post “Vkontakte” on the condition of the animals in this zoo Monday, February 20, noting that the kangaroo died because of hypothermia. In their opinion, the administration of the institution to “care about animals”. In November 2016, a similar scandal emerged around one of the capital’s contact zoos — there lost his sight a raccoon named Tosya, then the owners asked the veterinarian to euthanize the animal. The staff of the clinic “Green parrot”, where the beast diagnosed glaucoma, placed the raccoon, and providing treatment.

Patriarch Kirill The head of the ROC Patriarch Cyril has addressed to representatives of traditional religions of Russia, asking them to support the removal of abortion from the compulsory health insurance (CHI) and the idea of large families, RIA Novosti reported. In his address, Patriarch Kirill emphasized the legal aspect of the problem. “We must insist that from a religious point of view abortion is murder, and we can direct all our efforts to greatly restrict this practice, including through denial of abortion at the expense of taxpayers,” he said during a meeting of the Interreligious Council of Russia. In addition to the Orthodox, included representatives of Judaism, Islam and Buddhism. February 2 public petition for the removal of abortion from OMS Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church was signed by Supreme mufti of Russia Taglat Tajuddin. The campaign “For life” has already gathered more than 400 thousand signatures, the

Gennady Gatilov In Moscow regretted Ukraine’s decision to block the presidential statement of the UN security Council in connection with the death of the permanent representative of Russia Vitaly Churkin. About it “Interfax” said Deputy foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov, who oversees issues related to Russia’s participation in the United Nations. “It’s a pity that some of our partners, primarily Ukrainian colleagues, chairing this month in the Security Council, are unable to transcend their political positions,” he said. According to the diplomat, the death Churkin was welcomed in UN circles with great sadness, and the security Council responded to this special statement for the press. Deputy foreign Minister also shared that he had to maintain contact with Churkin on a daily basis. “Of course, we are bound not only working relationships, but personal friendships over many of the last years”, — said Gatilov, who from 1999 to 2004, was the first

Vitaly Churkin State Duma Deputy from the LDPR Ivan Sukharev addressed the mayor of Moscow with a request to consider naming the deceased on the eve of Russia’s permanent envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin one of the city streets. On Tuesday, February 21, reports RT. “I think that street in his honor should appear in Moscow. Churkin is the iron voice of Russia, a true hero and diplomat from God,” said the MP. According to Sukhareva, who died the permanent representative of Russia to the UN in his work “embodies the ideals of honesty, lack of compromise and devotion”. The leadership of the school № 1522, where he studied Churkin, will direct the city authorities and the foreign Ministry a similar request. This TV channel “360” announced the principal of the school Faith Vorobyov. “Yesterday, when the news people got, our parents began to call with the offer “Vera

Three sailors from Russia, who was captured in early February, Nigerian pirates, the ship BBC Caribbean, he returned home. It is reported TASS with reference to the St. Petersburg representative office of the Agency Briese Shipping, employing them in swimming. Director Pavel Fedulov said that these sailors managed to escape from the invaders. During a search of the ship the pirates found the chief engineer, second mate and cadet — later, they took ship in the Spanish city of Las Palmas. According to Fedulova, on the future of the rest of the crew being negotiated. The attack on the BBC Caribbean has been committed in early February in the territorial waters of Nigeria, the result was captured seven Russians and one citizen of Ukraine. Russian diplomats approached the Nigerian authorities with a request to help search for the hostages. At the end of November 2016 Nigerian pirates seized the ship

Vitaly Churkin The Russian foreign Ministry on his page in Facebook published a poem of the head of Department, Sergei Lavrov, devoted to the deceased, the permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vitaly Churkin. In the Preface, Lavrov said that he and Churkin, “go through life next to each other”. “In the spring of 1990 at the same time was appointed Deputy Minister, I was in charge of the UN, and the Balkans, becoming simultaneously the Special representative of the President of Russia on settlement of the crisis in the former Yugoslavia”, — said the Minister. According to him, virtually all of the February 1994 Churkin held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, “seeking an objective investigation by UN experts of an explosion at the Sarajevo Markale market”. The poem was written at the same time and was a gift to the diplomat to 42nd birthday. In the work of Lavrov

Vladimir Fortov During the secret voting, the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) supported the acting President, Vladimir Fortov, found the portal Gauge. Thus, it will be the first of the FORTS to stand in the ballot. In addition, the RAS Presidium has approved changes to the regulations for the election of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In particular, we are talking about the introduction of strict voting rules, according to which to vote will be available only for one candidate. In addition, the new regulation implies a new procedure of the General meeting of the Academy, which will elect a new President. Since March 20 there will be a performance Fortov introductory remarks and report on the main results of Russian Academy of Sciences in the years 2014-2016. After him we will hear from academician Mikhail Paltsev, who will make a report on the

Dmitry Pescitarian: the Author of the idea about renting Crimea was suspected of mental retardation The Kremlin is unaware of which appeared in the media plan for the Crimea, Donbass and removal entered against Moscow sanctions. About it RIA Novosti said the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. On 19 February, the newspaper the New York Times reported that in February, shortly before the resignation of Michael Flynn from the post of assistant to the President on national security, his office was handed a document with suggestions on how the American leader Donald trump could remove imposed on Russia restrictions. The plan was developed by the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andrey Artemenko member of the Radical party of Oleh Lyashko and the enemy of the current President of Petro Poroshenko. According to the publication, the legislator proposes to “withdraw all Russian troops from Eastern

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on celebration of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the battle of Stalingrad. The document is published on the official portal of legal information on Monday, February 20. “Accept the offer of the government of the Russian Federation on the celebration in 2018 the 75th anniversary of the defeat of the Soviet troops of Nazi troops in the battle of Stalingrad”, — stated in the decree. To prepare for the holiday, according to the document, will set up a special organizing Committee. It will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Cabinet instructed within one month to approve the composition of the organizing Committee, to develop and approve the plan of main events for the celebration of the victory of the battle of Stalingrad, as well as to engage in the work of the government of the Federation. 2

The Russian government has disposed to allocate in 2017 from the Federal budget of 10.3 billion rubles in subsidies 21 Russian universities to improve their competitiveness among leading research and educational centers. This was reported on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers. The Cabinet in 2013, provides a state selected according to the results of the competition between Russia’s leading universities in order to facilitate joining by 2020 at least five Russian universities in the first hundred of the world ranking. In 2013, state support was provided to 15 higher education institutions in 2014 and in 2015 14, 2016-m — 21. The number receiving state support to universities such as MIPT, MEPhI, MISIS, Higher school of Economics, far Eastern Federal University, medical University named after I. M. Sechenov, Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University Peter the Great, Ural Federal University named after Yeltsin, PFUR.