Category: Russia

Vladimir Putin Kiev is betting on a military solution to the conflict in the South-East of the country in an effort to disrupt the Minsk agreements by the escalation of the situation, said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Board of the Federal security service. Transcript of President’s speech published on Thursday, February 16, on the Kremlin website. The Russian leader said that the Ukrainian authorities are “manifestly not ready for a peaceful solution.” “Moreover, [the Kiev authorities] openly talking about the organization of subversive and terrorist Subversion, including in Russia”, — Putin said, stressing that Moscow “cannot disturb”. February 8 at his office on the basis of “Somalia” near Donetsk was killed the commander of the battalion of the eponymous self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) Mikhail Tolstoy (call Givi). It was noted that the premises were fired from rocket thrower “bumblebee”. The leadership of

The Village Of Verkh-Tula In the Novosibirsk region court has banned the pensioner to fly a homemade plane and fined him two thousand rubles. On Thursday, February 16, reported on the website of the West Siberian transport Prosecutor’s office. It is established that the inhabitant of the village Verkh-Tula produced his own light aircraft and during the summer of 2016 served flights over the horticultural non-commercial partnership (SNT) Ovrazhki. “Contrary to the requirements of flight safety, the aircraft had no registration and markings, certificate of airworthiness; on Board missing ship and on-Board documents, an emergency beacon,” — said in a statement. It is specified that the pensioner was flying without a pilot license, he also did not pass the mandatory medical examination. In September of 2016, near the airfield Protasovo in the Ryazan region crashed a homemade aircraft. The pilot died from his injuries.

Ramzan Kadyrov The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said in Instagram about his decade of work at the head of the Republic. “Ten years is a considerable period for the regions, living a regular life. For us they flew like a flash. We worked day and night, in heat and cold, in snow and rain. I know that there are those who like to compare the indicators of socio-economic development of Chechnya from the subjects in which there was not one shot. This is incorrect, wrong and unethical” — he wrote. Kadyrov added that at present, Chechnya is one of the most stable regions of the world. According to him, this was achieved through receipts from the Federal budget, to attract investments of domestic and foreign firms and funds. “Our cities and towns prettier on the eyes. To the farthest mountain villages laid gas, water, roads, electricity. Using traditional construction

The Moscow mayor’s office agreed to hold a March in memory of Boris Nemtsov. About it RIA Novosti said the head of the Moscow Department of regional security and counteraction of corruption Vladimir Chernikov. According to him, the authorities have proposals for the route, which will be announced as the decision. The opposition has applied to hold a demonstration on February 26 at the center of Moscow on 30 thousand people. It was planned that the column will pass from the Slavic area on the waterfront with access to a Large Moskvoretsky bridge, where there will be laid flowers. The representative of the party Parnas Andrei Pivovarov wrote in Facebook that in St. Petersburg the action was coordinated in part. “Like last year, the Smolny agreed we just hold a rally on the Champ de Mars, but to the venue we all walk together traditionally from the metro station Gorkovskaya”,

The majority of Russians consider Belarus a friendly state, but are against the sale of Minsk energy resources at low prices. This is evidenced by the results of the poll, published Thursday, February 16, TASS. Against the granting of discounts on oil and gas even in exchange for support on the part of Minsk in favor 56 percent of respondents hold the opposite opinion 38 per cent. Most of those who do not want to give Belarus of preferences among citizens aged 45 to 59, and lowest among those 18 to 24 years. Directly against the sale of Belarus of energy resources at below market price, 60 percent of respondents agree this step 32 percent. At the same time, as noted in the VTSIOM, having information on the debt of Minsk to Gazprom, the share of opponents of sale of oil and gas at low prices has risen to 69

A resident of Vladivostok was hit by three pedestrians on the car, bought two days before, it said on Thursday, February 16, the press service of the interior Ministry of Russia for the Primorye territory. The accident occurred February 16, on the street Ajax on island Russian. “The driver of the car Toyota Cami (RHD SUV model for the Japanese market — approx. “Of the tape.ru”), moving from the village Canal to the Aquarium, rode on forbidding signal of the traffic light and made arrival on pedestrians crossing the carriageway”, — told in police. As a result, injured three pedestrians, two of them hospitalized with brain concussion, injuries of the lumbar spine and fractures. According to the interior Ministry, 46-the summer inhabitant of Vladivostok held a driving licence since 2003, bought the car on February 14. At the same time to administrative responsibility for violation of traffic Rules she never

The Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev urged the members of the Federation Council to make Russian legislation more stable. His statement is quoted by “Interfax” on Wednesday, February 15. “Always raises in a certain sense the voltage when one of the Ministers, or Deputy, or member of the Federation Council wanted to promote some idea, and immediately written in the law about change of the most significant bases of the legislation of the country”, — said the Prime Minister at the meeting with the senators. Medvedev stressed that the change of the laws “should be more conservative.” On 13 February, the Deputy of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad region Vladimir Petrov said it plans to award the stars in the sky the authors of the most resonant bills. In December last year, the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has declared that the largest universities in the country involve

Firefighters liquidated open burning in high-rise residential building in Krasnodar. About it reports on Wednesday evening, February 15, the press service of the regional Department of EMERCOM of Russia. “22:21 GMT the elimination of open burning”, — stated in the message. Total area of the fire, according to the emergencies Ministry, there were 1.5 thousand square meters. Fire in the attic of a six storey residential building, located in the street Prokofiev, occurred at about 17:55 GMT. The fire was rated a higher level of complexity in the fire, according to preliminary data, one person died. By order of the mayor of Krasnodar Evgeny Pervysheva were evacuated about 200 people, they are temporarily accommodated in hotels. The district introduced a state of local emergency. A house on fire is in the so-called Music and, like most objects there is classified as a squatter. The building was commissioned in 2010 by

Lyubov Yaroshenko Mother of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko condemned in the USA for 20 years jail for drug smuggling, has written a letter to the President of the United States Donald Trump asking to pardon her son. About it write on Thursday, February 16, “Izvestiya”. Lyubov Yaroshenko, according to the publication, asked the new head of the White house to show humanity “the innocent, the unjustly accused and dying in an American prison to a Russian citizen”. “A terrible tragedy my son, the pain of his ruined health and life forced me to pray for you, your victory and harmony between our great powers!”, — the letter says. The mother of the pilot expresses concern that her son “may be irreparable”. “He’s got a whole bunch of different diseases, some of them very heavy. To achieve adequate care in prison is simply impossible. I stand before you on my knees

Alexander Hotelinternational: Acting head of Karelia was appointed chief bailiff Head of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen announced early resignation. On Wednesday, February 15, reports TASS. According to him, he has already sent the corresponding statement to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. “You know that today is a lot of work on the rotation of personnel at regional and Federal level, and that’s deliberate, weighed me the decision not to go on elections, to which the left 207 days. We need to give opportunity to the candidate of the President to show themselves in the Republic of Karelia to offer the residents a dignified way of its development”, — said the head of Karelia. The khudilainen became the fifth head of the region since the beginning of February, adopted a decision on early retirement. Previously, resigned the Governor of Ryazan region Oleg Kovalev, the head of the Novgorod region Sergey Mitin,