Category: Russia

Custom Mineral Waters (Stavropol region) detained more than 400 kilograms of undeclared artificial teeth from China. This was reported on the website of the customs. According to the Ministry, smuggling party had to get into the country along with various medical equipment. Customs officers have counted 726,7 of thousands of illegal plastic products. Criminal case concerning an administrative offense under part 1 of article 16.2 of the administrative code (“failure to Declare or unreliable Declaration of goods”), all the teeth are removed. The organization who decided to cheat customs control, could eventually lose teeth and to pay a fine, according to the Department. 31 Jan Bryansk customs officers have withdrawn from the citizen of Moldova 32 the smuggling of women breast implants of different volumes. Their total weight was 26 kilograms, the approximate cost is 320 thousand rubles.

Natalia Poklonskaya The Chairman of the Duma Committee for security and combating corruption Natalya Poklonskaya told about of the property you are planning to specify in the Declaration of income. It is reported by RT on Tuesday, February 7. “In return for the 2016 year will be recorded a service apartment in Simferopol, which was my job as the Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea. Moscow, service apartments will not be there for her was finalized only in January. Their homes, sorry, no,” she admitted. Poklonskaya, who heads the Duma Commission on control over reliability of data on incomes of deputies, promised to declare their assets within the statutory period — until April 1. “I plan to submit a Declaration in the shortest possible time. In February we will develop with my help,” she said. The MP did not specify the amount of their earnings over the past year due

Continuation of: national Council for homeopathy has accused pharmaceutical companies in the lobbying decision of the Commission of Sciences After the recognition by the Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) homeopathy pseudoscience, the Ministry of health will form a working group that will develop proposals for further regulation of the industry. This is stated in the message of the official representative of the Ministry of health Oleg Salaga, arrived in edition “Tapes.ru” on Monday, February 6. It is expected that the discussion will be attended by the representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, leading medical institutions and specialists in the field of homeopathy. “Currently, methods of homeopathy in varying degrees, acceptable for use in most countries of the world. We believe that within the treatment process and public procurement should be used only drugs with proven clinical efficacy,” said Salagay. Earlier on Monday, 6 February, the Commission

Deputies of fraction of LDPR has drafted a bill on the abolition of criminal prosecution for repeated violations at rallies. On Monday, February 6, reported on the website of the party. The liberal Democrats propose to exclude from the Criminal code of Russia article 212.1, the maximum penalty for which is five years of imprisonment. “The authors of the draft law on the introduction of the article 212.1 of the criminal code in its introduction had only one goal: (…) to prevent repeated violations of the law during public events. However, the severity of the offense and the apparent stiffness and disproportion of punishment to the severity of the offence was not taken into account”, — stated in the message. The liberal Democrats point out that under this article it is possible to prosecute the person who has already suffered administrative punishment. This, according to the authors of the draft

The deputies of the LDPR faction in the Duma introduced a bill that enshrines the right to nominate a candidate for President of Russia, only those parties that have been in the Parliament after the September elections. The corresponding document is available in the electronic database of the lower house of the Russian Parliament on Monday, 6 February. According to representatives of the liberal democratic party, a large number of political movements in the lists may confuse voters. “And among those political parties and so-called phony”, — stated in the explanatory Memorandum. The authors of the bill believe that only parliamentary parties have sufficient experience of participation in election campaigns and “may carry political responsibility.” “The adoption of the Federal law will allow this in Russia election campaign, which will promote the more efficient, preferred and responsible choice by voters of a candidate for the office of President”, — the

The wreckage of the crashed Tu-154 Experts have created a computer model of the last flight of the Tu-154 of the Ministry of defense, crashed near Sochi, because the decoding and analysis of data the black boxes did not allow to come to a consensus about the causes of the crash. About it writes on Tuesday, 7 February, “Kommersant”. In the mathematical model, according to the newspaper, laid the trajectory of the liner and the parameters of all it systems, including the engine and the position of the rudders. Based on these data, the specialists plan to calculate on a computer the two are not known quantities: take-off weight of the aircraft and its alignment. The result will allow to confirm or refute earlier assumptions made about the factors that led to disaster: overload the plane or wrong position of cargo and passengers on Board. In addition, the model will

The bodies of four people found at the scene of a fire in an abandoned private house in Yakutsk. About it reports on Tuesday, February 7, the regional Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The fire occurred in the night of Tuesday in the house, located on the 2nd Pristanskaya street. The place of the accident found the bodies of three men and women with “signs of thermal effects”. Eyewitnesses reported that the building had lived homeless. At the scene, directed investigative team. The causes and circumstances of the fire are established, appointed is judicial-medical and fire-technical examination is being tested, the results of which procedural decision will be made. The burned building was de-energized, the investigators believe that the fire was caused by careless handling of fire.

Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn The head of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn gave to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin the statement of early resignation. About it reports on Tuesday, February 7, TASS with reference to the statement of the Governor. “I worked for a full two terms. Formally, there is a reason to go for a third term, but the situation suggests that today there is a position that changes are needed in the Republic,” — said Nagovitsyn. “I believe that I worked honestly for two terms. And believe it enough. Worldwide adhere to this principle — two terms. There should be a rotation. When rotation comes a fresh new wave”, — he added. Press Secretary Nagovitsyna in an interview with RIA Novosti said that the decision of the Governor was unexpected. Earlier, a source in the government reported that Nagovitsyn did not intend to leave his post and will run for a

The leader of the opposition party “Fatherland” Yulia Tymoshenko is trying to raise their low political rating and enlist the support of European politicians. This opinion was expressed by Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on defence Yury Shvydkin in an interview with “Tape.ru” on Monday, February 6. “I think that there is a struggle between the political elites regarding the possible redistribution of power in Ukraine. Obviously, what coherence they have, but everyone tries to show themselves in the light, not the best for the Ukrainian people and the West,” said the MP, commenting on Tymoshenko’s call to impose martial law in the Donbass. According to him, many Ukrainian politicians including Tymoshenko, not concerned with the interests of the citizens. “I am convinced that the people of Ukraine do not want the introduction of the fighting, because there are appropriate sacrifices. If someone thinks that these sacrifices will be

Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. Publicist and policy, coordinator of the movement “Open Russia” Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., was hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning, the diagnosis “acute intoxication unstated substance”. About it reports on Monday, February 6, TASS with reference to the wife of journalist Eugene Kara-Murza. “Doctors have diagnosed “acute intoxication unstated substance”. This is the official diagnosis,” — said the Agency interlocutor. Kara-Murza said that the doctors were able to stabilize his wife. “Lead him slowly to consciousness, watching how he reacts to it,” she said, noticing at the same time that doctors do not exclude complications. 4 Feb lawyer Kara-Murza Jr., Vadim Prokhorov, said that city inspectors have begun check in connection with the hospitalization of a journalist. On 2 February he said that Kara-Murza Jr. is in the hospital unconscious in critical condition. The doctors, according to him, the causes of the deterioration of the journalist has not established.