Category: Russia

At the customs checkpoint “Red” on the border with Belarus Introduction the border zone with Belarus will not affect the life of the inhabitants of bordering areas, says Deputy Governor of the Bryansk region Sergey Sergeev. His words leads TASS on Thursday, February 2. “We do not expect problems either for citizens or for businesses,” said he, adding that currently “actively rascherchivayut of land in border areas to give them in agriculture”. The head of the Usvyaty district, Pskov region Viktor Ivaschenko considers that the border regime does not infringe the rights of Russians and Belarusians. “Placed on the passport of the citizen of Russia, going to Belarus. If there is a Belarusian numbers on the machine, also show your passport — and everything went. No arrests or physical searches is not expected”, — quotes Ivashchenko Agency. 1 February it was reported that the Director of FSB of Russia ordered

The punishment for the organization of fights involving animals (e.g., dogs and roosters) will be tightened after the bill is passed, increasing penalties for zhivoderstvo. About it “lente.ru” on Thursday, February 2, said the head of the Ministry of natural resources Sergey Donskoy. So, in a fight between two or more organizers will have to pay a fine in the amount of 30 thousand rubles, the company will be fined on 800 thousand. “Not only the punishment has become stricter, but the list of actions for which they are responsible, has expanded. Under the new law the police are obliged to initiate an administrative case for torturing with hunger and thirst, for assault and failure to render aid to the affected animal for all it’s citizens will be fined for the sum to 15 thousand rubles, and companies face fines of up to 150 thousand,” — said Donskoy. According to

Alexander Lukashenko Introduction the Belarusian authorities for a five-day visa-free regime for citizens of 80 countries is a cause of fear, since in this step are disintegration processes. About it “lente.ru” said a member of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Alexei Zhuravlev Thursday, February 2. Recent events, according to the MP, suggests that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko may refuse to cooperate with Russia within the Eurasian economic Union (EEU) and the Organization of collective security Treaty (CSTO) for “conspicuous independence”, designed for Western countries. “In recent years, Belarusian authorities make strange overtures to official Kiev, portray the “brotherly Ukraine” almost a standard of the struggle for independence. It is therefore possible that, breaking up a close relationship with the Russian Federation, Belarus plans to enter into a Union with Ukraine,” — said the MP. He stressed that such an approach “threatens the entire international process of the Minsk settlement,

The participants of the program of free land distribution in the far East will be able to change the selected area, told the National news service (NSN), the Senator from the Magadan region, Anatoly Shirokov. “If you don’t like the plot you chose — no questions, change! We have 146 million hectares of ready, and possibly up to 180 million hectares”, — he said. From February 1, any Russian citizen can obtain a free plot of land with an area of one hectare in the far East. To claim land you once. The site is available in five years. If it is mastered, it can be rented or purchased. Applications for the “far Eastern hectares” are registered via the website Nadalnews.of the Russian Federation. Land distribution in the region began on 1 June 2016. Initially, the stations could expect only the residents of some municipalities in the Far East, and

Vladimir Putin The level of approval of activity of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin with citizens of the country remains high. This is evidenced by the results of the three weekly polls, which were conducted by the all-Russia centre of studying of public opinion (VTSIOM) in January and published on the organization’s website Thursday, February 2. According to VTSIOM, in the period from 9 to 15 January has commended the work of the head of state 85.3% of respondents, and two weeks later — 85.6 percent. Rating metric Putin in comparison with other civil servants in the last week (23-29 January) was nearly three percentage points higher than in the first — 54.3 percent. In the top three rankings endorse politicians also joined Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (18.2 percent) and defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (17.7 percent). The activity of the chief of the government in the first month of

Alexei Navalny The European court of human rights (ECHR) upheld the complaint of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the actions of the authorities of the country and awarded him compensation for unlawful prosecution. The decision published on the court’s website on Thursday, 2 February. The court ruled that the Russian authorities should pay the blogger compensation for unlawful prosecution in the amount of 63 thousand euros. Bulk in the lawsuit pointed to six episodes that took place from 2012 to 2014. We are talking about detentions during mass actions, administrative charges of violating the order of holding rallies and disobedience to law enforcement. As a result of these actions, he was fined and sentenced to a total of seven days of administrative arrest. In February 2016, the ECHR awarded the Bulk of 56 million euros compensation for the violation of his rights during the investigation in the case

The driver of the Toyota, causing a head-on collision with a UAZ in the New Moscow, — a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. On Thursday, 2 February, reports TASS citing a source in law enforcement bodies of the capital. According to him, the foreigner was hospitalized in intensive care, his condition is estimated as heavy. “He has traumatic brain injury, associated trauma and a compression fracture of the thoracic spine,” said the source. According to Вести.Ru this year, three of the injured are in serious and critical condition. Upon road accident in New Moscow, which killed nine people, a criminal case under part 5 of article 264 of the criminal code (“Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, entailed on imprudence death of two or more persons”). February 1 on the turn with the Warsaw highway in the direction of the village of Korotygino Toyota drove into the oncoming lane and

Konstantin Kosachev The Federation Council cancelled the meeting of the Chairman of the international Committee of the upper house of Parliament Konstantin Kosachev with the head of the Committee on foreign Affairs and defence of the Norwegian Parliament Ms. Huitfeld, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, February 1. In the office of the international Committee of the Federation Council did not specify the reasons of such decision, the Agency said. Earlier, the Norwegian foreign Ministry reported that the delegation of the people’s representatives of this country were forced to cancel a trip to Moscow due to the fact that not all of them were able to obtain a Russian visa. The Minister børge Brende called the incident “unjust and unreasonable” and summoned the Russian Ambassador in Norway for consultations. In addition, he expressed Moscow protest through diplomatic channels and called for a review of the decision. The Minister stressed that the

Sergey Aksenov Republic of Crimea has completed the procedure of transfer of objects of cultural heritage in the legal space of Russia. On Wednesday, 1 February, said the head of the region Sergey Aksenov on his page in Facebook after the meeting with the Chairman of the state Committee for the protection of cultural heritage of the Republic Sergey Efimov. According to Aksenova, in the Crimea now, 218 facilities have the status of objects of cultural heritage of Federal importance, about 1.8 thousand related to the category of regional value and more than 2,5 thousand — to revealed. Cultural heritage, he said, it is the province and pride of not only the residents of the region and the entire Russian Federation. “That’s why our goal is to make every effort to preserve them. The guests of the Republic should be able to enjoy the culture and history,” said the official.

Vyacheslav Shport The Governor of Khabarovsk territory Vyacheslav Shport was going to take the opportunity of receiving “far Eastern hectare”. About it reports “Interfax” on Wednesday, February 1. “Will you take hectares in Primorye, close to the border with the Khabarovsk territory, and thus enlarge the area of our region”, — said the head of the region. He promised to choose an “unattractive” land and Refine it. According to Shport, for a month before getting “far Eastern hectare” became available to all Russians, the number of people wishing to receive the free 100 acres in the Khabarovsk region has increased significantly. “There was a total of about 5.9 thousand of applications for hectares, from them 3 thousand applications had applied in January. Special activity was noted in the last week”, — said the Governor. According to the Ministry of investment and land and property policy in Khabarovsk Krai, under the