Category: Russia

Over the next three to five years at the Moscow ground transport may disappear the turnstiles. This was stated by the head of the Department of transport and dorozhno-a transport infrastructure of Moscow Maxim Liksutov, reports video News Service. He added that the failure of the turnstiles you need to sell unlimited tickets made up 60-70 percent of the total. Otherwise, according to Liksutov, the stowaways are forced to pay passengers who pay the fare, which affects the cost of the ticket. In July 2016 on the route in the center of Moscow came the first electric bus with a diesel generator that is not equipped with turnstiles. Pay through the validators. In may 2016 in the North-West of the capital, nine tram routes were canceled turnstiles and validators for fare collection was installed around all doors. In addition, it has increased the number of employees supervisors. At a briefing

In the Moscow metro will implement the payment system Apple Pay. This was stated by the head of the Department of transport and dorozhno-a transport infrastructure of Moscow Maxim Liksutov, reports on Wednesday, January 25, RNS. “We expect that Apple Pay will come in,” he said. From December 2016, Apple Pay operates on the stations of the Moscow Central ring (CIP). To pay the fare when using this system in ticket offices, vending machines for tickets and directly to the turnstiles. To do this, bring your iPhone or Apple Watch to the reader, and the fare will be debited from the Bank account tied to Apple Pay. Apple Pay was launched in Russia on 4 October 2016. To pay through this system in stores you can use iPhone SE iPhone 6 and more new models and Apple Watch. At a briefing in Rambler&Co Maxim Liksutov also spoke about the development

All taxis in Moscow will become yellow in 2018. The head of the Department of transport and dorozhno-a transport infrastructure of capital Maxim Liksutov said at a briefing in the Rambler&Co. According to him, unification will be completed by July next year. Liksutov noted that currently in the capital 74 thousand licensed taxi. It’s 10 times more than in 2010. The average waiting time caused by machine over the years has been reduced from an hour to seven minutes. The Minister also spoke about the development of the transport system in Moscow, new Parking lots, car sharing and the possible advent of a Hyperloop. Earlier in January, was developed by unified color scheme for the suburban taxis. They should be white with yellow reflective strip. According to Deputy Minister of transport of the Moscow region Andrei Sredneva, the transition to such a painting will be completed within five years.

Moscow hopes that the results of negotiations in Astana will help to resume cooperation in the framework of the Geneva process. This was stated by the official Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday, 25 January, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “Of course, it is a success. Provided essential support to the Geneva process. You know that the main channel for the search of the Syrian settlement is the Geneva process,” — said the press Secretary of the Russian President, Recalling that in its framework there was a hitch. Answering the question about the possibility of holding new meetings in the capital of Kazakhstan, Peskov said that it depends on expediency and the situation. Talks in Astana on 23-24 January. As a result of meetings between Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish a tripartite mechanism for monitoring observance of the truce in Syria. In addition, the Russian delegation handed over to

Dmitry Peskov Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the adoption by the state Duma in the second reading of the bill on the decriminalization of family violence, the correspondent “reports Tapes.ru”. According to Peskov, it is inappropriate “to identify family violence as some minor manifestations, something of an overblown”. However, he called to distinguish between “family relationships and relapse”, noting that in case of repetition of the beating of criminal liability. Thus, according to the press Secretary of the head of state, the creation of strong families in Russia is a priority. Earlier on 25 January, the draft law on decriminalization of battery against family members was adopted by the state Duma in the second reading. Domestic battery committed for the first time, are translated from the category of criminal offences to administrative offences. For the repeated Commission of the crimes citizens will be prosecuted

Victor Pinchuk Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk is not “Pro-Kremlin candidate” in presidents of Ukraine. This was stated press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday, 25 January, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “We have no Pro-Kremlin candidates. And that the Ukrainian people need to determine who can and who cannot be President of Ukraine,” Peskov said, answering a reporter’s question about why the Russian media so many mentions of the businessman. The Kremlin’s spokesman added that he did not know why the Russian press focuses on the figure of Pinchuk. On 24 January, the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) began checking the statements of Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk on the need to give Russia Crimea and Donbass. The former leader of the banned in Russia as extremist organization “Right sector,” Verkhovna Rada Deputy Dmitry Yarosh has called the allegations Pinchuk “hostile and anti-state”. At the end of December

Vyacheslav Woodenbridge: Svanidze criticized Tolstoy, that the destroyers of temples Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that the pale in the Russian Empire was spread among the convicts. On Tuesday, January 24, reports TASS. So the MP commented on accusations of anti-Semitism against the Vice-speaker Peter Tolstoy. “First, this term is not related only to the Jews. Second, it was applied to convicts, then again the question is, who was referring to the people,” — said Volodin. He added that he is ready to meet with the leadership of the Federation of Jewish communities of Russia (FEOR), whose President, Alexander Boroda called the anti-Semitic words of Tolstoy, “Interfax”. “We are in constant contact with the leadership of the Federation of Jewish communities, friendships and leadership, and with those who represent the community, I think that this problem just will not” — said the speaker of the Duma. Tolstoy

To the state Duma a bill introducing criminal liability for abuse of official symbols of Russia. The author of the initiative became Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on physical culture, sport, tourism and youth Affairs Valery Gazzaev, according to TASS on Wednesday, January 25. The document, which is available to the Agency, proposes to equate the desecration of flags and coats of arms of the region to the desecration of state symbols. For him, the culprit can be punished in the form of imprisonment for the term up to one year of forced labor for the same period or arrest for 3-6 months. Amendments imposing the same punishment for the desecration of the symbols of the regions be invited to amend the criminal code of Russia. “When the next hooligans at a sporting event cynically, for the camera, mock the flag of a region, to publicly desecrate the flag,

A resident of the city of Ussuriisk (Primorsky Krai) registered in an abandoned house for more than nine thousand people. On Wednesday, January 25, reported on the website of the regional Department of internal Affairs. The world court of Ussuriysk found the woman guilty in the fictitious registration of foreigners and sentenced to a fine in the amount of 100 thousand rubles. In the first eight months of 2015, a 32-year-old woman has registered in apartment two-story house 9117 citizens of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, China, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. It was found that in fact, the place they lived, and the building is abandoned and not used as residential. “Foreigners used the opportunity to avoid bringing to administrative responsibility for violation of rules of stay on the territory of the Russian Federation”, — stated in the message of management. In January 2016 resident of the Sverdlovsk region,

Eugene Kuyvashev The Governor of Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuyvashev promised to repair the road in Nizhny Tagil — the village of Serebryanka, on which President Vladimir Putin complained during the annual big press conference in December last year. On Tuesday, January 24, reported on the Kremlin website. Kuyvashev said that the road length of 50 kilometers has not been repaired for over 30 years. “By June 1 we will provide the operating condition. Since last year we started to allocate money for this road, and definitely the Commission that you gave on the results of the press conference, will be implemented fully and on time,” said the Governor. For repair coating of road Nizhny Tagil — the silverfish from the regional budget will allocate more than 100 million rubles, said RIA Novosti. 24 Dec 2016 about the problems of the village Serebryanka the President told a journalist from the Urals