Category: Russia

Vladimir Putin About your decision regarding participation in the upcoming presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin may announce in may. This assumption was expressed by political analyst Gleb Kuznetsov in an interview with “Tape.ru” on Friday, January 20. “The anniversary of the signing of key documents for the development of the social sphere, the so-called may decrees, it seems to me the logical way to announce the beginning of the presidential campaign,” — said the expert. Kuznetsov believes that the application before the specified date is unlikely Putin will make an official statement. “It’s a matter of political strategy chosen by the team of the President,” he said. Earlier Friday, press Secretary head of state Dmitry Peskov said that he would like the nomination of Putin’s new presidential term. In December 2016 during a press conference, Putin promised to tell you whether it will participate in the election of a

Sergey Aksenov The first step towards the return of the Crimea to Russia was the Crimean referendum of 1991, the head of the region Sergey Aksenov. The opinion he voiced at the meeting in honour of Republic Day, celebrated on Friday, January 20, reports TASS. According to him, a referendum in which 93 percent of the residents voted to restore the Crimean autonomy within the Soviet Union, became “the starting point of modern Crimean history.” Aksyonov stressed that the Crimean people for the first time had a “peaceful and organized” resistance “to the treacherous policy of the ruling elite”. “This policy has laid the basis for future conflict, which fire spread in the XXI century”, — said the head of the region. Crimea became part of Russia in March 2014 following a referendum. Kiev does not recognize the election results. In Moscow insist that the procedure conforms to the norms

The Prosecutor’s office of Perm Krai will check messages in the regional media stating that the physical education teacher at one of the local high schools allegedly ordered the students to beat their classmate because he wore long hair. About it in the press-service of the Ministry informed the Agency “Interfax” on Friday, January 20. Complaints from the eighth grader or the parent has been received, the test initiated at the request of several media. The Prosecutor added that, if they discovered signs of a crime, the audit materials will be sent to law enforcement agencies. In a press-service of the regional children’s Ombudsman on 19 January, the Agency stated that the Agency can begin learning about the incident only after receipt of the complaint from the boy or his parents. A day earlier, the portal Pro Gorod with reference to the mother of the victim reported the beating of

Dmitry Peskov The destruction by terrorists of the Roman theatre and Tetrapylon in Palmira — the real tragedy, however, the Syrian military did not leave plans to vacate the city, like other towns, said the official representative of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov. His words on Friday, January 20, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “This is a tragedy from the point of view of loss of the world’s cultural heritage. The barbaric actions of terrorists continue,” — said Peskov, adding that the army of the Syrian Arab Republic intends to liberate the territory occupied by militants. The Russian military continues to help the Syrians in their fight against terrorists, said Peskov. Earlier it was reported that the militants of banned terrorist group “Islamic state” (ISIS) destroyed the world-famous Tetrapylon in Palmyra, and part of the Roman theatre. The terrorists again took the city on 11 December last year, after the retreat of the

Dmitry Peskov Russian President Vladimir Putin, most likely, will not watch the inauguration of President of the United States Donald trump live. On Friday, January 20, said the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “I don’t think he plans to watch it live — still, it’s quite a lengthy event,” said Sands, answering the question of journalists, whether Putin intends to watch the inauguration ceremony of the trump in the position of head of state. The Russian leader probably to get acquainted with this event in the news format, added the spokesman. Earlier Friday, the network drew attention to the bizarre acronym USR (instead of USA), which was formed in the sky from the lights of fireworks launched in Washington in honor of the inauguration of the trump. Twitter suggested that the letters are the abbreviation of the name of a nonexistent state United States Russia. January 6,

Dmitry Peskov Forecasts of analysts about a possible change of the Russian government are a kind of tradition, said the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. His words on Friday, January 20, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “You know this is our traditional fun — to predict a change of government next Monday, next month or next half year. I am not inclined to indulge in this pastime”, — said Peskov, commenting on the regular reports of the impending resignation of Russian Ministers led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. On January 19 the newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets” with reference to the words of one of the scientists reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to change the composition of the government in the spring. This decision, according to the interlocutor of the edition, is connected with the preparation of the programme of the new economic policy. At the same

Russia reflected every day thousands of cyber attacks from the West. This is the official representative of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, said in an interview with the BBC, which will be released in the framework of the programme HardTalk on January 21. Extracts from it quoted by TASS. “Every day there are hundreds and thousands of cyber attacks on the digital system of the Russian Federation. Some of them are carried out from the territory of the United States. Dozens of go with the territory of Germany. Dozens of the UK”, — said the press Secretary of the Russian President. However, he expressed the opinion that these attacks are not sanctioned by the leadership of the Western States. “We think it’s irrelevant to governments, although we have evidence that in some very aggressive attacks on our banks and our official web site are some foreign intelligence services,” — said Peskov.

Power is located on the Arctic circle Salekhard banned there a gay pride parade. About it “Interfax” was informed in the city administration. “Received notice of the 29 and 31 January meetings, January 30 — March. It was designed for 300 people. The applicant directed the refusal,” — said the Agency interlocutor, noting that the reason for this decision was the act on the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development. It is noted that LGBT activists first appealed to the administration of Salekhard with a request to hold public events. The leader of the Moscow LGBT community, Nikolay Alexeyev on his page in “Vkontakte” wrote that the bans appealed to the Salekhard city court of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous district. “The case, if necessary, will be brought to the European court of human rights. It’s already 65-th subject of the Russian Federation, forbade such actions,” he

In Krasnodar the ambulance going to a call, struck and killed a pensioner crossing the road. On Thursday, January 19, reports the South.ru. The accident occurred on the farm of Lenin (included in the boundaries of the city of Krasnodar) at 6:19 am. 69-year-old man fell under the wheels of the car of physicians, from the received traumas has died on the spot. Police checks to establish the circumstances of the accident. The driver of the car said that driving along the road where there is a restriction with an allowed speed. To confirm his words the police will interview the paramedic who was in the car and analyse the data of GLONASS. In December 2016 in Yekaterinburg ambulance collided at the intersection with a Toyota Land Cruiser, driven by 19-year-old driver. A motorist and his passenger received no injuries, two physician was in the hospital.

Dmitry Peskov The press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that she would like Vladimir Putin’s candidacy for another presidential term. He said this in the program Hard Talk on BBC which will be shown January 21. Excerpts from it results on Friday, January 20, RIA Novosti. “Even during our first interview in 2004, I told you that as a citizen of the Russian Federation I hope he makes the decision to go for a new term,” — said Peskov. Speaking about participation in the presidential elections of 2018 Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s spokesman expressed confidence that Russia would benefit from the availability of experienced opposition that is able to compete with Putin. At the same time, Peskov noted that he did not have the right to decide whether to allow Navalny to campaign. “To guarantee or not to guarantee it can only be our head of Central election