Category: Russia

Dmitry Peskov The President of Russia Vladimir Putin playing geopolitical chess. This told the press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov on Friday, December 23, TASS reports. At the opening of the Central house of chess in Moscow, the child asked the official representative of the Kremlin, whether he played chess with the Russian leader. “No, I have not” — said Peskov, adding that the President often played with other chess — geopolitical. “It’s probably much harder”, — said the representative of the Kremlin. Earlier Friday it was reported that Putin after the big press conference signed a poster for a boy from Ufa, who asked his dog. November 23, Peskov said that the Russian President together with the whole country rooting for the Russian Sergey Karjakin, who fought for the chess crown with Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. Putin’s press Secretary went to the United States, where the match

Yuri Luzhkov Press Secretary of the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, Gennady Terebkov has denied recent media information about his urgent hospitalization. He said this on Friday, 23 dekabrya, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “Information about the emergency hospitalization is not true. Yuri Luzhkov has the right to visit medical institutions. Information about the fact that Luzhkov is at the clinical hospital of Lapino, is untrue,” — said Terebkov. Agency city news “Moscow” the press Secretary said that “clinical death was not any”. Earlier media reported that Luzhkov became ill, after which he was hospitalized in serious condition in hospital Lapino. It was alleged that the doctors took him out of the state of clinical death and fighting for his life. Luzhkov has served as mayor of Moscow since 1992. In 2010, he was dismissed by presidential decree “in connection with loss of trust”. Now he owns the company “Private stud

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said that presidential elections planned for 2018 can be transferred. Such statement the President made during a press conference held on Friday, December 23, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “Possible, but impractical,” — said the head of state on the question of the journalist of The Wall Street Journal, before adding about what kind of country it is. November 7, the official Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the rumors of early elections of the President of Russia are “absolute scholasticism”, and stressed that such a “question on the agenda of no.” At the same time Vice-President of the Russian Association on public relations Evgenie Minchenko expressed the view that messages appearing on the early start of the presidential campaign in Russia is connected with the elections in the United States. Putin, who is now 64, took over as President in 2000 and reelected in 2004.

Viktor Basargin Head of the Perm region Viktor Basargin at a closed meeting of the Cabinet decided to send the government in resignation. On Thursday, December 22, reported the press service of the Governor, reports TASS. “Thus in the Kama launched the first phase of a large-scale administrative reform. This decision of the Governor concentrated in his hands all the levers of Executive power”, — explained in regional administration. Prior to the formation of a new Cabinet acting Ministers to perform their duties. While the post of Prime Minister in the new organizational structure is missing. 12 Dec Fund “the Petersburg policy” and holding “Minchenko consulting” have presented the rating of political survival rate of governors. On the basis of his performance, analysts predicted the resignation of eight governors. Work Basargin, the experts evaluated on a “two plus”.

The Russian authorities intend to restrict the sale of alcohol-containing medicines, including valokordin and “Hawthorn”. According to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin, they can be bought in pharmacies and specialized stores in small packages, reports RIA Novosti. “As for medicines — of course, should be sold in pharmacies and recommended by doctors — the so-called recipes (…). Why is the container in which a half-liter? I think it’s not serious. Therefore, there are limitations and packaging, and restrictions on places of sale,” — said Khloponin. “Valokordin need 40 drops, 10 drops, 4 drops to drink, so he had some [effect], although this is not proven from a medical point of view that he has significant support, but people helps, people take it a long time ago,” he added. According to Ministry of health of the Irkutsk region, from 17 to 22 Dec 72 people to death poisoned by bath concentrate

Yuri Luzhkov The former mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov considers as the main wealth of Russia’s agricultural land. He told this in an interview kp.ru Thursday, December 22. “Land, climate, and industrial resources of Russia sufficient abundance to feed two to three times more population than now lives in our country,” — said Luzhkov. In his opinion, the way of revival of Russia lies in the “return to field”. According to the former mayor, now half of agricultural land is not used and is “bungling”. “To me, any idea of a one-story (farmstead) in Russia, and not in the metropolis of the nest in which want to turn the white stone, stretching its length almost to Kaluga,” — concluded Luzhkov. 5 December it was reported that the former Moscow mayor may be the head of the special Commission on the land question, which it is planned to create in the

The exclusion of a Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Hope Savchenko of the Ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is due to its position in the Donbass, said the Deputy of the state Duma Ruslan Balbec. This opinion he expressed in comments to “the Ribbon.ru” on Thursday, December 22. “Exception Savchenko lists the PACE is a fear that it is at the European open area declare that the use of force against Donbass is useless, so you need to negotiate,” said Balbec. The Kiev authorities fear that the appeals of the former army will have a strong influence on the Europeans, he said. “So it is like crazy town, hidden away from prying eyes”, — said the Deputy from the Crimea. According to him, Ukraine now any person who will speak about the dialogue with the Donbas, was rejected. The MP also does not

During the investigation of distribution of child pornography brought against the Deputy head of the administration of Veliky Novgorod Vadim Fadeev, investigators found another criminal episode connected with indecent assault against a minor (part 2 of article 135 of the criminal code). This is stated on the website of the regional Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). “From December 2015 to January 2016 [Fadeev] through social networks, while in the city of Veliky Novgorod, in correspondence with an underage boy living in the city of Pskov”, — noted in the text. According to the investigative Committee, Deputy mayor contained “words and expressions that incite to acts of a sexual nature”. Currently, the accused was appointed seksologo-psychiatric examination. Fadeev was detained on may 26 and the next day was taken into custody by the court. The Vice-mayor was charged with distributing child pornography over the Internet. Within two years

Final installation and test turn on the backlight of the Christmas tree on Palace square in St. Petersburg Deputy of the municipality of Shushary Artemy Galitsyn asked the Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko to return a live tree on Palace square. Relevant post he posted on his page in Facebook on Thursday, December 22. “Now the center of our city is decorated with strange cone, only from a distance resembling a Christmas tree,” wrote the MP. In his opinion, artificial tree deprives the celebrations. A living tree should be set in anticipation of 2017, which was declared the Year of ecology, I’m sure Galitsin. “For example, the main Christmas tree can be promoted among citizens careful attitude to one of the most important natural riches of Russia — to the forest. Here we should talk about buying Christmas trees grown in special nurseries, rather than arbitrarily cut black woodcutters”,

Ella Pamfilova The Chairman of the Central election Commission of Russia, Ella Pamfilova said that to talk about changing the law governing the conduct of elections. So she commented about the possibility of abandoning the unified voting day, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, December 22. “I don’t know who gives these all kinds of speculation. Used to talk about all this. This is an internal meeting and we are discussing our position on a range of issues,” — said the head of the CEC, stressing that it is incorrect to provide the media the “raw” information. Proposals to change the legislation are the opposite, said Pamfilova. She recalled that President Vladimir Putin has charged to create working group for their consideration. “When will the working group then will be considered and our proposals is the interaction with the state Duma, Federation Council, presidential administration, the government, then we can talk