Category: Russia

In Moscow from January 1, 2017, 7.5 percent will increase fares in public transport. About it told on Tuesday, December 13, the Deputy head of Diptrans Alina Bisembaeva, according to the website of the mayor. “The cost of the most popular unlimited tickets will remain at the same level,” she said. Bisembaeva said that the passengers who always use this, no changes will feel. At the same time, the cost of the ticket for one trip on any transport will increase from 50 to 55 rubles. Expensive, particularly card on 60 trips — from 1570 to 1700 rubles. Travel for students will increase in price from 10 to 15 rubles a month. For those who use as a travel Bank cards and NFC smartphones c connection, a few travel even cheaper. 10 rubles from each trip will save and the passengers who buy tickets “90 minutes”, but it does not

Photos from the scene In Bakhrushin street in Moscow more than 400 people were evacuated from the building because of a bomb threat, told the news Agency city news “Moscow” a source in the emergency services. “Received information about a suspicious subject in the administrative building at the address: Bakhrushina str., house 32, building 1,” — said the source Agency. Suspicious object supposedly found in the branch of the Bank VTB24. The details of the incident are specified.

Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. As reported on the website of the Kremlin, during the conversation held on the initiative of the German side, the leaders continued the discussion of the situation around Russian gas supplies to European consumers via Ukraine. Putin once again expressed concern at the fact that the Ukrainian side refuses negotiation of agreements on gas purchases from Russia in the current winter season, which poses a threat to transit. The interlocutors noted the necessity of intensifying the efforts for a comprehensive implementation of the Minsk agreements. Putin stressed that in the current environment requires, above all, “termination by the Kyiv security forces of the provocative shelling of settlements of Donbass, the withdrawal of socio-economic blockade of the region and the establishment of a direct dialogue of Kyiv with Donetsk and Lugansk”.

Yuri Ushakov Following the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Japan could be announced about establishment of joint economic activities on the Kuril Islands. On Tuesday, December 13, was declared by the assistant to the Russian leader Yury Ushakov, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “It is possible that the President [Vladimir Putin] and Prime Minister [Shinzo Abe] will make a statement on the establishment of joint economic activities on the four Kuril Islands”, — said the representative of the Kremlin. He stressed that this question is being considered. Ushakov also said that Moscow sees no reason to set deadlines for resolving the issue of a peace Treaty with Tokyo. “We would not want to avoid artificial stimulation of exaggerated expectations, and explain to the public, and will inform the public and further that there is no and cannot be an easy decision,” he said. Russia seeks “full normalization of relations

The struggle for the return of the exhibits of the exhibition “Crimea: Gold and secrets of the Black sea” in Amsterdam will continue regardless of the decision of the Dutch court, which will be taken on Wednesday, December 14. About it told journalists the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov, reports TASS. “We fight for the right of Crimea to claim the exhibits will not leave, will continue together with the Ministry of foreign Affairs, the Ministry of culture of the Russian Federation. Position legal built, how it will develop — it’s hard to say. We will do everything possible,” he said. 3 December it was reported that the Ukrainian court sent to Interpol the arrest of the exhibition of Scythian gold in Amsterdam. Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea, Georgy Muradov on the same day stated that the decision on supplies of exhibits must take a Dutch court. Dispute about

At a ski resort in Podolsk near Moscow injured girl born in 2007. On Tuesday, December 13, the TV channel “360” with reference to press-service of administration of city district. On Monday evening a girl who came from New Moscow, was at the resort along with their parents. She hooked the scarf over the cable of the cable car and fell. “The child was quickly taken to the surgical Department of Podolsk city clinical hospital. After the medical examination, the child was released home”, — told the press service. It noted that threats to life and health of the girls there.

Mikhail Gorbachev The first President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev believes that the borders of the former Soviet Union may be a new Union state. He stated this in an interview with TASS, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. “I believe that the new Union can be. In the former borders and with the same composition, voluntarily”, — said the politician. However, he stressed that does not assume “responsibility” for the collapse of the Soviet Union, and defended the Soviet Union “until the end”. In his opinion, the incident was influenced by a number of factors, including the putsch of the State emergency Committee (GKCHP) in August 1991 and the character of the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. In his opinion, Yeltsin simply “did not understand that his role is important, but it’s not what he started to do, and he just started

Vladimir Putin Almost every second Russian believes the politician of the year President Vladimir Putin. This conclusion follows from the sociological poll spent by Fund “Public opinion” (FOM). Answering the question of who from the Russian politicians and public figures, you can assign the title of “man of the year,” 43 percent of citizens called Putin. In addition, respondents said foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (9 per cent), LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky (7%) and defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (5 percent). With more than a quarter — 27 percent — were undecided. The vast majority of Russians (81 per cent) were unable to determine which of the events that occurred in the country in the current year, may claim the title “event of the year”. Some respondents recalled the state Duma elections (6 percent), the construction of Crimean bridge and opening the bridge to the Peninsula (2 percent). Meanwhile, 29 percent of

Dmitry Medvedev Russia has achieved formulated by the UN in 2000, “Millennium development goals” for reducing maternal and child mortality. This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, December 12, reports TASS. “Over the past 25 years, since 1990, the maternal mortality rate in our country fell by more than three quarters, now it is just over 10 cases per 100 thousand born children,” he said at a meeting on the protection of motherhood and childhood. The deaths of children under five years during this same time period declined by two-thirds. “The infant mortality rate last year was 6.5 cases per thousand live births,” — said Medvedev. This year, according to him, this figure will reach to 5.9. The Prime Minister pointed to the success of the program of construction of perinatal centers. “This is the most expensive project of today (25 billion rubles from regional budgets and

Ramzan Kadyrov Residents of the village of Nivenskoe Bagrationovsky district of Kaliningrad region sent an open letter to the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, reports FlashNord. The villagers protesting against the construction of a mining and processing plant, asked Kadyrov to include their settlement in the Chechen Republic “and to restore order.” “The problem of the construction Nivinskogo GOK two years terrorizing the locals, and we know that terrorists have a short conversation!” — it is noted in the text. From the letter that informed the initiative group of residents appealed to the political parties, the President, regional and Federal government prosecutors. “Now, we probably can only help the superhero, and the Hero of Russia for this problem is quite appropriate,” say the authors of the document. Kadyrov, according to the Kaliningrad villagers will not communicate with the “Industrialists” that enjoy the highest privileges and expect to withdraw