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Maria Zakharova The Dutch Parliament accepted the decision on Association of Ukraine with the European Union, citizens of the Kingdom wrapped around your finger. This opinion was expressed by the representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, her words TASS reports. “Did it his own leaders, once again employed the openly Russophobic propaganda, which, incidentally, is a direct confirmation of the anti-Russian essence of the Association Agreement EU — Ukraine, how much would any of us have claimed to the contrary”, — she told. According to Zakharov, this solution will provide the official Kiev the time “to continue to feed the Ukrainians with tales of the “bright European future”. She stressed that, according to the conditions of Association, Ukraine is not granted the status of candidate country in the European Union. Previously, on 30 may, the upper house of the Dutch Parliament approved the ratification of the Association agreement EU

Aleksandar Vucic The Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic resigned. About this politician said in the document sent to the Assembly (Parliament), its content, reports TASS. “Resign from the post of Chairman of the government of the Republic of Serbia (…) in connection with the inauguration of a President since the April 2 elections, in which I was elected President of Serbia,” — said the politician. Vucic served as head of the government from 27 April 2014. Presidential elections in Serbia took place on 2 April. According to the national electoral Committee, Vucic got 56.01% of the votes, runner-up Sasha Jankovic — 16.63 per cent. The President of Serbia is elected for five years, he performs mainly representative functions. Nevertheless, analysts believe that the new Prime Minister will be a technical figure, completely controlled by Vucic.

Donald Trump The US President Donald trump said that Germany allocates insufficient funding for NATO. About this American leader wrote in his Twitter. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 30 may 2017, 10:40 “We have a huge trade deficit with Germany, in addition, they produce less money than they should on NATO and military spending. This is very bad for US. This will change,” — promised the American leader. During the may 25 summit of the countries participating in NATO trump said that 23 of the 28 member countries do not pay those amounts that they must contribute to the General budget of the organization, which is unfair to Americans. According to the NATO Charter, the participating countries must be part of the overall defense budget to 2 percent of GDP, however, at present, about 70 percent of the funding at the expense of the United States. On 20 March, the

Martin Schulz The leader of the Social democratic party of Germany and the main rival of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the upcoming elections to the Bundestag, Martin Schulz, called the President of the United States Donald trump is a destroyer of Western values. On Tuesday, may 30, according to Reuters. “Us President undermines peaceful cooperation between countries, based on mutual respect and tolerance,” — said the German politician. According to Schultz, “someone has to stop this man who is guided by the ideology of modernization”. Previously, on 30 may, the White house has accused Berlin in inadequate funding of NATO. During the may 25 summit of the countries participating in NATO trump said that 23 of the 28 States do not pay those amounts that they must contribute to the General budget of the organization, which is unfair to Americans. According to the NATO Charter, the participating countries must

Aleksandar Vucic Serbia has no plans to join NATO. About it in an interview, Pink said Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister and President-elect. “At the NATO Council, I said that the desire to [join the Alliance], we have not. We try to maintain military neutrality, to remain outside military units,” he explained. The head of state noted that the country invests heavily in security: police and military have already received new uniforms, in addition, the armed forces are waiting for the supply of helicopters and planes from Russia. The current Minister of foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic in December 2016, said the reluctance of the authorities to join the Alliance. “We’re not going to take anti-sanctions and joining NATO”, — promised the Serbian Minister to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Moscow expects Brussels ‘ concrete guarantees for the implementation of the project of the second line of the pipeline “Turkish stream”, not to repeat the sad experience of the “South stream”. This was stated by Deputy foreign Minister Alexey Meshkov, RIA Novosti reported. “We can not disturb the attempts of some EU institutions to derail energy projects in Europe with Russian participation, it is first and foremost about the project “Nord stream-2″,” — said the diplomat. He noted that there are ambiguities on the part of the European Commission in respect of the second string of the gas pipeline “Turkish stream”, which will target consumers in South and South-Eastern Europe. May 7, Gazprom started construction of the offshore section of the gas pipeline “Turkish stream”. The first line is designed to supply gas to Turkish consumers. The capacity of the first and second strings of the “Turkish stream” must be

Sergey Kislyak Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov expressed indignation in connection with the defamation of the Ambassador of Russia in the USA Sergey Kislyak. On Tuesday, may 30, RIA Novosti reported. Since the office has commented on the publication of the us media contacts the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in the United States in-law of U.S. President Jared Kushner. Ryabkov said that the foreign Ministry does not publish “no details about the working contacts of the Ambassador or any other member of the Russian diplomatic service”. “This is the principle we follow and stick to (…) It would be a violation of the canons of work in the foreign Ministry,” — said the diplomat. On may 26, the Washington Post, citing us officials reported that trump’s son-in-law at the end of 2016, suggested the use of a secret channel of communication between Moscow and

Manuel Noriega Former Panamanian dictator General Manuel Antonio Noriega died at the age of 83 years. About it reports the edition Critica. The cause of death was a brain tumor. After one of the operations carried out in March this year, Noriega was in a coma and has not regained consciousness. Noriega was the de facto leader of Panama between 1983 and 1989. Not officially held any government posts, but was called the Highest leader of the national liberation of Panama. The first was a US ally in Latin America and since the late 1950s, actively collaborated with the CIA, but in 1988, the American authorities have accused him of drug trafficking. Noriega was overthrown in December 1989 as a result of the Americans military operation. The General was arrested and brought to the United States. In July 1992, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug trafficking

Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa may said that the country could leave the EU without signing a special agreement with Brussels. This may be the case if the United Kingdom does not agree with the terms Brexit put forward by the European Union. The head of the British government announced during the indirect election TV debate, reports The Mirror. May also confirmed that it is ready to be an extremely difficult person on the forthcoming negotiations on a Brexit, if necessary. “We are experiencing a very important moment in our history, we have the opportunity to change our country for the better in the future,” she explained, noting that this applies to heavy negotiations on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. “In order to cope with them and to do the right thing for the country, you need uncompromising woman, this is what I am and I

In Moscow interested in what is known US and NATO about membership of the so-called unidentified aircraft in the skies of Afghanistan. On Tuesday, may 30, the commentary said Russian foreign Ministry posted on the Ministry website. The Ministry drew attention to the regular reports of flights in different parts of Afghanistan, “an unidentified aircraft is seen in support of local militants Islamic state” (ISIS, a terrorist group banned in Russia). We are talking about weapons and other supplies, which supplied the extremists in the three Northern provinces of the country: Gausden, Farabi and SAR-I-Pul. Ministry of foreign Affairs said that Afghanistan has over 15 years based the US military presence and of NATO. “And the Afghan air force is chronically lack of serviceable aircraft and qualified flight personnel”, — reported in Department. “The representative of the provincial Council of the southern Ghazni province publicly stated about the presence of